Quick on desktop (Connect your files, email, and calendar) | AWS Quick: Zero to Hero 03

Level 100. An introduction to AWS Quick on desktop, for business users who have started using AWS Quick. It explains what the desktop app adds to AWS Quick on the web (folders on your computer, your browser, and running code on your computer), and that email and calendar come through cloud connectors. It walks through installing, signing in, first-run setup, the home screen, the left rail, and response modes, with screens captured in English. Using a team's monthly learning session as the running scenario, it adds a folder in Customize, then Knowledge (adding a folder does not upload it, and you choose per folder whether to upload), asks for the action items in the meeting notes, and explains system tools and their three access levels (write actions ask each time by default). It also covers connecting your calendar and email, the Library and session tabs, My context (memories and the knowledge graph), and continuing on your phone. The appendix has desktop usage limits, a glossary, and sources. Based on public documentation and screens as of November 2026. Deck 03 (Get started) of the series AWS Quick: Zero to Hero.

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1. AWS Quick: Zero to Hero Get started Quick on desktop Connect your files, email, and calendar 03 Level 100 / As of November 2026 November 2026 Riku Inada Amazon Web Services Japan © 2026, Amazon Web © 2026, Services, Amazon Inc. or Web its Services, affiliates.Inc. All or rights its affiliates. reserved.All rights reserved. 1
2. Introduction About me Riku Inada Amazon Web Services Japan G.K. Solutions Architect Works mainly with manufacturing customers Recent work Promoting the AI-Driven Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) Writing and speaking about Kiro and AWS Amplify © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. X @inada_riku Speaker Deck speakerdeck.com/inariku Zenn zenn.dev/inariku GitHub github.com/inariku 2
3. Introduction Where this deck fits Now: 03 Quick on desktop. Next: 04 From chat to deliverables Get started 01–03 Go deeper Read first 04–08 Let it run 09–12 Roll it out Read next 01 Intro to AWS Quick From chat to 04 deliverables 02 Quick on the web 03 Quick on desktop 13–15 Updates Quick for 09 Quick Research 13 your company 05 knowledge 10 Quick Flows 14 desktop app 06 Agents and skills 11 Always-on agents QuickSight 15 From to Quick 07 Connectors and extensions 12 Quick Automate Spaces and Deploy the 2026.11 New each month Sight 08 Quick and apps © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3
4. Introduction What you'll learn Like giving an assistant a desk key, choose which drawers it may open 1 The app adds your folders and browser. Email and calendar use connectors. 2 Adding a folder doesn't upload it. You choose per folder whether to upload. 3 Each tool runs, asks, or never runs. Write actions ask each time by default. Throughout this deck, you prepare your team's monthly learning session. You add its folder (slide 17). Connect your calendar and email only if you want to (slide 20). Read first: 01 Intro to AWS Quick. Terms are in the glossary (Appendix A2) © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 4
5. 1 What the desktop app is © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 5
6. 1 What the desktop app is What the desktop app is Quick runs in the cloud. The app adds a door into your computer Quick runs in the cloud © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. A door into your computer Opens only what you allow 6
7. 1 What the desktop app is What you need macOS 12+ on Apple Silicon or 64-bit Windows 10+, with 8 GB of memory macOS Windows OS macOS 12 (Monterey) or later Windows 10 (64-bit) or later Processor Apple Silicon (M1 or later) x86_64 (x64) Memory 8 GB or more 8 GB or more Disk 2 GB (10 GB or more for indexing) Same Internet Required Same At work, ask your Quick admin whether you can use the desktop app, and for your account name © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 7
8. 2 Install and start © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 8
9. 2 Install and start Installing Install from the official page. The OS checks the app the first time macOS Windows 1 Download and open the .dmg Download and run the .exe 2 Drag it to Applications Follow the prompts 3 Open it from Launchpad Open it from the Start menu 4 First time: choose Open SmartScreen: More info, Run anyway If macOS blocks it, open Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway. Get it at aws.amazon.com/quick/desktop/. At work, install it the way your company does © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 9
10. 2 Install and start Signing in Invited by your company? Enter its account name, then sign in on the web Company account Who What to do How Personal account Your invitation email You signed up yourself has an account name (no AWS account) Enter the account name, Choose Continue with, then choose Sign In then pick a provider Your browser opens. Sign in the way you usually do Use email, Google, or others If the app shows Continue with single sign-on (SSO), use it only if your admin tells you to. A company sign-in lasts up to 30 days, then you sign in again © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 10
