# Install the AWS CLI for AWS PCS
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You must use the latest version of the AWS CLI. For information, see [Install or update to the latest version of the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html) in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide for Version 2*. 

You must configure the AWS CLI. For more information, see [Configure the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html) in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide for Version 2*.

Enter the following command at a command prompt to check your AWS CLI; it should display help information.

```
aws pcs help
```

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS PCS. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query pcs` — 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).