Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon Athena Claude Desktop Config

Add the Amazon Athena MCP server to Claude Desktop with this ready-to-use configuration.

Setup Instructions

Open Claude Desktop
Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config → claude_desktop_config.json
Paste the JSON below into the file
Set your credentials in the env section
Restart Claude Desktop

Configuration JSON

Copy the entire block into your claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "amazonaws-com-athena": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mcp/amazonaws-com-athena"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AMAZON_ATHENA_API_KEY": "your_amazon_athena_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

AMAZON_ATHENA_API_KEY

Replace your_amazon_athena_api_key with your actual amazon athena api key

Endpoints

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.BatchGetNamedQuery

BatchGetNamedQuery

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.BatchGetPreparedStatement

BatchGetPreparedStatement

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.BatchGetQueryExecution

BatchGetQueryExecution

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.CreateDataCatalog

CreateDataCatalog

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.CreateNamedQuery

CreateNamedQuery

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.CreateNotebook

CreateNotebook

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.CreatePreparedStatement

CreatePreparedStatement

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.CreatePresignedNotebookUrl

CreatePresignedNotebookUrl

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.CreateWorkGroup

CreateWorkGroup

POST/#X-Amz-Target=AmazonAthena.DeleteDataCatalog

DeleteDataCatalog