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AWS Unveils Kiro, Agentic IDE That Transforms Prompts Into Production-Ready Specs

The spec-driven platform embeds AI agents via event hooks in a Code OSS-based IDE to bridge rapid prototyping with production readiness.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch on Febriuary 26 in New York where the company unveiled Alexa+, with AI features. On Monday, Amazon Web Services announced Kiro, allows developers to write code with help from artificial intelligence. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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Overview

  • Kiro entered a free preview on July 14, offering English-only chat through Anthropic models with alternative AI engines due in future releases.
  • The IDE converts natural-language prompts into structured specifications—user stories, acceptance criteria and design artifacts—before generating any code.
  • Event-driven hooks trigger background AI agents on file saves, creations or deletions to automate testing, documentation updates and boilerplate tasks.
  • Built on the open-source Code OSS editor, Kiro preserves existing Visual Studio Code settings and plugins while supporting the Model Context Protocol for external tool integration.
  • After the preview ends, AWS will introduce tiered subscriptions: a free plan with 50 interactions, a Pro tier at $19/month for 1,000 interactions and a Pro+ tier at $39/month for 3,000 interactions.