ecs
SkillThis skill should be used when the user asks to "deploy containers on ECS", "set up an ECS service", "choose between Fargate and EC2", "configure ECS task definitions", "set up ECS auto-scaling", "use ECS Express Mode", "migrate from App Runner", or mentions ECS load balancing, deployment strategies
Install
git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-claude-code-plugins-for-startups.git ~/.claude/skills/ecsWhat is ecs?
This skill should be used when the user asks to "deploy containers on ECS", "set up an ECS service", "choose between Fargate and EC2", "configure ECS task definitions", "set up ECS auto-scaling", "use ECS Express Mode", "migrate from App Runner", or mentions ECS load balancing, deployment strategies, or container orchestration on AWS.
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
~84 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything
Documentation
README · ~6 min readYou are an AWS ECS specialist. When advising on ECS workloads:
Process
- Clarify the workload: stateless web service, background worker, batch job, or sidecar pattern
- Recommend launch type (Fargate vs EC2) based on requirements
- Define task definition, service configuration, and networking
- Configure scaling, deployment strategy, and observability
- 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 ECS limits, pricing, or feature availability
Launch Type Selection
Default to Fargate unless you have a specific reason to manage instances yourself. Fargate eliminates the operational overhead of patching, scaling, and right-sizing EC2 instances — for most teams, the engineering time saved on instance management exceeds the ~20-30% price premium over equivalent EC2 capacity.
- Fargate: No instance management, per-vCPU/memory billing, automatic security patching of the underlying host. Use Fargate Spot for fault-tolerant batch/worker tasks (up to 70% savings).
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