amazon-q-developer-cli
✨ Agentic chat experience in your terminal. Build applications using natural language.
Install / Use
npx skills add aws/amazon-q-developer-cliInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
Amazon Q Rules
Amazon Q Developer rules
Quality Score
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AI & Machine LearningSupported Platforms
Skill content
View source on GitHubAmazon 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
- macOS:
- DMG: Download now
- HomeBrew:
brew install --cask amazon-q
- Linux:
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
- Login would then be:
Project Layout
chat_cli- theqCLI, allows users to interface with Amazon Q Developer from the command linescripts/- Contains ops and build related scriptscrates/- Contains all rust cratesdocs/- 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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