Optional ReadonlyinstructionsSystem instructions surfaced to agents via MCP.
Use cases: agent guidance, tool-use instructions
AWS: MCPGatewayConfiguration Instructions
Validation: Optional; String
Optional ReadonlysearchTool search strategy. SEMANTIC (natural-language tool discovery) is the only accepted value
and is immutable after creation; OMIT the field to run without it (there is no NONE).
Use cases: semantic tool discovery
AWS: MCPGatewayConfiguration SearchType
Validation: Optional; must be 'SEMANTIC' when set (omit for non-semantic)
Optional ReadonlysupportedSupported MCP protocol versions.
Use cases: MCP version negotiation
AWS: MCPGatewayConfiguration SupportedVersions
Validation: Optional; String[]
MCP protocol configuration for the gateway.
Use cases: tool discovery semantics, semantic search, MCP version negotiation
AWS: AWS::BedrockAgentCore::Gateway MCPGatewayConfiguration
Validation: searchType, when set, must be SEMANTIC (the only value the service accepts); omit it for a non-semantic gateway. Semantic search is immutable after creation.