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Getting help from Amazon Q Developer in chat applications

You can ask Amazon Q Developer in chat channels for help by entering @Amazon Q help. You can choose any of the following buttons to receive additional information about their respective topics.

Home (🏠)

Choosing the home icon (🏠) returns you to the main menu.

Commands

Provides helpful tips about CLI command syntax and parameters.

For example, you don't have to remember parameters to use CLI commands with Amazon Q Developer in chat channels. Amazon Q Developer in chat channels prompts you for all required prameters for a CLI command. Commands with one parameter don't require a parameter flag and unique AWS service operations don't require you to enter a service name. For more information, see Running AWS CLI commands from chat channels using Amazon Q Developer in chat channels.

Aliases

Provides helpful tips about command aliases. Command aliases are short-hand representations of CLI commands. For more information, see Creating and using command aliases in chat channels.

Built-ins

Lists and provides details about Amazon Q Developer in chat channels commands.

Setting preferences

To manage Amazon Q Developer in chat channels preferences for your chat channel, enter @Amazon Q set preferences.

You can manage your threading preferences and communication preferences after running this command. This includes where Amazon Q Developer in chat channels notifications are displayed, how frequently new threads are created, and what Amazon Q Developer in chat channels related updates you want to receive.

AWS accounts

To see a list of AWS accounts configured for this channel or select a new account to use for commands, enter @Amazon Q set-default account.

If you would like to add an account to the channel, sign-in to the Amazon Q Developer in chat channels console with that account and configure Amazon Q Developer in chat channels for your channel. For more information, see Setting up Amazon Q Developer in chat applications.

Providing feedback

To provide feedback to Amazon Q Developer in chat channels, enter feedback your comment.

Switching user roles

To access a link for mapping user roles, enter @Amazon Q switch-roles.

If your current user role doesn’t have the right permissions, you can switch roles directly from your chat channel. For more information, see Switching user roles from a chat channel using Amazon Q Developer in chat applications.

Q&A

Provides additional information about the types of questions Amazon Q Developer in chat channels can answer and how to use Amazon Q Developer with Amazon Q Developer in chat channels. For more information, see Chatting with Amazon Q Developer in chat channels.

More help

To get help with services or operations, use the --help parameter. For example, you can enter @Amazon Q ec2 --help to get help with EC2. For more information, see Running AWS CLI commands from chat channels using Amazon Q Developer in chat channels.