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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
aws-s3-mcp
by samuraikun
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everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

aws-s3-mcp · Summary

A well-designed MCP server for AWS S3 integration with both HTTP and STDIO transport support.

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

aws-s3-mcp · Use cases

  • Enabling LLMs to access and retrieve data from AWS S3 buckets
  • Building applications that allow AI assistants to browse and process files stored in S3
  • Creating MCP-based workflows that integrate S3 operations into AI agent behavior

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything

aws-s3-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Install via npm:
npm install -g aws-s3-mcp
  1. Configure AWS credentials (environment variables or .env file)
  1. Run with HTTP transport:
npx aws-s3-mcp

Or with STDIO for Claude Desktop:

npx aws-s3-mcp --stdio
  1. For Claude Desktop integration, add to config:
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "s3": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["aws-s3-mcp", "--stdio"],
      "env": {
        "AWS_REGION": "us-east-1",
        "S3_BUCKETS": "bucket1,bucket2,bucket3",
        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "your-access-key",
        "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "your-secret-key"
      }
    }
  }
}
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