Agentcore — Mcp Research Agent

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "AgentCore \u2014 MCP Research Agent",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "id": "1",
      "name": "Manual Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        240,
        300
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "agentName": "research_agent",
        "modelId": "global.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8",
        "systemPrompt": "You are a research assistant. Use the Exa search tool to find up-to-date information when answering questions. Cite your sources.",
        "prompt": "Find 3 recent breakthroughs in quantum computing this year and summarize each in 2 sentences.",
        "tools": {
          "tool": [
            {
              "type": "remote_mcp",
              "name": "exa",
              "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
              "headers": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        "additionalOptions": {
          "timeoutSeconds": 300
        }
      },
      "id": "2",
      "name": "Research Agent",
      "type": "@aws/n8n-nodes-agentcore.agentCoreHarness",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        480,
        300
      ],
      "credentials": {
        "agentCoreApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Manual Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Research Agent",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• agentCoreApi

About this workflow

AgentCore — MCP Research Agent. Uses @aws/n8n-nodes-agentcore. Event-driven trigger; 2 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/aws/n8n-nodes-agentcore/blob/b99060a5d0e22c5cd23689a4bcdcc4fab6ae97c1/examples/01-mcp-research-agent.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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