AWS announced that Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and paid subscriptions will reach end of support on April 30, 2027, with customers directed toward Kiro for agentic development workflows. That gives teams time, but it also creates a clear migration surface for ongoing work.
Why this matters.
Q Developer has been used for code generation, debugging, chat, and code transformation. Kiro changes the workflow shape with specs, hooks, steering files, subagents, and powers. That is a bigger shift than a simple extension update, so the project state should be explicit before migration.
Before switching from Q Developer.
- Finish or snapshot transformations. Especially for language upgrades and porting work, keep the before/after state clear.
- Record generated decisions. Save architecture assumptions, debugging choices, and commands Q Developer relied on.
- Verify the repo outside the chat. Run the smallest meaningful test, build, or static check before moving.
- Translate context into a tool-neutral packet. Kiro steering files are useful, but they should start from verified facts.
- Keep the next action small. Ask the new tool to validate the migration packet before implementing more.
What ShardStitch does here.
ShardStitch gives the migration a local memory layer: project facts, changed files, failed attempts, verified checks, and next action. That makes it safer to continue in Kiro, Codex, Claude, Cursor, or another coding tool without trusting the previous assistant's final message as the whole truth.