# Using Amazon Q Developer with other services
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## AWS Identity and Access Management permissions for other services
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 For Amazon Q to provide recommendations in the context of another service, you must enable the correct IAM permissions for either your IAM user or role. You must add the `codewhisperer:GenerateRecommendations` permission, as outlined in the sample IAM policy below: 

**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](service-rename.md). 

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```
{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",		 	 	 
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AmazonQDeveloperPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": ["codewhisperer:GenerateRecommendations"],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
```

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It is best practice to use IAM policies to grant restrictive permissions to IAM principals. For details about working with IAM, see [Security best practices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html) in the *IAM user guide*.