AWS Tools & Resources: Ruby
A curated list of Ruby resources for building on AWS: the AWS SDK for Ruby, the Rails plugin, X-Ray, Lambda, MCP, and agentic AI tools.
Ruby Resources on AWS
Searching for Ruby resources to help you develop applications on the AWS Cloud? Start here 🧑💻⬇️
Toolkits
- AWS Toolkit for JetBrains : IDE integration for RubyMine and other JetBrains IDEs
- AWS Toolkit for JetBrains User Guide : Setup and usage docs
- AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code User Guide : VS Code toolkit docs
- AWS Toolkit for VS Code Information : Overview of the VS Code toolkit
SDKs & References
- AWS SDK for Ruby (GitHub) : Source repo for the Ruby SDK; issues and releases
- AWS SDK for Ruby information : Overview of the AWS SDK for Ruby (RE-ADDED)
- AWS SDK for Ruby User Guide : Install, config, and usage for the Ruby SDK
- AWS SDK for Ruby Code Examples : Curated examples grouped by service
- AWS Doc SDK Examples repo (GitHub) : The full, runnable source behind the Ruby code library examples (NEW)
- AWS SDK for Ruby (Rails plugin) : Integrate the Ruby SDK with Ruby on Rails
- AWS SDK for Ruby (Rails) User Guide : Use AWS services from Rails apps
- AWS SDK for Ruby (Record extension) : Data mapping abstraction for DynamoDB
- Amazon DynamoDB Session Store for Rails (aws-sessionstore-dynamodb) : Rack/Rails session store backed by Amazon DynamoDB (NEW)
- API Reference - AWS SDK for Ruby : Full Ruby SDK API reference
- AWS SDKs and Tools Reference Guide : Cross-SDK guidance on auth, config files, and regions
Agentic AI, Agents & MCP
- Strands Agents SDK : Open-source, model-driven SDK for building AI agents (NEW)
- Strands Agents (GitHub) : Source repos for the Strands Agents project (NEW)
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore : Agentic platform to build, deploy, and operate agents securely, using any framework or model (NEW)
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime : Serverless, framework-agnostic hosting for Ruby agents, with session isolation and up to 8-hour runtimes (NEW)
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway : Secure entry point that converts APIs, Lambda functions, and services into MCP-compatible tools for agents (NEW)
- AWS MCP Servers (awslabs) : Open-source MCP servers for AWS, usable from any MCP-compatible AI assistant (NEW)
- AWS Knowledge MCP Server : MCP server that gives AI assistants current AWS documentation and guidance (NEW)
- Model Context Protocol strategies on AWS : Prescriptive guidance on MCP tool design, hosting, and governance (NEW)
AI-Assisted Development & IDEs
- Kiro : Agentic IDE with spec-driven development and native MCP support; connects to AWS via MCP servers (NEW)
Serverless / AWS Lambda
- Building Lambda functions with Ruby : Author and deploy Lambda functions in Ruby
Observability
- AWS X-Ray SDK for Ruby : Instrument Ruby apps for distributed tracing
- AWS X-Ray User Guide : Analyze and debug distributed applications
Helpful links & blogs to check out
- Ruby on AWS blog : The primary Ruby-on-AWS blog
- Developer Tools on AWS blog : Tooling announcements and deep dives
- DevOps on AWS blog : CI/CD and operational guidance
- Programming Languages on AWS blog : Language-specific posts
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