list-credentials
View configured AWS credentials and profiles on your machine to manage access for AWS MCP Server interactions.
Instructions
List all AWS credentials/configs/profiles that are configured/usable on this machine
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- index.ts:81-89 (registration)Registers the 'list-credentials' tool in the listTools response with an empty input schema.
name: "list-credentials", description: "List all AWS credentials/configs/profiles that are configured/usable on this machine", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, required: [], }, }, - index.ts:164-167 (handler)Executes the 'list-credentials' tool by serializing and returning the list of available AWS profile names along with any error from loading credentials.
} else if (name === "list-credentials") { return createTextResponse( JSON.stringify({ profiles: Object.keys(profiles), error }) ); - index.ts:214-232 (helper)Core helper function that loads AWS credentials and configuration files using AWS.IniLoader, merges them into a profiles object, and handles errors.
async function listCredentials() { let credentials: any; let configs: any; let error: any; try { credentials = new AWS.IniLoader().loadFrom({}); } catch (error) { error = `Failed to load credentials: ${error}`; } try { configs = new AWS.IniLoader().loadFrom({ isConfig: true }); } catch (error) { error = `Failed to load configs: ${error}`; } const profiles = { ...(credentials || {}), ...(configs || {}) }; return { profiles, error }; }