Amazon SageMaker Catalog MCP Server

MCP server for Amazon SageMaker Catalog (DataZone) with 100% API coverage via auto-generation from the botocore service model.

This server automatically generates MCP tools for all 175+ DataZone API operations by reading the service model from botocore at startup. When AWS adds new operations, simply update boto3 — no code changes needed.

Features

• 100% API coverage: Every DataZone operation is exposed as an MCP tool
• Auto-updating: New operations appear automatically when boto3 is updated
• Compatible: Includes all tools from the official awslabs/amazon-datazone-mcp-server, plus 126+ more
• Dual transport: Supports stdio (local) and Streamable HTTP (remote)
• Standard AWS credentials: Uses the standard boto3 credential chain
• Correct parameter schemas: Each tool exposes the exact input schema from the AWS API (not a generic kwargs wrapper)

Installation

# From source
git clone https://github.com/difeorte/amazon-sagemaker-catalog-mcp-server.git
cd amazon-sagemaker-catalog-mcp-server
pip install .

# For development
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Prerequisites

AWS Credentials

The server uses the standard boto3 credential chain:

1. Environment variables (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
2. AWS credentials file (~/.aws/credentials)
3. AWS SSO config (~/.aws/config with sso_session)
4. Instance profile (EC2, ECS, Lambda)

IAM Permissions

The IAM role or user needs DataZone permissions. For a read-only catalog agent (browse, search, subscribe):

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "datazone:List*",
        "datazone:Get*",
        "datazone:Search*",
        "datazone:CreateSubscriptionRequest"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

For full access (create/update/delete resources), use datazone:* — but scope it down based on your use case. The server exposes all 175+ operations, so the IAM policy is what controls what the agent can actually do.

SageMaker Unified Studio Domains

For catalog operations like search_listings, create_subscription_request, etc., the IAM role must be added as a project member in the SageMaker Unified Studio portal. This is a one-time setup per role per project. Without project membership, administrative operations (list_domains, get_domain, list_projects) still work, but catalog-level operations will return AccessDeniedException.

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
AWS_REGION	AWS region for API calls	boto3 default
AWS_PROFILE	AWS profile name	default
MCP_TRANSPORT	Transport type (stdio or streamable-http)	stdio
MCP_PORT	Port for HTTP transport	8000

Usage

With stdio (local, default)

sagemaker-catalog-mcp-server

With Streamable HTTP (remote)

sagemaker-catalog-mcp-server --transport streamable-http --port 8000

CLI Options

--transport {stdio,streamable-http}  Transport type (default: stdio)
--port PORT                          Port for HTTP transport (default: 8000)
--region REGION                      AWS region
--profile PROFILE                    AWS profile name

MCP Client Configuration (Kiro, Claude Desktop, etc.)

Add to your MCP client configuration (e.g., .kiro/settings/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sagemaker-catalog": {
      "command": "sagemaker-catalog-mcp-server",
      "args": ["--region", "us-east-1"],
      "env": {
        "AWS_PROFILE": "your-profile"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or if running from source without installing:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sagemaker-catalog": {
      "command": "/path/to/project/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "sagemaker_catalog_mcp_server"],
      "env": {
        "AWS_REGION": "us-east-1",
        "AWS_PROFILE": "your-profile",
        "PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/project/src"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

The server exposes 175+ tools, one for each DataZone API operation. Examples:

Tool	Description
list_domains	Lists Amazon DataZone domains
get_domain	Gets a domain
create_project	Creates a project
search_listings	Searches published assets in the catalog
create_subscription_request	Requests access to a data asset
get_asset	Gets asset details (technical + business metadata)
create_glossary	Creates a business glossary
list_data_sources	Lists data sources in a project

For the complete list, start the server and use your MCP client's tool listing feature.

Important Considerations

• Project membership setup — To add an IAM role as a project member programmatically, the data domain unit that owns the project must first have the "Add to project member pool" policy enabled by the domain unit owner. Without this policy, the API returns AccessDeniedException. Currently, adding project members is done from the SageMaker Unified Studio portal.

• Tested on SageMaker Catalog — This server has been tested on SageMaker Catalog (which runs on Amazon DataZone). It has not been tested on standalone DataZone V1 domains.

Querying Subscribed Data

When a subscription is approved, SageMaker Unified Studio creates resource links in the consumer project's Lakehouse database (e.g., central_data_lake_<envId>). To query subscribed data, the agent must chain-assume the project execution role (datazone_usr_role_<projectId>_<envId>) and use the project's Athena workgroup. The data appears under the local Lakehouse database, not the producer's catalog ID.

Compatibility

This server is an unofficial extended version inspired by awslabs/amazon-datazone-mcp-server (v0.1.1). All 49 tools from the official server are available with the same names and parameters, plus 126+ additional tools covering the rest of the API.

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest -v

Architecture

The server uses a code generation approach at startup:

1. ServiceModelParser reads service-2.json from botocore (supports .json.gz)
2. ToolGenerator creates MCP tool definitions with correct JSON Schema for each operation
3. ToolExecutor executes operations against AWS via boto3 with response serialization
4. Low-level MCP SDK (mcp.server.lowlevel.Server) handles the protocol, ensuring each tool gets its exact inputSchema from the AWS API

This means the server automatically supports new API operations when boto3 is updated.

License

Apache 2.0