# Kin

> Work with an AI peer in the files and tools you already use.

**Category:** Terminal-native AI peer
**Status:** Available now
**Role:** The working peer

Kin is a terminal-native agent harness for real work in a real filesystem. It keeps the person close to the work while giving the peer enough context, tools, and bounded authority to contribute well.

## Who it is for

People who want an inspectable, local-first way to do serious work with AI without moving the work into a separate chat product.

## Capabilities

### Works where the work lives

Read, search, change, run, and verify inside an ordinary filesystem and toolchain.

### Keeps sessions durable

Resume work with its decisions, context, and consequences intact.

### Delegates bounded work

Use skills, subagents, workflows, and scheduled work without dissolving supervision.

### Makes authority visible

Modes, permission gates, sandboxing, and review surfaces keep action legible.

## Working sequence

1. **Enter a real project.** Start Kin from the directory that contains the work.
2. **Ask for an outcome.** Give direction and context, then let the peer make a concrete shape.
3. **Inspect and react.** Review what changed, name what is wrong or alive, and cycle again.

## Boundaries

- Peer is an engineering stance, not a claim about sentience.
- Respect does not lower the evidence bar; important claims and changes still require verification.
- Outpost is an optional always-on companion, not a second window onto the same running Kin.

## Next steps

- [Install Kin](https://get.kinra.ai)
- [Read the docs](/docs/kin/)
- [Documentation](https://kinra.ai/docs/kin/)

_Source authority: The Kin repository; its complete maintained documentation is rendered by the Kinra apex platform at kinra.ai/docs/kin._