{"categories":[{"label":"Libraries","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides pre-built blocks, tasks, and workers for integrating Prefect workflows with AWS services including S3, Lambda, Secrets Manager, ECS, Batch, and Glue.","skillfed_tags":["aws-integration","workflow-orchestration","infrastructure-as-code"],"use_cases":["Upload and download files from S3 within workflows without managing boto3 sessions directly.","Deploy long-running workers on ECS for production data pipeline execution at scale.","Invoke Lambda functions synchronously or asynchronously as part of a workflow.","Retrieve and manage secrets stored in Secrets Manager with centralized credential handling.","Run ETL jobs on Glue or submit batch compute jobs via Batch from a flow.","Authenticate to RDS PostgreSQL databases using IAM tokens for passwordless access."],"what_it_does":"prefect-aws is an integration layer that bridges prefect workflow orchestration with AWS services. It provides reusable blocks (configuration objects), tasks, and worker infrastructure to simplify common patterns\u2014file I/O with S3, credential management via Secrets Manager, serverless execution with Lambda, container orchestration on ECS, and batch/ETL jobs via Batch and Glue. Rather than calling boto3 directly, you use prefect-aws's pre-built components, which handle authentication centrally, add observability through logging and state tracking, and include built-in retry logic for transient failures.\n\nThe package depends on prefect as its orchestration engine and boto3/aiobotocore for AWS API access. It supports Python 3.10\u20133.13 and is actively maintained. Most users install via `pip install \"prefect[aws]\"`. Setup involves creating an AwsCredentials block with access keys, then using service-specific blocks in workflows.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and integrates cleanly with prefect for AWS workflows. Choose it if you are already using prefect and want to reduce boilerplate around AWS service calls; skip it if you are not using prefect or prefer direct boto3 usage."},"id":"prefect-aws","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/prefect-aws","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/prefect-aws.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/prefect-aws/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-05","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"prefect-aws","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Prefect integrations for interacting with Amazon Web Services."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":5966999,"position":2002,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.7.11"}