search_documentation
Search AWS documentation using the official AWS Documentation Search API.
## Usage
This tool searches across all AWS documentation for pages matching your search phrase.
Use it to find relevant documentation when you don't have a specific URL.
## Search Tips
- Use specific technical terms rather than general phrases
- Include service names to narrow results (e.g., "S3 bucket versioning" instead of just "versioning")
- Use quotes for exact phrase matching (e.g., "AWS Lambda function URLs")
- Include abbreviations and alternative terms to improve results
- Use guide_type and product_type filters found from a SearchResponse's "facets" property:
- Filter only for broad search queries with patterns:
- "What is [service]?" -> product_types: ["Amazon Simple Storage Service"]
- "How to use <service 1> with <service 2>?" -> product_types: [<service 1>, <service 2>]
- "[service] getting started" -> product_types: [<service>] + guide_types: ["User Guide, "Developer Guide"]
- "API reference for [service]" -> product_types: [<service>] + guide_types: ["API Reference"]
## Result Interpretation
Each SearchResponse includes:
- search_results: List of documentation pages, each with:
- rank_order: The relevance ranking (lower is more relevant)
- url: The documentation page URL
- title: The page title
- context: A brief excerpt or summary (if available)
- facets: Available filters (product_types, guide_types) for refining searches
- query_id: Unique identifier for this search session
Args:
ctx: MCP context for logging and error handling
search_phrase: Search phrase to use
search_intent: The intent behind the search requested by the user
limit: Maximum number of results to return
product_types: Filter by AWS product/service
guide_types: Filter by guide type
Returns:
List of search results with URLs, titles, query ID, context snippets, and facets for filtering
