Native Amazon Bedrock integration for GitHub Copilot Chat using AWS named profiles. Brings Claude, Llama, and Mistral models into your editor with streaming, function calling, and vision support.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
A VSCode extension to use Amazon Bedrock in Copilot Chat using AWS named profiles.
Features
Native Amazon Bedrock Integration: Access Claude, Opus, DeepSeek, OpenAI OSS, and other models directly in GitHub Copilot Chat
AWS Profile Support: Uses AWS named profiles from your ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config files
Streaming Support: Real-time streaming responses for faster feedback
Function Calling: Full support for tool/function calling capabilities
Vision Support: Work with models that support image inputs
Cross-Region Inference: Automatic support for cross-region inference profiles
Prompt Caching: Automatic caching of system prompts, tool definitions, and conversation history for faster responses and reduced costs (Claude and Nova models)
Prerequisites
Visual Studio Code version 1.104.0 or higher
GitHub Copilot subscription
AWS credentials configured in ~/.aws/credentials or ~/.aws/config
Access to Amazon Bedrock in your AWS account
Installation
Install the extension from the VSCode marketplace
Configure your AWS credentials if you haven't already:
Run the "Manage Amazon Bedrock Provider" command to select your AWS profile and region
Configuration
Setting up AWS Profiles
This extension uses AWS named profiles from your AWS configuration files. You can:
Use the default AWS credentials chain (no profile selected)
Select a specific named profile from your AWS configuration
To configure:
Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+P)
Run "Manage Amazon Bedrock Provider"
Choose "Set AWS Profile" to select from your available profiles
Choose "Set Region" to select your preferred AWS region
Available Regions
US East (N. Virginia) - us-east-1
US East (Ohio) - us-east-2
US West (Oregon) - us-west-2
Asia Pacific (Mumbai) - ap-south-1
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) - ap-northeast-1
Asia Pacific (Seoul) - ap-northeast-2
Asia Pacific (Singapore) - ap-southeast-1
Asia Pacific (Sydney) - ap-southeast-2
Canada (Central) - ca-central-1
Europe (Frankfurt) - eu-central-1
Europe (Ireland) - eu-west-1
Europe (London) - eu-west-2
Europe (Paris) - eu-west-3
South America (São Paulo) - sa-east-1
Usage
Once configured, Bedrock models will appear in GitHub Copilot Chat's model selector. Simply:
Open GitHub Copilot Chat
Click on the model selector
Choose a Bedrock model (they will be labeled with "Amazon Bedrock")
Start chatting!
Supported Models
The extension automatically filters and displays only models that support tool calling (function calling), which is essential for GitHub Copilot Chat features like @workspace, @terminal, and other integrations.
Supported Model Families
Anthropic Claude:
Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 4
Claude Opus 4.1 and Claude Opus 4
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Haiku (legacy)
Claude 3 family: Opus, Sonnet, Haiku (legacy)
OpenAI OSS:
gpt-oss-120b (120B parameters, near o4-mini performance)
gpt-oss-20b (20B parameters, optimized for edge deployment)
Amazon Nova:
Nova Premier, Nova Pro, Nova Lite, Nova Micro
Meta Llama:
Llama 3.1 and later (8B, 70B, 405B variants)
Llama 3.2 (11B, 90B)
Llama 4 (Scout, Maverick)
Mistral AI:
Mistral Large and Mistral Large 2
Mistral Small
Pixtral Large
Cohere:
Command R and Command R+
AI21 Labs:
Jamba 1.5 Large and Jamba 1.5 Mini
Writer:
Palmyra X4 and Palmyra X5
DeepSeek:
DeepSeek models (via Amazon Bedrock when available)
Models Automatically Excluded
The following models are filtered out as they don't support the Converse API tool use feature:
Amazon Titan Text (legacy models)
Stability AI models (image generation only)
AI21 Jurassic 2
Meta Llama 2 and Llama 3.0
All embedding models (Titan Embed, Cohere Embed)
Troubleshooting
Models not showing up
Verify your AWS credentials are correctly configured
Check that you've selected the correct AWS profile and region
Ensure your AWS account has access to Bedrock in the selected region
Check the "Bedrock Chat" output channel for error messages
Authentication errors
Verify your AWS credentials are valid and not expired
Check that your IAM user/role has the necessary Bedrock permissions:
