| name | kimi-ask |
| description | Ask Kimi a read-only free-form question about the current repository. Use for prose explanations, flow tracing, module comparisons, or conceptual reasoning where Codex should delegate the answer to local kimi-code rather than perform implementation. |
Kimi Ask
Forward this request to the local kimi-code companion runtime by shell. Do not use MCP for this skill.
Invocation
- Resolve the plugin root: prefer
$PLUGIN_ROOT if the host sets it; otherwise use the directory that CONTAINS the skills/ directory (i.e. two levels up from this SKILL.md).
- Sanity check:
<plugin-root>/scripts/companion.sh must exist — it is the bundled entrypoint that resolves Node and runs the compiled runtime from <plugin-root>/dist/.
- Launch the shell command from the user's current workspace directory so
scripts/companion.sh captures the intended workspace cwd.
- Run:
PLUGIN_ROOT="<plugin-root>" "<plugin-root>/scripts/companion.sh" ask <args>
- If the plugin host provides
PLUGIN_DATA instead of CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA, the shell wrapper exports the Claude-compatible alias for the runtime. If neither is set, the wrapper uses a Codex data directory under $CODEX_HOME/plugins/data/kimi-marketplace-kimi, ~/.codex/plugins/data/kimi-marketplace-kimi, or /tmp/kimi-plugin-cc-codex-data/kimi-marketplace-kimi in a fully sanitized environment.
Arguments
Pass through: [--background] [--wait] [-r | --resume <id>] [--fresh] [-m <model>] <prompt>
Handling
- Preserve the user's question and supplied flags exactly; use
-r only for explicit resume intent unless --fresh is requested.
- Choose
--background for broad or long-running questions and return the job id that the companion prints.
- If the companion reports ASK_HOOK_NOT_INSTALLED, tell the user to run Claude Code /kimi:setup or Codex $kimi-setup, then retry; do not suggest the skip env.
- Return companion stdout verbatim; do not summarize or re-voice Kimi's prose.
