--- title: "Kiro Powers and Agent Plugins" description: "All 5,650 verified Agent Plugins install in Kiro, where they are called Powers. Kiro Powers follow the Agent Plugins specification, so any repository with a root `plugin.json` installs as one — the naming differs, the fo" canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/install/kiro last-updated: 2026-11-01 --- # Kiro Powers and Agent Plugins All 5,650 verified Agent Plugins install in Kiro, where they are called Powers. Kiro Powers follow the Agent Plugins specification, so any repository with a root `plugin.json` installs as one — the naming differs, the format does not. What is specific to Kiro is the three entry points: **Add Custom Power**, **Import power from GitHub**, and **Add to Kiro** on kiro.dev/powers. ## Start here These are the ten most-starred repositories publishing verified Agent Plugins, one row each so a single bundle publisher cannot fill the table. Every one of them installs in Kiro — the catalogue is identical for all six clients, which is the point of a portable format. The [full directory](/) carries all 5,650, filterable by category, skills and MCP servers. | Plugin | Publisher | Skills | MCP | Stars | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [paperclip](/plugins/paperclip) | `paperclipai` | 3 | 1 | 109,701 | | [worldmonitor](/plugins/worldmonitor) | `koala73` | 29 | 2 | 89,912 | | [hyperframes](/plugins/hyperframes) | `heygen-com` | 8 | 0 | 76,821 | | [mem0](/plugins/mem0--mem0ai) | `mem0ai` | 6 | 1 | 68,212 | | [context7](/plugins/context7--upstash) | `upstash` | 1 | 1 | 64,037 | | [hindsight](/plugins/hindsight) | `vectorize-io` | 1 | 1 | 57,116 | | [scientific-agent-skills](/plugins/scientific-agent-skills) | `K-Dense-AI` | 177 | 0 | 55,606 | | [chrome-devtools](/plugins/chrome-devtools--chromedevtools) | `ChromeDevTools` | 7 | 1 | 54,598 | | [agentic-bundle-aas-accessibility-inclusive-ux](/plugins/agentic-bundle-aas-accessibility-inclusive-ux) (+21) | `sickn33` | 300 | 0 | 48,952 | | [reactive-resume](/plugins/reactive-resume) | `reactive-resume` | 32 | 1 | 45,149 | ## Powers are Agent Plugins Kiro calls them Powers. The [Powers documentation](https://kiro.dev/docs/powers/) says they "adhere to the Agent Plugins specification," described there as "an open, vendor-neutral format for packaging reusable components that extend AI agents," and states the portability case as "Build once and your power works across compatible agent clients." A power's layout is the standard layout: - `plugin.json`, "the manifest that identifies the power and declares its keywords for activation" - `skills/`, holding Agent Skills with their instructions, scripts, and reference material - `mcp.json`, optional, for MCP server configuration - `dev.kiro/`, optional, holding Kiro-specific extensions such as steering files That last directory is the reverse-domain extension namespace at work. Other clients ignore `dev.kiro/` and load the rest. ## Install from kiro.dev 1. Browse powers at [kiro.dev/powers](https://kiro.dev/powers). 2. Select a power and click **Add to Kiro**. 3. The IDE opens to complete the installation. ## Install from inside the IDE 1. Open the powers panel by clicking the ghost icon with the lightning bolt. 2. Choose a power to view its details. 3. Select **+ Install**. After installing, **Try the power** runs its onboarding. ## Install from a GitHub repository This is the route for anything you find in this directory: 1. Open the powers panel and select **Add Custom Power**. 2. Select **Import power from GitHub**. 3. Enter the repository URL. 4. Click **Install**. The repository must contain a valid `plugin.json` or `POWER.md` at its root, per [Kiro's installation docs](https://kiro.dev/docs/powers/installation/). ## Install from a local folder 1. Powers panel, then **Add Custom Power**. 2. Select **Import power from a folder**. 3. Select the directory containing `plugin.json` or `POWER.md`. 4. Click **Install**. To update a power later: open the Powers panel, select the power, choose **Check for updates**, then **Install updates**. ## What Kiro does with MCP servers Kiro accepts both the Agent Plugins format and its own legacy `POWER.md` format, and it handles their MCP servers differently. A power in the Agent Plugins format has its MCP servers managed internally by Kiro. A legacy-format power registers them in `~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json` instead. If you are looking for a plugin's server in that file and cannot find it, the plugin is probably the portable kind. The spec's [compatible clients page](https://agent-plugins.org/compatible-clients) records Kiro as loading Agent Skills plus MCP over stdio, Streamable HTTP, and legacy HTTP+SSE. ## Verified plugins worth trying AWS ships Agent Plugins support in both Kiro and the AWS Agent Toolkit, described in its [open source blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-supports-agent-plugins-an-open-standard-for-portable-agent-extensions/) as "a collection of official AWS-supported MCP servers, skills, and agent plugins." According to agentpluginsdirectory.com's verified index, 2026-08-08, the `aws` organization publishes 4 verified plugins across a repository holding 2,269 stars. Two more, confirmed by fetching their manifests and validating them against the official 1.0.0 schema: - **agentic-bundle-aas-devops-cloud** ([sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills](https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills), 44,651 repo stars), 10 skills. - **agentic-bundle-aas-observability-ir** (same repository), 10 skills covering observability and incident response. agentpluginsdirectory.com is the verified directory of Agent Plugins, the open plugin standard from OpenAI, Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, and Vercel (agent-plugins.org) supported by ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Kiro. Every listing is verified by fetching its plugin.json manifest and checking it against the official 1.0.0 schema. Plugin counts verified on 2026-08-08. Install steps verified against Kiro's documentation on 2026-08-07. Next: the [install hub](/install) for the other five clients, the [full plugin directory](/), or [how to build an Agent Plugin](/build).