Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add agents/kilo-org/kilocode/using-agentsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocodeWhat it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00009 | $0.01766 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00005 | $0.00883 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00002 | $0.00353 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00001 | $0.00177 |
Grade A, and why
using-agents scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 161 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Using Agents
Agents in Kilo Code are specialized personas that tailor the assistant's behavior to your current task. Each agent offers different capabilities, expertise, and access levels to help you accomplish specific goals.
Why Use Different Agents?
- Task specialization: Get precisely the type of assistance you need for your current task
- Safety controls: Prevent unintended file modifications when focusing on planning or learning
- Focused interactions: Receive responses optimized for your current activity
- Workflow optimization: Seamlessly transition between planning, implementing, debugging, and learning
Switching Agents
{% tabs %} {% tab label="VSCode" %}
There are several ways to switch agents:
- Dropdown menu: Click the agent selector in the sidebar to switch between agents.
- Slash commands: Type
/agentsin the chat input to open the agent picker. - Keyboard shortcut: Press
Cmd+.(macOS) orCtrl+.(Windows/Linux) to cycle through available agents. AddShiftto cycle in reverse.
{% /tab %} {% tab label="CLI" %}
There are several ways to switch agents:
- Cycle agents: Press
Tabto cycle forward through agents, orShift+Tabto cycle backward. - Agent picker: Press
Ctrl+X a(leader key +a) to open the full agent list. - Slash commands: Type
/agentsin the chat input to open the agent picker. - Config file: Set the
default_agentkey in your configuration to change the default agent on startup.
{% /tab %} {% /tabs %}
Built-in Agents
{% tabs %} {% tab label="VSCode" %}
code (Default)
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | A skilled software engineer with expertise in programming languages, design patterns, and best practices |
| Tool Access | Full access to all tools: read, edit, glob, grep, bash, task, webfetch, plus tools from MCP servers |
| Ideal For | Writing code, implementing features, debugging, and general development |
| Special Features | No tool restrictions — full flexibility for all coding tasks |
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- yesterday First seen · 161 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 6a8d75c4ea6f
using-agents is an agent published in the GitHub repository Kilo-Org/kilocode (27,081 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 1,766 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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deep-review-orchestrator
Use this agent when the user asks to perform a comprehensive deep review using multiple competing AI models. Trigger phrases include: 'perform a deep review with multiple perspectives' 'get competing reviews of these changes' 'conduct a thorough review using different models' 'review these changes with multiple LLMs'…
inspector-driver
Drives the vscode-inspector MCP against a live VS Code + GitLens instance and returns raw evidence (probe values, console/log excerpts, geometry, measurements) as text. Default executor for live-inspection driving so the Opus orchestrator only reasons over distilled results. Returns evidence; does NOT judge, fix, or…
bd-tester
Agent for testing Backseat Driver tools.
bootstrap
Mission: Initialize and converge a governed, structured project context for GAAI.