# Use Console-to-Code to generate code for your EC2 console actions The console provides a guided path for creating resources and testing prototypes. If you want to create the same resources at scale, you’ll need automation code. Console-to-Code is a feature of Amazon Q Developer that can help you get started with your automation code. Console-to-Code records your console actions, including default settings and compatible parameters. It then uses generative AI to suggest code in your preferred infrastructure-as-code (IaC) format for the actions you want. Because the console workflow makes sure the parameter values that you specify are valid together, the code that you generate by using Console-to-Code has compatible parameter values. You can use the code as a starting point, and then customize it to make it production-ready for your specific use case. For example, with Console-to-Code, you can record launching an Amazon EC2 instance and choose to generate code in CloudFormation JSON format. Then, you can copy that code and customize it for use in your CloudFormation template. Console-to-Code can currently generate infrastructure-as-code (IaC) in the following languages and formats: + CDK Java + CDK Python + CDK TypeScript + CloudFormation JSON + CloudFormation YAML For more information and instructions on how to use Console-to-Code, see [Automating AWS services with Amazon Q Developer Console-to-Code](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/console-to-code.html) in the *Amazon Q Developer User Guide*. ## See also * **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for Amazon EC2. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query ec2` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).