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Amazon Q Developer CLI

✨ Agentic chat experience in your terminal. Build applications using natural language.

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About Amazon Q Developer CLI

Amazon Q Developer CLI is an MCP server published by aws in the Developer Tools category: ✨ Agentic chat experience in your terminal. Build applications using natural language.

The repository has 2.0K stars and 442 forks, with the last commit a month ago. Recent commit activity is the strongest signal that reported issues will get attention.

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli

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Security checks

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  • ✓README presentThe repository ships documentation.
  • ✓License declaredUsable under a stated license.
  • ✓Tests presentA test suite exists in the repository.
  • ✓Dependencies pinnedA lockfile pins dependency versions.
  • ✓No dynamic code executionSource scan found no eval, dynamic Function, or shell execution.
  • !Scoped permissionsDoesn't declare a permission scope. Assume it can do anything its process can.

Releases

v1.19.7v1.19.7 · 17 Nov 2025What's Changed add update announcement by @zixlin7 in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3433 update copy by @zixlin7 in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3452 chore: version bump by @dingfeli in…
v1.19.6v1.19.6 · 13 Nov 2025What's Changed Revert "added hint for multiline triple backtick code block detector" by @dingfeli in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3439 chore: version bump by @dingfeli in…
v1.19.5v1.19.5 · 12 Nov 2025What's Changed added hint for multiline triple backtick code block detector by @ekang7 in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3327 fix: update branding by @brandonskiser in…
v1.19.4v1.19.4 · 10 Nov 2025What's Changed refactor: migrate from directories to hierarchical paths module by @dk19y in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3309 Add auth login failure telemetry for cli by @abhraina-aws in…
v1.19.3v1.19.3 · 30 Oct 2025What's Changed fixe: racing condition on conduit when printing by @dingfeli in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3308 chore: version bump to 1.19.3 by @dingfeli in https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/pull/3310…

README

Amazon Q CLI

[!IMPORTANT] This open source project is no longer being actively maintained and will only receive critical security fixes. Amazon Q Developer CLI is now available as Kiro CLI, a closed-source product. For the latest features and updates, please use Kiro CLI. For issues with Kiro CLI, please report it here instead.

Installation

Contributing

Thank you so much for considering to contribute to Amazon Q.

Before getting started, see our contributing docs.

Prerequisites

  • MacOS
    • Xcode 13 or later
    • Brew

1. Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli.git

2. Install the Rust toolchain using Rustup:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
rustup default stable
rustup toolchain install nightly
cargo install typos-cli

3. Develop locally

  • To compile and run: cargo run --bin chat_cli.
  • To run tests: cargo test.
  • To run lints: cargo clippy.
  • To format rust files: cargo +nightly fmt.
  • To run subcommands: cargo run --bin chat_cli -- {subcommand}.
    • Login would then be: cargo run --bin chat_cli -- login

Project Layout

  • chat_cli - the q CLI, allows users to interface with Amazon Q Developer from the command line
  • scripts/ - Contains ops and build related scripts
  • crates/ - Contains all rust crates
  • docs/ - Contains technical documentation

Security

For security related concerns, see here.

Licensing

This repo is dual licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses.

Those licenses can be found here and here.

“Amazon Web Services” and all related marks, including logos, graphic designs, and service names, are trademarks or trade dress of AWS in the U.S. and other countries. AWS’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not AWS’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits AWS.

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Questions

About Amazon Q Developer CLI

How do I install Amazon Q Developer CLI?

No package has been published for this server, so install it from source: clone the repository and follow its README.

Is Amazon Q Developer CLI safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 89 out of 100 (excellent). It passes 5 of the 6 static security checks run so far; the failures are listed above. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Amazon Q Developer CLI still maintained?

Yes — the last commit was a month ago. The repository has 2.0K stars and 442 forks and 1345 open issues.