AWS Documentation
OfficialProvides direct access to AWS documentation through search, page retrieval, and content recommendations. Lets you query and browse AWS docs without leaving your development environment.
What it does
- Search across all AWS documentation
- Fetch AWS documentation pages as markdown
- Get recommendations for related AWS content
- Convert AWS docs to readable format
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Fetch and convert an AWS documentation page to markdown format. ## Usage This tool retrieves the content of an AWS documentation page and converts it to markdown format. For long documents, you can make multiple calls with different start_index values to retrieve the entire content in chunks. ## URL Requirements - Must be from the docs.aws.amazon.com domain - Must end with .html ## Example URLs - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/bucketnamingrules.html - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-invocation.html ## Output Format The output is formatted as markdown text with: - Preserved headings and structure - Code blocks for examples - Lists and tables converted to markdown format ## Handling Long Documents If the response indicates the document was truncated, you have several options: 1. **Continue Reading**: Make another call with start_index set to the end of the previous response 2. **Stop Early**: For very long documents (>30,000 characters), if you've already found the specific information needed, you can stop reading Args: ctx: MCP context for logging and error handling url: URL of the AWS documentation page to read max_length: Maximum number of characters to return start_index: On return output starting at this character index Returns: Markdown content of the AWS documentation
Search AWS documentation using the official AWS Documentation Search API. ## Usage This tool searches across all AWS documentation for pages matching your search phrase. Use it to find relevant documentation when you don't have a specific URL. ## Search Tips - Use specific technical terms rather than general phrases - Include service names to narrow results (e.g., "S3 bucket versioning" instead of just "versioning") - Use quotes for exact phrase matching (e.g., "AWS Lambda function URLs") - Include abbreviations and alternative terms to improve results - Use guide_type and product_type filters found from a SearchResponse's "facets" property: - Filter only for broad search queries with patterns: - "What is [service]?" -> product_types: ["Amazon Simple Storage Service"] - "How to use <service 1> with <service 2>?" -> product_types: [<service 1>, <service 2>] - "[service] getting started" -> product_types: [<service>] + guide_types: ["User Guide, "Developer Guide"] - "API reference for [service]" -> product_types: [<service>] + guide_types: ["API Reference"] ## Result Interpretation Each SearchResponse includes: - search_results: List of documentation pages, each with: - rank_order: The relevance ranking (lower is more relevant) - url: The documentation page URL - title: The page title - context: A brief excerpt or summary (if available) - facets: Available filters (product_types, guide_types) for refining searches - query_id: Unique identifier for this search session Args: ctx: MCP context for logging and error handling search_phrase: Search phrase to use search_intent: The intent behind the search requested by the user limit: Maximum number of results to return product_types: Filter by AWS product/service guide_types: Filter by guide type Returns: List of search results with URLs, titles, query ID, context snippets, and facets for filtering
Get content recommendations for an AWS documentation page. ## Usage This tool provides recommendations for related AWS documentation pages based on a given URL. Use it to discover additional relevant content that might not appear in search results. ## Recommendation Types The recommendations include four categories: 1. **Highly Rated**: Popular pages within the same AWS service 2. **New**: Recently added pages within the same AWS service - useful for finding newly released features 3. **Similar**: Pages covering similar topics to the current page 4. **Journey**: Pages commonly viewed next by other users ## When to Use - After reading a documentation page to find related content - When exploring a new AWS service to discover important pages - To find alternative explanations of complex concepts - To discover the most popular pages for a service - To find newly released information by using a service's welcome page URL and checking the **New** recommendations ## Finding New Features To find newly released information about a service: 1. Find any page belong to that service, typically you can try the welcome page 2. Call this tool with that URL 3. Look specifically at the **New** recommendation type in the results ## Result Interpretation Each recommendation includes: - url: The documentation page URL - title: The page title - context: A brief description (if available) Args: ctx: MCP context for logging and error handling url: URL of the AWS documentation page to get recommendations for Returns: List of recommended pages with URLs, titles, and context