Install localstack-mcp-server for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"localstack-localstack-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@localstack/localstack-mcp-server@0.5.0"
],
"env": {
"LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN": "YOUR_LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN",
"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
"AWS_SESSION_TOKEN": "YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
"AWS_DEFAULT_REGION": "",
"AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "YOUR_AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
"AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "YOUR_AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
"AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN": "YOUR_AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
"AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_REGION_NAME": "",
"AWS_REPLICATOR_SOURCE_ENDPOINT_URL": "",
"APP_INSPECTOR": ""
}
}
}
}