AWS Calculator Power

Build shareable AWS Pricing Calculator estimates programmatically via MCP tools. Designed for creating MAP (Migration Acceleration Program) funding estimates from customer infrastructure descriptions.

Works with both Kiro (as a Power) and Claude Code (as a project with MCP + skills).

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 18 (check with node --version)

Related MCP server: AWS Pricing Calculator MCP Server

Install via npx (recommended)

The simplest way to use this server — no git clone or manual updates needed. Updates are automatic via @latest.

Kiro

Add to your global Kiro config at ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-calculator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Kiro or reconnect MCP servers from the MCP Server view.

Claude Code

Register the MCP server globally:

claude mcp add aws-calculator --scope user -- npx @nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant@latest

Or add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-calculator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Pin a specific version

For stability in production environments, pin to a specific version:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-calculator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant@1.0.0"]
    }
  }
}

Install from source (alternative)

If you want to develop or modify the server locally:

git clone https://github.com/nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant.git
cd aws-calc-assistant

Then use the local path in your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aws-calculator": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/aws-calc-assistant/dist/server.mjs"]
    }
  }
}

Kiro Power (from source)

Clone into your Kiro powers directory for automatic discovery:

git clone https://github.com/nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant.git ~/.kiro/powers/aws-calc-assistant

Claude Code (from source)

Clone and open with Claude Code — it auto-discovers .mcp.json:

git clone https://github.com/nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant.git
cd aws-calc-assistant
claude

Verify Installation

Test that the server responds:

echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"1.0.0"}}}' | npx @nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant@latest

You should see a JSON response containing "name":"aws-calculator-assistant".

Update

With npx, updates are automatic — @latest always fetches the newest version. To clear the npx cache:

npx clear-npx-cache

If installed from source:

cd ~/.kiro/powers/aws-calc-assistant && git pull

Uninstall

npx

Just remove the aws-calculator entry from your MCP config. No files to delete.

From source (Kiro)

rm -rf ~/.kiro/powers/aws-calc-assistant

Then remove the aws-calculator entry from ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json.

From source (Claude Code)

claude mcp remove aws-calculator
rm -rf ~/tools/aws-calc-assistant
rm -rf ~/.claude/skills/aws-calculator

Alternative: Docker

If you prefer Docker over running Node.js directly:

git clone https://github.com/nubbthedestroyer/aws-calc-assistant.git
cd aws-calc-assistant
docker build -t aws-calculator-mcp .

Then use this MCP config:

{
  "aws-calculator": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "aws-calculator-mcp"]
  }
}

Usage

Once installed, ask your AI agent to build estimates:

Create an AWS MAP estimate for Acme Corp with:
- Production: 4x m6i.2xlarge EC2 (Linux), RDS PostgreSQL db.r6g.2xlarge Multi-AZ 500GB
- DR: 2x m6i.2xlarge EC2, RDS PostgreSQL db.r6g.large 500GB
- Shared Services: CloudWatch, WAF
Region: us-east-1

In Claude Code, you can also use the slash command:

/estimate 3 m6i.4xlarge EC2 instances with 500GB gp3 in us-east-1

MCP Tools

Development

To modify the server and rebuild:

cd server && npm install
# Edit server/index.js
npm test                  # Run tests (20 unit tests)
cd .. && ./build.sh       # Rebuild dist/server.mjs

Customer Scripts

When building estimates for specific customers, generated .mjs scripts and output files go in customer-scripts/. This folder is gitignored to keep customer data out of the repo.

The bundled dist/server.mjs is committed to the repo. After rebuilding, commit and publish:

npm version patch         # bumps version in root package.json
npm publish --access public

Drift Detection

The Claude Code skill (.claude/skills/aws-calculator/SKILL.md) is a symlink to steering/aws-calculator-workflow.md. This ensures both platforms always use identical instructions. Run make verify to confirm no drift:

make verify

This checks that the symlink is valid, frontmatter is present, MCP configs match, and the server responds.