Kilo Code v4.36.0: Workflows & New Gemini 2.5 Pro
This version brings 33 different updates.
Kilo Code combines the best features of Roo Code and Cline.
And by combining we don’t just mean “borrow”. We also mean giving back (one of changes we pulled from Roo was a change added by our team member @olearycrew).
Here is an overview of the some of the things we fixed + updates pulled from Cline/Roo:
Walkthroughts now display when you load the extension for the first time
When you install Kilo Code, you'll see a walkthrough screen that guides you through the things you can do with Kilo:
Unfortunately, this screen was not showing the first time you installed the extension.
Thanks to @kevinvandijk, we’ve fixed this by adding a correct path to walkthrough files. (thanks for the report @adamhill!)
Changes from Cline 3.17.5
One important change we added from Cline is the ability to configure your workflows. You should now see this screen when using workflows (thanks to @chrarnoldus):
Features from Roo Code v3.19.7
For this version, we pulled over 30 different changes from Roo Code v3.19.7 (big props to @kevinvandijk for pulling all of those changes for us):
Gemini 2.5 Pro changes
Some of the more important changes are related to Gemini 2.5 Pro (which has been topping the charts on our OpenRouter stats). More specifically:
The Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview thinking budget bug was fixed.
We now have Gemini Pro 06-05 model support if you want to bring your own keys (thanks @daniel-lxs and @shariqriazz!)
Replaced explicit caching with implicit caching to reduce latency for Gemini models
Other changes
Here are some of the more important features you might want to know about:
Fixed reading PDF, DOCX, and IPYNB files in read_file tool (thanks @samhvw8!)
Clarified that the default concurrent file read limit is 15 files (contributed to Roo Code via Kilo Code team member @olearycrew!)
Allow MCP server refreshing, fix state changes in MCP server management UI view (thanks @taylorwilsdon!)
Disabled the checkpoint functionality when nested git repositories are detected to prevent conflicts
Added a data-testid ESLint rule for improved testing standards (thanks @elianiva!)
Add OpenAI Compatible embedder for codebase indexing (thanks @SannidhyaSah!)
Enforce codebase_search as primary tool for code understanding tasks (thanks @hannesrudolph!)
You can see all of the changes we pulled from Roo Code in our release log here.
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