the provider catalog

Moonshot (Kimi)

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Kimi models built for very long context. Cataloged ahead of the runtime: this binary names the vendor, a coming release runs it. The audit below says so honestly. One provider/model line moves a workflow here or away again: the same file runs on every provider the catalog names, and swapping is a one-word diff. Machines read the catalog; the binary answers nika catalog.

2pinned modelsaliases pin exact upstream ids
cloudfamilybring your own key; it rides an env var and stays yours
MOONSHOT_API_KEYthe key rides herean env var, never a config file
openai-chatwire dialectthe adapter speaks it

the wire

cloud · bring your own key; it rides an env var and stays yours

A workflow names this provider in the model line (model: moonshot/kimi-k2), and the engine speaks openai-chat on the wire. The key rides MOONSHOT_API_KEY in the environment, never a config file, never the workflow. The provider id also answers to kimi.

default: kimi-k2
dialect: openai-chat
tags: frontier · function-calling · long-context · streaming · structured-output

the models

2 pins

Aliases are what the file may write; the engine pins each one to an exact upstream id, so a run stays reproducible after a vendor rotates names.

k2kimi-k2ctx 128k · json:schema
k2-5kimi-k2.5ctx 256k · json:schema

in the released catalog

2 rooms

The wire models this provider serves in the released binary's catalog · each one is a room with its seats, exact prices and measured energy.

kimi-k2as k2
kimi-k2.5as k2-5

the whole register: /catalog/models · what the released binary knows, vendored at the engine pin.

in a real file

a complete workflow · shown whole

moonshot.nika.yaml

1nika: v12workflow:3  id: long-context-brief4  description: "built for long context — the whole document goes in, one brief comes out"56tasks:7  brief:8    ◇infer:9      model: moonshot/kimi-k210      max_tokens: 15011      prompt: |12        Brief a reviewer in three lines: the file declares its13        blast radius; permits allowlist what runs, reads, writes14        and calls; absent permits mean the engine floor.1516outputs:17  brief: ${{ tasks.brief.output }}18

conform to the served contract · the vendor is cataloged ahead of the runtime: this binary names it, a coming release runs it · the drift gate re-proves this copy on every test run · open it in the playground →

get set up

keys at platform.kimi.ai

1Create a key in the Kimi platform console.
2The key rides the environment, never the file export MOONSHOT_API_KEY=…

Pick it for whole-document work, once the runtime lands. Moonshot AI · Beijing, China. Then prove the seat: nika doctor names every provider this binary can reach.

swap it

10 more cloud seats

Moving off Moonshot (Kimi) is editing one line. The rest of the file (tasks, permits, outputs, the trace) does not change. The register orders the catalog local first; beyond it the engine embeds 21 more OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

model: moonshot/kimi-k2 model: ollama/qwen3.5:4bthe whole migration · nothing else moves

cross-references

the words that meet it

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where it lives

Try it in the playground, or install and go local first. Read the spec →