Extending AWS DevOps Agent with Skills, Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers, Custom Agents and Connectors
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This article explains how to extend AWS DevOps Agent with custom skills, MCP servers, custom agents, and connectors to encode operational expertise and automate incident response.
- Custom Skills teach the agent investigation procedures, correlation patterns, and service-specific thresholds from runbooks and SOPs
- MCP Servers provide data-plane access beyond standard AWS APIs for deep diagnostics and custom tools
- Custom Agents wrap skills and servers into repeatable workflows for scheduled, multi-step, or artifact-producing work
- Connectors enable integration with partner-hosted tools like observability and ticketing platforms
- Open-source catalog at aws.github.io/tools-for-devops-agent contains 42+ skills, 6 MCP servers, and 9 custom agents
- Contributions are evaluated through structure checks, best-practices review, and functional testing with evals.json
- Amazon EKS Operations Review skill demonstrates comprehensive service-specific diagnostics across 288 best-practice checks
The open-source repository enables teams to share reusable operational building blocks and collaborate on extending DevOps Agent capabilities beyond generic incident response.
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