Awsclaw Glue

Manage Glue ETL jobs, triggers, crawlers, databases, tables, workflows, and connections.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user:

• Asks about Glue ETL jobs, crawlers, or triggers
• Wants to inspect or query the Glue Data Catalog (databases, tables, partitions)
• Needs to start a Glue job run
• Wants to create a Glue job
• Asks about Glue connections or job bookmarks
• Needs to inspect crawl history
• Wants to create or delete databases, tables, crawlers, or workflows
• Needs to update jobs, crawlers, or triggers

Tool: GlueTool

Execute AWS Glue commands including Data Catalog queries and lifecycle operations. ALWAYS provide params object.

Commands

ListJobs

List Glue jobs.

{ "command": "ListJobs", "params": { "MaxResults": 50 } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items to return
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

GetJob

Get details of a Glue job.

{ "command": "GetJob", "params": { "JobName": "my-etl-job" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
JobName	string	Yes	Job name

GetJobRun

Get details of a specific job run.

{ "command": "GetJobRun", "params": { "JobName": "my-etl-job", "RunId": "jr_abc123" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
JobName	string	Yes	Job name
RunId	string	Yes	Job run ID

GetJobRuns

List all runs of a job.

{ "command": "GetJobRuns", "params": { "JobName": "my-etl-job", "MaxResults": 20 } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
JobName	string	Yes	Job name
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items to return
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

GetJobBookmark

Get the bookmark state for a job.

{ "command": "GetJobBookmark", "params": { "JobName": "my-etl-job" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
JobName	string	Yes	Job name

StartJobRun

Start a Glue job run.

{ "command": "StartJobRun", "params": { "JobName": "my-etl-job", "Arguments": { "--input-path": "s3://my-bucket/input/" } } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
JobName	string	Yes	Job name
Arguments	object	No	Job run arguments (override defaults)
Timeout	number	No	Job timeout in minutes
MaxCapacity	number	No	Maximum DPU capacity
WorkerType	string	No	Standard, G.1X, G.2X, G.025X
NumberOfWorkers	number	No	Number of workers
SecurityConfiguration	string	No	Security configuration name
AllocatedCapacity	number	No	Allocated capacity
JobRunId	string	No	Job run ID

CreateJob

Create a new Glue job.

{
  "command": "CreateJob",
  "params": {
    "Name": "my-new-job",
    "Role": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/GlueRole",
    "Command": { "Name": "glueetl", "ScriptLocation": "s3://my-bucket/scripts/etl.py" },
    "WorkerType": "G.1X",
    "NumberOfWorkers": 10
  }
}

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Name	string	Yes	Job name
Role	string	Yes	IAM role ARN
Command	object	Yes	Command config with Name (glueetl/pythonshell/gluestreaming) and ScriptLocation
Description	string	No	Job description
LogUri	string	No	S3 URI for job logs
DefaultArguments	object	No	Default job arguments
MaxRetries	number	No	Maximum retries
Timeout	number	No	Timeout in minutes
MaxCapacity	number	No	Max DPU capacity
WorkerType	string	No	Standard, G.1X, G.2X, G.025X
NumberOfWorkers	number	No	Number of workers
SecurityConfiguration	string	No	Security config name
Tags	object	No	Key-value tags

ListTriggers

List Glue triggers.

{ "command": "ListTriggers", "params": { "MaxResults": 50 } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
DependentJobName	string	No	Filter by dependent job name
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

GetTrigger

Get details of a trigger.

{ "command": "GetTrigger", "params": { "Name": "my-trigger" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Name	string	Yes	Trigger name

GetTriggers

List triggers with optional filter.

{ "command": "GetTriggers", "params": { "DependencyJobName": "my-job" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
DependencyJobName	string	No	Filter by dependency job name
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

ListCrawlers

List Glue crawlers.

{ "command": "ListCrawlers", "params": {} }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

GetCrawler

Get details of a crawler.

{ "command": "GetCrawler", "params": { "CrawlerName": "my-crawler" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
CrawlerName	string	Yes	Crawler name

GetCrawlers

List crawlers with details.

{ "command": "GetCrawlers", "params": {} }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

ListCrawls

List crawl runs for a crawler.

{ "command": "ListCrawls", "params": { "CrawlerName": "my-crawler" } }

Lifecycle Commands

CreateDatabase

Create a new database.

{ "command": "CreateDatabase", "params": { "DatabaseInput": { "Name": "analytics" } } }

CreateTable

Create a new table.

