{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Kimi Code CLI", "vendor": "Moonshot AI", "vendorUrl": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source terminal coding agent from Moonshot AI that replaced the archived Python Kimi CLI. It runs Kimi, Anthropic, OpenAI or Gemini models, headless with `kimi -p`, as an ACP server, or behind a local REST server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kimi-code-cli.json", "dns": "kimi-code-cli.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Kimi Code OAuth (RFC 8628 device code through `/login` or `kimi login`) for a Kimi Code subscription, or a Kimi Platform API key. Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI and OpenAI-compatible providers take a key in `config.toml`. Provider keys in the shell are not read unless named through `api_key_env` or the `KIMI_MODEL_*` variables. OAuth tokens are stored in `~/.kimi-code/credentials/` with 0600 permissions.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT-licensed, with nothing to buy for the CLI. The owner pays the model provider. Kimi Platform API keys are billed pay-as-you-go per million tokens, and the Kimi Code subscription is sold as a Kimi membership plan whose prices render only with JavaScript and weren't read on 18 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the 2.2.0 npm package (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 36761, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/", "llmsTxt": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "typescript", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "no-sandbox", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 759, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 22, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 85, "security": 45, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-02" }, "negative": -8, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-04. Version 0.41.0 fixed print mode (`kimi -p`) ignoring `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, so scripted runs sent telemetry after the user opted out. Fixed and stated in the changelog, -2. https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "2026-09-23. Version 2.1.0 fixed file tools reaching outside the working directory through symlinks, repository git configuration running commands during background git operations, and project config applied before the workspace was trusted. Released fixes of the CLI's own described flaws with no advisory (none in OSV on 2 November 2026), -3, the value spree-commerce and terraform-mcp take for the same pattern (-2 on 18 October). https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "2026-10-14 to 2026-10-25. Breaking changes in 2.x releases with no notice found and no breaking-change label. 2.2.0 (a minor) made configs with `executor = \"kaos\"` fail validation, 2.3.0 (a minor, 21 October) stopped plugin skills answering to their bare names, and 2.3.2 (a patch, 25 October) made swarms unavailable in `kimi -p` and ACP clients. No canary carried them ahead. One folded -3. https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog" ], "verdict": "MIT-licensed, with 30 releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox ships in a stable release, and 2.x minor releases changed behaviour without notice.", "bestFor": "Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models.", "strengths": [ "MIT-licensed, with a single-binary installer, npm and Homebrew core packages at 2.4.1", "`kimi -p` with `stream-json` output, plus `kimi acp` covering the full ACP core and session surface", "`kimi web` serves a REST and WebSocket API with live OpenAPI and AsyncAPI documents behind a bearer token", "30 stable releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, with a dated changelog in the docs", "Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI and OpenAI-compatible providers alongside Kimi" ], "weaknesses": [ "Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off", "No sandbox or network control in the stable release", "Breaking changes in 2.3.0 and 2.3.2 shipped as a minor and a patch with no notice or breaking-change label", "Telemetry is on by default, the docs don't say what it sends, and print mode ignored the opt-out before 0.41.0", "No privacy page for the CLI, and the Kimi terms use content for training unless the user opts out by email" ], "agentNotes": [ "`kimi -p` approves every tool call. Add `[[permission.rules]]` deny entries and run it in a container, since no sandbox ships", "Set `KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN` for unattended runs. Steps per turn are unlimited by default", "Pass the model with `KIMI_MODEL_NAME`, `KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY` and `KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE`. