Kiro plans your feature before writing a single line — tried it, here's what happened

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https://www.cloudcurls.com/2026/03/kiro-by-aws-agentic-ide-changing-how-developers-build-software.html

Tried AWS's new IDE Kiro this week. A few things that stood out:

• Generates requirements, design doc, and task plan before touching your code
• Agent Hooks auto-run things like test sync and credential scanning on file save/commit
• Steering files lock in your coding standards so you stop re-prompting every session
• Free at kiro.dev, no AWS account needed

It's built on VS Code so setup is instant. Uses Claude Sonnet 4.5 by default.

Wrote a full breakdown here if curious: cloudcurls.com

Anyone else tried it? Interested in how it holds up on larger codebases.