Introducing to Kiro & IDE

#kiro #ide

Introduction
Software Download
Pricing
Creating an account and basic steps
Set Up Steering Files
Build Features with Specs

Introduction

Kiro, an AI IDE that helps you deliver from concept to production through a simplified developer experience for working with AI agents.
Kiro is great at ‘vibe coding’ but goes way beyond that—Kiro’s strength is getting those prototypes into production systems with features such as specs and hooks.

Downloads

Download the packages from the site - https://kiro.dev/

Pricing

Creating an account and basic steps

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Step3: It will open a new window looks like below for the registration process, enter your email id and click on continue

Step4: After authentication is successful then asking user to authorize Kiro IDE to access your data

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Stept7: As the process will take huge time, so i have clicked on skip all

Step8: Click on Trust Publisher & Install

Step9: I have a selected a folder C:\Kiro_Project and click on button Yes, I trust the authors

Step10: Add the project files into the folder C:\Kiro_Project then click on Generate Documents menu in the left side

Set Up Steering Files

Steering files provide context about your project, helping Kiro understand your codebase, conventions, and requirements.

To get started choose Generate Steering Docs from the Kiro pane. Kiro generates project steering documents for you stored in .kiro/steering/ that guide Kiro's behaviour. They contain information about:

Project and information
Technical stack and frameworks
Project structure and conventions

To get started choose Generate Steering Docs from the Kiro pane. Kiro generates project steering documents for you stored in .kiro/steering/ that guide Kiro's behavior. They contain information about:

Created 3 files under .kiro\steering
- product.md
- structure.md
- tech.md

Build Features with Specs

Specs transform high-level feature ideas into detailed implementation plans through three phases:

Requirements - User stories with acceptance criteria
Design - Technical architecture and implementation approach
Tasks - Implementation steps

Create Your First Spec

1.Start a New Spec: Choose the + button in the Kiro panel's Specs section

2.Enter a feature description: Add a user authentication system with login, logout, and password reset functionality

3.Follow the Guided Workflow:

Requirements Phase
Design Phase
Implementation

Conclusion: Introduction to Kiro and usages , used this blog for my session in Meetup

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