AWS Documentation MCP server for AI agents

The AWS Documentation MCP Server provides tools to access, search, and get recommendations for AWS documentation. It allows you to fetch documentation pages in markdown format, search content, and receive personalized recommendations based on specific pages.

Installation Prerequisites

Before installing the MCP server, ensure you have:

The uv package installer from Astral
Python 3.10 or newer

Installing Requirements

# Install uv if you don't have it already
# Then install Python 3.10 or newer
uv python install 3.10

Installation and Configuration

You can install and configure the AWS Documentation MCP Server in different environments:

Standard Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP client:

{
  "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": []
    }
  }
}

For Amazon Q Developer CLI

Add the MCP server configuration to your agent file in ~/.aws/amazonq/cli-agents:

{
  "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": []
    }
  },
  "tools": [
    "@awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server"
  ],
}

Windows Installation

For Windows users, use this configuration format:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server": {
      "disabled": false,
      "timeout": 60,
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "tool",
        "run",
        "--from",
        "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest",
        "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server.exe"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "ERROR",
        "AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION": "aws"
      }
    }
  }
}

Docker Installation

If you've built a Docker image with docker build -t mcp/aws-documentation ., use:

{
  "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": []
    }
  }
}

Usage Examples

You can use natural language queries to interact with AWS documentation:

"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"

Available 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

Regional Configuration

To query AWS China documentation instead of global AWS documentation, set AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION to aws-cn in your configuration.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "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":[]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "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": []
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "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": []
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect