# Strands Agents SDK

> Documentation for Strands Agents, a simple-to-use, code-first, lightweight library for building AI agents

## User Guide

- [Welcome](https://strandsagents.com/latest/index.md)
- [Agent Loop](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/agents/agent-loop/index.md)
- [Context Management](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/agents/context-management/index.md)
- [Prompts](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/agents/prompts/index.md)
- [Sessions & State](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/agents/sessions-state/index.md)
- [Amazon Bedrock](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/amazon-bedrock/index.md)
- [Anthropic](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/anthropic/index.md)
- [Custom Providers](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/custom_model_provider/index.md)
- [LiteLLM](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/litellm/index.md)
- [LlamaAPI](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/llamaapi/index.md)
- [Ollama](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/ollama/index.md)
- [OpenAI](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/model-providers/openai/index.md)
- [Agents as Tools](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/multi-agent/agents-as-tools/index.md)
- [Graph](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/multi-agent/graph/index.md)
- [Swarm](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/multi-agent/swarm/index.md)
- [Workflow](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/multi-agent/workflow/index.md)
- [Async Iterators](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/streaming/async-iterators/index.md)
- [Callback Handlers](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/streaming/callback-handlers/index.md)
- [Example Tools Package](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/tools/example-tools-package/index.md)
- [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/tools/mcp-tools/index.md)
- [Python](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/tools/python-tools/index.md)
- [Overview](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/concepts/tools/tools_overview/index.md)
- [Amazon EC2](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_amazon_ec2/index.md)
- [Amazon EKS](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_amazon_eks/index.md)
- [AWS Fargate](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_aws_fargate/index.md)
- [AWS Lambda](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/deploy/deploy_to_aws_lambda/index.md)
- [Operating Agents in Production](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/deploy/operating-agents-in-production/index.md)
- [Evaluation](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/observability-evaluation/evaluation/index.md)
- [Logs](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/observability-evaluation/logs/index.md)
- [Metrics](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/observability-evaluation/metrics/index.md)
- [Observability](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/observability-evaluation/observability/index.md)
- [Traces](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/observability-evaluation/traces/index.md)
- [Guardrails](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/safety-security/guardrails/index.md)
- [Prompt Engineering](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/safety-security/prompt-engineering/index.md)
- [Responsible AI](https://strandsagents.com/latest/user-guide/safety-security/responsible-ai/index.md)

## Examples

- [AWS CDK EC2 Deployment Example](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/cdk/deploy_to_ec2/index.md)
- [AWS CDK Fargate Deployment Example](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/cdk/deploy_to_fargate/index.md)
- [AWS CDK Lambda Deployment Example](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/cdk/deploy_to_lambda/index.md)
- [Amazon EKS Deployment Example](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/deploy_to_eks/index.md)
- [Agents Workflows](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/agents_workflows/index.md)
- [CLI Reference Agent Implementation](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/cli-reference-agent/index.md)
- [File Operations](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/file_operations/index.md)
- [Knowledge-Base Workflow](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/knowledge_base_agent/index.md)
- [MCP](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/mcp_calculator/index.md)
- [Memory Agent](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/memory_agent/index.md)
- [Meta Tooling](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/meta_tooling/index.md)
- [Weather Forecaster](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/weather_forecaster/index.md)
- [Multi-Agent Example](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/multi_agent_example/index.md)
- [Multi Agents](https://strandsagents.com/latest/examples/python/multi_agent_example/multi_agent_example/index.md)

## API Reference

- [Agent](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/agent/index.md)
- [Event Loop](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/event-loop/index.md)
- [Handlers](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/handlers/index.md)
- [Models](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/models/index.md)
- [Telemetry](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/telemetry/index.md)
- [Tools](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/tools/index.md)
- [Types](https://strandsagents.com/latest/api-reference/types/index.md)