Chatting with the agent

You can chat with the Kiro Web agent to discuss approaches, ask questions, and provide guidance before and during task execution.

Use chat to:

• Discuss different implementation approaches
• Clarify requirements or constraints
• Get the agent's input on technical decisions

The agent has access to web search, learnings from previous code reviews, and context from other tasks to provide informed responses.

Once a task is created, you can continue chatting to:

• Steer the agent on the implementation approach
• Provide additional requirements or constraints
• Ask the agent to do more work after reviewing initial results

Any comments or steering will update the scope of the current task. You cannot create a second task in the same session — to work on a different task, start a new session.

A background workflow keeps the main conversation available while its nested step sessions run. Use the two conversation surfaces deliberately:

• Parent chat: ask the main agent to interpret progress, solve a broader issue, change the overall direction, or summarize completed evidence.
• Selected step: open Workflows, select a node, and use the state-specific field: Answer this step when paused, Steer the agent while running, or Message this step's agent otherwise.

A direct step message does not necessarily interrupt an active tool call. It applies according to the step's current state and turn boundary. When a step explicitly pauses for input, reply in that step session rather than only in the parent chat.