{"slug": "agent-toolkit-for-aws-shipped-an-update", "title": "Agent Toolkit for AWS shipped an update", "summary": "AWS's Agent Toolkit for AWS, an open-source Python project with 2.7k GitHub stars last updated in September 2026, provides official MCP servers, skills and plugins that let coding agents build and deploy on AWS. The toolkit works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kiro and the AWS CLI, connecting to AWS's remote MCP endpoint at https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp through a local proxy run via uvx mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest, and covers service selection, CDK and CloudFormation, serverless, containers, storage, observability, billing and SDK usage.", "body_md": "# Agent Toolkit for AWS\n\nAWS's official MCP servers, skills and plugins that help coding agents build and deploy on AWS.\n\n## Sources and review\n\nChecked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.\n\nCoding agents that deploy to AWS and need current, AWS-supported guidance and tooling.\n\nYou want AWS actions without local credentials; API calls and scripts need an AWS account configured on the machine, though documentation search does not.\n\n## About Agent Toolkit for AWS\n\nThe Agent Toolkit for AWS gives coding agents tools, knowledge and guardrails for AWS work, covering service selection, CDK and CloudFormation, serverless, containers, storage, observability, billing and SDK usage. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kiro and the AWS CLI, connecting to AWS's remote MCP endpoint through a local proxy.\n\nAgent Toolkit for AWS is an open-source project written primarily in Python, with 2.7k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.\n\n## Add Agent Toolkit for AWS to your MCP client\n\nGenerated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand.\n\n## Claude Code\n\n```\nclaude mcp add agent-toolkit-for-aws -- uvx mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp --metadata AWS_REGION=us-west-2\n```\n\n## Cursor\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"agent-toolkit-for-aws\": {\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest\",\n        \"https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp\",\n        \"--metadata\",\n        \"AWS_REGION=us-west-2\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## VS Code\n\n```\n{\n  \"servers\": {\n    \"agent-toolkit-for-aws\": {\n      \"type\": \"stdio\",\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest\",\n        \"https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp\",\n        \"--metadata\",\n        \"AWS_REGION=us-west-2\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Claude Desktop\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"agent-toolkit-for-aws\": {\n      \"command\": \"uvx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest\",\n        \"https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp\",\n        \"--metadata\",\n        \"AWS_REGION=us-west-2\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Codex\n\n```\n[mcp_servers.agent-toolkit-for-aws]\ncommand = \"uvx\"\nargs = [\"mcp-proxy-for-aws-cli@latest\", \"https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp\", \"--metadata\", \"AWS_REGION=us-west-2\"]\n```\n\n**Make your product part of the discovery.** Explore advertising\n## Agent Toolkit for AWS vs. the alternatives\n\n[All 163 alternatives →](https://agentsearchengine.app/alternatives/agent-toolkit-for-aws)\n\n| Record | Stars | Pricing |  |  | \n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Agent Toolkit for AWSthis listing | 2.7k | Python | Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [MCP Reference Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/mcp-reference-servers) | 91k | TypeScript | MIT AND Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [context7](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/context7) | 62k | TypeScript | MIT | Open source | \n| [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/chrome-devtools-mcp) | 53k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [Playwright MCP](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/playwright-mcp) | 38k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source | \n| [github-mcp-server](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/github-mcp-server) | 33k | Go | MIT | Open source |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-toolkit-for-aws-shipped-an-update", "canonical_source": "https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/agent-toolkit-for-aws", "published_at": "2026-09-28 15:14:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-28 16:46:59.574135+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["AWS", "Agent Toolkit for AWS", "Claude Code", "Codex", "Cursor", "Kiro", "AWS CLI", "GitHub"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-toolkit-for-aws-shipped-an-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-toolkit-for-aws-shipped-an-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-toolkit-for-aws-shipped-an-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-toolkit-for-aws-shipped-an-update.jsonld"}}