# Kimi Code CLI

> Kimi Code CLI is an officially published AI tool from Moonshot AI. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/kimi-cli
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Moonshot AI
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/kimi-cli

## Description

Moonshot AI terminal coding agent with MCP servers, plugins, hooks and TOML config under ~/.kimi-code (legacy ~/.kimi)

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `kimi-cli-project-skill` — Kimi Code CLI project skills
- `kimi-cli-user-skill` — Kimi Code CLI skills (user-scope)
- `kimi-user-config` — User-level config (TOML, legacy ~/.kimi root)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.kimi\config.toml`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.kimi/config.toml`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.kimi/config.toml`
- `kimi-user-mcp` — User-level MCP servers
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.kimi\mcp.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.kimi/mcp.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.kimi/mcp.json`
- `kimi-instructions` — Project rules (AGENTS.md)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\AGENTS.md`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md`
- `kimi-code-user-config` — Kimi Code CLI user config (permissions, hooks, providers)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.kimi-code\config.toml`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.kimi-code/config.toml`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.kimi-code/config.toml`
- `kimi-code-user-mcp` — Kimi Code CLI user-level MCP servers
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.kimi-code\mcp.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.kimi-code/mcp.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.kimi-code/mcp.json`
- `kimi-code-user-instructions` — Kimi Code CLI global agent instructions
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.kimi-code\AGENTS.md`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.kimi-code/AGENTS.md`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.kimi-code/AGENTS.md`
- `kimi-code-plugin-manifest` — Kimi Code CLI plugin manifests
- `kimi-code-plugin-manifest-alt` — Kimi Code CLI plugin manifests (.kimi-plugin variant)
- `kimi-code-user-skill` — Kimi Code CLI skills (user-scope)
- `kimi-code-project-mcp` — Kimi Code CLI project MCP servers
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.kimi-code\mcp.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.kimi-code/mcp.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.kimi-code/mcp.json`
- `kimi-code-project-local` — Kimi Code CLI project-local settings
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.kimi-code\local.toml`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.kimi-code/local.toml`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.kimi-code/local.toml`

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json