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What is Kilo Code?

Kilo Code is an all-in-one agentic engineering platform that brings AI-powered coding assistance directly to your IDE and CLI. When integrated with the Unbound Security AI Gateway, all AI requests from Kilo Code are securely routed through Unbound, enabling centralized guardrails, observability, and provider routing.

Prerequisites

  • Unbound account — Sign up at gateway.getunbound.ai if you don’t have one
  • Kilo Code extension installed in your IDE, or Node.js 20+ for the CLI

Get Your API Key

Run unbound tools connect KILO_CODE. Kilo Code holds its own key, and this prints it.

IDE Extension Setup

  1. Open Extensions (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X)
  2. Search “Kilo Code” and Install the extension
  3. Open the Kilo extension
  4. Select “Use your own API key”
  5. Set API Provider to “Unbound”
  6. API Key: Paste the key unbound tools connect KILO_CODE printed
  7. Select a model (e.g., claude-opus-4-5, gpt-5.1)
  8. Save & Continue

CLI Setup

  1. Install: npm install -g @kilocode/cli
  2. Run: kilocode
  3. Set API Provider to “Unbound”
  4. Paste your API key
  5. Select a model

Usage

After configuration, Kilo Code will automatically route all AI requests through the Unbound Gateway. All requests will be monitored, secured, and routed according to your organization’s policy settings.

Unbound CLI

Install the CLI to set up and manage tools

Tool Policies

Configure security guardrails for AI tools