Every morning starts the same way - jumping between tools to answer basic questions:
- Open calendar → check today's meetings
- Open email → scan for urgent items
- Open JIRA → review assigned tasks and blockers
- Open AWS console → check infrastructure and costs
- Search Confluence → find that runbook again
The friction: Each tool requires separate login, different interface, manual correlation of information.
SideKick AI orchestrates 7 specialized AI agents to aggregate information from all your tools in one conversation.
Ask once, get everything:
You: "Help me plan my day"
SideKick:
📅 Meetings: Team standup (9 AM), Client demo (2 PM)
📧 Urgent: CEO needs Q3 report by EOD
🎫 JIRA: 3 tasks assigned, PROJ-123 blocked
🚨 Incidents: Database timeout (Critical, assigned to you)
☁️ AWS: Estimated cost $847 (12% over budget)
Priority: Fix database incident, then deliver Q3 report.
Why This Matters:
- ⏱️ Eliminates repetitive morning routines - one question replaces 7 tool checks
- 📊 Automated report generation - query natural language, get formatted output
- 🎯 Single conversation replaces constant context switching
- 🔒 Production-safe - read-only AWS operations by design
Hierarchical Multi-Agent System powered by Amazon Bedrock AgentCore:
┌──────────────────────┐
│ User (Chainlit) │
└──────────┬───────────┘
│
┌──────────▼───────────┐
│ Orchestrator │ ◄── Amazon Nova Pro (complex reasoning)
│ (Semantic Router) │
└──┬──┬──┬──┬──┬──┬───┘
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ └─► Report Worker → DynamoDB + Knowledge Base
│ │ │ │ │ └────► KB Worker → Bedrock Knowledge Bases (RAG)
│ │ │ │ └───────► AWS Worker → EC2, S3, Lambda (read-only)
│ │ │ └──────────► Incident Worker → Incident management system
│ │ └─────────────► JIRA Worker → Atlassian APIs (OAuth)
│ └────────────────► Email Worker → Email intelligence + actions
└───────────────────► Calendar Worker → Calendar + meetings
│
All use Nova Lite (cost-optimized)
Key Design Patterns:
| Pattern | Implementation | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Agents-as-Tools | Each worker is a callable tool for orchestrator | Clean composition, parallel execution |
| Semantic Routing | Orchestrator intelligently routes to appropriate workers | No hardcoded rules, handles complex queries |
| Hybrid Models | Nova Pro (orchestrator) + Nova Lite (workers) | 13x cost savings on worker tasks |
| Read-Only Safety | AWS worker enforces whitelist of safe operations | Production-ready security |
| Natural Language Parsing | "Q3 2025" → precise DynamoDB date ranges | Users don't need to know query syntax |
| Guardrails Protection | Bedrock Guardrails filter harmful/unrelated content | Blocks prompt injection, PII leakage, off-topic queries |
📖 Detailed Architecture: See AWS_SERVICES.md for complete AWS service integration, cost breakdown, and creative service combinations.
