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Overview

AWS Bedrock LLM service provides access to Amazon’s foundation models including Anthropic Claude and Amazon Nova, with streaming responses, function calling, and multimodal capabilities through Amazon’s managed AI service.

API Reference

Complete API documentation and method details

AWS Bedrock Docs

Official AWS Bedrock documentation and features

Example Code

Working example with function calling

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Installation

To use AWS Bedrock services, install the required dependencies: 
pip install "pipecat-ai[aws]"
You’ll also need to set up your AWS credentials as environment variables:
  • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  • AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (if using temporary credentials)
  • AWS_REGION (defaults to “us-east-1”)
Set up an IAM user with Amazon Bedrock access in your AWS account to obtain credentials.

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Frames

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Input

  • OpenAILLMContextFrame - Conversation context and history
  • LLMMessagesFrame - Direct message list
  • VisionImageRawFrame - Images for vision processing
  • LLMUpdateSettingsFrame - Runtime parameter updates

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Output

  • LLMFullResponseStartFrame / LLMFullResponseEndFrame - Response boundaries
  • LLMTextFrame - Streamed completion chunks
  • FunctionCallInProgressFrame / FunctionCallResultFrame - Function call lifecycle
  • ErrorFrame - API or processing errors

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Function Calling

Function Calling Guide

Learn how to implement function calling with standardized schemas, register handlers, manage context properly, and control execution flow in your conversational AI applications.

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Context Management

Context Management Guide

Learn how to manage conversation context, handle message history, and integrate context aggregators for consistent conversational experiences.

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Usage Example

import os
from pipecat.services.aws.llm import AWSBedrockLLMService
from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
from pipecat.adapters.schemas.function_schema import FunctionSchema
from pipecat.adapters.schemas.tools_schema import ToolsSchema

# Configure the service
llm = AWSBedrockLLMService(
    aws_region="us-west-2",
    model="us.anthropic.claude-3-5-haiku-20241022-v1:0",
    params=AWSBedrockLLMService.InputParams(
        temperature=0.7,
    )
)

# Define function for tool calling
weather_function = FunctionSchema(
    name="get_current_weather",
    description="Get current weather information",
    properties={
        "location": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "City and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
        },
        "format": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
            "description": "Temperature unit to use"
        }
    },
    required=["location", "format"]
)

tools = ToolsSchema(standard_tools=[weather_function])

# Register function handler
async def get_current_weather(params):
    location = params.arguments["location"]
    format_type = params.arguments["format"]
    result = {"conditions": "sunny", "temperature": "75", "unit": format_type}
    await params.result_callback(result)

llm.register_function("get_current_weather", get_current_weather)

# Create context with system message
messages = [
    {
        "role": "system",
        "content": "You are a helpful assistant with access to weather information."
    }
]

context = OpenAILLMContext(messages, tools)
context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)

# Use in pipeline
pipeline = Pipeline([
    transport.input(),
    stt,
    context_aggregator.user(),    # Handles user messages
    llm,                          # Processes with AWS Bedrock
    tts,
    transport.output(),
    context_aggregator.assistant() # Captures responses
])

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Metrics

The service provides comprehensive AWS Bedrock metrics:
  • Time to First Byte (TTFB) - Latency from request to first response token
  • Processing Duration - Total request processing time
  • Token Usage - Input tokens, output tokens, and total usage
Learn how to enable Metrics in your Pipeline.

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Additional Notes

  • Streaming Responses: All responses are streamed for low latency
  • Context Persistence: Use context aggregators to maintain conversation history
  • Error Handling: Automatic retry logic for rate limits and transient errors
  • Message Format: Automatically converts between OpenAI and AWS Bedrock message formats
  • Performance Modes: Choose “standard” or “optimized” latency based on your needs
  • Regional Availability: Different models available in different AWS regions
  • Vision Support: Image processing available with compatible models like Claude 3