Use an AgentCore gateway - Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

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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:

  • 2025-03-26

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 explain how to obtain an authentication token to make requests to your gateway and describe the capabilities that AgentCore gateways offer.