AmazonQDeveloperAccess

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Summary

Provides developer access to enable interactions with Amazon Q

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonQDeveloperAccess
Default version: v7
Created: 2024-07-09
Last edited: 2026-05-20
Services: cloudformation, q, sts

Control-plane actions (21)

By access level: 9 Read, 12 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudFormation	2 of 104	2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudformation:GetResource, cloudformation:ListResources
Q	18 of 54	7 Read, 11 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	q:CreateArtifact, q:DeleteConversation, q:GenerateCodeFromCommands, q:GetArtifact, q:GetArtifactActionResult, q:GetConversation, q:GetIdentityMetaData, q:GetTroubleshootingResults, q:ListConversations, q:PassRequest, q:PerformArtifactAction, q:SendMessage and 6 more
STS	1 of 16	1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	sts:SetContext

CloudFormation: 2 actions

cloudformation:GetResource (Read)
cloudformation:ListResources (Read)

Q: 18 actions

q:CreateArtifact (Write)
q:DeleteConversation (Write)
q:GenerateCodeFromCommands (Read)
q:GetArtifact (Read)
q:GetArtifactActionResult (Read)
q:GetConversation (Read)
q:GetIdentityMetadata (Read)
q:GetTroubleshootingResults (Read)
q:ListConversations (Read)
q:PassRequest (Write)
q:PerformArtifactAction (Write)
q:SendMessage (Write)
q:StartConversation (Write)
q:StartTroubleshootingAnalysis (Write)
q:StartTroubleshootingResolutionExplanation (Write)
q:UpdateConversation (Write)
q:UpdateTroubleshootingCommandResult (Write)
q:UsePlugin (Write)

STS: 1 actions

sts:SetContext (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants 12 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowAmazonQDeveloperAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "q:StartConversation",
        "q:SendMessage",
        "q:GetConversation",
        "q:ListConversations",
        "q:UpdateConversation",
        "q:DeleteConversation",
        "q:PassRequest",
        "q:StartTroubleshootingAnalysis",
        "q:StartTroubleshootingResolutionExplanation",
        "q:GetTroubleshootingResults",
        "q:UpdateTroubleshootingCommandResult",
        "q:GetIdentityMetaData",
        "q:GenerateCodeFromCommands",
        "q:UsePlugin"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCloudControlReadAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudformation:GetResource",
        "cloudformation:ListResources"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSetTrustedIdentity",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sts:SetContext"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:sts::*:self"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "AllowQArtifactsAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "q:CreateArtifact",
        "q:GetArtifact",
        "q:GetArtifactActionResult",
        "q:PerformArtifactAction"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v7, edited by AWS on 2026-05-20. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonQDeveloperAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonQDeveloperAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonQDeveloperAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonQDeveloperAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonqdeveloperaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonQDeveloperAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonQDeveloperAccess"),
);

Sources

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