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Kiro

Agentic development environment for shipping software with AI agents.

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Kiro at a glance

Overview

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Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Kiro is an agentic development environment that helps developers ship real engineering work with the help of AI agents S1. It is built and operated by a small, opinionated team within AWS S1. Developers use it to plan, build, and deploy software from prototype to production S5. Its practical value lies in structured workflows like Plan mode and Feature Specs that guide agents through requirements, design, and implementation S14 S20.

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Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Kiro is an agentic development environment, built and operated by a small team within AWS S1.
  • Core purpose: It helps developers ship real engineering work with AI agents S1.
  • Intended users: Developers who want to build software with AI agents S1.
  • Product scope: It is a development environment with IDE and CLI surfaces, plus Crew for managing agents S14 S19.
  • Positioning: Kiro is an AI-powered development environment that works from prototype to production S5.
  • Claimed distinction: It reinvents how developers work with AI agents S1.
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Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
DevelopersPlan and execute medium-complexity tasks with Plan mode, which creates a step-by-step plan and transitions to execution S14.
Product teamsUse Feature Specs to align product and engineering with shared artifacts and formal requirements S20.
Teams needing audit trailsUse Feature Specs for high-complexity projects requiring documentation and approval gates S14.
Developers with remote instancesManage several remote Crew instances from one hub S19.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Plan modeStructures planning before execution, exploring the codebase and creating implementation plans S14.
Feature SpecsBuilds new features with structured requirements, technical design, and implementation planning S20.
Agent CapabilitiesCustomizes agent behavior with custom agents, templates, MCP integrations, skills, steering, hooks, and prompts S17.
Crew featuresDelegates parallel work, schedules recurring jobs, deploys artifacts, manages remote instances, and runs autonomous tasks S19.
MCP integrationsExtends agent capabilities by connecting to external APIs, databases, and specialized tools via MCP servers S69.
Session export/importExports and restores local conversations, with cloud sessions in the account-backed session store S68.
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Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
MCP serversIntegrationExtends agent capabilities with external APIs, databases, and specialized tools S69.
MCP configurationIntegrationDiscovers and syncs MCP servers from configuration files, with hot-reload during sessions S69 S68.
Slack MCPIntegrationProvides Slack API access through a managed server S69.
OAuth clientsAPISupports pre-registered OAuth client authentication for MCP servers S68.
Session export/importData portabilityExports and restores local conversations via `/chat save` and `/chat load` S68.
ACP integrationsIntegrationSupports Agent Client Protocol integrations S5.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Kiro Free$0 per user per month, monthly S16950 credits S169Open-weight models and AI modelSonnet 4.5; rate limits S169
Kiro Pro$20 per user per month, monthly S1691,000 credits S169Premium models; add-on credits $0.04 each S169
Kiro Pro+$40 per user per month, monthly S1692,000 credits S169Premium models; add-on credits $0.04 each S169
Kiro Pro Max$100 per user per month, monthly S1695,000 credits S169Premium models; add-on credits $0.04 each S169
Kiro Power$200 per user per month, monthly S16910,000 credits S169Premium models; add-on credits $0.04 each S169
EnterpriseContact sales S169Not establishedCentralized billing, SSO, usage analytics S169

Competition

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Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
aws.amazon.com324.3amazon kiro, aws kiro pricing
reddit.com225.5amazon kiro, aws kiro pricing
youtube.com112amazon kiro
crn.com113amazon kiro
github.com117amazon kiro
news.ycombinator.com117aws kiro pricing

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

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AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.1%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants
—All AI assistants
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gap3 first-page appearances across amazon kiro, aws kiro pricing

