Moonshot (Kimi)

Kimi models from Moonshot AI.

Overview

Moonshot runs two separate platforms, international and China. A key only works on the platform it was made on.

1
For the international platform, go to platform.moonshot.ai (also reachable as platform.kimi.ai) and sign up.
2
Add a payment method or recharge a small amount; the key needs a funded account to work.
3
Open API Keys and choose Create API Key. Name it and pick a project.
4
Copy the key. It is shown once.

Cost. Prepaid. Creating a key is free; using it needs a balance.

1
Open Loom, then Providers in the menu, and choose Add provider.
2
Pick Moonshot Kimi (the search box finds it).
3
Fill in the fields in the table below.
4
Choose Connect. Loom checks the key and says how many models it found. If it cannot check, it says so, and you can Save anyway and try a message.
5
Open the model chip below the message box and pick a model.

Loom’s address is the international one, https://api.moonshot.ai/v1.
If your account is on the China platform (platform.moonshot.cn), change Endpoint to https://api.moonshot.cn/v1.

Field in Loom	What to put	Needed
API key	Paste the key you copied. Create one at platform.moonshot.ai.	Yes
Endpoint	`https://api.moonshot.ai/v1`	Pre-filled
Name	Anything you like. It is shown in the model picker	Optional

Appears in Loom as	Moonshot Kimi
Sign-in	Your key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer`
Models	Loom fetches the list from your account
Tools (connectors, search)	Yes
Photos	Depends on the model
PDFs	No

Kimi’s reasoning models write their thinking separately. Loom hands it back during tool use, which Moonshot requires.

What you see	What to do
401 although the key is right	The key and the address are from different platforms. Match them (see above).