AWS Service Reference MCP Server
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An MCP Server for accessing the AWS Programatic Service Authorisation Reference
Details
- Author
- MitchyBAwesome
- GitHub stars
- 8
- Downloads
- 198
- Categories
- Cloud Service
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- Lists all available AWS services
- Retrieves API actions for a specific service
- Gets condition keys supported by an API action
- Gets resource types supported by an API action
- Gets action properties (write, list, permission management, etc.)
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
AWS Service Reference MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install Python 3.10 or higher, clone the repository, and install dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt. Run the server directly with python aws_service_reference.py. For use with Claude Desktop, add the server configuration to claude_desktop_config.json using an absolute path to aws_service_reference.py. Once connected, ask Claude natural language questions about AWS services and API actions.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"aws service reference mcp server": {
"sar-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"venv",
".venv"
]
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"sar-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"venv",
".venv"
]
}
}
AWS Service Reference MCP Server
This MCP server provides tools to interact with the AWS Programmatic Service Reference, allowing you to:
- List all available AWS services
- Get API actions for specific AWS services
- Get condition keys supported by specific API actions
- Get resource types supported by specific API actions
- Get action properties for specific API actions (such as write or list capabilities)
Installation
1. Make sure you have Python 3.10 or higher installed
2. Clone this repository
3. Install the required dependencies:
```bash
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