creating-data-lake-table — Skills

What it does

Existing data in S3: Create empty table (Steps 1-8), then use ingesting-into-data-lake skill.

Glue ETL pipeline: Read references/table-creation-glue-etl.md first, then Steps 1-6.

Lake Formation access control: Search AWS docs for "S3 Tables integration with Lake Formation".

You MUST check whether AWS MCP server tools or AWS CLI are available and inform user if missing

You MUST confirm target AWS region and verify credentials with aws sts get-caller-identity

Explicit schema: Validate Iceberg types.

Loose description: Ask columns, types, grain. Propose and confirm.

creating data lake table

Source

Repository: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws

creating-data-lake-table FAQ

What does the creating-data-lake-table skill do?

>- Create managed Iceberg tables using Amazon S3 Tables (s3tables API namespace) with automatic compaction and snapshot management. Sets up table bucket, namespace, table, schema, Glue catalog registration, partitioning, IAM access control. Triggers on: create table, data lake table, analytics table, structured data storage, S3 Tables, Iceberg, Athena table, partitioning strategy, access permissions. Do NOT use for: importing files (use ingesting-into-data-lake), vector storage (use storing-and-querying-vectors), querying existing tables (use querying-data-lake), or locating existing table (use finding-data-lake-assets). Existing data in S3: Create empty table (Steps 1-8), then use ingesting-into-data-lake skill. Glue ETL pipeline: Read references/table-creation-glue-etl.md first, then Steps 1-6.

What does creating-data-lake-table require?

If not found, create (requires glue:CreateCatalog, glue:passConnection): Configuration keys: GENERIC_INTERNAL_ERROR, DESCRIBE.

How do I install creating-data-lake-table?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill creating-data-lake-table --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.

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