diff --git a/R/provider-bedrock.R b/R/provider-bedrock.R
index a40d893a..bee4660a 100644
--- a/R/provider-bedrock.R
+++ b/R/provider-bedrock.R
@@ -7,37 +7,117 @@ NULL
 #' Chat with an AWS bedrock model
 #'
 #' @description
-#' [AWS Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/) provides a number of chat
-#' based models, including those Anthropic's
-#' [Claude](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/claude/).
+#' [AWS Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/) provides a number of
+#' language models, including those from Anthropic's
+#' [Claude](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/claude/), using the Bedrock
+#' [Converse API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_Converse.html).
+#' Although Ellmer provides a default model, you'll need to
+#' specify a model that you actually have access to using the `model` argument.
+#' If using [cross-region inference](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/getting-started-with-cross-region-inference-in-amazon-bedrock/), 
+#' you'll need to use the inference profile ID for 
+#' any model argument, e.g., `model="us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0"`.
+#' For examples of tool usage, asynchronous input, and other advanced features,
+#' visit the [vignettes](https://posit-dev.github.io/ellmer/vignettes/) section 
+#' of the repo.
 #'
 #' ## Authentication
-#' 
-#' Authenthication is handled through \{paws.common\}, so if authenthication
+#'
+#' Authentication is handled through \{paws.common\}, so if authentication
 #' does not work for you automatically, you'll need to follow the advice
 #' at <https://www.paws-r-sdk.com/#credentials>. In particular, if your
 #' org uses AWS SSO, you'll need to run `aws sso login` at the terminal.
 #'
 #' @param profile AWS profile to use.
+#' @param api_args Optional list of arguments passed to the Bedrock API. Use 
+#'   this to customize model behavior. Valid arguments are: `temperature`, 
+#'   `top_p`, `top_k`, `stop_sequences`, and `max_tokens`, though certain 
+#'   models may not support every parameter. Check the AWS Bedrock model 
+#'   documentation for specifics. Note that different model families 
+#'   (Claude, Nova, Llama, etc.) may natively use different parameter 
+#'   names for the same concept, e.g., max_tokens, max_new_tokens, or 
+#'   max_gen_len. However, Ellmer uses the parameter names above 
+#'   for consistency across all models, and the Converse API conveniently 
+#'   handles the mapping from these to the model-specific native 
+#'   parameter names.
+#' @param verbose Logical. When TRUE, prints AWS credentials, 
+#'   request and response headers/bodies for debugging.
 #' @inheritParams chat_openai
 #' @inherit chat_openai return
 #' @family chatbots
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #' \dontrun{
+#' # Basic usage
 #' chat <- chat_bedrock()
 #' chat$chat("Tell me three jokes about statisticians")
+#'
+#' # Using custom API parameters
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(
+#'   model = "us.meta.llama3-2-3b-instruct-v1:0",
+#'   api_args = list(
+#'     temperature = 0.7,
+#'     max_tokens = 2000
+#'   )
+#' )
+#'
+#' # Enable verbose output for debugging requests and responses
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(verbose = TRUE)
+#'
+#' # Custom system prompt with API parameters
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(
+#'   system_prompt = "You are a helpful data science assistant",
+#'   api_args = list(temperature = 0.5)
+#' )
+#' 
+#' # Use a non-default AWS profile in ~/.aws/credentials
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(profile = "my_profile_name")
+#'
+#' # Image interpretation when using a vision capable model
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(
+#'   model = "us.meta.llama3-2-11b-instruct-v1:0"
+#' )
+#' chat$chat(
+#'   "What's in this image?",
+#'   content_image_file("path/to/image.jpg")
+#' )
+#' 
+#' # The echo argument, "none", "text", and "all" determines whether
+#' # input and/or output is echoed to the console. Also of note, "none" uses a
+#' # non-streaming endpoint, whereas "text", "all", or TRUE uses a streaming endpoint.
+#' # You can use verbose=TRUE to verify which endpoint is used.
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(verbose = TRUE) 
+#' chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?")  # Streaming response
+#' resp <- chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?", echo = "none")  # Non-streaming response
+#' resp  # View response
+#' 
+#' # Use echo = "none" in the client constructor to suppress streaming response
+#' chat <- chat_bedrock(echo = "none")
+#' resp <- chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?")  # Non-streaming response
+#' resp  # View response
+#' chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?", echo=TRUE)  # Overrides client echo arg, uses streaming
+#' 
+#' # $stream returns a generator, requiring concatentation of the streamed responses.
+#' resp <- chat$stream("What is the capital of France?")  # resp is a generator object
+#' chunks <- coro::collect(resp)  # returns list of partial text responses
+#' complete_response <- paste(chunks, collapse="")  # Full text response, no echo
 #' }
 chat_bedrock <- function(system_prompt = NULL,
                          turns = NULL,
                          model = NULL,
                          profile = NULL,
-                         echo = NULL) {
+                         echo = NULL,
+                         api_args = NULL,
+                         verbose = FALSE) {
 
