Use Kilo Code with SinarCloud

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Before you start

• Get an API key and a model alias as described in Before you connect. The base URL is https://ai.sinarcloud.com/v1. Kilo Code takes these values in its settings, so you don’t need to set environment variables.
• Choose a model whose Model capabilities list Chat completions, Tool use, and Streaming. This guide uses deepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash.

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Install Kilo Code

In VS Code, open the Extensions view: click Extensions in the Activity Bar, or press Ctrl+Shift+X (Cmd+Shift+X on macOS). Search for Kilo Code.In the results, find Kilo Code: AI Coding Agent, Copilot, and Autocomplete, published by Kilo Code, and click Install.

2

Open Kilo Code

In the Activity Bar, click Kilo Code. The first time you open it, Kilo Code shows Welcome to Kilo and asks you to Choose how you want to work. Pick Review first or High autonomy. You can change this later in the settings.

3

Open Kilo Settings

At the top of the Kilo Code panel, click the gear icon (Settings). The Kilo Settings tab opens. Click Providers. You don’t need to sign in to Kilo Gateway.

4

Choose Custom provider

Under Popular providers, scroll down to Custom provider, at the end of the list, and click Connect. Use Custom provider, not the DeepSeek entry in the same list.

5

Enter the ID and display name

Kilo Code opens the Custom provider form. Fill in the first fields:

• Provider ID: sinarcloud
• Display name: SinarCloud
• Provider API: keep OpenAI Compatible.

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Enter the base URL and your API key

• Base URL: https://ai.sinarcloud.com/v1
• API key: your API key. The form says it’s optional, but SinarCloud needs it. Kilo Code shows it as dots.

Kilo Code saves the base URL and your models in its config file, kilo.jsonc. It stores the API key separately, so the key isn’t in that file.

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Choose the model

After you fill in Base URL and API key, Kilo Code loads the model list from SinarCloud. It shows how many models it found, with all of them selected. Click Deselect all, select deepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash, and click Add 1 model(s).The rest of the list stays open. Click Cancel to close it. If the list doesn’t appear, click Fetch models, or type the model alias in ID yourself.

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Set the model details

The model now has a row with its ID and Name. Kilo Code fills in Name with the model alias. Replace it with the name you want Kilo Code to show, such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.Tick Image only if the model’s Model capabilities list Image input or Vision. The form doesn’t ask for the model’s context window. You can add it later, as described in Set the context window.

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Submit the form

Click Submit. Kilo Code shows SinarCloud connected, and SinarCloud appears under Connected providers.

To add more models later, click Edit provider next to SinarCloud. Kilo Code loads the model list again, so you can add the models you want and click Submit.

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Choose the default model

Click Models. Open the list next to Default Model and type SinarCloud in the search box. Select DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, labeled SinarCloud, and click Select. Then click Save at the bottom of the page.Kilo Code saves the model as sinarcloud/deepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash: your Provider ID, a slash, and the model alias. New tasks start with this model.

Kilo Gateway also offers DeepSeek models, some with the same names, such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Pick the model labeled SinarCloud. Searching for SinarCloud hides the others.

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Start a task

Close the Kilo Settings tab. In the Kilo Code panel, the chat box shows DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Type a task, for example Add a GET /products/:id route to src/server.js, and press Enter.To use another SinarCloud model in a chat, click the model name in the chat box, type SinarCloud, and choose the model.

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Find the requests in Usage

In the console, under AI, click Usage, then choose the key you created for Kilo Code in the API key filter. Only requests whose charge is final appear, so click Refresh if you don’t see them yet.Each step of Kilo Code’s work is a separate request. Kilo Code also sends short requests of its own with the same key, for example to name a session, or when you click Enhance prompt (the wand icon in the chat box).

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Set the context window

1. At the top of Kilo Settings, click Global Config. Kilo Code opens kilo.jsonc.
2. Find "sinarcloud", then your model under models. Add a limit with the model’s Context window (tokens) and Maximum output (tokens) from its details on the Models page in the console.
3. Save the file, then click Reload at the top of Kilo Settings.

"deepseek/deepseek-v4-1-flash": {
  "name": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash",
  "modalities": {
    "input": ["text", "image"]
  },
  "limit": {
    "context": 1000000,
    "output": 393216
  }
}

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Use a lower-cost model for quick tasks

1. Add the model to SinarCloud with Edit provider.
2. In Kilo Settings, click Models, and choose the model next to Small Model.
3. Click Save.

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What works differently

• Kilo Code shows tokens, not costs. Kilo Code doesn’t know SinarCloud prices. To see what a session cost, use the Usage page in the console.
• Images need a model with image input. If Image isn’t ticked for a model, Kilo Code doesn’t send your images to it. Instead, it tells the model that it can’t read them.
• Autocomplete doesn’t run on SinarCloud. The Autocomplete model list only offers code completion models that Kilo Code supports, and SinarCloud models aren’t among them.

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Troubleshooting