# Agent Toolkit for AWS

> Agent Toolkit for AWS (no tagged releases, ~3.3k stars, Oct 2026) is AWS's official set of plugins for AI coding agents. Plugins such as aws-core, aws-agents and aws-data-analytics bundle agent skills (CDK, serverless, containers, billing, Bedrock) with the AWS MCP Server, a managed remote server run by AWS. Install with one plugin command in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Devin, or run aws configure agent-toolkit; needs uv and AWS credentials. Apache-2.0, no charge for the toolkit, but you pay standard AWS prices for resources used. It has no model or chat interface of its own.

- Repository: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws
- Official docs: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws#readme
- Checked: 2026-10-26

## What it replaces
Nothing people pay for: a free tool, listed because people search for it.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Partial | Skills and rules files are local files; the AWS MCP Server is a managed remote server run by AWS | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/getting-started-aws-mcp-server.html#step-1-remove-conflicting-servers | 2026-10-26 |
| Code licence | Confirmed | Apache-2.0 | https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws#license | 2026-10-24 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No model weights; the toolkit includes no model of its own | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/what-is-agent-toolkit.html | 2026-10-26 |
| Commercial use | Confirmed | Yes, Apache-2.0 allows commercial use; the toolkit itself has no additional charge | https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/blob/main/LICENSE | 2026-10-26 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | No charge for the toolkit; AWS API calls need an AWS account billed at standard AWS pricing for resources used; also needs an AI coding agent | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/what-is-agent-toolkit.html#agent-toolkit-pricing | 2026-10-26 |
| Hardware | Confirmed | No hardware needs of its own; skills load into the host agent and the MCP Server runs on AWS (a small local uvx proxy for SigV4) | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/what-is-agent-toolkit.html#agent-toolkit-components | 2026-10-26 |
| Operating systems | Confirmed | Setup docs give uv install commands for macOS, Linux and Windows; OAuth needs no local software at all | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/getting-started-aws-mcp-server.html#step-2-choose-auth-method | 2026-10-26 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Easy, one plugin install in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Devin, or the aws configure agent-toolkit wizard; needs uv, plus AWS credentials for API calls | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/quick-start.html | 2026-10-26 |

GitHub: 3378 stars, 425 forks, last push 2026-11-02, archived: no.

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