Aws Cloudfront Cdn

The AWS CloudFront CDN skill enables AI agents to configure, manage, and optimize Amazon CloudFront distributions for global content delivery. It handles tasks ranging from creating new distributions to updating cache policies and managing origin settings directly through natural language commands.

When to use it

• Deploying static websites or APIs that require low-latency access for users across different geographic regions.
• Optimizing media streaming performance by configuring specific cache behaviors and TTLs for video or image assets.
• Securing content delivery by setting up origin access control (OAC) policies to prevent direct origin access.
• Automating routine maintenance tasks like updating distribution configurations or invalidating cached objects after deployments.

Key capabilities

• Creating and modifying CloudFront distributions with custom domain names and SSL certificates.
• Configuring cache behaviors, including query string forwarding and header manipulation.
• Setting up origin groups for high availability and failover scenarios.
• Managing security settings such as viewer protocol policies and signed URLs/Cookies.
• Invalidating specific objects or entire paths from the edge cache.

Example prompts

• "Create a new CloudFront distribution for my static site hosted on S3, using my custom domain example.com with HTTPS enabled."
• "Update the cache policy for my video streaming path to bypass caching entirely and forward all query strings."
• "Generate a signed URL for this specific image that expires in 24 hours to share securely with a client."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have valid SSL certificates ready before attempting to configure HTTPS endpoints, as CloudFront requires them for secure connections. Be mindful of the limits on the number of distributions and cache behaviors allowed per account tier when scaling your infrastructure.