# AWS architecture design (/cloud--aws-architect)

/cloud--aws-architect is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Designs an AWS architecture for your app with a minimal set of services, a Mermaid diagram and a Terraform starter.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/cloud--aws-architect
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/cloud/aws-architect.md
- Updated 10 Jul 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/cloud--aws-architect design the AWS architecture for my e-commerce app`
- `/cloud--aws-architect what AWS services do I need for an API with queues and a database`
- `/cloud--aws-architect generate the diagram and starter Terraform for my backend`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install cloud-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `docs/architecture/**`, `infra/**`, `*.md`, `**/*.tf`
- Runs: `aws sts get-caller-identity`, `aws * describe-*`, `aws * list-*`, `aws * get-*`
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Design an AWS architecture for this app — service choices, diagram, IaC starter

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)