Build a Multi-Agent Assessment Workbench with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

This article introduces Assess Workbench, an open-source solution that uses configurable AI agents to conduct structured document assessments for financial institutions, replacing weeks-long sequential reviews with 3-8 minute multi-perspective evaluations.

• Multi-agent architecture with specialist agents for architecture, security, risk, and compliance assessments
• AI planner generates adaptive execution plans; Step Functions deterministically executes them with quality scoring and coaching loops
• No-code agent customization via YAML configuration; agents owned by domain teams without engineering dependencies
• Grounding through organization-controlled context documents and curated standards knowledge bases instead of generic training data
• Three-point traceability links findings to document sections, standards, and agent reasoning for regulatory examination readiness
• Reduces assessment time from 2-6 weeks to 10-15 minutes; costs approximately $1.00-$1.25 per assessment
• Built on Strands Agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and AWS Step Functions; deploys entirely within customer AWS accounts

Assess Workbench enables financial institutions to assess technology risks at design stage rather than post-deployment, aligning with regulatory expectations for structured, traceable risk management.