AWS has announced Strands Agents, an open-source SDK for building AI agents with a model-driven approach. The SDK simplifies agent development by leveraging advanced language models to plan, reason, and use tools.

• Allows developers to create AI agents in just a few lines of code
• Supports multiple models from providers like Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, and Ollama
• Enables agents to dynamically plan steps and use tools autonomously
• Provides pre-built tools for tasks like semantic search and multi-agent collaboration
• Supports various deployment architectures for production use

Developed by AWS engineers who worked on Amazon Q Developer, Strands Agents aims to reduce complexity in AI agent development and accelerate time-to-market for new agent applications.