kodelet

name	kodelet
description	Kodelet CLI usage guide, commands, configuration, extensions, recipes, skills, and workflows. Use when users ask about kodelet features, commands, configuration options, or how to accomplish tasks with kodelet.

Kodelet Guide

Kodelet is a lightweight agentic software-engineering CLI. This skill gives a quick orientation; deeper topics live in focused references.

Reference map

For details, choose the reference that matches the task:

• references/quick-start.md — installation, core kodelet run usage, Web UI, ACP/IDE mode, image input, git commands, completions, common workflows.
• references/conversations-streaming.md — conversation list/show/stream/fork commands, headless JSON output, --stream-deltas, Streamlit examples.
• references/configuration.md — config files, profiles, model/provider setup, security restrictions, MCP, bash timeout.
• references/recipes.md — AGENTS.md, fragments/recipes, and subagent workflow recipes.
• references/skills.md — agentic skills, skill layout, configuration, and skill plugins.
• references/extensions.md — extension runtime, discovery, configuration, plugins, and operational behavior.
• references/sdk.md — TypeScript SDK agent sessions, extension authoring API, tools, commands/dynamic recipes, lifecycle events, UI helpers, and examples.

Examples now live with the skill under examples/:

• examples/streamlit/ — Streamlit chatbot around kodelet run --headless --stream-deltas.
• examples/streamlit-acp/ — Streamlit chatbot using Agent Client Protocol.
• examples/extensions/workspace/ — TypeScript extension with an ask_user_question tool and bash approval policy.
• examples/sdk/ — TypeScript SDK examples for basic, streaming, and inline-extension agent sessions.

When answering detailed or version-sensitive questions, prefer the current repository docs/source over memory. If the user asks to modify Kodelet itself, inspect the relevant code first and follow repository conventions from AGENTS.md.

Essential commands

# One-shot agent run
kodelet run "your query"

# Continue the most recent conversation
kodelet run -f "continue the task" # same as --follow

# Resume a specific conversation
kodelet run --resume CONVERSATION_ID "more questions"

# Temporary or minimal runs
kodelet run --no-save "temporary query"
kodelet run --result-only "what is 2+2"
kodelet run --no-tools "what is the capital of France?"

# Interactive/IDE mode over Agent Client Protocol
kodelet acp

# Browser UI
kodelet serve

Feature summary

• Context files: Kodelet automatically loads AGENTS.md; bootstrap one with kodelet run -r init.
• Recipes/fragments: User-invoked prompt templates in ./recipes/ or ~/.kodelet/recipes/; list with kodelet recipe list, inspect with kodelet recipe show <name>, run with kodelet run -r <name>.
• Skills: Model-invoked domain guidance in .kodelet/skills/<name>/SKILL.md, plugins, or global skill dirs; disable with --no-skills.
• Workflows/subagents: Recipes with workflow: true can be delegated through the subagent tool; disable with --no-workflows or --disable-subagent.
• Extensions: Long-running subprocesses can register model tools, prompt commands/dynamic recipes, and lifecycle event handlers; inspect with kodelet extension list and disable with --no-extensions.
• Plugins: Install bundled skills, recipes, and extensions with kodelet plugin add org/repo; inspect with kodelet plugin list and kodelet plugin show org/repo.
• Conversations: Use kodelet conversation list/show/stream/delete/fork for persisted runs.
• Git helpers: kodelet commit generates commit messages; kodelet pr creates PRs.

Quick decision guide

• User asks “how do I run/use/install Kodelet?” → use references/quick-start.md.
• User asks about config, providers, models, command/tool restrictions, MCP → use references/configuration.md.
• User asks about recipes, fragments, AGENTS.md, or subagent workflows → use references/recipes.md.
• User asks about agentic skills, skill layout, or skill plugins → use references/skills.md.
• User asks about extension discovery/runtime/config, plugins → use references/extensions.md.
• User asks about the TypeScript SDK, SDK agent sessions, SDK extension tools/commands/events, or SDK UI prompts → use references/sdk.md.
• User asks about history, JSON streams, programmatic usage, Streamlit examples → use references/conversations-streaming.md.