mini-kode is an open-source terminal-based AI coding assistant developed by minmaxflow. Built as a lightweight, modular CLI coding agent, it provides automated code exploration, file reading, and task execution directly from the command line while incorporating interactive UI components for managing agent actions. In standard day-to-day operation, mini-kode interacts with the user via a terminal interface (TUI/CLI). The agent interprets natural language tasks, scans and inspects repository files using dedicated filesystem tools (like fileRead), executes terminal commands, and integrates external capabilities via Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. An interactive permission subsystem prompts users to approve or decline file access paths and shell commands before execution. What distinguishes mini-kode is its explicit focus on permission granularity and transparent MCP tool result visualization. Through dedicated TUI components like the PermissionSelector and MCPResultView, it enforces strict discriminated-union permission options across paths and commands, shutting down external MCP processes gracefully upon exit. mini-kode is released as open-source software under a permissive repository license and is in early-stage active development (v0.2.x release line).
Tags: ai agent, cli, coding agent, developer tools, OpenSource