Amazon Bedrock Agents: Comprehensive Technical Guide

Framework Name: bedrock_agents Strands SDK Version: 1.35.0 (April 2026) Last Updated: April 2026

A definitive, end-to-end technical reference covering Amazon Bedrock Agents from foundational concepts through enterprise-scale production deployment. This guide provides exhaustive coverage of architecture patterns, implementation strategies, AWS integration techniques, cost optimisation, security best practices, and advanced agentic patterns.

Core Fundamentals
Simple Agents
Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)
AgentCore Services
Action Groups
Knowledge Bases
Tools Integration
Structured Output
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Agentic Patterns
Guardrails
Prompt Flows
Memory Systems
Context Engineering
Multi-Model Support
AWS Integrations
Supervisor Architecture
Advanced Topics

Core Fundamentals

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is a new platform that simplifies the building and deployment of AI agents. It offers a suite of tools and services for securely and scalably operating AI agents at an enterprise level.

Key Features of AgentCore:

Secure Serverless Runtime: Provides a secure, serverless environment for executing agent logic.
Access to Tools: Enables agents to access a wide range of tools, including AWS services, third-party APIs, and custom functions.
Support for Open Source Frameworks: Supports popular open-source frameworks like LangChain, allowing developers to bring their own agent implementations.
Identity Services: Manages agent permissions and access control through integration with AWS IAM.
Built-in Checkpointing and Recovery: Provides automatic checkpointing and recovery for long-running tasks, ensuring agent resilience.
Integrated Observability: Offers built-in monitoring and logging capabilities through integration with Amazon CloudWatch.

Best Practices for Building Bedrock Agents

Define Clear Use Cases and Objectives: Establish a solid foundation with high-quality ground truth data and meticulously defined instructions.
Build Small and Focused Agents: Design agents to be modular and specialized, allowing them to collaborate for more complex tasks.
Integrate Actions and APIs Thoughtfully: Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to create and deploy reusable action groups.
Optimize Your Knowledge Base Design: Integrate agents with existing organizational knowledge bases to provide accurate, context-aware responses.
Implement Robust Security and Access Control: Use Guardrails to avoid sensitive topics, filter harmful content, and redact sensitive information.
Test and Iterate in Real-World Scenarios: Begin with a comprehensive set of test cases derived from actual user interactions.
Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use IaC (CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform) to create and deploy agents, guardrails, and knowledge bases for reusability and consistency.
Continuous Optimization: Continuously optimize for cost and performance as your agents evolve and scale.

AWS Bedrock Setup and IAM Permissions

Amazon Bedrock Agents require comprehensive AWS environment setup with granular Identity and Access Management (IAM) configurations to ensure secure, scalable agent operations.

Setting Up AWS Account and Bedrock Access

Prerequisites:

Active AWS Account with administrative or appropriate delegated access
Region selection supporting Amazon Bedrock (us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, ap-southeast-1)
AWS CLI v2 installed and configured
Python 3.8+ or Node.js 14+ for SDK operations

AWS Bedrock Console Access:

# Verify Bedrock service availability in your region
aws bedrock list-foundation-models --region us-east-1

# Check account's foundation model access
aws bedrock get-foundation-model-availability-in-region --model-identifier anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0
# Note: As of late 2025, newer models like Claude 3.5 Haiku and Llama 3.1 are available and may offer better performance or cost-effectiveness.

Comprehensive IAM Role Configuration

Trust Policy Document:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "Service": [
          "bedrock.amazonaws.com",
          "lambda.amazonaws.com",
          "states.amazonaws.com",
          "events.amazonaws.com"
        ]
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT_ID:root"
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

Granular Permissions Policy for Agent Operations:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "BedrockAgentPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "bedrock:CreateAgent",
        "bedrock:UpdateAgent",
        "bedrock:PrepareAgent",
        "bedrock:GetAgent",
        "bedrock:ListAgents",
        "bedrock:InvokeAgent",
        "bedrock:CreateAgentAlias",
        "bedrock:UpdateAgentAlias",
        "bedrock:GetAgentAlias",
        "bedrock:DeleteAgent",
        "bedrock:CreateActionGroup",
        "bedrock:UpdateActionGroup",
        "bedrock:GetActionGroup",
        "bedrock:DeleteActionGroup",
        "bedrock:CreateKnowledgeBase",
        "bedrock:UpdateKnowledgeBase",
        "bedrock:GetKnowledgeBase",
        "bedrock:DeleteKnowledgeBase",
        "bedrock:CreateDataSource",
        "bedrock:UpdateDataSource",
        "bedrock:GetDataSource",
        "bedrock:DeleteDataSource",
        "bedrock:Invoke"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:bedrock:*:ACCOUNT_ID:*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "BedrockModelAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "bedrock:GetFoundationModel",
        "bedrock:ListFoundationModels"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "S3DataSourceAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:ListBucket",
        "s3:ListBucketVersions"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::knowledge-base-bucket/*",
        "arn:aws:s3:::knowledge-base-bucket"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "OpenSearchAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "aoss:ApiAccessAll"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:aoss:*:ACCOUNT_ID:collection/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "LambdaInvocation",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "lambda:InvokeFunction"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:lambda:*:ACCOUNT_ID:function:bedrock-*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SecretsManagerAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
        "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:ACCOUNT_ID:secret:bedrock/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CloudWatchLogsAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:logs:*:ACCOUNT_ID:log-group:/aws/bedrock/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "KMSEncryptionAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "kms:Decrypt",
        "kms:GenerateDataKey",
        "kms:DescribeKey"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:*:ACCOUNT_ID:key/*"
    }
  ]
}

IAM Role Creation via AWS CLI:

# Create the role
aws iam create-role \
  --role-name BedrockAgentRole \
  --assume-role-policy-document file://trust-policy.json \
  --description "Role for Amazon Bedrock Agents operations"

# Create and attach the policy
aws iam put-role-policy \
  --role-name BedrockAgentRole \
  --policy-name BedrockAgentPermissions \
  --policy-document file://permissions-policy.json

