# AWS Iam (agent skill)

> AWS Iam is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. It provides verified corrections for IAM behaviors that AI agents frequently get wrong — policy evaluation edge cases, trust policy gotchas, STS session limits, Organizations quirks, and… It works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor and has 2,816 GitHub stars across a repository of 3 listed skills.

Provides verified corrections for IAM behaviors that AI agents frequently get wrong — policy evaluation edge cases, trust policy gotchas, STS session limits, Organizations quirks, and SAML/MFA specifics. Also provides structured workflows for IAM role management and baseline policy generation from application source code or a Terraform plan JSON.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws |
| Skill path | skills/core-skills/aws-iam/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | aws-iam |
| GitHub stars | 2,816 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 4 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 3 |
| Plugin marketplace | agent-toolkit-for-aws |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor |
| Category | DevOps & cloud |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- used deputy protection, and service role creation for AWS services (Glue, CloudTrail, Lambda, ECS, etc.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws
/plugin   # browse agent-toolkit-for-aws and install the plugin that contains aws-iam
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
cp -r agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/core-skills/aws-iam .agents/skills/aws-iam   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
cp -r agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/core-skills/aws-iam .cursor/skills/aws-iam   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/aws-iam

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