AWS's IDE that writes a spec before it writes code.
Kiro turns a prompt into requirements, a design and a task list, then its agents work through the tasks. The spec stays in the repo as living documentation. Built on Code OSS and powered by Claude through Amazon Bedrock.
Key info
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platform
- macOS · Windows · Linux
- Category
- IDEs
- Best for
- Intermediate
- Free plan
- 50 credits a month
- Free trial
- 500 bonus credits for your first 14 days
- Paid plans from
- $20 a month (Pro, 1,000 credits)
- Built on
- Code OSS, with extensions from Open VSX
- Models
- Claude, through Amazon Bedrock
- Your own API key
- No
- Good for
- Planning a feature properly before any code is written
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