11. 2 Install and start First-run setup The first time, connect or skip email, messaging, and local files Email and calendar Messaging Local files For each kind, choose Connect or Dismiss. For now, connect only Local files. To add the rest later, open Customize, then Connectors (email and calendar: slide 20). Folders are in Customize, then Knowledge © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 11
12. 2 Install and start The home screen You see a greeting, the chat box, setup cards, and Highlights In the chat box, choose the agent, the response mode, and the thinking effort. Start with the defaults. Highlights are the most important items from your feed. Incognito is a chat kept out of your history and memory. Turn it on at the top right before you start. If your company delivers chat logs, incognito chats still reach those logs © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 12
13. 2 Install and start The left rail This deck uses Chat and Customize. Decks 04 and later cover the rest Rail What you do there Chat Start and continue chats Feed Updates, calendar, and to-dos Library Find what you made Customize Agents, skills, connectors, Knowledge Apps, Spaces Open apps and spaces More Research, Data, Automations, and more Mission Control is on the top bar (deck 11) © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 13
14. 2 Install and start Response modes and thinking effort Fast for quick asks, Balanced for most work, Smart for complex work Mode Good for Fast Short questions that need a quick answer Balanced Writing help, summaries, and everyday work Smart Complex analysis, detailed writing, accuracy In Balanced and Smart, also choose the thinking effort (Off, Low, Medium, or High). Smart is selected (the shaded row is under the pointer). The Thinking row sets the effort Heavier modes use up agent hours faster (deck 01) © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 14
15. 3 Connect your computer © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 15
16. 3 Connect your computer Allowing a local folder Adding a folder doesn't upload it. You choose per folder whether to upload Saved with the chat in the cloud Added: read in place © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Copy? Per folder Allow full file context for enhanced searching (on this screen) and Always remember file information (in the folder settings) copy the files to the cloud. Leave both off for now 16
17. 3 Connect your computer Finding the action items Add the session folder, then ask for the action items from last time 1 In Customize, then Knowledge, add the session folder (quick-example on the screen). Leave both switches from slide 16 off. 2 In chat, ask for the action items decided at the last session, and name the folder. 3 The answer cites the meeting notes. If it The answer cites Meeting notes - Session 11 after each part. doesn't, ask again with the folder name. Note: the OS sandbox keeps Quick out of folders you didn't allow. It can still reach temporary folders such as /tmp © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 17
18. 3 Connect your computer System tools Common tools come built in Web Search Browser Automation File operations Searches the web Works on web pages Downloads and opens files Code Execution Explainability File indexing and search Calculates, edits tables Shows how it answered Searches indexed files By default, each tool reads without asking, and asks each time before it writes (saving, sending, typing). To turn a tool off, open Customize, then Connectors, and filter by System © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 18
19. 3 Connect your computer Three access levels For each tool and each operation, pick one of three Always Allow Runs without asking (read default) One per tool Ask Each Time System tools Asks you every time (write default) To open it, choose … next to the tool, then Manage permissions. When unsure, keep the defaults The same settings apply to scheduled work. An action that asks waits for your approval and connectors Always Deny Never runs (Disable for connectors) You can also set each operation (email: read = Allow, send = Ask). If an admin turned something off, you can't turn it on © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 19
20. 3 Connect your computer Connecting your calendar and email Add calendar and email connectors, then ask Quick for dates Quick 1 Add a connector, sign in 2 Ask for dates 3 Writes ask each time In Customize, then Connectors, "List 3 weekday evenings next Actions such as sending the add Outlook, Gmail, or another month for the session" invitation ask you by default Cloud connectors such as Outlook and Gmail run from your AWS Quick account, so they also work on web and mobile. Once connected, Quick reads the email and calendar you can see without asking, by default. To make it ask first, see slide 19 © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 20
21. 4 Review and continue © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 21
