Cloud Infrastructure

AWS Backup Claude Desktop Config

Add the AWS Backup 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-backup": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mcp/amazonaws-com-backup"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AWS_BACKUP_API_KEY": "your_aws_backup_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

AWS_BACKUP_API_KEY

Replace your_aws_backup_api_key with your actual aws backup api key

Endpoints

DELETE/legal-holds/{legalHoldId}#cancelDescription

CancelLegalHold

GET/backup/plans/

ListBackupPlans

PUT/backup/plans/

CreateBackupPlan

GET/backup/plans/{backupPlanId}/selections/

ListBackupSelections

PUT/backup/plans/{backupPlanId}/selections/

CreateBackupSelection

GET/backup-vaults/{backupVaultName}

DescribeBackupVault

PUT/backup-vaults/{backupVaultName}

CreateBackupVault

DELETE/backup-vaults/{backupVaultName}

DeleteBackupVault

GET/audit/frameworks

ListFrameworks

POST/audit/frameworks

CreateFramework