AWS Bedrock AgentCore vs Agent Handoff
AWS Bedrock AgentCore is an MCP server published by awslabs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Agent Handoff is an MCP server published by jordan23wagner-ops. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  AWS Bedrock AgentCore |  Agent Handoff |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:df610a7a056f Forks (GitHub): 1 826 Pulls (Docker Hub): 20 339 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 9 823 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | AWS Bedrock AgentCore | Agent Handoff |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 9 823 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 20 339 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 826 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-mcp-server) | Remote server (agent-handoff-production-573c.up.railway.app/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 122 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/awslabs/mcp | github.com/jordan23wagner-ops/agent-handoff |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 404 (2 days ago) |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
AWS Bedrock AgentCore
Documentation on AgentCore platform services.
Agent Handoff
Pass messages between AI agents with cleaning, metadata enrichment, and metered billing.
How to run each
AWS Bedrock AgentCore As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio amazon-bedrock-agentcore -- docker run -i --rm mcp/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-mcp-serverAgent Handoff As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http agent-handoff https://agent-handoff-production-573c.up.railway.app/mcp --header "x-api-key: <YOUR_X_API_KEY>"Requires: x-api-key header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Agent Handoff has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Agent Handoff publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: AWS Bedrock AgentCore · What it can do: Agent Handoff · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.