# Verify role creation
aws iam get-role --role-name BedrockAgentRole

# Get the role ARN
aws iam get-role --role-name BedrockAgentRole --query 'Role.Arn' --output text

Python SDK IAM Configuration

import boto3
import json
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

class BedrockIAMManager:
    """Manages IAM configurations for Bedrock Agents"""

    def __init__(self, region_name='us-east-1'):
        self.iam_client = boto3.client('iam', region_name=region_name)
        self.bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=region_name)
        self.region = region_name

    def create_bedrock_agent_role(self, role_name, s3_bucket_arn=None, kms_key_arn=None):
        """
        Create a comprehensive IAM role for Bedrock Agents

        Args:
            role_name (str): Name of the IAM role
            s3_bucket_arn (str): ARN of S3 bucket for knowledge bases
            kms_key_arn (str): ARN of KMS key for encryption

        Returns:
            dict: Role creation response
        """

        trust_policy = {
            "Version": "2012-10-17",
            "Statement": [
                {
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Principal": {"Service": "bedrock.amazonaws.com"},
                    "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
                }
            ]
        }

        try:
            # Create the role
            response = self.iam_client.create_role(
                RoleName=role_name,
                AssumeRolePolicyDocument=json.dumps(trust_policy),
                Description="Role for Amazon Bedrock Agents",
                MaxSessionDuration=3600
            )

            print(f"✓ Created IAM role: {response['Role']['Arn']}")
            return response

        except ClientError as e:
            if e.response['Error']['Code'] == 'EntityAlreadyExists':
                print(f"✓ Role already exists: {role_name}")
                return self.iam_client.get_role(RoleName=role_name)
            else:
                raise

    def attach_bedrock_permissions(self, role_name, s3_bucket_arn=None, lambda_function_arns=None):
        """
        Attach comprehensive permissions to Bedrock agent role

        Args:
            role_name (str): Name of the role
            s3_bucket_arn (str): S3 bucket for knowledge bases
            lambda_function_arns (list): Lambda functions for action groups
        """

        # Build resource ARNs
        bedrock_resource = f"arn:aws:bedrock:{self.region}:*:*"
        s3_resources = [s3_bucket_arn] if s3_bucket_arn else ["arn:aws:s3:::*"]
        lambda_resources = lambda_function_arns or ["arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:bedrock-*"]

        permissions_policy = {
            "Version": "2012-10-17",
            "Statement": [
                {
                    "Sid": "BedrockCorePermissions",
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": [
                        "bedrock:CreateAgent",
                        "bedrock:UpdateAgent",
                        "bedrock:GetAgent",
                        "bedrock:InvokeAgent",
                        "bedrock:ListFoundationModels",
                        "bedrock:GetFoundationModel"
                    ],
                    "Resource": bedrock_resource
                },
                {
                    "Sid": "S3AccessForKnowledgeBases",
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:ListBucket"],
                    "Resource": s3_resources
                },
                {
                    "Sid": "LambdaActionGroups",
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": ["lambda:InvokeFunction"],
                    "Resource": lambda_resources
                },
                {
                    "Sid": "CloudWatchLogs",
                    "Effect": "Allow",
                    "Action": [
                        "logs:CreateLogGroup",
                        "logs:CreateLogStream",
                        "logs:PutLogEvents"
                    ],
                    "Resource": f"arn:aws:logs:{self.region}:*:log-group:/aws/bedrock/*"
                }
            ]
        }

        try:
            self.iam_client.put_role_policy(
                RoleName=role_name,
                PolicyName='BedrockAgentPermissions',
                PolicyDocument=json.dumps(permissions_policy)
            )
            print(f"✓ Attached permissions to role: {role_name}")
        except ClientError as e:
            print(f"✗ Error attaching permissions: {e}")
            raise

# Usage
manager = BedrockIAMManager()
manager.create_bedrock_agent_role('BedrockAgentRole')
manager.attach_bedrock_permissions('BedrockAgentRole')

Bedrock Agents Architecture Overview

Amazon Bedrock Agents orchestrate sophisticated interactions between foundation models, external data sources, APIs, and user inputs through a hierarchical orchestration framework.

Core Architecture Components

Architectural Layers:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      User Interface Layer                    │
│              (Console, API, SDK, Chat Interface)             │
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                       │
┌──────────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Agent Orchestration Layer                  │
│    (Agent State Machine, Request Processing, Routing)        │
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                       │
        ┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
        │              │              │
┌───────▼─────┐ ┌─────▼──────┐ ┌────▼────────┐
│  Foundation │ │   Prompt   │ │  Action     │
│   Model     │ │   Engine   │ │  Groups     │
└───────┬─────┘ └─────┬──────┘ └────┬────────┘
        │              │             │
        └──────────────┼─────────────┘
                       │
        ┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
        │              │              │
┌───────▼─────┐ ┌─────▼──────┐ ┌────▼────────┐
│ Knowledge   │ │ Guardrails │ │  External   │
│ Bases       │ │ & Policies │ │  APIs/Tools │
└─────────────┘ └────────────┘ └─────────────┘

Request Processing Workflow

Step-by-Step Agent Invocation Flow:

Request Reception: User input received via SDK, API, or console
Pre-Processing: Input validation, guardrails pre-check, context loading
Model Invocation: Request sent to foundation model with instructions and context
Reasoning Loop: Model generates intermediate steps (ReAct-style reasoning)
Action Selection: Model identifies required actions from available action groups
Tool Execution: Action groups execute APIs, Lambda functions, or database queries
Knowledge Integration: Knowledge bases queried for relevant context
Response Generation: Model generates final response based on tool results
Post-Processing: Guardrails enforcement, output formatting, citation generation
Response Return: Final response returned to user with metadata

Cost Structure Analysis

Pricing Components:

Component	Unit	Approximate Cost	Notes
Foundation Model Invocation	Per 1K input/output tokens	$0.003-$0.15	Varies by model (Claude, Llama, Titan)
Action Group Invocation	Per invocation	No additional charge	Charged via underlying service (Lambda, API)
Knowledge Base Query	Per query	$0.10 per retrieve	OpenSearch Serverless pricing applies
Storage (S3)	Per GB/month	$0.023	Standard S3 rates
Agent Version/Alias Management	Per version	Free	No charge for creating versions/aliases

Cost Optimisation Strategies:

Implement batching for multiple user requests
Use model selection based on task complexity
Cache frequently accessed knowledge base results
Monitor token consumption per invocation
Implement rate limiting and throttling

