Kimi Code + Cline: request to add Cline to the supported agents whitelist

[jingmengzhiyue]

Hi Moonshot team and community,

I would like to raise a compatibility request that I suspect affects quite a few developers here.

The situation: kimi-for-coding is currently inaccessible from Cline, the VS Code coding agent extension. Every request returns a 403 access_terminated_error with the message:

Kimi For Coding is currently only available for Coding Agents such as Kimi CLI, Claude Code, Roo Code, Kilo Code, etc.

What makes this puzzling: Roo Code — which is a direct fork of Cline sharing most of the same codebase — is already supported. The two tools are functionally equivalent from an API consumption standpoint. The only practical difference is the client identifier.

Why this matters: Cline has over 56k GitHub stars and is one of the most adopted open-source coding agents. A significant share of developers who purchase a Kimi Code subscription are Cline users, and they currently have no path to use the product they paid for — except switching to a different IDE plugin.

I have also filed a GitHub issue for tracking: MoonshotAI/kimi-cli#2322.

What I am asking for:

1. Add Cline's identifier to the Kimi Code client whitelist, mirroring how Roo Code is handled.
2. Ideally, coordinate with the Cline maintainers (@saoudrizwan) so that Cline ships a stable, declared identity header that Kimi can whitelist cleanly.

This seems like a low-effort change on Kimi's side with a meaningful payoff for the user base. Happy to provide any additional technical details that would help move this forward.

Thanks for building a great product — hoping to use it more broadly soon.