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AWS bedrock-agentcore documentation change

Service: bedrock-agentcore · 2026-04-01 · Documentation low

File: bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/mcp-getting-started.md

Summary

Updated documentation for AgentCore MCP server setup, changing installation from Python pip to Node.js npm for CLI, updating prerequisites to require Node.js 20+, removing CrewAI from supported frameworks, and updating references to AgentCore Runtime naming conventions.

Security assessment

This change updates installation procedures and tooling but contains no evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities or weaknesses. The change from pip to npm installation and Node.js version requirement appears to be a tooling/platform change rather than security-related. No security features, vulnerabilities, or security incidents are mentioned in the diff.

Diff

diff --git a/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/mcp-getting-started.md b/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/mcp-getting-started.md
index 5f8d10e34..fd5b4b0fb 100644
--- a//bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/mcp-getting-started.md
+++ b//bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/mcp-getting-started.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-PrerequisitesStep 1: Install the MCP serverStep 2: Transform an existing agent for AgentCore runtimeStep 3: Deploy your agent to AgentCore runtimeStep 4: Test your deployed agentNext steps
+PrerequisitesStep 1: Install the MCP serverStep 2: Transform an existing agent for AgentCore Runtime compatibilityStep 3: Deploy your agent to AgentCore RuntimeStep 4: Test your deployed agentNext steps
@@ -19 +19 @@ The MCP server works with popular MCP clients including Kiro, Cursor, Claude Cod
-  * Step 2: Transform an existing agent for AgentCore runtime
+  * Step 2: Transform an existing agent for AgentCore Runtime compatibility
@@ -21 +21 @@ The MCP server works with popular MCP clients including Kiro, Cursor, Claude Cod
-  * Step 3: Deploy your agent to AgentCore runtime
+  * Step 3: Deploy your agent to AgentCore Runtime
@@ -35,0 +36,2 @@ Before you begin, verify that you have the following:
+  * **Node.js 20+** installed (required for the AgentCore CLI)
+
@@ -48 +50 @@ Before you begin, verify that you have the following:
-  * An existing AgentCore agent built with a supported framework (Strands Agents, LangGraph, CrewAI, or similar)
+  * An existing AgentCore agent built with a supported framework (Strands Agents, LangGraph, or similar)
@@ -62,3 +64,2 @@ To install the required packages, run the following commands:
-    # Install AgentCore dependencies
-    pip install bedrock-agentcore
-    pip install bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit
+    # Install the AgentCore CLI
+    npm install -g @aws/agentcore
@@ -66,0 +68,3 @@ To install the required packages, run the following commands:
+    # Install the AgentCore Python SDK
+    pip install bedrock-agentcore
+
@@ -176 +180 @@ To verify that the MCP server is connected and working successfully, restart you
-## Step 2: Transform an existing agent for AgentCore runtime
+## Step 2: Transform an existing agent for AgentCore Runtime compatibility
@@ -237 +241 @@ To transform your AgentCore agent, open your existing AgentCore agent file (for
-## Step 3: Deploy your agent to AgentCore runtime
+## Step 3: Deploy your agent to AgentCore Runtime
@@ -239 +243 @@ To transform your AgentCore agent, open your existing AgentCore agent file (for
-After you transform your AgentCore agent for AgentCore compatibility, deploy it using the AgentCore CLI through your MCP client.
+After you transform your AgentCore agent for AgentCore Runtime compatibility, deploy it using the AgentCore CLI through your MCP client.
@@ -310 +314 @@ Review the invocation output:
-After you successfully deploy and test your first AgentCore agent with the AgentCore MCP server, you can explore additional capabilities:
+After you successfully deploy and test your first AgentCore agent with the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore MCP server, you can explore additional capabilities:
@@ -320 +324 @@ After you successfully deploy and test your first AgentCore agent with the Agent
-  * _Advanced frameworks_ \- Explore integration with LangGraph, CrewAI, and other frameworks
+  * _Advanced frameworks_ \- Explore integration with LangGraph, and other frameworks
@@ -331 +335 @@ For more information, see the following:
-  * [AgentCore CLI reference](https://aws.github.io/bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit/api-reference/cli.html)
+  * [AgentCore CLI reference](https://github.com/aws/agentcore-cli)