How we built an MCP bridge to give our AgentCore-hosted AI agent access to local MCP tools
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AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore run in the cloud, but users' tools and files live on their laptops. Learn how to build a secure MCP bridge that lets a cloud-hosted agent call local MCP servers by tunneling signed messages over the existing WebSocket connection through a browser extension and Chrome native messaging, with no open ports or VPN required.
1Key Takeaways
- AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore run in the cloud, but users' tools and files live on their laptops.
- Learn how to build a secure MCP bridge that lets a cloud-hosted agent call local MCP servers by tunneling signed messages over the existing WebSocket connection through a browser extension and Chrome native messaging, with no open ports or VPN required.
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3Why it matters
Cloud AI updates influence enterprise budgets, latency, and which stack teams standardize on. AWS ML Blog reports that aI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore run in the cloud, but users' tools and files live on their laptops.
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