Used to forget daily GitHub pushes — automated them with Kiro.

Problem statement
I kept forgetting to commit and push my changes every day. That made it hard to track daily progress — and my GitHub contribution graph suffered.

Solution
I used a Kiro agent hooks to automate GitHub pushes, so I no longer have to remember. Before closing the IDE — or otherwise when I Save All my files — the agent activates and performs the tasks. When I save everything, the agent gathers all modified files and pushes them to the current repository and branch with meaningful commit messages that explain what changed — without me having to type a commit message. It’s saved me a lot of time and keeps my repo history consistent.

What is a Agent hook?
An Agent hook in Kiro is an automated program you describe that listens for triggers, runs a sequence of actions—stage, commit, push, annotate—and reports the result. Agent hooks can be simple one-liners or complex flows that call external APIs, read file diffs, build contextual commit messages, and handle retries and error reporting. It is the runtime embodiment: the intelligent background worker inside the Kiro IDE that executes those instructions, applies policies and observability, and carries out the task graph whenever its trigger fires.

• Simple explanation: it’s a tiny assistant built into the IDE that listens for triggers (like “on save” or “on IDE close”), runs a sequence of actions (stage → commit → push), and reports the result.
• Practical example (brief): when you hit Save All, the agent can compute file diffs, write human-readable commit messages describing the changes, commit to the current branch, push to GitHub, and notify you of the result.

• A bit deeper: An Agent hook is composed of:

  • a trigger: the event that starts the agent (save, close, manual run),
  • a task graph: ordered steps the agent executes (diff → generate message → commit → push → notify),
  • a policy layer: rules for what to include/exclude, token usage, scopes, and safety checks, and
  • an observability layer: logs, retry rules, and notifications so you can audit or debug the agent’s actions.

How I built it — and how you can build yours
To Build an agent in Kiro IDE
Select the Kiro tab from the left panel > Select Agent Hooks > Give a Title (optional) > Write a short description > Enter. That’s it — pretty straightforward.

Some refs

Where is agent

Concise description

Hook Created

Hook is running

Results

Some catches
When this agent prepares the push commands, it still asks me for final confirmation before pushing to GitHub. I wanted it to push automatically without asking for the final go-ahead. I tried to find ways to disable the confirmation but couldn’t find a safe, reliable option.

Aside from that confirmation step, the automation is seamless and very helpful.

ThankYouSoMuch