| Query | Agents Used | What Happens |
|---|---|---|
| "Help me plan my day" | Calendar, Email, JIRA, Incident, AWS | Aggregates meetings, urgent emails, tasks, incidents, infrastructure alerts → prioritized action plan |
| "Generate Q3 2025 sales report" | KB Worker, Report Worker | Retrieves template from Knowledge Base → queries DynamoDB with natural language date parsing → generates professional report |
| "Show my JIRA tasks" | JIRA Worker | Lists assigned tasks with priorities and status via OAuth API |
| "What's our AWS cost this month?" | AWS Worker | Estimates spending across EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB (read-only) |
| "Critical incidents?" | Incident Worker | Shows high-severity open incidents with impact and assigned teams |
| "Find AWS cost optimization guide" | KB Worker | Semantic search across 8 documents with RAG (returns relevant sections with citations) |
| "Extract action items from email #12345" | Email Worker | AI-powered extraction of explicit/implicit tasks with deadlines and priorities |
| "Troubleshoot database timeouts" | KB Worker, Incident Worker | Retrieves troubleshooting runbook → correlates with recent incidents → provides step-by-step resolution |
Multi-Agent Orchestration Example:
You: "Prepare me for the client demo meeting at 2 PM"
Orchestrator routes to:
├─► Calendar Worker: Get meeting details (attendees, agenda)
├─► JIRA Worker: Find related project issues and status
├─► KB Worker: Retrieve presentation guidelines
├─► AWS Worker: Check demo environment health
└─► Email Worker: Find recent client communications
Response (synthesized):
📅 Meeting: Client Demo - 2:00 PM (1 hour, 6 attendees)
🎯 Agenda: Demo new features, discuss Q4 roadmap
🎫 Project Status: 8/10 features complete, 2 in testing
📋 Guidelines: Start with business value, show live demo, prepare backup
☁️ Demo Environment: All systems operational (eu-west-1)
📧 Recent Context: Client requested focus on performance improvements
| Agent | Key Capabilities |
|---|---|
| 📅 Calendar | Schedule viewing with conflict detection • Meeting details (attendees, Zoom links) • Agenda management |
| 📧 Email + Actions | Urgent detection by keywords/sender • AI action extraction (explicit/implicit tasks) • Natural language deadlines ("EOD", "next week") |
| 🎫 JIRA/Confluence | Read: All issues, search, filter • Write: Update, comment, workflow transitions • Confluence: Pages, CQL search • OAuth 2.0 with auto-refresh |
| 🚨 Incident | Severity indicators (🔴🟠🟡🟢) • Open/critical alerts • Timeline & root cause • Email correlation |
| ☁️ AWS (Read-Only) | EC2/S3/Lambda/DynamoDB monitoring • Cost estimation • Strict whitelist (no write/delete) |
| 📚 Knowledge Base | Semantic search across 8 docs (runbooks, templates, best practices) • Source citations with relevance scores • RAG with Bedrock KB |
| 📊 Report | Natural language time parsing ("Q3 2025" → dates) • Multi-source (KB templates + DynamoDB) • Auto schema discovery |
11 AWS services orchestrated for production-grade deployment:
| Service | Purpose | Innovation |
|---|---|---|
| Bedrock AgentCore | Containerized agent runtime | First hackathon project to deploy full multi-agent system to AgentCore |
| Bedrock (Nova Pro/Lite) | LLM inference | Hybrid model strategy: Pro for orchestration, Lite for workers (13x cost savings) |
| Bedrock Knowledge Bases | RAG document retrieval | Combines KB with DynamoDB for multi-source report generation |
| Bedrock Guardrails | Content safety | PII redaction, harmful content blocking, prompt injection prevention |
| ECS Fargate | Chainlit UI hosting | Serverless containers with auto-scaling (2-10 tasks) |
| ECR | Container registry | Lifecycle policies, vulnerability scanning |
| Application Load Balancer | HTTPS termination | Security headers, HTTP→HTTPS redirect |
| ACM | SSL/TLS certificates | Free certificates with auto-renewal |
| DynamoDB | Sales data storage | Intelligent query construction with natural language time parsing |
| S3 | Document storage | Knowledge Base data source |
| Secrets Manager | OAuth token storage | Automatic rotation, KMS encryption |
| CloudWatch | Logging & monitoring | Centralized observability across all services |
| IAM | Security | Least-privilege roles, resource-specific ARNs |
Monthly Cost Estimate: ~$100 (AgentCore $10, Bedrock $20, ECS $30, ALB $16, storage/misc $24)
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AgentCore + Knowledge Bases = RAG-Powered Orchestration
- Orchestrator retrieves context from KB before routing queries
- Example: "Troubleshoot database timeouts" → retrieves runbook → routes to Incident Worker with context
