This walks you through setting up AWS MCP servers so Claude can search AWS documentation and execute API calls. It's actually two configurations: the full server (needs Python, uvx, and AWS credentials) gives you both docs and live API access, while the lightweight HTTP-only version just does documentation search with zero auth required. The guide is thorough on the credential hierarchy stuff (local vs project vs user config files) and includes the IAM permissions you'll need. Use this when you're first wiring up AWS tooling for an agent or debugging why your MCP tools aren't showing up. It assumes you know basic AWS and can run bash commands to check your setup.
npx skills add https://github.com/zxkane/aws-skills --skill aws-mcp-setup