MCP server · Documentation + context

OfficialSource ValidatedRead-onlyApache-2.0Updated August 2026

AWS Documentation MCP

Search and read official AWS documentation through MCP without giving the agent credentials to your AWS account.

InstallSource repository

Quick verdict

It puts first-party AWS documentation directly in the agent workflow while keeping documentation retrieval separate from infrastructure-management permissions.

  • MaintainerAWS Labs (official)
  • Security scopeRead-only
  • Transportsstdio
  • Install channelpypi · awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server
  • EvidenceSource Validated
  • LicenseApache-2.0 · Open source

AWS Labs' documentation MCP server gives MCP clients AWS documentation search, page retrieval, section and table reading, and recommendations. It runs as a local Python process that reaches AWS documentation services over the network, and it exposes no infrastructure-mutation tools, which makes it a low-risk starting point for AWS work: documentation access stays separate from account-level API control.

MCP security best practices

Install AWS Documentation MCP

uvx awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server

Config entry (mcpServers)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-docs": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Runs with uvx (uv). AWS's own example appends @latest; the bare package identifier is published here so the configuration stays consistent with the recorded package. AWS also documents `uv tool run` on Windows and a locally built Docker path.

Credentials

No credentials required.

Verified configurations

Not run by us yet. This profile is Source Validated: the install channel, config entry, credentials and license were checked against the source and upstream metadata, but no configuration has been installed, discovered and executed in a recorded environment. When one is, it appears here with the eight scope dimensions below.

Best for

Coding agents and developers who need current AWS documentation without handing an MCP server AWS account credentials.

Why use it

It puts first-party AWS documentation directly in the agent workflow while keeping documentation retrieval separate from infrastructure-management permissions.

Tradeoffs

Requires outbound network access to AWS documentation services, so it is not usable fully offline. It is documentation only and does not replace an AWS account or API MCP server when an agent needs to inspect or change real infrastructure. AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION, FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL and MCP_USER_AGENT are non-secret configuration rather than credentials.

Upstream state

pypi package published · repository active. Lifecycle is derived from a committed upstream snapshot at build time, never authored by hand.

Editorial review

Reviewed byOpenSourcesAI EditorialLast updatedAugust 2026SourcesAWS Documentation MCP Server — features, tools, installation and environment variables; AWS Labs MCP source repository; AWS Labs MCP repository licence

Grade B — Source Validated. Re-review is due by 2027-02-15. Config entries, credential names and package status can change upstream; verify against the source repository before granting an agent access.

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