Add You.com to Kimi Code

The You.com plugin for Kimi Code, Moonshot AI’s coding agent, installs four skills and the You.com MCP servers from the agent-skills repo. The MCP servers give Kimi tools such as you-search, you-contents, you-research, and you-finance. The skills tell it when to use each one and how to cite what it finds.

Install the Docs MCP server

The Docs MCP server lets your agent search over the entirety of these docs. Free to use.

Install https://you.com/docs/_mcp/server. See the Docs MCP Server guide to learn more.

Install the Plugin

Install From GitHub

Inside a Kimi Code session:

/plugins install https://github.com/youdotcom-oss/agent-skills

Kimi Code installs the latest release. Run /reload or /new to load it, since the current session doesn’t pick up plugin changes.

Try It

Use you-web to find what's new in the latest TypeScript release, with sources.

What the Plugin Installs

MCP servers:

Server	Endpoint	Auth
`you`	`https://api.you.com/mcp`	OAuth
`you-research`	`https://api.you.com/mcp/research`	OAuth
`you-finance`	`https://api.you.com/mcp/finance`	OAuth
`you-discover`	`https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=discover`	None

To turn one off, run /plugins mcp disable you <server>, such as /plugins mcp disable you you-finance.

Skills.

Skill	Use it for
`you-web`	Current web search and URL reading, with sources cited. Switches to keyless `you-search` when no credentials are set.
`you-research`	Choosing between agent-led searching and a single cited `you-research` call
`you-finance`	Finance questions through the `you-finance` tool
`you-discover`	Finding the right You.com API, MCP server, or SDK for a project you’re building

Use the MCP Server Without the Plugin

To add only the tools, without the skills, add the You.com MCP server to ~/.kimi-code/mcp.json, or use /mcp-config to add it interactively.

Free profile (you-search and you-discover, 100 queries per day, no account):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you-com": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"
    }
  }
}

API key. Get a key at you.com/platform, export it as YDC_API_KEY, and point bearerTokenEnvVar at it so the key stays out of the file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you-com": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp",
      "bearerTokenEnvVar": "YDC_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Troubleshooting

Plugin changes don't show up

Kimi Code applies plugin installs and changes after /reload or in a new session started with /new.

A server needs authorization

Run /mcp-config login <server-name> and finish the sign-in in the browser.

Check the plugin's status

Run /plugins info you to see the plugin’s details and any manifest diagnostics.

Resources

Agent Skills

What each You.com skill does and how to install skills in other agents.

MCP Server Reference

Endpoints, authentication, and the full tool reference.

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