resilience-hub-getting-started
Sets up AWS Resilience Hub v2 from scratch: creates resilience policies with SLO targets, registers systems and user journeys, onboards services with input sources, and runs a first failure mode assessment. Applies when the user wants to get started with Resilience Hub v2, create a policy, onboard a service, or run an assessment — including creating one concrete policy with specific availability/RTO/RPO targets and a DR approach for a single service (even a tier-1 one). Does not apply to FIS experiments or ARC routing controls.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill resilience-hub-getting-startedIs this agent skill safe to install?
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This skill provides a standard operational procedure for setting up AWS Resilience Hub v2. It follows AWS security best practices, including guidance on least privilege, IAM role management, and resource encryption. No security concerns were identified.
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What does this agent skill do?
Getting Started with AWS Resilience Hub v2
Overview
Domain expertise for first-time Resilience Hub v2 setup: policies, systems, user journeys, services, input sources, and failure mode assessments.
The AWS MCP server is recommended for executing this skill's AWS API calls, but it is not required — all operations also work with the AWS CLI directly.
Guardrail — where this skill's own files live (MCP vs local install)
Before reading a reference file, determine how this skill was loaded:
- Loaded via the AWS MCP
retrieve_skilltool: the skill's reference files are not on the local filesystem. Fetch each one throughretrieve_skillwith thefileparameter (e.g.file="references/setup-procedure.md") — do NOTfile_readthese paths locally or search the filesystem for them. - Installed locally (e.g.
.kiro/skills/resilience-hub-getting-started/or~/.claude/skills/resilience-hub-getting-started/): read reference files from the local skill directory using the relative paths shown here.
This applies only to the skill's own reference files; always read and write user or session data in the working directory, never through retrieve_skill.
Set up Resilience Hub v2
To configure Resilience Hub v2 from scratch, follow the procedure exactly. See references/setup-procedure.md.
Troubleshooting
Assessment stuck in IN_PROGRESS
Poll with aws resiliencehubv2 list-failure-mode-assessments. If stuck >30 min, check
the errorCode field — common causes are INVALID_PERMISSIONS or CMK_ACCESS_DENIED on
cross-account roles.
Achievability shows NOT_ACHIEVABLE
Your architecture cannot meet the policy targets. Fix infrastructure before running FIS experiments — testing won't help if the architecture is fundamentally insufficient.
No resources discovered
Verify input sources are correct: CFN stack ARN exists, Terraform state file is accessible, EKS cluster is in the specified regions, or resource tags match actual resources.
Security Considerations
- Least privilege: scope the invoker role to read-only discovery of only the resource types in your input sources; attach the AWS managed
AWSResilienceHubAsssessmentExecutionPolicy(AWS spells it with three s's) or a tighter custom policy. - Encryption at rest / in transit: recommend S3 buckets for Terraform state and assessment reports use server-side encryption (SSE-KMS) and a bucket policy enforcing TLS via
aws:SecureTransport. - Condition keys (confused-deputy): add an
aws:SourceAccount(and ideallyaws:SourceArnscoped to the specific Resilience Hub service ARN) condition to the invoker role's trust policy so only your account's Resilience Hub can assume it. - Limit assessment exposure: restrict who can call
start-failure-mode-assessment(it reads infrastructure state) and who can read assessment findings and reports — these can contain sensitive architecture detail. - Further reading: see Security in AWS Resilience Hub and IAM Best Practices (including cross-service confused-deputy prevention).
How can the creator link this skill?
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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