{"id":"aws-mcp-proxy-for-aws","name":"mcp-proxy-for-aws","af_score":59.0,"security_score":68.8,"reliability_score":33.8,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP proxy server and a Python client library that connect MCP clients/frameworks to MCP servers running on AWS that require AWS IAM (SigV4) authentication, by signing MCP/HTTP requests using local AWS credentials.","best_when":"You need MCP tool access to AWS-hosted services where authentication is via AWS IAM SigV4 and your MCP client/framework cannot natively sign requests.","avoid_when":"You cannot provide AWS credentials securely (or cannot restrict them via IAM) and you require strict auditability of every request without local credential usage.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:35:34.582161+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["AWS IAM SigV4 (via local AWS credentials)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Proxy behavior depends on correct AWS credentials/region/service inference; misconfiguration may lead to auth/signing failures.","If using Cline, README warns against using --log-level because Cline scans stderr for the word 'error'."],"error_quality":0.0}