AWS CDK enables agentic retrieval on Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base
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AWS introduces a solution using AWS CDK to build agentic retrieval on Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base. The system allows agents to decompose user queries into sub-queries and iteratively retrieve context from knowledge bases, looping until sufficient information is synthesized into an answer. A key routing feature directs queries to specialized knowledge bases based on topic, such as finance or weather. The solution eliminates the need for traditional infrastructure management, removing the requirement to provision vector stores, create and wait for indexes, or pay for idle OCUs.
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- Amazon Bedrock
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- Build agentic retrieval
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- Managed Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base
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- Oct 27, 00:00
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- Oct 27, 01:15
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- AWS Machine Learning BlogSelectedFirst-party sourceRelated fact: single sourceAWS launches Managed Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base with AgenticRetrieveStream API for multi-turn retrieval
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AWS introduces a Managed Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base that transforms retrieval into an agentic capability, replacing single embed-and-fetch calls with multi-turn planning and tool-driven retrieval. The AgenticRetrieveStream API enables a reasoning agent to decide whether to retrieve, which knowledge base to consult, and whether to iterate before composing a grounded, cited answer. This addresses limitations of ordinary RAG, such as answers spanning multiple corpora or requiring follow-up lookups after initial results. The service is now available as a first-class feature, eliminating the need to manually manage OpenSearch Serverless collections. AWS CDK users can now provision the knowledge base and AgenticRetrieveStream as stacks, though observability remains critical due to the non-deterministic paths agents take during retrieval.
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