Build a Memory-Powered Multi-Agent Financial Advisor with Strands SDK & Amazon Bedrock

Why Agents — Not Just Chatbots A chatbot answers your question and forgets you. An AI agent takes actions, uses tools, and loops until the job is actually done. The difference isn't the model, it's the architecture. The agent loop has four steps: Perceive - read the user's request plus any injected context (memory, RAG results, past turns) Plan - reason about what to do next; choose which tool(s) to call Act - call the chosen tool(s), APIs, or sub-agents Reflect - evaluate the results; decide wh