Amazon Q Developer permissions reference
Amazon Q Developer uses two types of APIs to provide the service:
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User and administrator permissions, which can be used in policies to control usage of Amazon Q
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Other APIs used to provide the service, which can’t be used in policies to control usage of Amazon Q
This section provides information about the APIs used by Amazon Q Developer, and what they do.
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Amazon Q Developer permissions
You can use the following permissions as a reference when you are setting up Authenticating with identities in Amazon Q and writing permissions policies that you can attach to an IAM identity (identity-based policies).
The following table shows the Amazon Q Developer permissions that you can allow or deny access to in policies.
Important
To chat with Amazon Q, an IAM identity needs permissions for the following actions:
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StartConversation -
SendMessage -
GetConversation(console only) -
ListConversations(console only)
If one of these actions isn't explicitly allowed by an attached policy, an IAM permissions error is returned when you try to chat with Amazon Q.
Note
The codewhisperer prefix is a legacy name from a service that merged
with Amazon Q Developer. For more information, see
Amazon Q Developer rename - Summary of changes.
| Name | Description of permission granted | Required to chat with Amazon Q? |
|---|---|---|
| User permissions | ||
codewhisperer:GenerateRecommendations |
Get code suggestions in Amazon Q for AWS coding environments |
No |
q:GenerateCodeFromCommands |
Generate code from CLI commands in Amazon Q |
No |
q:GetConversation |
Get individual messages associated with a specific conversation with Amazon Q |
Yes (in console only) |
q:GetIdentityMetaData |
Allow Amazon Q to fetch application identity-related metadata |
No |
q:GetTroubleshootingResults |
Get troubleshooting results with Amazon Q |
No |
q:ListConversations |
List individual conversations associated with a specific Amazon Q user |
Yes (in console only) |
q:PassRequest |
Allow Amazon Q to perform actions that an IAM identity has permission to perform |
No |
q:SendMessage |
Send a message to Amazon Q |
Yes |
q:StartConversation |
Start a conversation with Amazon Q |
Yes |
q:StartTroubleshootingAnalysis |
Start a troubleshooting analysis with Amazon Q |
No |
q:StartTroubleshootingResolutionExplanation |
Start a troubleshooting resolution explanation with Amazon Q |
No |
q:UpdateTroubleshootingCommandResult |
Allow Amazon Q to analyze resources to troubleshoot a console error |
No |
| Administrator permissions | ||
codewhisperer:CreateCustomization |
Create an Amazon Q customization from your data source |
No |
codewhisperer:DeleteCustomization |
Delete an Amazon Q customization |
No |
codewhisperer:GetCustomization |
Get details about an Amazon Q customization |
No |
codewhisperer:ListCustomizations |
List Amazon Q customizations based on their state |
No |
codewhisperer:ListProfiles |
List Amazon Q Profiles |
No |
codewhisperer:ListTagsForResource |
List the tags on an Amazon Q resource on a console page load |
No |
codewhisperer:TagResource |
Add or create a tag for an Amazon Q resource |
No |
codewhisperer:UnTagResource |
Remove a tag from an Amazon Q resource |
No |
codewhisperer:UpdateCustomization |
Activate or deactivate an Amazon Q customization |
No |
codewhisperer:ListCustomizationVersions |
List the versions of an Amazon Q customization |
No |
codewhisperer:UpdateProfile |
Update an Amazon Q Profile |
No |
q:DeleteAssignment |
Delete a user or group assignment for an Amazon Q Developer Profile |
No |
q:CreateAssignment |
Create a user or group assignment for an Amazon Q Developer Profile |
No |
Using q:PassRequest
q:PassRequest is an Amazon Q permission that allows Amazon Q to call AWS APIs on your
behalf. When you add the q:PassRequest permission to an IAM identity, Amazon Q gains
permission to call any API that the IAM identity has permission to call. For example, if
an IAM role has the s3:ListAllMyBuckets permission and the q:PassRequest permission,
Amazon Q is able to call the ListAllMyBuckets API when a user assuming that IAM role
asks Amazon Q to list their Amazon S3 buckets.
