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Amazon Q Developer is AWS’s AI coding assistant, available as a VS Code and JetBrains extension. It supports MCP servers, letting you connect Geekflare tools for scraping, search, screenshots, and DNS lookups during development.

Prerequisites

  • Amazon Q Developer extension installed in VS Code or JetBrains
  • Amazon Q Developer Pro subscription (MCP requires Pro)
  • Node.js installed (for local transport)

Setup

Amazon Q Developer reads MCP configuration from a JSON file in your home directory. Create or edit ~/.aws/amazonq/mcp.json: Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your Geekflare API key. Restart your editor after saving.

Usage Examples

Open the Amazon Q chat panel in your editor and try: Scrape a webpage
Scrape https://aws.amazon.com/lambda and extract the key features listed on the page.
Search the web
Search for "AWS Lambda cold start optimization" and summarize the top recommendations.
Screenshot
Take a screenshot of https://geekflare.com and describe the page layout.
DNS lookup
Look up the DNS records for amazonaws.com.