Amazon

Up and coming Coding agents and AI IDEsupdated 16 Oct 2026

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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