Kiro IDE module

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Module Scorecard

Presentation & Onboarding	IDE Integration	Credential Hygiene	Restricted-Environment Readiness	Engineering Quality	Overall
12 / 17	19 / 19	20 / 20	2 / 2 (N/A)	7 / 10	88 / 100

Drilldown

Presentation & Onboarding — 12 / 17

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Configuration-mode examples	12	12	README shows default usage, folder-open example, and a full MCP-config example (with GitHub external-auth), covering the module's main configuration modes given its small surface area (folder, mcp, open_recent).
Visual preview	5	0	No image, GIF, or video embedded in the README — only an icon reference in frontmatter.

Credential Hygiene — 20 / 20

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Secrets marked sensitive	16	16	No raw secret inputs exist in the module; the MCP example uses data.coder_external_auth.github.access_token rather than any inline/placeholder key.
Non-hardcoded auth path	4	4	README explicitly documents using coder_external_auth (GitHub OAuth) to authenticate the MCP server instead of pasting a token.

Restricted-Environment Readiness — 2 / 2 (N/A applied)

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Mirrorable artifact source	5	N/A	Module installs nothing itself — Kiro IDE is launched client-side via a kiro:// protocol URL; no download URL variable exists.
Bring-your-own binary	10	N/A	No install step exists in this module to disable (binary/tool lives outside the module scope).
Egress transparency	3	N/A	No external endpoints are contacted by this module's own scripts (only local file writes via coder_script).
Runs without sudo	2	2	The kiro_mcp coder_script runs as the invoking user with no sudo calls (mkdir, echo, chmod only).

Engineering Quality — 7 / 10

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Input quality	6	3	All variables (folder, open_recent, mcp, order, group) have clear descriptions and sensible defaults, but no validation blocks are used anywhere (e.g., to validate JSON in mcp).
Test coverage	4	4	.tftest.hcl covers required vars, default/folder/open_recent outputs, and MCP script content; main.test.ts adds end-to-end container execution verifying the MCP JSON file is actually written correctly.

IDE Integration — 19 / 19 (N/A applied)

Criterion	Max	Score	Notes
Dashboard entry point	7	7	Module wraps vscode-desktop-core to create a coder_app ("Kiro AI IDE", slug kiro-ai) with icon, order, and group support, documented via the top example.
Managed configuration	6	6	mcp variable documented with a full example writing ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json via coder_script, including GitHub MCP server config.
Configurable folder or workdir	6	6	folder variable documented with a dedicated "Open in a specific directory" example.
Pre-installed extensions (web IDEs only)	6	N/A	Kiro is a desktop IDE launched via protocol handler, not a web IDE — criterion does not apply.

Overall — 88 / 100

Raw 58 / 66 → round(58 / 66 × 100) = 88

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Scored against SCORECARD.md on 2026-11-09 with solstice-1.