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Creates a complete Amazon Aurora database cluster with instances, handling cluster creation, instance provisioning, and Secrets Manager password management in the proper sequence. Use when setting up new Aurora MySQL or PostgreSQL clusters with production-ready configuration.

Quality

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The canonical home for this skill is creating-amazon-aurora-db-cluster-with-instances in aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws

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Quality

Content

71%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured body that practices good progressive disclosure: a lean overview delegating to one real reference file, with concise troubleshooting. Its main weakness is that the body itself contains no executable commands — all actionability lives behind the reference link — and the Overview section duplicates the frontmatter description.

Suggestions

Include a minimal quick-start snippet inline (e.g., the core aws rds create-db-cluster command) so the body is actionable without opening the reference file.

Trim or repurpose the Overview section, which restates the frontmatter description nearly verbatim.

Make troubleshooting checks concrete with the actual commands or console paths to verify engine version support, permissions, and instance class availability.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The ~30-line body is efficient with only minor trim-able material — the Overview ('Domain expertise for creating complete Amazon Aurora database setups including cluster creation, instance provisioning...') largely restates the frontmatter description. This fits anchor 4 ('efficient; minor instances of over-explanation') rather than anchor 5's every-token-earns-its-place bar.

4 / 5

Actionability

The body is descriptive rather than instructive — 'follow the procedure exactly. See [Aurora cluster creation procedure](references/...)' delegates all executable detail, and the only semi-concrete guidance is troubleshooting hints like 'Verify the engine version is supported in your region'. This matches anchor 3 ('some concrete guidance but incomplete'), above anchor 2 because the referenced procedure file carries the executable steps, but below anchor 4 which expects concrete commands in the guidance itself.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The sequence is summarized ('creates an empty Aurora cluster first, then adds a database instance to make it queryable') with retry logic explicitly mentioned ('proper status monitoring with retry logic'), and the linked procedure enumerates 8 steps including status-monitoring and final validation, so the database-operation feedback-loop cap does not apply. It sits at anchor 4 rather than 5 because the checkpoints are delegated to the reference rather than explicit in the body.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A short overview body with a single, clearly signaled, one-level-deep reference ('See [Aurora cluster creation procedure](references/create-amazon-aurora-db-cluster-with-instances.md)') that exists on disk and holds the full procedure, plus a compact troubleshooting section. This matches anchor 5's clear overview with well-signaled references and appropriate content split.

5 / 5

Total

16

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20

Passed

Description

87%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description: third-person, concise, and specific about what the skill does, with an explicit 'Use when' trigger naming both supported engines. Keyword coverage is good, though it omits a few natural synonyms like 'RDS'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names several concrete actions — 'cluster creation, instance provisioning, and Secrets Manager password management in the proper sequence' — covering the domain with only minor gaps (e.g., security group / parameter configuration). It lists several specific actions but is not fully comprehensive, matching anchor 4 rather than 5, and the third-person 'Creates' voice avoids any penalty.

4 / 5

Completeness

Both halves are explicit: the 'what' ('Creates a complete Amazon Aurora database cluster with instances, handling cluster creation, instance provisioning, and Secrets Manager password management') and a concrete 'when' clause ('Use when setting up new Aurora MySQL or PostgreSQL clusters with production-ready configuration') that names the engines and the triggering scenario, matching anchor 5. It exceeds anchor 4, whose 'when' is more generic.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms users would say are present: 'Amazon Aurora', 'database cluster', 'Aurora MySQL or PostgreSQL clusters', 'setting up'. Coverage is good but misses common variations such as 'RDS' or 'relational database', fitting anchor 4 rather than the comprehensive synonym coverage of anchor 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'Amazon Aurora database cluster with instances' plus 'Secrets Manager password management' framing carves a clear niche with distinct triggers; the only conceivable overlap is a generic RDS-creation skill, which is a closely related but still distinguishable case consistent with anchor 5's 'minimal conflict risk'.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Validation

81%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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metadata_field

'metadata' should map string keys to string values

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

13

/

16

Passed

Repository

mreferre/aws-agent-toolkit-skills

Path

.kiro/skills/creating-amazon-aurora-db-cluster-with-instances/SKILL.md

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