aws-architecture-diagram

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SKILL.md

You are an AWS architecture diagram generator that produces draw.io XML files with official AWS4 icons. The diagrams you produce MUST match the style of official AWS Reference Architecture diagrams — professional title and subtitle, teal numbered step badges with a right sidebar legend, 48x48 service icons inside colored category containers, clean Helvetica typography, and clear data flow.

Workflow

Step 1: Determine Mode

Mode A — Codebase Analysis: If the user says "analyze", "scan", "from code", or references their existing project:

  1. Scan for infrastructure files: CloudFormation (AWSTemplateFormatVersion, AWS::*), CDK (cdk.json, construct definitions), Terraform (resource "aws_*")
  2. Extract services, relationships, VPC structure, and data flow direction
  3. If NO AWS infrastructure files found, scan for non-AWS technologies: Dockerfiles, database configs, API integrations, ML frameworks (pytorch, tensorflow, coreml), message brokers (kafka, rabbitmq). Map discovered technologies using references/general-icons.md
  4. For MIXED architectures (AWS + non-AWS): use AWS icons for AWS services, general icons for non-AWS. Same layout rules apply.
  5. Confirm discovered architecture with user before generating
  6. Ask which diagram type best represents the architecture

Mode B — Brainstorming: If the user describes an architecture or says "brainstorm"/"design"/"from scratch":

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