Harness Deprecated Open source

Amazon Q Developer CLI

AWS command-line coding agent, now unmaintained and succeeded by Kiro CLI.

Get Amazon Q Developer CLI 2 methods
brew install --cask amazon-q
Pricing Freemium See pricing ↗

Free tier includes 50 agentic requests per month; Pro is $19/user/month.

  • Free Free 50 agentic requests per month
  • Pro $19/mo Per user; higher agentic request limits

Prices as listed on 19 Oct 2026.

AboutAmazon Web Services

Amazon Q Developer CLI brought AWS's coding agent to the terminal with chat, agentic edits, and MCP support. The open-source repository no longer receives feature updates; AWS now ships Kiro CLI instead.

Features Verified 7/20 ✓ yes ✗ no ? not verified What do these mean?

Agents

2/5 verified
✗
Multi-provider
Runs agents from several providers side by side?
no
?
ACP
Speaks the Agent Client Protocol?
not verified
?
Parallel agents
Runs several agent sessions at the same time?
not verified
?
Subagents
Can an agent delegate work to child agents?
not verified
✓
Custom agents
Can you define your own agent roles?
yes

Workflow

1/6 verified
?
Plan mode
Has an explicit plan / approve-before-edit step?
not verified
?
Worktrees
Keeps parallel work in separate git worktrees?
not verified
✓
Checkpoints
Can you rewind code and chat to an earlier turn?
yes
?
Diff review
Includes a built-in diff or review screen?
not verified
?
PR integration
Opens and tracks pull requests from the session?
not verified
?
Automations
Can it start agent runs on a schedule or event?
not verified

Integrations

3/5 verified
✓
MCP
Connects to MCP servers and their tools?
yes
?
Skills
Can you add reusable skills or commands?
not verified
✓
Hooks
Can your own scripts run on agent events?
yes
?
Issue tracker
Can it pull work from GitHub or Linear issues?
not verified
✗
Browser preview
Can the agent open and drive a web browser?
no

Access & safety

1/4 verified
?
Remote access
Can you follow or control sessions from another device?
not verified
?
Cloud sandbox
Runs work in a hosted sandbox rather than on your machine?
not verified
✓
Local sandbox
Does it sandbox what agents can do locally?
yes
?
Headless / API
Can you run it from scripts, CI, or your own code?
not verified
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