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Kiro AI

Kiro AI is an agentic, spec‑driven IDE built on VS Code foundation that turns feature ideas into structured specs, design docs, and task flows, powered…

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Name	Kiro AI
Overview	Kiro AI is a next‑generation agentic AI‑powered IDE that guides you from high‑level feature descriptions through automatically generated requirements, design, and task documents (in Markdown), all integrated into your codebase. It runs on a customized VS Code core, supports your existing extensions, and enables project steering and automation. Whether you’re working solo or in a team, Kiro helps bring structure, best practices, and maintainability to your development workflow. Unlike traditional autocomplete tools, Kiro uses spec-driven development, agent hooks, steering files, and real-time diffs to manage code, docs, and tasks holistically. Its agentic approach focuses on shipping production-ready code, not just prototypes.
Key features & benefits	Spec‑Driven Development: Generates `requirements.md`, `design.md`, and `tasks.md`, using EARS-style user stories and structured design to maintain alignment across your project. Agent Hooks & Automation: Define event-triggered automation (e.g. on save or commit) to enforce tests, documentation updates, security checks, and coding standards. Project Steering & Context: Use steering markdown files to guide AI behavior with project architecture, conventions, and vision. Extend context via multimodal input (code, docs, UI assets). Open Ecosystem & Integration: Built on Code OSS, compatible with VS Code settings and Open VSX extensions; supports cross-platform installs (Windows, macOS, Linux) and GitHub/Google login. Real-Time Diffs & Controlled Autopilot: See code changes as diffs; choose between supervised review or autopilot mode. Critical operations prompt for confirmation.
Use cases and applications	Building new features from scratch using structured specs Avoiding “vibe coding” chaos by adding discipline early in development Enforcing coding standards, tests, security, and documentation automatically Coordinating team efforts with shared project steering and maintainable specs Incrementally adopting AI in existing projects via agentic chat and hooks
Who uses?	Solo developers, indie founders, engineering teams, technical leads, and product managers who need structure, maintainability, and rigorous workflows in AI-assisted development. Also appealing to those moving from prototypes to production-ready systems.
Pricing	Public preview: free, with up to 50 agent interactions/month. Future paid tiers: Pro – ~$19/user/month for 1,000 interactions Pro+ – $39/user/month for 3,000 interactions Additional interactions may incur additional costs ($0.04 each). Free users can opt out of telemetry.
Tags	Agentic IDE, spec-driven development, AI automation, project planning, VS Code-based, hooks, task generation, code quality, structured coding
App available?	No mobile app, available as a desktop IDE built from Code OSS; compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Download from Kiro.dev and log in via GitHub or Google.

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