@cline: Try Kimi's self improvements in the new Cline CLI update: npm i -g cline and use Kimi K3 on ClinePass, a subscription f…
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Cline CLI update lets you use Kimi K3 with ClinePass, a discounted subscription that offers ~5x cheaper access to the model's direct API rate, and showcases the model self-improving the tool's harness to increase benchmark performance while reducing cost.
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Try Kimi’s self improvements in the new Cline CLI update: npm i -g cline
and use Kimi K3 on ClinePass, a subscription for ~5x discounted access w/ a $5 promo for new users!
(the math works out to ~$60 direct API rate usage per month!)
Cline (@cline): We had Kimi K3 recursively self-improve the Cline harness to improve its own performance.
17 hours later, it went from 77.5% to 88.8% on Terminal Bench, and cut run cost from $79 to $49.8.
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