Adding secure search to Claude Desktop with Bedrock AgentCore
What happened
On 2 October 2026, the AWS Machine Learning Blog published an article on how to add secure Web Search capabilities to Claude Desktop through AgentCore Gateway in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. The approach connects Claude Desktop to Web Search backed by Amazon's web index, keeps all query traffic inside AWS, and requires no external API key, according to the report. This is currently the only report on the matter, with no follow-up or conflicting accounts.
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- AWS Machine Learning BlogAdd secure Web Search to Claude Desktop with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Claude Desktop on Amazon Bedrock is limited to the model's knowledge cutoff without web search. In this post, we walk through connecting Claude Desktop to Web Search using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway, with JWT-based inbound authentication through AWS IAM Identity Center and Amazon Cognito.