LocalStack Cursor Plugin

The official LocalStack plugin for Cursor — brings local AWS cloud development directly into your IDE.

What's included

MCP Server

The plugin bundles the LocalStack MCP Server (@localstack/localstack-mcp-server), giving the AI agent direct access to:

Tool	Description
Container management	Start, stop, restart, and check status of LocalStack
Infrastructure deployment	Deploy CDK, Terraform, and CloudFormation stacks to LocalStack
Log analysis	Analyze LocalStack logs, filter by service, and identify errors
AWS CLI	Run AWS CLI commands against LocalStack
IAM Policy Analyzer	Enforce and auto-generate least-privilege IAM policies (Pro)
Cloud Pods	Save and load state snapshots for reproducible environments (Pro)
Chaos Engineering	Inject faults and latency into AWS services (Pro)

Skills

Six skills provide contextual knowledge for common LocalStack workflows:

Skill	Description
localstack	Container lifecycle management (start, stop, status, config)
localstack-deploy	IaC deployment with Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, and Pulumi
localstack-state	State management with local snapshots and Cloud Pods
localstack-logs	Log analysis, debugging, and health checks
localstack-iam	IAM policy enforcement, analysis, and least-privilege generation
localstack-extensions	Extension management and custom extension development

Installation

Install from the Cursor Marketplace by searching for LocalStack. You can also install it via Cursor CLI:

cursor plugins install localstack-cursor-plugin

Configuration

LocalStack Auth Token

To enable Pro features (IAM Policy Analyzer, Cloud Pods, Chaos Engineering), set your LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN as an environment variable with your MCP server configuration.

LocalStack-specific configuration

To configure any other LocalStack-specific configuration, set the corresponding environment variable in your MCP server configuration. Refer to the LocalStack configuration documentation for more details.

Project structure

localstack-cursor-plugin/
├── .cursor-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json          # Plugin manifest
├── skills/
│   ├── localstack-lifecycle/ # Container lifecycle management
│   ├── iac-deployment/       # Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, Pulumi
│   ├── state-management/     # Snapshots and Cloud Pods
│   ├── logs-analysis/        # Log analysis and debugging
│   ├── iam-policy-analyzer/  # IAM enforcement and policy generation
│   └── localstack-extensions/# Extension management
├── assets/
│   └── logo.svg              # Plugin logo
├── mcp.json                  # MCP server configuration
└── README.md

License

Apache-2.0