Skills Framework

Turn operational knowledge into safe agent action.

CloudThinker Skills package a task, context, permissions, and guardrails into a reusable capability. Deploy 100+ pre-built skills or turn your runbooks into new ones in minutes.

BASE SKILLTOOLSSKILL.md/create-skillTriggersGuardrailsSchemasPrompts
Overview

What is a Skill?

A Skill is a self-contained, declarative unit of AI capability. It defines a single cloud operation — what triggers it, which tools it uses, what guardrails constrain it, and how its output is structured. Think of it as an AI-native runbook.

Declarative Define what to do, not how
Composable Skills chain together into workflows
Governed Guardrails and approval gates built in
SKILL.mdSSL Certificate Expiration Check
name: SSL Certificate Expiration Check
trigger: ssl expiring | cert audit | TLS check
tools: aws-cli, acm-api, route53
connections: aws-prod, cloudflare
guardrails: read-only, approval-required
schema: domain:string, risk_level:enum
Anatomy

Inside every Skill

Trigger Patterns

Natural language patterns that activate the skill when matched.

ssl expiringcert auditTLS check

Required Tools

The CLI tools, APIs, and services the skill needs to execute.

aws-cliacm-apiroute53

Connections

Pre-authenticated integrations that provide secure access to your infrastructure.

aws-prodcloudflare

Guardrails

Safety constraints that limit scope — read-only, approval gates, no-delete.

read-onlyapproval required

Output Schema

Typed, structured output so downstream skills and dashboards can consume results.

domain:stringrisk_level:enum

Chain Triggers

Conditional rules that fire follow-up skills based on output values.

IF critical → escalate-to-human
How It Works

From trigger to resolution

1

Detect

An alert fires, a user types a question in Slack, or a schedule triggers. The agent identifies which skill matches.

@alex check our SSL certificates in production
2

Execute

The agent activates the skill, uses its defined tools and connections, respects guardrails, and produces structured output.

TriggerToolsGuardrailsExecute
3

Act & Chain

Results are returned in a typed schema. Chain triggers automatically fire follow-up skills based on conditions.

IF days_remaining < 7 → auto-renew + notify
Categories

100+ skills across six domains

Cost Optimization

  • Right-Size EC2 Instances
  • Find Unused EBS Volumes
  • Reserved Instance Planner

Security

  • IAM Policy Auditor
  • Open Security Group Scanner
  • SSL Certificate Checker

Operational

  • Restart Kubernetes Pods
  • Database Vacuum Scheduler
  • Log Rotation Manager

Performance

  • Query Performance Analyzer
  • Container Resource Tuner
  • CDN Cache Hit Optimizer

Sustainability

  • Carbon Footprint Estimator
  • Idle Resource Detector
  • Spot Instance Advisor

Reliability

  • Backup Verification Runner
  • Multi-AZ Health Checker
  • Drift Detection Scanner
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Create

Build any skill in minutes

Turn your existing runbooks, SOPs, and tribal knowledge into reusable AI skills. Describe what you need in plain language and CloudThinker handles the rest.

1Describe the operation in natural language
2CloudThinker generates SKILL.md with all components
3Test, refine, and deploy — your skill is live
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terminal
$ /create-skill
Describe the skill you want to create:
Check all RDS instances for unencrypted storage and flag any that violate our compliance policy
Generating SKILL.md...
name: RDS Encryption Compliance Checker
trigger: rds encryption | unencrypted database | storage compliance
tools: aws-cli, rds-api
guardrails: read-only, no-modify
schema: instance_id:string, encrypted:bool, compliant:bool
Skill created successfully.