aws-whatsnew

AWS What's New

Fetch AWS What's New announcements with date filtering.

Usage

Run the script:

uv run --project scripts scripts/aws_whatsnew.py [--start-date YYYY-MM-DD] [--end-date YYYY-MM-DD] [--size 1-100]

Parameters

• --start-date: Start date (default: today in UTC)
• --end-date: End date (default: today in UTC)
• --size: Items per API request, 1-100 (default: 100)

Output

JSON array with each item containing:

• postDateTime: Announcement date
• headline: Announcement title
• headlineUrl: URL path (prefix with https://aws.amazon.com)
• service: AWS service name (e.g., amazon-connect)
• category: Category name (e.g., security-identity-and-compliance)

Response Schema

See references/response-schema.json for the JSON Schema definition of the output format.

Example

# Get today's announcements
uv run --project scripts scripts/aws_whatsnew.py

# Get announcements for a specific date range
uv run --project scripts scripts/aws_whatsnew.py --start-date 2026-02-01 --end-date 2026-02-11

Disclaimer

This skill depends on an unofficial AWS endpoint (https://aws.amazon.com/api/dirs/items/search). This API is not publicly documented and may change without notice, which could cause this skill to stop working.