cdk-deployment-rules

What problem does it solve?

Manual CLI modifications to AWS production resources cause untracked infrastructure drift, leading to failed CDK deployments, unreproducible environments, and difficulty auditing change history. This Skill eliminates that risk by enforcing strict CDK-only governance for all production infrastructure changes.

Core Features & Use Cases

• CDK-Only Enforcement: Clear rules and forbidden CLI commands to prevent accidental manual resource creation or modification in production AWS environments.
• Deployment Troubleshooting: Step-by-step guidance for resolving common CDK, CloudFormation, ECS Fargate, and CodeBuild deployment failures, including stack deletion issues, security group dependency errors, and ECS service startup failures.
• CI/CD Optimization: Best practices for CodeBuild pipeline configuration, conditional CDK deploys, Docker layer caching, and CloudFront cache invalidation to speed up and stabilize deployment workflows.
• Drift Remediation: Processes for identifying and cleaning up orphaned CLI-created resources that are not managed by CDK stacks.

Quick Start

Use this skill to review your planned AWS infrastructure changes and confirm they comply with CDK-only deployment rules to avoid production drift and deployment failures.