In a normal chat, Kimi answers your question. In Agent Mode, Kimi does the job. You describe what you want, and it plans the steps, uses its tools and hands back finished work. This guide explains what it can do and how to use it well.
Kimi plans, uses tools, checks its own work and fixes problems until the job is done.
"Research this", "build that", "turn this data into a report".
It plans, searches, writes code and builds files without you guiding each step.
A document, slides, a spreadsheet, a website or code you can download or share.
An "agent" is an AI that can act, not just talk. Kimi's help centre describes Agent Mode as Kimi planning and completing a whole task on its own, by thinking in many steps and calling tools again and again until the work is done.
Writing code, running commands, browsing the web, making images and audio, looking up financial data and publishing websites.
Kimi's strongest model, which can see images and hold about a million tokens in mind.
Kimi decides the steps itself. If something fails, it changes the plan and tries again.
As described in Kimi's help centre.
| Feature | Normal chat | Agent Mode |
|---|---|---|
| You get | An answer | Finished work |
| Best for | Questions, writing, quick help | Jobs with many steps |
| Time | Seconds | Minutes, sometimes longer |
| Uses tools by itself | A little, such as a quick search | Yes. Search, code, files and more |
| Makes files | Text in the chat | Documents, slides, spreadsheets, websites, code |
| Cost | Everyday chat is free | Uses credits |
| Example | "What is a good laptop for students?" | "Compare 5 student laptops in a spreadsheet with prices and sources." |
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Kimi reads your request and breaks it into smaller tasks.
It carries them out with its tools: searching, reading, coding, building files.
If a step fails, it adjusts the plan and tries again.
You get the finished files to preview, download or share.
You are not locked out while it works. Kimi shows its thinking, the tools it used, the websites it visited and its progress as it goes.
Each of Kimi's big tools is an agent built for one kind of job.
Files can come back as Word, PDF, Markdown, PowerPoint, Excel or CSV, as runnable code, or as a live web page.
An agent works alone for several minutes, so it needs the full picture at the start. Cover these four things:
Find me some laptops.
Kimi has to guess the budget, the buyer and what you want back.Compare five laptops for a university student, under $900, sold in the UK. Put them in a spreadsheet with price, weight, battery life and a link to each source. Add a short recommendation at the end.
Kimi knows the goal, the limits, the format and when to stop.You can attach files too, such as a spreadsheet to analyze or a screenshot of a design.
Finished does not always mean correct. Give the result a quick check before you use it.
Stay in the same chat and tell Kimi what to fix. It keeps the files and carries on from where it stopped.
When you are happy, preview the result, then download or share it. Send several changes in one message where you can. Each round uses credits.
Replace anything in [square brackets] with your own details.
Compare five [products] for [who it is for], under [budget], sold in [country]. Put them in a spreadsheet with price, key features and a link to each source. Add a short recommendation.
Analyze the attached spreadsheet. Find the main trends, make three clear charts, and write a one-page summary of what the numbers show and what I should look into.
Read the attached report and make a 10-slide presentation for [audience]. One idea per slide, short bullet points, and a closing slide with next steps.
Look at the websites of [company A], [company B] and [company C]. Make a table of their products, prices and main selling points, with a link to each page you used.
Plan a [type of event] for [number] people in [city] on [date], with a budget of [amount]. Give me a schedule, a costed budget table and a checklist of things to book.
Build a simple web page with a [calculator or tool] for [purpose]. It should work well on a phone. Show me a preview when it is ready.
More ideas: Kimi AI prompts · use cases
Agent Mode is the starting point. Kimi has three bigger versions for bigger jobs.
| Option | What it does | Good for | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Mode | One agent does one task from start to finish | Most jobs | The one to learn first |
| Agent Swarm | Many helper agents work at the same time. Kimi says up to 300 | Wide jobs, such as checking 50 websites | Paid plans. A set number of uses a month |
| Goal mode | One agent keeps working towards a goal for up to 24 hours | Long jobs with a clear finish line | In the desktop app's Work mode. Check which plans include it |
| Kimi Claw | An always-on agent in the cloud that can run scheduled tasks | Jobs that repeat | Higher paid plans |
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Agent tasks use your plan's monthly credits. A bigger task uses more.
| Plan | Price a month | Agent credits a month | Tasks at once |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adagio (free) | $0 | About 6 | 1 |
| Moderato | $19 | About 60 | 2 |
| Allegretto | $39 | About 150 | 2 |
| Allegro | $99 | About 360 | 4 |
| Vivace | $199 | About 720 | 4 |
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Full details: Kimi pricing · what the free plan includes
An agent can be wrong with great confidence. Verify numbers and sources.
Do not give it passwords, bank details or confidential files.
A shared link or published site can be opened by anyone who has it.
Try a small version of a job first. Then run the big one.
For anything legal, medical or financial, have a qualified person check the result.
Check your employer's policy before using it for work tasks.
More help: Kimi AI not working: common fixes.