Cloud Infrastructure

AWS CloudFormation Claude Desktop Config

Add the AWS CloudFormation 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-cloudformation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mcp/amazonaws-com-cloudformation"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AWS_CLOUDFORMATION_API_KEY": "your_aws_cloudformation_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

AWS_CLOUDFORMATION_API_KEY

Replace your_aws_cloudformation_api_key with your actual aws cloudformation api key

Endpoints

GET/#Action=ActivateType

GET_ActivateType

POST/#Action=ActivateType

POST_ActivateType

GET/#Action=BatchDescribeTypeConfigurations

GET_BatchDescribeTypeConfigurations

POST/#Action=BatchDescribeTypeConfigurations

POST_BatchDescribeTypeConfigurations

GET/#Action=CancelUpdateStack

GET_CancelUpdateStack

POST/#Action=CancelUpdateStack

POST_CancelUpdateStack

GET/#Action=ContinueUpdateRollback

GET_ContinueUpdateRollback

POST/#Action=ContinueUpdateRollback

POST_ContinueUpdateRollback

GET/#Action=CreateChangeSet

GET_CreateChangeSet

POST/#Action=CreateChangeSet

POST_CreateChangeSet