# Bad Influence story: Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base adds single-shot and retrieval-only modes

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 15:13. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/5ad6689c-a3a9-4d75-9112-7555a7ec6f4e

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Latest update (11-09 15:13): Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base adds single-shot and retrieval-only modes

Overview: Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base now supports single-shot Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and retrieval-only requests through AgenticRetrieveStream, alongside its existing agentic retrieval, according to an AWS Machine Learning Blog post. Single-shot RAG searches a knowledge base once and uses a foundation model to generate an answer. Retrieval-only requests return matching passages without generating one.

The mode is selected per request with the maxAgentIteration parameter, which now accepts values from 0 to 5. The AWS post explains how these settings work and when to use each mode.

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1. 11-09 15:13 · AWS Machine Learning Blog (from the company) · [Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base adds single-shot and retrieval-only modes](https://badinfluence.news/items/izmbvpdlirj763611c36lzmba)
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