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Kiro

Bring engineering rigor to agentic development

Coding Freemium ★ 4.5 Visit Website →

About

Kiro is an AI-powered IDE and CLI from Amazon. It uses spec-driven development, Agent Hooks, and advanced steering to help developers go from vibe coding to viable code. Supports multiple frontier models (Claude Opus/Sonnet, Qwen, DeepSeek), native MCP integration, and VS Code plugin compatibility.

Key Features

  • ✓Spec-driven development (requirements→architecture→tasks→implementation)
  • ✓Agent Hooks automation
  • ✓Steering rules customization
  • ✓Native MCP support
  • ✓CLI terminal version
  • ✓Multi-model support (Claude, Qwen, DeepSeek)

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