Kilo Code

1. Open Settings with the gear icon, then the Providers tab.
2. At the bottom of the list, choose Custom provider.
3. Fill in the dialog:

   Provider ID

   mallard

   Display name

   Mallard AI

   Provider API

   OpenAI Compatible

   Base URL

   https://api.mallardai.co.uk/v1

   API key

   Your API key

   Models

   Fetch models, or add qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

4. Press Submit, then choose Qwen3.6 35B A3B in the model picker.

The config file also sets the context window and image input. Add this to ~/.config/kilo/kilo.jsonc, the global config:

{
  "$schema": "https://app.kilo.ai/config.json",
  "model": "openai-compatible/qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
  "provider": {
    "openai-compatible": {
      "options": {
        "apiKey": "{env:MALLARD_API_KEY}",
        "baseURL": "https://api.mallardai.co.uk/v1"
      },
      "models": {
        "qwen3.6-35b-a3b": {
          "id": "qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
          "name": "Qwen3.6 35B A3B",
          "tool_call": true,
          "attachment": true,
          "modalities": { "input": ["text", "image"], "output": ["text"] },
          "limit": { "context": 262144, "output": 32000 }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Kilo Code reads {env:MALLARD_API_KEY} only in trusted config, such as this global file.

This config caps output at 32,000 tokens, leaving the rest of the 262,144-token context window for the prompt.

To check the provider loaded:

kilo models openai-compatible