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Evidence fieldContext7 MCPMCP100 SelectedAWS Documentation MCPMCP100 Selected
Task fit
Best for
  • Current library and API documentation inside coding agents
  • Read-only technical lookup with a small two-tool surface
  • Users who want remote or local npx connection options
  • 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
Not ideal for
  • Private internal documentation not indexed by Context7
  • Guaranteed authoritative answers without checking the cited upstream docs
  • Offline-only development
  • Inspecting or changing resources in an AWS account
  • Authoritative architecture approval without human review
Avoid when
  • Your policy prohibits sending formulated documentation queries to a hosted service
  • You require complete or guaranteed-correct community-contributed documentation
  • You cannot keep an API key out of shared configuration
  • Queries may contain credentials, customer data, or confidential architecture details
  • The environment cannot make outbound requests to public AWS documentation
Provenance
Provenance details

First-party MCP

Upstash · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

Amazon Web Services · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Aug 11, 2026

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Not documented

Popularity evidence
GitHub stars

60,740

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

9,513

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

30-day package downloads

3,916,841

30-day package downloads · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

No reliable download data
Shared repository starsNot documented

9,598

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

External adoption evidence
  • github: repository stars: 60,740Exact attributable signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
  • github: repository stars: 9,598Non-comparable contextual signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
Client coverage
Client coverage details
Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP
Codex✓ Streamable HTTP
VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP
OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Code✓ Local stdio
Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio
Codex✓ Local stdio
VS Code✓ Local stdio
Cursor✓ Local stdio
OpenCode✓ Local stdio
Client coverage noteLocal stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
AuthenticationRemote MCP accepts CONTEXT7_API_KEY as an HTTP header. The local package accepts --api-key. The CLI can use OAuth to generate an API key; unauthenticated documentation commands may have lower limits.No 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.
CostA free API key and free usage are documented, with higher-rate or team/enterprise offerings potentially requiring a paid plan. Applicable limits should be checked in the current Context7 dashboard.The 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.
PermissionsThe MCP surface resolves library identifiers and queries documentation. It does not require repository or filesystem write access for the documented hosted mode.The 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.
Data handlingContext7 states that formulated queries are sent to its API while full prompts, source code, and conversation history are not transmitted; its tool descriptions instruct clients to remove secrets, personal data, and proprietary code.Search 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.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • An API key is recommended for higher limits, adding account and secret management.
  • Context7 says it sends formulated queries rather than full prompts or source code, but queries still leave the client.
  • Community-contributed projects can be incomplete or inaccurate and should be checked against primary documentation.
  • 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.
Risk contextPrimary risks are query disclosure, stale or inaccurate indexed documentation, and accidental API-key exposure. Keep queries free of proprietary details and verify consequential advice against first-party library documentation.This 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.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-07-242026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

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