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Kition documentation is a task-based guide to the desktop workspace: documents, tables, Whiteboards, image generation, Design Studio, Agents, and workflows. Each maintained guide states its verification version; check that boundary against your installed release.

What is Kition Install First workspace

Translation and Design Studio guides now cover the published 0.1.49 release, reviewed on October 2, 2026. Start with a real input, follow the numbered steps, and inspect the expected output before enabling repeatable work.

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What is Kition

A desktop workspace for documents, structured tables, Whiteboards, browser research, Agents, and visual workflows.

Install Kition

Download the official desktop build for macOS, Windows, or experimental Linux and complete first launch.

Open your first workspace

A workspace is the local project folder that holds Kition documents, tables, assets, and workspace-owned state.

UI tour

The Kition interface is a set of connected work surfaces around an active workspace. Documents explain, tables organize records, boards show relationships, and the Agent works with selected context.

Configure an AI provider

Use Kition Cloud or connect OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Kimi, or a supported custom endpoint.

Protect provider credentials

Understand how Kition 0.1.41 stores provider secrets and reduce the impact of device or key compromise.

Back up and move a workspace

Copy or version the complete workspace, understand what is excluded, and avoid treating folder sync as real-time collaboration.

Scenarios

Real-world scenarios

Complete Kition workflows for campaign assets, receipt OCR, and product asset pipelines.

Generate campaign assets in batches

Turn one story brief and portrait into platform-ready YouTube thumbnails and TikTok covers while keeping identity and review state visible.

Turn receipt images into searchable records

Extract vendor, address, category, structured JSON, and plain OCR text from receipt attachments in the same table row.

Expand one product brief into a complete asset pipeline

Generate coherent concept designs, orthographic views, campaign imagery, style boards, and launch copy while keeping every result linked to its source brief.

Document editor

Markdown editing basics

Write GitHub-flavored Markdown in Kition’s CodeMirror editor and use the verified formatting shortcuts and live preview.

Wikilinks and backlinks

Link Markdown documents with verified target, alias, heading, and block syntax, then inspect explicit references in the backlinks panel.

Callout syntax

Render supported `[!type]` blockquotes as callouts and keep the source portable as ordinary Markdown blockquotes.

Command palettes and quick navigation

Use the small app palette, the document command palette, Quick Open, and global search without mixing up their shortcuts.

Document templates

Create a new document from the built-in Template Center or reuse Markdown files stored under `Templates/`.

Document embeds and table-embed status

Kition 0.1.41 can transclude Markdown documents, headings, and blocks, but it does not render `.kitable` views through the old query syntax.

Math and Mermaid diagrams

Render inline and block KaTeX expressions plus Mermaid code fences in the live Markdown editor.

Export a document

Export the active document as Markdown, HTML, PDF, or Word with the options implemented by Kition 0.1.41.

Translate selected text in AI Docs

Translate a document selection in Kition 0.1.49 using the selected Agent model, then replace, insert, copy, or retry the result without leaving the editor.

Data tables

Create a table

Create a blank `.kitable` workspace or start from a verified built-in template, then customize its fields, records, and views.

Field types overview

Choose from the 24 field types implemented by Kition 0.1.41 and configure AI on supported fields without inventing a separate AI type.

Create and switch views

Create Grid, Gallery, Kanban, Calendar, or Form views and keep each view’s presentation settings separate from the table records.

Filter, sort, and group

Build bounded AND/OR filter trees, apply ordered multi-field sorts, and group by text, single-select, or checkbox fields.

Configure AI on a table field

Attach verified text or image AI actions to supported fields, choose manual or dependency-driven regeneration, and review batch limits.

Import spreadsheet data

Preview and import CSV, TSV, or supported XLSX data into a new Kitable or an existing table with reviewed field types.

Download a table as CSV

Download the complete active table through the verified CSV action and treat the file as a data snapshot rather than a view or schema backup.

Link documents and tables

Store a workspace Markdown path in `document_link`, link back to the Kitable with an ordinary wikilink, and understand the missing automatic sync guarantees.

AI agent

Agent chat basics

Open a workspace-scoped chat, attach only the context you need, choose a model, and review the streamed work.

Agent tool calls

Read the actual runtime tool names, availability signals, inputs, outputs, errors, and changed-file results shown in the Agent timeline.

Plans, previews, and apply confirmation

Distinguish informational Agent plans from the table write plans and previews that have an explicit Apply step in Kition 0.1.41.

Hooks status in Kition 0.1.41

The public client contains hook types and runtime API helpers, but 0.1.41 does not expose a supported Hooks settings or file-configuration workflow.

MCP setup status in Kition 0.1.41

Kition has MCP runtime contracts and timeline support, but the 0.1.41 Desktop UI does not expose a supported server-setup workflow.

Browser context for the Agent

Open pages in Kition’s embedded desktop browser, sign in manually, and let the Agent read supported page context without promising full browser automation.

Control Agent usage and cost

Use provider-side limits, Kition Cloud credits, smaller context, explicit model choices, and the Stop control without relying on nonexistent budget-routing features.

Agent approvals and safety boundaries

Use the shell-command approval card and feature-specific previews without assuming Kition 0.1.41 has a universal per-tool permission editor.

Providers

Set up OpenAI

Connect an OpenAI project key, sync the models available to that project, and use the Responses wire in Kition.

Set up Anthropic

Connect an Anthropic API key, sync the models available to its workspace, and use the Messages wire in Kition.

Set up a custom provider

Connect an endpoint that implements OpenAI Responses or Anthropic Messages with one of Kition 0.1.41’s supported authentication schemes.

Set up common models

Use the DeepSeek and Kimi presets or connect another service through the verified custom-provider compatibility boundary.

Switch the active provider and model

Understand the device-wide model selection that Kition 0.1.41 saves when you sync a provider or use the Agent model picker.

Desktop & data

Log and configuration locations

Find the active data, cache, log, export, workspace, and configuration locations from the running Desktop app.

Updates and versioning

Check, download, and install signed Desktop releases from Settings → About in a packaged build.

Free, Plus, and Pro

The desktop workspace is free; Plus and Pro add monthly hosted AI usage without requiring a provider key.

Uninstall Kition and remove app data

Uninstall the application separately from its workspaces, settings, credentials, caches, and logs.

Recipes

Build an evidence table for a research report

An evidence table separates source material from interpretation. In Kition, use a table for traceable findings and a document for the report that explains them.

Create a campaign asset review queue

A campaign review queue is a table that connects each brief with its image candidates, intended channel, and approval state before publishing.

Triage imported email with a review table

Inbox triage turns imported messages into a reviewable queue of topics and next actions. Keep the original message available while adding your own classification and ownership fields.

Review a product image asset pipeline

A product asset pipeline connects a product brief with related image candidates and launch copy. A review table keeps the outputs tied to the product they are supposed to represent.

Prepare a project handoff with editable sources

A project handoff packages the final output with the source files, decisions, and dependencies needed to continue the work. Kition projects may include documents, tables, boards, designs, and image assets.

Turn meeting notes into a reviewed action table

An action table converts a meeting’s agreed commitments into structured records. Keep the notes as context and review each proposed task before treating it as an assignment.

Reference

Settings reference

Kition settings configure device behavior, accounts, model providers, email connections, and diagnostics. This reference identifies the version-specific sections and the scope of each choice.

Keybindings

Keybindings are keyboard shortcuts interpreted by the active application, workspace, or document surface. The focused surface determines which action a key combination performs.

Privacy and telemetry

Privacy and telemetry describe where workspace data goes and which optional usage events are collected. Local storage does not mean every connected feature operates without network requests.

Agent is not responding

Check the runtime, active generation, provider model, account, credit, and network states before collecting diagnostics.

Workspace folder is not syncing

Troubleshoot a third-party synchronized workspace without assuming Kition supplies first-party real-time workspace sync.

Editor feels slow

Editor lag is a delay between an editing action and the visible response. Isolate the document, rendering mode, and surrounding activity before treating it as a general performance problem.

Wikilinks or backlinks are missing

Check Kition’s live wikilink resolution order, reload its cache, and distinguish backlinks from the bounded Broken Links scan.

CSV import fails

Validate the file format, runtime capability, headers, preview, type inference, and compatibility-import limits.

PDF or DOCX export fails

Check Desktop availability, PDF scale and media access, then verify the narrower DOCX conversion boundary.

Whiteboards

Create your first AI whiteboard

A Kition Whiteboard is an editable canvas for diagrams, notes, images, and visual relationships inside a desktop workspace.

