Chatting with Amazon Q Developer about AWS
Chat with Amazon Q in the AWS Management Console, AWS Console Mobile Application, AWS website, AWS Documentation website, and chat applications to learn about AWS services.
You can ask Amazon Q about best practices, recommendations, step-by-step instructions for AWS tasks, and architecting your AWS resources and workflows. You can also ask about your AWS resources and account costs. Amazon Q additionally generates short scripts or code snippets to help you get started using the AWS SDKs and AWS CLI.
The following topics describe how to use Amazon Q chat and topics you can chat about.
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Add permissions
For an IAM policy that grants permissions needed for chatting with Amazon Q, see Allow users to chat with Amazon Q.
Start a conversation
To open up the Amazon Q chat panel in the AWS Management Console, choose the Amazon Q icon in the right sidebar. To open up the panel on the AWS website or any AWS service’s documentation page, choose the Amazon Q icon in the bottom right corner.
To ask Amazon Q a question, enter your question into the text bar in the Amazon Q panel. Amazon Q generates a response to your question with a sources section that links to its references.
After you receive a response, you can optionally leave feedback by using the thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons. You can also copy the response to your clipboard by choosing the copy icon.
To start a new conversation in the console:
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From the welcome screen, choose New conversation at the bottom of the chat panel.
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From an active conversation, you can start a new conversation by choosing the plus icon in the top right corner of the chat panel. From the welcome screen, choose New conversation at the bottom of the chat panel.
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To name or rename a conversation, choose the text at the top of the chat panel and enter your conversation name.
Manage conversations in the console
Amazon Q maintains the history of previously asked questions and responses within a given conversation to use as context to inform responses. You can save up to 1,000 separate conversations with Amazon Q chat in the AWS console.
When you start a conversation, it’s automatically saved as a new conversation. You can title the conversation, or Amazon Q will generate a title based on the first few questions in the conversation.
You can switch between conversations to continue chatting with Amazon Q about previous topics you’ve asked about. Inactive conversations, in which you don’t ask a new question, will be deleted after 90 days. Messages older than 90 days will be deleted, even if a conversation is still active.
To switch conversations:
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Choose the menu icon on the top left of the chat panel. The Conversations page opens in the chat panel.
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Choose the name of the conversation you want to resume. You are redirected to the chat panel where you can continue chatting with Amazon Q.
To delete conversations:
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Choose the menu icon on the top left of the chat panel. The Conversations page opens in the chat panel.
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Choose the delete icon next to the name of the conversation you want to delete. Confirm you want to delete the conversation by choosing Delete on the pop-up that appears.
If you’re using Amazon Q in the console, your current conversation and associated context are maintained when you navigate to another place in the console or to another browser or tab. If you’re using Amazon Q on the AWS website, Documentation website, or Console Mobile Application, a new conversation starts without any context when you navigate to a new page, browser, or tab.
Set chat settings
To update your chat settings in Amazon Q, choose the gear icon in the top right corner of the chat panel.
You can specify the following settings:
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Region — Amazon Q defaults to the AWS Region set in the AWS Management Console when you open the chat panel. To update the Region used by Amazon Q, change your console Region.
Example questions
You can ask Amazon Q questions about AWS and AWS services, such as finding the right service or understanding best practices.
You can also ask about software development with the AWS SDKs and AWS CLI. Amazon Q in the console can generate short scripts or code snippets to help you get started using the AWS SDKs and AWS CLI.
The following are example questions that demonstrate how Amazon Q can help you build on AWS:
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What's the maximum runtime for a Lambda function?
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When should I put my resources in a VPC?
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What's the best container service to use to run my workload if I need to keep my costs low?
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How do I list my Amazon S3 buckets?
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How do I create and host a website on AWS?
