# Prerequisites
Prerequisites

Before you use AWS Agent Registry, complete the following prerequisites.

## AWS account and credentials


You need an AWS account with credentials configured. To configure credentials, install and use the AWS Command Line Interface by following the steps at [Getting started with the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-started.html).

```
# Verify installation
aws --version  # Should show version 2.
```

## Python and AWS SDK


To access your AWS credentials and configure them for use with SDKs, follow the steps at [Using IAM Identity Center to authenticate AWS SDK and Tools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/access-sso.html) . If you plan to use the AWS Python SDK (Boto3) to interact with AWS Agent Registry programmatically:

1. Install **Python 3.10\$1**.

1. Install the AWS SDK: `pip install boto3` 

1. Verify your credentials are configured: `aws sts get-caller-identity` 

Please refer to [AWS Builder Tools](https://builder.aws.com/build/tools) for more information on how to setup and use AWS SDK.

## IAM permissions


Set up IAM permissions based on the persona that matches your role. The full list of IAM Permissions for Registry can be found in [IAM Permissions](registry-iam-permissions.md).

### Administrator permissions


For administrators who manage the full lifecycle of registries, records, and approve/reject/deprecate records:

```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement":
    [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowCreatingAndListingRegistries",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:CreateRegistry",
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistries"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowGetUpdateDeleteRegistry",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistry",
                "bedrock-agentcore:UpdateRegistry",
                "bedrock-agentcore:DeleteRegistry"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowCreatingAndListingRecords",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:CreateRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistryRecords"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowRecordLevelOperations",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:UpdateRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:DeleteRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:SubmitRegistryRecordForApproval"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*/record/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowApproveRejectDeprecateRecords",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:UpdateRegistryRecordStatus"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*/record/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AdditionalPermissionForRegistryManagedWorkloadIdentity",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:*WorkloadIdentity"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:workload-identity-directory/default/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
```

### Curator / Approver permissions


For curators who review and approve/reject records but don’t perform administrative operations:

```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement":
    [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistries"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistry"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistryRecords"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistryRecord"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*/record/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:UpdateRegistryRecordStatus"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*/record/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
```

### Publisher permissions


For publishers who submit MCP servers, agents, or other resources to the registry:

```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement":
    [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistries"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistry"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:CreateRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistryRecords"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:UpdateRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:DeleteRegistryRecord",
                "bedrock-agentcore:SubmitRegistryRecordForApproval"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*/record/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowWorkloadIdentityForSynchronization",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetWorkloadAccessToken"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:workload-identity-directory/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowGetResourceOauth2TokenForOauthBasedSynchronization",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetResourceOauth2Token"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:token-vault/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowPassRoleForIamBasedSynchronization",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "iam:PassRole"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:iam::<account>:role/<your-sync-role-name>"
            ],
            "Condition":
            {
                "StringEquals":
                {
                    "iam:PassedToService": "bedrock-agentcore.amazonaws.com"
                },
                "StringLike":
                {
                    "iam:AssociatedResourceARN": "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:<region>:<account>:registry/*/record/*"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}
```

### Consumer permissions


For consumers who search for and use approved resources:

```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",		 	 	 
    "Statement":
    [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:ListRegistries"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:GetRegistry"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action":
            [
                "bedrock-agentcore:SearchRegistryRecords",
                "bedrock-agentcore:InvokeRegistryMcp"
            ],
            "Resource":
            [
                "arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:*:<account>:registry/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
```

For example IAM policies, see [Identity and access management for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/security-iam.html).

## (Optional) Identity provider for JWT authorization


If you plan to use JWT authorization for inbound identity (to enable consumers to search the registry using Non-IAM identities), set up Amazon Cognito or your own identity provider before creating the registry:

1.  **Create a Cognito User Pool** (or use your existing identity provider)

1.  **Register an App Client** and note the Client ID

1.  **Create a test user** with a username and password

For detailed instructions, see [Configure inbound JWT authorizer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/inbound-jwt-authorizer.html).