Kiro's multimodal input feature breaks through the limitations of text-only interactions with a UI layout-to-code workflow that consists of four key steps:
- Image ImportDrag and drop Sketch/Figma exported PNGs or on-screen drawings directly into the Kiro chat window.
- Statement of intent: additional natural language commands such as "implement responsive product card, show buy button on hover".
- intelligent parsing (math.): The AI will recognize the in the image:
- Component Hierarchy (Flex/Grid Layout)
- Color codes (automatically extracted HEX values)
- Interaction state (default/hover/active styles)
- code generation: Output based on tech stack preferences:
- React/Vue components (with props definition)
- Tailwind CSS or Styled-components styles
- Companion Storybook Use Cases
Practice tip: For complex design drafts, you can first use thedividerLabel different functional areas and then use text to explain the data flow of each module. Tests show that this feature can compress the traditional front-end development of 3-5 days of UI implementation work into 2 hours to complete.
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