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AWS Bedrock for Beginners

Access Claude, Llama, and Titan through Amazon Bedrock. No machine learning experience needed.

60 min

total

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free

always

Learn to use Amazon Bedrock to access AI models like Claude, Llama, and Titan through the AWS console and SDK. No ML experience needed.

who it's for: Anyone with an AWS account who wants to use AI models without managing infrastructure.

what you leave with: A working Python app that calls Bedrock, plus the knowledge to choose the right model for your use case and manage costs.

lessons

What Is Amazon Bedrock?

10 min

What Bedrock does, how it fits in AWS, why it matters. Think of it as a drive-through window for AI models.

activity

Open the AWS console, find Bedrock, and explore the model catalog.

Your First Bedrock Prompt

10 min

Using the Bedrock playground in the AWS console. Type a prompt, get a response, no code required.

activity

Send 3 different prompts in the Bedrock playground and compare the responses.

Bedrock SDK Setup

10 min

Install boto3, configure credentials, make your first API call from Python.

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Install boto3, set up your credentials, and call Bedrock from a Python script.

Choosing the Right Model

10 min

Claude vs Titan vs Llama on Bedrock. When to use what, and how to think about the tradeoffs.

activity

Run the same prompt on 3 different models. Compare speed, quality, and cost.

Building a Simple App

10 min

Build a text summarizer app using Bedrock and Python. Real code, real results.

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Build a summarizer that takes an article URL and returns a 3-sentence summary.

Costs, Guardrails, and Next Steps

10 min

Pricing by model, content filters, monitoring usage, and where to go from here.

activity

Check your Bedrock usage in CloudWatch. Set up a billing alarm.

bonus: your starter prompt

paste this into ChatGPT or Claude and fill in the blanks.

You are an AWS Bedrock expert. I have an AWS account and Python installed. Help me [WHAT — set up credentials / call a model / build an app / compare models]. Explain like I've never used Bedrock before. Show me the exact boto3 code.

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