aws-mcp-setup

aws-mcp-setup is a skill for Claude Code from sendralt/agentic-awesome-skills. It costs 62 tokens per session (1,504 once invoked), scanned B, a copy of aws-mcp-setup, MIT.

A setup guide for connecting coding agents to AWS documentation and AWS API tools. MCP is a way for an agent to connect to outside tools and services.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure AWS documentation search, AWS API access, and related server connections for an agent.
Why use it?
It helps when an agent needs current AWS reference material or, with the full setup, access to AWS operations. It also explains how to check and troubleshoot those connections.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths.

Part of the agentic-awesome-skills plugin — 196 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to configure AWS documentation search, AWS API access, and related server connections for an agent.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/sendralt/agentic-awesome-skills/aws-mcp-setup
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add sendralt/agentic-awesome-skills --skill aws-mcp-setup
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sendralt/agentic-awesome-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install agentic-awesome-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 196 skills.

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Per session 62 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,504 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 98% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00062 $0.01504
Opus 5 $0.00031 $0.00752
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00301
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00150

Measured 6d ago against content hash 7351e0ab09b8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

aws-mcp-setup scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Reads MCP configurationmediumAgent snooping

mcp.json carries server URLs and auth tokens; reading it lets a mod discover and abuse other integrations.

cat .mcp.json 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"(aws-mcp|aws|awsdocs)"'
Origin

This is a copy

98% identical to aws-mcp-setup — 4 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

plugins/agentic-awesome-skills-claude/skills/aws-mcp-setup/SKILL.md · 193 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 193 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AWS MCP Server Configuration Guide

When to Use

Use this skill when you need 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. Covers both Full AWS MCP Server (with...

Overview

This guide helps you configure AWS MCP tools for AI agents. Two options are available:

Option Requirements Capabilities
Full AWS MCP Server Python 3.10+, uvx, AWS credentials Execute AWS API calls + documentation search
AWS Documentation MCP None Documentation search only

Step 1: Check Existing Configuration

Before configuring, check if AWS MCP tools are already available using either method:

Method A: Check Available Tools (Recommended)

Look for these tool name patterns in your agent's available tools:

  • mcp__aws-mcp__* or mcp__aws__* → Full AWS MCP Server configured
  • mcp__*awsdocs*__aws___* → AWS Documentation MCP configured

How to check: Run /mcp command to list all active MCP servers.

Method B: Check Configuration Files

Agent tools use hierarchical configuration (precedence: local → project → user → enterprise):

Scope File Location Use Case
Local .claude.json (in project) Personal/experimental
Project .mcp.json (project root) Team-shared
User ~/.claude.json Cross-project personal
Enterprise System managed directories Organization-wide

Check these files for mcpServers containing aws-mcp, aws, or awsdocs keys:

# 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

If AWS MCP is already configured, no further setup needed.

Step 2: Choose Configuration Method

Read the full file on GitHub · 193 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 193 lines · 62 tokens per session scan B 7351e0ab09b8

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aws-mcp-setup is a skill published in the GitHub repository sendralt/agentic-awesome-skills (1 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 62 tokens to every session and 1,504 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads mcp configuration). It is 98% identical to aws-mcp-setup, differing in 4 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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