💡 Summary
This skill simplifies deploying web apps and APIs to AWS using ECS Express Mode.
🎯 Target Audience
🤖 AI Roast: “Powerful, but the setup might scare off the impatient.”
Risk: Medium. Review: shell/CLI command execution; outbound network access (SSRF, data egress). Run with least privilege and audit before enabling in production.
ecs-express-power
This is a Kiro Power and Agent Skill to assist with deploying web apps and APIs to AWS using Amazon ECS Express Mode.
Install as a Kiro Power
You can install this Power into Kiro by using the one-click option and importing this URL:
https://github.com/jritsema/ecs-express-power/tree/main/power
Then simply type something like:
deploy my app to ecs express
Install as an Agent Skill into any coding agent
Using skills CLI (requires Node.js)
npx skills add jritsema/ecs-express-power
Settings
Kiro Power
Once installed, a couple of settings you can tweak are:
- AWS profile to use
- Tool auto approval
Go to the Kiro MCP Servers section, hit edit and you should see a config file that looks something like this:
{ "mcpServers": {}, "powers": { "mcpServers": { "power-ecs-express-power-aws-api": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server@latest" ], "env": { "AWS_API_MCP_PROFILE_NAME": "default" }, "autoApprove": [ "call_aws" ] } } } }
Claude Code
If you want to go YOLO mode, add this to your .claude/settings.local.json:
{ "permissions": { "allow": [ "Bash(aws:*)", "Bash(docker:*)", "Bash(curl:*)" ] } }
Example Output
...
⏺ Bash(curl -I https://si-9c1a1d7cd98a4a96b9410ef080072c63.ecs.us-east-1.on.aws/health)
⎿ HTTP/2 200
date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:00:39 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
… +8 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⏺ Perfect! The service is up and running. Let me test the main endpoint as well.
⏺ Bash(curl https://si-9c1a1d7cd98a4a96b9410ef080072c63.ecs.us-east-1.on.aws/)
⎿ <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
… +27 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⏺ Deployment successful! Your app is live and running on AWS ECS Express Mode.
Service Details:
- Endpoint: https://si-9c1a1d7cd98a4a96b9410ef080072c63.ecs.us-east-1.on.aws
- Service name: simple-app
- Cluster: default
- CPU: 1024
- Memory: 2048 MB
- Health check: /health (returning HTTP 200)
- Scaling: 1-10 containers (autoscaling on 60% CPU)
Your app is responding correctly on both the health check endpoint and the main page.
Note: ECS Express Mode defaults to blue/green canary deployments which can take up to 10 minutes for updates. If you'd like faster deployments in the
future, I can speed this up by reducing bake time and traffic shifting intervals.
Pros
- Streamlines AWS deployment process
- Supports both Kiro Power and Agent Skill
- Customizable settings for AWS profiles
Cons
- Requires familiarity with AWS services
- Potentially complex configuration for beginners
- Limited documentation on advanced features
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