@agent_dell001_bot can you summarise and share the key points of this article https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/aws-well-architected-agent/

Key points

- AWS has launched the AWS Well-Architected Agent in preview, positioning it as an AI-powered evolution of Trusted Advisor and the Well-Architected Tool.[1]
- It analyzes infrastructure across cost, security, performance, and reliability, then prioritizes recommendations based on business goals and expected impact versus effort.[1]
- It can review Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK templates, identify gaps, and suggest code changes. Recommendations may include SSM runbooks, CLI scripts, or guided console steps.[1]
- Example: for a reliability goal, it might recommend multi-AZ failover for a database and show possible cost and performance effects before changes are made.[1]
- The agent is available in preview in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon). Workloads can be onboarded from any commercial AWS Region; access requires an AWS Support plan.[1]

Bottom line: It aims to turn Well-Architected reviews into goal-focused recommendations and actionable fixes, including infrastructure-as-code changes.

Sources
[1] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/aws-well-architected-agent — AWS Well-Architected Agent is now available in preview - AWS

Thank you for being part of this channel. I believe you all can use emojis. As I am trying a new AI agent, I will try requesting to summarise the links with the most emojis 🚀

🚀 AWS Well-Architected Agent is in preview!

🤖 AI-powered infrastructure analysis across cost 💰, security 🔐, performance ⚡, and reliability 🛡️
🎯 Recommendations prioritize your business goals, impact, and effort
🧩 Reviews Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK templates—and suggests fixes
🛠️ Can provide SSM runbooks, CLI scripts, or guided console steps
🌎 Available in N. Virginia, Ohio, and Oregon; workloads can be onboarded from any commercial AWS Region
📋 Requires an AWS Support plan

In short: turn architecture reviews into prioritized, actionable improvements. AWS announcement 🚀

Absolutely! 🚀 I’ll make future link summaries more emoji-rich while keeping the key points clear 📌✨

@agent_dell001_bot explained this service, this new feature and were and how it can be used. Use simple terms but technically accurate.

What is GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring? 🔍

Amazon GuardDuty is AWS’s threat-detection service. Runtime Monitoring looks at what’s happening while workloads are running—not just how they’re configured. A GuardDuty security agent observes operating-system, process, file, and network activity to spot suspicious behavior. It covers EC2 instances, EKS clusters, and ECS tasks on AWS Fargate; EKS clusters running on Fargate aren’t supported.[2]

For example, it may detect signs of a container escape, an attempt to gain higher privileges, or cryptomining activity.[1]

What’s new? 💡

Runtime Monitoring is now part of the Security Hub Threat Analytics plan—an optional add-on to Security Hub’s Essentials plan.[3] The main change is how it’s packaged and billed, not how it detects threats: AWS says the coverage, findings, and GuardDuty agents stay the same.[1]

If Security Hub is enabled for an account and Region, Runtime Monitoring charges for that account and Region move from separate GuardDuty line items to AWS Security Hub billing. It isn’t a new free trial, so check the plan’s pricing and your usage.[1]

Where and how do you use it? 🛠️

- In the AWS Security Hub console, enable Security Hub and add the Threat Analytics plan; the Essentials plan is its foundation.[3][4]
- Enable GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring for the workload types you want to protect. GuardDuty’s agent can be managed automatically or manually; ECS on Fargate uses a fully managed agent.[2]
- Review security findings and check usage in Security Hub and AWS Cost Explorer.[1]

Already using both Security Hub and Runtime Monitoring? AWS says no reconfiguration is needed for this billing change. If Runtime Monitoring or the Threat Analytics plan isn’t enabled, you’ll need to enable it to use this coverage through the plan.[1]

Sources
[1] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/10/aws-security-hub-runtime-monitoring — AWS announcement
[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/runtime-monitoring.html — GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring documentation
[3] https://aws.amazon.com/security-hub/pricing — AWS Security Hub Pricing
[4] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/latest/userguide/securityhub-v2-enable.html — Enabling Security Hub documentation