Kiro Release Notes

Release Highlights

This release introduces code intelligence through LSP integration, knowledge index with agent schema configuration, enhanced auto-compaction, and improved guardrails for file reading.

Code Intelligence

Introducing Code Intelligence, bringing Language Server Protocol (LSP) integration to the Kiro CLI. The agent now has access to the same code understanding that powers Kiro IDE—go-to-definition, find references, hover information, and diagnostics. This enables more accurate code navigation, refactoring suggestions, and context-aware assistance across your entire codebase.

Knowledge Index with agent schema configuration

Adds Knowledge Index with agent schema configuration for Knowledge Bases and auto-indexing support. Define custom knowledge sources in your agent configuration to give it domain-specific context that automatically stays in sync with your codebase.

Includes 0.7.45 patch.

This release introduces Powers for dynamic MCP tool loading, conversation summarization to manage context windows, and slash commands for quick access to hooks and steering files.

Introducing Powers

A new way to give Kiro's agent instant expertise for any framework or tool. Powers package MCP servers, steering files, and hooks into reusable bundles that activate on-demand based on your conversation context. Instead of loading all MCP tools upfront and overwhelming your context window, powers load dynamically when you mention relevant keywords. Browse curated powers from launch partners including Datadog, Dynatrace, Figma, Neon, Netlify, Postman, Supabase, Stripe, and more—or create your own.

Adds automatic conversation summarization

Adds automatic conversation summarization to manage long conversations. When your conversation reaches 80% of the model's context window limit, Kiro automatically summarizes previous messages to bring context usage back below the limit. A new context usage meter in the chat panel shows what percentage of the model's context is being used.

Introducing slash commands

Introducing slash commands for quick access to hooks and steering files directly from the chat input. Type / to see available commands and execute them instantly. Hooks with manual triggers and steering files configured with manual inclusion appear in the slash command menu, letting you run tests, sync documentation, or pull in specific guidance on demand.

What's New

• Includes 0.6.32 patch.

• This release adds support for enterprise billing where administrators can onboard large teams to Kiro, provides the capability to revert to the results of a previous conversation through checkpointing, adds support for multi-root workspaces, and introduces property-based testing with Kiro.

• Introduces property-based testing (PBT) to generate evidence for verification of spec requirements. Unlike unit tests, PBTs run hundreds of times with randomly generated inputs to detect edge cases.

• Launches support for enterprise users in Kiro IDE. Profile selection when multiple profiles are configured (auto-select default profile if only one profile exists), new dashboard for enterprise users, in-chat alerts, usage metering and summaries, enterprise governance of telemetry and MCP settings.

• Introducing the Kiro CLI. Kiro CLI leverages the Auto agent to deliver results in your terminal, and takes you from natural language, to code, to deployment. Kiro CLI supports different agent modes, MCPs, steering files, and custom agents.

• With multi-root workspace support, a single Kiro workspace can have multiple roots, e.g., a single workspace that contains both /users/bob/my-project and /shared/utils/auth as top-level folders.

• Support for checkpointing which allows users to revert to the results of a previous conversation in Kiro. This feature enables developers to undo changes made by AI agents and return to a previous state of their workspace, while providing visibility into what changed and guidance on next steps.

• Adds experimental settings to control the Codebase (#codebase) allowing users to opt-in to this CPU-intensive indexing feature.

• Adds capabilities to the chat context provider for files to use line ranges in order to focus context to either a single line in a file or line range.

• Access app.kiro.dev to manage your account, track usage statistics, and modify subscription settings through the web interface.