This article announces the preview of Agents for Amazon Bedrock, a new capability enabling developers to create fully managed AI agents that automate tasks by making API calls to company systems.

• Agents understand user requests, break down complex tasks into multiple steps, and take actions to fulfill requests
• Automate tasks like managing retail orders or processing insurance claims without custom code
• Uses ReAct (reasoning and acting) technique to help foundation models reason through tasks
• Developers configure agents via Bedrock console by providing agent details, selecting a foundation model, and adding action groups
• Action groups define APIs and Lambda functions that implement business logic for agent actions
• Agents automatically build prompts, augment with company-specific data, and orchestrate API calls securely
• Fully managed infrastructure with built-in monitoring, encryption, and user permissions
• Deploy agents by creating aliases that snapshot agent code and configuration

Agents for Amazon Bedrock simplify building generative AI applications that automate complex multi-step tasks by handling prompt engineering and orchestration automatically.