iam-policy-autopilot vs filesystem
Side-by-side comparison to help you pick between these two MCP servers.
iam-policy-autopilot by awslabs | filesystem by modelcontextprotocol | |
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| Stars | ★ 359 | ★ 85,748 |
| 30d uses | — | — |
| Score | 50 | 77 |
| Official | — | ✓ |
| Categories | Developer ToolsSecurityOps & Infra | File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity |
| Language | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last commit | this month | this month |
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-autopilotMCP 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.