Strands Agents (AWS) · Open-weight decision model · Last verified 2026-10-15

Strands Decider 2B (open source)

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Small open-source decision model (Qwen3.5-2B-Base + LoRA adapter + option-scoring head) for local routing, tool selection, guardrails, and evals. Apache-2.0, weights on Hugging Face.

What it does

  • Checkpoint StrandsAgents/strands-decider-2B-qwen3.5-v1-2610 (also mirrored under amazon/).
  • Question types noul, choice, score; runs on local CPU/GPU; code, training recipe, and data inventory published.

Pricing

  • Free open weights (Apache-2.0); you pay your own compute. [Verified 2026-10-15 on Hugging Face model card]

Limits

  • Depends on your hardware; no hosted SLA. [Verified 2026-10-15 against official page]

Status

  • Announced on the Strands Agents blog; model card live on Hugging Face. [Verified 2026-10-15]

Safety & fit notes

  • Best option here for pinning, on-prem, and reproducibility: you own the exact weights.
  • Small model: validate accuracy on harder tasks before relying on it.

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