Genesis Docs

Genesis supports Kimi as a web_search provider, using Moonshot web search to produce AI-synthesized answers with citations.

Get an API key

Create a key

Get an API key from [Moonshot AI](https://platform.moonshot.cn/).

Store the key

Set `KIMI_API_KEY` or `MOONSHOT_API_KEY` in the Gateway environment, or
configure via:

```bash
genesis configure --section web
```

When you choose Kimi during genesis onboard or genesis configure --section web, Genesis can also ask for:

  • the Moonshot API region:
    • https://api.moonshot.ai/v1
    • https://api.moonshot.cn/v1
  • the default Kimi web-search model (defaults to kimi-k2.6)

Config

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      moonshot: {
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "sk-...", // optional if KIMI_API_KEY or MOONSHOT_API_KEY is set
            baseUrl: "https://api.moonshot.ai/v1",
            model: "kimi-k2.6",
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "kimi",
      },
    },
  },
}

If you use the China API host for chat (models.providers.moonshot.baseUrl: https://api.moonshot.cn/v1), Genesis reuses that same host for Kimi web_search when tools.web.search.kimi.baseUrl is omitted, so keys from platform.moonshot.cn do not hit the international endpoint by mistake (which often returns HTTP 401). Override with tools.web.search.kimi.baseUrl when you need a different search base URL.

Environment alternative: set KIMI_API_KEY or MOONSHOT_API_KEY in the Gateway environment. For a gateway install, put it in ~/.genesis/.env.

If you omit baseUrl, Genesis defaults to https://api.moonshot.ai/v1. If you omit model, Genesis defaults to kimi-k2.6.

How it works

Kimi uses Moonshot web search to synthesize answers with inline citations, similar to Gemini and Grok's grounded response approach.

Supported parameters

Kimi search supports query.

count is accepted for shared web_search compatibility, but Kimi still returns one synthesized answer with citations rather than an N-result list.

Provider-specific filters are not currently supported.

Related