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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore adds a direct InvokeWebSearch API for agents
AWS launched InvokeWebSearch, a one-call API for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that returns web search results from Amazon's own index without requiring AgentCore Gateway infrastructure.
Amazon Web Services announced on November 10, 2026, that Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now includes a direct InvokeWebSearch API, letting applications search the web with a single call against Amazon's own web index, without standing up AgentCore Gateway infrastructure, according to the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore web search announcement.
What changed
- The new
InvokeWebSearchAPI lets applications search the web with one API call through Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. - Results come from the same Amazon-operated web index used by the existing Web Search MCP tool on AgentCore Gateway.
- Results include text extracts, page titles, URLs, and publication timestamps where available.
- The API supports filtering by domain and by publication time.
- It is invoked through AWS SDKs or the CLI and authorized through IAM, with no separate API key required.
- It launches in six regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Europe (Ireland).
What it means for people building with AI
For developers building agents on Bedrock AgentCore, the API offers a lower friction way to add grounded web search to agent loops without deploying gateway infrastructure. Instead of configuring a gateway just to reach the Web Search MCP tool, teams can call InvokeWebSearch directly from their existing AWS SDK or CLI setup and authorize it with IAM, the same identity model they likely already use for other AWS calls.
Pricing and availability
The API costs $7 per 1,000 queries, the same rate as the Gateway-based Web Search tool, but without additional gateway charges. It also supports calls through AWS PrivateLink and can be logged as CloudTrail data events, which matters for teams that need to keep agent traffic inside their own network boundary or audit what their agents searched for.
Sources
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now offers a Web Search API (Amazon Web Services, November 10, 2026, official)
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