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S3 MCP Server

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S3 runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 54 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.

MCP server for AWS S3 with fine-grained tool control and S3-compatible endpoint support.

Installs per day peak 22 · avg 6 · +6% w/w
a month agotoday
54
Installs / week
npm · s3-aws-mcp-server
80
Stars
26 open issues
30 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check S3 every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add s3 -- npx -y s3-aws-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "s3": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "s3-aws-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.s3]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "s3-aws-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "s3": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "s3-aws-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "s3": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "s3-aws-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID (AWS access key ID for authentication.), AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (AWS secret access key for authentication.), AWS_REGION (AWS region for S3 operations.), AWS_ENDPOINT_URL (Custom S3 endpoint URL for MinIO or S3-compatible services.), S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE (Use path-style addressing instead of virtual-hosted-style.), S3_BUCKET (Constrain all operations to a single bucket.), S3_ENABLED_TOOLGROUPS (Comma-separated tool groups: readonly or readwrite.), S3_ENABLED_TOOLS (Whitelist specific tools by name.), S3_DISABLED_TOOLS (Blacklist specific tools by name.), SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS (Skip AWS credential validation health checks at startup.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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S3 — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for S3?
S3 runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package s3-aws-mcp-server was installed 54 times last week.
How do I connect S3?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls s3-aws-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use S3?
The npm package s3-aws-mcp-server was installed 54 times in the last week. Week over week that is +6%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is S3 open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 80 stars on GitHub and 26 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.