Amazon Q CLI Amazon Q CLI
Amazon Q CLI is an AI-powered terminal assistant designed to accelerate development through contextual autocompletions, natural language-to-bash translation, and agentic workflows. It enables developers to perform complex tasks, such as generating code, running shell commands, and managing file operations, directly within the command line.
As of mid-2026, the Amazon Q Developer CLI has been rebranded as Kiro CLI and is no longer being actively maintained by AWS for new feature development, though it remains available for existing users until April 30, 2027.
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- AI-powered natural language-to-bash translation
- Contextual CLI autocompletions for 250+ tools
- Agentic coding for file manipulation and task execution
- Support for MCP servers and custom agent definitions
- Built-in security scanning for vulnerabilities and hardcoded secrets
Developers deeply integrated into the AWS ecosystem who require cloud-aware AI assistance for managing infrastructure, troubleshooting, and performing legacy Java or.NET transformations.
Teams prioritizing generalist coding assistants for non-AWS-centric stacks, or users requiring an air-gapped, on-premise solution, as Amazon Q is a fully managed cloud service.
Offers a perpetual Free Tier with 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code transformation. The Pro Tier is $19 per user/month, providing expanded agentic limits (approx. 1,000/month), 4,000 lines of code transformation, admin controls, and IP indemnity.
While powerful for its deep AWS account integration and transformation agents, the tool is mid-migration; AWS has sunsetted new sign-ups and is steering users toward the successor, Kiro CLI, making it a legacy choice for new implementations.
Is Amazon Q CLI free?
Amazon Q CLI is Freemium. Offers a perpetual Free Tier with 50 agentic requests per month and 1,000 lines of code transformation. The Pro Tier is $19 per user/month, providing expanded agentic limits (approx. 1,000/month), 4,000 lines of code transformation, admin controls, and IP indemnity. Check the official site for current plans.
What is Amazon Q CLI best for?
Developers deeply integrated into the AWS ecosystem who require cloud-aware AI assistance for managing infrastructure, troubleshooting, and performing legacy Java or.NET transformations.
Who makes Amazon Q CLI?
Amazon Q CLI is developed by Amazon Web Services. It is listed in the Terminal & CLI Agents category on ai.dosa.dev.
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