# atmos mcp tools

Use this command to connect to an external MCP server and list the tools it exposes. This starts the server, performs the MCP initialization handshake, retrieves the tool list, then shuts down the server.

> ⚠️ Experimental

## Usage

```shell
atmos mcp tools <name>
```

### Arguments

- **`name`**
  The name of the MCP server (as shown in 
  `atmos mcp list`
  ).

## Flags

This command has no command-specific flags.

### Examples

```shell
# List tools from the AWS documentation server
atmos mcp tools aws-docs

# List tools from the AWS security server
atmos mcp tools aws-security
# Example output:
# TOOL                      DESCRIPTION
# CheckSecurityServices     Verify security services are enabled
# GetSecurityFindings       Retrieve security findings with severity filtering
# CheckStorageEncryption    Check encryption on S3, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, EFS
# CheckNetworkSecurity      Check TLS/HTTPS on ELB, VPC, API Gateway
# ListServicesInRegion      List active AWS services in a region
```