Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base adds single-shot and retrieval-only modes alongside agentic retrieval
AWS says Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base now handles single-shot RAG and retrieval-only requests through AgenticRetrieveStream, and agentic retrieval is still available. AWS says a parameter called maxAgentIteration controls how much retrieval effort each request gets. Its walkthrough uses a made-up internal banking policy assistant as the example.
- Verdict
- Use The public docs say it does what you need. We read the docs. We did not test it.
- For
- AWS developers and ML engineers building RAG and agent applications on Amazon Bedrock
- Why it matters
- Teams building RAG on Bedrock can match retrieval depth to each query. Simple lookups can use a cheap single pass, and multi-step agentic loops can be saved for harder questions, which can help them balance cost and latency against answer quality.
- Next check
- Check the AWS docs for which regions support AgenticRetrieveStream, how it's priced, and the default and maximum values for maxAgentIteration.
- Published
- By
- The Loaded Tokens desk
- Topic
- Build & deploy
- Sources
- Amazon Web Services
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