Project-aware agent loop
Inspect, reason, patch, verify.
⌘ Ruby CLI Coding Agent
Kward is a general-purpose coding agent written in Ruby: terminal-native, project-aware, pipeable, and designed around your workflow.
Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter & more.
Unix filter mode
Pipe diffs, logs, and code through Kward.
Branchable sessions
Resume, rewind, fork, compact, export.
Built-in shell and editor
Run commands and edit files safely in the workspace.
Live source intelligence
Search the web and read public repos.
Ruby-native extensions
Shape Kward with plugins, skills, and prompts.
⇩ Install
Install Kward from RubyGems and get started in seconds.
gem install kwardThen initialize the starter pack, if you want the defaults.
kward init
⌘ Built for real development loops
- Inspect, patch, verify, repeat against a real workspace.
- Edit files in Kward’s built-in editor with syntax highlighting, search, undo, and familiar keybindings.
- Review diffs, stage files, and commit changes from the integrated Git workflow.
- Pipe diffs, logs, code, and generated text through Kward as a Unix filter.
- Organize long-running work with tabs, sessions, rewind, forks, compaction, and exports.
- Use permission policies to approve or deny model-requested edits, commands, web, and MCP calls.
- Ground answers with live web search and public source repositories before guessing.
- Shape Kward with memory, skills, prompts, personas, and trusted Ruby plugins.
- Build custom UIs on top of Kward’s JSON-RPC backend.
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