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in the shell is ignored otherwise", "Pin the CLI version in pipelines and read the changelog before upgrading. Minor and patch releases have changed plugin skill names and swarm availability", "Set `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and use 0.41.0 or later, since earlier print-mode runs ignored it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 85, "security": 45, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 59, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-02", "maintenance": "2026-11-02", "payments": "2026-11-02", "reliability": "2026-11-02", "schema": "2026-11-02", "security": "2026-11-02", "transparency": "2026-11-02" }, "last": "2026-11-02", "lastMoved": "2026-11-02", "oldest": "2026-11-02", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.sh | bash # or: npm install -g @moonshot-ai/kimi-code, or: brew install kimi-code", "headless": { "command": "kimi -p \"$TASK\" --output-format stream-json", "env": { "KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1", "KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN": "50", "KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "KIMI_MODEL_NAME": "\u003cmodel\u003e", "KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE": "kimi" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kimi-code-cli" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Moonshot AI (the global Kimi terms name NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore)", "domain": "moonshotai.github.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/modelUse?version=v2", "privacy": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/userPrivacy?version=v2", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The LICENSE reads Copyright (c) 2026 Moonshot AI. The Kimi terms (effective 13 August 2026) and privacy policy (last updated 13 August 2026), linked from the Kimi Code page on kimi.ai, name NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, a company registered in Singapore, as the provider. Neither names the CLI.", "The docs are on GitHub Pages and carry no terms or privacy page of their own. The Kimi Platform has separate terms and a privacy policy for API keys at platform.kimi.ai/docs/agreement.", "kimi.com, kimi.ai and moonshot.ai each answered /.well-known/security.txt with an HTML page, so no security.txt was found. SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and code@moonshot.ai." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "MoonshotAI/kimi-code", "version": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code@2.5.2", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:37:00.257935182Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code", "version": "2.5.2", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:37:00.038854487Z" } ], "githubStars": 8155, "npmWeekly": 72577, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:02:03.268020017Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:49.016974755Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "github.io", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:18:40.30630652Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:14:36.878437649Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:36:30.010468862Z", "fingerprint": "d0943276e0d3" }, { "url": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/userPrivacy?version=v2", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:30:35.616776315Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:51:13.054475113Z", "fingerprint": "3bea1f2562b9" }, { "url": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/modelUse?version=v2", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:30:31.086198927Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:51:09.702572286Z", "fingerprint": "fcea5ef5657f" } ], "github": { "repo": "moonshotai/kimi-code", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:08:39.421062969Z", "stars": 8104, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T09:08:09Z", "openIssues": 1216, "openPRs": 517, "issuesOpened90d": 804, "issuesClosed90d": 141, "prsMerged90d": 789, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 42, "failure": 6, "other": 2, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-11-02T08:06:16Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 18, "unanswered": 15, "medianDays": 0.5 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:02:03.268020017Z" } }, "answer": "Kimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "verdent", "name": "Verdent", "vendor": "Verdent AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.verdent.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Verdent is a coding agent from Verdent AI, Inc., with a desktop app for macOS and Windows, VS Code and JetBrains extensions and a browser edition. It plans tasks, runs parallel workers in git worktrees and uses MCP servers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verdent.json", "dns": "verdent.grade.anchorterminal.com", "license": "Proprietary. The terms of use from Verdent AI, Inc. forbid reverse engineering or copying any component, and no source is published", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs in to a Verdent account with Google, GitHub or email in a browser. Model use runs on Verdent credits through llm-proxy.verdent.ai, or on the user's own Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter key (BYOK). BYOA runs workers on a local Claude Code or Codex CLI with keys kept on the machine. No API key or token for driving Verdent from another program was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "From $5 a month (Lite), then $19 Starter, $59 Pro and $179 Max with 320, 1,000 and 3,000 credits a month (doubled by a limited-time bonus). One credit is about $0.059 at provider rates. Top-ups $20 for 340 credits to $200 for 3,400. Free Mode and the free trial ended with v2.18.0 on 29 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, pricing page, terms or changelog (checked 2026-11-06). Subscriptions and top-ups go through Stripe.