Run kaku in your terminal to see all available commands.
Open the AI settings panel inside Kaku. Configure external coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Kimi Code, etc.) and Kaku Assistant.
kaku aiStart Kaku's standalone AI chat from any shell. This is a discoverable alias for
the bundled k helper, so it works even when k is not on your PATH.
kaku chat # open interactive chat
kaku chat "explain this" # one-shot promptThe chat uses ~/.config/kaku/assistant.toml, shares the same conversation and
memory files as the Cmd + L overlay, and supports /new, /resume, /clear,
/status, /memory, and /exit in interactive mode.
Open the Kaku configuration file (~/.config/kaku/kaku.lua) in your default editor. Also accessible from the settings panel with Cmd + ,.
kaku configRun diagnostics and verify that Kaku's shell integration, PATH entries, and optional tool installations are healthy. Use this first if something feels broken.
kaku doctorCheck for and install the latest Kaku release.
kaku updateReset Kaku's config and state files to defaults. Use with caution, this overwrites ~/.config/kaku/kaku.lua.
kaku resetSet up Kaku's shell integration for zsh and/or fish. Creates ~/.config/kaku/zsh/kaku.zsh and optionally ~/.config/kaku/fish/kaku.fish. Also installs optional CLI tools (Starship, Delta, Lazygit, Yazi) via Homebrew.
kaku initIf the kaku command goes missing from your shell, restore it with:
/Applications/Kaku.app/Contents/MacOS/kaku init --update-only
exec zsh -lInteract with the Kaku multiplexer from scripts and external tools.
kaku cli split-pane # split current pane
kaku cli split-pane -- bash -c "echo hello" # split and run a command
kaku cli --help # list all subcommands
kaku cli split-pane --help # help for a specific subcommandUseful for integrating Kaku with AI tools or shell scripts that need to open panes or tabs programmatically.