Field-by-field comparison
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| Evidence field | MATLAB MCP ServerWatchlist candidate | AWS Documentation MCPMCP100 Selected |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | First-party MCP MathWorks · Publisher source ↗ | First-party MCP Amazon Web Services · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented | Repo: Aug 14, 2026 Package: Not documented |
| Popularity evidence | ||
| GitHub stars | Not documented | 9,513 GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
| Package downloads / 30 days | No reliable download data | 695,756 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-08 |
| Shared repository stars | Not documented | 9,598 Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
| Client coverage | ||
| Client coverage details | Not documented | Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
| Access and data | ||
| Authentication | Primarily local process/session integration; authentication is the local OS/session boundary rather than a hosted OAuth account. | 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. |
| Cost | Requires an appropriate MATLAB license; no separate MCP fee is indicated. | 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. |
| Permissions | Can start/quit MATLAB and write/run MATLAB code, with access bounded by the local user and MATLAB environment. | 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 handling | MATLAB code can access files, network resources, toolboxes, and data available to the local MATLAB process. | 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. |
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| Risk context | High. Generated MATLAB code may modify files, call external systems, or consume compute/licenses. Use trusted workspaces and human review. | 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 review | 2026-09-11 | 2026-07-24 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z | 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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