aws-docs-reader

name	aws-docs-reader
description	Fetch AWS documentation as clean markdown using llms.txt index and content negotiation. Use when you need to look up AWS service documentation, API references, or guides. Works for all AWS services without a browser.
metadata	{"author":"gilinachum","version":"1.0"}

AWS Docs Reader

AWS documentation supports direct markdown access. Use this instead of rendering HTML pages.

How to Fetch AWS Docs

1. Find the right page — llms.txt index

Every AWS guide has an llms.txt file listing all pages:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/{service-path}/llms.txt

Examples:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/llms.txt
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/llms.txt

2. Fetch a specific page — two methods

Method A: .md suffix (preferred)

Replace .html with .md in any page URL from the llms.txt index:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/kb-test-config.md

Method B: Accept: text/markdown header

Send the header on a standard .html URL:

curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/kb-test-config.html

Both return clean markdown with Content-Type: text/markdown.

Important: Case Sensitivity

The path casing varies between services and must match exactly:

Service	Path
Bedrock	bedrock/latest/userguide/
EC2	AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/
S3	AmazonS3/latest/userguide/
Lambda	lambda/latest/dg/
ECS	AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/
DynamoDB	amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/
IAM	IAM/latest/UserGuide/
CloudFormation	AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/
CDK	cdk/v2/guide/
SageMaker	sagemaker/latest/dg/

Wrong casing returns a 404. When unsure, check the canonical URL on the AWS docs site or fetch the root llms.txt.

Workflow

1. Identify which guide you need (userguide, API reference, developer guide)
2. Fetch llms.txt for that guide to discover page slugs
3. Fetch the specific page with .md suffix
4. If you don't know the exact service path, try https://docs.aws.amazon.com/llms.txt (root index)

What NOT to do

• Don't fetch the .html URLs without the Accept header — they return an SPA shell that requires JavaScript
• Don't guess the path casing — verify it
• Don't use headless browsers for AWS docs — markdown access is faster and cleaner