Skip to content

docs: getting started guide error about max length of name and dry-run #1100

Open

Description

@uniquejava

Description

New to agentcore, found 2 issues on getting started guide:

name's max length (36 -> 23)

The docs that include wrong information:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/runtime-get-started-cli.html

--name – The project name (alphanumeric, starts with a letter, max 36 characters).

Error occured when I gave it a name LangGraphOpenAiNoMemoryNoTool, it's not long (29 chars) but not allowed

agentcore create \
  --name LangGraphOpenAiNoMemoryNoTool \
  --framework LangChain_LangGraph \
  --model-provider OpenAI \
  --memory none \
  --build CodeZip

Project name must be 23 characters or less

unknown option '--plan'

agentcore deploy --plan

agentcore deploy --plan
error: unknown option '--plan'

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/runtime-get-started-cli.html
  2. Follow the guidance to create a new project

Expected Behavior

  1. Should allow 36 characters or update doc.
  2. Should allow --plan or update doc.

Actual Behavior

wrong doc

CLI Version

No response

Operating System

macOS

Additional Context

No response

Activity

  1. sudhirjena commented on Jun 28, 2026

    @sudhirjena

    Is there any particular reason why project names have to be just alphanumeric and be forced to follow camelCase or PascalCase. In our organization we follow either of the 2 naming schemes:

    • kebab-case
    • snake_case
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    bugSomething isn't workingdocumentationImprovements or additions to documentation

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

      Milestone

      No milestone

      Relationships

      None yet

      Development

      No branches or pull requests

      Issue actions