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Resurrected Agents

Reviving 1990s distributed agents with Kiro specs

Dead CORBA interfaces resurrected as living Kiro agents. Watch 10,000 lines of IDL become 50 lines of YAML.

What Died in 1995

CORBA's complexity killed distributed agents. We're bringing them back.

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CORBA IDL Complexity

10,000+ lines of verbose IDL definitions. Required IDL compiler, stub generation, and ORB configuration just to get started.

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Manual Stub Generation

Every interface change required regenerating stubs in C++, Java, and Ada. Recompile everything. Deploy everywhere.

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XML Configuration Hell

Massive XML files for ORB configuration, naming services, and deployment descriptors. One typo = runtime failure.

From Legacy to Modern

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Legacy IDL (1995)

// CORBA IDL
module SupportSystem {
  struct CustomerInquiry {
    string inquiryId;
    string customerId;
    string subject;
    long priority;
  };
  
  interface SupportAgent {
    IntentResult classifyIntent(
      in CustomerInquiry inquiry
    ) raises (Exception);
  };
};

Requires IDL compiler, stub generation, ORB configuration...

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Kiro Spec (2025)

# .kiro/specs/support/design.md

## Agent: IntentDetection

**Input**: CustomerInquiry
**Output**: IntentResult

**Properties**:
- P1: Confidence > 0.7
- P2: Response < 500ms

Hooks auto-generate TypeScript types and tests

Resurrected Demos

Experience legacy agent patterns reborn with modern capabilities

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Legacy Support Console

Classic ticket router reborn with Kiro specs. Experience 1995 CORBA-style agents with modern LLM capabilities.

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Legacy Research Console

Old-school knowledge assistant, now powered by LLMs. Distributed document retrieval meets modern AI.

CORBA Resurrection in Action

Watch dead CORBA patterns come alive as modern Kiro agents

⚡ Auto-Routing Spell

Messages flow intelligently between agents

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Agent 1
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Agent 2

📜 Spec Summoner

YAML specs transform into TypeScript code

agent:
name: Router
type: intent
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class RouterAgent
{ handle() {
// logic

🌀 MCP Portal

Connect to external APIs and tools

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How We Used Kiro

Modern tooling for resurrecting legacy patterns

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Specs

Legacy-style interfaces expressed as concise YAML/Markdown. Each agent has a spec defining inputs, outputs, and correctness properties.

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Hooks

Auto-convert specs to runtime TypeScript + property-based tests. Hooks validate on file save and regenerate types automatically.

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Steering

Enforces patterns so resurrected designs stay consistent. Steering docs guide agent behavior and maintain architectural integrity.

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MCP

Plugs old patterns into modern tools and APIs. Model Context Protocol enables agents to access external services seamlessly.

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