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.verdent.ai/docs/verdent-manager/getting-started/overview", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "closed-source", "desktop", "vscode", "jetbrains", "mcp", "byok", "paid-plans", "no-sandbox" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 39.7, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1317, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 53, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 35, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 55, "security": 33, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-11-06. The changelog says v2.18.0 of 29 October 2026 retired Free Mode, the free trial and the 100 welcome credits, while the pricing page FAQ read on 6 November still says \"Your free trial includes 100 credits\" and the 1.0 docs overview still lists a free trial. A stale claim on the vendor's own pricing page, 2 points. https://www.verdent.ai/pricing, https://www.verdent.ai/changelog" ], "verdict": "A desktop and editor coding agent that splits a goal into parallel workers in git worktrees, with a read-only Plan Mode, MCP servers and the option to run workers on Claude Code or Codex. It has no CLI, API or sandbox, sends context through Verdent's servers, and has had no free tier since 29 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a desktop app to plan and run several coding tasks at once, possibly on their own Claude Code or Codex.", "strengths": [ "Plan Mode is read-only and writes a plan.md for review before Agent Mode makes changes", "Parallel workers each run in their own git worktree, with a review column before work is accepted", "BYOA runs workers on a local Claude Code or Codex CLI, and BYOK takes Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter keys", "Plan, top-up and per-credit prices are public, charged at provider token rates with no markup per the pricing page", "Every current docs page has a Markdown twin, and the changelog is dated by version" ], "weaknesses": [ "No CLI, print mode, API or SDK, so a pipeline can't start or read a run except through a paired chat bot", "No sandbox or network restriction documented, and the actions that need approval aren't listed", "Free Mode and the free trial ended on 29 October 2026, while the pricing page FAQ still promises 100 trial credits", "Event logging to log.verdent.ai has no documented opt-out, and the privacy policy gives no retention periods", "SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 are being pursued, not held, and there is no bug bounty or security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to drive Verdent headless. Hand the task to the person using the desktop app, or use a harness with a print mode", "Start large changes in Plan Mode and review plan.md before switching to Agent Mode", "Add MCP servers in the project's .mcp.json or ~/.verdent/mcp.json in the mcpServers shape", "Keep work under git, since rollback relies on git and there is no sandbox", "Budget in credits at about $0.059 each, because there is no free allowance since 29 October 2026" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 39.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 35, "maintenance": 61, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 55, "security": 33, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 62, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "config": { "mcpServers": { "github": { "args": [ "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/verdent" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lite plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "Eco Mode models and light usage" }, { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "320 credits a month, 480 with the limited-time bonus" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 59, "note": "1,000 credits a month, 1,500 with the bonus" }, { "item": "Max plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 179, "note": "3,000 credits a month, 4,500 with the bonus" }, { "item": "Credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.059, "note": "About $0.059, charged at provider token prices with no markup per the pricing page" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Verdent AI, Inc.", "domain": "verdent.ai", "domainRegistered": "2025-05-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.verdent.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://www.verdent.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.verdent.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names Verdent AI, Inc. as data controller, and the terms choose California law.", "The terms forbid users to crawl, scrape or otherwise harvest data or information from the Services. Public pages were read once each.", "www.verdent.ai/robots.txt allows all crawlers.", "RDAP gives verdent.ai a registration date of 6 May 2025.", "/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and status.verdent.ai did not answer. No status page found.", "The security page says SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 are being pursued, not held, and takes vulnerability reports at hi@verdent.ai with acknowledgement within five business days." ], "score": 62 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.json", "live": { "slug": "verdent", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://verdent.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:33.272105482Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.verdent.ai/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:36:28.662063151Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bac05e4e426e" }, { "url": "https://www.verdent.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:36:31.354667853Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3ec1d3c07d70" }, { "url": "https://www.verdent.ai/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:36:33.295376926Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "206b6ec23a6a" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:33.272105482Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 40, "category": "payments", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "Self-hosted rule. No payment protocol (0). The CLI is free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card or account is needed for the software, and any listed provider's key works (20). An agent can install it from npm and run it with `KIMI_MODEL_*` variables and no sign-up, given a model key (20). The Kimi Code subscription and Kimi Platform API usage are separate purchases.", "b": "Harness reading of the published rubric, scored on the Verdent subscription the agent needs. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices from $5 a month, top-up prices and the credit value of about $0.059 are public without a login (20). Free Mode and the free trial ended on 29 October 2026, so there is no free tier (0). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0+20+0+0 = 20." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 20 } }, { "by": 36, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. Global `tools.enabled` and `tools.disabled` lists, per-agent tool lists, deferred MCP tool loading and a read-only Plan mode (20). `stream-json` output and a step limit per turn by environment variable, but steps are unlimited by default and there's no wall-time or cost limit for the main turn (13). The server API returns coded envelopes and ACP returns standard JSON-RPC errors, but print mode documents no exit codes outside goal runs (12). Retries only on transient failures and never on an exhausted quota, with `--continue`, `--session`, fork, undo and ACP `session/load` (16). `kimi -p` needs one argument, with ACP and the REST API as programmatic surfaces but no SDK package in any language (10).", "b": "Harness reading. MCP servers per project or globally, subagents, skills and rules, but no per-tool disabling or deferred loading found (10). No output-size, turn-limit or budget controls for a run were found beyond credit balances (5). No exit codes or error format, since there is no headless mode (3). Parallel workers in git worktrees and a review column make runs reviewable and reversible, with no resume by ID documented (10). No CLI, API or SDK. A pipeline can only reach Manager through a paired Telegram, Slack or Feishu bot (7). 10+5+3+10+7 = 35." }, "scores": { "a": 71, "b": 35 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "schema", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading. The `kimi web` server serves `/openapi.json` and `/asyncapi.json`, generated from its runtime validation schemas, but only from a running server behind auth, and the API is marked experimental. The ACP server's methods and capabilities are tabled (20). llms.txt indexes every page and each page is served as Markdown (10). The permission-mode, goal-mode and MCP pages say when to use each mode and what to avoid (16). The config reference gives type and default for each key, with enums for permission modes, output formats and rule decisions (13). Many examples, the server's error-code bands and ACP error codes are documented, but print-mode exit codes are documented only for goal runs (11). A dated changelog in the docs plus the technical changelog in the repository (15). Unchanged on 2 November; llms.txt now indexes 60 pages in two languages.", "b": "Framework reading for a harness. No schema for settings or output, only mcp.json examples in the standard mcpServers shape (5). Every current docs page has a Markdown twin at the same path with .md, though no llms.txt (10). The docs say when to use Agent Mode or Plan Mode and what Plan Mode can't do, but the Agent Mode page lists the actions that need approval only as \"certain tool executions\" and \"destructive operations\" (12). Modes and BYOA agent types are enumerated, permissions are not (5). Examples on the MCP, BYOA and messaging pages, and a recovery page, with no error codes (8). Version numbers and a dated public changelog (15). The archived 1.0 docs are still served beside the current ones. 5+10+12+5+8+15 = 55." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 55 } }, { "by": 25, "category": "reliability", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Local-package reading. An install script that verifies a checksum, npm `@moonshot-ai/kimi-code` with Node 22.19.0 or newer stated, and Homebrew core at 2.4.1, for macOS, Linux and Windows (20). A public CI workflow runs the build, a smoke test, sharded tests on Linux, tests on Windows, lint and typecheck. GitHub's pages answer 403 in this session, so whether it passes on main wasn't checked (15). The 18 October issue and pull-request counts came from shields.io badges, a third-party copy of GitHub data this run bars, so they are struck. The clone shows 95 commits from 13 authors since 18 October and a changelog that credits merged pull requests up to #4553 in 2.4.1, but which open issues are crashes or regressions, and how fast they're answered, couldn't be read (8). Changesets changelog with Major, Minor and Patch headings and no breaking-change label since 0.28.0. 2.2.0 made `executor = \"kaos\"` configs fail validation, 2.3.0 stopped bare-name plugin skill calls and 2.3.2, a patch, removed swarms from `kimi -p` and ACP (10). 2.4.1, past 1.0 (15). 20 + 15 + 8 + 10 + 15 = 68.", "b": "Local-package reading, as for the other closed-source harnesses. The desktop app installs from verdent.ai with macOS 11 or later and 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 stated, and the extension from the editor marketplaces, but not from a package registry (15). No public CI or test suite, since the source isn't published (0). No public issue tracker, every task runs through Verdent's servers, and no status page was found, so there is no readable record (5). A dated changelog by version, with the end of Free Mode called out in v2.18.0, but no breaking-change sections (8). 2.18.0, generally available (15). 15+0+5+8+15 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 68, "b": 43 } }, { "by": 12, "category": "security", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework checklist. 30 for credentials and what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. OAuth tokens sit in 0600 files and shell keys aren't read unless named. Telemetry is on by default and, in the 2.2.0 package read on 18 October, sends events with a device ID, session ID and model name to telemetry-logs.kimi.com. Auto-update is on by default (14). Interactive sessions ask before edits and commands, and a dangerous-command guard covers `rm -rf` and similar, but `kimi -p` runs under Never Ask, where everything is approved and the guard is off, with only static deny rules left. No sandbox found, and hooks fail open (7). The MCP page warns about untrusted servers and project `.kimi-code/mcp.json` entries, and since 2.1.0 project config waits for workspace trust, but no prompt-injection guidance was found for fetched web pages (6). Sessions on disk, `kimi export`, the `kimi vis` session visualiser, a diagnostic log and hooks for auditing (11). SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and an email, supports only the latest version and gives no response time. No security.txt was found on kimi.com, kimi.ai or moonshot.ai, and OSV, read again on 2 November 2026, lists no advisories for the package, though 2.1.0 shipped security fixes (7).", "b": "Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing). Conversation history and tool results go to Verdent's US servers and on to Azure, Bedrock or Vertex, with zero data retention stated for Vertex and Bedrock only. Event logging to log.verdent.ai has no documented opt-out. BYOA keys stay on the machine (10). Plan Mode is read-only, Agent Mode asks before destructive commands and edits outside scope, and workers are isolated by git worktree, but there is no sandbox or network control and the approval list isn't enumerated (9). No prompt-injection guidance found, while web search and fetch results enter the context (2). Usage history in the dashboard, no audit log found (5). A security page with a disclosure address and a five-day acknowledgement, SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 being pursued rather than held, no security.txt and no bug bounty (7). 10+9+2+5+7 = 33." }, "scores": { "a": 45, "b": 33 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "2.4.1 on 30 October 2026 (30). 30 stable tags from 0.32.0 on 4 August to 2.4.1 on 30 October, plus canary builds since 29 October (20). The 18 October counts from shields.io badges are struck. The clone shows the pace directly, 95 commits from 13 authors between 18 October and 2 November and pull requests numbered past #4600, with the changelog crediting outside contributors in each release. Issue reply times couldn't be read (11). No published SDK. A TypeScript SDK sits in the repository (`@moonshot-ai/kimi-code-sdk` 0.22.0) marked private, the ACP server and REST API ship inside the CLI, and Homebrew core is current at 2.4.1 (5). CI with a frozen lockfile, lint and a dependency check (sherif), canary and release workflows, no Dependabot or Renovate file, and the pass state unchecked (6). 30 + 20 + 11 + 5 + 6 = 72.", "b": "Closed service. v2.18.0 on 29 October 2026, eight days before this check (30). More than three dated releases in the 90 days from 8 August, among them 2.10.0 to 2.18.0 (20). A dated public changelog, a support address, Discord and a subreddit, with no public tracker to read reply times (8). No official SDK or MCP server to keep current (0). No public packages or CI to judge (3). 30+20+8+0+3 = 61." }, "scores": { "a": 72, "b": 61 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Moonshot AI", "b": "Verdent AI, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary. The terms of use from Verdent AI, Inc. forbid reverse engineering or copying any component, and no source is published", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-30", "b": "2026-10-29", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-08-13", "b": "2026-05-25", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-13", "b": "2026-05-26", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "37k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Kimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Kimi Code CLI or Verdent?" }, { "answer": "Kimi Code CLI is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Verdent.", "question": "Are Kimi Code CLI and Verdent open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 68 against 43", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 55", "Agent ergonomics, 71 against 35", "Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 33", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 61", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 55" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models.", "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "watchFor": "Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants a desktop app to plan and run several coding tasks at once, possibly on their own Claude Code or Codex.", "slug": "verdent", "watchFor": "No CLI, print mode, API or SDK, so a pipeline can't start or read a run except through a paired chat bot" } ], "history": { "kimi-code-cli": [ { "causes": [ "event" ], "date": "2026-11-02", "delta": -4, "from": 62.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 58.1, "toGrade": "C" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-30", "delta": 0, "from": 62.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 62.1, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0, "from": 62.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 62.1, "toGrade": "B" } ], "verdent": null }, "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-verdent" }, { 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It has no CLI, API or sandbox, sends context through Verdent's servers, and has had no free tier since 29 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent.min.md" }, "markdown": "Kimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Kimi Code CLI: grade C, 58.1/100, rank #759 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kimi-code-cli.json\n- Verdent: grade E, 39.7/100, rank #1317 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verdent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verdent.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Kimi Code CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 71 against 35\n- Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 33\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 72 against 61\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 55\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off\n\n### Verdent (E)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a desktop app to plan and run several coding tasks at once, possibly on their own Claude Code or Codex.\n\nWatch for: No CLI, print mode, API or SDK, so a pipeline can't start or read a run except through a paired chat bot\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Kimi Code CLI +40\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (60): Self-hosted rule. No payment protocol (0). The CLI is free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card or account is needed for the software, and any listed provider's key works (20). An agent can install it from npm and run it with `KIMI_MODEL_*` variables and no sign-up, given a model key (20). The Kimi Code subscription and Kimi Platform API usage are separate purchases.\n- Verdent (20): Harness reading of the published rubric, scored on the Verdent subscription the agent needs. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices from $5 a month, top-up prices and the credit value of about $0.059 are public without a login (20). Free Mode and the free trial ended on 29 October 2026, so there is no free tier (0). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0+20+0+0 = 20.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Kimi Code CLI +36\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (71): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. Global `tools.enabled` and `tools.disabled` lists, per-agent tool lists, deferred MCP tool loading and a read-only Plan mode (20). `stream-json` output and a step limit per turn by environment variable, but steps are unlimited by default and there's no wall-time or cost limit for the main turn (13). The server API returns coded envelopes and ACP returns standard JSON-RPC errors, but print mode documents no exit codes outside goal runs (12). Retries only on transient failures and never on an exhausted quota, with `--continue`, `--session`, fork, undo and ACP `session/load` (16). `kimi -p` needs one argument, with ACP and the REST API as programmatic surfaces but no SDK package in any language (10).\n- Verdent (35): Harness reading. MCP servers per project or globally, subagents, skills and rules, but no per-tool disabling or deferred loading found (10). No output-size, turn-limit or budget controls for a run were found beyond credit balances (5). No exit codes or error format, since there is no headless mode (3). Parallel workers in git worktrees and a review column make runs reviewable and reversible, with no resume by ID documented (10). No CLI, API or SDK. A pipeline can only reach Manager through a paired Telegram, Slack or Feishu bot (7). 10+5+3+10+7 = 35.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Kimi Code CLI +30\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (85): Framework reading. The `kimi web` server serves `/openapi.json` and `/asyncapi.json`, generated from its runtime validation schemas, but only from a running server behind auth, and the API is marked experimental. The ACP server's methods and capabilities are tabled (20). llms.txt indexes every page and each page is served as Markdown (10). The permission-mode, goal-mode and MCP pages say when to use each mode and what to avoid (16). The config reference gives type and default for each key, with enums for permission modes, output formats and rule decisions (13). Many examples, the server's error-code bands and ACP error codes are documented, but print-mode exit codes are documented only for goal runs (11). A dated changelog in the docs plus the technical changelog in the repository (15). Unchanged on 2 November; llms.txt now indexes 60 pages in two languages.\n- Verdent (55): Framework reading for a harness. No schema for settings or output, only mcp.json examples in the standard mcpServers shape (5). Every current docs page has a Markdown twin at the same path with .md, though no llms.txt (10). The docs say when to use Agent Mode or Plan Mode and what Plan Mode can't do, but the Agent Mode page lists the actions that need approval only as \"certain tool executions\" and \"destructive operations\" (12). Modes and BYOA agent types are enumerated, permissions are not (5). Examples on the MCP, BYOA and messaging pages, and a recovery page, with no error codes (8). Version numbers and a dated public changelog (15). The archived 1.0 docs are still served beside the current ones. 5+10+12+5+8+15 = 55.\n\n### Reliability: Kimi Code CLI +25\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (68): Local-package reading. An install script that verifies a checksum, npm `@moonshot-ai/kimi-code` with Node 22.19.0 or newer stated, and Homebrew core at 2.4.1, for macOS, Linux and Windows (20). A public CI workflow runs the build, a smoke test, sharded tests on Linux, tests on Windows, lint and typecheck. GitHub's pages answer 403 in this session, so whether it passes on main wasn't checked (15). The 18 October issue and pull-request counts came from shields.io badges, a third-party copy of GitHub data this run bars, so they are struck. The clone shows 95 commits from 13 authors since 18 October and a changelog that credits merged pull requests up to #4553 in 2.4.1, but which open issues are crashes or regressions, and how fast they're answered, couldn't be read (8). Changesets changelog with Major, Minor and Patch headings and no breaking-change label since 0.28.0. 2.2.0 made `executor = \"kaos\"` configs fail validation, 2.3.0 stopped bare-name plugin skill calls and 2.3.2, a patch, removed swarms from `kimi -p` and ACP (10). 2.4.1, past 1.0 (15). 20 + 15 + 8 + 10 + 15 = 68.\n- Verdent (43): Local-package reading, as for the other closed-source harnesses. The desktop app installs from verdent.ai with macOS 11 or later and 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 stated, and the extension from the editor marketplaces, but not from a package registry (15). No public CI or test suite, since the source isn't published (0). No public issue tracker, every task runs through Verdent's servers, and no status page was found, so there is no readable record (5). A dated changelog by version, with the end of Free Mode called out in v2.18.0, but no breaking-change sections (8). 2.18.0, generally available (15). 15+0+5+8+15 = 43.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Kimi Code CLI +12\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (45): Harness reading of the framework checklist. 30 for credentials and what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. OAuth tokens sit in 0600 files and shell keys aren't read unless named. Telemetry is on by default and, in the 2.2.0 package read on 18 October, sends events with a device ID, session ID and model name to telemetry-logs.kimi.com. Auto-update is on by default (14). Interactive sessions ask before edits and commands, and a dangerous-command guard covers `rm -rf` and similar, but `kimi -p` runs under Never Ask, where everything is approved and the guard is off, with only static deny rules left. No sandbox found, and hooks fail open (7). The MCP page warns about untrusted servers and project `.kimi-code/mcp.json` entries, and since 2.1.0 project config waits for workspace trust, but no prompt-injection guidance was found for fetched web pages (6). Sessions on disk, `kimi export`, the `kimi vis` session visualiser, a diagnostic log and hooks for auditing (11). SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and an email, supports only the latest version and gives no response time. No security.txt was found on kimi.com, kimi.ai or moonshot.ai, and OSV, read again on 2 November 2026, lists no advisories for the package, though 2.1.0 shipped security fixes (7).\n- Verdent (33): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing). Conversation history and tool results go to Verdent's US servers and on to Azure, Bedrock or Vertex, with zero data retention stated for Vertex and Bedrock only. Event logging to log.verdent.ai has no documented opt-out. BYOA keys stay on the machine (10). Plan Mode is read-only, Agent Mode asks before destructive commands and edits outside scope, and workers are isolated by git worktree, but there is no sandbox or network control and the approval list isn't enumerated (9). No prompt-injection guidance found, while web search and fetch results enter the context (2). Usage history in the dashboard, no audit log found (5). A security page with a disclosure address and a five-day acknowledgement, SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 42001 being pursued rather than held, no security.txt and no bug bounty (7). 