You can create IAM policies that restrict the scope of the
q:PassRequest permission. For example, you can prevent Amazon Q from
performing a specific action, or only permit Amazon Q to perform a subset of actions for a
service. You can also specify what regions Amazon Q can make calls to when performing
actions on your behalf.
For examples of IAM policies that control the use of q:PassRequest,
see the following identity-based policy examples:
Amazon Q User Subscriptions permissions
Amazon Q Developer administrators must have the following permissions to create and manage subscriptions for users and groups in their organization.
The following terminology is useful in understanding what subscriptions permissions do:
- User
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An individual user, represented within AWS IAM Identity Center by a unique user ID.
- Group
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A collection of users, represented within AWS IAM Identity Center by a unique group ID.
- Subscription
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A subscription is tied to a single Identity Center user, and entitles them to use Amazon Q features. A subscription does not authorize a user to use Amazon Q features. For example, if Adam is subscribed to Amazon Q Developer Pro, they are entitled to used Amazon Q Developer features, but they don't have access to those features until their administrator grants them the needed permissions.
| Name | Description of action |
|---|---|
user-subscriptions:CreateClaim |
Create a user subscription |
user-subscriptions:DeleteClaim |
Delete a user subscription |
user-subscriptions:ListApplicationClaims |
List all user subscriptions for a given application |
user-subscriptions:ListClaims |
List all user subscriptions |
user-subscriptions:ListUserSubscriptions |
List all user subscriptions for a given user |
user-subscriptions:UpdateClaim |
Update a user subscription |
Other Amazon Q Developer APIs
The following table shows the APIs that are used by features of Amazon Q in the IDE. These APIs aren’t used to control access to features of Amazon Q, but they will appear in AWS CloudTrail logs in management accounts when users access the associated feature.
Note
The codewhisperer prefix is a legacy name from a service that merged
with Amazon Q Developer. For more information, see
Amazon Q Developer rename - Summary of changes.
| Name | Description of action |
|---|---|
codewhisperer:AllowVendedLogDeliveryForResource |
Enables Amazon Q Developer to publish logs to Amazon CloudWatch asynchronously |
codewhisperer:CreateTaskAssistConversation |
Starts a conversation with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development |
codewhisperer:CreateUploadUrl |
Creates the URL to upload the code files that will be used for development with Amazon Q in the IDE |
codewhisperer:DeleteTaskAssistConversation |
Deletes a conversation with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development |
codewhisperer:ExportResultArchive |
Exports an archive of outputs of Amazon Q Developer for download |
codewhisperer:GenerateAssistantResponse |
Returns a response in Amazon Q in chat in the IDE |
codewhisperer:GenerateCompletions |
Gets inline code suggestions |
codewhisperer:GenerateTaskAssistPlan |
Generates an implementation plan from the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development |
codewhisperer:GetCodeAnalysis |
Gets the status of an ongoing security scan |
codewhisperer:GetTaskAssistCodeGeneration |
Gets code generated by the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development |
codewhisperer:GetTransformation |
Returns a code transformation from the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation |
codewhisperer:GetTransformationPlan |
Returns the transformation plan from the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development |
codewhisperer:ListAvailableCustomizations |
Returns the list of customizations that have been created and are available for use |
codewhisperer:ListCodeAnalysisFindings |
Returns the list of all security issues in the files scanned |
codewhisperer:ListFeatureEvaluations |
Lists relevant configurations for Amazon Q Developer client-side features |
codewhisperer:SendTelemetryEvent |
Sends telemetry information to AWS about usage of Amazon Q in the IDE |
codewhisperer:StartTaskAssistCodeGeneration |
Starts code generation with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for software development |
codewhisperer:StartCodeAnalysis |
Starts a security scan |
codewhisperer:StartTransformation |
Starts a transformation with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation |
codewhisperer:StopTransformation |
Stops a transformation with the Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation |