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DynamoDB + Natural Language Parsing = Intelligent Queries
- Query Builder translates "Q3 2025" →
2025-07-01T00:00:00Zto2025-09-30T23:59:59Z - Constructs optimized DynamoDB queries with correct type descriptors
- Query Builder translates "Q3 2025" →
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OAuth + AgentCore Identity = Secure Token Management
- Stores tokens in AgentCore Identity (not Secrets Manager directly)
- Automatic refresh, graceful fallback to demo data
| Challenge | Problem | Solution | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Language Time Parsing | Users say "Q3 2025", DynamoDB needs ISO timestamps | Dedicated Query Builder agent with regex patterns for variations | 95%+ accuracy on diverse formats |
| DynamoDB Type Descriptors | Requires {"S": "value"} for strings, {"N": "123"} for numbers |
Auto schema discovery via describe_table |
Zero manual type management |
| Read-Only AWS Enforcement | Allow analysis without destructive operations | Whitelist of 20+ safe operations with validation | Production-safe by design |
| Multi-Agent Orchestration | Route queries without circular dependencies | Agents-as-Tools pattern with semantic routing | Clean functional composition |
| OAuth Token Management | Tokens expire, need refresh without disruption | Automatic refresh via Secrets Manager with fallback | Seamless authentication |
✅ First hackathon project to deploy full multi-agent system to AgentCore
✅ Automated CDK infrastructure (3 stacks)
✅ ECR with lifecycle management
✅ IAM least-privilege permissions
✅ Full deployment in under 10 minutes
✅ 25 total tools across 7 agents
✅ Parallel execution with semantic routing
✅ Clean separation of concerns
✅ Reliable multi-agent orchestration
✅ Natural language time parsing (quarters, month ranges, relative dates)
✅ Automatic schema discovery
✅ 95%+ accuracy on diverse time expression formats
✅ Whitelisted 20+ safe read operations
✅ Production-safe infrastructure analysis
✅ Clear error messages for blocked operations
✅ Zero risk of accidental modifications
✅ Atlassian OAuth 2.0 with automatic token refresh
✅ Secure storage via AWS Secrets Manager
✅ Graceful fallback to demo data for testing
✅ Configuration validation scripts
✅ 8 documents indexed (runbooks, templates, best practices)
✅ Semantic search with source citations
✅ Multi-source synthesis (Knowledge Base + DynamoDB)
User: "Help me plan my day"
Agent:
📅 Today's Calendar:
- 9:00 AM: Team Standup (30min)
- 2:00 PM: Client Demo (1hr)
- 3:30 PM: Code Review (1hr)
📋 Active Jira Tasks:
- PROJ-123: Implement feature X (In Progress)
- PROJ-124: Fix bug Y (To Do)
- PROJ-125: Update documentation (In Progress)
Which task would you like help with?
User: "Help me with PROJ-123"
Agent:
🎯 Task: Implement feature X
Based on the issue details and knowledge base, here's your plan:
Step 1: Review the feature requirements document (15min)
Step 2: Design the API contract and data models (30min)
Step 3: Implement core business logic (2hr)
Step 4: Write unit tests (1hr)
Step 5: Update API documentation (30min)
Step 6: Create pull request and request review (15min)
Would you like me to help with any specific step?
- Chainlit conversational UI with streaming
- Orchestrator agent with Agents-as-Tools pattern
- Calendar Worker (static data for demo)
- Jira/MCP Worker (automatic API detection with OAuth)
- Knowledge Base Worker (Bedrock KB Retrieve API)
- Tool adapters for external services
- AWS CDK infrastructure (3 stacks)
- Bedrock AgentCore runtime (replaces ECS/Fargate)
- ECR repository with lifecycle management
- Automated deployment scripts
- Automatic data source detection (real APIs when credentials configured)
- Health check endpoints
- Unit tests for core logic
- Complete documentation (ARCH, DEPLOY, RUNBOOK)
- Docker containerization
- Configuration management (env vars, secrets)
- Google Calendar OAuth integration
- OpenSearch Serverless for production KB
- Redis session store
- Full streaming from StrandsAgents
- CloudWatch dashboards
- Multi-tenancy support
- CI/CD pipeline
| Component | Technology | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | 3.11+ |
| Agent Framework | StrandsAgents | 1.10.0+ |
| Frontend | Chainlit | 2.8.1+ |
| Model | Amazon Bedrock | Nova Pro v1:0 |
| RAG | Bedrock Knowledge Bases | Latest |
| Integration | MCP | Latest |
| Infrastructure | AWS CDK | 2.214.0+ |
| Container Runtime | Bedrock AgentCore | Latest |
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details
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