Use an AgentCore gateway

After setting up your gateway with targets, you can configure your application or agent to use the gateway through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The MCP provides a standardized way for agents to discover and invoke tools.

Note

AgentCore Gateway supports the following MCP versions:

• 2025-06-18

• 2025-03-26

You can use the following MCP operations with an AgentCore gateway:

Operation	Description
tools/call	Invokes a specific tool with the provided arguments
tools/list	Lists all available tools provided by the gateway

The following topics describe how to invoke your AgentCore gateway:

Topics

• Authorize and authenticate to an AgentCore gateway and gateway target

• List available tools in an AgentCore gateway

• Call a tool in a AgentCore gateway

• Search for tools in your AgentCore gateway with a natural language query

• Create an agent that uses your AgentCore gateway