Kiro is an AI coding agent, available as an editor, a command-line tool, a web app and a mobile app, that plans work as written specs before building it.
In plain words
Kiro can start by writing a spec: a requirements file with user stories, a design file with the technical plan, and a task list. It then works through the tasks, running independent ones at the same time. Steering files give it lasting notes about your project's conventions. Its editor is built on Code OSS, which means you can bring over your VS Code settings. AWS is ending support for Amazon Q Developer's editor plugins on 30 April 2027 and points their users to Kiro.
A quick example
Imagine you want to add a password reset feature. Kiro drafts the user stories and acceptance criteria, then a design, then a numbered task list. You check each file, and Kiro works through the tasks, marking each one done.
Where you'll meet it
- Planning and building larger features with AI.
- Teams that want AI to follow shared coding conventions.
Related
Sources
- DocsKiro documentation, Kiro · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsSpecs, Kiro Docs · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsSteering, Kiro Docs · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsKiro FAQ, Kiro · read 29 Sept 2026
- DocsWhat is Amazon Q Developer?, AWS Documentation · read 29 Sept 2026
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