Kiro Research Command

Research AWS topics and troubleshoot errors using Kiro CLI.

Steps

1. Check Kiro CLI Installation

Run the installation check script:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/check-kiro.sh

If this fails, inform the user to install Kiro CLI:

• Visit: https://kiro.dev
• Or download from AWS

2. Execute Research Query

IMPORTANT: The Kiro CLI requires write access to ~/.kiro and Application Support directories that are blocked by Claude Code's sandbox. You MUST use dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true when executing this script. Without this, the Kiro CLI will fail with "readonly database" errors.

Run the research with the provided arguments:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/kiro-ask.sh "$ARGUMENTS"

When calling the Bash tool, set dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true to allow database write operations.

3. Summarize Results

After execution:

• Summarize the key findings
• Highlight actionable insights
• Note any limitations or caveats

Usage Examples

/kiro:research What is AWS Lambda?
/kiro:research How to troubleshoot CloudFormation stack failures
/kiro:research Best practices for AWS CDK project structure
/kiro:research Explain AWS VPC peering configuration

Input Sanitization

For security, prompts are sanitized before execution:

• Newlines and carriage returns are removed (multi-line prompts become single-line)
• Backticks (`) and dollar signs ($) are stripped to prevent prompt injection

Exit Codes

• 0: Success
• 1: Empty prompt or Kiro CLI not installed
• 124: Timeout after 120 seconds
• Other: Passed through from kiro-cli

Notes

• Research queries are executed via kiro-cli chat --no-interactive
• Timeout is set to 120 seconds
• Kiro CLI is optimized for AWS-related topics