| # Kimi Code |
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| AI coding assistant for VS Code, built for long-context workflows and complex coding tasks. |
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| ## Features |
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| - **Works alongside you**: Kimi autonomously explores your codebase, reads and writes code, and runs terminal commands with your permission |
| - **Thinking controls**: Toggle reasoning or choose a model-supported thinking effort |
| - **Provider-aware models**: Distinguish and select same-named models across configured providers |
| - **Native editor integration**: Review AI-proposed changes directly in VS Code's diff viewer |
| - **MCP support**: Extend capabilities with Model Context Protocol servers |
| - **Slash commands**: Quick actions like `/init` to analyze your project and `/compact` to manage context |
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| ## Install |
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| Kimi Code requires VS Code 1.100.0 or later. |
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| 1. Install from the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=moonshot-ai.kimi-code) |
| 2. Open a folder in VS Code |
| 3. Click the Kimi icon in the Activity Bar |
| 4. Sign in with a [kimi.com/code](https://www.kimi.com/code) subscription, or use a provider already configured in the shared `config.toml` |
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| The extension runs the Kimi Code Node SDK in the VS Code Extension Host. When |
| the extension and the Kimi Code terminal app resolve to the same |
| `KIMI_CODE_HOME`, they share `config.toml`, MCP configuration, login state, and |
| sessions. The system-level `KIMI_CODE_HOME` environment variable is supported; |
| there is no separate VS Code setting for it. Do not run the same session from |
| both applications at the same time, because cross-process session locking is |
| not guaranteed. |
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| After upgrading from version 0.5.x, the extension prompts before migrating any |
| legacy data it finds. Migration copies or merges data into the current Kimi Code |
| home and does not delete the legacy source. Legacy Kimi Code OAuth and MCP OAuth |
| credentials are not copied, so those connections must be authorized again. |
| See [the changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for the full compatibility notes. |
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| ## Docs |
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| Official doc for Kimi Code can be found at [www.kimi.com/code/docs](https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/en/kimi-code-for-vscode/guides/getting-started.html) |
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| ## License |
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| [Apache-2.0](LICENSE) |
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