Common Use Cases

Kimi CLI can help you complete various software development and general tasks. Here are some typical scenarios.

Implementing new features

When you need to add new features to your project, simply describe your requirements in natural language. Kimi CLI will automatically read relevant code, understand the project structure, and then make modifications.

Add pagination to the user list page, showing 20 records per page

Kimi CLI typically works through a "Read → Edit → Verify" workflow:

1. Read: Search and read relevant code, understand existing implementation
2. Edit: Write or modify code, following the project's coding style
3. Verify: Run tests or builds to ensure changes don't introduce issues

If you're not satisfied with the changes, you can tell Kimi CLI to adjust:

The pagination component style doesn't match the rest of the project, reference the Button component's style

Fixing bugs

Describe the problem you're encountering, and Kimi CLI will help you locate the cause and fix it:

After user login, when redirecting to the home page, it occasionally shows logged out status. Help me investigate

For problems with clear error messages, you can paste the error log directly:

When running npm test, I get this error:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined
    at UserList.render (src/components/UserList.jsx:15:23)

Please fix it

You can also have Kimi CLI run commands to reproduce and verify the issue:

Run the tests, and if there are any failing cases, fix them

Understanding projects

Kimi CLI can help you explore and understand unfamiliar codebases:

What's the overall architecture of this project? Where is the entry file?

How is the user authentication flow implemented? What files are involved?

Explain what the src/core/scheduler.py file does

If you encounter parts you don't understand while reading code, you can ask anytime:

What's the difference between useCallback and useMemo? Why use useCallback here?

Automating small tasks

Kimi CLI can perform various repetitive small tasks:

Change all var declarations to const or let in .js files under the src directory

Add documentation comments to all public functions without docstrings

Generate unit tests for this API module

Update all dependencies in package.json to the latest version, then run tests to make sure there are no issues

Automating general tasks

Beyond code-related tasks, Kimi CLI can also handle some general scenarios.

Research tasks

Research Python async web frameworks for me, compare the pros and cons of FastAPI, Starlette, and Sanic

Data analysis

Analyze the access logs in the logs directory, count the call frequency and average response time for each endpoint

Batch file processing

Convert all PNG images in the images directory to JPEG format, save to the output directory