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Moonshot AI (Kimi)

Moonshot AI (月之暗面) develops Kimi, a frontier LLM family renowned for ultra-long context comprehension (up to 256k tokens), full-repository synthesis, and advanced chain-of-thought mathematical reasoning.

Website: https://platform.moonshot.ai/


Getting an API Key

  1. Sign up or log in to the Moonshot AI Open Platform (Global) or platform.moonshot.cn (Mainland China).
  2. Navigate to API Keys in the dashboard.
  3. Click Create Key, give it a name (e.g., "PostQode"), and copy your API key (sk-...).

Supported Models

PostQode supports the following Moonshot Kimi models:

High-Speed Coding & Agent Workflows

  • kimi-k2.5 - (Recommended for Coding) Latest high-performance model optimized for coding, tool use, and multi-turn pair programming
  • moonshot-v1-128k - Long-context model supporting up to 128,000 tokens for full repository analysis
  • moonshot-v1-32k - Fast workhorse model for moderate context tasks
  • moonshot-v1-8k - Ultra-fast lightweight model for simple completions

Deep Reasoning & Planning

  • kimi-k2-thinking - (Recommended for Planning) Extended thinking reasoning variant engineered for complex algorithmic problems and multi-step verification

Configuration in PostQode

  1. Open PostQode Settings ().
  2. Select Moonshot AI in the API Provider dropdown.
  3. Enter your Moonshot API Key (sk-...).
  4. Select your model from the dropdown or manually specify the Model ID (e.g. kimi-k2.5 or kimi-k2-thinking).
  5. (Optional) Configure your API Entrypoint:
    • Global: https://api.moonshot.ai/v1
    • Mainland China: https://api.moonshot.cn/v1
  6. Click Save Settings to connect.