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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.

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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

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Get Your API Key

Go to gateway.getunbound.ai/connect and copy your API Key.

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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 “OpenAI Compatible”
  6. Base URL: https://api.getunbound.ai/v1
  7. API Key: Paste the API key from the connect page
  8. Select a model (e.g., claude-opus-4-5, gpt-5.1)
  9. Save & Continue

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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

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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.

Tool Policies

Monitor terminal commands and MCP tool calls

Unbound CLI

Manage your gateway from the command line