Amazon Q Developer CLI
CLI Tool
Last updated: 2025-07-22
Summary
Amazon Q Developer CLI is a command line interface for Amazon Q Developer, providing AI-powered coding assistance directly in the terminal.
Pricing
free tier and monthly subscription
Open Source
✅
Features
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Code Completion | ✅ |
| Chat | ✅ |
| Smart Apply | ✅ (view diffs, review changes and accept or reject them) |
| Context Retrieval | configurable context files, MCP |
| Output Not Copyrighted Guarantee | ✅ |
| Supported IDEs | terminal - zsh, bash, fish |
| Underlying Model | Claude |
| On Prem Option | ✖️ |
| Respects Code Flavor | ✅ rules files (AmazonQ.md) |
| Agent Mode | ✅ |
| Controls Tools | built in tools (file read/write, execute commands), MCP, command translation |
Pros & Cons
Nice To Haves
fine grain control over tool permission, context hooks, context management, profiles, international language support
Watch Out
no native Windows installer (WSL required)