AWS Knowledge MCP

Add to your client

Copy the config for your MCP client and paste it into its config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-knowledge-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Before you start

• An MCP client that supports remote Streamable HTTP servers (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Kiro), or a proxy such as mcp-proxy / fastmcp for stdio-only clients
• Outbound network access to https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws
• No AWS account, API key, or credentials required

About AWS Knowledge MCP

Tools & capabilities (6)

When to use it

• Use it when you want an assistant to answer AWS questions from official docs instead of guessing or hallucinating
• Use it when writing CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform and you need exact resource properties and limits
• Use it when checking whether a service or API is available in a specific AWS region before you build
• Use it when you want Well-Architected and best-practice guidance grounded in AWS sources
• Use it when you want a zero-setup, no-credential AWS knowledge source for any MCP client

Quick setup

1. 1Add a remote MCP server entry pointing at https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws with type 'http'
2. 2If your client only supports stdio, wrap the URL with a proxy like mcp-proxy or fastmcp
3. 3Restart your MCP client so it discovers the server
4. 4Confirm the tools (search_documentation, read_documentation, etc.) appear in your client
5. 5Ask an AWS question and verify the agent calls the tools and cites docs

AWS Knowledge MCP FAQ