AWS Bedrock Bridge for Copilot Chat
AWS Bedrock Bridge is a premium, high-performance VS Code extension that enables secure, direct access to Amazon Bedrock models inside GitHub Copilot Chat.
Use state-of-the-art models like Anthropic Claude 3.7 / 3.5, Meta Llama 3.3, Amazon Nova, and DeepSeek-R1 without leaving your local coding environment.
Key Features
- ⚡ Real-time Native Streaming: Built on the AWS Converse API with streaming support. Responses appear block-by-block instantly.
- 🛡️ Enterprise Security: All code context, prompts, and completions stay securely within your own AWS account boundary, honoring your IAM policies and data residency choices.
- 🌐 Dynamic Multi-Region & Inference Profiles: Supports standard regional foundation models alongside cross-region inference profiles (e.g.
us., apac., global.) for maximum throughput and low latency.
- 🛠️ Model Access Verification: Includes a built-in dashboard command to probe model permissions, verifying which models are enabled in your region with full error tracebacks.
- ⚙️ Custom Model Declarations: Manually configure custom model IDs, ARNs, or private provisioned throughput profiles directly inside your VS Code settings.
- 🔌 Native Tool & Function Calling: Integrates with Copilot's tool framework for multi-step tasks.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
- VS Code: Version
1.104.0 or later with GitHub Copilot Chat installed.
- AWS Account: Configured with AWS IAM credentials/profiles (e.g., standard IAM User, SSO credentials, or environment variables) that have Bedrock access.
Configuration
Open your VS Code Settings (Ctrl+, or Cmd+,) and search for AWS Bedrock Bridge to configure your options:
{
"aws-bedrock.region": "ap-south-1",
"aws-bedrock.awsProfile": "my-sso-profile",
"aws-bedrock.customModels": [
"us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0",
{
"modelId": "my-custom-imported-model-id",
"displayName": "My Custom Model",
"contextLength": 200000,
"maxOutputTokens": 8192,
"supportsVision": true,
"supportsToolCalling": true
}
]
}
Enable Models in Copilot Chat
- Open the Language Models settings page by opening the command palette (
Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and selecting Show Language Models.
- Find the models registered under the AWS Bedrock Bridge provider.
- Check the checkboxes next to the models you want to use.
- Open the Copilot Chat model selection dropdown—your checked models (marked with
🟢 for tested accessible status) will be ready for selection!
Extension Commands
Access the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and run:
$(settings-gear) Manage AWS Bedrock Bridge: Open the interactive setup dashboard to configure authentication profiles, regions, and view status.$(dashboard) Test AWS Bedrock Model Access: Probe each Bedrock model using a lightweight check, flagging active (🟢), legacy/disabled (🔴), or error (🟡) states with full tracebacks.$(output) Show AWS Bedrock Bridge Logs: Open the output log channel for debug trace messages.
License & Credits
