here-i-strand 0.2.3

here-i-strand (HIS) agent module. Provides a custom Strands agent with DynamoDB status tracking, S3 session persistence and a concurrent tool executor with per-tool timeouts

Here I Strand

Library that provides a Strands agent for AWS Bedrock Agent Core with DynamoDB status tracking, S3 session persistence, and a concurrent tool executor with per-tool timeouts (HIS: here-i-strand).

Repository: github.com/tisaarus/here-i-strand

Installation

pip install here-i-strand
# or with uv
uv add here-i-strand

Quick start

You define how to load configuration (environment variables, your own settings module, etc.) and pass the values to HISAgent:

import os
from his import HISAgent

agent = HISAgent(
    bucket_name=os.environ["BUCKET_NAME"],
    status_dynamo_table_name=os.environ["STATUS_DYNAMO_TABLE_NAME"],
    session_id="my-session-id",
    name=os.environ.get("AGENT_NAME", "my-agent"),
    agent_id=os.environ.get("AGENT_ID"),  # Optional: unique identifier for the agent instance
    tools=[...],
)

Configuration

The library does not provide a settings layer. Pass bucket_name, status_dynamo_table_name, session_id, and optionally name, agent_id (and any other HISAgent arguments) from your own config:

• Environment variables
• A .env file loaded by your app (e.g. python-dotenv, pydantic-settings)
• Any other configuration source you use

Project structure (development)

here-i-strand/
├── README.md
├── pyproject.toml
├── .env.example             # Example env vars (for your app)
│
├── his/                      # Main package
│   ├── __init__.py           # HISAgent, TimeoutConcurrentToolExecutor, event_loop_tracker, ping_status_task, write_dynamo
│   ├── his.py                # HISAgent, TimeoutConcurrentToolExecutor, ping, event_loop_tracker, write_dynamo
│   └── logging/
│       └── logging.py
│
└── tests/
    ├── conftest.py
    └── test_his.py

Main components

• HISAgent: Strands agent with a DynamoDB ping thread and S3 sessions. You pass status_dynamo_table_name, bucket_name, session_id, and optionally name and agent_id so the ping and tracker use your table and bucket. Includes a default system prompt that enforces DynamoDB status reporting at key milestones. The write_dynamo tool is automatically added to the agent's tools.
• TimeoutConcurrentToolExecutor: Tool executor with a per-invocation timeout (default: 300s); if a tool exceeds the limit, an error is returned and execution continues with the rest.
• event_loop_tracker: Callback that writes event-loop milestones (init, start, message, result, force_stop) to DynamoDB along with agent_id and stops the ping when done.
• write_dynamo: Strands tool for writing custom event records to DynamoDB for agent tracking and observability. Automatically included in HISAgent.
• DEFAULT_DYNAMODB_REPORTING_PROMPT_TEMPLATE: Template for the default system prompt that instructs the agent to report status updates to DynamoDB at key milestones (start, tooling, completion, error). The template is populated with the actual table_name, session_id, and agent_id values when the agent is created.

Default behavior

When you create an HISAgent, the following happens automatically:

1. System prompt: The DEFAULT_DYNAMODB_REPORTING_PROMPT is prepended to any custom system prompt you provide, instructing the agent to report status at key milestones.
2. Tools: The write_dynamo tool is automatically added to your tools list, enabling the agent to write status updates to DynamoDB.
3. Ping thread: A daemon thread starts that pings DynamoDB every 20 seconds with a "running" status until the agent completes.
4. Event tracking: The event_loop_tracker callback records event-loop milestones to DynamoDB.

Tests

uv sync --all-groups
uv run pytest tests/ -v

Authors

• Lorenzo Pizarro Martin
• Antonio Calavia Robert
• Manuel Sierra Lavado

License

MIT. See LICENSE.