Kimi chat and Agent
Kimi is Moonshot AI's all-in-one workspace. Official product copy (zh-cn/products): built-in Agent capabilities for deep research, slides, sheets, documents, and websites.
Kimi Agent official definition (Agent overview): "Kimi Agent is an autonomous AI assistant that handles complex tasks end-to-end. Powered by Kimi K3, it uses 20+ tools to build websites, generate documents, analyze data, and more."
This page maps kimi.com, the products page, and the help center. It is not Kimi Code — that is Kimi Code.
Goals and non-goals
Audience: frontend engineers choosing a Kimi surface. Browser or Kimi app. No checkout.
Goals: open kimi.com, tell Chat / Agent / Swarm / Claw apart, finish one Agent task, know which official table holds credits.
Non-goals: Kimi Code install; invented CNY prices; treating Moderato as Go; model internals. Mechanisms: Learn LLM.
What it is
One workspace, several official clients:
| Client | Official entry |
|---|---|
| Web | kimi.com |
| Agent | kimi.com/agent |
| Agent Swarm | kimi.com/agent-swarm |
| Kimi Claw | kimi.com/bot |
| App | moonshot.cn footer "Scan to download Kimi App" |
Home sidebar labels copied from kimi.com: Plugins, Scheduled Tasks, Slides, Swarm, Deep Research, Docs, Websites, Sheets, Design, plus Kimi Work / Kimi Code / Kimi Claw. New chat shortcut on the homepage: ⌘K.
Agent capabilities (Agent overview):
| Capability | Official description |
|---|---|
| Websites | Generate and deploy responsive web apps |
| Docs | Word, PDF, Markdown |
| Sheets | Excel / CSV; official text: up to 1,000-row Excel |
| Slides | Automated PPT |
| Deep Research | 10,000+ word reports |
| Agent Swarm | Up to 300 sub-agents; 4,000+ tool calls |
| Kimi Claw | Cloud automation; help center cites 5,000+ ClawHub skills |
How it works (same page): task planning → tool invocation (20+ tools) → autonomous execution → error handling → deliverables.
First session: chat
- Open kimi.com and sign in. Signed-out sidebar: "Log in to sync chat history".
- Type in the box. Homepage: "Ask anything, or task an agent..."
- Chat credits: official membership page — "In Chat, K2.6 is free for all users and does not consume credits" (membership overview).
For durable context, create a Project instead of re-uploading the same files. Next section.
First Agent task
Official entries (Agent overview):
- Web: https://www.kimi.com/agent
- Mobile / tablet: Kimi app → model switch → K3 or K3 Swarm
Official steps:
- Describe the task clearly. Official examples include creating voting-site code and analyzing a market.
- Watch planning, tools, visited URLs, intermediate code.
- Download or share: code project, folder, analysis, Word / PDF / PPT.
Official use cases: website development, multimedia content, document comparison / translation, data analysis, slides, format conversion.
Agent Swarm
Official definition (Agent Swarm / zh-hans): scale-out architecture, up to 300 sub-agents, no preset roles or hand-built workflows. Official claims: about 4.5× faster than a single Agent; more than 4,000 tool calls per task. Currently powered by Kimi K3 (K3 Swarm).
Entries:
- Web: https://www.kimi.com/agent-swarm
- Mobile: Kimi app model switch → K3 Swarm
Access: Moderato, Allegretto, Allegro, and Vivace. Official: these tasks consume noticeably more credits than standard Agent. [Beta] means early, limited rollout.
Official steps: describe the task → watch sub-agents → take deliverables → later turns auto-route between chat and Agent.
Good for: large retrieval, batch download, 100+ documents, long writing, complex coding, Office automation. Bad for one-shot chit-chat.
Kimi Claw
Official positioning (Claw overview): talk to OpenClaw inside Kimi. OpenClaw is "an AI assistant with a distinct personality and long-term memory."
One-click cloud deploy:
- Sign in at kimi.com/bot
- Click Create Kimi Claw
- Wait for automatic setup (official: usually a few minutes)
- Set a nickname; Settings → Chat channels for WeChat / Feishu / WeCom and others
Official limits: one-click deploy is Allegretto and higher. Default model Kimi K2.6, billed against membership credits, with Kimi Web Search configured. Can deploy to Feishu, WeCom, Weibo, and other platforms.
Link an existing OpenClaw: Link existing OpenClaw, then install the Kimi plugin on the machine that already runs OpenClaw.
Claw group chat (group-chat): sidebar + → Start Group Chat, required Group Name and Group Goal, pick linked Claws. Kimi assigns a Conductor. Send /stop in the main chat to force-interrupt. Set group rules in plain language. Allegretto+; membership table lists 10 group chats.
