Amazon Web Services has introduced persistent, customizable bots to its Kiro Crew workspace, a multi-agent environment within the Kiro coding platform. These bots reached general availability on November 5, 2026, and are designed to handle repetitive software development tasks such as issue triage and build monitoring.
Each bot features a unique name, avatar, and its own memory, allowing it to maintain state across different sessions. Developers can configure these agents using default settings or custom setups. The platform also supports task scheduling, enabling bots to perform actions on a timetable without requiring manual prompts.
The Kiro platform, which is a fork of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code, utilizes Anthropic's Claude models for its core operations. The new bot functionality builds upon the Kiro Crew workspace, which originated from an Amazon project called MeshClaw and was initially released in August 2026.
Kiro was first launched on July 14, 2025, and reached general availability on May 7, 2026. Prior to its open-source release, the MeshClaw-derived tools were adopted by more than 39,000 builders within a six-month period.
