Kiro#

Kiro is an agentic IDE by aws for software development. It has three main surfaces:

Kiro IDE#

Interactive, synchronous collaboration on your local machine. Pair programming, suggestions, real-time code iteration. Spec-driven development.

Kiro CLI#

Custom agents as configuration files that customize Kiro’s behavior for specific workflows. Define tool access, permissions, and context. Pre-approve tools, reduce interruptions, optimize for specific tasks. Interactive, runs on your local machine.

Kiro Autonomous Agent#

A frontier-agent that works asynchronously in the background on complex, multi-step development tasks. Key capabilities:

  • Takes high-level task descriptions and plans implementation autonomously
  • Writes code across multiple repositories
  • Runs tests and creates pull requests (never auto-merges)
  • Runs in isolated sandbox environments
  • Maintains persistent context across tasks, repos, and sessions
  • Learns from code review feedback
  • Coordinates specialized sub-agents

Tasks assigned from kiro.dev or GitHub, not from within the IDE.

Status: Preview — rolling out to Pro, Pro+, and Power users.

Kiro Powers#

kiro-powers — specialized packages that enhance agents with prebuilt expertise. Contain curated MCP servers, steering files, and hooks.

Team Integrations#

Jira, Confluence, GitLab, GitHub, Teams, Slack (during preview).

See Also#

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