Kimi Code is Moonshot AI's coding helper. It works inside your own project: it reads your files, plans a change, edits the code and runs the tests, asking you before it acts. You can use it in the terminal, in VS Code, or through other coding tools. It comes with paid Kimi memberships. This page explains what you get, the limits and how to begin.
One membership, three places to use it.
An AI coding helper that works in your project folder, not just in a chat box.
A paid Kimi membership. The free plan does not include it.
Roughly 300 to 1,200 requests in any 5 hours, plus a weekly quota.
When you ask a chatbot for code, you copy the answer into your project yourself. Kimi Code skips that step. You start it inside your project folder, describe what you want in plain words, and it works on the real files.
Kimi's documentation describes it as an AI programming service that is part of Kimi membership and runs on Kimi's top models. As Moonshot releases better models, Kimi Code moves to them.
It searches your project to understand how the pieces fit together.
It edits code across several files and shows you each change.
It can run commands and tests, then fix what fails.
The Kimi Code command-line tool. You type kimi in your project folder and chat with it there.
The Kimi Code extension adds a panel inside the editor, so you never leave your code.
Members can create a key and use Kimi Code's models in tools they already like.
From Kimi's Kimi Code documentation and help centre. JetBrains and Zed connect using a standard called ACP, which lets an editor talk to a coding agent.
Ask how an unfamiliar codebase is organised and where to make a change.
Point it at a failing test. It finds the cause, fixes it and runs the test again.
Describe the feature. It plans the work, edits the files and adds tests.
Paste a screenshot of a design and ask it to build the page.
Switch on thinking for difficult problems, on models that support it.
The /model command switches model. Moonshot says Kimi K3 can be selected this way.
The models behind it: Kimi K2.7 Code · Kimi K3. Related: Visual Coding · Design to Code
Plan mode is the feature that makes Kimi Code safe to learn with. In Plan mode it can only read. It cannot change a file or run a command. It writes a plan and waits for you.
/plan.Kimi Code is included with paid Kimi memberships. Usage is limited in a few ways at once.
| Plan | Price a month | Kimi Code |
|---|---|---|
| Adagio | Free | Not included |
| Moderato | $19 | Included |
| Allegretto | $39 | More usage, plus HighSpeed |
| Allegro | $99 | More usage again |
| Vivace | $199 | The highest limits |
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The limits above are from Kimi's documentation, which gives one range and does not break it down by plan. The plan table follows our pricing pages and should be confirmed on kimi.com. More: Kimi AI pricing · Is Kimi AI free?
Kimi has two separate developer services. They use different addresses, different keys and different billing. Using the wrong pair is a common cause of "invalid key" errors.
| Kimi Code key | Kimi Platform API key | |
|---|---|---|
| Made for | Coding tools | Building Kimi into your own product |
| How you pay | Included in your membership quota | Per token, from a balance you top up |
| Address | api.kimi.com/coding/v1 | api.moonshot.ai/v1 |
| Model name | kimi-for-coding | kimi-k3, kimi-k2.7-code, kimi-k2.6 |
| Where you create it | In your Kimi Code console | On platform.kimi.ai |
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The terminal tool accepts either: at sign-in you choose a Kimi Code membership or a Kimi Platform API key. More: API vs subscription · K2.7 Code API · Kimi API setup
Or have a Kimi Platform API key ready if you prefer to pay per use.
Copy the install line for your system from Kimi's official Kimi Code documentation.
Go to your project folder, run kimi, then type /login.
Start with a read-only request, such as "explain how this project is organised".
More on coding with Kimi: Kimi for coding · Kimi Code with K2.5 · fix common problems