AWS Documentation MCP Server
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AWS Documentation
This MCP server provides tools to access AWS documentation, search for content, and get recommendations.
Features
- Read Documentation: Fetch and convert AWS documentation pages to markdown format
- Search Documentation: Search AWS documentation using the official search API (global only)
- Recommendations: Get content recommendations for AWS documentation pages (global only)
- Get Available Services List: Get a list of available AWS services in China regions (China only)
Prerequisites
Installation Requirements
- Install
uvfrom Astral or the GitHub README - Install Python 3.10 or newer using
uv python install 3.10(or a more recent version)
Installation
Configure the MCP server in your MCP client configuration (e.g., for Amazon Q Developer CLI, edit ~/.aws/amazonq/mcp.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"],
"env": {
"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR",
"AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION": "aws"
},
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}
Note: Set
AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITIONtoaws-cnto query AWS China documentation instead of global AWS documentation.
or docker after a successful docker build -t mcp/aws-documentation .:
{
"mcpServers": {
"awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"--interactive",
"--env",
"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL=ERROR",
"--env",
"AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION=aws",
"mcp/aws-documentation:latest"
],
"env": {},
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}
Basic Usage
Example:
- "look up documentation on S3 bucket naming rule. cite your sources"
- "recommend content for page https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/bucketnamingrules.html"
Tools
read_documentation
Fetches an AWS documentation page and converts it to markdown format.
read_documentation(url: str) -> str
search_documentation (global only)
Searches AWS documentation using the official AWS Documentation Search API.
search_documentation(search_phrase: str, limit: int) -> list[dict]
recommend (global only)
Gets content recommendations for an AWS documentation page.
recommend(url: str) -> list[dict]
get_available_services (China only)
Gets a list of available AWS services in China regions.
get_available_services() -> str