set default aws cli profile for q cli to use

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• I have run q doctor in the affected terminal session
• I have run q restart and replicated the issue again

Operating system

macOS 15.3.2 (24D81)

Expected behaviour

q cli 's default cli credential profile should can be configured.

Actual behaviour

multiple aws cli credential profile may be configured on a devops machine to achieve the least privilege policy. If no default profile is configured, q cli will fail to find the correct credential with the following error:

> list my ec2 in tokyo

I'll help you list your EC2 instances in the Tokyo region (ap-northeast-1). Let me run the AWS CLI command for you:



Use AWS CLI
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Running aws cli command:
Service name: ec2
Operation name: describe-instances
Parameters:
Profile name: default
Region: ap-northeast-1
Label: List EC2 instances in Tokyo region

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Unable to locate credentials. You can configure credentials by running "aws configure".




It looks like AWS credentials aren't configured in your environment. To list your EC2 instances in Tokyo, you'll need to set up your AWS credentials
first. You can do this by running:

bash
aws configure


This will prompt you to enter:
1. Your AWS Access Key ID
2. Your AWS Secret Access Key
3. Default region name (enter 'ap-northeast-1' for Tokyo)
4. Default output format (json is recommended)

Once you've configured your credentials, you can try listing your EC2 instances again by running:

bash
aws ec2 describe-instances --region ap-northeast-1

Steps to reproduce

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Environment

[q-details]
version = "1.7.2"
hash = "b6bf5f1675dd7395009e8bc65c1145820671f211"
date = "2025-03-21T01:36:16.66764Z (12d ago)"
variant = "full"

[system-info]
os = "macOS 15.3.2 (24D81)"
chip = "Apple M3 Pro"
total-cores = 11
memory = "18.00 GB"

[environment]
cwd = "/Users/USER"
cli-path = "/Users/USER"
os = "Mac"
shell-path = "/bin/zsh"
shell-version = "5.9"
terminal = "iTerm 2"
install-method = "unknown"

[env-vars]
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QTERM_SESSION_ID = "d8cc21627c3f40bf8e8eac7cf6e50e72"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
Q_TERM = "1.7.2"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
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