Independent implementation planner · Source checked August 8, 2026

Design the session before the temporal rule

AgentCore temporal policies authorize a current Gateway request from bounded prior-session evidence. Use this planner to separate baseline access, trajectory evidence, tool-side invariants, and global controls before writing Dogwood.

Four decisions

Scope the authorization evidence

Planning output

Use a workflow-sequence temporal condition

Baseline policy

Keep principal, action, resource, tenant, role, and current-input permissions stateless.

Policy session

Generate one ID for one transaction and send it from the first Gateway request.

Temporal evidence

Require the predecessor response in the same session before the dependent request.

Window

Use a 15-minute condition, then test both sides of the cutoff.

External control

Keep tool validation, idempotency, monitoring, and recovery outside policy.

This summary is a design aid, not a validated Dogwood policy, AWS deployment, security approval, or Flowith integration.

Pattern review

A policy is only as precise as its event contract

01

Workflow sequence

Require a completed predecessor before a dependent action.

Test missing, reordered, failed, and cross-resource predecessors.

02

Output integrity

Match trusted prior output fields to the current request input.

Test exact match, wrong value, absent field, and schema version drift.

03

Data freshness

Require a matching response inside a risk-appropriate time window.

Test just inside, at, and just outside the cutoff.

04

One-time approval

Bind approval to one subject, scope, amount, and later execution.

Test missing, stale, mismatched, and consumed approval events.

05

Cumulative cap

Use a bounded count or sum to contain one policy session.

Test current-request inclusion and a fresh session with empty history.

AgentCore temporal policy planner questions

It turns a few design choices into a local planning summary covering baseline authorization, policy session scope, a recommended temporal pattern, tests, and external controls. It does not generate or deploy a production policy.
No. It runs in the page, sends no AWS request, changes no AgentCore resource, and does not establish a Flowith integration with AWS.
Current AWS documentation states a maximum 24-hour window per temporal condition. Choose a shorter window whenever the workflow requires fresher evidence.
No. AgentCore temporal history is policy-session scoped. Global user, tenant, account, or billing limits need a durable control outside the session.

Official references: AgentCore temporal policy documentation, AWS implementation guide, and Dogwood language guide. Verify current Regions, quotas, IAM, topology, syntax, enforcement modes, and pricing before production use.