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Who's in control

Kiki's agent is always running, but you decide how much it's allowed to do on its own. One control — the HUD, reachable by a keyboard shortcut, a button, or your voice — switches between four modes at any moment.

The four modes

ModeWhat it means
YouYou drive. Kiki watches but doesn't touch anything.
AssistedKiki acts, but asks before anything that changes your stuff. The friendly default.
AgentKiki drives; you watch it work in real time.
Hands-offFull autonomy — no confirmations. Opt-in, and everything is logged.

Pick what fits the moment

  • New to Kiki, or doing something sensitive? Stay in Assisted — you'll approve each change before it happens.
  • Watching a routine task you trust? Use Agent and let it run while you keep an eye on it.
  • Need to do something by hand? Switch to You, do it, and hand control back.
  • Running an unattended automation? Hands-off — turned on deliberately, with a full audit log.

About Hands-off mode

Hands-off removes the "are you sure?" prompts entirely — Kiki can change files, send messages, and adjust settings without asking. Because of that:

  • You can't end up in it by accident — it takes a deliberate, one-time confirmation to turn on.
  • The control to switch back out is always available.
  • Everything it does is written to an audit log, and Kiki automatically saves a restore point before anything destructive, so you can roll back.

Voice counts too

In Agent mode you can just say "let me drive" or "take over" to change modes — no keyboard needed. See Talking to Kiki.

Next: Talking to Kiki.

Kiki OS, Desktop & SDK are open source. See Licensing.