Add MCP connection patterns guide for AgentCore Runtime#336
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Addresses #246 - Provides golden path for managing connections between Strands agents and MCP servers on AgentCore Runtime, including: - Persistent connection patterns - Connection pooling - Service discovery - Health monitoring - Performance optimization
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Hey @cflow30, Thank you so much for the contribution. I think we would be more inclined to accept this contribution if the title of the menu item and the folder where the contribution was placed were clearer about this being Agent Core specific (agentcore folder). Strands is cloud provider agnostic, and AgentCore is only one way to deploy an MCP, and we want to make sure that is clear to customers. |
| - AWS Lambda: user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_aws_lambda.md | ||
| - AWS Fargate: user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_aws_fargate.md | ||
| - Amazon Bedrock AgentCore : user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_bedrock_agentcore.md | ||
| - MCP Connection Patterns: user-guide/deploy/mcp-connection-patterns.md |
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Nest this in the AgentCore Menu item (you may need to rebase)
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Non-blocking, but would you consider adding TypeScript as well? You can look at other pages to see how to do this
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Move into the agentcore folder (you may need to rebase)
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Addresses strands-agents/harness-sdk#2568 - Provides golden path for managing connections between Strands agents and MCP servers on AgentCore Runtime, including:
Description
Adds comprehensive guide for MCP connection patterns on AgentCore Runtime to address issue strands-agents/harness-sdk#2568. This documentation provides authoritative guidance on persistent connections, connection pooling, service discovery, and lifecycle management for MCP servers.
Type of Change
Motivation and Context
Issue strands-agents/harness-sdk#2568 identified the need for clear architectural patterns for MCP connection management in AgentCore Runtime. Current documentation lacks guidance on persistent connections vs per-request initialization, leading to performance issues and implementation confusion. This guide eliminates the overhead of per-request reinitialization and provides best practices for production deployments.
Areas Affected
user-guide/deploy/mcp-connection-patterns.mdmkdocs.yml(added navigation entry)Screenshots
N/A - Documentation only
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