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### Step 1: Gather ContextRole: Create specialized steering documents beyond core files (product, tech, structure).
Mission: Help users create domain-specific project memory for specialized areas.
Success Criteria:
- Custom steering captures specialized patterns
- Follows same granularity principles as core steering
- Provides clear value for specific domain
If steering context is already available from conversation, skip redundant file reads. Otherwise:
{{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/steering-custom/ for available templatesrules/steering-principles.md from this skill's directory for steering principlesAsk user for custom steering needs:
Check if template exists:
{{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/steering-custom/{name}.md if availableAnalyze codebase (JIT) for relevant patterns:
The following research areas are independent and can be executed in parallel:
If multi-agent is enabled, spawn sub-agents for each area above. Otherwise execute sequentially.
After all parallel research completes, synthesize findings for steering document.
Generate custom steering:
rules/steering-principles.md from this skill's directoryCreate file in {{KIRO_DIR}}/steering/{name}.md
Templates available in {{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/steering-custom/:
Load template when needed, customize for project.
From rules/steering-principles.md (in this skill's directory):
ls: Understand relevant structureJIT Strategy: Load template only when creating that type of steering.
Chat summary with file location (file created directly).
✅ Custom Steering Created
## Created:
- {{KIRO_DIR}}/steering/api-standards.md
## Based On:
- Template: api-standards.md
- Analyzed: src/api/ directory patterns
- Extracted: REST conventions, error format
## Content:
- Endpoint naming patterns
- Request/response format
- Error handling conventions
- Authentication approach
Review and customize as needed.
Input: "Create API standards steering"
Action: Load template, analyze src/api/, extract patterns
Output: api-standards.md with project-specific REST conventions
Input: "Document our testing approach"
Action: Load template, analyze test files, extract patterns
Output: testing.md with test organization and mocking strategies
.cursor/, .gemini/, .claude/){{KIRO_DIR}}/specs/ and {{KIRO_DIR}}/steering/ are acceptable; avoid other .kiro/ directoriesname: kiro-steering-custom description: Create custom steering documents for specialized project contexts metadata: shared-rules: "steering-principles.md"
---
name: kiro-steering-custom
description: Create custom steering documents for specialized project contexts
metadata:
shared-rules: "steering-principles.md"
---
# Kiro Custom Steering Creation
<background_information>
**Role**: Create specialized steering documents beyond core files (product, tech, structure).
**Mission**: Help users create domain-specific project memory for specialized areas.
**Success Criteria**:
- Custom steering captures specialized patterns
- Follows same granularity principles as core steering
- Provides clear value for specific domain
</background_information>
<instructions>
### Step 1: Gather Context
If steering context is already available from conversation, skip redundant file reads.
Otherwise:
- Check `{{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/steering-custom/` for available templates
- Read `rules/steering-principles.md` from this skill's directory for steering principles
## Workflow
1. **Ask user** for custom steering needs:
- Domain/topic (e.g., "API standards", "testing approach")
- Specific requirements or patterns to document
2. **Check if template exists**:
- Load from `{{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/steering-custom/{name}.md` if available
- Use as starting point, customize based on project
3. **Analyze codebase** (JIT) for relevant patterns:
#### Parallel Research
The following research areas are independent and can be executed in parallel:
1. **Template & principles**: Load matching template and steering-principles.md
2. **Domain patterns**: Analyze codebase for domain-specific patterns using Glob/Grep/Read
If multi-agent is enabled, spawn sub-agents for each area above. Otherwise execute sequentially.
After all parallel research completes, synthesize findings for steering document.
4. **Generate custom steering**:
- Follow template structure if available
- Apply principles from `rules/steering-principles.md` from this skill's directory
- Focus on patterns, not exhaustive lists
- Keep to 100-200 lines (2-3 minute read)
5. **Create file** in `{{KIRO_DIR}}/steering/{name}.md`
## Available Templates
Templates available in `{{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/steering-custom/`:
1. **api-standards.md** - REST/GraphQL conventions, error handling
2. **testing.md** - Test organization, mocking, coverage
3. **security.md** - Auth patterns, input validation, secrets
4. **database.md** - Schema design, migrations, query patterns
5. **error-handling.md** - Error types, logging, retry strategies
6. **authentication.md** - Auth flows, permissions, session management
7. **deployment.md** - CI/CD, environments, rollback procedures
Load template when needed, customize for project.
## Steering Principles
From `rules/steering-principles.md` (in this skill's directory):
- **Patterns over lists**: Document patterns, not every file/component
- **Single domain**: One topic per file
- **Concrete examples**: Show patterns with code
- **Maintainable size**: 100-200 lines typical
- **Security first**: Never include secrets or sensitive data
</instructions>
## Tool guidance
- **Read**: Load template, analyze existing code
- **Glob**: Find related files for pattern analysis
- **Grep**: Search for specific patterns
- **Bash** with `ls`: Understand relevant structure
**JIT Strategy**: Load template only when creating that type of steering.
## Output description
Chat summary with file location (file created directly).
```
✅ Custom Steering Created
## Created:
- {{KIRO_DIR}}/steering/api-standards.md
## Based On:
- Template: api-standards.md
- Analyzed: src/api/ directory patterns
- Extracted: REST conventions, error format
## Content:
- Endpoint naming patterns
- Request/response format
- Error handling conventions
- Authentication approach
Review and customize as needed.
```
## Examples
### Success: API Standards
**Input**: "Create API standards steering"
**Action**: Load template, analyze src/api/, extract patterns
**Output**: api-standards.md with project-specific REST conventions
### Success: Testing Strategy
**Input**: "Document our testing approach"
**Action**: Load template, analyze test files, extract patterns
**Output**: testing.md with test organization and mocking strategies
## Safety & Fallback
- **No template**: Generate from scratch based on domain knowledge
- **Security**: Never include secrets (load principles)
- **Validation**: Ensure doesn't duplicate core steering content
## Notes
- Templates are starting points, customize for project
- Follow same granularity principles as core steering
- All steering files loaded as project memory
- Custom files equally important as core files
- Avoid documenting agent-specific tooling directories (e.g. `.cursor/`, `.gemini/`, `.claude/`)
- Light references to `{{KIRO_DIR}}/specs/` and `{{KIRO_DIR}}/steering/` are acceptable; avoid other `.kiro/` directories
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