   check_installed("paws.common", "AWS authentication")
   cache <- aws_creds_cache(profile)
   credentials <- paws_credentials(profile, cache = cache)
 
+  # Validate api_args if present
+  if (!is.null(api_args)) {
+    validate_parameters(api_args, model)
+  }
+
   turns <- normalize_turns(turns, system_prompt)
   model <- set_default(model, "anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0")
   echo <- check_echo(echo)
@@ -47,7 +127,9 @@ chat_bedrock <- function(system_prompt = NULL,
     model = model,
     profile = profile,
     region = credentials$region,
-    cache = cache
+    cache = cache,
+    api_args = if (is.null(api_args)) list() else api_args,
+    verbose = verbose
   )
 
   Chat$new(provider = provider, turns = turns, echo = echo)
@@ -60,10 +142,41 @@ ProviderBedrock <- new_class(
     model = prop_string(),
     profile = prop_string(allow_null = TRUE),
     region = prop_string(),
-    cache = class_list
+    cache = class_list,
+    api_args = class_list,
+    verbose = class_logical
   )
 )
 
+validate_parameters <- function(api_args, model) {
+  # Check for unsupported parameters in Llama models
+  if (grepl("llama", model, ignore.case = TRUE)) {
+    if (!is.null(api_args$top_k)) {
+      cli::cli_abort("top_k parameter is not supported for Llama models")
+    }
+    if (!is.null(api_args$stop_sequences)) {
+      cli::cli_abort("stop_sequences parameter is not supported for Llama models")
+    }
+  }
+  
+  # Validate temperature
+  if (!is.null(api_args$temperature) && (api_args$temperature < 0 || api_args$temperature > 1)) {
+    cli::cli_abort("temperature must be a numeric value between 0 and 1, inclusive")
+  }
+  
+  # Validate top_p
+  if (!is.null(api_args$top_p) && (api_args$top_p < 0 || api_args$top_p > 1)) {
+    cli::cli_abort("top_p must be a numeric value between 0 and 1, inclusive")
+  }
+  
+  # Validate top_k
+  if (!is.null(api_args$top_k)) {
+    if (!is.numeric(api_args$top_k) || api_args$top_k <= 0 || api_args$top_k %% 1 != 0) {
+      cli::cli_abort("top_k must be a positive integer")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 method(chat_request, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider,
                                                   stream = TRUE,
                                                   turns = list(),
@@ -71,6 +184,11 @@ method(chat_request, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider,
                                                   type = NULL,
                                                   extra_args = list()) {
 
+  # Validate parameters if api_args are present
+  if (length(provider@api_args) > 0) {
+    validate_parameters(provider@api_args, provider@model)
+  }
+
   req <- request(paste0(
     "https://bedrock-runtime.", provider@region, ".amazonaws.com"
   ))
@@ -88,6 +206,16 @@ method(chat_request, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider,
     aws_session_token = creds$session_token
   )
 
+  if (provider@verbose) { 
+    cli::cli_h3("AWS Credentials")
+    cli::cli_alert_info(paste0("Profile: ", provider@profile, 
+    "; Key: ", paste0(creds$access_key_id), 
+    "; Secret: ", paste0(substr(creds$secret_access_key, 1, 2), 
+                        paste(rep("*", 4), collapse = "")), 
+    "; Session: ", creds$session_token, 
+    "; Region: ", provider@region)) 
+  }
+
   req <- req_error(req, body = function(resp) {
     body <- resp_body_json(resp)
     body$Message %||% body$message
@@ -123,16 +251,55 @@ method(chat_request, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider,
   }
 
   # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_Converse.html
-  req <- req_body_json(req, list(
+  # Build request body
+  body <- list(
     messages = messages,
     system = system,
     toolConfig = toolConfig
-  ))
+  )
+
+  # Add inference configuration from api_args if present
+  if (length(provider@api_args) > 0) {
+    inference_config <- list()
+    
+    # Convert snake_case parameters to camelCase for Converse API
+    if (!is.null(provider@api_args$max_tokens)) {
+      inference_config$maxTokens <- provider@api_args$max_tokens
+    }
+    if (!is.null(provider@api_args$temperature)) {
+      inference_config$temperature <- provider@api_args$temperature
+    }
+    if (!is.null(provider@api_args$top_p)) {
+      inference_config$topP <- provider@api_args$top_p
+    }
+    if (!is.null(provider@api_args$top_k)) {
+      inference_config$topK <- provider@api_args$top_k
+    }
+    if (!is.null(provider@api_args$stop_sequences)) {
+      inference_config$stopSequences <- provider@api_args$stop_sequences
+    }
+    
+    # Only add inferenceConfig if we have parameters
+    if (length(inference_config) > 0) {
+      body$inferenceConfig <- inference_config
+    }
+  }
+
+  req <- req_body_json(req, body)
+
+  if (provider@verbose) {
+    cli::cli_h3("Request Body")
+    cat(jsonlite::toJSON(body, auto_unbox = TRUE, pretty = TRUE), "\n")
+    req <- httr2::req_verbose(req)
+  }
 
-  req
+  return(req)
 }
 
 method(chat_resp_stream, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider, resp) {
+  if (provider@verbose) {
+    cli::cli_h3("Response Stream")
+  }
   resp_stream_aws(resp)
 }
 
@@ -145,15 +312,22 @@ method(stream_parse, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider, event) {
 
   body <- event$body
   body$event_type <- event$headers$`:event-type`
-  body$p <- NULL # padding?
+  body$p <- NULL # padding? Looks like: "p": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJ",
+
+  if (provider@verbose) {
+    cli::cli_h3("Response Chunk")
+    cat(jsonlite::toJSON(body, auto_unbox = TRUE, pretty = TRUE), "\n")
+  }
 
   body
 }
+
 method(stream_text, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider, event) {
   if (event$event_type == "contentBlockDelta") {
     event$delta$text
   }
 }
+
 method(stream_merge_chunks, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider, result, chunk) {
   i <- chunk$contentBlockIndex + 1
 
@@ -200,6 +374,12 @@ method(stream_merge_chunks, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider, result, chunk
 }
 
 method(value_turn, ProviderBedrock) <- function(provider, result, has_type = FALSE) {
+  # Print response if verbose mode is enabled
+  if (provider@verbose) {
+    cli::cli_h3("Response Body")
+    cat(jsonlite::toJSON(result, auto_unbox = TRUE, pretty = TRUE), "\n")
+  }
+
   contents <- lapply(result$output$message$content, function(content) {
     if (has_name(content, "text")) {
       ContentText(content$text)
@@ -310,7 +490,7 @@ paws_credentials <- function(profile, cache = aws_creds_cache(profile),
       creds <- locate_aws_credentials(profile),
       error = function(cnd) {
         if (is_testing()) {
-          testthat::skip("Failed to locate AWS credentails")
+          testthat::skip("Failed to locate AWS credentials")
         }
         cli::cli_abort("No IAM credentials found.", parent = cnd)
       }
diff --git a/man/chat_bedrock.Rd b/man/chat_bedrock.Rd
index 0ea1f062..45496451 100644
--- a/man/chat_bedrock.Rd
+++ b/man/chat_bedrock.Rd
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ chat_bedrock(
   turns = NULL,
   model = NULL,
   profile = NULL,
-  echo = NULL
+  echo = NULL,
+  api_args = NULL,
+  verbose = FALSE
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -34,17 +36,41 @@ the console).
 }
 
 Note this only affects the \code{chat()} method.}
+
+\item{api_args}{Optional list of arguments passed to the Bedrock API. Use
+this to customize model behavior. Valid arguments are: \code{temperature},
+\code{top_p}, \code{top_k}, \code{stop_sequences}, and \code{max_tokens}, though certain
+models may not support every parameter. Check the AWS Bedrock model
+documentation for specifics. Note that different model families
+(Claude, Nova, Llama, etc.) may natively use different parameter
+names for the same concept, e.g., max_tokens, max_new_tokens, or
+max_gen_len. However, Ellmer uses the parameter names above
+for consistency across all models, and the Converse API conveniently
+handles the mapping from these to the model-specific native
+parameter names.}
+
+\item{verbose}{Logical. When TRUE, prints AWS credentials,
+request and response headers/bodies for debugging.}
 }
 \value{
 A \link{Chat} object.
 }
 \description{
-\href{https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/}{AWS Bedrock} provides a number of chat
-based models, including those Anthropic's
-\href{https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/claude/}{Claude}.
+\href{https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/}{AWS Bedrock} provides a number of
+language models, including those from Anthropic's
+\href{https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/claude/}{Claude}, using the Bedrock
+\href{https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_Converse.html}{Converse API}.
+Although Ellmer provides a default model, you'll need to
+specify a model that you actually have access to using the \code{model} argument.
+If using \href{https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/getting-started-with-cross-region-inference-in-amazon-bedrock/}{cross-region inference},
+you'll need to use the inference profile ID for
+any model argument, e.g., \code{model="us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0"}.
+For examples of tool usage, asynchronous input, and other advanced features,
+visit the \href{https://posit-dev.github.io/ellmer/vignettes/}{vignettes} section
+of the repo.
 \subsection{Authentication}{
 
-Authenthication is handled through \{paws.common\}, so if authenthication
+Authentication is handled through \{paws.common\}, so if authentication
 does not work for you automatically, you'll need to follow the advice
 at \url{https://www.paws-r-sdk.com/#credentials}. In particular, if your
 org uses AWS SSO, you'll need to run \verb{aws sso login} at the terminal.
@@ -52,8 +78,59 @@ org uses AWS SSO, you'll need to run \verb{aws sso login} at the terminal.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
+# Basic usage
 chat <- chat_bedrock()
 chat$chat("Tell me three jokes about statisticians")
+
+# Using custom API parameters
+chat <- chat_bedrock(
+  model = "us.meta.llama3-2-3b-instruct-v1:0",
+  api_args = list(
+    temperature = 0.7,
+    max_tokens = 2000
+  )
+)
+
+# Enable verbose output for debugging requests and responses
+chat <- chat_bedrock(verbose = TRUE)
+
+# Custom system prompt with API parameters
+chat <- chat_bedrock(
+  system_prompt = "You are a helpful data science assistant",
+  api_args = list(temperature = 0.5)
+)
+
+# Use a non-default AWS profile in ~/.aws/credentials
+chat <- chat_bedrock(profile = "my_profile_name")
+
+# Image interpretation when using a vision capable model
+chat <- chat_bedrock(
+  model = "us.meta.llama3-2-11b-instruct-v1:0"
+)
+chat$chat(
+  "What's in this image?",
+  content_image_file("path/to/image.jpg")
+)
+
+# The echo argument, "none", "text", and "all" determines whether
+# input and/or output is echoed to the console. Also of note, "none" uses a
+# non-streaming endpoint, whereas "text", "all", or TRUE uses a streaming endpoint.
+# You can use verbose=TRUE to verify which endpoint is used.
+chat <- chat_bedrock(verbose = TRUE) 
+chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?")  # Streaming response
+resp <- chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?", echo = "none")  # Non-streaming response
+resp  # View response
+
+# Use echo = "none" in the client constructor to suppress streaming response
+chat <- chat_bedrock(echo = "none")
+resp <- chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?")  # Non-streaming response
+resp  # View response
+chat$chat("What is 1 + 1?", echo=TRUE)  # Overrides client echo arg, uses streaming
+
+# $stream returns a generator, requiring concatentation of the streamed responses.
+resp <- chat$stream("What is the capital of France?")  # resp is a generator object
+chunks <- coro::collect(resp)  # returns list of partial text responses
+complete_response <- paste(chunks, collapse="")  # Full text response, no echo
 }
 }
 \seealso{