# Deploy and use an Amazon Bedrock agent in your application
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**Note**  
Amazon Bedrock Agents (launched November 2023) is now 'Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic' and will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 30, 2026. For capabilities similar to Bedrock Agents Classic, explore [Amazon Bedrock AgentCore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/agentcore-get-started-cli.html). If you would like to use Bedrock Agents Classic, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic maintenance mode](agents-classic-maintenance-mode.md).

Before you can use an agent, you must deploy the agent by creating an alias. You can then use the agent in your application by calling the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_agent-runtime_InvokeAgent.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_agent-runtime_InvokeAgent.html) operation. In this section, you learn how to create and manage an alias and how to call your agent from an application. 

**Topics**
+ [Deploy an agent](deploy-agent.md)
+ [Invoke an agent from your application](agents-invoke-agent.md)