skills/smithery.ai/creating-kiro-packages

creating-kiro-packages

SKILL.md

Creating Kiro Packages

Overview

Kiro uses two package types:

  1. Steering files (.kiro/steering/*.md) - Markdown with optional YAML frontmatter
  2. Hooks (.kiro/hooks/*.json) - JSON configuration for event-driven automation

Package Types

Type Location Format Purpose
Steering Files .kiro/steering/*.md Markdown + YAML Context-aware instructions
Hooks .kiro/hooks/*.json JSON Event-driven automation

Steering Files

Inclusion Modes

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Mar 31, 2026