Switching Claw's default model to K3 is documented on the Claw overview as edits to /root/.openclaw/openclaw.json (or your real install path). That is OpenClaw config, not a kimi.com chat command. Copy the official snippet, and back up first.
Projects, memory, Skills, plugins, scheduled tasks
Cross-cutting Features: help/features.
Projects
Projects: keep files, chats, and instructions together. Sidebar + next to Projects, or + New project. Name: 1–50 characters.
- Project chats can use project files, project instructions, plugins, Skills, and Goal, and can switch models.
- Each file ≤ 100 MB, up to 50 files; read on demand, not fully preloaded every turn.
- Deleting a project permanently removes its chats, files, and instructions.
- Injected context: system prompt + global main memory + project instructions + on-demand files.
- Kimi Work Projects are not connected and do not share data.
Memory
Memory space: preferences across chats. Official: will not memorize unauthorized private information (health, passwords, addresses) unless you ask. Manage at Settings → Personalization → Memory Space. Say "Remember… / Forget… / What do you currently remember about me?". Official: not used for training; can be turned off or cleared.
Skills
What are Skills?: reusable knowledge packages. Type / or let Kimi trigger them. /skill-creator builds one in dialogue. Official examples: docx, deep-research; recommended: sop-writer, event-etf-study.
Plugins
Plugins: connect external tools. Available when the model is K3 or K3 Swarm, and in Deep Research, Websites, and PPT. Not yet supported in Kimi Claw or Kimi Plus conversations. Entries: sidebar Plugins, input +, or /. Some need OAuth. Signed-out users cannot install. Some plugins consume membership credits on actual calls.
Scheduled tasks
Scheduled Tasks: available in Kimi and Kimi Work. Sidebar "Create scheduled task", or describe the schedule in chat. Cadence: daily / weekly / monthly / one-time. Cloud tasks do not need a client open. Local Kimi Work tasks require the desktop app; missed triggers while closed are not backfilled. After a run you can switch models in the result chat and type / for plugins and Skills.
Official template: At [time], do [task], output as [format], and follow [constraints].
Goal
Where Goal appears officially:
- Membership table Goal Mode: — on Moderato; ✅ on Allegretto / Allegro / Vivace (membership overview).
- Project chats "use plugins, Skills, and Goal" (Projects).
There is no standalone kimi.com Goal product page. Kimi Work has its own Goal Mode (Work overview). Kimi Code /goal is CLI — do not type it as a kimi.com command.
Membership and credits
Membership overview (opened 2026-08-19):
- Four tiers: Moderato $19/mo, Allegretto $39/mo, Allegro $99/mo, Vivace $199/mo.
- One credit pool for membership features (website deploy, Deep Research, Slides, Kimi Code, Kimi Work, Kimi Claw, K3, K3 Swarm), metered by tokens.
- In Chat, K2.6 is free and does not consume credits.
- Credits reset each billing cycle. Annual billing: official "save up to $480/year".
- Kimi Code also has a 5-hour / weekly rate limit that does not affect other features.
The same page's second table covers Agent concurrency, K3 extra-long chat (Allegro / Vivace, up to 1M tokens), scheduled tasks, projects, Swarm subtasks, Goal, Claw, and Claw group chats. Full numbers: cheatsheet.
Two official plan-name systems: Projects / Scheduled Tasks pages use Free / Go / Pro / Max / Ultra, and the numbers are not identical to the membership overview. This page does not invent a mapping. Prices and membership benefits: membership overview. Project / schedule caps: the feature page; if they disagree, keep both citations.
This page does not invent CNY prices. Use the membership / usage UI on your account.
Common pitfalls
- Treating a generated site as a patched local git checkout. Use Kimi Code for the repo.
- Opening Swarm or one-click Claw on a plan that the membership table does not unlock (Swarm: Moderato+; one-click Claw: Allegretto+).
- Assuming Kimi Work desktop projects sync with kimi.com Projects.
- Typing Kimi Code
/goalinto the web box. - Merging Moderato and Go into one unofficial table.
- Looking for web plugins inside Claw / Kimi Plus chats — officially unsupported.
- Expecting local Kimi Work schedules to backfill while the app is closed.
Official docs
| Page | Use it for |
|---|---|
| kimi.com | The product |
| zh-cn/products | First-class family |
| Agent overview | Agent entry and steps |
| Agent Swarm | Swarm entry and limits |
| Membership overview | Plans and credit pool |
| Claw overview | One-click / link existing OpenClaw |
| Claw group chat | Conductor, threads, /stop |
| Help Center | Category index |
| moonshot.cn | Company site, app download |