diff --git a/doc/user/duo_agent_platform/agent_assistant.md b/doc/user/duo_agent_platform/agent_assistant.md
index 0dad913b229bda48bc555e51d8202f73c06e6b44..429fa0cfde4d6245a3d1956d861d89bc7e53ad66 100644
--- a/doc/user/duo_agent_platform/agent_assistant.md
+++ b/doc/user/duo_agent_platform/agent_assistant.md
@@ -422,7 +422,15 @@ commands:
   - echo "Configuring git"
   - git config --global user.email "amazonq@gitlab.com"
   - git config --global user.name "AmazonQ Code"
-  - git remote set-url origin https://gitlab-ci-token:$GITLAB_TOKEN_AMAZON_Q@$GITLAB_HOST/internal-test/q-words-demo.git
+ # - git remote set-url origin https://gitlab-ci-token:$GITLAB_TOKEN_AMAZON_Q@$GITLAB_HOST/internal-test/q-words-demo.git
+  - |
+    # Use GITLAB_PROTOCOL if set (default https)
+    GITLAB_PROTOCOL=${GITLAB_PROTOCOL:-https}
+    # Tell glab and Amazon Q to use the configured protocol API endpoint
+    glab config set api_base_url $GITLAB_PROTOCOL://$GITLAB_HOST/api/v4 -g
+
+    # Authenticate GLAB tool with the GitLab instance 
+    glab auth login --hostname $GITLAB_HOST --token $GITLAB_TOKEN --api-protocol $GITLAB_PROTOCOL 
   - echo "Running q"
   - |
     AMAZON_Q_SIGV4=1 q chat --trust-all-tools --no-interactive --verbose "
@@ -440,7 +448,7 @@ commands:
 
     When you complete your work create a new Git branch, if you aren't already working on a feature branch, with the format of 'feature/<short description of feature>' and check in/push code.
 
-    When you check in and push code you will need to use the access token stored in GITLAB_TOKEN and the user ClaudeCode.
+    When you check in and push code you will need to use the access token stored in GITLAB_TOKEN and the user AmazonQ.
     Lastly, after pushing the code, if a MR doesn't already exist, create a new MR for the branch and link it to the issue using:
     `glab mr create --title "<title>" --description "<desc>" --source-branch <branch> --target-branch <branch>`
 
@@ -454,6 +462,7 @@ variables:
   - AWS_SECRET_NAME
   - AWS_REGION_NAME
   - MCP_CONFIG
+  - GITLAB_PROTOCOL   # optional; default = https
 ```
 
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