Open Source MCP Servers for AWS for Claude Desktop: Setup

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

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.
• Select specialized integrations for infrastructure and deployment workflows.

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

• 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 Desktop configuration

1. Choose Claude Desktop configuration scope

   For Open Source MCP Servers for AWS, open macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json. Merge under mcpServers via Settings → Developer → Edit Config when available.

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

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

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

   Open Source MCP Servers for AWS: Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop; check developer diagnostics.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "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 Desktop

• Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop for Open Source MCP Servers for AWS. If uvx awslabs.aws-documentation-mcp-server@latest (from uv, for Python tools) is missing, check the desktop process's PATH, which may differ from your terminal.
• In Claude Desktop's Open Source MCP Servers for AWS entry, check AWS_DOCUMENTATION_PARTITION, FASTMCP_LOG_LEVEL. Keep secrets out of shared screenshots and repositories.
• Open Source MCP Servers for AWS uses stdio here: Claude Desktop 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 Desktop troubleshooting lives in the /clients/claude-desktop guide.

Frequently asked questions