Amazon Q Developer CLI announces support for remote MCP servers
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Amazon Q Developer CLI has announced support for remote MCP (Managed Code Platform) servers, enhancing development tool scalability and security.
- Allows integration with remote MCP servers like Atlassian and GitHub
- Supports HTTP transport and OAuth-based authentication
- Can be configured in custom agent configuration or mcp.json
- Enables centralized server management to reduce compute resources
- Provides improved access and security controls
Users can now configure remote servers, authenticate, and access available tools through the Amazon Q Developer CLI and IDE plugins.
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