Tools are pure functions. Agents are stateful processes. The pipeline is a declaration. Every boundary is an HTTP contract.
macOS and Linux — Windows users: use WSL
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│ Internal Network │
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│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │
│ │ Orchestrator │───▶│ Agent Runtime│ │
│ │ zero LLM │◀───│ worker pool │ │
│ │ calls │ │ MCP client │ │
│ └──────┬───────┘ └──────┬───────┘ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ ┌──────▼───────┐ │
│ └───────────▶│ LLM Gateway │──▶ internet │
│ │ sole egress │ │
│ └──────────────┘ │
│ │
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│
│ MCP (HTTP/SSE)
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│ User-Provided Tool Servers (operator-managed) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Philosophy, core concepts, and how Kimitsu inverts the agentic model.
ACCESS →Binary install script and Docker Compose options. Up in minutes.
ACCESS →Run the hello-world pipeline end to end and understand every step.
ACCESS →Every field in every file kind — workflow, agent, server, gateway, env.
ACCESS →MCP servers as the atomic unit.
ACCESS →Four container tiers, heartbeat protocol, state store, execution model.
ACCESS →