generated: '2026-09-01'
method: searched
source:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/bedrock-runtime/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/getting-started-api.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html
name: AWS CLI
note: >-
  There is no `nova` binary. Amazon Nova is driven from the AWS CLI's `bedrock-runtime` (data
  plane) and `bedrock` (control plane) command groups, which is also how the AWS MCP Server's
  call_aws / run_script tools reach Nova. The AWS CLI v2 additionally ships an `agent-toolkit`
  command group for installing AWS-published Agent Skills.
install:
- method: macos-pkg
  command: 'curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg" && sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /'
- method: linux
  command: 'curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip" && unzip awscliv2.zip && sudo ./aws/install'
- method: homebrew
  command: brew install awscli
commands:
- group: bedrock-runtime
  description: The Amazon Nova data plane — invoking models.
  commands:
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime invoke-model
    operation: invokeModel
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime invoke-model-with-response-stream
    operation: invokeModelWithResponseStream
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime converse
    operation: converse
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime converse-stream
    operation: converseStream
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime start-async-invoke
    operation: startAsyncInvoke
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime get-async-invoke
    operation: getAsyncInvoke
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime list-async-invokes
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime count-tokens
  - name: aws bedrock-runtime apply-guardrail
- group: bedrock
  description: Control plane — discovering Nova models and reading their lifecycle state.
  commands:
  - name: aws bedrock list-foundation-models
  - name: aws bedrock get-foundation-model
    note: Returns the modelLifecycle field (Active / Legacy / EOL).
- group: agent-toolkit
  description: Install and search AWS-published Agent Skills for coding agents.
  commands:
  - name: aws configure agent-toolkit
  - name: aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query nova
  - name: aws agent-toolkit install-skills
flows:
- name: Call Nova Pro with the Converse API
  command: 'aws bedrock-runtime converse --model-id amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 --messages ''[{"role":"user","content":[{"text":"Hello"}]}]'''
- name: Check whether a Nova model is Legacy before integrating
  command: aws bedrock get-foundation-model --model-identifier amazon.nova-premier-v1:0 --query modelDetails.modelLifecycle