AWS Documentation MCP Server
An AWS Labs MCP server that lets agents search, read, and retrieve recommendations from official AWS documentation.
Project overview
AWS Documentation MCP Server is a MCP server built around an AWS Labs MCP server that lets agents search, read, and retrieve recommendations from official AWS documentation. Its value is practical: search aws documentation and read documentation pages are available from one documented project, while the repository remains inspectable before it is added to an agent workflow.
Core capabilities
Search AWS documentation
Search AWS documentation is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.
Read documentation pages
Read documentation pages is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.
Retrieve related recommendations
Retrieve related recommendations is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.
Support cloud architecture work
Support cloud architecture work is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.
Setup and connection
Set up AWS Documentation MCP Server from its public GitHub instructions, keep the initial permission scope small, and verify it with a low-risk task before regular use.
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Project URL: https://github.com/awslabs/mcp
Component path: src/aws-documentation-mcp-server
Read the repository README and license first. Confirm the current host, prerequisites, destination paths, and permissions. Follow the repository's documented method, keep credentials out of files and logs, and start with the least-privilege or read-only option where available. Afterward, run a small verification and report the exact changes, commands, configuration path, and result. Ask before overwriting files or requesting broader access.- uv/uvx is installed
- The host supports MCP stdio configuration
{"mcpServers":{"aws-documentation":{"command":"uvx","args":["awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"],"env":{"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL":"ERROR","AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION":"aws"}}}}- 1Review prerequisites and scope
Read the README, confirm the target host, and prepare these prerequisites: uv/uvx is installed; The host supports MCP stdio configuration. Check destination paths and permissions before making changes.
- 2Apply the documented setup
Run the documented command: uvx awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest
- 3Verify with a small task
Restart the MCP host and confirm that AWS Documentation MCP Server appears in the server list. Call one low-risk read-only tool and check that it returns an expected result without authentication errors.
Restart the MCP host and confirm that AWS Documentation MCP Server appears in the server list. Call one low-risk read-only tool and check that it returns an expected result without authentication errors.
- It provides documentation access and does not operate an AWS account
- AWS documentation changes over time and critical settings still need review
Use cases
Look up AWS service parameters and limits
Look up AWS service parameters and limits is a practical fit when the repository's documented prerequisites and permission model match the current environment.
Check documentation while writing cloud infrastructure
Check documentation while writing cloud infrastructure is a practical fit when the repository's documented prerequisites and permission model match the current environment.
Give agents access to official AWS material
Give agents access to official AWS material is a practical fit when the repository's documented prerequisites and permission model match the current environment.
Assessment
This assessment is based on the repository README, component documentation, license, and maintenance metadata. The source is focused on official AWS documentation; Documentation lookup does not require AWS credentials. The main trade-offs are also clear: It provides documentation access and does not operate an AWS account; AWS documentation changes over time and critical settings still need review. No local installation or functional test was claimed during cataloging.
Why it may be useful
- The source is focused on official AWS documentation
- Documentation lookup does not require AWS credentials
What to know first
- It provides documentation access and does not operate an AWS account
- AWS documentation changes over time and critical settings still need review
README
AWS Documentation MCP Server
Overview
An AWS Labs MCP server that lets agents search, read, and retrieve recommendations from official AWS documentation. An AWS Labs MCP server that lets agents search, read, and retrieve recommendations from official AWS documentation.
Getting started
- Set up AWS Documentation MCP Server from its public GitHub instructions, keep the initial permission scope small, and verify it with a low-risk task before regular use.
- The repository describes AWS Documentation MCP Server as an AWS Labs MCP server that lets agents search, read, and retrieve recommendations from official AWS documentation.
- Its main capabilities include search aws documentation, read documentation pages, retrieve related recommendations, support cloud architecture work. The documented facts include maintained by aws labs, runs with uvx, official aws documentation, configurable documentation partition.
- Restart the MCP host and confirm that AWS Documentation MCP Server appears in the server list. Call one low-risk read-only tool and check that it returns an expected result without authentication errors.
Configuration
{"mcpServers":{"aws-documentation":{"command":"uvx","args":["awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"],"env":{"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL":"ERROR","AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION":"aws"}}}}