Agent Manager shows "Install CLI" message even though CLI is installed globally and works from any terminal.

[osamatech786]

Plugin Type

VSCode Extension

App Version

Version: 4.140.0 (e8c4323)

Description

Expected Behavior

Agent Manager detects the global CLI and allows using multiple agents.

Actual Behavior

Prompt persists to install CLI, despite it being available.

Additional Information

• PATH includes C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm
• Tried restarting VS Code, reinstalling CLI, launching VS Code from terminal → same result.
• Output from Kilo Code panel (View → Output → Kilo Code):
  Agent Manager panel opened
  Agent Manager received message: {"type":"agentManager.webviewReady"}
  Agent Manager received message: {"type":"agentManager.listBranches"}
  Agent Manager received message: {"type":"agentManager.startSession","prompt":"hi","parallelMode":false,"versions":1}
  [AgentManager] Parallel lookups completed in 20ms (CLI: found, gitUrl: https://github.com/my_repo)
  [AgentManager] WARNING: No PID - spawn may have failed
  [AgentManager] Process spawn error: spawn C:\Users\Dell Latitude\AppData\Roaming\npm\kilocode ENOENT
  [AgentManager] Found Node.js at: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe
  [AgentManager] Found npm at: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm
  Agent Manager received message: {"type":"agentManager.listBranches"}
  [AgentManager] Fetched 22 remote sessions

Reproduction steps

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Kilo Code extension in VS Code.
2. Install CLI globally: npm install -g @kilocode/cli
3. Verify CLI works: kilocode --version (succeeds in cmd/PowerShell).
4. Open Agent Manager in VS Code.
5. See the "Install CLI" prompt.

Provider

Kilo Code

Model

No response

System Information

Environment

• VS Code version: Latest
• Kilo Code extension version: Version: 4.140.0 (e8c4323)
• OS: Windows 11
• CLI install method: Global via npm install -g @kilocode/cli

[osamatech786]

Used below script to resolve erorr, error is resolved but still UI is giving error:

# Create directory
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$HOME\.kilocode\cli\pkg"

# Install CLI locally
npm install @kilocode/cli --prefix "$HOME\.kilocode\cli\pkg"

# Add to User PATH (persists after restart)
$binDir = "$HOME\.kilocode\cli\pkg\node_modules\.bin"
$currentPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")
if ($currentPath -notlike "*$binDir*") {
    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$binDir;$currentPath", "User")
    Write-Host "Added $binDir to User PATH."
}

# Refresh current session
$env:Path = "$binDir;$env:Path"

# Verify
kilocode --version

[marius-kilocode]

Hi @osamatech786 ,

thanks for reporting! This should be already fixed in 4.140.1.

Let me know if it worked for you!

[ElysMaldov]

I'm facing a similar issue with Kilo Code version 4.140.2 on VSCode 1.107.1 Windows 11. I have installed Kilocode cli globally and it works in any terminal, but when I try to send a task through the Agent Manager I get "Kilocode CLI not found. Please install it to use the Agent Manager." error. Here is the output:

Agent Manager received message: {"type":"agentManager.startSession","prompt":"Test","parallelMode":false,"versions":1}
[AgentManager] Found CLI via PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\kilocode.CMD
[AgentManager] Found Node.js at: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe
[AgentManager] Found npm at: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm
Agent Manager received message: {"type":"agentManager.listBranches"}

I tried reinstalling the cli, restarting my laptop, but nothing works.

[manuel-84]

for me after installing cli tools it says "cannot start agent session c:\program not recognised as command..." and it does not work (windows 11)

[kitaev-chen]

Same issue with Kilo Code version 4.140.2 inside Vscode, Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity.

[osamatech786]

Hi @osamatech786 ,

thanks for reporting! This should be already fixed in 4.140.1.

Let me know if it worked for you!

Thank you Marius for you response. I can confirm that it's still not working:

Version: Version: 4.140.2 (d485dfe)