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Kiro Skills

AWS Kiro is the spec-driven AI IDE, you write a spec first, the agent builds to it. Extend Kiro with reusable SKILL.md instructions via the skills-hub MCP server. Spec-first code review, tests, deploys, and security audits, all backed by Amazon Bedrock models.

$ npx @skills-hub-ai/cli install code-review

Then connect Kiro to https://api.skills-hub.ai/mcp via Amazon Bedrock AgentCore.

Top skills for Kiro

  1. 01code-review

    661 installs

    Thorough code review — checks correctness, security, performance, readability, and test coverage. Gives actionable feedback ranked by severity.

    Review
  2. 02ui-design-system

    357 installs

    UI design system toolkit for Senior UI Designer including design token generation, component documentation, responsive design calculations, and developer handoff tools. Use when creating design systems, generating design tokens, maintaining visual consistency, or facilitating design-dev collaboration and developer handoff.

    Buildfrom Multi-Domain Skills
  3. 03senior-frontend

    298 installs

    Frontend development skill for React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS applications. Use when building React components, optimizing Next.js performance, analyzing bundle sizes, scaffolding frontend projects, implementing accessibility, or reviewing frontend code quality.

    Buildfrom Multi-Domain Skills
  4. 04frontend-design

    214 installs

    Guidance for distinctive, intentional visual design when building new UI or reshaping an existing one. Helps with aesthetic direction, typography, and making choices that don't read as templated defaults.

    Buildfrom Anthropic
  5. 05web-research-agent

    161 installs

    A comprehensive autonomous web research agent that performs targeted searches, fetches and parses web content, summarizes findings, and generates structured reports, adhering to industry best practices for accuracy, security, and robustness.

    Analysis
  6. 06Skill Finder

    148 installs

    Workflow orchestrator. Decomposes a task into ordered steps, finds or installs the right skill for each step, runs the chain, and offers to save it as a reusable skill.

    Combo
  7. 07markitdown

    145 installs

    Converts heterogeneous documents and selected URIs to Markdown with Microsoft MarkItDown for text analysis, search, and LLM/RAG ingestion. Covers safe local conversion, streams, Office/PDF/data formats, batch workflows, plugins, vision OCR, Azure extraction, and the official MCP server.

    Researchfrom Scientific Skills
  8. 08senior-backend

    137 installs

    Designs and implements backend systems including REST APIs, microservices, database architectures, authentication flows, and security hardening. Use when the user asks to "design REST APIs", "optimize database queries", "implement authentication", "build microservices", "review backend code", "set up GraphQL", "handle database migrations", or "load test APIs". Covers Node.js/Express/Fastify development, PostgreSQL optimization, API security, and backend architecture patterns.

    Buildfrom Multi-Domain Skills
  9. 09security-review

    122 installs

    Security audit and vulnerability assessment for any codebase. Scans for authentication bypasses, missing auth middleware, broken JWT validation (algorithm confusion, weak secrets, missing expiry), OAuth state and PKCE flaws, IDOR and horizontal privilege escalation.

    Reviewfrom Skills Hub
  10. 10self-improving-agent

    121 installs

    Curate Claude Code's auto-memory into durable project knowledge. Analyze MEMORY.md for patterns, promote proven learnings to CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/, extract recurring solutions into reusable skills. Use when: (1) reviewing what Claude has learned about your project, (2) graduating a pattern from notes to enforced rules, (3) turning a debugging solution into a skill, (4) checking memory health and capacity.

    Buildfrom Multi-Domain Skills
  11. 11refactor

    112 installs

    Systematic code refactoring — extract functions, reduce complexity, eliminate duplication, improve naming, and split large files. Preserves behavior with tests.

    Review
  12. 12using-superpowers

    101 installs

    Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions

    Buildfrom Superpowers
  13. 13unit-test

    100 installs

    Generate comprehensive unit tests with edge cases, error paths, and boundary values. Triggers: you need to add unit tests, increase code coverage, test edge cases, or verify error handling paths.

