aws-auth

aws-auth is an Auth & identity skill for AI agents, published by aws in the agent-toolkit-for-aws repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates aws-auth D (58/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Adds user authentication to web and mobile apps with Amazon Cognito (user pools and identity pools) and the AWS Amplify client auth libraries. Covers sign-up/sign-in flows and the login page (Cognito-hosted UI / managed login), MFA, password policies, OAuth 2.0 / OIDC flows (auth-code + PKCE, client credentials), social/SAML federation, tokens (ID/access/refresh, rotation, revocation, storage), Cognito Lambda triggers, identity pools (temp AWS creds), and gating API Gateway (or ALB) routes to signed-in users via Cognito/JWT authorizers. Applies when adding a login or sign-up page, configuring a user pool or app client, choosing user pool vs identity pool, wiring social/SAML, refreshing tokens, requiring sign-in on an API Gateway or ALB, or debugging redirect_uri/token/MFA/CORS/federation errors. Does NOT cover Amplify Gen2 backend definitions (defineAuth, npx ampx → aws-amplify), IAM/STS/Identity Center (→ aws-iam), or API Gateway/Lambda resource config beyond the authorizer (→…

Grade
D
Quality
58 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
2,601

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View source on GitHubaws/agent-toolkit-for-aws

Our review

Architecture
78 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
Security scan
Low-risk patterns
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.

What the scanner flagged

  • mentions secrets in text

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