aws-cli-beast

# AWS CLI Beast Mode ## Overview Advanced AWS CLI patterns for speed, precision, and security-first automation. Covers JMESPath queries, bulk operations, waiters, cross-account access, and destructive operation safety. ## When to Use - Bulk operations across thousands of AWS resources - Advanced JMESPath filtering and output transformation - Automated scripts for AWS routines - Multi-profile and multi-region management - Security auditing and compliance checks - CLI-driven infrastructure-as-code workflows ## Instructions ### Step 1: Categorize the Request | Category | Services | Commands | |----------|----------|----------| | Compute | EC2, Lambda | describe-instances, invoke, publish-version | | Storage | S3 | sync, cp, mb, rb, presign | | Database | DynamoDB, RDS | query, scan, batch-write-item | | Networking | VPC, Route53 | describe-vpcs, describe-security-groups | | Security | IAM | simulate-principal-policy, get-policy-version | | Observability | CloudWatch | get-metric-statistics, filter-log-events | ### Step 2: Apply Beast Mode Principles 1. **Dry-run first**: Always validate with `--dryrun` or `--dry-run` 2. **Query server-side**: Use `--query` with JMESPath to filter before transfer 3. **Batch intelligently**: Paginate with `--max-results` and parallelize with xargs 4. **Wait properly**: Use built-in waiters or exponential backoff polling 5. **Switch contexts**: Use `--profile` and `--region` for multi-account operations ### Step 3: Validate Destructive Op...