Search and docs · AWS

Set up AWS Knowledge

AWS-hosted search over AWS documentation, blog posts, What's New entries and regional availability.

Publisher: AWS Official
Hosted endpoint: https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws
Transports: streamable-http
Authentication: None.
What it can touch: Read-only.
Licence: Apache-2.0
Source: github.com/awslabs/mcp
Status: Active

Install

The vendor hosts this server, so you only add its URL and nothing runs on your machine. If it needs authentication, the row above says how; OAuth servers prompt you on first connection.

Claude Code

shell

claude mcp add --transport http --scope project aws-knowledge https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-knowledge": {
      "url": "https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws"
    }
  }
}

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.aws-knowledge]
url = "https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws"

Config for other clients →

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Sources

github.com/awslabs/mcp