Kiro Powers for Beginners - Step by Step Guide
Kiro Powers let your AI coding agent load only the tools and knowledge it needs, exactly when it needs them. In this video I walk you through installing a one-click Netlify power, building a fully custom power from scratch with steering rules and an automated review hook, and publishing it to GitHub so your whole team can use it. ───────────────────────────────────── 🔥 WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ───────────────────────────────────── ✅ What Kiro Powers are and the context overload problem they solve ✅ The phone app analogy that makes dynamic activation click instantly ✅ How to build a real React app (Sunrise Bakery Orders Tracker) using Kiro ✅ How to fix common local errors that come up during React setup ✅ How to install the Netlify Power from the marketplace in one click ✅ How to log in to Netlify and deploy your app live from inside Kiro ✅ What goes inside a custom Power - POWER.md, steering files, and hooks ✅ How to write the POWER.md file with keywords, onboarding, and steering ✅ How to confirm project structure so the power applies correctly ✅ How to build an automated review hook that runs in chat (not the terminal) ✅ How to write steering rules and React patterns inside your power ✅ How to install a power from a local folder path ✅ How to debug the "Try Power" terminal hang (and fix it for good) ✅ How to use your power and trigger the slash command in chat ✅ How to publish your custom power to a public GitHub repo ✅ How to install any power directly from a GitHub URL ✅ Where powers are stored on disk and how to find them ✅ Best practices for writing effective powers that actually activate ───────────────────────────────────── ⏱ CHAPTERS ───────────────────────────────────── 00:00 Intro to Kiro Powers 01:19 What Powers Solve 02:56 Phone App Analogy 03:51 React App Setup 07:13 Fixing Local Errors 11:26 Deploy with Netlify Power 12:55 Netlify Login and Deploy 16:24 Custom Power Overview 17:41 Power MD Walkthrough 19:19 Confirm Project Structure 19:38 Build Automated Review Hook 22:14 Steering Rules and Patterns 25:26 Install Power Locally 26:32 Debug Try Power Hang 30:17 Use Power and Slash Command 32:32 Publish to GitHub 35:18 Install from GitHub URL 36:12 Where Powers Are Stored 38:40 Best Practices and Wrap Up ───────────────────────────────────── 🔗 RESOURCES ───────────────────────────────────── ↗ Download Kiro (free) → https://kiro.dev/downloads ↗ Official Kiro Docs → https://kiro.dev/docs ↗ Browse Powers Marketplace → https://kiro.dev/powers ↗ Powers Documentation → https://kiro.dev/docs/powers/ ↗ Hook Types Reference → https://kiro.dev/docs/hooks/types/ ↗ Slash Commands Docs → https://kiro.dev/docs/chat/slash-commands/ ↗ Community Powers on GitHub → https://github.com/kirodotdev/powers ↗ Kiro Pricing (Powers are FREE on all plans) → https://kiro.dev/pricing/ ↗ Community Discord → https://discord.gg/kirodotdev ↗ Report Issues → https://github.com/kirodotdev/Kiro --------------------------------------------------------------------- ☕ Buy me a Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/datasciencebasics ✌️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/datasciencebasics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🤝 Connect with me: 📺 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@datasciencebasics?sub_confirmation=1 👔 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudarshan-koirala/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mesudarshan 🔉 Medium: https://medium.com/@sudarshan-koirala 💼 Consulting: https://topmate.io/sudarshan_koirala #kiro #kiroIDE #kiroPowers #kiroTutorial #AIcoding #MCPtools #ReactTutorial #AIagent #datasciencebasics #agentHooks