Overview
AWS Labs provides an official collection of Model Context Protocol servers for Amazon Web Services, enabling AI assistants to manage and operate AWS resources through natural language commands. The collection includes specialized servers for various AWS services.
Available MCP Servers
Storage & Databases
- S3 MCP Server: Object storage operations, bucket management, file uploads/downloads
- DynamoDB MCP Server: NoSQL database operations, table management, queries
- RDS MCP Server: Relational database management, Aurora clusters
Compute
- Lambda MCP Server: Serverless function management, invocations, logging
- EC2 MCP Server: Virtual machine management, instance operations
- ECS MCP Server: Container orchestration, task definitions, services
Monitoring & Observability
- CloudWatch MCP Server: Metrics, logs, alarms, and dashboards
- X-Ray MCP Server: Distributed tracing and service maps
- Aurora Postgres MCP Server: Database performance monitoring
Infrastructure
- Terraform MCP Server: Infrastructure as Code management
- CloudFormation MCP Server: Stack management and deployment
Features
Resource Management
- Create, read, update, delete AWS resources
- Query resource states and configurations
- Tag and organize resources
- Cost tracking and optimization
Deployment Operations
- Deploy applications and infrastructure
- Manage CI/CD pipelines
- Rolling updates and blue-green deployments
- Rollback capabilities
Monitoring & Alerts
- Query CloudWatch metrics and logs
- Create and manage alarms
- Dashboard generation
- Performance analysis
Security & Compliance
- IAM role and policy management
- Security group configuration
- Compliance checking
- Audit trail analysis
Use Cases
- Cloud infrastructure management
- Application deployment automation
- Cost optimization analysis
- Performance monitoring and troubleshooting
- Security audit and compliance
- Disaster recovery operations
- Multi-region management
- Resource provisioning
Authentication
- AWS IAM credentials
- STS temporary credentials
- IAM roles for service accounts
- Cross-account access
- SSO integration
Regional Support
Supports all AWS regions including:
- US regions (us-east-1, us-west-2, etc.)
- EU regions
- Asia Pacific regions
- GovCloud regions
Technical Implementation
Built and maintained by AWS Labs using official AWS SDKs (boto3, AWS SDK for JavaScript). Implements best practices for AWS API usage and error handling.
Integration
Compatible with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP clients. Requires AWS credentials configured locally or through environment variables.
Enterprise Features
- Multi-account management
- Organization-wide operations
- Service Control Policies
- Resource sharing across accounts
- Centralized logging and monitoring
