generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
status: published
source: >-
  https://github.com/awslabs/mcp (AWS Labs, first-party) and
  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-mcp/latest/userguide/what-is-mcp-server.html —
  tool lists read live by anonymous JSON-RPC tools/list on 2026-09-05.
note: >-
  AWS ships NO CloudFront-specific MCP server. CloudFront is reachable through
  AWS's general-purpose servers, which expose AWS APIs generically (a script /
  boto3 execution tool and a documentation tool) rather than one tool per
  CloudFront operation. That distinction matters for an agent: there is no
  `create_distribution` tool to call, there is a sandboxed AWS API executor that
  can call CloudFront's 167 operations. Recorded as published because the
  servers are real, first-party, and answered tools/list anonymously — not
  because CloudFront itself has a tool surface.
deployment:
  mode: both
  endpoint: https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp
  install: uvx mcp-proxy-for-aws@latest https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp
  package: https://pypi.org/project/awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server/
  auth: api-key
  verified: probed
  note: >-
    `auth: api-key` = AWS SigV4 / IAM credentials. tools/list answered
    anonymously (HTTP 200, real inputSchemas) but every tool CALL is executed
    against the caller's AWS credentials with IAM-based permissions and
    CloudTrail logging. The remote endpoint is reached through the
    `mcp-proxy-for-aws` local proxy, which performs SigV4; a bare MCP client
    POSTing to the URL can list tools but cannot execute AWS operations.
servers:
  - name: AWS MCP Server
    status: preview
    transport: http
    url: https://aws-mcp.us-east-1.api.aws/mcp
    docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-mcp/latest/userguide/what-is-mcp-server.html
    hosted_by: AWS
    tools_list_status: 200
    tool_count: 8
    tools_file: cloudfront-aws-mcp-tools-list.json
    covers_cloudfront: true
    coverage_note: >-
      via aws___run_script, which executes Python with AWS API access through
      call_boto3 — CloudFront operations are invoked as boto3 cloudfront calls.
  - name: AWS Knowledge MCP Server
    status: published
    transport: http
    url: https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws
    hosted_by: AWS
    tools_list_status: 200
    tool_count: 5
    tools_file: cloudfront-aws-knowledge-mcp-tools-list.json
    covers_cloudfront: documentation-only
    coverage_note: >-
      Read-only AWS documentation search/fetch. Returns CloudFront developer
      guide and API reference content; cannot call the CloudFront API.
  - name: awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server
    status: published
    transport: stdio
    install: uvx awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server@latest
    package: https://pypi.org/project/awslabs.aws-api-mcp-server/
    package_version: 1.5.4
    package_published: '2026-09-01'
    repository: https://github.com/awslabs/mcp/tree/main/src/aws-api-mcp-server
    hosted_by: AWS Labs
    covers_cloudfront: true
    coverage_note: >-
      Generates and executes AWS CLI commands, so `aws cloudfront <command>` is
      in scope. Local install; not an agent-reachable endpoint on its own.
tools:
  - name: aws___run_script
    description: Execute Python in a sandboxed environment with AWS API access via call_boto3.
    server: AWS MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: generic-executor
  - name: aws___get_tasks
    description: Poll status of long-running tasks.
    server: AWS MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: none
  - name: aws___get_presigned_url
    description: Generate pre-signed S3 URLs for uploading or downloading files.
    server: AWS MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: none
  - name: aws___get_regional_availability
    description: AWS resource availability per region.
    server: AWS MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: none
  - name: aws___list_regions
    description: Retrieve a list of all AWS regions.
    server: AWS MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: none
  - name: aws___read_documentation
    description: Fetch full AWS doc pages as markdown.
    server: AWS MCP Server, AWS Knowledge MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: documentation
  - name: aws___search_documentation
    description: AWS docs search.
    server: AWS MCP Server, AWS Knowledge MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: documentation
  - name: aws___retrieve_skill
    description: Retrieve an AWS skill (workflows, references).
    server: AWS MCP Server, AWS Knowledge MCP Server
    cloudfront_binding: documentation