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    awslabs/mcp

    #521 this week

    Open source MCP Servers for AWS

    cloud
    aws
    mcp
    mcp-client
    mcp-clients
    mcp-host
    Python
    Apache-2.0
    9.8K stars
    1.8K forks
    9.8K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 12, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #9 among Cloud repositories tracked this week, and #9 over the last 30 days; #521 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 18%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 337 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a suite of open source MCP servers that enable AI applications to access and interact with AWS services and documentation via the Model Context Protocol.
    • Enhances AI model outputs by supplying up-to-date AWS context, reducing hallucinations and improving accuracy with real-time AWS documentation and best practices.
    • Use for integrating AI assistants with AWS APIs to manage cloud infrastructure and execute AWS operations through natural language commands.
    • Use for enabling AI-driven development workflows with Infrastructure as Code tools like AWS CDK, Terraform, and CloudFormation for secure and compliant resource management.
    • Use for building AI-powered cloud-native applications that require real-time access to AWS documentation, deployment automation, and serverless function lifecycle management.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    A suite of specialized MCP servers that help you get the most out of AWS, wherever you use MCP.

    The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that enables seamless integration between LLM applications and external data sources and tools. Whether you're building an AI-powered IDE, enhancing a chat interface, or creating custom AI workflows, MCP provides a standardized way to connect LLMs with the context they need.

    — Model Context Protocol README

    An MCP Server is a lightweight program that exposes specific capabilities through the standardized Model Context Protocol. Host applications (such as chatbots, IDEs, and other AI tools) have MCP clients that maintain 1:1 connections with MCP servers. Common MCP clients include agentic AI coding assistants (like Q Developer, Cline, Cursor, Windsurf) as well as chatbot applications like Claude Desktop, with more clients coming soon. MCP servers can access local data sources and remote services to provide additional context that improves the generated outputs from the models.

    AWS MCP Servers use this protocol to provide AI applications access to AWS documentation, contextual guidance, and best practices. Through the standardized MCP client-server architecture, AWS capabilities become an intelligent extension of your development environment or AI application.

    Excerpt from the awslabs/mcp README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    1.8K+157

    Open issues

    243-648

    Compared with peers in Cloud

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 11, by 7-day star growth

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    awslabs/mcp9.8K+075today
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    Category median10.3K+075—

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