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Getting help from Amazon Q Developer in chat applications
You can ask Amazon Q Developer in chat applications 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 applications. Amazon Q Developer in chat applications 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 applications.
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 applications commands.
Setting preferences
To manage Amazon Q Developer in chat applications 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 applications notifications are displayed, how frequently new threads are created, and what Amazon Q Developer in chat applications 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 applications console with that account and configure Amazon Q Developer in chat applications 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 applications, 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 applications can answer and how to use Amazon Q Developer with Amazon Q Developer in chat applications. 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 applications.