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creating-api-gateway-stage

Creates an API Gateway stage with CloudWatch logging, X-Ray tracing, throttling, WAF integration, and IAM roles following AWS best practices. Use when deploying a REST API to different environments such as dev, test, or production.

How do I install this agent skill?

npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill creating-api-gateway-stage
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Is this agent skill safe to install?

  • Gen Agent Trust Hubpass

    This skill provides a standard workflow for deploying and securing AWS API Gateway stages. It includes automation for best practices such as CloudWatch logging, X-Ray tracing, and WAF integration. While it performs sensitive operations like IAM role creation, these are used as intended for service configuration and originate from a trusted vendor.

  • Socketpass

    No alerts

  • Snykpass

    Risk: LOW · No issues

What does this agent skill do?

Creating an API Gateway Stage

Overview

Domain expertise for creating and configuring API Gateway stages with comprehensive logging, monitoring, security, and throttling controls. Covers CloudWatch logging setup, X-Ray tracing, WAF web ACL association, method-level configuration, and authorization options.

Create an API Gateway stage

To create a fully configured API Gateway stage with logging, throttling, WAF, and authorization, follow the procedure exactly. See API Gateway stage creation procedure.

Troubleshooting

CloudWatch logs not appearing

Verify the CloudWatch role permissions, log group existence, and that logging is enabled at both stage and method levels. See the full procedure for details.

Stage creation fails

Check REST API ID, deployment ID, IAM permissions, and stage naming conventions.

WAF blocking legitimate requests

Review WAF logs, adjust rules or add exceptions, and consider count mode for testing.

Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.

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