# Amazon DynamoDB: How it works
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The following sections provide an overview of Amazon DynamoDB service components and how they interact.

**Topics**
+ [Cheat sheet for DynamoDB](CheatSheet.md)
+ [Core components of Amazon DynamoDB](HowItWorks.CoreComponents.md)
+ [DynamoDB API](HowItWorks.API.md)
+ [Supported data types and naming rules in Amazon DynamoDB](HowItWorks.NamingRulesDataTypes.md)
+ [DynamoDB table classes](HowItWorks.TableClasses.md)
+ [Partitions and data distribution in DynamoDB](HowItWorks.Partitions.md)
+ [Learn how to go from SQL to NoSQL](SQLtoNoSQL.md)
+ [Amazon DynamoDB learning resources and tools](AdditionalResources.md)

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon DynamoDB. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query amazondynamodb` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).