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • integrations: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
DevThrottleKiro CLI review - AWS / Kiro coding agent / DevThrottleGrounded web searchThe Kiro terminal agent for writing, reviewing, modifying code, and automating workflows from the command line; AWS positions it as the successor to Amazon Q Developer CLI. Kiro CLI is the current terminal-agent direction for the Amazon Q Developer
Anchor TerminalKiro CLI review (2026): pricing, alternatives and grade CGrounded web search60.6/100 #570 of 1210 · #15 in Harnesses ... AWS's coding agent for the terminal and the successor to the Amazon Q Developer CLI. It runs interactive chat, non-interactive runs for pipelines with an API key, MCP servers and an Agent Client Protocol server for editors. ... Assessment. Permission rules follow deny over ask over allow, cloned repositories can't add rules, and a headless session treats every ask as a deny. Content from Free and individual paid accounts is used for service improvemen
Cloudride BlogKiro IDE Review 2026: How Our Team Actually Uses It to Ship Production Code - CloudrideGrounded web search, CI/CD debugging, quick fixes on servers. Kiro CLI gives me the same ... The features I use most: - Code Intelligence — LSP for 18 languages. /code ... . I have one for “AWS infrastructure” that pre-approves all AWS CLI tools and loads our CDK steering.
kiro.devCLI - KiroGrounded web searchKiro CLI is a tool that allows you to interact with Kiro’s AI agents directly from your terminal. The CLI enables you to use AI for tasks like writing, reviewing, modifying code, and automating workflows, locally or in cloud sessions that persist across disconnects. It understands your codebase and speeds up development through adaptive, natural dialogue. Kiro CLI reads steering files and MCP configurations from your project's .kiro/ folder, the same context your IDE and Web sessions use, levera
kiro.devHeadless mode - CLI - Docs - KiroGrounded web searchHeadless mode lets you run Kiro CLI as part of your CI/CD pipeline to automate code reviews, generate tests, or troubleshoot build failures — no interactive terminal required. Authenticate with an API key, pass a prompt, and Kiro executes it end-to-end. ## Authentication

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

  • CLI - Docs - Kiro — The Kiro CLI brings the power of AI-assisted development to your terminal. Build, test, and deploy applications using natural language commands and automated workflows. ... - Steering — Guide Kiro with project-specific context and conventions - Hooks — Automate actions before and after commands - MCP — Connect external tools and data sources - Custom agents — Build specialized agents for your workflows - Skills — Extend Kiro with reusable skill packages - Sub-agents — Delegate focused work to ag
  • Setup & First Run - CLI - Docs - Kiro — Kiro CLI is an AI coding agent that lives in your terminal — it reads your codebase, writes code, runs commands, and asks before doing anything destructive. This guide gets you from zero to productive in about five minutes.
  • Bring Kiro agents to your terminal with Kiro CLI - Kiro — Kiro CLI uses advanced agent functionality and technology from the Q Developer CLI (including agent mode, MCP, steering, and custom agents), and adds support for social login, Haiku 4.5, and our agent Auto, which balances performance, efficiency, and output quality. Scaffold

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipNot published on the collected pages.—
Contact and supportA cloud session runs the \Kiro agent harness\ in a managed cloud sandbox instead of on your machine. The session belongs to your Kiro account, not to any one app: start it in the browser, hand it a long task, close yoursource
Legal and privacyNot published on the collected pages.—
Security and complianceKiro for enterpriseCentralized billing, SSO, usage analytics, and enterprise security controls.source
Uptime and status pageNot published on the collected pages.—
Domain registered2019-03-01—
Domain expires2027-03-01—

Not found on the collected pages: company and ownership, legal and privacy, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Docs - KiroDocumentationThe AI-powered development environment that works the way you do, from prototype to production (source)Not dated
Plan mode - Specs - Features - Docs - KiroDocumentationStructured planning before execution - explore your codebase, gather requirements, and create implementation plans (source)Not dated
Plan mode - Specs - Features - Docs - KiroDocumentationPlanification structurée avant l'exécution - explorez votre base de code, recueillez les exigences et créez des plans d'implémentation (source)Not dated
Agent Capabilities - Crew - Docs - KiroDocumentationConfigure what the agent can do — custom agents, templates, MCP integrations, skills, steering, hooks, and prompts. (source)Not dated
Features - Crew - Docs - KiroDocumentationWhat Crew can do beyond chat — delegate parallel work, schedule recurring jobs, deploy artifacts, manage remote instances, run autonomous tasks, and back up your state. (source)Not dated
Feature Specs - Specs - Features - Docs - KiroDocumentationBuild new features with structured requirements, technical design, and implementation planning (source)Not dated
New features in V3 - What's new in V3 - CLI - Docs - KiroDocumentationNew capabilities in Kiro CLI V3 — plan mode, permissions, hooks, built-in tools, and more (source)Not dated
Agent Templates - Agent Capabilities - Crew - Docs - KiroDocumentationReusable agent configurations — a model, prompt, tool set, and Skills — that agents can follow, override, or fork into a private copy. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, changelog or release notes, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

