Amazon Nova

aid: amazon-nova
name: Amazon Nova
description: 'Amazon Nova is a new generation of state-of-the-art foundation models from Amazon that deliver a compelling
  combination of accuracy, speed, and cost efficiency. Amazon Nova models are accessible through Amazon Bedrock and support
  text, image, video, speech understanding and generation across a range of model types: Nova Premier (1M context), Nova Pro,
  Nova Lite, Nova Micro (text-only), Nova Canvas (image generation), Nova Reel (video generation), and Nova Sonic (speech).'
type: Index
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  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-nova.png
tags:
- Amazon Web Services
- Foundation Models
- Generative AI
- Image Generation
- Machine Learning
- Multi-Modal
- Speech
- Video Generation
tags_raw:
- AWS
- Foundation Models
- Generative AI
- Image Generation
- Machine Learning
- Multimodal
- Speech
- Video Generation
- Image-Generation
- Machine-Learning
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-nova/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-09-01'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: amazon-nova:amazon-nova-api
  name: Amazon Nova API
  description: The Amazon Nova API provides programmatic access to Amazon Nova foundation models through Amazon Bedrock for
    text, image, and video generation, understanding, and reasoning tasks. Supports Nova Premier, Pro, Lite, Micro, Canvas,
    Reel, and Sonic models.
  humanUrl: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/what-is-nova.html
  baseUrl: https://bedrock-runtime.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Foundation Models
  - Generative AI
  - Multi-Modal
  tags_raw:
  - Foundation Models
  - Generative AI
  - Multimodal
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/what-is-nova.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_InvokeModel.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/getting-started.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/
- aid: amazon-nova:amazon-nova-async-api
  name: Amazon Nova Async API
  description: Asynchronous invocation for long-running Amazon Nova generation jobs, principally Amazon Nova Reel video generation.
    StartAsyncInvoke returns an invocationArn, GetAsyncInvoke polls it, and output media is written to a caller-owned Amazon
    S3 bucket. clientRequestToken carries the only idempotency contract in the Amazon Nova surface.
  humanUrl: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_StartAsyncInvoke.html
  baseUrl: https://bedrock-runtime.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Async
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-nova-async-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-nova:amazon-nova-inference-api
  name: Amazon Nova Inference API
  description: Synchronous and streaming inference against the Amazon Nova understanding and generation models through the
    Amazon Bedrock Runtime endpoint — InvokeModel, InvokeModelWithResponseStream, Converse and ConverseStream. Requests are
    AWS SigV4-signed or authenticated with an Amazon Bedrock API key.
  humanUrl: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_Converse.html
  baseUrl: https://bedrock-runtime.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Inference
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-nova-inference-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/amazon-nova-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/amazon-nova-capability-edges.yml
  name: Amazon Nova Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-nova-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-nova-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-nova-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-nova-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-nova-authentication.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/nova/
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/nova/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_Operations_Amazon_Bedrock_Runtime.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/nova/latest/userguide/getting-started.html
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/
- type: Security
  url: https://vdp.aws.security/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-lifecycle.html
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/amazon-nova-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-nova-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-nova-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-nova-security.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/amazon-nova-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/amazon-nova-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-nova-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-nova-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/amazon-nova-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-nova-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/amazon-nova-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/amazon-nova-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/amazon-nova-changelog.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/amazon-nova-cli.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/amazon-nova-sandbox.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/amazon-nova-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/amazon-nova-events.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/amazon-nova-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/amazon-nova-rate-limits.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-nova-inference-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-nova-async-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Multiple Model Types
    description: 'Seven specialized models: Nova Premier (1M context), Nova Pro, Nova Lite, Nova Micro (text), Nova Canvas
      (image), Nova Reel (video), Nova Sonic (speech).'
  - name: Multimodal Input
    description: Supports text, images, video, documents (PDF, CSV, DOCX, XLS, HTML), and speech as input modalities.
  - name: Long Context Windows
    description: Up to 1 million token context window in Nova Premier; 300k tokens in Nova Pro and Lite; 128k in Nova Micro.
  - name: Streaming Responses
    description: All understanding models support streaming for real-time interactive applications.
  - name: Batch Inference
    description: All understanding models support batch processing for high-volume offline workloads.
  - name: Fine-Tuning
    description: Nova Pro, Lite, and Micro support fine-tuning for domain-specific customization.
  - name: Model Distillation
    description: Nova Premier can serve as a teacher model for distillation into Pro, Lite, and Micro.
  - name: Bedrock Integration
    description: Natively integrated with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Agents, Guardrails, Evaluations, and Prompt Flows.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Interactive Chat Interfaces
    description: Build conversational AI applications with long context awareness using Nova Pro, Lite, or Micro.
  - name: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
    description: Enhance knowledge retrieval accuracy by combining Nova models with Bedrock Knowledge Bases.
  - name: Agentic Applications
    description: Build autonomous AI agents that reason and act using Nova models with Bedrock Agents.
  - name: Video and Document Analysis
    description: Analyze video content and complex documents (PDF, DOCX, XLS) with Nova Pro and Premier.
  - name: Image Generation and Editing
    description: Generate and edit high-quality images programmatically with Amazon Nova Canvas.
  - name: Video Generation
    description: Create short video clips from text or image prompts using Amazon Nova Reel.
  - name: Voice Assistants
    description: Build voice-enabled customer service and assistant applications with Nova Sonic speech model.
  - name: UI Workflow Automation
    description: Automate UI interactions and screen navigation workflows using Nova vision capabilities.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon Bedrock
    description: Primary access method; all Nova models are served through the Bedrock InvokeModel and InvokeModelWithResponseStream
      APIs.
  - name: Bedrock Knowledge Bases
    description: Connect Nova models to structured and unstructured data sources for RAG applications.
  - name: Bedrock Agents
    description: Orchestrate multi-step agentic workflows with tool use and memory using Nova as the reasoning engine.
  - name: Bedrock Guardrails
    description: Apply safety guardrails to Nova Premier, Pro, and Lite model outputs for content filtering.
  - name: Bedrock Prompt Flows
    description: Build visual prompt chaining workflows connecting Nova models with other services.
  - name: Bedrock Evaluations
    description: Evaluate Nova model performance on custom benchmarks and safety criteria.
  - name: Amazon S3
    description: Store and access training data, batch inference inputs/outputs, and generated media artifacts.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Control access to Nova model invocations through fine-grained IAM policies and Bedrock model access settings.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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