AWS DevOps Agent expands with custom SRE agents and MCP/A2A protocols

AWS DevOps Agent Updates

AWS DevOps Agent now supports custom SRE agents, bring-your-own sub-agents, and headless access via MCP and A2A protocols. These capabilities enable teams to automate recurring SRE workflows, extend DevOps Agent by connecting it to other agents, and access its capabilities from the tools they already use, including Kiro, Claude, and other coding assistants.

New Features

• Custom SRE agents: Create and schedule agents within Agent Spaces that run on a cadence.
• Headless access: Invoke DevOps Agent from tools and agents via A2A or MCP protocols.
• Chat enhancements: Improved chat capabilities for better interaction.
• Incident-skip support: Incident-skip based on customer-defined rules.
• Enhanced knowledge: Memories and Git-managed skills for better insights.
• Human labeling: Improved task quality tracking.
• Customer-created dashboards: Track task quality with custom dashboards.
• Regional availability: Available in five new Regions.

What to do

• Explore custom SRE agents to automate recurring workflows.
• Utilize headless access to integrate DevOps Agent with existing tools.
• Leverage chat enhancements for better interaction.
• Configure incident-skip rules for better incident management.
• Use enhanced knowledge features for improved insights.
• Implement human labeling for better task quality tracking.
• Create custom dashboards to monitor task quality.
• Check the recent improvements page for more details.

Source: AWS release notes

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