Kimi Code Made Crystal Clear · chapter 3: Getting Started: Install to First Shipped Change
The zero to first change timeline
2026-09-08
Six steps from a bare terminal to a reviewed commit in git log. Install, launch, and login happen once per machine; orient, change, and commit are the loop you keep, with the approval panel as your gate at step 5.
Below: the paragraph from the book that builds this idea, then the diagram itself (Figure 3.1), and a recap. About a minute of reading.
The whole route fits in one figure. Steps 1 to 3 are setup you do once per machine. Steps 4 to 6 are the loop you will repeat for as long as you use the tool, and step 5 is where you, the human, gate everything. The two recipes below walk the same path command by command.
Recap
- The idea: Six steps from a bare terminal to a reviewed commit in git log.
- The picture: Figure 3.1, from chapter 3 ("Getting Started: Install to First Shipped Change") of Kimi Code Made Crystal Clear.
- Go deeper: the chapter builds this step by step, with recipes and sources at the end.
This diagram is one of many in Kimi Code Made Crystal Clear.
Every chapter opens with the gist, draws the hard ideas, and ends with recipes and sources.
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