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Kiro
AI Market Atlas · by Pro PluribusAmazon
Spec-driven development: it writes requirements, then a design, then tasks.
What it offers
Main offerings
- Kiro IDE · CLI · web · iOS
- Replaces Amazon Q Developer.
- Kiro Crew
- Open-source multi-agent add-on (August).
- Workflows · CLI v3 · sandboxing
- Saved agent workflows (30 Sep), a new CLI with memory and an autonomous mode (9 Oct), local sandboxing (14 Oct).
Recent news
- Kiro adds local sandboxing for agent commandsKeeps agent commands within set boundaries, a security hardening step after the earlier prompt-injection flaw.Kiro blog ↗
- Kiro CLI V3 becomes the default experienceAdds memory and an autonomous mode; Kiro pushes its terminal agent alongside the IDE.Kiro blog ↗
- Amazon introduces Kiro workflowsSaved, repeatable agent workflows launchable from chat, extending Kiro's spec-driven approach.Kiro blog ↗
- Kiro prompt-injection flaw could exfiltrate data via Kiro PowersThis is a security incident for AWS's flagship agentic IDE, patched in 0.8.140The Hacker News ↗
- AWS launches Kiro Crew for round-the-clock autonomous coding agentsAWS moves Kiro into always-on background agentsSiliconANGLE ↗
- AWS sets Amazon Q Developer end of support and moves users to KiroKiro becomes AWS's single coding product and inherits the Q Developer enterprise baseAWS DevOps Blog ↗
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