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AWS Glue MCP Server

The AWS Glue API provides programmatic access to AWS Glue, a fully managed, serverless data integration service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Quick Start Summary

The AWS Glue MCP server is a Model Context Protocol bridge that connects AI assistants — including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code Copilot — to the AWS Glue API through natural language. It exposes 10 API endpoints as callable tools, such as BatchCreatePartition, BatchDeleteConnection, BatchDeletePartition, and more. No authentication is required — setup takes approximately 30 seconds. The server uses STDIO transport and can be installed by running npx -y @mcp/amazonaws-com-glue. This integration is sourced from the auto AWS Glue OpenAPI specification (v2017-03-31) and has a quality score of 46/99 (fair documentation coverage).

10Endpointstools mapped
NoneAuthopen access
46/99Qualityfair
~30 secSetupno auth

Server Details

Category
Cloud Infrastructure
Authentication
None
Endpoints
10 operations
Transport
STDIO
Spec Version
v2017-03-31
Install Command
npx -y @mcp/amazonaws-com-glue

Environment Variables

AWS_GLUE_API_KEY

Example: your_aws_glue_api_key

Top Endpoints

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSGlue.BatchCreatePartition

BatchCreatePartition

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSGlue.BatchDeleteConnection

BatchDeleteConnection

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSGlue.BatchDeletePartition

BatchDeletePartition

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSGlue.BatchDeleteTable

BatchDeleteTable

POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSGlue.BatchDeleteTableVersion

BatchDeleteTableVersion

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📖 Detailed MCP Integration Guide

A technical breakdown of capabilities, agent workflows, and security/configuration best practices.

Capabilities & Use Cases
The AWS Glue API provides programmatic access to AWS Glue, a fully managed, serverless data integration service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Its primary function is to enable developers and data engineers to discover, prepare, move, and integrate data from multiple sources at scale. The core capabilities exposed via this API include managing and orchestrating ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) jobs, controlling interactive sessions for data exploration, administering and triggering crawlers to populate the AWS Glue Data Catalog, and performing high-volume batch operations on metadata objects such as tables, partitions, and connections. The listed endpoints, which are all POST operations dispatched via the X-Amz-Target header, facilitate critical mass-management tasks. For example, BatchCreatePartition and BatchDeletePartition allow for efficient management of table partitions, which is essential for performance optimization in large-scale data lakes. BatchGetCrawlers and BatchGetDevEndpoints are vital for operational visibility into the status of data discovery jobs and development environments, respectively. These operations are fundamental for enterprises building and maintaining modern data lakes, enabling automated data discovery, schema management, and the preparation of data for analytics and machine learning workflows.
🤖AI Agent Value
When exposed as tools to an AI coding assistant via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the AWS Glue API becomes a powerful asset for automating complex data pipeline infrastructure tasks. The AI agent gains the ability to directly inspect, configure, and manipulate a user's data catalog and ETL environment through natural language instructions. This integration significantly reduces context switching and manual console navigation. For instance, a developer could instruct the AI to "analyze the schema of all tables created by the 'customer-data-crawler' in the last 24 hours and generate a PySpark script to add a 'processing_date' column." The AI could then use the API to fetch crawler details, list associated tables, retrieve their schemas via the catalog, and produce tailored code. Furthermore, the agent could automate routine maintenance, such as "identify and remove all expired temporary dev endpoints that have been idle for over a week," by leveraging BatchGetDevEndpoints to audit environments and then deleting specific ones, streamlining cost management and security hygiene.
💬Example Workflows
Practical workflow examples demonstrate how developers can instruct the AI to perform dynamic, context-aware tasks. A developer might say, "AI agent, compare the schema of the 'raw_sales' table in production and the 'staging_sales' table in our dev environment, and propose a migration script to add any missing columns to staging." The AI could utilize the API to fetch column details for both tables and generate the appropriate ALTER TABLE statements. Another scenario involves data quality automation: "Check the last five Data Quality Result runs for our 'inventory' dataset and summarize any recurring rule failures, then create a new job that cleans the data based on these insights." Here, the agent would call BatchGetDataQualityResult to retrieve recent results, perform analysis, and then use the API to create and configure a new Glue job with transformation logic tailored to the identified issues. These interactions transform the AI from a code generator into a proactive partner in data engineering and operations.
🛡️Security & Auth
It is critical to note that despite the query mentioning "None" for authentication, the AWS Glue API is fundamentally secured through AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and requires requests to be signed using AWS Signature Version 4. All API calls must be made by an IAM principal (user, role, or service) with explicit permissions. When setting up an MCP server to proxy requests to this API, the underlying infrastructure must securely handle AWS credentials. Developers must follow the principle of least privilege by creating dedicated IAM policies that grant only the specific Glue API actions (e.g., glue:GetCrawlers, glue:BatchCreatePartition) required for the intended workflows, applied only to the specific resources involved (e.g., table ARNs, crawler names). For enhanced security in production, VPC endpoints for AWS Glue should be used to keep traffic within the AWS network, and API activity should be monitored via AWS CloudTrail for auditing. The MCP server configuration should never expose or log sensitive AWS secret keys, and token-based mechanisms or role assumption are preferred over long-term credentials.

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