Claude Code in Vertex, Bedrock

AI Provider Expansion

Use Claude through your preferred cloud provider like Claude on Vertex AI (Google Cloud) or Amazon Bedrock

How to configure:

1. Open Settings > AI Providers > Claude Agent

2. Scroll to the Environment Variables section

3. Add the required variables for your provider:

For Google Vertex AI:

Variable	Value
CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX	1
CLOUD_ML_REGION	global (or a specific region like us-east5)
ANTHROPIC_VERTEX_PROJECT_ID	Your GCP project ID

Prerequisites: Enable the Vertex AI API in your GCP project, request access to Claude models in the Model Garden, and authenticate via gcloud auth application-default login.

For Amazon Bedrock:

Variable	Value
CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK	1
AWS_REGION	us-east-1 (or your preferred region)

Prerequisites: Enable Bedrock access in your AWS account, request access to Claude models, and configure AWS credentials (via AWS CLI, environment variables, or SSO profile).

Benefits:

• Use existing cloud credentials and billing

• Meet enterprise compliance requirements

• Choose the provider that fits your infrastructure

• No separate Anthropic API key required