SkillsMay 12, 2026·2 min read

Agent Toolkit for AWS — MCP + Skills + Plugins

Agent Toolkit for AWS ships MCP config, skills, and plugins so Claude Code/Codex can work across 300+ AWS services with guardrails and audits.

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Direct install command
npx -y tokrepo@latest install f49bc1db-1464-5d63-aebf-ce9f9cc709f3 --target codex

Run after dry-run confirms the install plan.

Intro

Agent Toolkit for AWS ships MCP config, skills, and plugins so Claude Code/Codex can work across 300+ AWS services with guardrails and audits.

  • Best for: teams who want coding agents to use AWS with least-privilege defaults and clear guardrails
  • Works with: Claude Code/Codex plugins; MCP server config; skills/rules files; requires AWS credentials for real API calls
  • Setup time: 15–40 minutes

Practical Notes

  • Quant: the README claims 300+ AWS services reachable through a single MCP endpoint.
  • Quant: status badge says GA and the getting-started snippet includes AWS_REGION=us-west-2 metadata.

Main

A least-privilege rollout:

  1. Start with aws-core and restrict to read-only actions until you trust the workflow.
  2. Require explicit approvals for mutating actions (deploy, IAM, billing).
  3. Treat skills as playbooks: let the agent discover the right skill, then follow it step-by-step.

When something feels vague, force the agent to answer: which service, which region, which resource ARN, and which rollback plan?

FAQ

Q: Do I need AWS credentials? A: Yes for real API calls; docs search and skill discovery can work without auth.

Q: Which plugin should I install first? A: aws-core is described as the starting point in the README.

Q: Is this only for Claude Code? A: No—plugins exist for Claude Code/Codex, and skills/MCP config work for other agents too.

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Source & Thanks

Source: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws > License: Apache-2.0 > GitHub stars: 586 · forks: 30

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