# Kiro IDE: Nested AGENTS.md and Long-Session Efficiency

- Product: Kiro (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro)
- Vendor: Amazon Web Services
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Original notes: https://kiro.dev/changelog/ide/1-0-309
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro/releases/2026-08-13-ide-nested-agents.md-and-long-session-efficiency
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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Add AGENTS.md files throughout your workspace to give Kiro instructions scoped to each directory tree. This version also lowers idle resource use, preserves more context in long sessions, and improves…

- **added** — Add AGENTS.md files throughout your workspace to give Kiro instructions scoped to each directory tree
- **changed** — Lower idle resource use
- **changed** — Preserve more context in long sessions
- **changed** — Improve Cloud configuration
- **changed** — Improve chat functionality
- **changed** — Improve hooks
- **changed** — Improve MCP connections

Add AGENTS.md files throughout your workspace to give Kiro instructions scoped to each directory tree. This version also lowers idle resource use, preserves more context in long sessions, and improves Cloud configuration, chat, hooks, and MCP connections.