feat(cli): add Kimi Code CLI as an install target

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript

Research direction

Start with cli/src/domain/models/tool-ids.ts, then compare cli/src/domain/tools/ai/codex.ts and claude.ts. Trace registration through infrastructure/deps.ts, the asset and catalog adapters, and registry-conformance.unit.test.ts before adding the Kimi-specific unit test and snapshot. Done means the CLI checks pass, Kimi flat and marketplace builds produce the expected tree, and the documented framework mappings and CI matrix are updated.

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Description

Problem

AiToolId ships five targets (cli/src/domain/models/tool-ids.ts:3): claude, cursor, copilot, opencode, codex. Kimi Code CLI (MoonshotAI) is not one of them, so aidd plugin add <plugin> --tool kimi fails and no aidd-framework-kimi-* archive is released.

Kimi already reads two surfaces the framework produces today:

  • Skills: it loads .agents/skills/, the exact path the codex adapter writes (cli/src/domain/tools/ai/codex.ts:173). A codex-flat archive therefore already drops AIDD skills where Kimi finds them, by accident rather than by contract.
  • Context: AGENTS.md / .kimi-code/AGENTS.md.

The rest is absent: agents land as .codex/agents/*.toml while Kimi reads markdown + YAML frontmatter under .kimi-code/agents/ or .agents/agents/; no kimi.plugin.json manifest is produced; no per-tool distribution is built.

Docs: https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/customization/skills · https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/customization/agents

Scope

Two PRs, in order: ci.yml builds archives with a pinned CLI version, so the framework side can only follow a CLI release.

PR 1 - feat(cli): add kimi code cli as an install target

  • Add "kimi" to AiToolId and AI_TOOL_IDS (cli/src/domain/models/tool-ids.ts:3).
  • Extract the .agents/skills/aidd-<name>/SKILL.md path builder out of cli/src/domain/tools/ai/codex.ts:172 into domain/formats/, so codex and kimi share it rather than duplicate it (coding-assertions.md: no duplication, pnpm jscpd guards it).
  • Add cli/src/domain/tools/ai/kimi.ts: skills through that shared builder, agents through the claude markdown+frontmatter capability, plugins through a kimi.plugin.json manifest.
  • Register the tool in infrastructure/deps.ts (side-effect import, kimi:flat and kimi:marketplace build strategies), assets/asset-loader.ts, plugin-catalog-repository-adapter.ts, tool-recommendations.ts, menu-use-case.ts.
  • Add the kimi.plugin.json entries to PLUGIN_MANIFEST_PROBES and MARKETPLACE_PROBES (cli/src/domain/models/plugin-format.ts:3,12).
  • Add the tests: side-effect import in tests/domain/tools/registry-conformance.unit.test.ts, a tests/domain/tools/ai/kimi.unit.test.ts, a golden snapshot, the e2e command matrix cells.

PR 2 - feat(framework): map kimi code cli surfaces

  • Add the Kimi rows to plugins/aidd-context/skills/11-explore/references/ai-mapping.md (tables at :17, :27, :37, :59).
  • Add Kimi to the three tool-paths.md (agent-generate, hook-generate, command-generate), 04-skill-generate/references/tool-detect.md, 02-project-memory/references/tools.md, 00-onboard/references/state/detection.md.
  • Add the kimi cells to the build-per-tool matrix (.github/workflows/ci.yml:150) and update the archive count in docs/MAINTAINERS.md:71.
  • List Kimi Code CLI in the supported tools of README.md.
Acceptance criteria
  • aidd plugin add aidd-dev --tool kimi writes skills to .agents/skills/aidd-*/SKILL.md and agents to .kimi-code/agents/*.md with valid YAML frontmatter.
  • Starting kimi in that project lists the AIDD skills, and /plugins shows the plugin when installed in marketplace mode.
  • registry-conformance.unit.test.ts passes with kimi registered, without editing an assertion (the suite iterates the registry).
  • aidd-cli framework build --target kimi --flat and --target kimi both produce a tree, covered by a golden snapshot.
  • Hook parity is either implemented or declared unsupported in the ai-mapping.md hooks table.
  • The CLI gates pass in order: pnpm typecheck, pnpm lint, pnpm knip:production, pnpm jscpd, pnpm test, pnpm build (cli/aidd_docs/memory/coding-assertions.md).
  • make check is green at the repository root.
Prior art in this repo
  • cli/src/domain/tools/ai/codex.ts - closest sibling: same .agents/skills/ skill target (:33, :173), same TOML config parsing. Its agents capability differs (TOML, where Kimi wants markdown).
  • cli/src/domain/tools/ai/claude.ts - markdown+frontmatter agents, reusable as-is.
  • cli/tests/domain/tools/registry-conformance.unit.test.ts - the contract a new tool must satisfy; adding the file to its import list is what subjects kimi to every assertion.
  • cli/src/infrastructure/deps.ts:259,309 - the codex:marketplace and codex:flat build strategy entries to mirror.
Out of scope
  • Hooks. Kimi's hook surface (a SessionStart equivalent for update_memory) is not documented publicly. PR 1 settles it: either the HooksCapability is wired, or the hooks table of ai-mapping.md records "Not supported" the way it already does for OpenCode, and the memory sync stays manual under Kimi.
  • MCP. The config file and servers key for Kimi are unverified, so no McpCapability here. It belongs in the MCP config table of ai-mapping.md:37 once confirmed, in a follow-up issue.
  • Slash commands. Kimi's plugin manifest exposes a commands field of unverified format. Deferred to the same follow-up as MCP; until then Kimi is a skills-and-agents target, like OpenCode is a rules-less one.
  • Rules. Folded into AGENTS.md, the treatment ai-mapping.md:15 already documents for OpenCode.
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