Run Cloud Agents, control VS Code and CLI sessions, review Pull Requests, and respond to coding agents from your iPhone, iPad, or Android.
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What convinced me was Igor's tale of reviewing a PR while he waited in the veterinarian's office. This is precisely what I use for dead time. Downloading to Android tonight.
@keo_nha_cai32 I hope it will be as useful for you as it is for me!
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One small thing that will help is a biometric authentication feature on the app. I have an app on my phone where the session can commit the changes to production repositories. It will be safe for me to use this even out of the house if there is face ID before using it.
@ykftjt thanks for the idea. We have already Unlock with biometric. You can find it in Settings -> Preferences -> General.
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Tip from someone who frequently reviews PRs on-the-go: I wish that when I make a comment on a diff line that it automatically became an agent task for me to do. The biggest delay in my current phone-based process is that round-trip of copying and pasting.
In response to the forum question you asked a couple of months ago, I remain very much human-in-the-loop, which was why I was initially sceptical of using a mobile app. But after seeing Igor's post, it occurred to me that the loop I really value is the PR review loop, not the file edit approval loop. They are two distinct issues and I had confused the two.
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With Kilo, I made two internal apps without having a degree in computer science and so let me be very clear: mobile takes down that barrier once again. The person with an idea while traveling on the bus with no computer can now start.
@don_bro1 The actual session is running in the cloud or on your computer, so when the app loses connectivity for whatever reason, your session is still alive and healthy. Once the app recovers, it rejoins the live stream and backfills the transcript for events that have happened during the period of inactivity.
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I do multi-agent sessions on a daily basis and the strain on the brain involves going back into the mode every time. If this application has enough information saved to resume from where I left off using a small device, that's all that it takes to download it.
@jui_nath1 I hope it will! Give it a try and let me know how it went, all feedback is appreciated.
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As an agent-first coder for many years now, I enjoy looking at diff files and reasoning about each individual edit. However, when it comes to mobile coding agents, my concern is always the fact that the small screen makes "agent first" the default setting.
@len5 That's the limitation of the form factor - there's only so many pixels you can fit on a small phone screen. We try to make it as ergonomic as possible, my goal is for the app to have best-in-class UX.
If you do find yourself constantly on the go and in need of a bigger screen, the app on a tablet is a game-changer. Still ergonomic enough, beautiful diffs.
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Skipped mobile agent tools since i'm usually at my desk, but the real case is a quick fix when i'm out with no laptop. does it pick up my existing project or do i set it up fresh on the phone? 🤔
@seenew There are essentially two modes you can use it in: 1. Cloud agent mode - where you need to connect your repo provider (1-time), and then your repos are always available 2. Remote cli session - where you control an instance running on your computer, as if you're sitting at your desk
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The part I like the most in this case is the open source of the mobile app; this is because suggestions or bug reports will make the roadmap instead of being added to the backlog. I will try this out using my practice of checking the build status on my mobile phone at different times of the day.
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What convinced me was Igor's tale of reviewing a PR while he waited in the veterinarian's office. This is precisely what I use for dead time. Downloading to Android tonight.
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@keo_nha_cai32 I hope it will be as useful for you as it is for me!
One small thing that will help is a biometric authentication feature on the app. I have an app on my phone where the session can commit the changes to production repositories. It will be safe for me to use this even out of the house if there is face ID before using it.
Kilo Code
@ykftjt thanks for the idea. We have already Unlock with biometric. You can find it in Settings -> Preferences -> General.
Tip from someone who frequently reviews PRs on-the-go: I wish that when I make a comment on a diff line that it automatically became an agent task for me to do. The biggest delay in my current phone-based process is that round-trip of copying and pasting.
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@98win10 I love this idea! Putting it in my backlog.
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In response to the forum question you asked a couple of months ago, I remain very much human-in-the-loop, which was why I was initially sceptical of using a mobile app. But after seeing Igor's post, it occurred to me that the loop I really value is the PR review loop, not the file edit approval loop. They are two distinct issues and I had confused the two.
With Kilo, I made two internal apps without having a degree in computer science and so let me be very clear: mobile takes down that barrier once again. The person with an idea while traveling on the bus with no computer can now start.
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@sujoy_debnath1 Exactly!
Congratulations on the launch! Just curious about what happens with battery and connectivity losses during a session.
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@don_bro1 The actual session is running in the cloud or on your computer, so when the app loses connectivity for whatever reason, your session is still alive and healthy. Once the app recovers, it rejoins the live stream and backfills the transcript for events that have happened during the period of inactivity.
I do multi-agent sessions on a daily basis and the strain on the brain involves going back into the mode every time. If this application has enough information saved to resume from where I left off using a small device, that's all that it takes to download it.
Kilo Code
@jui_nath1 I hope it will! Give it a try and let me know how it went, all feedback is appreciated.
As an agent-first coder for many years now, I enjoy looking at diff files and reasoning about each individual edit. However, when it comes to mobile coding agents, my concern is always the fact that the small screen makes "agent first" the default setting.
Kilo Code
@len5 That's the limitation of the form factor - there's only so many pixels you can fit on a small phone screen. We try to make it as ergonomic as possible, my goal is for the app to have best-in-class UX.
If you do find yourself constantly on the go and in need of a bigger screen, the app on a tablet is a game-changer. Still ergonomic enough, beautiful diffs.
Skipped mobile agent tools since i'm usually at my desk, but the real case is a quick fix when i'm out with no laptop. does it pick up my existing project or do i set it up fresh on the phone? 🤔
Congrats on your launch btw 😃
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@seenew There are essentially two modes you can use it in:
1. Cloud agent mode - where you need to connect your repo provider (1-time), and then your repos are always available
2. Remote cli session - where you control an instance running on your computer, as if you're sitting at your desk
The part I like the most in this case is the open source of the mobile app; this is because suggestions or bug reports will make the roadmap instead of being added to the backlog. I will try this out using my practice of checking the build status on my mobile phone at different times of the day.
Kilo Code
@ad88 Yup! We want all the feedback we can get to make the app better for your (and everyone else's) workflows.