Cloud Infrastructure

AWS IoT Data Plane Claude Desktop Config

Add the AWS IoT Data Plane 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-iot-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mcp/amazonaws-com-iot-data"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AWS_IOT_DATA_PLANE_API_KEY": "your_aws_iot_data_plane_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

AWS_IOT_DATA_PLANE_API_KEY

Replace your_aws_iot_data_plane_api_key with your actual aws iot data plane api key

Endpoints

GET/things/{thingName}/shadow

GetThingShadow

POST/things/{thingName}/shadow

UpdateThingShadow

DELETE/things/{thingName}/shadow

DeleteThingShadow

GET/retainedMessage/{topic}

GetRetainedMessage

GET/api/things/shadow/ListNamedShadowsForThing/{thingName}

ListNamedShadowsForThing

GET/retainedMessage

ListRetainedMessages

POST/topics/{topic}

Publish