--- title: First look: Guided code generation with Kiro | daily.dev description: Kiro is AWS's new IDE that uses Claude Sonnet to generate code through a spec-driven approach. Users create project specifications, and Kiro iteratively... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/first-look-guided-code-generation-with-kiro-1ilkdvozc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: First look: Guided code generation with Kiro | daily.dev og:description: Kiro is AWS's new IDE that uses Claude Sonnet to generate code through a spec-driven approach. Users create project specifications, and Kiro iteratively... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/first-look-guided-code-generation-with-kiro-1ilkdvozc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1ILkdVOZC.png og:image:alt: First look: Guided code generation with Kiro og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # First look: Guided code generation with Kiro **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kiro is AWS's new IDE that uses Claude Sonnet to generate code through a spec-driven approach. Users create project specifications, and Kiro iteratively generates requirements, design documents, and task lists. The tool offers both "vibe" mode for simple projects and "spec" mode for complex applications, with test-driven development built in. However, the review reveals significant limitations including frequent API timeouts, inconsistent adherence to guidelines, verbose code generation, and syntax errors that bypass basic linting checks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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