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amazon-q

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Amazon · Coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal.

$ brew install --cask amazon-q
One-liner to try
$ q chat

Agent pack

Copy into an agent

A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .md
Readiness
Human-first CLI · 20/100
Verify
q --help
Agent URL
/cli/amazon-q/agent.md

Quick reference

Installbrew install --cask amazon-q
Verifyq --help
First commandq chat

About

The official CLI from Amazon. Coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. q chat

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