# AgentCore Harness + Strands vs Amazon Quick — companion artifacts

Companion artifacts for the FactualMinds post
**AgentCore Harness + Strands vs Amazon Quick: Chat Agents, Flows, and Automate (August 2026)**.

**Public URLs:** `https://www.factualminds.com/examples/architecture-blog-2026/agentcore-harness-strands-vs-quick/{path}`

## Disclaimer

These files are a **decision pack**, not a production deploy and **not** a new client invoice.

- Quick cost rows are **August 2026 list-price remodeled** from the published 500-employee silhouette. They are not a FactualMinds Quick Automate engagement bill.
- AgentCore **~$791/mo at 50K sessions** is reused from the published July 2026 TCO worksheet — not re-measured for this post.
- Gateway **~180 ms → ~95 ms** is reused from the published B2B CRM assistant canary.

## Layout

| Path | Purpose |
| ---- | ------- |
| [`decision-matrix.md`](decision-matrix.md) | Five-surface routing (who runs it, skills, topology) |
| [`skills-support-matrix.md`](skills-support-matrix.md) | AgentSkills.io vs Quick instructions / connectors |
| [`tco-scenarios.csv`](tco-scenarios.csv) | August 2026 list-price remodel + published AgentCore silhouette |
| [`monday-checklist.md`](monday-checklist.md) | Five questions to paste into an RFC this week |

## How to use

```bash
# From this folder — no AWS calls required
# 1. Copy decision-matrix.md into your architecture RFC
# 2. Open tco-scenarios.csv, replace seat counts with yours
# 3. Confirm current list prices on the URLs in the CSV header comments
```

Confirm live rates before you commit budget:

- [Amazon Quick pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/quick/pricing/) (Professional / Enterprise, infra fee, agent hours)
- [Amazon Bedrock AgentCore pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/agentcore/pricing/)
- [AgentCore pricing calculator](https://www.factualminds.com/tools/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-pricing-calculator/)

## Related posts

- [This comparison](https://www.factualminds.com/blog/agentcore-harness-strands-vs-amazon-quick-chat-agents-flows-2026/)
- [AgentCore vs Amazon Q / Quick Suite (platform TCO)](https://www.factualminds.com/blog/aws-bedrock-agentcore-vs-amazon-q-enterprise-decision-guide-2026/)
- [Harness + Strands ship map](https://www.factualminds.com/blog/production-ai-agents-aws-agentcore-harness-strands-2026/)
- [AWS Agent Toolkit skills catalog](https://www.factualminds.com/blog/aws-agent-toolkit-for-aws-skills-guide/)