Steps to use Anthropic models on AWS Bedrock

  1. Sign into your AWS account

  2. Visit the Model catalog

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  3. Click on [Model name] (e.g. Claude Sonnet 4.5)

    1. Copy the model id

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  4. Create a new IAM User

    1. Name the user “UserfrontBedrockUser”

    2. Leave ”Provide user access to the AWS Management Console” unchecked

    3. Click Next

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    4. Attach policies directly, select the AmazonBedrockLimitedAccess policy; Click Next

    5. Click Create User

  5. Create an access key for the new IAM User

    1. Click on the User’s name ( UserfrontBedrockUser ),

    2. Select the Security Credentials tab, Click Create access key

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    3. Select Application running outside AWS ; Click Next

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    4. Add a description of userfront-ai-portal ; Click Create access key

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    5. Copy down the Access key and Secret access key ; Click Done

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