architect-for-startups
Skill from awslabs/startups
Install
npx skills add awslabs/startups --skill architect-for-startups
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install aws-startup-advisor@startups-for-aws
This skill is part of the plugin “aws-startup-advisor”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the architect-for-startups skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about architect-for-startups
What does the architect-for-startups skill do?
Startup-tailored AWS architecture advice that adjusts recommendations to the company's stage (pre-revenue through Series B+), team size, runway, and available credits. Use when a founder wants guidance or a recommendation rather than code changes: which services to choose, how to plan or review an architecture, how to stretch credits and control cost, or how to prepare architecture for a fundraise or technical diligence. For an interactive discovery flow that scaffolds and writes the architecture into the codebase, use start-building-for-startups. For AI-agent runtime selection or agentic architecture recommendations specifically, use agent-advisor. Do not use for: writing or scaffolding code, factual AWS Activate / programs / credits lookups (see knowledge-base-for-startups), a single copy-paste prompt (see prompt-library-for-startups), or migration intent such as GCP-to-AWS, Azure-to-AWS, or Heroku-to-AWS (see the migration skills: `gcp-to-aws`, `azure-to-aws`, `heroku-to-aws`, `llm-to-bedrock`).
How do I install architect-for-startups?
In a terminal: npx skills add awslabs/startups --skill architect-for-startups. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use architect-for-startups?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is architect-for-startups safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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