diff --git a/plugins/amazonq/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/amazonq/build.gradle.kts
index b20472a83f7..6e0e5f65d88 100644
--- a/plugins/amazonq/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/amazonq/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 // Copyright 2024 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import org.jetbrains.intellij.platform.gradle.IntelliJPlatformType
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
+import de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.Download
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.platform.gradle.tasks.PrepareSandboxTask
 import software.aws.toolkits.gradle.changelog.tasks.GeneratePluginChangeLog
-import software.aws.toolkits.gradle.intellij.IdeFlavor
-import software.aws.toolkits.gradle.intellij.IdeVersions
-import software.aws.toolkits.gradle.intellij.toolkitIntelliJ
 
 plugins {
     id("toolkit-publishing-conventions")
     id("toolkit-publish-root-conventions")
     id("toolkit-jvm-conventions")
     id("toolkit-testing")
+    id("de.undercouch.download")
+}
+
+buildscript {
+    dependencies {
+        classpath(libs.bundles.jackson)
+    }
 }
 
 val changelog = tasks.register<GeneratePluginChangeLog>("pluginChangeLog") {
@@ -51,3 +58,81 @@ tasks.check {
         }
     }
 }
+
+val downloadFlareManifest by tasks.registering(Download::class) {
+    src("https://aws-toolkit-language-servers.amazonaws.com/qAgenticChatServer/0/manifest.json")
+    dest(layout.buildDirectory.file("flare/manifest.json"))
+    onlyIfModified(true)
+    useETag(true)
+}
+
+data class FlareManifest(
+    val versions: List<FlareVersion>,
+)
+
+data class FlareVersion(
+    val serverVersion: String,
+    val thirdPartyLicenses: String,
+    val targets: List<FlareTarget>,
+)
+
+data class FlareTarget(
+    val platform: String,
+    val arch: String,
+    val contents: List<FlareContent>
+)
+
+data class FlareContent(
+    val url: String,
+)
+
+val downloadFlareArtifacts by tasks.registering(Download::class) {
+    dependsOn(downloadFlareManifest)
+    inputs.files(downloadFlareManifest)
+
+    val manifestFile = downloadFlareManifest.map { it.outputFiles.first() }
+    val manifest = manifestFile.map { jacksonObjectMapper().disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES).readValue(it.readText(), FlareManifest::class.java) }
+
+    // use darwin-aarch64 because its the smallest and we're going to throw away everything platform specific
+    val latest = manifest.map { it.versions.first() }
+    val latestVersion = latest.map { it.serverVersion }
+    val licensesUrl = latest.map { it.thirdPartyLicenses }
+    val darwin = latest.map { it.targets.first { target -> target.platform == "darwin" && target.arch == "arm64" } }
+    val contentUrls = darwin.map { it.contents.map { content -> content.url } }
+
+    val destination = layout.buildDirectory.dir(latestVersion.map { "flare/$it" })
+    outputs.dir(destination)
+
+    src(contentUrls.zip(licensesUrl) { left, right -> left + right})
+    dest(destination)
+    onlyIfModified(true)
+    useETag(true)
+}
+
+val prepareBundledFlare by tasks.registering(Copy::class) {
+    dependsOn(downloadFlareArtifacts)
+    inputs.files(downloadFlareArtifacts)
+
+    val dest = layout.buildDirectory.dir("tmp/extractFlare")
+    into(dest)
+
+    from(downloadFlareArtifacts.map { it.outputFiles.filterNot { file -> file.name.endsWith(".zip") } })
+    doLast {
+        copy {
+            into(dest)
+            includeEmptyDirs = false
+            downloadFlareArtifacts.get().outputFiles.filter { it.name.endsWith(".zip") }.forEach {
+                dest.get().file(it.parentFile.name).asFile.createNewFile()
+                from(zipTree(it)) {
+                    include("*.js")
+                    include("*.txt")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.withType<PrepareSandboxTask>().configureEach {
+    intoChild(intellijPlatform.projectName.map { "$it/flare" })
+        .from(prepareBundledFlare)
+}