AI coding
Kiro
Set your intent and let Kiro agents plan, build, review, and verify real enginee
What is Kiro?
Kiro is an AI coding tool designed to help teams ship quality software.By setting your intent and providing context, Kiro agents plan, build, review, and verify real engineering work on your local machine or in the cloud, across Crew, Web, Mobile, IDE, and CLI environments.
Built and run by AWS, Kiro supports frontier models like Claude and GPT, as well as open-weight models such as DeepSeek and Qwen.It goes beyond simple code completion by orchestrating long-running tasks through persistent agents (Kiro Crew) and cloud sessions, ensuring work continues even when you step away.
Kiro enforces quality at every step by breaking down complex tasks into checked stages, preventing agents from skipping failed tests.It uses property-based tests, requirements analysis, and Bugfix Specs to catch gaps before design and ensure fixes do not introduce regressions.
Key features
- Persistent AgentKiro Crew watches your backlog, codebase, or CI and acts when work appears, bringing results back for your review.
- Cloud SessionsMove long-running tasks to the cloud with parallel agents that can run for hours, so work continues even when you close your laptop.
- Quality EnforcemWorkflows split long tasks into checked steps, ensuring agents cannot skip a test that failed, enforcing quality at every stage.
- Persistent MemorAgents get context behind the code, including past decisions, project standards, and previous work, with corrections saved as reusable guidance.
- Intent VerificatSpecs capture what you meant before code is written and verify results after, using property-based tests across hundreds of cases.
- Multi-Model SuppUse Claude, GPT, and open-weight models like DeepSeek and Qwen, or let Auto route each task to the right model.
- Open StandardsBuilt on open standards like ACP, AGENTS.md, Skills, MCP, and Open VSX extensions, allowing seamless integration with your tools.
How to use it
- Download Kiro Crew or install the CLI using curl -fsSL https://cli.kiro.dev/install | bash.
- Set your intent and provide necessary context, such as project standards or records of past decisions.
- Choose your environment: run sandboxed sessions locally or delegate tasks to the cloud for long-running parallel processing.
- Monitor agent progress by reviewing their research plans, build steps, and review reports.
- Review changes proposed by the agent, approving merges or requesting fixes for specific issues.
- Leverage persistent memory to save corrections as reusable guidance, optimizing future automated workflows.
Where it fits
- Automated MainteKiro bots can delegate recurring work like nightly issue triage, cache clearing, or regular dependency updates, notifying you upon completion.
- Complex FeatureFor large tasks, Kiro performs specs and analysis first to identify gaps, then builds in steps and verifies with property-based tests.
- CI/CD Failure ReWhen a build fails, Kiro can run headless in CI, analyze error logs, apply minimal fixes, and rerun tests automatically.
Pricing and free quota
Offers a free trial and multiple tiers: Free plan with 50 credits/month; Pro at $20/user/month with 1,000 credits; Pro+ at $40/user/month with 2,000 credits; Pro Max at $100/user/month with 5,000 credits; Power at $200/user/month with 10,000 credits.Add-on credits are $0.04/credit.
Who it is for
- Frontier engineering teams
- Developers needing automated maintenance
- Software companies aiming for high-quality delivery
- Enterprises looking to integrate open-weight models
FAQ
Which AI models does Kiro support?
Kiro supports Claude, GPT, and open-weight models like DeepSeek and Qwen, or you can use Auto mode to let the system route to the best model.
How does Kiro ensure code quality?
By breaking tasks into checked steps, enforcing property tests and lint checks, and conducting adversarial review agents and human review before merging.
Where can Kiro run?
Kiro can run on your local machine via Crew or CLI, or in the cloud for long-running tasks, supporting IDE, Web, Mobile, and CI/CD environments.
What features are available for enterprises?
The enterprise version is built and run by AWS, offering SSO, governance, compliance, IP indemnity (with model exclusions), and predictable pricing.