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Kimi K3 Prompts: 6 That Use What K3 Actually Does Differently

K3 is available from Moderato at 19 dollars a month, and K2.6 stays free and unlimited in chat without drawing on credits. These six prompts are built around the things K3 handles differently from a general assistant: long-context repository work, agent planning, and structured extraction. Test them on the free tier first, then decide which tier you need.

⌨️ 6 prompts 🕐 Updated Aug 25, 2026

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Map an unfamiliar codebase before changing anything

Stops an agent editing code it has not understood, which is the most common cause of a large diff that never merges.

You are reviewing a codebase you have never seen. Before proposing any change, produce:

1. A dependency map of the top-level modules and how they call each other
2. The three files most likely to break if I modify the data layer
3. Any place where the same logic appears more than once
4. Assumptions the code makes that are not written down anywhere

Do not suggest improvements yet. I want the map first.

Plan an agent task before running it

Research on agent pull requests found reviewer engagement is the strongest predictor of a merge. A plan gives you something to engage with.

I want to run this task with an agent: [TASK]

Before executing, write a plan that includes:
- The specific files or systems you will touch
- What could go wrong at each step
- A checkpoint where I should review before you continue
- What you will NOT do, so I know the boundaries

Wait for my approval on the plan before starting.

Extract structured data from a messy document

Long-context extraction where you need the output to feed a script rather than be read by a person.

Read the document below and return ONLY a JSON array. No commentary before or after.

Each object should have these keys: [KEY1], [KEY2], [KEY3]

Rules:
- If a value is missing, use null rather than guessing
- If the document contradicts itself, include a "conflict" key describing it
- Preserve original wording in quoted fields, do not paraphrase

Document:
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Review a diff like a senior engineer would

The last instruction matters. Without it most models manufacture criticism to seem useful.

Review this diff as a senior engineer who has to maintain it in two years.

Cover in this order:
1. Anything that will break in production
2. Anything that will confuse the next person to read it
3. Missing error handling or edge cases
4. Style, only if it affects readability

Be specific about line numbers. If the change is fine, say so in one line rather than inventing problems.

Diff:
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Split a large task for parallel agents

Written for Agent Swarm on Allegretto at 39 dollars, but the decomposition is useful with any multi-agent setup.

I want to run this with multiple agents in parallel: [TASK]

Break it into independent subtasks where:
- No two subtasks edit the same file
- Each has a clear done condition I can verify
- Order dependencies are stated explicitly
- Anything that must stay sequential is flagged as such

Return a numbered list with the dependencies marked.

Translate technical writing without losing the terms

Kimi handles multilingual technical content well. The rules stop it translating things that should not be translated.

Translate the text below into [LANGUAGE].

Rules:
- Keep all code, commands, file paths and API names in the original
- Keep product names untranslated
- Where a technical term has no natural equivalent, keep the English and add a short gloss in brackets
- Match the register of the original: if it is terse documentation, stay terse

Text:
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