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Kilo
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Weekly · Jan 15, 2026
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This Week at Kilo
CLI bounties, free autocomplete, JetBrains improvements, and
Cloud Agent demos. Here's what's new.
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CLI Contribution Bounty
Earn Up to $500 Contributing to the Kilo CLI
$500 for the top
merged PR.
$150 for any
merged PR. Ship something meaningful to the CLI and get
paid.
How to Contribute →
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✨ Use Kilo Autocomplete for Free
Mistral's free tier gives you autocomplete at zero cost. Set
it up in minutes and start getting inline suggestions without
spending a dime.
Setup guide →
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🔌 VS Code & JetBrains Extensions
Skills Notifications —
Get notified when skills are added or removed.
Better Proxy Support —
Improved handling of VSCode's HTTP proxy settings.
Device Authorization Flow
— QR code-based auth makes connecting to Kilo Gateway faster.
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🤖 Canned Demos in Cloud Agents
Get started with Cloud Agents by building your own version of
Kilo Man, personalized with your GitHub avatar. A hands-on way
to see what's possible.
Try it out →
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🏗️ App Builder Updates
Database Migrations — Now
supports migrations in deployments with DB Proxy client and
automatic credential injection.
Admin Dashboard — New
dashboard for managing projects and deployments.
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🔍 Open Source Sponsorship Program
We're offering Kilo Enterprise, Code Reviews, and Kilo Credits
to qualifying open source projects. If you maintain an OSS
project, apply now.
Learn more & apply →
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⚡ Autocomplete Improvements
JetBrains Enabled by Default
— Autocomplete now works out of the box in IntelliJ, PyCharm,
and other JetBrains IDEs.
Smarter Filtering —
Unhelpful suggestions are filtered automatically, reducing
noise.
Duplicate Prevention —
Fixed duplicate suggestions appearing in menus.
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💻 CLI Updates
File Attachments — New
--attach
flag lets you attach files directly from the command line.
Condense & Compact — New
/condense
and
/compact
commands clean up conversation history without losing
context.
Performance Boost — CLI
now skips VSCode diagnostics for faster performance.
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The Kilo Show, Live! | Friday
Join DevRels Brian & Brendan, CEO Scott Breitenother, COO
Emilie Schario, and Partnerships Lead Ari Messer for a live
session on everything new at Kilo.
5 attendees will win $50 in Kilo Credits!
Register now →
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This Week's Contributors 🎉
@mcowger – Restore and add
providers to modelCache endpoint for background refresh
@Drilmo – Use local CLI
build in debug mode, support Cmd+V for image paste, prevent
paste truncation in VSCode terminal
Want to contribute?
Check out the repo →
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