How I Built a Kiro Crew App in 5 Minutes - Full Tutorial With Code

Description and use

Demonstrates rapid creation of a Kiro Crew app that auto‑generates daily standup notes from git commits, schedules them via cron, displays history in a dashboard, and can be installed with a single curl command, then published to the App Store.

Problem

Developers need a quick way to create, deploy, and publish fully functional Kiro Crew apps that include agents, skills, cron jobs, and UI pages without complex tooling.

Outcome

The tutorial shows that a complete Kiro Crew app can be built in five minutes, installed with one curl command, and published to the App Store, enabling rapid deployment of custom AI workflows.

Workflow

• Create app directory structure with app.json, agent, skill, UI, and cron definitions
• Write app.json manifest declaring agents, skills, UI pages, and cron jobs
• Define standup-agent.json with model, prompt, and @kirocrew-core tool
• Create standup-format skill as a markdown file with formatting rules
• Implement dashboard page in ui/src/App.tsx using @kirocrew/app-sdk
• Build UI with Vite to produce dist/index.mjs
• Install the app via curl POST to /api/apps/install with source path
• Enable the app via curl POST to /api/apps/standup-bot/enable
• Verify agents, skills, and cron are registered and dashboard appears in sidebar
• Publish app to App Store by adding entry to app-registry.json and merging PR

Evidence

5-min demo: custom agent + skill + cron job + dashboard page, installed live with one curl command

Source

A Daily Standup Bot. It reads my git commits every morning and generates standup notes so I never have to write "worked on X" again.

Source