Afk kimi review

afk-kimi-review

An independent second-opinion review by Kimi (a different model), used as the last check before a PR is handed back for approval. Interchangeable with afk-codex-review and afk-glm-review: run the configured external gate set from .afk/config.md, and never use a gate whose model matches the implementer's model. Run afk-internal-review first and resolve it, then run this gate: internal review first, external gate last. Kimi reviews the diff read-only; you triage and fix. Same role and output contract as the other gate skills; only the underlying model differs.

The helper kimi-gate.mjs ships with this skill and travels with the plugin.

Metering

Metered like any external gate — keep invocations to a minimum. Batch findings into one fix pass, self-review, then re-run once; defer minor items to a single final pass.

Run it

The bundled helper kimi-gate.mjs sits beside this SKILL.md. Locate its directory as ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/afk-kimi-review if the env var is set, else <pluginRoot>/skills/afk-kimi-review from .afk/config.md, else this skill's own directory (the helper is its sibling). Resolve .afk/ from the repository's main working tree — the first worktree line of git worktree list --porcelain — never the current directory, or a run from a linked worktree reads a different .afk/ than the one afk-init wrote. If .afk/ is absent, the afk-init bootstrap runs automatically first:

node "<helper-dir>/kimi-gate.mjs"

Run it in the background with a generous timeout; redirect stdout to a file and read it when it completes. Pass through any target flag (--base <branch> / --commit <sha> / --uncommitted). Do not poll in a sleep loop.

Design mode (--design <path>) reviews a design document's reasoning instead of a diff — the opt-in design-stage gate (see ../afk/SKILL.md, "Design-stage external gate"). Kimi is pointed at the document on disk and reads it with its own tools (keeping a large doc off the argv). A missing or unreadable --design path fails loudly (ERROR, non-zero), never a skip.

Read the verdict between the ===== KIMI REVIEW (final message) ===== markers. SKIPPED: … (Kimi absent, logged out, or disabled via KIMI_REVIEW_GATE=off) is not a failure — report it and continue.

Handle findings (batch — minimise calls)

Identical discipline to afk-codex-review: sort structural vs minor; verify each finding to the standard below before trusting it; fix confirmed structural findings in one batch and sweep for the pattern; self-review once; re-run once; resolve minor items in a single final pass.

A structural finding claims both that the code is as described and that it goes wrong; reading the cited file:line settles only the first. Demonstrate the consequence before fixing, and account for every consumer of what you change that lives outside the diff — ../afk/SKILL.md ("External gate") holds both rules.

Apply any invariant in .afk/config.md as an extra lens.

Stop rule

Stop when the loop-termination rule in ../afk/SKILL.md ("External gate") holds: a round with no new structural finding and every prior structural finding closed by a recorded disposition — a driver-verified fix, a refutation, or an accepted risk.

Report CLEAN, or OUTSTANDING with what remains. A clean pass is not authority to merge.

Selection

Same role, same contract as the other external gate skills. The operator's explicit choice wins; otherwise the afk skill's selection rule applies (skip the implementer's own model). The round-1 gate choice is locked for later rounds of the same PR; a mid-loop switch resets the finding baseline and is recorded.

Setup (per machine, once)

Optional and self-skipping. Install the Kimi CLI and log in; needs Node + git on PATH. Disable with KIMI_REVIEW_GATE=off.