AWS Bedrock AgentCore comprehensive expert for deploying and managing all AgentCore services. Use when working with Gateway, Runtime, Memory, Identity, or any AgentCore component. Covers MCP target deployment, credential management, schema optimization, runtime configuration, memory management, and identity services.
AWS Bedrock AgentCore provides a complete platform for deploying and scaling AI agents with nine core services. This skill covers service selection, deployment patterns, and integration workflows using AWS CLI.
How to use this skill: Identify the service(s) the user needs from the table below, then read the corresponding service README before responding. For cross-service patterns (credentials, security, registry integration), check the Cross-Service Resources section. Verify AWS-specific details using the MCP documentation tools.
AWS Documentation Requirement
Always verify AWS facts using MCP tools before answering. Two documentation sources are available:
AgentCore-specific docs (mcp__acdocs__*) — bundled with this plugin, provides search_agentcore_docs and fetch_agentcore_doc for AgentCore documentation
General AWS docs (mcp__aws-mcp__* or mcp__*awsdocs*__*) — loaded via the aws-mcp-setup dependency for broader AWS documentation
Prefer the AgentCore docs MCP for AgentCore-specific questions. If MCP tools are unavailable, guide the user through the skill's setup flow.
Read services/gateway/README.md before implementing — Gateway setup involves deployment strategies, IAM, and auth choices that vary significantly by use case.
Upload OpenAPI schema to S3
(API Key auth only) Create credential provider and store API key
Create gateway target linking schema (and credentials if using API key)
Verify target status and test connectivity
Credential provider is only needed for API key authentication. Lambda targets use IAM roles, and MCP servers use OAuth.
Managing Credentials
Read cross-service/credential-management.md first — credential patterns differ across services and getting them wrong causes hard-to-debug auth failures.
Use Identity service credential providers for all API keys
Link providers to gateway targets via ARN references
Rotate credentials quarterly through credential provider updates
Monitor usage with CloudWatch metrics
Discovering Agents and Tools (Agent Registry)
Read services/registry/README.md first — the registry has governance workflows, MCP endpoint options, and sync modes that affect how records become discoverable.
Create a registry to catalog your organization's AI resources
Register resources (MCP servers, agents, skills, custom) with descriptive metadata
Submit records for approval (auto-approve for dev, manual for production)
Search and discover approved resources via CLI or MCP endpoint
Agent Registry is in Preview. Available in us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, ap-northeast-1, ap-southeast-2.
Evaluating Agent Quality
Read services/evaluations/README.md first — evaluators, scoring modes, and IAM setup vary between online monitoring and on-demand testing.
Instrument the agent with OpenTelemetry (ADOT) for trace collection
Create evaluators (use built-in like Builtin.Helpfulness or create custom)
Set up online evaluation with sampling rate and data source
Monitor scores in CloudWatch dashboards; investigate low-scoring sessions
Monitoring Agents
Read services/observability/README.md for the full monitoring setup — observability configuration depends on your Runtime protocol and framework choice.
Enable observability for agents
Configure CloudWatch dashboards for metrics
Set up alarms for error rates and latency
Use X-Ray for distributed tracing
Deep-Dive References
Each service README (linked in the table above) contains sub-links to getting-started guides, troubleshooting, and advanced topics. Start with the service README and follow pointers from there.
Advanced Runtime & OAuth References
Deep-dive reference documentation for Runtime internals, deployment, OAuth integration, and communication protocols. Read these when building production Runtime deployments or configuring OAuth authentication:
Agent Deployment with S3 Files: cross-service/agent-persistence-patterns.md - Deploy Strands Agents, OpenClaw, Claude Agent SDK on AgentCore with S3 Files and Session Storage