22. 4 Review and continue Library and session tabs Find your work and Quick items in one place, and open them beside the chat Documents, decks, sheets, PDFs, images, audio, and video sit with apps, spaces, agents, skills, and more. Open one and it shows in a session tab. Read it, and add a part you select to the chat. Sharing a file gives view access to that file only. The Library list (earlier item names are painted over). The Type column shows each kind © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 22
23. 4 Review and continue My context Review and fix what Quick learned from your chats, and the knowledge graph Memories are the preferences and procedures Quick noted from your chats. Each agent has its own. In the account menu, open My context, then Memories, to Boost, Forget, or Edit one. The Sources of an answer also show the memories it used. The knowledge graph tab (names painted over). To keep a chat out of memory, use incognito (slide 12). Company chat logs, if set up, still include it (deck 13) © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 23
24. 4 Review and continue Continuing on your phone Same chats, memory, and agents. Manage connectors and skills on desktop Phone Same chats, memory, and agents Get it from the App Store or Google Play Feature On the phone Chat and response modes Available Approvals (answer a request) Available Feed and Library Available Connectors Connect and sign in again only Skills Use only Managing memories and the graph Not available Available © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Limited Not available 24
25. Summary © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 25
26. Summary Summary Choose which drawers the key opens, then connect the work on your computer 1 The app adds your folders and browser. Email and calendar use connectors. 2 Adding a folder doesn't upload it. You choose per folder whether to upload. 3 Each tool runs, asks, or never runs. Write actions ask each time by default. Your first time Ask your admin for the account name → install (slide 9) → sign in (10) → add a folder and ask (16, 17) → check the permissions (19) © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 26
27. Summary Read next For asking, read 04. For roles and procedures, 06. For handing off, 11 04 06 11 From chat to Agents and skills Always-on agents deliverables Give agents roles and Routines, the activity feed, Response modes, sources, docs, procedures, plus memory Mission Control, and approvals decks, and spreadsheets Give agents roles and Learn how to hand off work Go deeper on asking and procedures deliverables © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 27
28. Appendix © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 28
29. Appendix A1 Desktop usage limits (as of November 2026) Item Limit Item Limit Chats running at once 3 File you attach 50 MB Agent runs at once 30 One generated artifact 500 MB How long an approval lasts 12 hours Artifact storage per user 50 GB Scheduled tasks 20 Memory and knowledge graph 2 GB Time between scheduled runs 15 min or more Unpinned chats are kept 365 days Custom agents 100 Pinned or filed chats are kept 750 days Skills 1,000 Installed connectors 100 Checked in the docs on November 11, 2026. Limits can change © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 29
30. Appendix A2 Glossary Term Meaning Term Meaning Upload Put a copy in the cloud Index A catalog that makes files searchable Memory Preferences noted from chats Knowledge graph Links of people, projects, dates System tools Tools that come built in Connector Links Quick to email and other apps Write action Saving, sending, or typing Approval Your answer to an action that asks Always Allow Runs without asking Ask Each Time Asks every time Always Deny Never runs Incognito A chat kept out of history, memory Customize Where you set tools and folders My context Where you review memories SSO Single sign-on at your company Agent hours The unit for AI usage © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 30
31. Appendix A3 Sources AWS Quick User Guide (read on November 8 and 11, 2026) (slides 4, 6, 7, 9–14, 16–20, 22–24, 29, 30) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/quick/latest/userguide/ What is AWS Quick on desktop?, Getting started with the AWS Quick desktop application, Understanding the desktop interface, Working with chat, Knowledge, System tools, Connectors, Library, My context, Memories, Mission Control, AWS Quick desktop usage limits, Security, privacy, and architecture of AWS Quick on desktop, Setting up AWS Quick on desktop for enterprise deployments, Signing in to AWS Quick, Feature availability at a glance, Getting the app (slides 4, 6, 7, 9–14, 16–20, 22–24, 29, 30) AWS Quick pricing page and FAQs (slides 7, 14, 30) https://aws.amazon.com/quick/pricing/ AWS Quick on desktop page (slide 9) https://aws.amazon.com/quick/desktop/ What's New (September 9, 2026: the desktop app is generally available) (slides 7, 24) https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/amazon-quick-desktop-app-generally-available-macos-windows/ Screens: taken on November 11, 2026 in the desktop app of a test account, with the English display language; earlier item names are painted over. Sign-in (10), first-run setup (11), and calendar and email (20) have no screen and come from the User Guide. The session folder and its files are fictional and were made for these shots © 2026, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 31