Host A: Welcome back to Exploring Next! Today we're looking at No OAuth Required: An MCP Client For AWS IAM.
Host B: Yeah, this one caught our eye because Dennis Traub for AWS Posted on Nov 18 • Edited on Nov 20           No OAuth Required: An MCP Client For AWS IAM # ai # agents # mcp # aws When Anthropic published the Model Context Protocol (MCP) , I immediately started experimenting with deployment options on AWS: First, I tried running MCP servers as AWS Lambda functions.
Host A: So the big idea is A great solution in terms of simplicity and cost, but it also meant I had to manually manage session state across invocations.
Host B: What stood out to me is Next, I deployed them as containers on Amazon ECS, which immediately solved session state management for me, but I had to pay for a running server, even when it sat idle.
Host A: If you're curious, give the original a read: https://dev.to/aws/no-oauth-required-an-mcp-client-for-aws-iam-k1o.
Host B: And let us know what you try next!