- AWS reveals Kiro, an agentic AI -MATE TO CODE ON
- Kiro seems to help solve typical problems seen in “vibe coding”
- Kiro is in preview now, with three levels set to be available
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed Kiro, an idea that uses AI agents to streamline the development process.
Kiro is available now in preview and seems to be cutting down on potential problems with “vibe coding”, the process in which agents are asked to create and build software with minimal human interaction.
In addition to helping with coding, Kiro can also automatically create and update project plans and technical drawings, solving one of the most troublesome problems for developers who still get hold of the potential AI brings.
AWS Kiro
AWS, who announced the launch, said Kiro is looking to help switch from “vibe coding to viable code.”
It works by breaking down prompts into structured components, which can then be used to guide implementation and testing, as well as trace any changes as the code develops, ensuring that no discrepancies break through.
There is also support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect specialized tools, manage rules to guide AI behavior across your project and agent chat for ad-hoc coding tasks.
Finally, it can also automatically control the code to make sure nothing is wrong and make sure developers can submit or start code without fear of problems.
Kiro looks like “solving the basic challenges that make building software products so difficult – from ensuring design adjustment across teams and loosely contradictory requirements, to removing technical debt, bringing rigor to code reviews and preserving institutional knowledge when senior engineers leave,” said Nikhil Swaminathan, Kiro’s product management and Deepak Singh, Amazon’s vice president of developer and agent, said.
“Kiro is great for ‘vibe coding’, but goes far beyond that – Kiro’s strength gets these prototypes for production systems with features such as specifications and hooks.”
Currently, Kiro is free to use during the preview period, but it seems that AWS looks at introducing three price levels: a free version with 50 agent interactions per day. Month; A PRO level for $ 19 per User per Month with 1,000 interactions; and a Pro+ level for $ 39 per User per Month with 3,000 interactions.
“Kiro is really good at” vibe coding “but goes far beyond that,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a post on X.
“While other AI coding assistants may help you prototype quickly, Kiro helps you take these prototypes all the way to production by following a mature, structured development process out of the box. This means that developers can spend less time on the boiler plate code and more time when it means most – innovation and building solutions that customers will love.
