AWS Health MCP Server

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MCP server that exposes AWS Health API as tools. Works with Claude Desktop, Kiro or any MCP-compatible client.

📖 Blog: Building an AWS Health MCP Server for Agentic Operations

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• AWS credentials configured (aws configure or environment variables)
• AWS Business or Enterprise Support plan (required for Health API)
• For org-level tools: AWS Organizations with Health service access enabled

Setup

Add this to your MCP config file:

• Claude Desktop: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Kiro: ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json
• Amazon Q CLI: ~/.aws/amazonq/mcp.json

Using uvx from PyPI (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-health": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["aws-health-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "AWS_PROFILE": "default"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using pip

pip install aws-health-mcp-server

From a local clone

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-health": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/aws-health-mcp-server", "aws-health-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "AWS_PROFILE": "default"
      }
    }
  }
}

That's it. uv handles the venv and dependencies automatically.

Tools

Account-Level

Tool	Description
get_service_health	All active health events
get_affected_entities	Resources impacted by open events
get_service_events(service)	Events for a specific service (e.g., EC2, RDS)
get_completed_events(service?)	Recently resolved events
get_scheduled_changes	Upcoming maintenance

Organization-Level

Tool	Description
get_org_health_events(service?, account_id?, status?)	Events across all accounts
get_org_service_health	Active events org-wide
get_org_affected_entities(account_id?, event_arn?)	Impacted resources across accounts
get_org_service_events(service)	Service-specific events org-wide
get_org_account_events(account_id)	Events for a specific account
get_org_scheduled_changes	Org-wide scheduled maintenance

Example Prompts

• "Are there any active AWS health events?"
• "What's happening with EC2 right now?"
• "Show me scheduled maintenance across my organization"
• "What resources are affected by current issues in account 123456789012?"

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
AWS_PROFILE	none	AWS credentials profile
AWS_REGION	us-east-1	Region (Health API is us-east-1 only)
LOG_LEVEL	INFO	Logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING)
HEALTH_API_TIMEOUT	30	API timeout in seconds

Troubleshooting

"SubscriptionRequiredException" — You need AWS Business or Enterprise Support.

"AccessDeniedException" — Your IAM user/role needs health:Describe* permissions.

Org tools return access error — Enable Health service access from your management account:

aws health enable-health-service-access-for-organization

Server not starting — Check the MCP client logs. Common issues:

• Wrong Python path in config (use the full .venv/bin/python path)
• Missing dependencies (run pip install -e . in the venv)

Development

git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-health-mcp-server.git
cd aws-health-mcp-server
uv sync --extra dev
uv run pytest tests/ -v

License

MIT-0