Enterprise Deployment Considerations

Multi-Account Strategy:

# Create agents in multiple accounts within an AWS Organization
# Use cross-account IAM roles for centralized management

# Central account role
aws iam create-role \
  --role-name CentralBedrockAgentRole \
  --assume-role-policy-document '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [{
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {"AWS": "arn:aws:iam::MEMBER_ACCOUNT:root"},
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }]
  }'

# Member account can then assume central role for agent operations

High Availability Pattern:

import boto3
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
import time

class HighAvailabilityBedrockManager:
    """Implements HA patterns for Bedrock Agents"""

    def __init__(self, primary_region, fallback_region):
        self.primary_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=primary_region)
        self.fallback_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=fallback_region)
        self.primary_region = primary_region
        self.fallback_region = fallback_region

    def invoke_with_failover(self, agent_id, input_text, max_retries=3):
        """Invoke agent with automatic failover to secondary region"""

        retries = 0
        while retries < max_retries:
            try:
                # Try primary region
                response = self.primary_client.invoke_agent(
                    agentId=agent_id,
                    inputText=input_text,
                    enableTrace=True
                )
                print(f"✓ Successfully invoked agent in {self.primary_region}")
                return response

            except ClientError as e:
                if e.response['Error']['Code'] in ['ServiceUnavailable', 'ThrottlingException']:
                    print(f"⚠ Primary region unavailable, attempting fallback...")
                    try:
                        # Try fallback region
                        response = self.fallback_client.invoke_agent(
                            agentId=agent_id,
                            inputText=input_text,
                            enableTrace=True
                        )
                        print(f"✓ Successfully invoked agent in {self.fallback_region}")
                        return response
                    except ClientError as fallback_error:
                        print(f"✗ Fallback also failed: {fallback_error}")
                        retries += 1
                        if retries < max_retries:
                            time.sleep(2 ** retries)  # Exponential backoff
                else:
                    raise

# Usage
ha_manager = HighAvailabilityBedrockManager('us-east-1', 'us-west-2')
response = ha_manager.invoke_with_failover('agent-123', 'What is the status of my account?')

Core Components: Action Groups, Knowledge Bases, Guardrails, Prompt Flows

Action Groups: API-Driven Agent Capabilities

Action groups define the set of APIs and functions an agent can invoke to accomplish tasks. They serve as the interface between the agent’s reasoning and external systems.

Comprehensive Action Group Architecture:

import json
import boto3
from typing import Dict, List, Optional

class ActionGroupManager:
    """Comprehensive management of Bedrock Agent Action Groups"""

    def __init__(self, agent_id: str, region_name='us-east-1'):
        self.bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=region_name)
        self.agent_id = agent_id
        self.region_name = region_name

    def create_lambda_action_group(self, action_group_name: str,
                                   lambda_function_arn: str,
                                   description: str,
                                   api_schema: Dict) -> Dict:
        """
        Create action group that invokes Lambda functions

        Args:
            action_group_name: Name of the action group
            lambda_function_arn: ARN of Lambda function to invoke
            description: Description of the action group
            api_schema: OpenAPI schema defining the function interface

        Returns:
            Created action group response
        """

        try:
            response = self.bedrock_client.create_action_group(
                agentId=self.agent_id,
                actionGroupName=action_group_name,
                actionGroupDescription=description,
                actionGroupExecutor={
                    'lambda': lambda_function_arn
                },
                apiSchema={
                    'payload': json.dumps(api_schema)
                }
            )
            print(f"✓ Created Lambda action group: {action_group_name}")
            return response
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"✗ Error creating action group: {e}")
            raise

    def create_api_action_group(self, action_group_name: str,
                                api_endpoint: str,
                                description: str,
                                api_schema: Dict,
                                auth_type='API_KEY',
                                auth_secret_arn: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict:
        """
        Create action group that invokes external APIs

        Args:
            action_group_name: Name of the action group
            api_endpoint: Base URL of the API
            description: Description
            api_schema: OpenAPI specification
            auth_type: Authentication type (API_KEY, OAuth2, Basic)
            auth_secret_arn: ARN of Secrets Manager secret with credentials

        Returns:
            Created action group response
        """

        executor_config = {
            'customHttpExecutor': {
                'endpoint': api_endpoint
            }
        }

        if auth_type == 'API_KEY' and auth_secret_arn:
            executor_config['customHttpExecutor']['authType'] = 'API_KEY'
            executor_config['customHttpExecutor']['authSecretArn'] = auth_secret_arn

        try:
            response = self.bedrock_client.create_action_group(
                agentId=self.agent_id,
                actionGroupName=action_group_name,
                actionGroupDescription=description,
                actionGroupExecutor=executor_config,
                apiSchema={
                    'payload': json.dumps(api_schema)
                }
            )
            print(f"✓ Created API action group: {action_group_name}")
            return response
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"✗ Error creating API action group: {e}")
            raise

OpenAPI Schema Example for Customer Management:

{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Customer Management API",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "APIs for managing customer accounts and profiles"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.example.com/v1",
      "description": "Production API server"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/customers/{customerId}": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "GetCustomerById",
        "summary": "Retrieve customer information by ID",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "customerId",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Unique customer identifier"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Customer found",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "customerId": {"type": "string"},
                    "firstName": {"type": "string"},
                    "lastName": {"type": "string"},
                    "email": {"type": "string", "format": "email"},
                    "phone": {"type": "string"},
                    "accountStatus": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "enum": ["ACTIVE", "SUSPENDED", "CLOSED"]
                    },
                    "createdDate": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
                    "lastOrderDate": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
                    "totalOrderValue": {"type": "number", "format": "double"}
                  },
                  "required": ["customerId", "email", "accountStatus"]
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Customer not found"
          }
        }
      },
      "put": {
        "operationId": "UpdateCustomer",
        "summary": "Update customer information",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "customerId",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {"type": "string"}
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "firstName": {"type": "string"},
                  "lastName": {"type": "string"},
                  "email": {"type": "string"},
                  "phone": {"type": "string"},
                  "accountStatus": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": ["ACTIVE", "SUSPENDED", "CLOSED"]
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Customer updated successfully"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "/customers": {
      "post": {
        "operationId": "CreateCustomer",
        "summary": "Create a new customer",
        "requestBody": {
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "firstName": {"type": "string"},
                  "lastName": {"type": "string"},
                  "email": {"type": "string"},
                  "phone": {"type": "string"}
                },
                "required": ["firstName", "lastName", "email"]
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "201": {
            "description": "Customer created successfully"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Knowledge Bases: Contextual Information Integration

