Claude Code /setup-bedrock — Set Up Your AWS Bedrock Connection

Sometimes your company has standardized its cloud on AWS, or security policy requires using models through an internal cloud rather than an external API. /setup-bedrock is the setup command that connects Claude Code to Amazon Bedrock in these cases.

Definition (what it is)

/setup-bedrock is a command that configures the connection to Amazon Bedrock (AWS's AI model hosting service). It applies only to users in this environment.

Bedrock is a service from Amazon that lets you call various AI models from the cloud. If your company uses an AWS environment, you can have Claude Code operate through Bedrock instead of calling models directly. Because it requires credentials (cloud access permission information) and region (the geographic location where the data center sits) settings, it falls under the advanced category.

How to use it (by level)

Basic — Configure the Bedrock connection

Type this in the input box.

/setup-bedrock

This starts the procedure for setting Bedrock authentication and region. Follow the guidance and enter your AWS credentials and the region to use, and the connection is configured. Credentials differ per person, so enter your own values issued by your company in place. For example, you fill in the fields like this.

AWS Access Key ID: <issued_access_key>
AWS Secret Access Key: <issued_secret_key>
Region: <region_to_use_e.g._ap-northeast-2>

Common pitfalls

• This command applies only to users in a Bedrock environment. If you're using a personal account for general use, there's no need to set it up.
• Credentials are sensitive information like a password. Be careful not to expose them externally via screenshots or notes. The <...> parts in the example above are just placeholders; the actual values must be handled securely per your company's security procedures.
• Specifying the wrong region can prevent connection or make it slow. Verify the region value your company designated and enter it accurately.

Real-world example

It fits well for teams whose security rules forbid data leaving for external services and whose infrastructure is all on AWS. Connect via Bedrock with /setup-bedrock, and you can use Claude Code as-is while honoring company policy.

Taking it further

If you're on a Google Cloud environment, there's a separate /setup-vertex that works the same way. Viewing it alongside /config, which handles overall settings, is great for checking and tidying the connection state that fits your team's environment. If you get credentials and region info from your cloud administrator in advance before the full setup, you can finish in one go.

Wrap-up

/setup-bedrock is the setup command that connects Claude Code to Amazon Bedrock (for users in that environment only). Match authentication and region to your company's AWS policy, and you can keep working as-is while honoring security rules. The key is to use your own values, not placeholders, for credentials, and to handle them so they aren't exposed.

Based on Claude Code v2.1.154 (2026.05)