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Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by marviel »

NathanKP wrote: post #5

Hello folks! I've been working on Kiro for nearly a year now. Happy to chat about some of the things that make it unique in the IDE space. We've added a few powerful things that I think make it a bit different from other similar AI editors. In specific, I'm really proud of "spec driven development", which is based on the internal processes that software development teams at Amazon use to build very large technical pr…

nice! Can't agree more on Vibe Speccing.

I wrote more about Spec Driven AI development here: https://lukebechtel.com/blog/vibe-speccing

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by epiccoleman »

TimMeade wrote: post #109
NathanKP wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love Claude Code too, and it definitely has it's place. I think that IDE's have a few advantages over CLI tools though. In specific the IDE has a lot more contextual information such as what files you have open, warnings from linters or type checkers, information from LSP, etc. I think it is entirely possible to build a fantastic CLI tool for coding, and the CLI tools for coding already work well enough, but there…

I use claude code in vscode. Cmd-Esc opens a claude code tab. Then /ide conects to the vscode and it's all like cursor at that point.

Same here - in fact, I just recently cancelled my Cursor subscription because Claude Code + VSCode seems just as good. I think Cursor is a decent product and some of the UX it puts around LLM interaction is helpful - but I just can't really justifying paying Cursor to middleman my requests to LLM providers when Claude Pro is $20 / month.

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by erichocean »

NathanKP wrote: post #5

Hello folks! I've been working on Kiro for nearly a year now. Happy to chat about some of the things that make it unique in the IDE space. We've added a few powerful things that I think make it a bit different from other similar AI editors. In specific, I'm really proud of "spec driven development", which is based on the internal processes that software development teams at Amazon use to build very large technical pr…

How much are you using Kiro to improve itself? 100% of the time? 10% of the time? Never?

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

cl0wnshoes wrote: post #91
NathanKP wrote: post #90

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Thanks for the report! I'll keep an eye on it. So far we aren't seeing any other reported issues, so it's possible that a browser extension, or something else in your setup is messing with the SSO flow. Redirect back to localhost:3128 is normal, that's where Kiro is watching for a callback, but the missing state is not normal. Something may have stripped the info out of the callback before it occurred, which is why I…

FWIW Github login worked, only extensions I run is a password manager and Kagi.

After you said that google login didn't work, since I had also used github login, I wanted to tell that github login had worked for me, but you beat me to it!

I think Auth can be a bit of mess, but yes Its still absolutely great that I can just login with github and it just works, I am trying out Kiro right as we speak!

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by homami »

NathanKP wrote: post #90
cl0wnshoes wrote: post #78

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Seems like social login isn't working for me on OSX. Just downloaded Kiro, clicked the Google option, allowed the app, and then get redirected back to http://localhost:3128/oauth/callback with an error "Error: AuthSSOServer: missing state".

Thanks for the report! I'll keep an eye on it. So far we aren't seeing any other reported issues, so it's possible that a browser extension, or something else in your setup is messing with the SSO flow. Redirect back to localhost:3128 is normal, that's where Kiro is watching for a callback, but the missing state is not normal. Something may have stripped the info out of the callback before it occurred, which is why I…

It is also not working for me, this opens http://localhost:3128/oauth/callback?code=... but on Kiro interface I see "There was an error signing you in. Please try again"

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by adastra22 »

NathanKP wrote: post #55
postalcoder wrote: post #41

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I don't know if this is feedback for Kiro per se or more feedback for this category of applications as a whole, but I've personally noticed that the biggest barrier holding me back from giving an earnest look at new coding agents are the custom rules I've set up w/ my existing agents. I have extensively used Copilot, Continue, Cursor, Cline, Aider, Roo Code, and Claude Code. I've just finished porting my rules over t…

You will be happy to find out that Kiro is quite good at this! One of my favorite features is "Steering Rules". Kiro can help you write steering rules for your projects, and the steering rules that it auto generates are actually super great for large projects. You can see some examples of auto generated steering files here in one of my open source projects: https://github.com/kirodotdev/spirit-of-kiro/tree/main/.kiro…

“I really don’t want to do X”

“Kirk is actually quite good at this: you just have to do X”

“…”

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by SyrupThinker »

artdigital wrote: post #175
didibus wrote: post #169

For anyone wondering, Amazon already offers an Agentic coding CLI similar to Claude Code: https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli It has a pretty decent free tier, and maybe the subscription is better value than Claude Code, but hard to tell. It supports MCP as well. Amazon Q also has a VC Code and IntelliJ Idea plugin too, Kiro goes beyond what you can do as a plugin in VS Code though, similar to why Cursor ha…

Q CLI is great. It’s basically Claude models but pretty much unlimited and only for $20 Not as polished as Claude Code but also a bit price difference

That sounds too good to be true, and it seems like they are indeed introducing a usage system similar to their competitors next month?

> Starting August 1, 2025, we’re introducing a new pricing plan for Amazon Q Developer designed to make things simpler and more valuable for developers.

> Pro Tier: Expanded limits $19/mo. per user

> 1,000 agentic requests per month included (starting 8/1/2025)

- https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing/

Previously agentic use was apparently "free", but with a set deadline in June, so it seems like this was just for a testing phase?

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by personjerry »

NathanKP wrote: post #5

Hello folks! I've been working on Kiro for nearly a year now. Happy to chat about some of the things that make it unique in the IDE space. We've added a few powerful things that I think make it a bit different from other similar AI editors. In specific, I'm really proud of "spec driven development", which is based on the internal processes that software development teams at Amazon use to build very large technical pr…

Why not deploy the game? I'd love to try it

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by SyrupThinker »

Tokumei-no-hito wrote: post #113
lvl155 wrote: post #105

Unless it offers me something substantially better than VSCode, I am not gonna switch and it has a lot to do with unsupported extensions. For now, I think UX preference has to be CLI with web gui wrapper where you can pick models, agents, requirements, etc and let that run anywhere, even headless. I don’t like how these guys (as in all the VSCode wrappers) are trying to sucker people onto their platform to lock you i…

what are the unsupported extensions? i thought the support had to do with marketplace access (search / download / update) but if you already have the vsix it can be installed in any vscode fork

Some of Microsoft's extensions are licensed such that they may only be used with their own products (i.e. the official VS Code they offer for download, etc.). This already affects Cursor for example:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools/issues/1909

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Post by yakattak »

suralind wrote: post #12

Here my problem with this: I don't want to be jumping an editor/IDE every 6 months, learning new key bindings and even more importantly, getting used to a completely new look. In a space that moves as quickly as "AI" does, it is inevitable that a better and cheaper solution will pop up at some point. We kinda already see it with Cursor and Windsurf. I guess Claude Code is all the rage now and I personally think CLI/T…

All of these agentic IDEs could just be visual studio code plugins. They’re likely not because how do you secure VC funding for a plugin?
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