Knowledge bases enable agents to augment responses with current, enterprise-specific information through semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

Knowledge Base Architecture:

import boto3
from typing import List, Dict, Optional
import uuid

class KnowledgeBaseManager:
    """Comprehensive management of Bedrock Knowledge Bases"""

    def __init__(self, region_name='us-east-1'):
        self.bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=region_name)
        self.opensearch_client = boto3.client('opensearchserverless', region_name=region_name)
        self.s3_client = boto3.client('s3', region_name=region_name)

    def create_knowledge_base(self, kb_name: str,
                             description: str,
                             s3_bucket_arn: str,
                             opensearch_collection_arn: str,
                             role_arn: str,
                             embedding_model_id: str = 'amazon.titan-embed-text-v1') -> Dict:
        """
        Create a comprehensive knowledge base with OpenSearch backend

        Args:
            kb_name: Name of the knowledge base
            description: Description
            s3_bucket_arn: ARN of S3 bucket for source documents
            opensearch_collection_arn: ARN of OpenSearch Serverless collection
            role_arn: IAM role ARN with necessary permissions
            embedding_model_id: Model ID for text embeddings

        Returns:
            Created knowledge base response
        """

        try:
            response = self.bedrock_client.create_knowledge_base(
                name=kb_name,
                description=description,
                roleArn=role_arn,
                knowledgeBaseConfiguration={
                    'type': 'VECTOR',
                    'vectorKnowledgeBaseConfiguration': {
                        'embeddingModel': {
                            'provider': 'BEDROCK',
                            'bedrockEmbeddingModelConfiguration': {
                                'modelId': embedding_model_id
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                storageConfiguration={
                    'type': 'OPENSEARCH_SERVERLESS',
                    'opensearchServerlessConfiguration': {
                        'collectionArn': opensearch_collection_arn,
                        'vectorIndexName': f'bedrock-index-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}',
                        'fieldMapping': {
                            'vectorField': 'bedrock-vector',
                            'textField': 'AMAZON_BEDROCK_TEXT_CHUNK',
                            'metadataField': 'AMAZON_BEDROCK_METADATA'
                        }
                    }
                }
            )
            print(f"✓ Created knowledge base: {kb_name}")
            return response
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"✗ Error creating knowledge base: {e}")
            raise

    def create_data_source(self, knowledge_base_id: str,
                          data_source_name: str,
                          s3_location_arn: str,
                          chunking_strategy: str = 'FIXED_SIZE',
                          chunk_size: int = 1000,
                          chunk_overlap: int = 100) -> Dict:
        """
        Create a data source for ingesting documents into knowledge base

        Args:
            knowledge_base_id: ID of the knowledge base
            data_source_name: Name of the data source
            s3_location_arn: S3 location containing documents (s3://bucket/prefix)
            chunking_strategy: Strategy for chunking documents
            chunk_size: Size of each chunk in tokens
            chunk_overlap: Overlap between chunks

        Returns:
            Created data source response
        """

        try:
            response = self.bedrock_client.create_data_source(
                knowledgeBaseId=knowledge_base_id,
                name=data_source_name,
                description=f"Data source for {data_source_name}",
                dataSourceConfiguration={
                    'type': 'S3',
                    's3Configuration': {
                        'bucketArn': s3_location_arn.split('s3://')[1].split('/')[0],
                        'inclusionPrefixes': [s3_location_arn.split('s3://')[1].split('/')[1:]]
                    }
                },
                vectorIngestionConfiguration={
                    'chunkingConfiguration': {
                        'chunkingStrategy': chunking_strategy,
                        'fixedSizeChunkingConfiguration': {
                            'maxTokens': chunk_size,
                            'overlapPercentage': int((chunk_overlap / chunk_size) * 100)
                        }
                    }
                }
            )
            print(f"✓ Created data source: {data_source_name}")
            return response
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"✗ Error creating data source: {e}")
            raise

Knowledge Base Chunking Strategies:

class ChunkingStrategyManager:
    """Advanced chunking strategies for different content types"""

    @staticmethod
    def fixed_size_chunking(text: str, chunk_size: int = 1000, overlap: int = 100) -> List[str]:
        """
        Fixed-size chunking: Splits text into fixed-size chunks with overlap

        Best for: Dense technical documentation, legal documents
        """
        chunks = []
        step = chunk_size - overlap

        for i in range(0, len(text), step):
            chunk = text[i:i + chunk_size]
            if chunk.strip():
                chunks.append(chunk)

        return chunks

    @staticmethod
    def semantic_chunking(text: str, sentences_per_chunk: int = 5) -> List[str]:
        """
        Semantic chunking: Splits text at sentence boundaries

        Best for: News articles, blog posts, general content
        """
        import re

        sentences = re.split(r'(?<=[.!?])\s+', text)
        chunks = []
        current_chunk = []

        for sentence in sentences:
            current_chunk.append(sentence)
            if len(current_chunk) >= sentences_per_chunk:
                chunks.append(' '.join(current_chunk))
                current_chunk = []

        if current_chunk:
            chunks.append(' '.join(current_chunk))

        return chunks

    @staticmethod
    def hierarchical_chunking(text: str, max_chunk_size: int = 1000) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
        """
        Hierarchical chunking: Preserves document structure (sections, subsections)

        Best for: Structured documents with clear hierarchy
        """
        import re

        chunks_by_level = {'level1': [], 'level2': [], 'level3': []}

        # Parse document structure
        level1_sections = re.split(r'^## ', text, flags=re.MULTILINE)

        for section in level1_sections:
            if not section.strip():
                continue

            level2_sections = re.split(r'^### ', section, flags=re.MULTILINE)

            for subsection in level2_sections:
                if len(subsection) > max_chunk_size:
                    # Break into smaller chunks
                    for chunk in ChunkingStrategyManager.fixed_size_chunking(subsection, max_chunk_size):
                        chunks_by_level['level3'].append(chunk)
                else:
                    chunks_by_level['level2'].append(subsection)

        return chunks_by_level

Guardrails: Safety and Compliance

Guardrails provide multi-layered protection against inappropriate model behaviour, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and regulatory requirements.

