--- title: "aws-agents" description: "Build, deploy, and operate AI agents on AWS. Skills for scaffolding agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Strands, LangGraph), connecting tools via Gateway and MCP, multi-agent and A2A orchestration, memory, Cedar polici" canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/aws-agents last-updated: 2026-09-21 --- # aws-agents Build, deploy, and operate AI agents on AWS. Skills for scaffolding agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Strands, LangGraph), connecting tools via Gateway and MCP, multi-agent and A2A orchestration, memory, Cedar policies, evaluation, observability, debugging traces and logs, and production hardening. - Slug: aws-agents - Publisher: Amazon Web Services - Repository: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws - Manifest: plugins/aws-agents/plugin.json - Version: 1.0.0 - License: Apache-2.0 - Category (editorial): agent-tooling - Skills: 8 (agents-build, agents-connect, agents-debug, agents-deploy, agents-get-started, agents-harden, agents-optimize, agents-pay) - MCP servers: 1 (awsknowledge) - Stars: 2687 - Repository created: 2026-04-23 - Repository last pushed: 2026-09-21 - Publisher type: Organization - Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/aws-agents - Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json ## What aws-agents does, in the publisher's words Build, deploy, and operate AI agents on AWS with guided workflows for every stage of the developer journey. This plugin covers the full agent lifecycle using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore as the primary runtime. This plugin provides 8 skills covering the full agent lifecycle, from scaffolding a new project to production hardening. Skills use progressive disclosure to load detailed reference material on demand, keeping context lean while providing deep expertise when needed. When in doubt about which skill to reach for: - Starting from nothing? → agents-get-started - Environment/CLI broken? → agents-debug (loads references/doctor.md) - Adding new capabilities to a working project? → agents-build - Connecting to external tools/APIs or restricting access? → agents-connect - Ready to ship? → agents-deploy - Agent is broken? → agents-debug From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/HEAD/plugins/aws-agents/README.md ## Skills - agents-build: Use to extend an existing agent project with memory, app integration, VPC, multi-agent, migration, model, browser, code interpreter, payments, or resource removal. Triggers: "add memory", "remember across sessions", "call agent from app", "invoke agent from code", "agent auth", "streaming", "VPC",… - agents-connect: Use when connecting your agent to external APIs, tools, or services via Gateway, or restricting tool access with Cedar policies. Handles gateway setup, target types, outbound auth (OAuth, API key, IAM), credentials, and Cedar policy authoring. Triggers on: "connect to API", "add gateway", "connect… - agents-debug: Use when your agent or environment is broken, wrong answers, errors, timeouts, tool failures, or CLI issues. Reads traces and logs to diagnose root causes. Also checks prerequisites when the CLI itself isn't working. Triggers on: "agent not working", "wrong answer", "agent error", "tool call faili… - agents-deploy: Use when deploying your agent to AWS, or when a deploy has failed. Handles pre-flight validation, CDK/IAM/quota error diagnosis, version management, rollback, and canary deployments. Triggers on: "deploy my agent", "agentcore deploy", "deploy failed", "CDK error", "rollback", "canary deploy", "pin… - agents-get-started: Use when a developer wants to create a new agent project or get started with AgentCore. Handles framework selection, project scaffolding, first deploy, and first invocation. Triggers on: "build an agent", "create an agent", "get started", "new project", "agentcore create", "which framework", "Stran… - agents-harden: Use when preparing your agent for production, IAM scoping, inbound auth (JWT, SigV4), secrets management, cold start optimization, session lifecycle, rate limiting, input validation, and quota guidance. Triggers on: "production checklist", "harden agent", "production ready", "secure agent", "inbou… - agents-optimize: Use when measuring or improving agent quality and performance, set up evaluators, online monitoring, CI/CD quality gates, observability, or cost optimization. Triggers on: "evaluate my agent", "add evaluator", "measure quality", "quality gate", "run evals", "agent too slow", "why is it slow", "red… - agents-pay: Use when THIS agent needs to pay for x402-protected content at runtime: hitting a paywall mid-task, settling it via AgentCore Payments, and applying operator-defined spend limits. Covers payment setup, policy, session budgets, and troubleshooting. Triggers on: "my agent hit a 402 while calling an A… Descriptions come from the frontmatter of each SKILL.md, punctuation lightly normalized. ## MCP servers - awsknowledge: transport: streamable-http; url: https://knowledge-mcp.global.api.aws Read from the plugin's own mcp.json. Environment variable names only, never values.