Claude with Amazon Bedrock
by Anthropic
Anthropic's free developer course for building Claude apps on Amazon Bedrock with boto3, from prompt evals and tool use to RAG, MCP and agents.
Overview
Claude with Amazon Bedrock is a free course on Anthropic Academy, Anthropic's Skilljar training site, on building Claude applications through Amazon Bedrock. Anthropic created it for an accreditation program for AWS employees and made the full course public. The curriculum has 10 sections and roughly 83 lesson items with videos, quizzes and exercises. After an introduction and setup, it covers working with the API through boto3 (multi-turn chat, system prompts, temperature, streaming and structured data), prompt evaluations (eval workflows, generating test datasets, model-based and code-based grading) and prompt engineering (clear instructions, specific guidelines, XML tags and examples). Tool use covers tool functions defined with JSON Schema, multi-tool and batch calls, structured extraction and the text editor tool. The RAG section covers chunking, embeddings, BM25 and hybrid search, reranking and contextual retrieval. Later sections cover Claude features (extended thinking, image and PDF input, citations, prompt caching), Model Context Protocol clients, servers, tools, resources and prompts, and agents: Claude Code setup, parallel development, automated debugging and Computer Use. The course closes with a final assessment. Skilljar issues certificates for it; one verified certificate is dated April 30, 2026. Prerequisites are Python proficiency and basic familiarity with AWS and Bedrock.
At a Glance
- Topic
- Agentic
- Level
- Intermediate
- Format
- Course
- Cost
- Free
- Duration
- About 83 lesson items in 10 sections, self-paced; Anthropic gives no official length and a third-party guide says developer courses run longer than the 1-3 hour norm depending on exercises
- Provider
- Anthropic
- Hands-on
- Yes — code/exercises
- Certificate
- Available
What You’ll Learn
- ✓Call Claude on Bedrock through boto3 with system prompts, streaming and multi-turn chat
- ✓Build prompt evaluations with generated test sets and model-based and code-based graders
- ✓Define custom tools with JSON Schema and handle multi-tool and batch tool calls
- ✓Build a RAG pipeline with chunking, embeddings, BM25 hybrid search, reranking and contextual retrieval
- ✓Use extended thinking, image and PDF input, citations and prompt caching on Bedrock
- ✓Implement MCP servers and clients exposing tools, resources and prompts
- ✓Use Claude Code for parallel development and automated debugging, and try Computer Use
Highlights
- •Built for Anthropic's AWS employee accreditation program, then released to the public in full
- •Covers the whole path from a first boto3 call to RAG, MCP and agents in one course
- •Prompt evaluation is taught before prompt engineering, so you measure changes before making them
- •Free, with a final assessment and a completion certificate issued through Skilljar
- •The RAG section goes past basic vector search to BM25 hybrid search, reranking and contextual retrieval
Who It’s For
Best For
- ✓Backend and full-stack developers shipping Claude features inside an AWS account
- ✓ML and DevOps engineers standardising on Bedrock as their model gateway
- ✓Solutions architects who need a single structured pass over Claude's Bedrock feature set
Prerequisites
- •Proficiency in Python
- •A basic understanding of AWS services and Amazon Bedrock, plus an AWS account with Bedrock model access to run the exercises
FAQ
What is Claude with Amazon Bedrock?
Claude with Amazon Bedrock is a free Anthropic Academy course for backend, ML and DevOps engineers who call Claude through AWS. Anthropic built it for an accreditation program for AWS employees and published it in full. It covers the Bedrock API, prompt evaluations, tool use, RAG, prompt caching, MCP and Claude Code, and ends with a final assessment and a completion certificate.
Is Claude with Amazon Bedrock free?
Claude with Amazon Bedrock is free to access.
What level is Claude with Amazon Bedrock for?
Claude with Amazon Bedrock is aimed at a intermediate audience. Recommended background: Proficiency in Python, A basic understanding of AWS services and Amazon Bedrock, plus an AWS account with Bedrock model access to run the exercises.
How long does Claude with Amazon Bedrock take?
Expect roughly About 83 lesson items in 10 sections, self-paced; Anthropic gives no official length and a third-party guide says developer courses run longer than the 1-3 hour norm depending on exercises. Most learners work through it at their own pace.
What will I learn from Claude with Amazon Bedrock?
You'll learn: Call Claude on Bedrock through boto3 with system prompts, streaming and multi-turn chat; Build prompt evaluations with generated test sets and model-based and code-based graders; Define custom tools with JSON Schema and handle multi-tool and batch tool calls; Build a RAG pipeline with chunking, embeddings, BM25 hybrid search, reranking and contextual retrieval; Use extended thinking, image and PDF input, citations and prompt caching on Bedrock; Implement MCP servers and clients exposing tools, resources and prompts; Use Claude Code for parallel development and automated debugging, and try Computer Use.
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