AWS VPC Lattice & Kubernetes Gateway API Documentation MCP server

The Amazon VPC Lattice MCP Server provides a Model Context Protocol interface for managing AWS VPC Lattice resources through various tools, including source listing capabilities and CLI command execution for VPC Lattice operations.

Installation

To set up the Amazon VPC Lattice MCP Server:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-vpc-lattice-mcp-server.git
   cd amazon-vpc-lattice-mcp-server
   

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Build the server:

   npm run build
   

Configuration

Add the server to your MCP settings file located at ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/asbx.amzn-cline/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amazon-vpc-lattice": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/amazon-vpc-lattice-mcp-server/build/index.js"],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": [],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

The server provides five main tools:

• list_sources: Lists all available sources with their URLs and sample prompts
• get_source_prompts: Gets sample prompts for a specific source
• list_amazon_vpc_lattice_prompts: Lists all available prompt templates
• get_amazon_vpc_lattice_prompts: Gets details of a specific prompt template
• vpc_lattice_cli: Execute AWS CLI VPC Lattice commands for managing VPC Lattice resources

Using the Tools

List Sources

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "list_sources",
  arguments: {}
})

Get Source Prompts

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "get_source_prompts",
  arguments: {
    source_name: "AWS Documentation"
  }
})

List Amazon VPC Lattice Prompts

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "list_amazon_vpc_lattice_prompts",
  arguments: {}
})

Get Amazon VPC Lattice Prompt Details

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "get_amazon_vpc_lattice_prompts",
  arguments: {
    prompt_name: "setup_eks_controller"
  }
})

VPC Lattice CLI Tool

The vpc_lattice_cli tool provides a programmatic interface to AWS VPC Lattice operations through the AWS CLI.

Available Commands

• Service Network: create-service-network, delete-service-network, get-service-network, list-service-networks, update-service-network
• Service: create-service, delete-service, get-service, list-services, update-service
• Listener: create-listener, delete-listener, get-listener, list-listeners, update-listener
• Rule: create-rule, delete-rule, get-rule, list-rules, update-rule
• Target Group: create-target-group, delete-target-group, get-target-group, list-target-groups, update-target-group
• Target Management: register-targets, deregister-targets, list-targets
• Resource Tags: list-tags-for-resource, tag-resource, untag-resource

Examples

List Service Networks

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "vpc_lattice_cli",
  arguments: {
    command: "list-service-networks",
    region: "us-west-2"
  }
})

Create a Service Network

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "vpc_lattice_cli",
  arguments: {
    command: "create-service-network",
    args: {
      name: "my-network",
      authType: "NONE"
    }
  }
})

Create a Service with Tags

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "vpc_lattice_cli",
  arguments: {
    command: "create-service",
    args: {
      name: "my-service",
      serviceNetworkIdentifier: "sn-12345",
      tags: [
        { key: "Environment", value: "Production" }
      ]
    }
  }
})

Create a Target Group

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "amazon-vpc-lattice",
  tool_name: "vpc_lattice_cli",
  arguments: {
    command: "create-target-group",
    args: {
      name: "my-target-group",
      type: "INSTANCE",
      config: {
        port: 80,
        protocol: "HTTP",
        healthCheck: {
          enabled: true,
          protocol: "HTTP",
          path: "/health"
        }
      }
    }
  }
})

Available Sources

The MCP server includes these sources for information:

• AWS Documentation (docs.aws.amazon.com)

  • Key features queries
  • Configuration guidance
  • Best practices

• AWS Gateway API Controller for VPC Lattice (aws/aws-application-networking-k8s)

  • Feature support queries
  • Issue tracking

• Kubernetes Gateway API (gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io)

  • Error resolution
  • Best practices guidance

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 "amazon-vpc-lattice" '{"command":"node","args":["/path/to/amazon-vpc-lattice-mcp-server/build/index.js"],"disabled":false,"autoApprove":[],"env":[]}'

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": {
        "amazon-vpc-lattice": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "/path/to/amazon-vpc-lattice-mcp-server/build/index.js"
            ],
            "disabled": false,
            "autoApprove": [],
            "env": []
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "amazon-vpc-lattice": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "/path/to/amazon-vpc-lattice-mcp-server/build/index.js"
            ],
            "disabled": false,
            "autoApprove": [],
            "env": []
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect