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Kilo Code
Open-source coding agent (VS Code/JetBrains extension + a separate OpenCode-fork CLI) built around modes: role-scoped agents with their own model, tools, and file access, plus an orchestrator that hands work between them. ~20k stars, MIT.
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3 workflows use Kilo Code
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Kilo Code: ship a big feature as isolated subtasks with Orchestrator
Define the orchestrator's delegate modes (architect, code, debug) so a large task runs as isolated subtasks, each in its own clean context.
Kilo Code· intermediate
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Kilo Code: a mode that can only edit the files you let it
Build a docs mode that can read the whole repo but only write to Markdown, using a fileRegex restriction on the edit group.
Kilo Code· beginner
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Kilo Code: add an MCP tool and bind it to one mode
Enable an MCP server's tools only on the mode that needs it (a researcher), so its tool definitions don't load into every conversation and burn tokens.
Kilo Code· intermediate