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SystemContentBlock - Amazon Bedrock

SystemContentBlock

Contains configurations for instructions to provide the model for how to handle input. To learn more, see Using the Converse API.

Contents

Important

This data type is a UNION, so only one of the following members can be specified when used or returned.

guardContent

A content block to assess with the guardrail. Use with the Converse or ConverseStream API operations.

For more information, see Use a guardrail with the Converse API.

Type: GuardrailConverseContentBlock object

Note: This object is a Union. Only one member of this object can be specified or returned.

Required: No

text

A system prompt for the model.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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