global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-5is the latest Sonnet model (Claude Sonnet 5).global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0is good for most use cases and supports image input.us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0is Anthropic’s fastest model.
Installation
Authentication
AWS Claude supports two authentication methods:Method 1: Access Key and Secret Key (Recommended)
Set yourAWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_REGION environment variables.
Get your keys from here.
Method 2: Boto3 Session
Use a pre-configured boto3 Session for advanced authentication scenarios:The authentication methods are checked in this order: Session → Access Key/Secret Key. The first available method will be used. AWS Bedrock API key authentication (
AWS_BEDROCK_API_KEY) is not currently supported and raises an error if set.Example
UseClaude with your Agent:
View more examples here.
Parameters
Claude (AWS) extends the Anthropic Claude model with AWS Bedrock integration and has access to most of the same parameters.