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Provides connectivity, authentication, and troubleshooting guidance for Amazon RDS for SQL Server. Applicable when users ask about SSMS times out connecting from EC2, Cannot generate SSPI context with Windows auth, connect RDS SQL Server from Lambda with pymssql, auth_scheme shows NTLM instead of KERBEROS on ECS Fargate, SSM tunnel to RDS SQL Server from laptop, port 1433 security group, TrustServerCertificate=True for localhost tunnels, SPN MSSQLSvc, AWS Managed Microsoft AD, CNAME not RDS endpoint for Kerberos, tds_version='7.4', encryption='require', port-as-string for pymssql, Secrets Manager credential caching in Lambda, error 18456 login failed. Covers Python (pymssql, pyodbc), .NET (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient), Java (JDBC mssql-jdbc), Node.js (tedious), IAM auth via RDS Proxy, and VPC/ECS/EKS/Lambda deployment.

ClawHub Agent Skills author: Amazon Web Services 1 file body ≈ 6 034 tokens Open the sourceclawhub.ai↗ analyzed 14 h ago

Provides connectivity, authentication, and troubleshooting guidance for Amazon RDS for SQL Server.

As a process F 47/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: references/python.md, references/dotnet.md, references/java.md

ProcedureAWSInfrastructureSoftware developmenttype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
Runs in: OpenClaw Claude / Claude Code ChatGPT / Codex Gemini CLI Cursor GitHub Copilot / VS Code Qwen Code Kimi Code CLI Z.ai (GLM) DeepSeek (Deep Code) Mistral Vibe LangChain (deepagents) Goose OpenCode
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Technical rating
B
84/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
100
Quality 40%
59
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
F
47/100
Will not run
References files that are not bundled: references/python.md, references/dotnet.md, references/java.md
Tools and files w 18
0
Result and completion w 14
0
Inputs and preconditions w 11
0
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

How to improve

  1. The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
  2. The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
For the model run — optional
  • Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
  • A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.

Guard findings · 0

✓ No critical or high findings

Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

Against the Agent Skills spec

  • warning body-long SKILL.md body ≈ 6034 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/python.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/dotnet.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/java.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/nodejs.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/ec2-vpc.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/lambda-vpc.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/ecs-fargate-vpc.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/ssm-tunneling.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/encryption.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/ad-kerberos.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/networking.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/connection-auth.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/rds-proxy.md
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: references/troubleshooting.md

Process rating: all ten parameters 47/100

Will not run. References files that are not bundled: references/python.md, references/dotnet.md, references/java.md
  • 0Tools and files. 14 referenced file(s) missing: references/python.md, references/dotnet.md, references/java.md
  • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
  • 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
  • 30Running it twice. 34 mutating operations with no state check
  • 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
  • 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 6034 tokens
  • 85Steps. 103 steps, 1 vague phrases
  • 100Failures and branches. 6 branches, has a failure section
  • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
  • 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
  • medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
  • low The response is described with custom markup (12 tags): a typed call is more reliable

Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.

Quality signals

  • +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
  • +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
  • +3Description length 827: 120–800 characters recommended
  • +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
  • +1No license
  • +2Single-language instructions
  • +4Structure: 24 headings
  • +3Step-by-step instructions: 103 items
  • +4Has examples (1 code blocks)

Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 59.