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Strands Agents SDK Deploy — Visualize Agent Traces with OpenTelemetry
Enable the Strands Agents SDK's built-in OpenTelemetry support to visualize agent reasoning and tool calls as traces in Jaeger. Only 2 lines of code change required.
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Articles about building and operating AI agents with MCP, A2A, and LLM orchestration
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Strands Agents SDK Deploy — Managed Deployment with AgentCore CLI
Use the AgentCore CLI (Node.js) to deploy a Strands agent to Bedrock AgentCore with just agentcore create + deploy. Verified that session isolation enables conversation continuity across invocations.
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Strands Agents SDK Deploy — Serverless Deployment to AWS Lambda
Deploy a Strands Agents SDK agent to AWS Lambda using the official Lambda Layer. Measured cold start Init Duration at ~1 second and warm start at under 1 second.
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Strands Agents SDK Deploy — Turn Your Agent into an HTTP API with Docker
Wrap a Strands Agents SDK agent with FastAPI to create an HTTP API, then package it as a Docker container. Covers the async def hang pitfall and SSO credential issues encountered during verification.
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Edge Cases to Verify Before Using Stateful MCP in Production
Tested Stateful MCP's 3 capabilities with a DynamoDB-backed expense tracker. Verified data integrity on Elicitation decline/cancel and fallback behavior on Sampling failure to provide production design guidance.
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Strands Agents SDK Multi-Agent — Choosing the Right Multi-Agent Pattern
Run the same task with Agents as Tools, Swarm, and Graph, then compare structural differences via metrics. Establish selection criteria for choosing the right pattern per use case.
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Strands Agents SDK Multi-Agent — Nest Swarm and Graph Together
Embed a Swarm as a node in a Graph to combine autonomous collaboration with structured workflows. Verify nested execution results and multi-agent Hooks for node monitoring.
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Strands Agents SDK Multi-Agent — Structure Workflows with Graph
Build deterministic workflows with Strands Agents SDK's Graph pattern. Define sequential, parallel, conditional, and feedback loop workflows with GraphBuilder, verified with real execution results.
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Strands Agents SDK Multi-Agent — Autonomous Agent Collaboration with Swarm
Run Strands Agents SDK's Swarm pattern hands-on and verify how agents autonomously hand off tasks to each other. Compare with the Agents as Tools pattern from the intro series.
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Testing AWS Agent Registry's Approval Workflow, Search Accuracy, and MCP Endpoint
Verified Agent Registry end-to-end: registry creation, record registration, approval workflow, and hybrid search via CLI. Measured semantic search accuracy, Japanese vs English query differences, and MCP endpoint consistency.