Amazon Q Developer for CLI

An agentic AI assistant in your CLI that executes tasks, understands your codebase, and speeds up development through adaptive, natural dialogue.

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Amazon Q Developer for CLI

An agentic AI assistant in your CLI that executes tasks, understands your codebase, and speeds up development through adaptive, natural dialogue.

Get Started

Install Amazon Q for command line for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Amazon Q for CLI for macOS

Amazon Q for CLI for Linux

Amazon Q for CLI for Windows

Get Inspired

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Amazon Q Developer CLI agent: A Director’s Technical Perspective

Discover how Amazon Q Developer CLI agent transforms terminal workflows through agentic chat capabilities, cutting development time while maintaining your CLI workflow.

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Making Makefiles for fun and profit

Use Amazon Q Developer CLI to generate Makefiles without becoming a Make expert. 

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Explore learnings from vibe coding using Amazon Q for CLI.

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From PHP to Python with the help of Amazon Q Developer

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Supercharge your Linux environment with Amazon Q Developer CLI

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Vibe Coding on Raspberry Pi and Arduino

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The 5 Stages of Using Amazon Q Developer CLI

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Easy video editing using AWS Q Developer CLI

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Using AI to Automate Cisco IOS XR Backups

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Vibe coding with Amazon Q Developer CLI

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Emoji-Driven Development with Amazon Q Developer CLI agent

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Using Amazon Q Developer CLI to build applications from the command line

Additional Documentation and Tools

User Guide

Key concepts, tutorials, and technical details

Amazon Q Developer product page

Overview of Amazon Q Developer features, FAQs and more

Amazon Q Developer for CLI News

Read the launch announcement of AWS Q Developer for CLI

AWS Community Articles about Amazon Q Developer

Getting started with Amazon Q Developer CLI

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