Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now includes Policy, Evaluations (preview) and more

This article announces new features for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, including Policy and Evaluations (preview), designed to help teams scale agent deployment to production.

• Policy integrates with AgentCore Gateway to intercept and control tool calls in real time
• Natural language policies automatically convert to Cedar, AWS's open-source policy language
• AgentCore Evaluations provides 13 built-in evaluators for quality dimensions like helpfulness and accuracy
• Custom model-based scoring systems available for specialized evaluation needs
• Unified CloudWatch dashboard displays all quality metrics
• AgentCore Memory now includes episodic memory for agent learning and adaptation
• AgentCore Runtime supports bidirectional streaming for natural voice agent conversations
• AgentCore Identity supports custom claims for multi-tenant authentication
• Evaluations available in preview in four AWS regions; Policy available in all AgentCore regions

These updates enable organizations to move agents from prototypes to production with better governance, quality assurance, and advanced capabilities.