Extending Claude Code with Plugins and Skills for AWS Development

In the previous posts, I covered how to set up Claude Code with Bedrock , use it in your IDE , teach it your conventions with CLAUDE.md , enforce them with hooks , and connect it to your AWS services with MCP servers . At this point, Claude Code can read your code, follow your rules, and talk to your AWS services. But you're still explaining the same workflows every session: how you deploy, what to check before a PR, which naming conventions to follow. Skills and plugins fix that. Skills are markdown files that teach Claude your workflows once, so you don't repeat yourself. Plugins package skills (along with MCP servers, hooks, and agents) into installable units you can share with your team or the community. Skills, Plugins, and How They Fit Together If you've used the previous posts to set up CLAUDE.md, hooks, and MCP servers, you've already been configuring Claude Code piece by piece. Skills and plugins build on that foundation. Skills A skill is a markdown file ( SKILL.md ) with ins