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Strands Agents

AWS's model-driven agent SDK — give it a prompt and tools and let the model plan, call tools, and reflect in a loop. First-class Bedrock, MCP-native, OpenTelemetry tracing.

Open source★ 6.8k · Python
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CategoryAgent frameworks
TypeOpen source
PricingOpen source
GitHub stars★ 6.8k
LanguagePython
🟢 Agents: self-host

Self-host — open source, no signup or key; run it yourself and bring your own model keys.

Strands Agents — AWS's model-driven agent SDK — give it a prompt and tools and let the model plan, call tools, and reflect in a loop. First-class Bedrock, MCP-native, OpenTelemetry tracing.
Website: https://github.com/strands-agents/sdk-python
Agent signup: self-host
Pricing: open-source
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Strands Agents FAQ

What is Strands Agents?

Strands Agents is AWS's model-driven agent SDK — give it a prompt and tools and let the model plan, call tools, and reflect in a loop. First-class Bedrock, MCP-native, OpenTelemetry tracing. It's in the Agent frameworks category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Strands Agents free?

Strands Agents is free and open source.

Does Strands Agents have an MCP server?

Strands Agents does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Strands Agents open source?

Yes — Strands Agents is open source and self-hostable; you bring your own model keys.

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