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com.pulsemcp/dynamodb

MCP server for AWS DynamoDB with fine-grained tool control and configurable access levels.

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Install dynamodb in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-region",
      "description": "AWS_REGION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-access-key-id",
      "description": "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "aws-secret-access-key",
      "description": "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dynamodb-endpoint",
      "description": "DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dynamodb-enabled-tool-groups",
      "description": "DYNAMODB_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dynamodb-enabled-tools",
      "description": "DYNAMODB_ENABLED_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dynamodb-disabled-tools",
      "description": "DYNAMODB_DISABLED_TOOLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "dynamodb-allowed-tables",
      "description": "DYNAMODB_ALLOWED_TABLES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "skip-health-checks",
      "description": "SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "dynamodb": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aws-dynamodb-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AWS_REGION": "${input:aws-region}",
        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "${input:aws-access-key-id}",
        "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "${input:aws-secret-access-key}",
        "DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT": "${input:dynamodb-endpoint}",
        "DYNAMODB_ENABLED_TOOL_GROUPS": "${input:dynamodb-enabled-tool-groups}",
        "DYNAMODB_ENABLED_TOOLS": "${input:dynamodb-enabled-tools}",
        "DYNAMODB_DISABLED_TOOLS": "${input:dynamodb-disabled-tools}",
        "DYNAMODB_ALLOWED_TABLES": "${input:dynamodb-allowed-tables}",
        "SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS": "${input:skip-health-checks}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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