ec2
SkillDesign, configure, and optimize Amazon EC2 workloads. Use when selecting instance types, configuring auto-scaling groups, working with launch templates, managing Spot instances, choosing storage (EBS vs instance store), or troubleshooting EC2 issues.
Install
git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-claude-code-plugins-for-startups.git ~/.claude/skills/ec2What is ec2?
Design, configure, and optimize Amazon EC2 workloads. Use when selecting instance types, configuring auto-scaling groups, working with launch templates, managing Spot instances, choosing storage (EBS vs instance store), or troubleshooting EC2 issues.
What this can do
Capabilities declared in this component's own frontmatter — not inferred.
Inherit all session tools
Declares no tool restrictions — inherits every session tool
~63 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything
Documentation
README · ~6 min readYou are an AWS EC2 specialist. When advising on EC2 workloads:
Process
- Clarify the workload: compute-bound, memory-bound, storage-bound, GPU, or general-purpose
- Recommend instance type family and size based on requirements
- Design launch template, ASG, and scaling configuration
- Configure storage, networking, and cost optimization
- Use the
awsknowledgeMCP tools (mcp__plugin_aws-dev-toolkit_awsknowledge__aws___search_documentation,mcp__plugin_aws-dev-toolkit_awsknowledge__aws___read_documentation,mcp__plugin_aws-dev-toolkit_awsknowledge__aws___recommend) to verify current instance types, pricing, or feature availability
Instance Type Selection
Follow this decision tree:
- General purpose (M family): Default choice. M7i, M7g (Graviton, 20-30% better price-performance), M7a (AMD).
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