# Cloudformation

> AWS CloudFormation

- Skill: `neuralblitz/cloudformation` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add neuralblitz/cloudformation`
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- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: NeuralBlitz (https://skillmd.com/u/neuralblitz)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/neuralblitz/cloudformation

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# AWS CloudFormation

CloudFormation is AWS's infrastructure as code service that enables modeling, provisioning, and managing AWS resources through declarative templates.

## Key Concepts

- Templates (JSON/YAML)
- Stacks and stack sets
- Change sets
- Nested stacks
- Drift detection

## Common Use Cases

- AWS resource provisioning
- Infrastructure automation
- Multi-region deployments
- Disaster recovery
- Landing zones

## Best Practices

- Use CloudFormation Linter (cfn-lint)
- Implement stack policies
- Use StackSets for organization
- Enable termination protection
- Use SAM for serverless

## Resources

- AWS Docs: docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation
- Related Skills: aws, infrastructure-as-code, sam

## Getting Started

Start with AWS CloudFormation Designer for visual template creation, then version control your templates alongside application code for complete infrastructure reproducibility.