If you're using MiniMax M2 as your primary or secondary model, you're probably wondering:
What's the best AI agent I should use for this free model? (Yes, MiniMax M2 is currently free in Kilo Code!) Is your current AI agent the best way to use MiniMax M2?
Here are 3 reasons why Kilo Code is the best open-source AI coding agent for MiniMax M2, beating both open-source and closed-source agents that currently provide free access to the model:
We Worked Directly with MiniMax to Optimize the Model for Kilo Code
When MiniMax released M2 in October, we immediately saw the potential. A model that scores 69.4% on SWE-Bench Verified at 8% of Sonnet's cost? That was something worth exploring.
We partnered with their team to make a few optimizations in order to make the Kilo Code agent work better with MiniMax M2:
1. Interleaved Thinking Preservation
M2 uses a unique ... architecture that preserves reasoning in a single task. We made sure this mechanism works seamlessly in Kilo Code.
2. We drastically reduced unsuccessful edit attempts by simplifying the apply_diff tool, improving checks, and implementing search-and-replace specifically for this model.
3. We started using native tool calls by default for MiniMax M2, resulting in faster and more stable overall performance.
Kilo Code packs more features than other coding agents to maximize MiniMax performance
We started building Kilo Code as a superset of Roo Code and Cline, regularly implementing the best features from both repos.
We've been in the industry for over 6 months with over 400 releases on Github (20 in the last 30 days alone!).
Some of the recent features we released can make can make M2 even more powerful:
You can set up any provider if you want faster diff edits (#3020)
We regularly release small UI changes like (eg. recently made it easier to search for model names). These are small changes, but add 300+ of them and the effect compounds.
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We don't take sides when deciding which features to release: For example, Cline stated that they don't (and won't) support codebase indexing and index your code file-by-file. We support both approaches as separate features (including managed indexing with a few recent improvements) .
You're smart enough to make your own choices. Our job is to make those choices available to you.
Kilo Code is currently the most popular coding agent for MiniMax M2
If you go to OpenRouter, you'll see this graph:
That's right; Kilo Code has more usage (measured in tokens) than the next 9 tools combined.
This isn't a direct reason why Kilo Code is the best AI coding agent for MiniMax M2, but it does show how often different coding agents are used---which can give you a sense of what agents people find useful when using MiniMax M2.
How to get started with Kilo Code + MiniMax
Install Kilo Code: Go to our homepage, click "Install Kilo Code" and choose whether you want our agent as a VS Code/JetBrains extension or CLI. Then sign up for a free account. Then sign up for a free account.
Select MiniMax M2: After installing Kilo Code for your IDE or CLI, select MiniMax M2 (free) from the list of models (in our extensions, the model selector is located below the search box where you type your prompt):
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