AWS MCP Servers

§1What it does

AWS Labs publishes a large collection of open-source MCP servers that bring AWS best practices and services into agent workflows, plus a remote AWS Knowledge server.

§2Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": { "AWS_REGION": "us-east-1" }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add aws-api uvx awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server@latest

Snippets adapted from the official documentation. Check the official page for current options and auth requirements.

§3Prompts to try

1. “List my S3 buckets in us-east-1.”Copy
2. “What's the recommended way to set up a VPC endpoint for DynamoDB?”Copy