Kimi Code
Canonical page on the main site: sinoaihub.com/agents/kimi-code
Type
agent
Key facts
- Company: Moonshot AI
- Type: coding
- Underlying models: Kimi K3, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K2.7 Code Highspeed
- Capabilities: tool calling, browser use, computer use, MCP
- Open source: yes (MIT)
- Pricing: Included with Kimi membership, Plus and above (Adagio free tier has no coding quota; Plus $15/mo, Pro $31/mo, Max $79/mo, Ultra $159/mo). All clients share one quota with rolling 5-hour window and monthly total. Open Platform API pay-as-you-go: kimi-k3 $3.00/M input / $15.00/M output; kimi-k2.7-code $0.95/$4.00; kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed $1.90/$8.00.
Company
API Platform
Description
Moonshot AI's terminal AI coding agent ('The Starting Point for Next-Gen Agents'), successor to the deprecated kimi-cli. CLI (TypeScript, MIT), VS Code extension and Desktop app; reads/edits code, runs shell commands, searches files, fetches web pages, plans and adjusts actions autonomously. Includes subagents, MCP, Kimi Computer Use, browser control (WebBridge/Browser Extension) and multimodal input (text, images, video). Billed under Kimi membership.
Agent Type
coding
Underlying Models
Tool Calling
Yes
Browser Use
Yes
Computer Use
Yes
Mcp
Yes
Framework
TypeScript terminal agent (pi-tui); succeeds the deprecated Python kimi-cli
Planning
Yes
Multi Agent
Yes
Api
Yes
Pricing
Included with Kimi membership, Plus and above (Adagio free tier has no coding quota; Plus $15/mo, Pro $31/mo, Max $79/mo, Ultra $159/mo). All clients share one quota with rolling 5-hour window and monthly total. Open Platform API pay-as-you-go: kimi-k3 $3.00/M input / $15.00/M output; kimi-k2.7-code $0.95/$4.00; kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed $1.90/$8.00.
Deployment
both
Open Source
Yes
License
MIT
Github
https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code
Documentation
https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/
Use Cases
- Understanding unfamiliar codebases and implementing features
- Bug fixing, writing tests, refactoring
- Batch file processing
- Long-horizon whole-repo work via 1M-token context (K3)
- Video-input tasks (screen recording to code)
- Scheduled and background tasks
- IDE-driven sessions via VS Code extension or ACP (Zed, JetBrains)
Limitations
- Runs on the local machine with approval gates; no dedicated OS-level sandbox engine
- kimi-cli predecessor deprecated and being wound down (auto-migrated on install)
- Computer Use (macOS) needs Accessibility + Screen Recording permissions; Windows version may briefly take over mouse/keyboard
- Third-party tools must keep the real client identifier (User-Agent tampering restricted)
- Cloud inference only (managed endpoints api.kimi.com/coding/v1 and api.kimi.ai/coding/v1); not self-hostable as a model service
- Windows install requires Git for Windows
- API keys shown only once (max 5); quota shared across devices; devices inactive >30 days unbound
Verification Status
verified
Last Verified
2026-09-20
Source history
No documented source-change events located as of 2026-09-20.
Sources
| evidence_id | source_name | source_url | source_type | published | verified | confidence | conflict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| src-agents-kimi-code-1 | Kimi Code GitHub repository | https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-agents-kimi-code-2 | Kimi Code CLI documentation | https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/ | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-agents-kimi-code-3 | Kimi Code product docs | https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/en/ | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |
| src-agents-kimi-code-4 | Kimi membership pricing | https://www.kimi.ai/membership/pricing | Official documentation | — | 2026-09-20 | high | — |