    Testfrom Skills Hub
  14. 14design-to-code

    86 installs

    Turn a design into production-quality frontend code: extract a design system with tokens and components, make layouts responsive across breakpoints, add dark mode with WCAG-compliant theming, then run a UX audit to validate everything..

    Combofrom Skills Hub
  15. 15social-media-manager

    85 installs

    When the user wants to develop social media strategy, plan content calendars, manage community engagement, or grow their social presence across platforms. Also use when the user mentions 'social media strategy,' 'social calendar,' 'community management,' 'social media plan,' 'grow followers,' 'engagement rate,' 'social media audit,' or 'which platforms should I use.' For writing individual social posts, see social-content. For analyzing social performance data, see social-media-analyzer.

    Marketingfrom Multi-Domain Skills
  16. 16quickstart

    81 installs

    Zero to power user in one invoke — detects OS, installs Homebrew/apt/Node.js/Python, sets up Claude Code, authenticates skills-hub CLI, connects MCP servers, and installs recommended skills based on your project..

    Productivity
  17. 17pptx

    77 installs

    Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or extracting text from any .pptx or .potx file (even if the extracted content will be used elsewhere, like in an email or summary); editing, modifying, or updating existing presentations; combining or splitting slide files; working with templates (.potx), layouts, speaker notes, or comments. Trigger whenever the user mentions "deck," "slides," "presentation," or references a .pptx or .potx filename, regardless of what they plan to do with the content afterward. If a .pptx or .potx file needs to be opened, created, or touched, use this skill.

    Creativefrom Anthropic
  18. 18marketing-strategy-pmm

    63 installs

    Product marketing skill for positioning, GTM strategy, competitive intelligence, and product launches. Use when the user asks about product positioning, go-to-market planning, competitive analysis, target audience definition, ICP definition, market research, launch plans, or sales enablement. Covers April Dunford positioning, ICP definition, competitive battlecards, launch playbooks, and international market entry. Produces deliverables including positioning statements, battlecard documents, launch plans, and go-to-market strategies.

    Marketingfrom Multi-Domain Skills

Frequently asked questions about Kiro skills

What is AWS Kiro?

Kiro is AWS's spec-driven AI IDE, a VS Code-based editor that puts specifications first. You write a clear spec (requirements, acceptance criteria, edge cases) and Kiro's agent implements to spec, runs tests against it, and iterates. It's powered by Amazon Bedrock models including Claude, Llama, and Titan.

What are Kiro skills?

Kiro skills are reusable SKILL.md instructions that extend Kiro with specialized capabilities, code review, test generation, deploy automation, security scanning, AWS-native deploys. They follow the open Agent Skills standard and load on demand via Amazon Bedrock AgentCore's MCP integration.

How do I connect skills-hub to Kiro?

Add the skills-hub MCP server to Kiro's MCP / AgentCore config, connect to npx @skills-hub-ai/mcp locally, or to the remote endpoint at https://api.skills-hub.ai/mcp. The full skill catalog appears as MCP prompts inside Kiro.

What is spec-driven development?

Spec-driven development means writing a clear specification (requirements, acceptance criteria, edge cases) before code. The agent reads the spec, implements to it, runs tests against the spec, and iterates until the spec is satisfied. Kiro builds this loop into the IDE, making spec-first workflows native instead of optional.

Are Kiro skills portable to other tools?

Yes, they follow the open Agent Skills standard (SKILL.md). The same skill runs unchanged in Kiro, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Cline, and any MCP-compatible tool.

Do I need AWS to use Kiro?

Kiro uses Amazon Bedrock for model inference, so an AWS account is required. Bedrock provides access to Claude, Llama, Titan, and other models, billed per-token via your AWS account.

Compare Kiro to other tools

See how Kiro stacks up against Cursor, Claude Code, and other AI IDEs.