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Connect Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to cross-account knowledge bases

AgentCore agents can now query knowledge bases across AWS accounts without data replication—a practical pattern for enterprise deployments.

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Why it matters

This is agent infrastructure engineering: a how-to on cross-account agent orchestration that practitioners need to implement autonomous systems at scale without data sprawl.

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  1. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore agents can access knowledge bases in other AWS accounts

  2. Knowledge bases backed by Amazon Redshift Serverless

  3. No data copying required across account boundaries

  4. Two orchestration patterns: code-based Strands agent and declarative AgentCore harness

  5. Published as vendor documentation post with architectural guidance

  6. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore agents can query knowledge bases across AWS accounts

  7. Knowledge base backed by Amazon Redshift Serverless

  8. No source data copying required

  9. Two orchestration models: code-based Strands agent and declarative AgentCore harness

  10. Covers security boundaries and architecture patterns

  11. Published: August 26, 2026

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AWS Machine Learning Blogaws.amazon.com

Publisher excerpt: Learn how Amazon Bedrock AgentCore agents in one account can generate answers from an Amazon Bedrock knowledge base backed by Amazon Redshift Serverless in another account, without copying source data. This post covers the architecture, security boundary, and two orchestration models: a code-based…
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