Hook management

Access all your hooks through the Agent Hooks section in the Kiro panel.

Click the + button in the Agent Hooks section. You'll see two options:

• Manually create a steering file - Author a markdown steering file invoked as a /<filename> slash command
• Ask Kiro to create a hook - Pre-fills a prompt in chat where you describe the hook in natural language and converse with the agent to configure it

When you select Ask Kiro to create a hook, the chat input is pre-filled with a prompt asking Kiro for an overview of hook capabilities. From there, you describe what you want and Kiro generates the hook configuration through conversation.

Toggle hooks on/off without deleting them:

• Quick toggle: Click the eye icon next to any hook in the Agent Hooks panel
• From hook view: Select a hook and use the Hook Enabled switch in the top-right corner

Hooks evolve with your workflow. Update them anytime by selecting your hook in the Agent Hooks panel and modifying settings. Updates apply immediately.

Select the hook in the Agent Hooks panel, click Delete Hook located at the bottom view, then click delete. This action cannot be undone.

Manual Hooks created in IDE 0.x continue to appear with a legacy label. You can still run an enabled legacy manual Hook using:

• Quick run: Click the play button (▷) next to the Hook name in the Agent Hooks panel
• From Hook view: Select the Hook and click Start Hook in the top-right corner

To create a new on-demand workflow, create a manually included Steering file instead.