AWS service to manage AI agents for UI workflows (nova-act)

2025-12-09

16 new actions, 2 new resources

Additions

    Actions
  • CreateAct
    • Description:  Grants permission to create a new AI task (act) within a session that can interact with tools and perform specific actions
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • CreateSession
    • Description:  Grants permission to create a new session context within a workflow run to manage conversation state and acts
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • CreateWorkflowDefinition
    • Description:  Grants permission to create a new workflow definition template that can be used to execute multiple workflow runs
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

  • CreateWorkflowRun
    • Description:  Grants permission to create a new execution instance of a workflow definition with specified parameters
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

  • DeleteWorkflowDefinition
    • Description:  Grants permission to delete a workflow definition and all associated resources
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

  • DeleteWorkflowRun
    • Description:  Grants permission to terminate and clean up a workflow run, stopping all associated acts and sessions
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • GetWorkflowDefinition
    • Description:  Grants permission to retrieve details and configuration of a specific workflow definition
    • Access:  Read
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

  • GetWorkflowRun
    • Description:  Grants permission to retrieve the current state, configuration, and execution details of a workflow run
    • Access:  Read
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • InvokeActStep
    • Description:  Grants permission to execute the next step of an act, processing tool call results and returning new tool calls if needed
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • ListActs
    • Description:  Grants permission to list all acts within a specific session with their current status and execution details
    • Access:  Read
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

  • ListModels
    • Description:  Grants permission to list all available AI models that can be used for workflow execution, including their status and compatibility information
    • Access:  Read
  • ListSessions
    • Description:  Grants permission to list all sessions within a specific workflow run
    • Access:  Read
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • ListWorkflowDefinitions
    • Description:  Grants permission to list all workflow definitions in your account with optional filtering and pagination
    • Access:  List
  • ListWorkflowRuns
    • Description:  Grants permission to list all workflow runs for a specific workflow definition with optional filtering and pagination
    • Access:  List
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

  • UpdateAct
    • Description:  Grants permission to update an existing act's configuration, status, or error information
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

  • UpdateWorkflowRun
    • Description:  Grants permission to update the configuration or state of an active workflow run
    • Access:  Write
    • Resources: 

      Name: workflow-definition

      Required: Yes

      Name: workflow-run

      Required: Yes

    Resources
  • workflow-definition
    • Arn:  arn:${Partition}:nova-act:${Region}:${Account}:workflow-definition/${WorkflowDefinitionName}
  • workflow-run
    • Arn:  arn:${Partition}:nova-act:${Region}:${Account}:workflow-definition/${WorkflowDefinitionName}/workflow-run/${WorkflowRunId}