AWS Compute Blog
Author: D Surya Sai
Set up your AI coding agent to build with AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions has added a Copy agent prompt button to the console that configures your AI coding agent with Step Functions skills and an MCP server in one step. Paste the prompt into Claude Code, Kiro CLI, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent and start building workflows with natural language.
Observability best practices for Lambda durable functions
Learn observability best practices for AWS Lambda durable functions, including CloudWatch metrics, custom alarms, structured logging, and X-Ray tracing for debugging callback timeouts end-to-end.
Testing Step Functions workflows: a guide to the enhanced TestState API
AWS Step Functions recently announced new enhancements to local testing capabilities for Step Functions, introducing API-based testing that developers can use to validate workflows before deploying to AWS. As detailed in our Announcement blog post, the TestState API transforms Step Functions development by enabling individual state testing in isolation or as complete workflows. This supports […]