Kiro

Kiro is an agentic development environment that converts prompts into executable specifications, validates code correctness to identify bugs that unit tests miss, and enables building across large codebases with parallel agents that learn from each session. It targets developers and engineering teams in companies of various sizes, including enterprises. It is positioned as a tool that moves beyond AI coding to agentic engineering, with a delivery model as a SaaS product with IDE, CLI, Web, and mobile surfaces.

Key features

• Turn prompts into executable specs
• Validate code correctness to find bugs
• Parallel agents that learn from sessions
• Spec-driven development
• Agent hooks for background tasks
• Steering to enforce project standards
• Hooks to automate actions on events
• MCP to connect external tools
• Permissions to control agent access
• Custom agents for specific workflows
• Skills for reusable instruction packages
• Powers for tools with built-in knowledge
• Sub-agents for parallel tasks
• Checkpoints and rewind for changes
• Kiroignore to keep secrets away
• Compaction for long sessions