Use Kimi in Cline

This guide explains how to use the Kimi K2.7 Code model in the Cline extension for VS Code.

Cline is an AI programming extension for VS Code. Its configuration options and supported capabilities may change across Cline versions. This guide is based on the official Kimi API calling method and describes a general integration approach: forwarding Cline model requests to the Kimi API through the Moonshot provider.

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Install Cline

1. Open VS Code.
2. Click the Extensions icon in the left activity bar, or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X.
3. Enter cline in the search box.
4. Find the Cline extension, usually published by Cline Team.
5. Click the Install button to install it.
6. After installation, you may need to restart VS Code.

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Verify Installation

After installation, you can verify that Cline was installed successfully in either of these ways:

1. Check whether the Cline icon appears in the left activity bar in VS Code.
2. Open the command palette with Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P and search for commands related to “Cline”.

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Configure The Moonshot Provider

Get an API Key: Visit Kimi Open Platform to create an API key, and choose the default project.

Configure Cline as follows:

• Set API Provider to Moonshot.
• Set Moonshot Entrypoint to api.moonshot.ai.
• Set Moonshot API Key to the key you obtained from Kimi Open Platform.
• Set Model to kimi-k2.7-code.
• Under Browser, select Disable browser tool usage.
• Click Done to save the configuration.