Vertex AI Setup

In the next video we will be making a request to Vertex AI in order to call a Claude model. To do so, you need to go through a little bit of setup.

Step One: Ensure Anthropic models are enabled in Vertex

• In your browser, navigate to https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/dashboard
• In the left hand nav, click on 'Model Garden'

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• In the 'Search models' box, enter 'Anthropic'

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• Click on the model that you want to use.

Step Two: Enable the Model

• Once you've found the model you want to use, you may need to enable it. On the model information page, click the 'Enable' button
• If you don't see an 'Enable' button then you already have access to the model

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Step Three: Install the gcloud CLI

If you don't already have the gcloud CLI installed, follow the directions here to install and authenticate with the CLI: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install

Step Four: Login and set up authentication with the gcloud CLI

If you have not already logged in to the gcloud CLI, do so by running:

gcloud init
gcloud auth login

Then, set your project ID and set your default credentials:

gcloud config set project YOUR_PROJECT_ID
gcloud auth application-default login

That's it! The Anthropic SDK will automatically use these credentials when attempting to access Vertex.