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Skill 117 of 130
Creates an API Gateway stage with CloudWatch logging, X-Ray tracing, throttling, WAF integration, and IAM roles following AWS best practices.
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Install
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill creating-api-gateway-stagenpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugin marketplace add aws/agent-toolkit-for-awsThe first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
Domain expertise for creating and configuring API Gateway stages with comprehensive logging, monitoring, security, and throttling controls. Covers CloudWatch logging setup, X-Ray tracing, WAF web ACL association, method-level configuration, and authorization options.
To create a fully configured API Gateway stage with logging, throttling, WAF, and authorization, follow the procedure exactly. See API Gateway stage creation procedure (opens in a new tab).
Verify the CloudWatch role permissions, log group existence, and that logging is enabled at both stage and method levels. See the full procedure (opens in a new tab) for details.
Check REST API ID, deployment ID, IAM permissions, and stage naming conventions.
Review WAF logs, adjust rules or add exceptions, and consider count mode for testing.
Creates an API Gateway stage with CloudWatch logging, X-Ray tracing, throttling, WAF integration, and IAM roles following AWS best practices. Use when deploying a REST API to different environments such as dev, test, or production.
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Everything this skill ships beside its prose. All of it is set here, as a subchapter of skill 117.
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