Open Source MCP Servers for AWS for Claude Code: Setup

What you can do with Open Source MCP Servers for AWS in Claude Code

Choose task-specific AWS context and workflow integrations from a broad open-source server collection.

• Provide an assistant with current AWS documentation and service guidance.
• Explore cloud development automation through MCP-compatible clients.

Before you start: Open Source MCP Servers for AWS in Claude Code

• An MCP-compatible client
• uvx for the documentation-server example

This is the AWS Documentation MCP Server configuration encoded in the README's installation link, not a command for the entire suite. The linked example uses ERROR logging and the aws documentation partition. Configure other servers separately; individual tool identifiers are not stated in the supplied excerpt.

Open Source MCP Servers for AWS Claude Code configuration

1. Choose Claude Code configuration scope

   For Open Source MCP Servers for AWS, open Project scope: .mcp.json at the repository root. Project JSON: merge into mcpServers; user scope: use the CLI.

2. Add Open Source MCP Servers for AWS to Claude Code

   Use the mcp entry below in mcpServers. Keep Open Source MCP Servers for AWS's documented stdio connection fields and your other Claude Code entries.

3. Check Open Source MCP Servers for AWS in Claude Code

   Open Source MCP Servers for AWS: Inspect claude mcp list and /mcp status.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<desired logging level>",
        "AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION": "<AWS documentation partition>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add-json --scope project 'mcp' '{"type":"stdio","command":"uvx","args":["awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest"],"env":{"FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL":"<desired logging level>","AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION":"<AWS documentation partition>"}}'

Troubleshooting Open Source MCP Servers for AWS in Claude Code

• If Open Source MCP Servers for AWS fails to start, check uvx awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest (from uv, for Python tools), the working directory, and Claude Code's selected scope; inspect claude mcp list and /mcp.
• Open Source MCP Servers for AWS: check AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION, FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL; keep credentials out of shared .mcp.json.
• Open Source MCP Servers for AWS uses stdio here: Claude Code must keep the configured process running; protocol output belongs on stdout and diagnostics on stderr.
• Known limitation: The repository describes local servers as stdio-only and removed SSE from current major versions.
• Known limitation: Production agent builders are directed toward the newer Agent Toolkit for AWS.
• Known limitation: A single universal tool catalog and launch command are not provided in the supplied excerpt.
• General Claude Code troubleshooting lives in the /clients/claude-code guide.

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