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title: "Add secure Web Search to Claude Desktop with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore"
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summary: "Claude Desktop on Amazon Bedrock is limited to the model's knowledge cutoff without web search. In this post, we walk through connecting Claude Desktop to Web Search using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway, with JWT-based inbound authentication through AWS IAM Identity Center and Amazon Cognito."
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# Add secure Web Search to Claude Desktop with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

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**Published:** 2026-10-02T15:46:05.000Z
**Category:** Tools
**Topics:** anthropic, agent, devtools

## Summary

Claude Desktop on Amazon Bedrock is limited to the model's knowledge cutoff without web search\. In this post, we walk through connecting Claude Desktop to Web Search using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway, with JWT\-based inbound authentication through AWS IAM Identity Center and Amazon Cognito\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/add-secure-web-search-to-claude-desktop-with-amazon-bedrock-agentcore/>)