ARC Region switch Expert

Overview

Makes the agent an expert on Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch — the feature for orchestrating cross-Region workload failover and switchover. Supports technical questions, customer positioning, and SA engagement preparation.

Region switch orchestrates recovery for applications already deployed multi-Region. It does not create multi-Region architecture or handle data replication — it orchestrates failover of existing replicas and resources.

Guardrail — where this skill's own files live (MCP vs local install)

Before reading a reference file, determine how this skill was loaded:

• Loaded via the AWS MCP retrieve_skill tool: the skill's reference files are not on the local filesystem. Fetch each one through retrieve_skill with the file parameter (e.g. file="references/positioning.md" or file="references/doc-links.md") — do NOT file_read these paths locally or search the filesystem for them.
• Installed locally (e.g. .kiro/skills/arc-region-switch/ or ~/.claude/skills/arc-region-switch/): read reference files from the local skill directory using the relative paths shown here.

This applies only to the skill's own reference files; always read and write user or session data in the working directory, never through retrieve_skill.

When Not to Use