Feature request: Auto-approve specific tools in Q CLI

[bdeak]

Checks

• I have searched github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues and there are no duplicates of my issue

Operating system

macOS 15.5.0 (24F74)

Expected behaviour

Allow users to configure certain tools to be auto-approved for execution without requiring manual approval each time. This could be implemented through a local configuration file or as part of the MCP server configuration or the Q CLI configuration.

Actual behaviour

Currently all tool executions require manual approval in the Q CLI, which slows down workflows when using frequently-needed tools.

Steps to reproduce

User attempts to use tools repeatedly in a conversation and must approve each tool execution individually, even for trusted tools that are used frequently, and for example run in a read-only mode.

[fsmiamoto]

This is currently my biggest pain point with Q.

I understand the security concerns, but after all the time I spent crafting a good prompt for my use case, having to approve all the tools every time I use it is so painful.

[hayemaxi]

We already have functionality to achieve what you are describing:

See /tools help, as it provides ways to trust all tools or specific tools for the session. You can also start q with q chat --trust-all-tools. Finally, at the [y/n/t] confirmation prompt you can simply use t to trust that tool for the session.

Are you proposing something else?