Understanding the MCP Server tools
AWS MCP Server provides the following tools to help you complete AWS tasks through natural language interactions.
Agent SOP Tools
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aws___retrieve_agent_sop- Search for Agent SOPs or retrieve detailed information about a specific SOP. Lists all available SOPs or gets the complete workflow for a particular SOP.
AWS Knowledge Tools
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aws___search_documentation- Search across all AWS documentation, including API references, best practices, and service guides. Find relevant information from multiple AWS knowledge sources. -
aws___read_documentation- Retrieve and convert AWS documentation pages to markdown format for easy consumption by AI assistants. -
aws___recommend- Get content recommendations for AWS documentation pages based on related topics and commonly viewed content. -
aws___list_regions- Retrieve a list of all AWS regions, including their identifiers and names. -
aws___get_regional_availability- Check AWS regional availability information for services, features, SDK APIs, and CloudFormation resources.
AWS API Tools
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aws___call_aws- Execute authenticated AWS API calls with proper syntax validation and error handling. Supports most of the 15,000+ AWS APIs with automatic credential management.Note
APIs that require filesystem access or stream responses are not reliably supported.
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aws___suggest_aws_commands- Get descriptions and syntax help for relevant AWS APIs, including newly released APIs that may not be in the AI model's training data.
These tools work together to provide comprehensive AWS task completion: Agent SOPs guide the workflow, knowledge tools provide current information and best practices, and API tools execute the actual AWS operations with proper authentication and authorization.
