AI is reshaping how software gets built. With AWS Kiro, developers can move from an idea to technical specifications, implementation plans, and working code in an agentic development environment.But building the right solution often requires specialized knowledge about the platforms and services behind it. Developers need an agent that understands the relevant APIs, authentication patterns, workflows, and implementation best practices.
Today, Box and AWS and Box bring Box Agent Skills to KiroAWS are bringing Box Agent Skills to Kiro through compatibility with Kiro Powers. These open-source skills give Kiro the Box-specific guidance it needs to help developers build integrations, implement content workflows, configure webhooks, and work with Box AI and retrieval capabilities.
Build with Box expertise in Kiro
Whether you’re adding file upload to an application, configuring Box webhooks, or building a document-driven workflow, generic coding assistance can take you only so far. Your development agent also needs to understand how to work with the Box Platform.
Box Agent Skills provide reusable instructions, workflows, and guardrails for common Box development tasks. Once installed through Kiro Powers, the relevant skills become available when Kiro detects a Box-related task.
For example, a developer can prompt:
“Add Box file upload to this application.”
Kiro can then use the relevant Box Agent Skills to guide the implementation using Box APIs, authentication patterns, and recommended development practices.
Developers can also ask Kiro to help:
- Create shared links and content workflows
- Configure webhooks for file events
- Add Box AI capabilities to an application
- Implement authentication for a Box integration
- Troubleshoot API and webhook errors
- Build applications that search and work with content in Box
Bring governed Box content into Kiro CLI
Box Agent Skills give Kiro the technical knowledge to build with Box. In Kiro CLI, developers can also connect the Box MCP server to bring live, permission-aware Box content into the development workflow.
A developer could prompt:
“Review the latest product requirements in Box and create an implementation plan for this feature.”
Kiro CLI can use Box MCP tools to find and retrieve content the developer is authorized to access, then use that information alongside the project’s codebase. It can help identify dependencies, surface open questions, recommend next steps, and translate business requirements into an implementation plan.
Developers can also ask Kiro CLI to:
- Find the latest architecture documentation for a service
- Review an implementation against security guidelines in Box
- Compare code with internal API standards
- Summarize technical decisions across multiple documents
- Identify gaps in a product or engineering specification
Box remains the governed source of truth throughout the interaction. The Box MCP server does not expand the developer’s access: existing Box permissions and administrative controls continue to apply.
To access live Box content through MCP in Kiro CLI, configure Box OAuth client credentials. See the setup guide for current requirements and availability.
Bring Box expertise to the AI development tools you choose
Box Agent Skills make Box expertise portable across AI development environments. Already available for Claude, Cursor, and OpenAI Codex, these open-source skills can now be used in Kiro through Kiro Powers.
With this integration, developers can bring established Box instructions and best practices into Kiro without recreating them for a new development environment. As AI development tools continue to evolve, organizations can give developers greater flexibility while maintaining a consistent approach to building with governed enterprise content.
Kiro provides the agentic development environment, while Box provides the specialized expertise and governed content services developers need to build content-powered applications.
Get started today
AWS and Box are making it easier to bring Box expertise into agentic development. With Box Agent Skills available through Kiro Powers, developers can build Box integrations and content workflows with guidance designed specifically for the Box Platform.
You can try it for yourself with this developer tutorial.
