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Kiso

Kiso is a TypeScript SDK and runtime for building or embedding AI agents, with durable event-sourced sessions that preserve approvals and tool results for resuming committed work after interruption. It also includes a terminal coding agent with file and shell tools.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Kiso when an agent's session state needs to survive process interruption, when approvals and tool results need to persist, or when you want a terminal coding agent with configurable approval modes.

Who it is for

  • Developers embedding an agent runtime in an existing program
  • People using a terminal coding agent for file and shell tasks
  • Teams designing agent workflows that need resumable sessions and approval checkpoints

Documented uses

  • Embed durable agent sessions in an application through the SDK
  • Resume committed work after a crash or closed terminal
  • Pause for human approval and continue a session later
  • Use a terminal agent to read, search, write, edit, and run shell commands
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The terminal installation instructions require Node 22 or later on macOS or Linux. The project is MIT licensed.

  • The runtime persists approvals and tool results and resumes from the durable committed portion of a session.
  • Kiso distinguishes between embedded SDK use and its terminal coding agent.
  • The terminal agent supports Anthropic, DeepSeek, OpenAI, ChatGPT sign-in, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints or gateways.
  • Writes and shell actions request approval by default; the terminal agent provides multiple approval modes.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install and connect the Kiso terminal agent

Install the terminal coding agent and connect it to a model provider.

Before you start

  • Node 22 or later
  • macOS or Linux
  • A supported model sign-in, subscription, API key, or compatible endpoint for model use

Steps

  1. Install with the command below, or use the command below without a global install.

    Documented command
    npm install -g @vincemakes/kiso-code
    Documented command
    npx @vincemakes/kiso-code

  2. Start the agent with kiso when installed globally.

  3. Connect a provider with kiso login and the provider name, or use the documented endpoint login option for a gateway.

Expected outcome

The terminal agent is installed and connected to a model for coding-agent sessions.

Guide limitations

  • The installation instructions specify macOS or Linux and Node 22 or later.
  • The first run can show a scripted demo without a model key; connecting a model is a separate step.
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ProjectDocumented purposePlatformAccess and requirements
KisoEmbed durable agent sessions in an application through the SDKCLI, Self-hosted, ServerThe terminal installation instructions require Node 22 or later on macOS or Linux. The project is MIT licensed.
DextoDefine agents in YAML with a model, tools, storage and permissions.CLI
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