Kiro CLI 1.28: Refreshed Terminal UI & New Commands

TL;DR

• Experimental refreshed terminal UI behind --tui flag with live status bar and rich markdown rendering
• /chat new command to start fresh conversations without restarting the CLI
• --list-models flag to quickly check available models

New

• Refreshed Terminal UI (experimental) — Enable with --tui flag. Features live status bar, syntax-highlighted code blocks, interactive panels for context and sessions, and contextual overlays for tools and help.
• /chat new command — Start a fresh conversation without restarting the CLI.
• --list-models flag — Quickly check which models are available in your environment.

Update Kiro CLI: npm install -g @kiro/cli@latest or check the full release notes.

Source: Kiro