Kiro

Kiro is an agentic AI IDE built by AWS that takes developers from prototype to production using spec-driven development workflows. Rather than treating AI as a code-completion or chat tool, Kiro emphasises writing structured specifications covering requirements, designs, and architectures that the AI uses to plan and execute multi-step development tasks autonomously. This produces materially better results for production-quality features than prompt-based approaches, particularly for code that needs to handle edge cases, security, and maintainability rather than just demo output. The GitHub repo at github.com/kirodotdev/Kiro has 3.8k stars and active open-source development. Kiro is available as an IDE (VS Code fork), CLI, and web interface. It is not AWS-exclusive: model selection spans Claude Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, Opus 4.5, Sonnet 4.6, Sonnet 4.5, and Haiku 4.5, plus open weight models including Qwen3 Coder Next, DeepSeek v3.2, and MiniMax 2.1. Auto mode automatically selects the best model mix for quality, latency, and cost. MCP is fully supported with an official server directory at kiro.dev/docs/mcp, enterprise MCP governance controls, and a one-click installation badge system for community MCP servers. Integration depth covers AWS-native services (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFormation) with deep awareness, plus GitHub for version control and MCP for extensible tool connections. Enterprise features include IAM Identity Center authentication, centralized billing, SSO, usage analytics, and company-wide MCP governance policies. Non-AWS teams on Azure or GCP can use Kiro equally effectively for general-purpose development. Missing from the current integration set: no native Jira, Linear, or Slack integrations for task assignment workflows that Devin and Cursor offer. Pricing is fully public across all tiers. Free at $0 includes 50 credits/month with access to Claude Sonnet 4.5 and open weight models. Pro at $20/month provides 1,000 credits with premium model access including Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6. Pro+ at $40/month provides 2,000 credits. Power at $200/month provides 10,000 credits. Overages are available at $0.04/credit on paid plans. A $20 sign-up credit applies on first upgrade via social login or Builder ID. Credits reset monthly without rollover. Kiro is not the right fit for developers outside VS Code who prefer a different base IDE, teams requiring proven enterprise security certifications (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001) before procurement approval since Kiro relies on AWS's underlying infrastructure certifications rather than holding its own, or organisations that need a large community of third-party tutorials and pre-built specs since Kiro launched recently and its community is smaller than Cursor or GitHub Copilot. Current state Q2 2026: Kiro has reached general availability with public pricing across four tiers. Claude Opus 4.8 is now available as the latest model option. Kiro Web provides browser-based access alongside the desktop IDE and CLI. The GitHub repository has 3.8k stars with active development. Reviews across G2 (4.5/5, 3 reviews), Product Hunt (5.0, 11 reviews), and Gartner Peer Insights (16 reviews) show consistently positive early adoption signals. Enterprise features include IAM Identity Center, centralized billing, and MCP governance controls.