Kota

A lightweight AI code agent in Rust:

Setup

Environment Configuration

Before running Kota, you need to create a .env file with your API configuration:

1. Copy the example environment file:

   cp .env.example .env
   

2. Edit the .env file and configure your API settings:

   API_KEY=your-api-key-here
   MODEL_NAME=deepseek-chat
   

   • API_KEY: Your LLM provider API key
   • MODEL_NAME: The model to use (see supported models below)

Install

cargo install kota

and then start it by:

kota

enjoy it!

Supported Models

Kota supports various LLM providers:

• OpenAI Compatible - (e.g., gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo...)
• DeepSeek - (e.g., deepseek-chat, deepseek-coder...)
• Anthropic Claude (e.g., claude-3-5-sonnet, claude-4-opus...)

Other Providers

• Any OpenAI-compatible API endpoint can be configured
• Local models via Ollama or similar services

CLI Features

Interactive Commands

Kota provides an interactive CLI with the following commands:

• /quit or /exit - Exit the application
• /config - Show current model configuration
• /help - Show available commands
• /history - Show conversation history
• /load <session_id> - Load specific session
• /list - List all sessions
• /delete <session_id> - Delete a specific session

Tab Completion

Kota supports intelligent tab completion for commands:

• Type partial commands (e.g., /h) and press Tab to auto-complete
• Commands are highlighted in green when recognized
• Use Ctrl+C to exit or Ctrl+D for EOF

Example usage:

❯ /h<Tab>        # Completes to /help
❯ /hi<Tab>       # Completes to /history

Available Tools

Kota comes with a comprehensive set of file system and development tools:

File Operations

• read_file - Read the contents of a file from the filesystem
• write_file - Write content to a file, creating it if it doesn't exist or overwriting completely
• edit_file - Apply unified diff patches to files for targeted changes
• delete_file - Delete a file from the filesystem

Directory Operations

• make_dir - Create directories and all necessary parent directories
• scan_codebase - Scan and display the structure of a codebase directory tree

Search Operations

• grep_find - Search for text patterns in files using regular expressions with recursive directory traversal

System Operations

• exec_cmd - Execute bash/cmd commands and return output (use with caution)

Each tool provides detailed feedback during execution and handles common error cases like permission issues and missing files.

Roadmap & TODO

Upcoming Features

1. MCP (Model Context Protocol) Support

   • Integration with MCP servers for extended functionality
   • Support for custom MCP tools and resources
   • Enhanced context management through MCP

2. Claude Skills Integration

   • Implement Claude-like skills system for specialized capabilities
   • Modular skill architecture for extensibility
   • Built-in skills for common development tasks

Future Enhancements

• Plugin system for custom tools
• Enhanced session management
• Multi-project workspace support
• Integration with popular IDEs and editors