AWS Transform adds agentic AI assistant to the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio

Amazon Web Services has launched an agentic AI assistant within AWS Transform as part of the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio, designed to help .NET developers modernize legacy applications through an interactive, conversational interface directly in their IDE. The AI assistant analyzes source code, generates detailed assessment reports, and creates transformation plans that developers can review and approve step-by-step without leaving their development environment. The tool automatically attempts to fix build errors during the modernization process and provides comprehensive logging and HTML summary reports for transparency. The assistant supports natural language commands and allows developers to pause transformations at any point to inspect code changes, upload custom plans, or provide additional direction. Projects can be seamlessly transferred between the AWS Transform web console and Visual Studio while preserving full context and progress. Additionally, AWS has extended the capability beyond Visual Studio through integrations with Kiro and other AI coding assistants via AWS Transform MCP agents, enabling developers to access modernization tools across multiple development environments. The new functionality is currently available across eight AWS regions including US East (N. Virginia), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt and London), and several Asia Pacific locations including Mumbai, Seoul, Sydney, and Tokyo.