Kilo Code Weekly Product Roundup | Jan. 12, 2026

Autocomplete Enhancements, Parallel Mode Improvements, and Platform Updates

Welcome back to the weekly product roundup! This week delivers enhanced parallel mode stability with cleaner git workflows, plus platform-wide updates to App Builder, Code Reviews, and the Kilo CLI that make the entire agentic experience faster and more reliable.

VS Code / IDE Extension

• Skills Notifications — Get notified when skills are added or removed from your project or global config.

• Better Proxy Support — Improved handling of VSCode’s HTTP proxy settings for enterprise environments.

• Device Authorization Flow — New QR code-based authentication makes connecting to Kilo Gateway faster and easier.

Cloud Agents

• Pre-canned Demos — Getting started with Cloud Agents is even easier now with our pre-canned demos! Scroll down and kick off your own personalized version of Kilo Man, our favorite demo game, and continue with your own iterations if wanted.

App Builder

• Database Migration Support — App Builder now supports database migrations in deployments, with DB Proxy client and automatic credential injection.

• Admin Dashboard — New admin dashboard for managing App Builder projects and deployments.

• UI Improvements — Better overflow handling in delete modals, and user projects now display on the organization landing page.

Code Reviews

• Open Source Sponsorship Program — We’re offering a combination of Kilo Enterprise, Code Reviews, and (depending on the project size) Kilo Credits to qualifying open source projects. Sign up and learn more here: https://kilo.ai/oss

Autocomplete

• JetBrains Autocomplete Enabled — Autocomplete is now turned on by default for JetBrains IDEs, bringing the same inline completion experience to IntelliJ, PyCharm, and other JetBrains editors.

• Smarter Filtering — Unhelpful suggestions are now filtered out automatically, reducing noise and showing only relevant completions.

• Duplicate Prevention — Fixed duplicate suggestions appearing in autocomplete menus.

CLI

• File Attachments — New --attach flag lets you attach files directly from the command line.

• Condense & Compact Commands — New /condense and /compact commands let you quickly clean up conversation history without losing important context.

• Custom System Prompts — Use --append-system-prompt to append custom instructions and tailor agent behavior to your needs.

• Model Selection Headers — Model dropdowns now include "Recommended models" and "All models" section headers for easier navigation.

• Performance Boost — CLI now skips VSCode diagnostics for improved performance.

• Exit Confirmation — CLI now confirms before exiting on Ctrl+C, preventing accidental session loss.

Install & Update:

npm install -g @kilocode/cli

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Community Contributions

Thanks to everyone who contributed this week!

• #4793 — @mcowger (restore and add various providers to modelCache endpoint for background refresh)

• #4940 — @Drilmo (use local CLI build in debug mode)

• #4832 — @Drilmo (support Cmd+V for image paste in VSCode terminal)

• #4831 — @Drilmo (prevent paste truncation in VSCode terminal)

See you next week!