Strands Agents Documentation

A model-driven approach to building AI agents in just a few lines of code.

Documentation ◆ Samples ◆ Python SDK ◆ Tools ◆ Agent Builder ◆ MCP Server

This repository contains the documentation for the Strands Agents SDK, a simple yet powerful framework for building and running AI agents. The documentation is built using MkDocs and provides guides, examples, and API references.

The official documentation is available online at: https://strandsagents.com.

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+

Setup and Installation

# Create and activate virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use: .venv\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

Building and Previewing

To generate the static site:

mkdocs build

This will create the site in the site directory.

To run a local development server:

mkdocs serve

This will start a server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ for previewing the documentation.

Contributing ❤️

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for details on:

• Reporting bugs & features
• Development setup
• Contributing via Pull Requests
• Code of Conduct
• Reporting of security issues

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Security

See CONTRIBUTING for more information.

⚠️ Preview Status

Strands Agents is currently in public preview. During this period:

• APIs may change as we refine the SDK
• We welcome feedback and contributions