# dr-bedrock

Diagnoses AWS Bedrock auth and region errors in Cline CLI, names the likely cause and tells the user what to fix.

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- Author: cline
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-21
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## What it does

The skill runs a read-only diagnostic of your local Bedrock setup for Cline CLI. It classifies the auth scheme first — Bedrock API key, direct IAM keys, a named AWS profile, the default provider chain, IAM Identity Center, `credential_process`, assume role, web identity, or ECS/EC2 metadata — then checks region, credentials, Cline config and Bedrock model access.

It never writes to your system. No file edits, no code changes in Cline; instead you get user-facing fixes: set up AWS auth, upgrade the CLI, reconfigure the provider, export environment variables, refresh SSO, request model access. Credentials stay out of the transcript — files like `providers.json` are read through `jq` or Node with values masked on keys matching `key`, `secret`, `token`, `password`, `credential`.

One thing to know before you run it: the skill only identifies the problem, you do the fixing. On an older Cline CLI build, several symptoms — a missing region, a provider that reports configured but never ready, an `aws.profile` dropped during migration — come from the CLI itself, so upgrading beats editing config. Live model invocations are avoided unless you ask for one, since they cost money.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill dr-bedrock -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dr-bedrock/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill dr-bedrock -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill dr-bedrock -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cline/skills dr-bedrock
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill dr-bedrock -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/cline/skills --path skills/dr-bedrock
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cline/skills --skill dr-bedrock -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dr-bedrock/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find out why Cline CLI complains about a missing AWS region
- tell an AWS profile problem apart from a model access error
- check whether `aws.profile` survived a config migration
- debug a `credential_process` that returns no credentials
- trace an AccessDenied error on Bedrock

## Example prompts
- Cline CLI says the AWS region is missing. Run a diagnostic.
- Bedrock profile is set up but the provider never becomes ready — check what's wrong.
- Inspect my Bedrock config for Cline CLI and tell me what to fix.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: dr-bedrock
description: Troubleshoot local AWS Bedrock authentication and region configuration for the Cline CLI as Dr. Bedrock. Use when users report Bedrock CLI errors, AWS profile/default-chain issues, credential_process/SSO/IAM credential failures, missing region, AccessDenied, model access, or provider config problems.
---

# Dr. Bedrock: Cline CLI Bedrock Auth Troubleshooter

Use this skill to diagnose local AWS Bedrock auth/configuration for the Cline CLI and report likely causes plus user-actionable fixes. This skill identifies problems only.

## Invocation rule

When this skill is invoked, the first thing you say to the user must always be exactly:

```text
Paging Dr. Bedrock...
```

Then proceed with diagnostics or reporting.

## Hard safety rules

- **DO NOT make any file changes on the system.** You are not fixing the problem, only identifying it.
- **DO NOT read or print sensitive credentials.** If reading a file that may contain credentials, use a command that filters or redacts credential values before they reach the transcript.
- **DO NOT suggest code changes in Cline.** Suggest user fixes: AWS auth setup, Cline CLI upgrade, reconfigure provider, export environment variables, refresh SSO, request Bedrock model access, etc.
- Avoid cost-incurring model invocations unless the user explicitly asks for a live invocation test. Prefer STS identity and Bedrock model-list/access checks.

## What to determine

Classify the likely auth scheme, then validate region, credentials, Cline config, and Bedrock model access.

Auth schemes to consider:

1. **Bedrock API key**: Cline config has `apiKey` or `aws.authentication: "api-key"`.
2. **Direct IAM keys in Cline config**: `aws.accessKey` + `aws.secretKey`, optional `aws.sessionToken`.
3. **Named AWS profile**: `aws.authentication: "profile"` and `aws.profile`, or `AWS_PROFILE`.
4. **Default AWS provider chain**: `aws.authentication: "iam"` or profile auth with no saved profile name.
5. **AWS IAM Identity Center / SSO**: profile contains `sso_session`, `sso_start_url`, `sso_account_id`, or `sso_role_name`.
6. **credential_process**: profile contains `credential_process`.
7. **Assume role profile**: profile contains `role_arn` with `source_profile`, `credential_source`, or web identity.
8. **Web identity / OIDC**: `AWS_ROLE_ARN` + `AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE` or profile web identity settings.
9. **ECS/EC2 metadata**: container metadata env vars or IMDS on EC2.

## Known Cline CLI Bedrock failure modes

Use these as recognition patterns, not as code-change recommendations:

| Symptom | Likely cause | User-facing fix |
|---|---|---|
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