Kimi overview

Kimi is an AI assistant developed by Moonshot AI, with built-in web search, deep thinking, multimodal reasoning, and ultra-long context conversations.

Visit Kimi.com or download the Kimi app to start chatting, creating, researching, and building. Developers can head to the Kimi Open Platform for APIs and tools to integrate Kimi's capabilities into their own applications.

Chat modes

Mode	Description
Web search (Auto/Off)	Connect to the internet for real-time information and web search results
K2.6 Instant	Fast responses for general questions
K2.6 Thinking	Deeper multi-step reasoning and search — ideal for coding, logic, or analytical tasks

For simple document-based Q&A, you can turn off both web search and thinking mode.

AI agents

Kimi is more than a chat assistant — it's an AI agent that can autonomously plan and execute tasks:

Agent	Description	Link
K2.6 Agent	Automatically plans and completes tasks, including website generation, slide creation, Deep Research, document and spreadsheet processing	kimi.com/agent
K2.6 Agent Swarm [Beta]	Supports up to 4,000 parallel tool calls, coordinating 300+ sub-agents for large-scale search, long-form writing, and batch processing	kimi.com/agent-swarm
Kimi Code	Developer-focused coding assistant suite, including CLI tool and VS Code extension	kimi.com/code
Kimi Claw	Zero-deployment cloud automation platform — launch a persistent AI agent in under 30 seconds with 5,000+ built-in skills (ClawHub)	kimi.com/bot

Other core features

Highlights: Photo problem-solving, voice calls, translation, writing assistance
File handling: Supports PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, images, TXT, and video (up to 100 MB each), with a maximum of 50 files per session
Presets: Save your frequently used prompts for quick access — perfect for high-quality, reusable prompt templates

Interface guide

Web

Use Kimi directly in your browser at kimi.com — no download required.

Mobile

Download the Kimi app for iOS, Android, or HarmonyOS.