Kilo Code v4.92.0–v4.95.0: JetBrains Marketplace listing, auto-start a task, copy code blocks
6 version releases. 30+ updates.
We’ve officially launched Kilo Code on the JetBrains Marketplace!
We also have several other cool new features for you. These notes cover 6 versions shipped over the last week (yes, we ship almost every day!)
Auto-start a task when launching VS Code
You can now auto-start a task when opening your VS Code workspace.
How to do it: Create a .kilocode directory in your project. Inside it, create a launchConfig.json and add JSON content to it. For example:
{
"prompt": "Say hello world"
}
Now restart VS Code and see this in action! You can also configure your prompt to auto-run under different conditions.
Learn more: Read this document for more advanced examples.
Contributor: hassoncs | Version: 4.95.0
More robust virtual provider
What’s new: The Kilo virtual provider now provides you a reason why it switches providers. It also automatically retries when it encounters a retriable error (429 or 503) instead of stopping.
What is a “virtual provider”?
It’s a feature introduced in v4.65.0.
It lets you seamlessly switch between models. You can learn more about using the virtual provider by clicking here.
Contributor: mcowger | Version: 4.94.0
Easily copy code blocks from the Kilo Code interface
For example: Let’s say you’re in Ask Mode and you ask Kilo to help you refactor a code file. You get certain recommendations with code snippets and you want the ability to easily copy those snippets.
You can now easily do that.
What changed: We added a toolbar next to a code snippet so you can easily copy the code snippets that Kilo provides to you:
Contributor: kevinvandijk | Version: v4.94.0
A better message when a model is no longer available
Kilo Code provides you access to hundreds fo AI models. Some of those models become unavailable after a certain period.
You should now get a friendly message instead of a confusing error whenever a model is no longer available:
Contributor: chrarnoldus | Version: v4.92.0
Other noteworthy updates
Autocomplete suggestions now support colorized code highlighting (thanks @hassoncs, added in v4.95.0)
The default mode for new Kilo Code installations is now “Code Mode” (thanks @kevinvandijk, added in v4.94.0)
The Task History tab is now paginated (thanks @chrarnoldus, added in v4.95.0)
Improved light theme support for JetBrains IDEs (thanks @catrielmuller, added in v4.94.0)
Model updates
We have a few model updates as well:
We added support for zAI’s new coding plans (thanks @chrarnoldus, added in v4.94.0)
We now display a user-friendly message when a free model you're using is no longer available for free (thanks @chrarnoldus, added in v4.92.0)
We fixed a context window issue with Ollama Turbo (thanks @chrarnoldus, added in v4.93.0).
Added auto_approve support for the MCP access_resource tool (PR by @daniel-xls, merged from Roo Code)
Kilo for Teams updates
Last week, we launched Kilo for Teams.
Since then, we’ve shipped a few improvements to better integrate your team plan with the extension:
Two features, generating a commit message with AI and enhancing a prompt, now support billing through Kilo for Teams (thanks @chrarnoldus, added in v4.93.2)
The extension now enforces model restrictions set by your organization (thanks @charnoldus, added in v4.93.1). You should see this screen if there’s a restriction:
Merged changes from Roo Code
Kilo Code v4.93.0 merged over 20 changes from Roo Code v3.26.5-v3.27.0. You can see the full list of changes here.
We’re close to 10,000 GitHub stars!
As of this writing, we're at 9,900 stars. Help us reach this incredible milestone, and let's celebrate together!