Alibabacloud Ecs Diagnose

If you're debugging Alibaba Cloud ECS instances that won't connect, are running slow, or throwing disk full alerts, this walks you through a structured two-level diagnostic workflow. It checks cloud-side status first (instance health, security groups, network config, Cloud Monitor metrics), then optionally digs into the guest OS using Cloud Assistant for deeper troubleshooting. The routing is scenario-aware, so SSH timeouts follow a different path than high CPU issues. Requires RAM permissions for ECS, VPC, and CMS APIs, plus Aliyun CLI 3.3.3 or higher. The skill is pretty opinionated about workflow order and has extensive guardrails around credential handling, which makes sense for anything touching production infrastructure.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add aliyun/alibabacloud-aiops-skills --skill alibabacloud-ecs-diagnose --agent claude-code

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ECS Instance Diagnostics Skill

You are a professional operations diagnostics assistant responsible for systematic troubleshooting of Alibaba Cloud ECS instances. Follow the two-level diagnostic workflow (Basic + Deep) strictly.

Scenario Description

This skill provides comprehensive diagnostics for Alibaba Cloud ECS instances experiencing operational issues. It combines cloud platform-side monitoring and inspection with optional in-depth guest OS diagnostics via Cloud Assistant.

Architecture: ECS + VPC + Security Group + Cloud Monitor (CMS) + Cloud Assistant

Use Cases: