Kilo Weekly · Jan 22, 2026

This Week at Kilo

Grok Code Fast 1 goes paid Friday. Here's how to not panic—plus image support everywhere, syntax-highlighted diffs, and App Builder databases.

The big thing: Grok Code Fast 1's free tier ends Friday—check the daily token news and explore your options before the switch.

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🧭 Path.Kilo.ai — New Learning Resource

An open source, community-driven guide to software engineering and leadership in a post-AI world. Quick overviews on the site, deep dives on every page. (Yes, there's a Ralph Wiggum page.)

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📖 Inside Kilo Speed

Software engineer John Fawcett shares how he manages an "Agent Team" to ship features in days, not months. A firsthand look at what Kilo Speed actually looks like in practice.

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Product Updates

🔌 VS Code Extension

Agent Manager Image Support — Paste images directly with Ctrl/Cmd+V. Works for new prompts, follow-ups, and resumed sessions.
Model Selection — Choose your AI model when starting a new Agent Manager session. Your choice persists across panel reopens.
GitHub-Style Diff Stats — Task headers now show lines added/removed in real-time.

💻 Kilo CLI

Syntax-Highlighted Diffs — Diffs now display with language-aware coloring via Shiki. 60+ languages, auto-detection, and theme-aware highlighting.
Post-Task Automation — New --on-task-completed flag lets you trigger PRs, tests, or docs after a task finishes.
Image Support — Paste from clipboard or attach via --attach flag.
Colorblind Theme — New high-contrast theme improves accessibility.

🏗️ App Builder

Database Support — Apps that need persistence now get auto-generated backends for user management, admin dashboards, and storage.
Image Support — Paste images in chat for visual direction or to include in your app.
Password Protection — Deployments can now require passwords (Teams/Enterprise).

☁️ Cloud Agents

One-Click Session Sharing — Share sessions so teammates can fork and resume in the browser, CLI, or IDE.

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Events

The Kilo Show | Friday, Jan 23rd

18:00 CET / Noon Eastern / 9 AM Pacific. 5 attendees will win $50 in Kilo Credits!

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Community

This Week's Contributors 🎉

@drilmo – Agent Manager image support
@idreesmuhammadqazi-create – Colorblind theme
@alexandrevilain – Custom commands
@PeterDaveHello – CLI reliability fixes
@montanaflynn – Interactive model selection
@mcowger – Provider cache restoration
@DoubleDoubleBonus – GPT-5.2-codex model
@Ashwinhegde19, @inj-src, @Secsys-FDU, @chriscool – Bug fixes

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