AWS Step Functions

by awslabs

AWS Step Functions is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by awslabs in agent-plugins.

867 stars145 forkson awslabs/agent-pluginsAdded 2026/08/22Repository updated 2026/08/21

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Install AWS Step Functions

Copy AWS Step Functions into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/awslabs/agent-plugins/tree/main/plugins/aws-serverless/skills/aws-step-functions ~/.claude/skills/aws-step-functions

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/awslabs/agent-plugins.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/aws-serverless/skills/aws-step-functions/SKILL.md in awslabs/agent-plugins
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/aws-step-functions
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What AWS Step Functions does

AWS Step Functions helps you build and transform state machine workflows in ASL using JSONata. Use it to define states, handle errors, integrate AWS services, and migrate from JSONPath.

AWS Step Functions is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. AWS Step Functions comes from a repository tagged agent-plugins, agent-skills, agents, aws and coding-agent-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

AWS Step Functions uses Amazon States Language (ASL) to define state machines as JSON. With AWS Step Functions, you can create workflows, also called State machines, to build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data and machine learning pipelines.

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for writing state machines in ASL, covering:

ASL structure and JSONata expression syntax
Details on the eight available workflow states
The $states reserved variable
Workflow variables with Assign
Error handling
AWS Service integration patterns
Example code for data transformation and architecture
Validation and testing of state machines
How to migrate from JSONPath to JSONata

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about AWS Step Functions

What else does awslabs publish alongside AWS Step Functions?
AWS Step Functions is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from awslabs/agent-plugins, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AWS Architecture Diagram, AWS Lambda and AWS Lambda Durable Functions. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way AWS Step Functions does, and is maintained by awslabs in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the awslabs/agent-plugins page.
How does AWS Step Functions compare to other DevOps skills?
AWS Step Functions ranks #511 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of AWS Step Functions against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.