AWS MCP

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AWS MCP

Broad AWS resource ops via Claude.

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Best for

Best for AWS-resident DevOps + cloud engineering teams.

At a glance

Pricing: open-source
Setup time: 30 minutes
Learning curve: moderate
Last verified: 5/27/2026

What we love

✓AWS Labs-maintained
✓Largest surface of any cloud MCP
✓Strong IAM tie-in

Where it falls short

−Destructive ops require gate
−IAM permissions complex
−Cost discipline still on you

Install & connect

Copy-paste ready

Install

shell

uvx mcp-proxy-for-aws@latest https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp

Config — Claude Desktop

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-proxy-for-aws@latest", "https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Config — Cursor

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-proxy-for-aws@latest", "https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Config — VS Code

json

{
  "servers": {
    "aws": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-proxy-for-aws@latest", "https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 2026

1 tier

Open-source

perpetual

✓Apache 2.0

Overview

MCP server for AWS — EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, ECS, IAM, CloudWatch, and more. Account API auth via access keys or IAM roles.

Key features

●Multi-service support
●IAM auth
●Read + write modes
●Service-by-service surface
●Region aware

Exposed tools

The MCP-tool names this server exposes. Your agent can invoke any of these when this server is connected.

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Database servers (DynamoDB / Aurora Postgres / MySQL / DSQL / DocumentDB / Neptune / Keyspaces / Redshift / Timestream / S3 Tables)
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Best use cases

AWS resource inspection

Let Claude check EC2/Lambda/RDS state during ops + debugging.

AWS cost analysis

Pull CloudWatch + Cost Explorer data into Claude for cost optimization.

Integrations

AWS

IAM

CloudWatch

Cost Explorer

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