aws-deployment-preflight

What problem does it solve?

This Skill eliminates costly, time-consuming failed AWS infrastructure deployments by catching template errors, stale failed stacks, naming conflicts, and quota limits before you trigger a deploy, saving CI minutes and avoiding production outages from incomplete deployments.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Template Validation: Validates CDK (via synth, diff) and raw CloudFormation (via validate-template, cfn-lint, change sets) templates locally to catch structural, property, and IAM issues pre-deploy.
• Stale Stack Cleanup: Identifies and removes stacks stuck in ROLLBACK_COMPLETE or CREATE_FAILED states that block re-deployment, including guidance for handling resources that block deletion.
• Pre-Deploy Risk Checks: Detects globally unique resource naming conflicts (S3, ECR, IAM, etc.) and verifies service quota headroom to avoid late-stage deploy failures.
• Use Case: If your team’s CDK deploys regularly fail with ROLLBACK_COMPLETE errors or quota limit exceptions, this Skill will run all required pre-checks in sequence and report exactly what needs to be fixed before you push changes.

Quick Start

Use the aws-deployment-preflight skill to run all pre-deployment validation checks for your AWS CDK or CloudFormation template and get a clear go/no-go recommendation before triggering your deploy.