# aws-athena-mcp

> A simple, clean MCP server for AWS Athena integration

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/aws-athena-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: AWS Athena MCP Contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/ColeMurray/aws-athena-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/ColeMurray/aws-athena-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 1.0.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:aws-athena-mcp

### Description (declared)

# AWS Athena MCP Server

A simple, clean MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AWS Athena integration. Execute SQL queries, discover schemas, and manage query executions through a standardized interface.

## ✨ Features

- **Simple Setup** - Get running in under 5 minutes
- **Clean Architecture** - Modular, well-tested, easy to understand
- **Essential Tools** - Query execution and schema discovery
- **Type Safe** - Full type hints and Pydantic models
- **Async Support** - Built for performance with async/await
- **Good Defaults** - Works out of the box with minimal configuration

## 🚀 Quick Start

### 1. Install

```bash
# From PyPI with uv (recommended for Claude Desktop)
uv tool install aws-athena-mcp

# From PyPI with pip
pip install aws-athena-mcp

# Or from source
git clone https://github.com/ColeMurray/aws-athena-mcp
cd aws-athena-mcp
pip install -e .
```

### 2. Configure

Set the required environment variables:

```bash
# Required
export ATHENA_S3_OUTPUT_LOCATION=s3://your-bucket/athena-results/

# Optional (with defaults)
export AWS_REGION=us-east-1
export ATHENA_WORKGROUP=primary
export ATHENA_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=60
```

### 3. Run

```bash
# Start the MCP server (if installed with uv tool install)
aws-athena-mcp

# Or run directly with uv (without installing)
uv tool run aws-athena-mcp

# Or run directly with uvx (without installing)
uvx aws-athena-mcp

# Or run directly with Python
python -m athena_mcp.server
```

That's it! The server is now running and ready to accept MCP connections.

## 🤖 Claude Desktop Integration

To use this MCP server with Claude Desktop:

### 1. Install Claude Desktop
Download and install [Claude Desktop](https://claude.ai/download) if you haven't already.

### 2. Configure Claude Desktop
Add the following configuration to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:

**Location of config file:**
- **macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`
- **Windows**: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

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## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.cloud (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)
- data.database (0.733, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/aws-athena-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T09:24:36.682Z)

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