Use when connecting your agent to external APIs, tools, or services via Gateway, or restricting tool access with Cedar policies. Handles gateway setup, target types, outbound auth (OAuth, API key, IAM), credentials, and Cedar policy authoring.
Install
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-connectnpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-connect -a claude-code -gnpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill agents-connect -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git --path plugins/aws-agents/skills/agents-connectgh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws agents-connectgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents/skills/agents-connect ~/.claude/skills/agents-connect # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents/skills/agents-connect ~/.agents/skills/agents-connect # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode