AWS extends Bedrock AgentCore Gateway to unify MCP servers for AI agents
AWS announces expanded Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway support for MCP servers, enabling centralized management of AI agent tools across organizations.
Amazon Web Services has expanded its Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway service to include support for existing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, marking a significant advancement in enterprise AI agent development.
Solving Enterprise AI Challenges
As organizations scale AI agent deployments, they often face:
- Fragmented tool discovery across dozens of specialized MCP servers
- Complex authentication management across multiple systems
- Operational overhead from maintaining separate gateway instances
The enhanced AgentCore Gateway addresses these challenges by:
- Providing a centralized interface for MCP server tools
- Managing authentication complexity across different identity providers
- Enabling semantic search across all integrated tools
Real-World Implementation
AWS illustrates the solution with an e-commerce example where different teams maintain specialized MCP servers for:
- Shopping cart management
- Product catalog browsing
- Promotional logic
Previously, an ordering agent needed separate connections to each server. Now, teams can:
- Group MCP servers by business units or product features
- Maintain domain-specific ownership while providing unified access
- Handle security controls consistently
Technical Implementation
The solution includes:
- Synchronization API to refresh tool definitions
- OAuth integration for secure access management
- Protocol translation between different target systems
Key technical capabilities:
- Tool normalization to prevent naming conflicts
- Batch processing of tool definitions (in groups of 100)
- Cache-based performance for ListTools operations
Developers can implement the solution through multiple interfaces:
- AWS SDK for Python (Boto3)
- AWS Management Console
- AWS CLI
- AgentCore starter toolkit
Future of Agentic Computing
The enhancement positions AgentCore Gateway as:
- A unified interface for diverse agent implementations
- Enterprise-grade infrastructure for tool integration
- Scalable solution for growing AI agent deployments
For more information, see the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway Developer Guide.
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