kimi-code

Imported from toxicwind/sovereign-projects (projects/tau/vendors/kimi-code/AGENTS.md). Install upstream with npx skills add toxicwind/sovereign-projects --skill kimi-code. Copyright stays with the author.

Repository-level Agent Guide

Reply in the same language as the user.

This is a TypeScript monorepo built for agent-assisted development. Keep the root AGENTS.md limited to hot-path rules: the project map, hard constraints, and workflow requirements — things every task needs to know.

Working Principles

• Think from first principles. Start from real requirements, code facts, and verification results; if the goal is unclear, discuss it with the user first.
• Treat code, not documentation, as the source of truth. Unless the user explicitly says otherwise, do not read ordinary Markdown just to understand the implementation.
• Before making code changes, read the relevant code and the most recent constraints, and follow the nearest AGENTS.md in the directory tree.
• Keep changes focused. Do not slip in unrelated refactors along the way.
• When committing, do not add any co-author attribution, and do not reveal the identity of the agent in commit messages, PR descriptions, or any explanatory text.

Project Map

• apps/kimi-code: the CLI / TUI application. It consumes core capabilities through @moonshot-ai/kimi-code-sdk and must not depend directly on engine packages. When writing or modifying its terminal UI, use the write-tui skill (.agents/skills/write-tui/SKILL.md).
• the browser web UI: its source no longer lives in this repo. It is developed in the code-app repo (apps/web) and shipped as the committed, prebuilt bundle apps/kimi-code/dist-web (gitignored, force-added), synced from code-app with KIMI_CODE_REPO=<this checkout> pnpm run sync:web — sync and commit the bundle in the same change whenever the web UI should ship differently. apps/kimi-code/scripts/check-web-assets.mjs guards packaging against a missing bundle. To hack on the web UI against this repo's server, run pnpm dev:server here and point code-app's pnpm dev:web at it via KIMI_SERVER_URL.
• apps/vis, apps/vis/server, apps/vis/web: visual debugging tools for sessions and replays.
• apps/kimi-inspect: web inspector for the kap-server /api/v1/debug RPC surface — workspace/session browser, per-session transcript chat, per-scope Service panels, and the DI unit inspection view. See apps/kimi-inspect/AGENTS.md.
• packages/agent-core-v2: the DI × Scope agent engine (the v2 port behind kap-server). Four LifecycleScope tiers — App / Workspace / Session / Agent (app/scopes.ts) — plus the L3 unit layer (Service/Fiber units, collection contribution points, the Feature seam in src/features/); there is no App-level session lifecycle facade — callers compose ISessionIndex → IWorkspaceLifecycleService.handlerFor → the handler.
• packages/node-sdk: the public TypeScript SDK and harness.
• packages/kosong: the LLM / provider abstraction layer.
• packages/kaos: the execution environment and file/process abstractions.
• packages/oauth: Kimi OAuth and managed auth utilities.
• packages/telemetry: shared client-side telemetry infrastructure.
• packages/transcript: the isomorphic transcript rendering data layer — L1 agent-granular store, L2 idempotent operations, L3 off/turn/block/delta subscription granularity, L4 framework-free view registry, plus turn-cursor pagination. Pure TypeScript (browser-safe, no engine imports); the sole owner of the transcript contract types (src/contract/) and the op-batch sequencing contract.
• packages/kap-server: the Kimi Code server, backed by @moonshot-ai/agent-core-v2; exposes sessions over REST + WebSocket (/api/v1 + /api/v1/ws), plus the /api/v1/debug/* reflection RPC surface (--debug-endpoints, loopback bind + bearer auth).
• packages/remote-control: the Kimi Remote Control tunnel client — registers this machine with the relay and forwards HTTP/WebSocket traffic to the local server, with a machine-wide single-instance lock; consumed by kap-server (the /api/v1/remote-control toggle) and by the CLI (kimi web --remote-control).
• packages/klient: the client SDK — a contract-driven facade over agent-core-v2 (global.* / session(id).* / agent(id).*, zod-validated); transport via subpath entry (@moonshot-ai/klient/ipc|memory, both return the same Klient); also hosts the e2e suites. See packages/klient/AGENTS.md.
• packages/tree-sitter-bash: a pure-TypeScript bash parser (no runtime deps, no wasm); parse(source, { timeoutMs, maxNodes }) runs under a deterministic budget and returns a discriminated ParseResult — callers must treat aborted/hasError trees as "cannot analyze" and degrade. Parser only, no safety judgments; see the package README's "Known differences" section.
• packages/minidb: the embedded JSON document store (MiniDb) behind kap-server's search index — snapshot + WAL persistence with an exclusive write lock, a larger-than-RAM full-text layer, and persistent index generations. See packages/minidb/AGENTS.md.

Environment Requirements

• Node.js: >=24.15.0 (from the root package.json engines; .nvmrc is 24.15.0, used by nvm / fnm / mise to pick the minimum recommended version).
• pnpm: 10.33.0 (from the root package.json packageManager).
• pnpm install will fail when the Node version is not satisfied, because .npmrc sets engine-strict=true.

Monorepo Workspace Maintenance

• pnpm-workspace.yaml is the source of truth for workspace membership, but flake.nix also contains hardcoded workspacePaths and workspaceNames lists.
• Whenever you add or remove a workspace package, you MUST update both pnpm-workspace.yaml and flake.nix — for every package, including leaf / test / e2e packages that nothing depends on.
  • pnpm-workspace.yaml uses globs (packages/*, apps/*), so most packages land there automatically; flake.nix is fully manual and is where omissions happen.
  • Missing a path in flake.nix's workspacePaths will silently drop files from the Nix build's src fileset.
  • Missing a name in flake.nix's workspaceNames will break pnpmConfigHook because dependencies for that workspace will not be fetched.
• The automated "Check flake.nix workspace sync" (scripts/check-nix-workspace.mjs) only validates the transitive dependency closure of @moonshot-ai/kimi-code. A leaf package outside that closure (e.g. an e2e package nobody imports) slips through even when it is missing from flake.nix. A green check is therefore NOT proof that flake.nix is fully in sync — keep it updated by hand on every add/remove, do not rely on the check to catch omissions.

General Coding Rules

• packages/agent-core-v2, packages/kap-server, and packages/transcript are comment-free zones: no comments of any kind — no line/block comments, no JSDoc (not even on exported symbols); the only exception is load-bearing lint-suppression directives (oxlint-disable / eslint-disable), while other tooling directives (@ts-expect-error, …) stay banned. Enforced by scripts/check-no-comments.mjs over .ts/.tsx/.mts/.mjs under src//test//scripts/, which runs as part of pnpm lint.
• For optional object properties, pass undefined directly instead of using conditional spread.
  • YES: { user }
  • NO: { ...(user ? { user } : undefined) }
• Optional object properties do not need to additionally allow undefined in the type.
  • YES: interface Options { user?: User }
  • NO: interface Options { user?: User | undefined }
• Internal methods with only a single parameter should not be turned into options objects just for stylistic uniformity.
• Split functions only along abstraction levels: each function reads as one level of narrative (Step-down Rule), and a wrapper that adds no new abstraction level — especially one with a single call site — is inlined instead of extracted.
• Except for a package's index.ts, other index.ts files should prefer export * from './module';.
• When writing or updating tests, follow the tdd skill (.agents/skills/tdd/SKILL.md).
• Do not add too many new test files. Prefer adding tests to the existing test file of the corresponding component or module.
• When a test fails because of a user modification, default to fixing the test first; do not change the implementation to satisfy an old test unless the implementation truly has a bug.
• Do not sacrifice code quality for external compatibility unless the user explicitly asks for it. Breaking changes go through changesets and a major bump, gated by the rule below.

Experimental Features

• Gate a not-yet-public feature behind an experimental flag. Flags are env-driven and default off: KIMI_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_<NAME> toggles one, KIMI_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_FLAG enables all. Precedence is per-flag env > [experimental] config > master env > the flag's default. Release by flipping the entry's default to true.
  • packages/agent-core-v2 and kap-server modules: there is no central catalog — declare the flag in the owning domain via registerFlagDefinition at import time, then check it with IFlagService.enabled(id).

Where to Update Instructions

• Hard rules that affect almost every task: update the root AGENTS.md.
• Rules that only affect a specific directory: update the nearest sub-directory AGENTS.md.
• Project-map entries stay at 1–2 sentences; deep package docs live in the package's own AGENTS.md.
• Keep instruction updates focused and supported by code facts.

Workflow Requirements

• Prefer rg / rg --files when reading code.
• When designing changes, follow existing boundaries and local patterns first.
• In public text and test data, replace real internal identifiers with neutral placeholders such as example.com, example.test, and YOUR_API_KEY. Before opening a PR, ask a read-only agent to audit the diff for context-specific internal identifiers.
• When creating a PR, the PR title must follow Conventional Commit style, e.g. chore: remove legacy format commands.
• When an AI agent opens or updates a PR, fill in .github/pull_request_template.md — link the related issue or explain the problem, then describe what changed. Do not leave placeholder text or submit a generic summary of the diff.
• Do not submit vague AI-generated PR text. The human author must understand the change well enough to explain the code, edge cases, and why the approach fits this repository.
• After finishing a task and before submitting a PR, you must run the gen-changesets skill (see .agents/skills/gen-changesets/SKILL.md) and generate a changeset under .changeset/ according to its rules.
• Changesets must strictly follow the rules in .agents/skills/gen-changesets/SKILL.md: write one short user-facing sentence that states only what changed, and skip any change users cannot perceive.
• When generating a changeset, never decide on a major bump on your own — stop, explain, and get explicit user confirmation first; default to minor, fall back to patch. See .agents/skills/gen-changesets/SKILL.md.
• Prefer importing via import ... from '#/...', which serves the same purpose as import ... from '@/...'.
• Do not commit throwaway scratch or exploratory files. Never stage:
  • Agent working notes or handoff/summary documents (e.g. HANDOVER-*.md, HANDOFF-*.md, handoff.md).
  • Throwaway UI/UX prototypes or design mockups (e.g. *-designs.html, *-mockup.html, *-demo(s).html) at the repo root or under a design/ folder. The only tracked .html files should be Vite index.html entrypoints. Before committing or opening a PR, run git status and git diff --staged --stat and remove anything matching these patterns. Put scratch work under .tmp/ (gitignored) instead of the repo root or the source tree.