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iam-policy-autopilot
by awslabs
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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iam-policy-autopilot · Summary

AWS IAM Policy Autopilot helps AI coding assistants create baseline IAM policies through code analysis.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

iam-policy-autopilot · Use cases

  • AI coding assistants generating IAM policies during application development
  • Security teams creating baseline policies for AWS applications
  • DevOps teams automating IAM policy creation in CI/CD pipelines

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

iam-policy-autopilot · Install

Installation

Using uv (Recommended)

Install [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) from Astral.

No additional installation needed - you can run IAM Policy Autopilot directly using uvx iam-policy-autopilot.

Using pip

Install [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/).

pip install iam-policy-autopilot

MCP Server Configuration

For Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iam-policy-autopilot": {
      "command": "iam-policy-autopilot",
      "args": ["mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "AWS_PROFILE": "your-profile-name",
        "AWS_REGION": "us-east-1"
      }
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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