AWS Launches Blocks, an Open-Source TypeScript Framework Designed for AI Agents to Build Backends
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AWS Blocks is a new open-source TypeScript framework for AI agents to build backends, directly relevant to agent orchestration and cloud infra.
AWS launched Blocks in public preview, an open-source TypeScript framework where each 'Block' bundles application code, local dev implementation, and production AWS infrastructure. Developers run `npm run dev` to get a working app with Postgres, auth, real-time messaging, and file storage locally without an AWS account, then deploy the same code to Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora, API Gateway, and Bedrock with zero changes. The framework is designed for AI agents to write code, using built-in steering files to guide agents toward correct architecture without custom configuration.