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Aws Ec2 Setup

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aj-geddes·vlatest·cloud·MIT

Helps with AWS, setup and configuration as part of deploying and managing cloud infrastructure workflows.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill aws-ec2-setup -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

aj-geddes

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Install target

Live repository

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This skill failed 2 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: s3.amazonaws.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    s3.amazonaws.comundeclared

    What it found

    • skills/aws-ec2-setup/references/user-data-script.md:57contacts s3.amazonaws.com
      wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb

  • No credential access: failed

    Touches credential material in 1 place.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

    What it found

    • skills/aws-ec2-setup/references/terraform-ec2-configuration.md:122SSH private keys or config
      public_key = file("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub")

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts at 3f5182cfd7.

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Commit
3f5182cfd7
Manifest
skills/aws-ec2-setup/SKILL.md
Scanned
6 files, 507 lines
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About this skill

The aws-ec2-setup skill automates the provisioning and configuration of Amazon EC2 instances, handling everything from instance selection to security group rules. It streamlines the deployment process by generating ready-to-run scripts that align with specific infrastructure requirements.

When to use it

  • Deploying new web servers or application containers in a production AWS environment.
  • Setting up development environments with pre-configured software stacks like LAMP or Docker.
  • Automating repetitive instance launches across multiple regions or account profiles.
  • Creating baseline infrastructure for testing and staging environments quickly.

Key capabilities

  • Selects appropriate EC2 instance types based on workload needs.
  • Configures security groups to define inbound and outbound traffic rules.
  • Generates shell scripts (Bash/PowerShell) for automated instance initialization.
  • Manages key pair integration for secure SSH access.

Example prompts

  • "Provision a t3.medium EC2 instance in us-east-1 with port 80 open for HTTP traffic."
  • "Create a setup script for an Ubuntu server that installs Nginx and configures a basic welcome page."
  • "Launch two identical instances in different availability zones for high availability testing."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have valid AWS credentials configured in your environment before execution to avoid authentication failures. Always review the generated security group rules carefully, as they directly control network access to your new instances.