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Kilo Code Weekly Product Roundup

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Welcome back to the weekly product roundup! This week introduces Local Code Reviews directly in your IDE, support for ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscriptions, a streamlined onboarding experience, and a substantial upstream sync from Roo Code with native tool calling improvements across providers.

Code Reviewer

Local Review Mode

Fresh off hitting #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt, we've brought Code Reviewer directly into your editor with the new Review mode. Review joins the existing lineup of specialized agent modes (Code, Ask, Debug, Architect, and Orchestrator) but works on whatever's in front of you right now, before you commit or push.

Review mode catches issues while you're building. The GitHub integration catches issues once you've pushed. Together, every piece of code gets looked at twice before it merges, without adding manual steps to your process.

VS Code

Agent Manager Mode Selection

Agent Manager now lets you select which mode (Code, Architect, Debug, etc.) when starting sessions. You can also switch modes during running sessions, with the mode selector visible in the session header.

GitHub-Style Diff Stats

Task headers now display GitHub-style diff stats showing lines added and removed in real-time, giving you instant visibility into the scope of changes.

Skills & Agent Behaviour

We've centralized Agent behavior settings by moving Mode, MCP, Rules, and Workflows configuration into the Agent Behavior area. A new Skills tab lets you view and manage installed skills, and you'll see notifications when skills are added or removed from your project or global config.

ChatGPT Subscription Support

If you already pay for ChatGPT Plus or Pro, you can now use that subscription to run OpenAI's top coding models directly inside Kilo. That means flat-rate access in your IDE with no extra API charges.

Just click "Sign in to OpenAI Codex" in your settings, authenticate in your browser, and you're done. Full agentic workflows, multiple AI modes, and access to models like GPT-5.2-Codex without pay-as-you-go costs.

Zero-Config Onboarding

New users can now start using Kilo Code immediately without any configuration. A default Kilo Code Gateway profile with a free model is automatically set up on first launch.

Cloud Agents

Cloud Agents now support webhook triggers, turning Kilo into an event-driven automation platform. Configure a webhook with an Agent Environment Profile and prompt template, then let external systems kick off Cloud Agent sessions via HTTP requests.

When an external system hits your webhook URL, Kilo spins up a Cloud Agent session, clones your repo, and starts executing based on your prompt template. Use placeholders like {{body}}, {{bodyJson}}, and {{headers}} to dynamically reference incoming request payloads.

App Builder

App Builder now includes two starter templates: a Resume/CV website, and a Startup Landing Page. Head to App Builder, pick a template, and personalize from there.

Stability & Fixes

  • Fixed terminal output buffer memory leaks that could cause gray screens and performance degradation

  • Fixed duplicate tool_use IDs causing API 400 errors

  • Improved edit_file matching resilience to prevent false negatives

  • Better error display styling and visibility in chat messages

  • Improved stop button visibility and streamlined error handling

  • Fixed parallel_tool_calls causing API errors when not explicitly enabled

Community Contributions

Thanks to our community contributors this week:

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See you next week!

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