aws-mcp-server

Overview

This MCP server provides Claude and other AI tools with access to AWS CLI commands through the Model Context Protocol. Instead of wrapping individual AWS APIs, it wraps the CLI itself, giving AI assistants access to all 200+ AWS services through just two tools: aws_cli_help for documentation and aws_cli_pipeline for execution. The server executes commands in a containerized environment with your IAM policy controlling what actions are permitted.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 5 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• aws_cli_help

  Get documentation for any AWS command

  Try:How do I create an EC2 instance?Try:Show me the AWS S3 CLI help
• aws_cli_pipeline

  Execute AWS CLI commands with optional pipes

  Try:List all S3 buckets and filter for 'prod'Try:Get the last 10 CloudWatch logs and format with jq

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Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["aws-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-v",
        "~/.aws:/home/appuser/.aws:ro",
        "ghcr.io/alexei-led/aws-mcp-server:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 -e AWS_MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http -v ~/.aws:/home/appuser/.aws:ro ghcr.io/alexei-led/aws-mcp-server:latest

FAQ

How secure is this MCP server?

Your IAM policy is the security boundary. The server executes whatever AWS commands Claude requests, but IAM controls what actually succeeds. Use least-privilege IAM roles and never use root credentials.

What AWS services are supported?

All 200+ AWS services that have CLI commands are supported. The server doesn't wrap each API individually but uses AWS CLI directly, so any service with CLI support is accessible.

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