{"schemaVersion":"opencli.cli.v1","slug":"amazon-q","name":"Amazon Q Developer CLI","shortName":"q","binaryName":"q","maker":{"slug":"amazon","name":"Amazon","type":"org","url":"https://aws.amazon.com","officialPlatformMaker":true,"featuredBuilder":false},"category":"AI","description":"The official CLI from Amazon. Coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal. Runs entirely on your machine.","tagline":"Coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal.","install":{"packageManager":"brew","command":"brew install --cask amazon-q","packageName":null,"npmPackage":null,"brewFormula":null,"brewCask":null,"crateName":null,"pypiPackage":null,"goPackage":null,"dockerImage":null},"verify":{"command":"q --help","signal":"q responds locally; authenticate before real work."},"quickStart":"q chat","exampleWorkflow":["q chat"],"agent":{"readiness":{"label":"Human-first CLI","score":20,"reasons":["Can run locally with less credential exposure."],"guardrails":["Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.","Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.","Verify identity/account before running task commands.","Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.","Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions."]},"packUrl":"https://opencli.co/cli/amazon-q/agent.md","packMarkdown":"# OpenCLI Agent Pack: Amazon Q Developer CLI\n\nUse this when an AI agent needs to work with `q`.\n\n## What this CLI is for\nThe official CLI from Amazon. Coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal. Runs entirely on your machine.\n\nBest for: coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal.\n\n## Agent readiness\nHuman-first CLI (20/100)\n- Can run locally with less credential exposure.\n\n## Install\n```sh\nbrew install --cask amazon-q\n```\n\n## Verify before real work\n```sh\nq --help\n```\nExpected signal: q responds locally; authenticate before real work.\n\n## Safe starting commands\n```sh\nq --help\n```\n\n```sh\nq chat\n```\n\n## Guardrails for agents\n- Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.\n- Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.\n- Verify identity/account before running task commands.\n- Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.\n- Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions.\n\n## Suggested agent instruction\nYou may use Amazon Q Developer CLI (`q`) for coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal.. First install it if missing, then run the verify command. Start with read-only or inspection commands. Summarize what you found before changing anything. Ask for confirmation before commands that mutate remote state, spend money, deploy, delete data, merge code, or expose secrets.\n\nSource: OpenCLI\n"},"fit":{"bestFor":"coding assistant, aws development, and terminal ai from the terminal.","useThisIf":"You want AI models and inference that runs entirely on your machine.","skipIf":"You're not comfortable with a tool that can write to production.","whatHappensNext":"Run `q chat` and see what comes back."},"capabilities":{"agentFriendly":true,"supportsJsonOutput":false,"supportsNonInteractive":false,"supportsDryRun":false,"requiresAuth":true,"requiresNetwork":true,"ciFriendly":false,"localFirst":true,"destructivePotential":"high"},"taxonomy":{"useCases":["Coding assistant","AWS development","Terminal AI"],"aliases":["q developer","amazon q"],"keywords":["amazon","aws","q","agent","coding"],"tags":["agent","coding-agent","aws"]},"links":{"website":"https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/","github":"https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli","docs":"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/command-line.html","opencli":"https://opencli.co/cli/amazon-q","markdown":"https://opencli.co/cli/amazon-q/agent.md","json":"https://opencli.co/cli/amazon-q.json"},"metrics":{"githubStars":1965,"latestRelease":"2026-04-30T17:39:50Z","license":"Apache-2.0","metricLabel":"Homebrew installs (30d)","metricValue":2305,"metricSource":"homebrew","metricAsOf":"2026-06-08T11:01:13.899Z"}}