AWS released an official Agent Toolkit that plugs Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor directly into your AWS account through a single MCP server. Instead of wiring up IAM roles and endpoints by hand, you install one plugin and the agent can search AWS docs, run sandboxed Python, and follow curated cloud skills with full CloudTrail audit logging.
What the AWS Agent Toolkit Actually Is
The Agent Toolkit for AWS is an open-source project (published on GitHub at aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws) that bundles two things:
The AWS MCP Server — a managed server that gives agents access to AWS through the Model Context Protocol. Agents can search AWS documentation and pull service information without authentication. To actually execute AWS API calls, run Python in a sandboxed environment, or follow curated skills, the agent authenticates through your existing IAM credentials.
Agent plugins — single-install packages that bundle the MCP server configuration and a curated set of agent skills, so you don't configure endpoints and install skills one by one.
