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AWS's new IaC MCP server lets your AI assistant lint CloudFormation and correlate CloudTrail

AWS has published a walkthrough of an Infrastructure as Code MCP Server that exposes four tools to any MCP-compatible AI assistant: CloudFormation docs search, cfn-lint validation, cfn-guard compliance checks, and CloudTrail-correlated troubleshooting. Kiro is the assistant AWS uses in the demo.

Aug 7, 2026 · Priya Nair Infrastructure as code

CloudFormation Express mode ships, returning success before resources are ready

AWS added an Express deployment mode to CloudFormation that reports stack operations complete as soon as resource configuration is applied, with resources continuing to become available in the background. Rollback is disabled by default.

Jul 4, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo Infrastructure as code

CloudFormation now validates every stack operation, not only change sets

AWS extended CloudFormation's pre-deployment validation to run automatically on CreateStack and UpdateStack, alongside CreateChangeSet. It hard-fails property errors and name conflicts before a stack starts rolling, with a softer warning tier that still lives only on change sets.

Jul 3, 2026 · Priya Nair