class GuardrailsManager:
    """Comprehensive Bedrock Guardrails management"""

    def __init__(self, region_name='us-east-1'):
        self.bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=region_name)

    def create_comprehensive_guardrail(self, guardrail_name: str,
                                      description: str) -> Dict:
        """
        Create a comprehensive guardrail with multiple safety policies
        """

        try:
            response = self.bedrock_client.create_guardrail(
                name=guardrail_name,
                description=description,
                topicPolicyConfig={
                    'topicsConfig': [
                        {
                            'name': 'Financial Fraud',
                            'definition': 'Anything related to financial fraud, money laundering, or illegal financial activities',
                            'examples': [
                                'How to commit wire fraud',
                                'Ways to launder money',
                                'How to create fake invoices'
                            ],
                            'type': 'DENY'
                        },
                        {
                            'name': 'Illegal Activities',
                            'definition': 'Requests for help with illegal activities',
                            'examples': [
                                'How to make explosives',
                                'How to hack a system',
                                'How to create counterfeit currency'
                            ],
                            'type': 'DENY'
                        }
                    ]
                },
                contentPolicyConfig={
                    'filtersConfig': [
                        {
                            'type': 'HATE',
                            'inputStrength': 'HIGH',
                            'outputStrength': 'HIGH'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'INSULTS',
                            'inputStrength': 'MEDIUM',
                            'outputStrength': 'MEDIUM'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'SEXUAL',
                            'inputStrength': 'HIGH',
                            'outputStrength': 'HIGH'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'VIOLENCE',
                            'inputStrength': 'HIGH',
                            'outputStrength': 'HIGH'
                        }
                    ]
                },
                wordPolicyConfig={
                    'wordsConfig': [
                        {
                            'text': 'proprietary',
                            'action': 'BLOCK'
                        },
                        {
                            'text': 'confidential',
                            'action': 'BLOCK'
                        }
                    ],
                    'managedWordListConfig': [
                        {
                            'type': 'PROFANITY'
                        }
                    ]
                },
                sensitiveInformationPolicyConfig={
                    'piiEntitiesConfig': [
                        {
                            'type': 'EMAIL',
                            'action': 'ANONYMIZE'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'PHONE',
                            'action': 'ANONYMIZE'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'NAME',
                            'action': 'ANONYMIZE'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'ADDRESS',
                            'action': 'ANONYMIZE'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'CREDIT_DEBIT_CARD_NUMBER',
                            'action': 'BLOCK'
                        },
                        {
                            'type': 'BANK_ACCOUNT_NUMBER',
                            'action': 'BLOCK'
                        }
                    ],
                    'regexesConfig': [
                        {
                            'name': 'AWS_SECRET_KEY',
                            'pattern': r'AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}',
                            'action': 'BLOCK'
                        }
                    ]
                }
            )
            print(f"✓ Created guardrail: {guardrail_name}")
            return response
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"✗ Error creating guardrail: {e}")
            raise

#### Applying Guardrails Programmatically

In addition to associating guardrails with agents at creation time, you can also apply guardrails programmatically to individual API requests using the `ApplyGuardrail` API. This is useful for multi-tenant scenarios or situations requiring dynamic moderation.

```python
import boto3

bedrock_runtime = boto3.client('bedrock-runtime')

response = bedrock_runtime.apply_guardrail(
    guardrailIdentifier='YOUR_GUARDRAIL_ID',
    guardrailVersion='YOUR_GUARDRAIL_VERSION',
    source='USER_INPUT',
    content=[
        {
            'text': {
                'text': 'User input to be evaluated'
            }
        }
    ]
)

# Process the response to check for any violations
if response['action'] == 'DENY':
    print("Input violates guardrails.")
else:
    # Proceed with invoking the agent
    pass

#### Prompt Flows: Orchestrated Conversation Flows

**Prompt Flows** enable visual, no-code orchestration of complex agent interactions with conditional logic and state management.

```python
class PromptFlowManager:
    """Management of Bedrock Prompt Flows"""

    def __init__(self, region_name='us-east-1'):
        self.bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=region_name)

    def create_conditional_prompt_flow(self, flow_name: str,
                                      agent_id: str) -> Dict:
        """
        Create a prompt flow with conditional routing logic

        Flow structure:
        1. Classify user intent
        2. Route to appropriate specialist agent
        3. Process request
        4. Format and return response
        """

        flow_definition = {
            "name": flow_name,
            "nodes": [
                {
                    "id": "input_node",
                    "type": "INPUT",
                    "properties": {
                        "label": "User Input"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": "classify_intent",
                    "type": "INVOKE_MODEL",
                    "properties": {
                        "modelId": "anthropic.claude-3-sonnet",
                        "prompt": "Classify the user intent as one of: SUPPORT, SALES, BILLING, TECHNICAL. Respond with ONLY the classification."
                    },
                    "connections": [
                        {"source": "input_node", "target": "classify_intent"}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "route_decision",
                    "type": "CONDITIONAL",
                    "properties": {
                        "conditions": [
                            {
                                "expression": "intent == 'SUPPORT'",
                                "nextNode": "support_agent"
                            },
                            {
                                "expression": "intent == 'SALES'",
                                "nextNode": "sales_agent"
                            },
                            {
                                "expression": "intent == 'BILLING'",
                                "nextNode": "billing_agent"
                            },
                            {
                                "expression": "intent == 'TECHNICAL'",
                                "nextNode": "technical_agent"
                            }
                        ],
                        "defaultNode": "support_agent"
                    },
                    "connections": [
                        {"source": "classify_intent", "target": "route_decision"}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": "support_agent",
                    "type": "INVOKE_AGENT",
                    "properties": {
                        "agentId": agent_id,
                        "agentName": "Support Agent",
                        "instructions": "You are a support specialist. Help resolve customer issues."
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": "sales_agent",
                    "type": "INVOKE_AGENT",
                    "properties": {
                        "agentId": agent_id,
                        "agentName": "Sales Agent",
                        "instructions": "You are a sales specialist. Help customers with product information and purchases."
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": "billing_agent",
                    "type": "INVOKE_AGENT",
                    "properties": {
                        "agentId": agent_id,
                        "agentName": "Billing Agent",
                        "instructions": "You are a billing specialist. Help customers with invoices and payments."
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": "technical_agent",
                    "type": "INVOKE_AGENT",
                    "properties": {
                        "agentId": agent_id,
                        "agentName": "Technical Agent",
                        "instructions": "You are a technical specialist. Help customers with technical issues."
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": "output_node",
                    "type": "OUTPUT",
                    "properties": {
                        "label": "Response"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "connections": [
                {"source": "support_agent", "target": "output_node"},
                {"source": "sales_agent", "target": "output_node"},
                {"source": "billing_agent", "target": "output_node"},
                {"source": "technical_agent", "target": "output_node"}
            ]
        }

