Kimi K3 Recursively Improves Cline: Terminal Bench Hits 88.8%
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-07-30
Cline announced that they used the Kimi K3 model to recursively self-improve the Cline harness. After 17 hours of iteration, Cline's performance on the Terminal Bench increased from 77.5% to 88.8%, while reducing the run cost from $79 to $49.8. This demonstrates the potential of LLMs in autonomously optimizing coding tools.
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