Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness is now generally available: Go from idea to production-grade agent in minutes
Two API calls. That's all it takes to deploy a production agent on AWS Bedrock AgentCore—now generally available.
Why it matters
Amazon is dramatically lowering the barrier to agent deployment with a managed runtime that eliminates orchestration boilerplate. For enterprises already on AWS, this becomes the path-of-least-resistance for moving from prototype to production.
The key facts
8 to knowAmazon Bedrock AgentCore now generally available
Two API calls required: CreateHarness and InvokeHarness
Agents run in isolated environment with filesystem and shell access
Context persistence across sessions and model provider switching
Real-time step streaming and automatic CloudWatch tracing
No orchestration code or container build required
Supports tool calling via gateway/MCP and web browsing
AWS-curated skill catalog integration
Go to the source
AWS Machine Learning Blogaws.amazon.com
Publisher excerpt: Today, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness is generally available. Two API calls (CreateHarness to define an agent, and InvokeHarness to run it), and you have an agent running in seconds. The agent runs in its own isolated environment with a filesystem and shell, so it can read files, run commands,…