        # Store flow definition (implementation depends on Bedrock Prompt Flows API)
        print(f"✓ Defined prompt flow: {flow_name}")
        return flow_definition

Supported Foundation Models

Amazon Bedrock provides access to leading foundation models, each optimised for specific capabilities and use cases.

Model Comparison Matrix

Model	Provider	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Use Cases	Strengths	Cost
Claude 3 Opus	Anthropic	200K	4K	Complex reasoning, analysis	Superior reasoning, instruction following	Higher
Claude 3 Sonnet	Anthropic	200K	4K	Balanced tasks, general purpose	Fast, cost-effective, high quality	Medium
Claude 3 Haiku	Anthropic	200K	4K	Quick responses, high volume	Fastest, most cost-effective	Lowest
Llama 2 70B	Meta	4K	4K	General purpose, code	Open source, flexible	Low
Llama 2 13B	Meta	4K	4K	Lightweight applications	Efficient for edge deployment	Very Low
Titan Text Large	Amazon	8K	8K	Document summarisation	Native AWS integration	Low
Titan Multimodal	Amazon	N/A	N/A	Image + text processing	Multimodal capabilities	Medium
Mistral Large	Mistral AI	32K	8K	Long context tasks	Excellent long-range reasoning	Medium

Model Selection Framework

class ModelSelectionFramework:
    """Framework for optimal model selection based on task requirements"""

    MODEL_CAPABILITIES = {
        'claude-3-opus': {
            'reasoning_quality': 10,
            'speed': 3,
            'cost': 3,
            'context_window': 200000,
            'best_for': ['complex analysis', 'code generation', 'multi-step reasoning']
        },
        'claude-3-sonnet': {
            'reasoning_quality': 9,
            'speed': 7,
            'cost': 2,
            'context_window': 200000,
            'best_for': ['balanced tasks', 'general conversation', 'document analysis']
        },
        'claude-3-haiku': {
            'reasoning_quality': 7,
            'speed': 10,
            'cost': 1,
            'context_window': 200000,
            'best_for': ['high-volume tasks', 'quick responses', 'cost-sensitive applications']
        },
        'llama-2-70b': {
            'reasoning_quality': 7,
            'speed': 5,
            'cost': 1,
            'context_window': 4096,
            'best_for': ['open source preference', 'custom fine-tuning', 'on-premises deployment']
        },
        'titan-text-large': {
            'reasoning_quality': 6,
            'speed': 8,
            'cost': 1,
            'context_window': 8000,
            'best_for': ['AWS-native applications', 'summarisation', 'entity extraction']
        }
    }

    def select_optimal_model(self,
                            required_reasoning: int = 5,  # 1-10
                            latency_requirements: str = 'MEDIUM',  # LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH
                            budget_constraints: str = 'MEDIUM',  # LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH
                            context_needed: int = 8000) -> str:
        """
        Select optimal model based on task requirements

        Args:
            required_reasoning: Quality of reasoning needed (1-10)
            latency_requirements: Speed requirements (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH)
            budget_constraints: Budget constraints (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH)
            context_needed: Required context window size

        Returns:
            Recommended model identifier
        """

        latency_weights = {'LOW': 1, 'MEDIUM': 5, 'HIGH': 10}
        cost_weights = {'LOW': 10, 'MEDIUM': 5, 'HIGH': 1}

        scores = {}

        for model, capabilities in self.MODEL_CAPABILITIES.items():
            # Calculate composite score
            reasoning_score = capabilities['reasoning_quality'] * (required_reasoning / 10)
            speed_score = capabilities['speed'] * latency_weights[latency_requirements] / 10
            cost_score = (10 - capabilities['cost']) * cost_weights[budget_constraints] / 10

            # Context window compatibility
            context_score = 1 if capabilities['context_window'] >= context_needed else -10

            total_score = reasoning_score + speed_score + cost_score + context_score
            scores[model] = total_score

        recommended_model = max(scores, key=scores.get)
        print(f"✓ Recommended model: {recommended_model} (Score: {scores[recommended_model]:.2f})")

        return recommended_model

    def model_fallback_chain(self, primary_model: str) -> List[str]:
        """
        Define fallback model chain for robustness

        Returns: List of models in fallback order
        """
        fallback_chains = {
            'claude-3-opus': ['claude-3-sonnet', 'claude-3-haiku', 'titan-text-large'],
            'claude-3-sonnet': ['claude-3-haiku', 'claude-3-opus', 'mistral-large'],
            'llama-2-70b': ['llama-2-13b', 'titan-text-large', 'claude-3-haiku'],
            'titan-text-large': ['claude-3-haiku', 'mistral-7b', 'llama-2-13b']
        }

        return fallback_chains.get(primary_model, [])

### Code Interpretation

Amazon Bedrock Agents now feature code interpretation, which allows agents to dynamically generate and execute code in a secure environment. This is particularly useful for complex analytical queries, data analysis, data visualization, and mathematical problem-solving.

