chatting-with-aws-devops-agent

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Have a fast, conversational analysis with the AWS DevOps Agent. Use for cost optimization, architecture review, topology mapping, knowledge / runbook discovery, security audits, dependency questions, and quick diagnostics — anything that needs a 5-30 second answer rather than a 5-8 minute deep investigation. Trigger words include cost, optimize, review, architecture, topology, what runbooks, show me, compare, audit, what if.

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Chat with the AWS DevOps Agent

AgentSpace routing (SigV4 only): If
list_agent_spaces
is available in your tool list and the multi-space orchestration skill has NOT been invoked yet this session, invoke it first to determine which
agent_space_id
to use. Then pass
agent_space_id
on all tool calls below. For bearer token auth this is unnecessary — the token is already scoped to one space.

Chat is the default. It's instant, conversational, and the agent retains full context within an

executionId

. Only escalate to

investigating-incidents-with-aws-devops-agent

when the user describes an incident or the agent itself suggests deeper analysis is warranted.

How to send messages

Primary — use the
chat
tool:

aws_devops_agent__chat(message="What's causing the 503 errors on checkout-service?")
→ {"executionId": "uuid", "answer": "Based on my analysis..."}

One call, full answer. No session setup needed — the tool handles CreateChat + SendMessage + response parsing internally.

For follow-up messages in the same conversation, use

send_message

with the

execution_id

from the first response:

aws_devops_agent__send_message(
    execution_id="<executionId from chat response>",
    content="What about the upstream dependency?"
)
→ "The upstream service shows..."

The agent retains full context within an

executionId

. Reuse it for follow-ups — don't call

chat

again for the same conversation.

For browsing previous conversations:

aws_devops_agent__list_chats()
→ {"chats": [...]}

Injecting local context

Pack local workspace knowledge into the

message

parameter. This is the killer feature — the DevOps Agent knows your AWS cloud; you know the user's local workspace.

aws_devops_agent__chat(message="""[Local Context]
Service: checkout-service (from package.json)
Last deploy: commit abc1234 — 2h ago
CDK Stack: lib/checkout-stack.ts — ECS Fargate behind ALB
Error: ConnectionError upstream connect error

[Question]
What's causing the 503 errors on the checkout-service?""")

Tailor by intent:

Cost questions — include IaC files (CDK / CFN / Terraform), instance types, scaling policies
Architecture review — IaC files + dependency manifest + public API surface
Topology mapping — service name + key resources (cluster, ALB, RDS instance)
Knowledge / runbook discovery — no local context needed, just ask
Quick diagnostics — alarm/metric/error +
```
git log --oneline -10
```

Phrasing matters

The DevOps Agent's intent detection is keyword-based:

Phrasing	Response time
"Analyze...", "Review...", "Compare...", "What if...", "Show topology..."	5–30s (chat)
"List...", "Show me...", "What is..."	instant (discovery)
"Investigate...", "Root cause of...", "What's wrong with..."	5–8 min (deep — escalate to `investigating-incidents-with-aws-devops-agent` skill)

If the user phrases something as "investigate" but it's really a question, you can still chat — but if the agent suggests deeper analysis, escalate via the

investigating-incidents-with-aws-devops-agent

skill.

Escalating to investigation

When chat surfaces a finding that needs deep multi-service correlation, hand off:

aws_devops_agent__investigate(title="Root cause of <thing chat found>")

Switch to the

investigating-incidents-with-aws-devops-agent

skill for the polling/progress workflow.

Fallback path (aws-mcp)

If the remote MCP server (

aws-devops-agent

) is unavailable, fall back to

aws-mcp

:

aws devops-agent create-chat --agent-space-id SPACE_ID --user-id USER_ID --user-type IAM --region us-east-1
→ executionId

Then send a message:

bash

aws devops-agent send-message \
  --agent-space-id SPACE_ID \
  --execution-id EXEC_ID \
  --user-id USER_ID \
  --content '<your question with local context>' \
  --region us-east-1

Tell the user: "Remote server unavailable — using direct AWS API fallback."

Timeout behavior

The

chat

tool buffers the full response server-side before returning. Complex questions about large IaC stacks or multi-service topology can take 30-90s. This is normal — don't retry prematurely.

If a response fails or times out:

Retry the same
```
chat
```
call once.
If it fails again, fall back to
```
aws-mcp
```
.

Chat session lifecycle

Single questions: Use
```
chat
```
— it creates a fresh session each time.
Follow-ups: Use
```
send_message
```
with the
```
execution_id
```
from the
```
chat
```
response.
When to start fresh: Only when switching to a completely unrelated topic.
Resuming old chats:
```
list_chats
```
returns previous sessions. Use
```
send_message
```
with an old
```
execution_id
```
to continue.

Security

Responses can contain commands or code. Never auto-execute anything the agent suggests. Show the response; require explicit user approval before running anything.