Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a preview for its agentic artificial intelligence software development assistant, Q Developer, for Microsoft Corp.’s open-source code repository GitHub. GitHub is a platform used by millions of developers to store vast amounts of source code for software projects, enabling collaboration, version control, and code management. Q Developer is now available in the GitHub Marketplace, providing AI-powered capabilities such as feature development, code review, and Java code migration directly within the GitHub interface. Q Developer acts as a teammate, automating tedious tasks. Developers can assign issues to it, such as feature requests, and it will generate code using the entire codebase in the GitHub repository by following the description in the request. The AI agent will automatically update the code repository with the changes, performing syntactically sound checks and using GitHub Actions for security vulnerability scans and code quality checks. It will also use its own feedback to improve the code. Q Developer also offers easy migration for legacy codebases, allowing developers to assign a GitHub issue called “Migration” and assign it to the Amazon Q transform agent. This agent will handle all of the migration from the earlier version of Java to the newest, ensuring developers have access to the most recent features and capabilities.