**Enabling Code Interpretation:**

To enable code interpretation for an agent, you need to set the `enableCodeInterpreter` parameter to `true` when creating or updating the agent.

```python
response = bedrock.create_agent(
    agentName='CodeInterpretingAgent',
    foundationModelId='anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0',
    instruction='You are a data analyst. You can write and execute Python code to answer questions.',
    enableCodeInterpreter=True
)

Example: Using Code Interpretation for Data Analysis

# Invoke the agent with a data analysis task
response = bedrock_runtime.invoke_agent(
    agentId='YOUR_AGENT_ID',
    agentAliasId='YOUR_AGENT_ALIAS_ID',
    inputText='Analyze the attached CSV file and provide a summary of the data.',
    sessionId='session-1',
    inputFiles=[
        {
            'name': 'sales_data.csv',
            'source': {
                's3': {
                    'uri': 's3://your-bucket/sales_data.csv'
                }
            }
        }
    ]
)

# The agent will generate and execute Python code to read the CSV file,
# perform the analysis, and generate a summary.
print(response['outputText'])

### AWS CLI and SDK Setup

#### Installing and Configuring AWS CLI

```bash
# Install AWS CLI v2 (latest)
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

# Or using package managers
# macOS
brew install awscli

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install awscli

# Verify installation
aws --version

# Configure AWS credentials
aws configure

# Verify Bedrock access
aws bedrock list-foundation-models --region us-east-1

Python SDK (Boto3) Setup

# Install boto3 latest version
pip install --upgrade boto3

# Install Bedrock-specific dependencies
pip install boto3 botocore --upgrade

# Verify installation
python -c "import boto3; print(boto3.__version__)"

Comprehensive Boto3 Client Initialization:

import boto3
from botocore.config import Config

# Create Bedrock client with custom configuration
bedrock_config = Config(
    region_name='us-east-1',
    max_pool_connections=10,
    retries={'max_attempts': 3, 'mode': 'standard'},
    connect_timeout=5,
    read_timeout=60,
    signature_version='v4'
)

bedrock_client = boto3.client('bedrock', config=bedrock_config)

# Create Bedrock Runtime client (for agent invocation)
bedrock_runtime = boto3.client('bedrock-runtime', config=bedrock_config)

# Verify connectivity
try:
    response = bedrock_client.list_foundation_models()
    print(f"✓ Connected to Bedrock. Available models: {len(response['modelSummaries'])}")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"✗ Connection failed: {e}")

JavaScript/Node.js SDK Setup

# Install AWS SDK for JavaScript v3
npm install @aws-sdk/client-bedrock @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime

# Or install full SDK
npm install aws-sdk

Node.js SDK Usage:

const { BedrockClient, ListFoundationModelsCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-bedrock");
const { BedrockRuntimeClient, InvokeAgentCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime");

// Create Bedrock client
const bedrockClient = new BedrockClient({ region: "us-east-1" });

// List available models
async function listModels() {
    try {
        const command = new ListFoundationModelsCommand({});
        const response = await bedrockClient.send(command);
        console.log(`✓ Available models: ${response.modelSummaries.length}`);
        return response.modelSummaries;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("✗ Error listing models:", error);
        throw error;
    }
}

// Invoke agent
async function invokeAgent(agentId, inputText) {
    const runtimeClient = new BedrockRuntimeClient({ region: "us-east-1" });

    try {
        const command = new InvokeAgentCommand({
            agentId: agentId,
            agentAliasId: "LFSTG5EXAMPLE", // Production alias
            inputText: inputText,
            sessionId: Date.now().toString()
        });

        const response = await runtimeClient.send(command);
        console.log("✓ Agent invocation successful");
        return response;
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("✗ Error invoking agent:", error);
        throw error;
    }
}

// Usage
listModels();

Region Availability and Configuration

Regional Availability Matrix

Region	Bedrock	Agents	Knowledge Bases	Guardrails	Multi-Agent
us-east-1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
us-west-2	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
eu-west-1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ap-southeast-1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ap-northeast-1	✓	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited

Multi-Region Agent Deployment

import boto3
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed

class MultiRegionAgentDeployment:
    """Deploy agents across multiple regions for global availability"""

    def __init__(self, regions=['us-east-1', 'eu-west-1', 'ap-southeast-1']):
        self.regions = regions
        self.clients = {region: boto3.client('bedrock', region_name=region) for region in regions}

    def deploy_agent_to_all_regions(self, agent_config):
        """Deploy identical agent configuration across all regions"""

        def deploy_to_region(region):
            try:
                client = self.clients[region]
                response = client.create_agent(**agent_config)
                print(f"✓ Deployed agent to {region}: {response['agentId']}")
                return {region: response['agentId']}
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"✗ Deployment failed in {region}: {e}")
                return {region: None}

        # Deploy in parallel
        results = {}
        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(self.regions)) as executor:
            futures = {executor.submit(deploy_to_region, region): region for region in self.regions}

            for future in as_completed(futures):
                results.update(future.result())

        return results

    def get_regional_endpoints(self, agent_id_mapping):
        """Get regional endpoints for agents"""

        endpoints = {}
        for region, agent_id in agent_id_mapping.items():
            if agent_id:
                endpoints[region] = {
                    'endpoint': f'https://bedrock-runtime.{region}.amazonaws.com',
                    'agent_id': agent_id
                }

        return endpoints

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)

Note: As of March 2025, Multi-Agent Systems in Amazon Bedrock are generally available. This includes support for the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, enabling seamless communication and coordination between agents built using different frameworks.

Creating Basic Bedrock Agents via Console

Creating Basic Bedrock Agents via CloudFormation and Terraform

CloudFormation Template (YAML):

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: 'CloudFormation template for creating a basic Bedrock Agent'

Parameters:
  AgentName:
    Type: String
    Default: BasicBedrockAgent
    Description: Name of the Bedrock Agent

  FoundationModel:
    Type: String
    Default: anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0
    Description: Foundation model to use for the agent

Resources:
  BedrockAgentRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      RoleName: !Sub '${AgentName}-role'
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument:
        Version: '2012-10-17'
        Statement:
          - Effect: Allow
            Principal:
              Service: bedrock.amazonaws.com
            Action: sts:AssumeRole
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonBedrockFullAccess
      InlinePolicies:
        - PolicyName: BedrockAgentPolicy
          PolicyDocument:
            Version: '2012-10-17'
            Statement:
              - Effect: Allow
                Action:
                  - logs:CreateLogGroup
                  - logs:CreateLogStream
                  - logs:PutLogEvents
                Resource: !Sub 'arn:aws:logs:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:log-group:/aws/bedrock/*'

