Kilo Code support

[Ashwinhegde19]

Problem or use case

Integrate Kilo Code as a supported agent, similar to Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode (PR #257).

Kilo Code is a popular open-source AI coding agent - a superset of Roo Code and Cline with 14k+ stars. It has IDE extensions (VS Code, JetBrains) and a CLI.

Desired behavior

Add Kilo as a supported agent with full session checkpointing via hooks.

Proposed solution

Current blocker: Kilo does not currently expose session lifecycle hooks for external tool integration.

I have raised a feature request on Kilo's repo requesting this: Kilo-Org/kilocode#5827

For Kilo integration to work, they would need to expose events similar to OpenCode:

• session.created - Session start
• session.status (busy/idle) - Per-turn state changes

Once Kilo adds hook support, integration would follow the same pattern as OpenCode (PR #257):

• Plugin/hook installation via entire enable --agent kilo
• Session checkpointing on idle/stop events
• File change detection via git status or transcript parsing

Alternatives or workarounds

None currently - requires Kilo to expose lifecycle hooks first.

Related

• PR Add OpenCode and Codex CLI agent support #257 - OpenCode integration showing hook-based approach
• Issue New Agent Extensibility: Refactor Agent interface to allow simple(r) Agent integration contributions #281 - Agent interface refactoring
• Kilo feature request - Session lifecycle hooks

Notes

This is a future enhancement request, dependent on Kilo adding hook support. I understand the #281 refactor should complete first. Creating this issue to track interest and coordinate with Kilo's development.

[khaong]

Thanks for filing this and for coordinating with Kilo on the hooks side. We'll update here when #281 is ready for contributions.