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AWS Knowledge MCP Server

AWS Knowledge MCP Server

A fully managed remote MCP server that provides up-to-date documentation, code samples, knowledge about the regional availability of AWS APIs and CloudFormation resources, and other official AWS content.

This MCP server is in general availability.

Important Note: Not all MCP clients today support remote servers. Please make sure that your client supports remote MCP servers or that you have a suitable proxy setup to use this server.

Key Features​

  • Real-time access to AWS documentation, API references, and architectural guidance
  • Less local setup compared to client-hosted servers
  • Structured access to AWS knowledge for AI agents
  • Regional availability information for AWS APIs and CloudFormation resources

AWS Knowledge capabilities​

  • Best practices: Discover best practices around using AWS APIs and services
  • API documentation: Learn about how to call APIs including required and optional parameters and flags
  • Getting started: Find out how to quickly get started using AWS services while following best practices
  • The latest information: Access the latest announcements about new AWS services and features

Tools​

  1. search_documentation: Search across all AWS documentation
  2. read_documentation: Retrieve and convert AWS documentation pages to markdown
  3. recommend: Get content recommendations for AWS documentation pages
  4. list_regions (Experimental): Retrieve a list of all AWS regions, including their identifiers and names
  5. get_regional_availability(Experimental): Retrieve AWS regional availability information for SDK service APIs and CloudFormation resources

Current knowledge sources​

  • The latest AWS docs
  • API references
  • What's New posts
  • Getting Started information
  • Builder Center
  • Blog posts
  • Architectural references
  • Well-Architected guidance

Learn about AWS with natural language​

  • Ask questions about AWS APIs, best practices, new releases, or architectural guidance
  • Get instant answers from multiple sources of AWS information
  • Retrieve comprehensive guidance and information

Configuration​

You can configure the Knowledge MCP server for use with any MCP client that supports Streamable HTTP transport (HTTP) using the following URL:

https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws

Note: The specific configuration format varies by MCP client. Below is an example for Amazon Q CLI. If you are using a different client, refer to your client's documentation on how to add remote MCP servers using the URL above.

Q-CLI

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-knowledge-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

If the client you are using does not support HTTP transport for MCP or if it encounters issues during setup, you can use the fastmcp utility to proxy from stdio to HTTP transport. Below is a configuration example for the fastmcp utility.

fastmcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-knowledge-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["fastmcp", "run", "https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws"]
    }
  }
}

One-Click Installation​

IDEInstall
CursorInstall MCP Server
VS CodeInstall on VS Code

MCP Registries​

The AWS Knowledge MCP Server is available in the following official MCP registries:

We are actively working on onboarding to additional registries to make installation even easier.

Testing and Troubleshooting​

If you want to call the Knowledge MCP server directly, not through an LLM, you can use the MCP Inspector tool. It provides you with a UI where you can execute tools/list and tools/call with arbitrary parameters. You can use the following command to start MCP Inspector. It will output a URL that you can navigate to in your browser. If you are having trouble connecting to the server, ensure you click on the URL from the terminal because it contains a session token for using MCP Inspector.

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws

AWS Authentication​

The Knowledge MCP server does not require authentication but is subject to rate limits.

Data Usage​

Telemetry data collected through AWS Knowledge MCP server is not used for machine learning model training or improvement purposes.

FAQs​

1. Should I use the local AWS Documentation MCP Server or the remote AWS Knowledge MCP Server?​

The Knowledge server indexes a variety of information sources in addition to AWS Documentation including What's New Posts, Getting Started Information, guidance from the Builder Center, Blog posts, Architectural references, and Well-Architected guidance. If your MCP client supports remote servers you can easily try the Knowledge MCP server to see if it suits your needs.

2. Do I need network access to use the AWS Knowledge MCP Server?​

Yes, you will need to be able to access the public internet to access the AWS Knowledge MCP Server.

3. Do I need an AWS account?​

No. You can get started with the Knowledge MCP server without an AWS account. The Knowledge MCP is subject to the AWS Site Terms