What is Kode-CLI AGENTS.md?

Project instructions for Kode, a terminal-based coding assistant with a local daemon and web interface. They explain the repository structure, the required workflow, and which configuration directory is the main source of truth.

Use them when installing dependencies, working on the CLI, server, web interface, packages, built-in skills, configuration, or runtime components.

They help contributors change the correct package and preserve Kode's intended terminal-first behavior and compatibility rules.

How shareAI-lab/Kode-CLI configures Codex and OpenCode

About the project

Kode is a command-line coding agent that helps people work with software projects through AI models and providers. Developers use it for coding tasks, project instructions, and delegating work to subagents across supported environments. The catalogue entries provide Kode-specific skills, agents, and instruction files.

shareAI-lab/Kode-CLI · 5,238 stars · on GitHub

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to shareAI-lab/Kode-CLI. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shareAI-lab/Kode-CLI/main/AGENTS.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shareAI-lab/Kode-CLI

Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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Per session 719 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 719 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

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What 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 5.1	$0.00719	$0.00719
Opus 5.5	$0.00288	$0.00288
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00144	$0.00144
Haiku 4.5	$0.00072	$0.00072

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 1073d803c9db, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

Kode-CLI AGENTS.md 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 2mo ago.

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.

AGENTS.md · 87 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 87 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Kode repository guide

This file is the stable, always-on contract for contributors and coding agents. Keep durable repository rules here; implementation details belong beside the code they describe or in maintained documents under docs/**.

Product direction

Keep Kode terminal-native, fast, and predictable.
Prefer intent-driven workflows with verifiable outcomes over setup menus.
.kode/** is the canonical write surface; .claude/** is read/import compatibility only.
Keep compatibility aliases in packages/core/src/compat/**.

Repository map

apps/cli/: CLI entrypoints, commands, and Ink TUI.
apps/server/: local daemon and Web UI host.
apps/web/: React/Vite Web UI source.
packages/core/: orchestration, permissions, model wiring, and sessions.
packages/tools/: built-in tool definitions and implementations.
packages/runtime/: shell/runtime primitives and background tasks.
packages/config/: configuration, schemas, and data roots.
packages/protocol/: session and transport protocols.
packages/client/: daemon client helpers.
packages/builtin-skills/: skills shipped in the npm package.

Required workflow

bun install --frozen-lockfile
bun run format:check
bun run architecture:check
bun run security:audit
bun run typecheck
bun test
bun run build

Run the smallest relevant check while iterating; run the full sequence before a release. Do not commit generated output (dist/**, wrappers, Web UI builds, platform binaries, coverage, or node_modules/**).

Architecture rules

UI belongs in apps/cli/src/ui/** or apps/web/**.
Orchestration belongs in packages/core/**.
Tool behavior belongs in packages/tools/** and must remain permission-aware.
OS/process behavior belongs in packages/runtime/**.
Protocol and persisted formats must not depend on a UI host.

Do not add a new seam for a hypothetical implementation. When a seam is real, keep transport and host adapters outside the owning domain module.

Read the full file on GitHub · 87 lines

Changes

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.

2mo ago First seen · 87 lines · 719 tokens per session scan A 1073d803c9db

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Kode-CLI AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository shareAI-lab/Kode-CLI (5,238 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 719 tokens to every session, about $0.0029 per session on Opus 5.5. 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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