
Keen Code
github.com/mochow13/keen-code- Category
- AI Agents
- Rank
- No. 1017Tools index
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Platform
- cli
- Type
- AGENT
- Builder
- mochow13
- GitHub
- 60 stars
- Latest release
- v0.50.0
- Date
About
An open-source, Go-based terminal coding agent similar to Claude Code or Codex CLI, supporting multiple AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, and more) with MCP integration, a skills system for specialized sub-agent workflows, and a lean 'TurnMemory' context system that summarizes past tool calls instead of retaining raw outputs to control token usage.
What it can do
Run as a terminal-based coding agent to assist with coding tasks
Natural language prompts/commands in terminal → Code or command execution results
Connect to multiple AI providers for generating responses
Provider selection (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, etc.) → AI-generated text/code
Integrate with MCP servers for extended tool access
MCP server configuration → Additional tool capabilities within the agent
Delegate specialized tasks to sub-agents via a skills system
Task description → Sub-agent workflow execution results
Summarize past tool call outputs to manage context window size
Raw tool call outputs → Summarized turn memory context
Why it made the leaderboard
If you're burning context on retained tool outputs, Keen Code's bounded TurnMemory approach shows a different tradeoff: smaller windows and cheaper turns at the cost of some cross-turn continuity, in a single Go binary that speaks to multiple providers and MCP servers. Its versioned prompts and specs also double as a readable blueprint for building an agent with agents.
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