AWS MCP Setup

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Setting up AWS MCP
• Configuring AWS documentation tools
• Troubleshooting MCP connectivity
• User mentions aws-mcp

Example prompts

• “/aws-mcp-setup”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A credential in AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Check Existing Configuration
2. 2Choose Configuration Method
3. 3Verification

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 680176d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • aws
  • claude
  • pip

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws
  • knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws

  Also links to:

  • github.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

AWS MCP Setup loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 471 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~65

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 680176d, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 471 words, ~1,477 tokens.

name

aws-mcp-setup

description

Configure AWS MCP servers for documentation search and API access. Use when setting up AWS MCP, configuring AWS documentation tools, troubleshooting MCP connectivity, or when user mentions aws-mcp, awsdocs, uvx setup, or MCP server configuration.

risk

critical

source

https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/tree/main/plugins/aws-common/skills/aws-mcp-setup

source_repo

zxkane/aws-skills

source_type

community

date_added

2026-07-01

license

MIT

license_source

https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills/blob/main/LICENSE

# Check project config
cat .mcp.json 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"(aws-mcp|aws|awsdocs)"'

# Check user config
cat ~/.claude.json 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"(aws-mcp|aws|awsdocs)"'

# Or use Claude CLI
claude mcp list

# Check for uvx (requires Python 3.10+)
which uvx || echo "uvx not available"

# Check for valid AWS credentials
aws sts get-caller-identity || echo "AWS credentials not configured"

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [{
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Action": [
      "aws-mcp:InvokeMCP",
      "aws-mcp:CallReadOnlyTool",
      "aws-mcp:CallReadWriteTool"
    ],
    "Resource": "*"
  }]
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-proxy-for-aws@latest",
        "https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp",
        "--metadata", "AWS_REGION=us-west-2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/aws-mcp-setup of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 680176d

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• lingxling/awesome-skills-cnantigravity-awesome-skills/skills/aws-mcp-setupantigravity-awesome-skills/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/aws-mcp-setup+1 more