Amazon Bedrock Agents

AWS-native agents on Bedrock. Two coexisting stacks: AgentCore (the managed runtime with secure sandboxes) and Strands SDK (the open-source Python/TypeScript framework). Plus multi-agent collaboration, A2A protocol, and native IAM.

Install

pip install boto3 strands-agents

Version

Strands 1.42.0 · June 2026 · Python 3.10+

Best for

AWS-native workloads, secure sandboxed agents, enterprise IAM.

Zero → Hero

1 · Introduction to AgentCore What it is, why AWS built it · 10 min

2 · Core features Identity, memory, tools, observability · 20 min

3 · AgentCore architecture Runtime, control plane, data plane · 15 min

4 · Getting started First agent via AgentCore · 20 min

5 · Secure sandbox runtime Isolation model, code execution · 15 min

6 · Strands SDK Local/OSS Python + TypeScript SDK · 30 min

7 · Multi-agent collaboration Supervisor, specialists, routing · 25 min

8 · Tools & integrations Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB · 20 min

9 · A2A protocol Cross-framework agent interop · 20 min

10 · Security & IAM IAM roles, policies, VPC · 20 min

11 · Production Deployment, scaling, cost · 30 min

Jump to a topic

AgentCore runtime

Secure sandbox

Strands SDK

Multi-agent collaboration

A2A protocol

Middleware

Error handling

Observability

Security & IAM

March 2025 updates

Reference

Bedrock Agents comprehensive Classic Bedrock Agents API.

AgentCore comprehensive 2025 managed runtime.

Strands SDK guide

A2A protocol guide

Advanced multi-agent

Middleware (Python)

Error handling

Observability

Security & IAM examples

Recipes

Diagrams

Production guide

March 2025 updates

What’s new in Strands 1.42.0 (June 2026)

v1.37.0–1.42.0 (April–June 2026) — Six minor releases. Core symbols (Agent, tool, AgentBase, AgentSkills, Plugin, Skill, Snapshot, ToolContext, ModelRetryStrategy, MultiAgentPlugin) verified against installed strands-agents==1.42.0 (.routine-envs/refresh-py, 2026-06-07); 23 top-level exports confirmed; no DeprecationWarning emissions.
v1.36.0 (April 2026) — Expanded tool library, refined tracing, TypeScript parity.
AgentCore GA — secure sandbox runtimes, managed memory, identity via AWS IAM.
Multi-agent collaboration — supervisor-style routing between Bedrock agents.
A2A protocol — interop with OpenAI SDK, Claude SDK, LangGraph, Google ADK.

Install, minimal example

import boto3

client = boto3.client("bedrock-agent-runtime")

response = client.invoke_agent(
    agentId="AGENT_ID",
    agentAliasId="ALIAS_ID",
    sessionId="session-1",
    inputText="Help me analyse Q3 sales data.",
)

for event in response["completion"]:
    print(event)

Ready? Start Zero → Hero Step 1 →

Revision history

Date	Version	Changes
2026-06-07	Strands 1.42.0	Version bumped 1.36.0 → 1.42.0 (six minor releases: 1.37.0–1.42.0); version card updated; “What’s new” section updated; broken `__version__` import fixed in strands SDK guide (symbol absent from 1.42.0 package; replaced with `importlib.metadata.version`); revision history entry added. Core symbols (`Agent`, `tool`, `AgentBase`, `AgentSkills`, `Plugin`, `Skill`, `Snapshot`, `ToolContext`, `ModelRetryStrategy`, `MultiAgentPlugin`) verified against installed `strands-agents==1.42.0` (`.routine-envs/refresh-py`, 2026-06-07); 23 top-level exports confirmed.
2026-04-21	Strands 1.36	Index redesigned with Zero → Hero + Jump-to-topic grid.
April 17, 2026	Strands 1.36.0	Expanded tool library, refined tracing, TS parity.
March 2025	AgentCore GA	Secure sandbox runtimes; managed memory; multi-agent collaboration.
November 2025	Strands ~1.0	Initial SDK documentation.