Kiro is an AWS-built AI-powered IDE launched weeks ago that runs on top of VS Code and has attracted thousands of developers while remaining behind a waitlist. The tool offers standard AI coding features—code snippets, debugging, and explanations—while introducing a spec-driven development workflow that requires defining requirements and designs before code generation. The workflow captures plans in structured documentation, then converts tasks into runnable subtasks so development proceeds in batches. The spec-driven approach aims to reduce ambiguous prompts and misinterpretations by guiding clearer instructions and enforcing a plan-first process for more reliable outputs.
Kiro is an AI-powered IDE from AWS that autonomously interprets your goals, navigates your codebase, and makes targeted modifications to build what you describe. It's the next in a long line of AI coding technologies, promising to help you vibe code your way through your application. Kiro belongs to this class of tools, and like other popular players such as Cursor and Windsurf, it is also built on top of the VS Code editor:
One of the biggest issues with AI coding tools and large language models in general is prompting. Since AIs are not human (obviously), they often misinterpret vague sentences or fill in gaps incorrectly. You only get good results if you give clear and specific instructions. Kiro's spec-driven approach makes this process more reliable. Instead of jumping straight into a vibecoding session where you throw instructions at the AI and hope it understands, Kiro guides you to create a structured documentation first.
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