Moonshot AI
Kimi Code CLI
Moonshot's terminal coding agent for the Kimi model line, with print-mode autonomous execution, skills, and per-model effort settings. Kimi K3 (open weights, released Jul 16, 2026) made it the reference harness for the strongest open-weights coding model; K3 also became the default on Vercel's fx gateway in August.
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Attributed output
No signal we can detect yet
n/aAttributed outputNo signal we can detect yetCommits and PRs on public GitHub provably produced by this agent. Exact if it is visible through its own bot or workflow, an estimate if measured through attribution it declares (these can swing 30 to 40 percent between measurement runs at multi-million scale), and a floor either way.#41
Index rank
of 44 tracked agents
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Business signal
No sourced business metric
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Entry price
No published pricing
n/aEntry priceNo published pricingNot published
GitHub stars
No public repo
Not publishedGitHub starsNo public repoNot published
npm demand/wk
Public npm counter
Not publishednpm demand/wkPublic npm counterWeekly package downloads as an install-demand floor; adjusted when the vendor's main install channel is no longer npm.Market
Developer output
No signal we can detect yet
Kimi Code CLI works through the developer's own identity and leaves nothing public we can currently attribute to it on its output, so its public footprint is invisible \u2014 not absent, and not a sign of low usage. Agents in this group are ordered by their sourced business and traction signals instead.
- Index rank
- #41 of 44
- Demand share
- No public npm package
- Business signal
- No sourced business metric
- GitHub share
- No public repo
- npm channel
- No public npm package
All sourced signals (2)ExpandHide
| Signal | Value | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Agent Index | Kimi Code CLI + K3 scores 57, a top-5 agent configuration (secondhand mirror) | Reported | Medium |
| Distribution win | Kimi K3 became the default model for new sessions on Vercel Labs' fx gateway (Aug 25, 2026) | Public metric | High |
Pricing And Economics
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Free CLI; model usage metered on Moonshot's API (K3 at $3/$15 per 1M tokens, discounts recurring).
- K3 weights are open (2.8T-parameter MoE), so self-hosting is possible for teams with the hardware.
- Kimi K2.7-Code (Jun 12, 2026) cut reasoning tokens ~30% for coding workloads.
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Tradeoffs
- Kimi-first: other providers are not the point
- Smaller community than the US-lab harnesses (~6.4K stars)