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AWS API MCP Server

Lets agents run validated AWS CLI commands and get command suggestions across all AWS services.

Install

Cursor

one-click install link from the server’s README

Copilot (VS Code)

one-click install link from the server’s README

Commands and configuration as given in the server’s documentation (Documentation). Replace placeholders such as API keys with your own values.

One of the many servers in the awslabs/mcp monorepo.

It wraps the AWS CLI: call_aws runs validated CLI commands and suggest_aws_commands proposes the most likely commands for a natural-language request. It runs locally via uvx with your AWS credentials and supports a read-only mode. AWS’s docs now mark it as superseded by the managed remote AWS MCP Server, which is in preview.

Questions

What does the AWS API MCP Server do?

Its call_aws tool runs validated AWS CLI commands, and suggest_aws_commands proposes the most likely commands for a natural-language request.

How does the AWS API MCP Server authenticate?

It runs locally via uvx with your AWS credentials from a local profile, and it supports a read-only mode.

Which clients have an install link for the AWS API MCP Server?

Cursor and Copilot in VS Code, through the one-click links in the server’s README.

Is the AWS API MCP Server still current?

AWS’s docs mark it as superseded by the managed remote AWS MCP Server, which is in preview.

Sources

Checked October 2, 2026.

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