Description

AWS's official fully managed remote MCP server that provides real-time access to AWS documentation, API references, troubleshooting guides, and architectural guidance without requiring local setup. Unlike documentation-only servers, it indexes multiple AWS knowledge sources including What's New posts, Builder Center content, blog posts, and Well-Architected guidance, while offering regional availability information for AWS APIs and CloudFormation resources. The server supports full-stack development with AWS Amplify documentation and infrastructure-as-code guidance for CDK and CloudFormation, making it useful for developers building applications, managing infrastructure, or learning AWS services through natural language queries.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/awslabs/mcp/tree/HEAD/servers/aws-knowledge-mcp-server

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-knowledge": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/server.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}