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7/19/2026

The original title is: "Kimi Code CLI: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Moonshot AI's Terminal Coding Agent"
Original: Kimi Code CLI: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Moonshot AI's Terminal Coding Agent
Short summary
Kimi Code CLI is Moonshot AI's open-source, MIT-licensed terminal coding agent written in TypeScript and distributed as a single binary. It reads and edits files, runs shell commands, searches codebases, and supports video input, conversational MCP setup, subagents, lifecycle hooks, and editor integration via ACP. It works with Kimi models out of the box and can be configured for Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google providers.
- •Single-binary terminal AI coding agent from Moonshot AI, MIT licensed, no Node.js required
- •Supports video input, conversational MCP setup, subagents, lifecycle hooks, and ACP editor integration
- •Installable via curl script, Homebrew, or npm; configurable for multiple AI providers
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