Organize ideas with Whiteboard mind maps

A mind map is a branching outline on a canvas. Kition mind-map controls help organize a central topic into related branches.

Draw a workflow as a Whiteboard flowchart

A flowchart describes actions and decisions with connected shapes. In Kition, a Whiteboard flowchart is a visual explanation, separate from an executable workflow.

Review Agent changes to a Whiteboard

A Whiteboard Agent proposal is a preview of typed changes to board elements. Kition exposes additions, updates, and deletions before you accept the proposal.

Export a Whiteboard as PNG or SVG

Whiteboard export creates a PNG or SVG snapshot of the board. Keep the editable workspace board when you need to change the diagram later.

Image generation

Generate images in your Kition workspace

Image generation turns a written brief into a visual asset through a configured image-capable service. Kition keeps the result connected to your project.

Edit an image using a reference

Reference-image editing asks an image-capable model to modify an existing visual. The reference establishes what should remain recognizable while your instruction defines the change.

Use image templates for a repeatable brief

An image template is a reusable prompt and input recipe. Kition image templates help start a generation or reference-editing task without hiding its required inputs.

Save generated images for documents and tables

A generated image becomes a reusable project asset when you save the actual file and connect it to the document, record, or design that needs it.

Troubleshoot image generation and editing

Image-generation troubleshooting separates capability, input, service, and output problems so you can correct the failing step without blindly repeating paid requests.

Design Studio

Create an editable poster in Design Studio

Kition Design Studio is a workspace editor for posters made from text, images, and shapes. Its editable source is a .kidesign file, separate from the exported image.

Choose and customize a poster layout

A Design Studio starter layout is an editable arrangement of text and shapes. Kition 0.1.49 includes editable starter layouts with headline, body, and label slots, plus workspace brand bindings.

Edit poster layers, shapes, and typography

A design layer is an editable object such as text, an image, or a shape. Layer order, visibility, and properties determine how a Kition poster is composed.

Combine generated images with editable poster text

Combining an image layer with separate text layers keeps the visual background reusable and the headline editable in a Kition design.

Export a design as PNG, JPEG, SVG, or PDF

Kition 0.1.49 exports PNG, JPEG, SVG, and desktop PDF, with remembered scale and background settings. Keep the .kidesign source as the editable master.

Set workspace brand colors, fonts, and a logo

Use the Kition 0.1.49 workspace brand kit to keep design colors, typography, and logo choices with the project.

Create and export multiple design sizes

Create poster, square, story, and landscape variants with shared layers and separate layouts in Kition 0.1.49.

Create a design from an AI table record

Start an editable design from a Kition table record, then send the exported image back to the source row for review.

Preview and review AI design changes

On a compatible runtime, inspect Agent-proposed changes to a Kition design, accept or reject them, and undo an accepted change as one step.

Visual workflows

Build your first visual workflow

A Kition workflow is a configured trigger-and-action process. It turns repeatable work into an inspectable sequence with validation, testing, and run history.

Choose a workflow trigger and source table

A workflow trigger defines when a process starts and which input context reaches its actions. Choosing the right trigger prevents work from running on the wrong records.

Schedule workflows with an explicit timezone

A scheduled workflow uses a time expression and timezone to determine when it should run. Kition provides frequency controls and an advanced cron field.

Test a workflow with representative sample data

A workflow test checks a configured action against a sample input. It helps uncover missing fields and connection problems before routine execution is enabled.

Inspect workflow runs and diagnose failures

Workflow run history is the record of executions and their reported outcomes. It connects a configured process with evidence of what actually happened.

Email workflows

Connect an email provider in Kition

An Email Provider connection stores the account configuration used by inbox and delivery workflows. IMAP reads a mailbox; SMTP sends messages.

Sync an email inbox into a Kition table

An inbox synchronization workflow imports messages through IMAP into a destination Kitable. The workflow controls the mailbox, schedule, attachment policy, and run history.

Send email from a visual workflow

The Send email action delivers a configured message through a selected SMTP connection. A saved connection and a reviewed recipient mapping are both required for a useful result.

Troubleshoot email connection and sync errors

Email troubleshooting separates provider authentication, transport settings, mailbox selection, and workflow execution. Each stage can fail independently.

Articles

Longer field guides and migration notes, kept together at the end of the documentation.

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