10+9+2+5+7 = 33.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Kimi Code CLI +11\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (72): 2.4.1 on 30 October 2026 (30). 30 stable tags from 0.32.0 on 4 August to 2.4.1 on 30 October, plus canary builds since 29 October (20). The 18 October counts from shields.io badges are struck. The clone shows the pace directly, 95 commits from 13 authors between 18 October and 2 November and pull requests numbered past #4600, with the changelog crediting outside contributors in each release. Issue reply times couldn't be read (11). No published SDK. A TypeScript SDK sits in the repository (`@moonshot-ai/kimi-code-sdk` 0.22.0) marked private, the ACP server and REST API ship inside the CLI, and Homebrew core is current at 2.4.1 (5). CI with a frozen lockfile, lint and a dependency check (sherif), canary and release workflows, no Dependabot or Renovate file, and the pass state unchecked (6). 30 + 20 + 11 + 5 + 6 = 72.\n- Verdent (61): Closed service. v2.18.0 on 29 October 2026, eight days before this check (30). More than three dated releases in the 90 days from 8 August, among them 2.10.0 to 2.18.0 (20). A dated public changelog, a support address, Discord and a subreddit, with no public tracker to read reply times (8). No official SDK or MCP server to keep current (0). No public packages or CI to judge (3). 30+20+8+0+3 = 61.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Kimi Code CLI | Verdent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 43 | Kimi Code CLI +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 55 | Kimi Code CLI +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 35 | Kimi Code CLI +36 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 33 | Kimi Code CLI +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | Kimi Code CLI +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 61 | Kimi Code CLI +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 55 | Kimi Code CLI +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.1 · C** | **39.7 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kimi Code CLI | Verdent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Moonshot AI | Verdent AI, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary. The terms of use from Verdent AI, Inc. forbid reverse engineering or copying any component, and no source is published |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-10-29 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2026-05-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-13 | 2026-05-26 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 37k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Kimi Code CLI\n\n- -4.0 on 2 November 2026 (B to C): negative event\n- no change on 30 October 2026: checklist\n- no change on 27 October 2026: new evidence\n\n### Verdent\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Kimi Code CLI.** MIT-licensed, with 30 releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox ships in a stable release, and 2.x minor releases changed behaviour without notice.\n\n**Verdent.** A desktop and editor coding agent that splits a goal into parallel workers in git worktrees, with a read-only Plan Mode, MCP servers and the option to run workers on Claude Code or Codex. It has no CLI, API or sandbox, sends context through Verdent's servers, and has had no free tier since 29 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Kimi Code CLI\n\n1. `kimi -p` approves every tool call. Add `[[permission.rules]]` deny entries and run it in a container, since no sandbox ships\n2. Set `KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN` for unattended runs. Steps per turn are unlimited by default\n3. Pass the model with `KIMI_MODEL_NAME`, `KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY` and `KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE`. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in the shell is ignored otherwise\n4. Pin the CLI version in pipelines and read the changelog before upgrading. Minor and patch releases have changed plugin skill names and swarm availability\n5. Set `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and use 0.41.0 or later, since earlier print-mode runs ignored it\n\n### Verdent\n\n1. Don't plan to drive Verdent headless. Hand the task to the person using the desktop app, or use a harness with a print mode\n2. Start large changes in Plan Mode and review plan.md before switching to Agent Mode\n3. Add MCP servers in the project's .mcp.json or ~/.verdent/mcp.json in the mcpServers shape\n4. Keep work under git, since rollback relies on git and there is no sandbox\n5. Budget in credits at about $0.059 each, because there is no free allowance since 29 October 2026\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Kimi Code CLI or Verdent?\n\nKimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against Verdent's 39.7 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Kimi Code CLI and Verdent open source?\n\nKimi Code CLI is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Verdent.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-verdent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"kimi-code-cli\", \"b\": \"verdent\"}`. 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