Build AI agents with IBM watsonx Orchestrate ADK and Kiro on AWS
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This article explains how to build production-ready AI agents using IBM watsonx Orchestrate ADK and Kiro IDE integrated with Amazon Bedrock on AWS.
- IBM watsonx Orchestrate ADK is a Python framework for building, testing, and deploying AI agents
- Kiro IDE provides integrated development environment and CLI for agent lifecycle management
- Agents can use foundation models from Amazon Bedrock through AI Gateway without code changes
- ADK supports declarative agent authoring, multi-agent orchestration, tool integration, and knowledge bases
- Walkthrough covers configuring watsonx Orchestrate in Kiro, connecting to Amazon Bedrock, and creating test agents
- Agents can use Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 or GPT-OSS 120B models from Amazon Bedrock
- Full agent lifecycle managed through version-controlled YAML/JSON specifications
This guide enables developers to build enterprise AI agents with integrated tools, knowledge sources, and multi-agent workflows using IBM and AWS services.
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