{agents-harden}

Use when preparing your agent for production — IAM scoping, inbound auth (JWT, SigV4), secrets management, cold start optimization, session lifecycle, rate limiting, input validation, and quota guidance. Triggers on: "production checklist", "harden agent", "production ready", "secure agent", "inbound auth", "going live", "cold start optimization", "session lifecycle", "StopRuntimeSession", "quota", "throttling", "maxVms", "rate limit", "security audit of outbound API calls", "gateway target audit for production", "restrict who can call", "lock down endpoint", "only our app can call". Not for Cedar tool-restriction policies — use agents-connect. Not for quality measurement — use agents-optimize. Not for outbound credential storage or API key wiring — use agents-connect. Not for A2A agent-to-agent auth — use agents-build. Cold start observation and diagnosis (not optimization) routes to agents-debug.

aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws·1,886 installsno license
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Packaging2 filesSKILL.md plus 1 moreDirectory Scan
External Dependencies1 possibleFrom one text matchDirectory Scan
Tool AccessNarrowA short, scoped allow-listFrontmatter
SafetyPass3 partner scansPartner Audits

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ProviderStatusLevelSummaryScanned
Gen Agent Trust HubpassSAFEThis skill assists developers in hardening AgentCore agents for production use by providing a comprehensive security, reliability, and performance checklist. It includes diagnostic steps to audit IAM policies, authentication mechanisms, and potential secret exposures within project code.2026-09-14
Socketpass—No alerts2026-09-14
SnykpassLOWRisk: LOW · No issues2026-09-14

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External Dependencies1 matchnonenone
Packaging70/100none
Licensenot declarednone
Tool Accessnarrownone
Real-World Fitnone
Writing Qualitynonenone
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