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Kiro

AWS's spec-driven agentic IDE

[ Overview ]

Kiro is AWS's agentic IDE, built on Code OSS and powered by Claude via Amazon Bedrock, centered on spec-driven development that turns natural-language prompts into structured requirements before coding.

[ Pros ]

Spec-first approach reduces scope drift
Perpetual free tier, no AWS subscription needed
Backed by strong underlying models via Bedrock

[ Cons ]

Credit system can limit heavy use on free tier
Newer entrant vs. established IDEs

[ Tags ]

awsidespec-driven