hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery
Discover the user's local AWS context (active profile, region, account ID, caller identity) at the start of any AWS task. Use this skill before any other AWS work — deploying to SageMaker, creating resources, calling AWS APIs, or anything that touches an AWS account. Use it especially when the user has not specified a region or profile explicitly, when they say things like "use my AWS account", "deploy to AWS", "use my profile", or when about to make any AWS CLI or SDK call. Never guess the region or account ID — always use this skill to read it from the local configuration first.
Profile →npx skills add waybarrios/opencode-power-pack --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# AWS Context Discovery Before doing any AWS work, read the user's local AWS config. Don't guess the region, and don't ask the user for things their config already answers. ## What to discover Run these at the start of the AWS work and remember the results for the rest of the session. ### 1. Active profile `AWS_PROFILE` env var, else `default`. If the user mentioned a profile in their prompt, that overrides. If the named profile doesn't exist in `~/.aws/config`, surface that clearly. ### 2. Region Resolution order — stop at the first one that produces a value: 1. Region the user explicitly named in this conversation 2. `AWS_REGION` env var 3. `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` env var 4. `region` field on the active profile in `~/.aws/config` 5. Ask the user — but only after the first four have failed Do not fall back to `us-east-1` or any other hardcoded default. ### 3. Credentials, account ID, caller ARN ```bash aws sts get-caller-identity --profile <profile> --region <region> ``` Three purposes in one call: confirms credentials are valid (stop if not), returns the `Account` ID (needed for ARN construction), returns the `Arn` of the caller. ### 4. Identify SSO / assumed-role principals The `Ar
- What to discover
- 1. Active profile
- 2. Region
- 3. Credentials, account ID, caller ARN
- 4. Identify SSO / assumed-role principals
- Commands to run
- What to report back
aws sts get-caller-identity --profile <profile> --region <region> Effective profile and region (faster than parsing config files) aws configure list Validate credentials and get identity aws sts get-caller-identity aws sts get-caller-identity --profile <profile-name> # if a profile was named
What does the hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery skill do?
Discover the user's local AWS context (active profile, region, account ID, caller identity) at the start of any AWS task. Use this skill before any other AWS work — deploying to SageMaker, creating resources, calling AWS APIs, or anything that touches an AWS account. Use it especially when the user has not specified a region or profile explicitly, when they say things like "use my AWS account", "deploy to AWS", "use my profile", or when about to make any AWS CLI or SDK call. Never guess the region or account ID — always use this skill to read it from the local configuration first.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add waybarrios/opencode-power-pack --skill hf-cloud-aws-context-discovery --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From waybarrios/opencode-power-pack, a repository with 443 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.