{ "command": "CreateTable", "params": { "DatabaseName": "analytics", "TableInput": { "Name": "events", "StorageDescriptor": { "Columns": [] } } } }

CreateCrawler

Create a crawler.

{ "command": "CreateCrawler", "params": { "Name": "events-crawler", "Role": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/GlueRole", "Targets": { "S3Targets": [{ "Path": "s3://bucket/data/" }] } } }

StartCrawler

Start a crawler.

{ "command": "StartCrawler", "params": { "Name": "events-crawler" } }

UpdateJob

Update an existing job.

{ "command": "UpdateJob", "params": { "JobName": "my-etl-job", "JobUpdate": { "Description": "Updated job" } } }

UpdateCrawler

Update an existing crawler.

{ "command": "UpdateCrawler", "params": { "Name": "events-crawler", "Targets": { "S3Targets": [{ "Path": "s3://bucket/new/" }] } } }

UpdateTrigger

Update a trigger.

{ "command": "UpdateTrigger", "params": { "Name": "daily-trigger", "TriggerUpdate": { "Description": "Updated" } } }

DeleteJob

Delete a job.

{ "command": "DeleteJob", "params": { "JobName": "old-job" } }

DeleteCrawler

Delete a crawler.

{ "command": "DeleteCrawler", "params": { "Name": "events-crawler" } }

DeleteDatabase

Delete a database.

{ "command": "DeleteDatabase", "params": { "Name": "analytics" } }

DeleteTable

Delete a table.

{ "command": "DeleteTable", "params": { "DatabaseName": "analytics", "Name": "events" } }

TagResource

Tag a Glue resource.

{ "command": "TagResource", "params": { "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:glue:...", "Tags": { "env": "prod" } } }

UntagResource

Remove tags from a Glue resource.

{ "command": "UntagResource", "params": { "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:glue:...", "TagKeys": ["env"] } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
CrawlerName	string	Yes	Crawler name
MaxResults	number	No	Maximum items
nextToken	string	No	Pagination token

GetDatabase

Get a Glue Data Catalog database.

{ "command": "GetDatabase", "params": { "DatabaseName": "my-database" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
DatabaseName	string	Yes	Database name
CatalogId	string	No	Catalog ID (AWS account ID)

GetDatabases

List all databases in the Data Catalog.

{ "command": "GetDatabases", "params": {} }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
CatalogId	string	No	Catalog ID

GetTable

Get a table definition from the Data Catalog.

{ "command": "GetTable", "params": { "DatabaseName": "my-database", "Name": "my-table" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
DatabaseName	string	Yes	Database name
TableName	string	Yes	Table name
CatalogId	string	No	Catalog ID

GetTables

List tables in a database.

{ "command": "GetTables", "params": { "DatabaseName": "my-database" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
DatabaseName	string	Yes	Database name
CatalogId	string	No	Catalog ID

GetPartitions

List partitions for a table.

{ "command": "GetPartitions", "params": { "DatabaseName": "my-database", "TableName": "my-table" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
DatabaseName	string	Yes	Database name
TableName	string	Yes	Table name
Expression	string	No	Partition filter expression
CatalogId	string	No	Catalog ID
Segment	object	No	Segment config for parallel scanning

GetConnections

List or get Glue connections.

{ "command": "GetConnections", "params": { "ConnectionName": "my-connection" } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
ConnectionName	string	No	Connection name
HidePassword	boolean	No	Hide connection password
CatalogId	string	No	Catalog ID

GetTags

Get tags for a Glue resource.

{ "command": "GetTags", "params": { "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:glue:..." } }

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
ResourceArn	string	Yes	Resource ARN

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Related Services

• Glue → CloudWatch Logs: Glue job output logs go to /aws-glue/jobs/output and error logs to /aws-glue/jobs/error. Crawler logs go to /aws-glue/crawlers. Use CloudWatchLogTool to read them
• Glue → S3: Glue jobs read from and write to S3. Crawler targets are often S3 paths. Job scripts are stored in S3. Use S3Tool to inspect
• Glue → IAM: Jobs require IAM roles. Use IAMTool to inspect the execution role
• Glue → Data Catalog → Athena/EMR/Redshift: The Glue Data Catalog is shared with Athena, EMR, and Redshift Spectrum
• Glue → CloudFormation: Glue resources managed by CloudFormation stacks
• Glue → DynamoDB: Glue can read from DynamoDB tables as data sources