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Generate an AWS CDK Stack from a Plain-English Description

recombobulate @recombobulate · Mar 26, 2026 · Workflows
generate-an-aws-cdk-stack-from-a-plain-english-description

The AWS CDK lets you define cloud infrastructure in real code, but the API surface is enormous. Describe what you need in plain English and let Claude translate it into a deployable stack.

Generate an AWS CDK stack in TypeScript for a serverless API. I need an API Gateway backed by a Lambda function and a DynamoDB table. The Lambda should have read/write access to the table. Enable CORS for https://myapp.com only.

Claude produces a complete CDK stack with proper constructs, automatic IAM grants, and environment variable wiring — no manual policy documents required:

const table = new dynamodb.Table(this, 'UsersTable', {
  partitionKey: { name: 'id', type: dynamodb.AttributeType.STRING },
  billingMode: dynamodb.BillingMode.PAY_PER_REQUEST,
  removalPolicy: RemovalPolicy.RETAIN,
});

const fn = new lambda.NodejsFunction(this, 'ApiHandler', {
  environment: { TABLE_NAME: table.tableName },
});

table.grantReadWriteData(fn); // IAM policy generated automatically

Add more resources incrementally without reading through pages of AWS docs:

Add an SQS queue that triggers the Lambda asynchronously for background jobs. The queue should have a dead-letter queue after 3 failed attempts.

Ask Claude to include S3 buckets with lifecycle rules, CloudFront distributions, RDS instances in a VPC, or EventBridge rules — each described in plain English, generated as idiomatic CDK.

cdk diff  # preview changes before deploying
cdk deploy

Describe your cloud architecture in English; deploy it in code.

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