  BedrockAgent:
    Type: AWS::Bedrock::Agent
    Properties:
      AgentName: !Ref AgentName
      Description: Basic Bedrock Agent for demonstration
      FoundationModel: !Ref FoundationModel
      AgentInstructions: |
        You are a helpful customer support assistant. Your role is to:
        1. Understand customer inquiries
        2. Provide accurate, helpful information
        3. Escalate complex issues when necessary
        4. Maintain professional and courteous tone
      AgentRoleArn: !GetAtt BedrockAgentRole.Arn
      ActionGroupConfigs:
        - ActionGroupName: CustomerSupport
          ActionGroupDescription: Basic customer support actions
          ApiSchemaS3Location:
            S3BucketName: !Sub '${AWS::StackName}-schemas'
            S3ObjectKey: customer-support-schema.json
          ActionGroupExecutor:
            LambdaArn: !GetAtt CustomerSupportLambda.Arn

  CustomerSupportLambda:
    Type: AWS::Lambda::Function
    Properties:
      FunctionName: !Sub '${AgentName}-support-function'
      Runtime: python3.11
      Handler: index.handler
      Code:
        ZipFile: |
          import json

          def handler(event, context):
              """Lambda function for customer support actions"""

              action_type = event.get('actionGroup')
              operation = event.get('function')
              parameters = event.get('parameters', {})

              # Process customer support requests
              if operation == 'GetCustomerInfo':
                  customer_id = parameters.get('customerId')
                  return {
                      'statusCode': 200,
                      'body': json.dumps({
                          'customerId': customer_id,
                          'name': 'John Doe',
                          'email': 'john@example.com',
                          'accountStatus': 'ACTIVE'
                      })
                  }

              elif operation == 'UpdateTicket':
                  ticket_id = parameters.get('ticketId')
                  status = parameters.get('status')
                  return {
                      'statusCode': 200,
                      'body': json.dumps({
                          'ticketId': ticket_id,
                          'status': status,
                          'updatedAt': '2024-01-10T10:00:00Z'
                      })
                  }

              return {'statusCode': 400, 'body': json.dumps({'error': 'Unknown operation'})}

  AgentAlias:
    Type: AWS::Bedrock::AgentAlias
    Properties:
      AgentId: !Ref BedrockAgent
      AgentAliasName: production
      Description: Production alias for the Bedrock Agent

Outputs:
  AgentId:
    Description: ID of the created Bedrock Agent
    Value: !Ref BedrockAgent
    Export:
      Name: !Sub '${AWS::StackName}-AgentId'

  AgentAliasId:
    Description: Production alias for the agent
    Value: !Ref AgentAlias
    Export:
      Name: !Sub '${AWS::StackName}-AgentAliasId'

  RoleArn:
    Description: ARN of the agent IAM role
    Value: !GetAtt BedrockAgentRole.Arn
    Export:
      Name: !Sub '${AWS::StackName}-RoleArn'

Terraform Configuration:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region = var.aws_region
}

variable "aws_region" {
  default = "us-east-1"
}

variable "agent_name" {
  default = "BasicBedrockAgent"
}

variable "foundation_model" {
  default = "anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0"
}

# IAM Role for Bedrock Agent
resource "aws_iam_role" "bedrock_agent_role" {
  name = "${var.agent_name}-role"

  assume_role_policy = jsonencode({
    Version = "2012-10-17"
    Statement = [
      {
        Effect = "Allow"
        Principal = {
          Service = "bedrock.amazonaws.com"
        }
        Action = "sts:AssumeRole"
      }
    ]
  })
}

# Attach basic Bedrock permissions
resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "bedrock_agent_policy" {
  name = "${var.agent_name}-policy"
  role = aws_iam_role.bedrock_agent_role.id

  policy = jsonencode({
    Version = "2012-10-17"
    Statement = [
      {
        Effect = "Allow"
        Action = [
          "bedrock:*",
          "logs:CreateLogGroup",
          "logs:CreateLogStream",
          "logs:PutLogEvents"
        ]
        Resource = "*"
      }
    ]
  })
}

# Lambda function for agent actions
resource "aws_lambda_function" "customer_support" {
  filename      = "lambda_function.zip"
  function_name = "${var.agent_name}-support-function"
  role          = aws_iam_role.lambda_role.arn
  handler       = "index.handler"
  runtime       = "python3.11"
}

resource "aws_iam_role" "lambda_role" {
  name = "${var.agent_name}-lambda-role"

  assume_role_policy = jsonencode({
    Version = "2012-10-17"
    Statement = [
      {
        Effect = "Allow"
        Principal = {
          Service = "lambda.amazonaws.com"
        }
        Action = "sts:AssumeRole"
      }
    ]
  })
}

# Lambda basic execution policy
resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "lambda_basic_execution" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.lambda_role.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole"
}

# Bedrock Agent (Note: Direct Bedrock Agent creation via Terraform may require custom resources)
# For now, use AWS CLI or boto3 for agent creation after infrastructure is provisioned

output "agent_role_arn" {
  value = aws_iam_role.bedrock_agent_role.arn
}

output "lambda_function_arn" {
  value = aws_lambda_function.customer_support.arn
}

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Amazon Bedrock Agents: Comprehensive Technical Guide

Amazon Bedrock Agents: Comprehensive Technical Guide

Table of Contents

Core Fundamentals

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Best Practices for Building Bedrock Agents

AWS Bedrock Setup and IAM Permissions

Setting Up AWS Account and Bedrock Access

Comprehensive IAM Role Configuration

Python SDK IAM Configuration

Bedrock Agents Architecture Overview

Core Architecture Components

Request Processing Workflow

Cost Structure Analysis

Enterprise Deployment Considerations

Core Components: Action Groups, Knowledge Bases, Guardrails, Prompt Flows

Action Groups: API-Driven Agent Capabilities

Knowledge Bases: Contextual Information Integration

Guardrails: Safety and Compliance

Supported Foundation Models

Model Comparison Matrix

Model Selection Framework

Python SDK (Boto3) Setup

JavaScript/Node.js SDK Setup

Region Availability and Configuration

Regional Availability Matrix

Multi-Region Agent Deployment

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)

Creating Basic Bedrock Agents via Console

Creating Basic Bedrock Agents via CloudFormation and Terraform