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How to Use Your Moonshot/Kimi Subscription with Kodus

Gabriel Malinosqui

If your team is using Kodus for AI code review and already has a Moonshot/Kimi subscription, you can connect it directly through BYOK.

This is useful if you want to run code reviews with Kimi models while keeping billing under your own Moonshot account.

But there is one important detail before you start:

Kimi Code Plan and Moonshot Developer API are not the same thing.

They use different API keys, different billing models, and different endpoints.

The short version

If you have a Kimi Code Plan subscription, use the Kimi coding endpoint:

https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1

If you are using the regular Moonshot Developer API, use:

https://api.moonshot.ai/v1

Why use Kimi with Kodus?

Kimi models are strong for coding workflows, long-context code understanding, and agentic tasks.

That makes them a good fit for AI code review, especially when Kodus needs to inspect pull requests, understand surrounding code, and provide useful suggestions.

With Kodus BYOK, you can bring your own Moonshot or Kimi key and use it as the model provider for code review.

Option 1: Use Kimi Code Plan with Kodus

This is the recommended path if your team wants predictable monthly costs.

Kimi Code Plan is a subscription for coding workflows. Instead of paying only per token through the Developer API, you use the dedicated Kimi coding endpoint.

To configure it in Kodus:

  1. Open Organization Settings
  2. Go to BYOK
  3. Choose Kimi K2.6 Coding
  4. Select Kimi Code Plan
  5. Paste your Kimi Code API key
  6. Save and test the connection

Kodus will route requests to the correct Kimi coding endpoint.

For Kimi Code Plan, We also applies the recommended concurrency configuration for that plan.

Option 2: Use Moonshot Developer API with Kodus

Use this option if you prefer pay-per-token billing or if your team already uses the Moonshot Developer API.

To configure it in Kodus:

  1. Open Organization Settings
  2. Go to BYOK
  3. Choose Kimi K2.6 Coding
  4. Select Moonshot Developer API
  5. Paste your Moonshot API key
  6. Save and test the connection

This uses the regular Moonshot API endpoint.

Which one should you choose?

Use Kimi Code Plan if:

  • your team has steady PR volume
  • you want more predictable monthly AI review costs
  • you specifically want the coding-focused Kimi subscription
  • you are okay with the plan’s concurrency and quota limits

Use Moonshot Developer API if:

  • you need more flexibility around API usage
  • your usage is more variable
  • you prefer pay-per-token billing
  • you want billing to scale directly with usage

Final takeaway

If you already have a Moonshot or Kimi subscription, you can use it with Kodus through BYOK.

Just remember:

Kimi Code Plan = subscription endpoint for coding workflows
Moonshot Developer API = pay-per-token API endpoint

Choose the plan that matches your billing preference, paste the matching key in Kodus, and Kodus will use Kimi for AI code review.