Awesome Kimi CLI

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🚀 A curated list of awesome resources, tools, scripts, and tips for Kimi CLI users.

Kimi CLI is a command-line tool for Kimi AI assistant, enabling you to interact with Kimi directly from your terminal.

Contents

• Official Resources
• Installation & Configuration
• Tips & Tricks
• Plugins & Extensions
• Integrations
• Community
• Kimi CLI Related Projects

Official Resources

• Kimi CLI Repository - Official source code
• Kimi CLI Documentation - Official documentation
• Kimi Website - Kimi AI official website
• Moonshot AI - The company behind Kimi

Installation & Configuration

Installation

Kimi CLI is published on PyPI. We recommend installing with uv:

# Install Kimi CLI
uv tool install --python 3.13 kimi-cli

# Verify installation
kimi --help

# Start Kimi CLI
uv run kimi

# Upgrade to latest version
uv tool upgrade kimi-cli --no-cache

Configuration

Initial Setup: Run kimi in your working directory, then send /setup for initial configuration.

Tips & Tricks

Common Commands

• /help - View help
• /mcp - Check MCP server status
• /setup - Configure API Key
• Ctrl-X - Toggle Shell mode

Plugins & Extensions

• MCP Servers - Official MCP server collection
• MCP Support - Extend tools via MCP protocol. Create ~/.kimi/mcp.json or use --mcp-config-file
• zsh-kimi-cli - Zsh plugin for Kimi CLI

Integrations

• IDE Integration - Supports ACP-compatible editors like Zed, JetBrains, etc.
• ACP Protocol - Agent Client Protocol support for editor integration

Community

• Moonshot AI Forum - Join discussions, ask questions, and share ideas about the Moonshot AI platform and APIs

Kimi CLI Related Projects

• kimi-agent-sdk - Official SDK for programmatically controlling Kimi CLI, supports Go, Node.js, and Python
• kimi-actions - AI-powered code review GitHub Action using Kimi, with PR review, auto-description, and issue triage features
• AionUi - Official ACP-compatible client that auto-detects and integrates with Kimi CLI via ACP protocol, offering a modern GUI
• Wise-Will-agent - Open-source AI education agent with thinking different design
• wemac - It just works WeChat RPA group chat bot for Mac
• kimi-cli-for-xbow - CTF-specialized agent based on kimi-cli
• toad - A unified interface for AI in your terminal
• KimiCode-GUI - Desktop GUI for Kimi CLI built with Rust + Tauri 2, embedding the real CLI inside a PTY-powered terminal
• OKbot - Kimi CLI Feishu integration with cross-device session handoff, voice control, browser/Android automation, and dynamic Skills hot-reload

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.

License