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Cedar Policy

Cedar is an open-source policy language and evaluation engine designed for authorization and access control decisions in applications and services.

Now is an excellent time to learn more about Cedar.

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Connections

Related to

AWS Bedrock AgentCore Skill - Claude Code Plugin Cedar Policy is an AWS open-source project; AWS Bedrock AgentCore directly benefits from Cedar for fine-grained authorization of agent skills and tool invocations
Introducing Dogwood: runtime verification for AI agents Both address runtime control of AI agents - Dogwood via runtime verification, Cedar via policy evaluation - complementary approaches to safe agent execution
Strands AI Functions: Python Library for Verified Agent Workflows Both Strands verified workflows and Cedar Policy target correctness guarantees in agentic systems - Cedar through authorization policies, Strands through post-condition verification

Supports

Designing APIs for Agents - Freestyle Authorization and access control via policy languages like Cedar are foundational concerns when designing APIs that must safely serve autonomous agents
Bridging Intent and Execution in Agentic Systems Cedar policies enforce boundaries between what agentic systems intend to do and what they are permitted to execute, directly addressing the intent-execution gap
How AgentCore Gateway Supports the MCP 2026-07-28 Spec Cedar's policy evaluation engine is well-suited to authorize which MCP tools/actions agents can invoke, directly supporting gateway-level access control described here

Type:	link
First published:	Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 20:44 UTC
Location:	https://cedarpolicy.com/en
URL:	https://mattwood.fyi/i/4920875b