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Evidence fieldAWS Documentation MCPMCP100 SelectedGitHub MCPMCP100 Selected
Task fit
Best for
  • Searching and reading current AWS service and API documentation
  • Finding related AWS documentation and regional documentation variants
  • Cloud-development questions that do not require AWS account access
  • Repository, issue, pull-request, and code context
  • Teams that can issue a narrowly scoped PAT or use the hosted OAuth flow
  • Read-only GitHub investigation using restricted toolsets
Not ideal for
  • Inspecting or changing resources in an AWS account
  • Authoritative architecture approval without human review
  • Git hosting outside GitHub
  • Users unable to run Docker for the documented local configuration
  • Workflows that need only a small amount of public repository context
Avoid when
  • Queries may contain credentials, customer data, or confidential architecture details
  • The environment cannot make outbound requests to public AWS documentation
  • You cannot restrict the token to the necessary repositories and scopes
  • The agent must not receive private repository, issue, pull-request, or user data
  • Your organization has not approved the OAuth app or PAT policy
Provenance
Provenance details

First-party MCP

Amazon Web Services · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

GitHub · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Not documented

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Not documented

Popularity evidence
GitHub stars

9,513

GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

32,248

GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

Shared repository stars

9,598

Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

Not documented
External adoption evidence
  • github: repository stars: 9,598Non-comparable contextual signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
  • github: repository stars: 32,248Exact attributable signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
Client coverage
Client coverage details
Claude Code✓ Local stdio
Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio
Codex✓ Local stdio
VS Code✓ Local stdio
Cursor✓ Local stdio
OpenCode✓ Local stdio
Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP
Codex✓ Streamable HTTP
VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP
OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Client coverage noteLocal stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
AuthenticationNo AWS account authentication is documented for the local AWS Documentation MCP Server. The local stdio process requires Python and uv/uvx plus outbound network access.Hosted service supports OAuth; local stdio uses GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN. GitHub recommends minimum scopes, separate tokens, rotation, and environment-variable handling.
CostThe AWS Labs server is open source and no separate MCP fee is documented. Network access, the selected AI client, and any AWS services subsequently chosen remain separately chargeable.The open-source server is MIT licensed. GitHub account, Copilot, Enterprise, Actions, API, or other product charges and limits may apply independently.
PermissionsThe documented server exposes read-oriented AWS documentation search, page reading, recommendation, and related-content tools. It does not require AWS account credentials or grant AWS resource permissions.Access follows the authenticated GitHub identity and granted OAuth/PAT permissions. The server supports tool allow-lists, read-only mode, repository-oriented toolsets, and lockdown mode; write tools remain possible unless read-only mode is enabled.
Data handlingSearch phrases, documentation URLs, and requested page sections are sent to public AWS documentation services; matching public documentation is returned to the MCP client. Do not include secrets or private workload details in queries.Repository contents, issues, pull requests, users, actions, and other enabled GitHub API data may be returned to the MCP client. The local server passes requests to GitHub; the hosted server is operated by GitHub. Do not place PATs in committed configuration.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • It avoids AWS account credentials but still sends documentation searches over the network.
  • Using @latest simplifies updates but is less reproducible than pinning a reviewed package version.
  • Documentation retrieval can be current without guaranteeing that a suggested design is appropriate for the user's workload.
  • The default local toolsets include repositories, issues, pull requests, users, and context; limiting toolsets reduces capability and context size.
  • Local Docker keeps the MCP process local but still sends authorized requests to GitHub APIs.
  • PAT setup is explicit and portable, while hosted OAuth is easier but relies on GitHub's remote MCP service.
Risk contextThis is a comparatively narrow read-only integration, but retrieved text is external content and may be incomplete, outdated, or unsuitable. Keep queries non-sensitive and validate consequential recommendations against current AWS service documentation and account-specific requirements. This documentary review does not claim MCP100 execution testing.A broadly scoped token plus write-capable tools can alter repositories and collaboration records. Prefer fine-grained credentials, repository restriction, explicit toolsets, GITHUB_READ_ONLY=1, and lockdown mode where public-content prompt injection is a concern.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-07-242026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

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