AWS AI Updates: May 7, 2026

1. AWS Ships Agent Toolkit With 40+ Skills and Managed MCP

AWS. AWS released the Agent Toolkit for AWS, packaging more than 40 agent skills plus managed MCP server support so coding agents can build on AWS with enterprise governance. The toolkit pairs with AWS-curated skills covering account setup, deployment, observability, and security. Source

2. The AWS MCP Server Hits General Availability

AWS. The AWS MCP Server is now GA, exposing AWS services to agents via Model Context Protocol with sandboxed execution and IAM-based guardrails. It is the first-party server AWS expects customers to use for auditable agent access to cloud APIs. Source

3. Bedrock AgentCore Memory Adds Metadata for Long-Term Recall

AWS. Bedrock AgentCore Memory now supports structured metadata attributes on long-term memory records, letting agents combine semantic search with attribute filters. The change tightens retrieval precision for production agents juggling multi-tenant or topic-segmented memory stores. Source