Kilo Code Weekly Product Roundup | Feb 2, 2025
Local Code Reviews, ChatGPT Subscription Support, and Upstream Sync
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:
#5084 - @montanaflynn - Interactive model selection in CLI
#5116 - @PeterDaveHello - Optional .env file in CLI
#5141 - @PeterDaveHello - --continue flag reliability
#5173 - @PeterDaveHello - Zod function API fix
#5176 - @Drilmo - Agent Manager image support
#5183 - @alexandrevilain - Custom commands support
#5151 - @Senneseph - model_info null check fix
#5193 - @mayef - Cerebras strict mode fix
#5330 - @qbiecom - OpenAI Compatible (Responses) provider
#5402 - @PeterDaveHello - Improved zh-TW translations
#5364 - @huangdaxianer - Remove forced context compression for volces.com
#4947 - @CaiDingxian - Moonshot Kimi models and coding API
#5501 - @Neonsy - Kimi K2.5 support
Really solid update bringing Code Reviewer directly into the IDE. The dual-layer review approach (local before commit, GitHub integration after push) is smart becuase it catches issues at different stages without disrupting flow. Used to work on a team that did manual pre-commit reviews and the friction was brutal. ChatGPT subscription integration is clever too, removes the mental overhead of tracking API costs.