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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/en/guides/getting-started.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It fits scenarios such as:
- **Understanding a project**: exploring an unfamiliar codebase and answering questions about architecture and implementation
- **Automating tasks**: batch-processing files, running builds and tests, chaining multiple scripts together

The CLI is written in TypeScript, distributed via npm, and runs on Node.js.
The CLI is written in TypeScript and is available either as a standalone binary or as an npm package.

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P2 Badge Update the mirrored Chinese guide

This English Getting Started sentence now clarifies that the CLI can be installed as either a standalone binary or an npm package, but the mirrored Chinese page still says it is distributed through npm and runs on Node.js. Chinese readers will continue to see the old conflicting distribution description even though the install flow below recommends a no-Node standalone script, so the zh mirror should be updated in the same change.

AGENTS.md reference: docs/AGENTS.md:L19-L21

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Updated the mirrored Chinese guide to keep both versions consistent. Thanks!


## Installation

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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Kimi Code CLI 是一个运行在终端中的 AI Agent，帮助你完成软件开
- **理解项目**：探索陌生的代码库，解答架构和实现层面的问题
- **自动化任务**：批量处理文件、运行构建与测试、串联多个脚本

整套 CLI 以 TypeScript 编写，通过 npm 分发，运行在 Node.js 之上。
整套 CLI 使用 TypeScript 编写，可通过独立二进制文件或 npm 包安装。

## 安装

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