Kiro

VSCode Fork https://kiro.dev/ https://x.com/kirodotdev

• VScode fork
• for devs
• has “ai hooks”, where you can define ai coding rules using prompts that will exexute on certain triggers(I dont think anyone else has this feature)
• use “spec-driven” model, which is a bit annoying but useful

2026.09.08

Status: active — now a first-party AWS product, not just a “VS Code fork.” Still live at kiro.dev.

• Launched mid-2025; it’s an AWS-made agentic IDE that turns prompts into detailed specs → code + docs + tests (spec-driven, your “a bit annoying but useful” note still applies). Now positioned as “move beyond AI coding to agentic engineering.”
• Your “AI hooks” feature (rules that fire on triggers) evolved into “steering” — documented rules the agent follows; spec cards use EARS notation.
• Growing an enterprise/life-sciences footprint (AWS blog case studies, e.g. a 3-week drug-discovery agent built with Kiro), with AWS Marketplace availability.
• Still the “annoying but useful” spec-driven approach you flagged — it leans on writing specs first rather than freeform vibe coding.