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Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Kiro is available as an IDE and CLI, with deployment options including cloud and self-hosted S14 S5.S14 S5
Platforms and appsPlan mode is available on IDE and CLI, but not on web or mobile S14.S14
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Supports MCP integrations and OAuth clients S69 S68.S69 S68
Data ownership and exportSessions can be exported and imported locally, with cloud sessions in the account-backed store S68.S68
Performance and reliability claimsNot published on the collected pages.—
Release activityV3 harness introduced new features, with documentation updated through October 2026 S68 S14.S68 S14
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered2019-03-01 — Nom-IQ Limited dba Com Laude
Domain expires2027-03-01
TLS certificateAmazon, valid, expires 2027-05-04
Security headersHSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headerAmazonS3
Mail handled byinbound-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Nameserversns-773.awsdns-32.net, ns-1033.awsdns-01.org

Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s). A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 96/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 8
  • Notices: 8

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed228https://kiro.dev/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed180https://kiro.dev/downloads/
warningTitle length should be reviewed82https://kiro.dev/blog/software-factory-1000-prs/
warningMissing meta description—https://kiro.dev/blog/software-factory-1000-prs/
noticePage is marked noindex—https://kiro.dev/transcripts/home-cli-demo/
warningMissing meta description—https://kiro.dev/docs/chat/subagents/
warningPage should have one primary H10https://kiro.dev/docs/chat/subagents/
noticePage is marked noindex—https://kiro.dev/docs/chat/subagents/
noticeLow visible word count7https://kiro.dev/docs/chat/subagents/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed212https://kiro.dev/docs/mcp/
warningMissing meta description—https://kiro.dev/docs/editor/extension-registry/
warningPage should have one primary H10https://kiro.dev/docs/editor/extension-registry/
noticePage is marked noindex—https://kiro.dev/docs/editor/extension-registry/
noticeLow visible word count7https://kiro.dev/docs/editor/extension-registry/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://kiro.dev/docs/chat/subagents/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://kiro.dev/docs/editor/extension-registry/

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Kiro: Move beyond AI coding to agentic engineering1355631 mshttps://kiro.dev/
200Downloads - Kiro1276126 mshttps://kiro.dev/downloads/
200How we built a software factory with Kiro Crew to merge 1,000 PRs in a week - Kiro1184795 mshttps://kiro.dev/blog/software-factory-1000-prs/
200Video transcript: Kiro CLI demo: starting a cloud session - Kiro1262119 mshttps://kiro.dev/transcripts/home-cli-demo/
200Specs - Features - Docs - Kiro11033109 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/specs/
200Redirecting…07101 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/chat/subagents/
200Correctness - Specs - Features - Docs - Kiro11346108 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/specs/correctness/
200Feature Specs - Specs - Features - Docs - Kiro110096 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/specs/feature-specs/
200Powers - Kiro11507161 mshttps://kiro.dev/powers/
200Headless mode - CLI - Docs - Kiro12181116 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/cli/headless/
200Models - Docs - Kiro12137126 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/models/
200ACP - CLI - Docs - Kiro1148088 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/cli/acp/
200Agent Skills - Features - Docs - Kiro1169879 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/skills/
200MCP - Features - Docs - Kiro11087132 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/mcp/
200Redirecting…07113 mshttps://kiro.dev/docs/editor/extension-registry/

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

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Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct55.3%
search29.5%
search organic20.5%
search paid9.0%
social4.0%
social organic3.7%
social paid0.3%
referrals8.2%
paid referrals0.9%
mail1.0%
gen ai1.1%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of customer testimonials, case studies, and independent reviews. Pricing details for the Enterprise plan are not published. Performance and uptime claims are not documented.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 15 collected pages from kiro.dev, including the About page, pricing page, and documentation. Static and browser rendering rendering were used; deep page fetch was disabled. External proof search was enabled but only verified the existence of linked results, not their content. Pricing data was sourced from the authoritative pricing page. Limitations include potential missing information from pages not collected and the inability to verify external claims.

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