KR-AG-007: Kiro Agent Tool Scope Broader Than Referenced Subagent

Summary

• Rule ID: KR-AG-007
• Severity: MEDIUM
• Category: Kiro Agents
• Normative Level: SHOULD
• Auto-Fix: No
• Verified On: 2026-04-22

Applicability

• Tool: kiro
• Version Range: unspecified
• Spec Revision: unspecified

Evidence Sources

• https://github.com/kirodotdev/kiro/issues/5071
• https://github.com/kirodotdev/kiro/issues/5449

Test Coverage Metadata

• Unit tests: true
• Fixture tests: true
• E2E tests: false

Examples

The following examples demonstrate what triggers this rule and how to fix it.

Invalid

{
  "name": "orchestrator",
  "allowedTools": ["readFiles", "runShellCommand"],
  "prompt": "Delegate review to @reviewer-agent"
}

Valid

{
  "name": "orchestrator",
  "allowedTools": ["readFiles"],
  "prompt": "Delegate review to @reviewer-agent"
}