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Amazon AWS Toolkit CodeWhisperer AI Best FREE Alternative to GitHub Copilot For VSCode is INSANE
Jul 24, 2025
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video, I'll show you a VS code
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extension which is released by Amazon uh
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which is their own AI platform to build
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out coding application similar to GitHub
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copilot. So if you are inside your VS
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code, simply go to the extensions tab
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and simply type here AWS toolkit.
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So if you just write this extension, the
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very first extension which comes right
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here, it's developed by Amazon Web
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Services and it's got almost 3 million
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installs. So it's a verified extension
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and simply you need to click the install
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button and just activate this extension.
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After activating this extension you will
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see on the sidebar section this AWS
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toolkit option will come right here. You
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will see this AWS option is coming right
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here. Simply activate this. So once you
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activate this you just need to set up
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the API keys here. You first of all need
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to sign up with your Amazon account. So
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just click either of these options. Just
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provide your admin URL right here. This
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option just select the reason.
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So after you do this, you will see the
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interface here. It just allows all the
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functionalities of GitHub copilot such
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as the AI coding assistant. It will
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provide you with suggestions as you type
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the code inside VS Code.
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So you can even get the step-by-step
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instruction. Simply go to get started
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and you will see in the documentation it
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is telling you how to get started right
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here.
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So this is their Amazon vis code whisper
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a AI here. This is the actual thing. You
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can read more about it.
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It's a realtime AI coding assistant.
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So
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you can see in action right here as you
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type it will give you suggestions.
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So now to get started you do need to
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create an account here. So click on
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create account and just log in here.
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So here you
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need to set up this API key again. So
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after logging in, you will be redirected
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to the dashboard. In the console right
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here, you will actually see an option to
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create an API key.
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And that API key, you need to paste it
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right here in this VS code extension to
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activate this.
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So just fill out this information right
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here.
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So let me just enter this verification
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code right here.
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So now you can see we are on inside the
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dashboard right here. And
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so right here you can see the free trial
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option right here which is available.
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So these are the number of credits which
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are available. So you can even redeem
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click on this option to purchase more
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credits as well. So clearly it shows you
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how much usage you do this.
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So
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so it will directly open your account
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here. So just log in.
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So just enter again the verification
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code which comes right here.
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So once you do this you will be
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authenticated and will be redirected
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automatically inside VS code.
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Here you just need to set a simple
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password right here.
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So after you authenticate you will be
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redirected to this VS code extension and
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you will be able to do the features all
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