Part 2: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Gateway & Memory)

Part 2: AgentCore Gateway & Memory Introduction In Part 1, I established the foundation with Terraform infrastructure and Cognito authentication. In this article, I add the intelligence layer: AgentCore Gateway for serverless tools and AgentCore Memory for persistent context. This article covers: Creating Lambda-based tools accessible via MCP protocol Deploying the AgentCore Gateway Setting up […]

Part 1: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Architecture & Auth)

Part 1: Foundation, Architecture & Authentication Introduction Building a production-ready AI agent chatbot requires more than just connecting to an LLM. You need secure authentication, scalable infrastructure, persistent memory, and seamless tool integration. In this three-part series, I walk through implementing a complete Amazon Bedrock AgentCore solution for a business assistant chatbot. I’ll try to elaborate on […]

How to Protect Your Agent from AI Cyber Espionage with Guardrails

If you’re building AI agents right now, the Anthropic GTG-1002 story should be stuck in your head. Last week, Anthropic published a report detailing what they’ve determined as the first reported “AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”. Chinese state actors used Claude to orchestrate full-scale cyber espionage. Not hypothetically. Not in a lab. In the real world, against real […]

Building Intelligent Data Query Systems with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base and Redshift

Introduction In today’s data-driven world, organizations are constantly seeking ways to make their data more accessible to non-technical users. Traditional SQL queries require specialized knowledge and can be intimidating for business users who need quick insights from their data. Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base with Redshift integration offers a revolutionary solution that bridges this gap by enabling natural […]

Case Study: Automating Google and Jira Admin Tasks with AWS AgentCore

Executive Summary Administrative tasks in Google Workspace and Jira have consumed hundreds of staff hours for our team each quarter. These tasks — ranging from user provisioning to project setup — were repetitive, error-prone, and often delayed due to backlogs. By building a Slack-first automation interface powered by AWS AgentCore primitives (Gateway, Memory, Identity), we achieved a 90% reduction in admin time for common […]