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The Strands Agents SDK empowers developers to quickly build, manage, evaluate and deploy AI-powered agents. These quick start guides get you set up and running a simple agent in less than 20 minutes.
:material-language-python: Python Quickstart
Create your first Python Strands agent with full feature access!
→ Start with Python
:material-language-typescript: TypeScript Quickstart
!!! info "Experimental SDK" The TypeScript SDK is experimental with limited feature coverage compared to Python.
Create your first TypeScript Strands agent!
→ Start with TypeScript
Language support
Strands Agents SDK is available in both Python and TypeScript. The Python SDK is mature and production-ready with comprehensive feature coverage. The TypeScript SDK is experimental and focuses on core agent functionality.
Feature availability
The table below compares feature availability between the Python and TypeScript SDKs.
| Category | Feature | Python | TypeScript |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Agent creation and invocation | ✅ | ✅ |
| Streaming responses | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Structured output | ✅ | ❌ | |
| Model providers | Amazon Bedrock | ✅ | ✅ |
| OpenAI | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Anthropic | ✅ | ❌ | |
| Ollama | ✅ | ❌ | |
| LiteLLM | ✅ | ❌ | |
| Custom providers | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Tools | Custom function tools | ✅ | ✅ |
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Built-in tools | 30+ via community package | 4 built-in | |
| Conversation | Null manager | ✅ | ✅ |
| Sliding window manager | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Summarizing manager | ✅ | ❌ | |
| Hooks | Lifecycle hooks | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom hook providers | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Multi-agent | Swarms, workflows, graphs | ✅ | ❌ |
| Agents as tools | ✅ | ❌ | |
| Session management | File, S3, repository managers | ✅ | ❌ |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry integration | ✅ | ❌ |
| Experimental | Bidirectional streaming | ✅ | ❌ |
| Agent steering | ✅ | ❌ |