King Mode
KingCoding's flagship feature: hand a high-level goal to an AI project manager.
What King Mode Is
King Mode runs an AI project manager (King PM) on your behalf. Describe a goal and the PM plans the work, spawns the necessary tasks in parallel, tracks progress, and reports back.
Inside a single chat you see the PM's messages alongside live progress from the tasks it created. You only need to converse with the PM while several AI agents code in the background.
King Mode also runs from Discord. Once the bot is configured, posting a goal in a Discord channel spins up a King session, so you can keep iterating from your phone while you're away from the desk.
When to Use It
- When you want the AI to act autonomously like a PM rather than running one task at a time
- When you'd rather hand over a goal and let it break the work into tasks for you
- When you'd rather keep the entire back-and-forth in a single chat instead of juggling separate tasks
- When you want to keep tossing in extra instructions and have the AI absorb them as it goes
Basic Workflow
Click the penguin icon on the dashboard or any project page to launch King Mode.
Configuring PM Behavior
Out of the box the PM follows a sensible default, but you can shape its behavior from project settings. Putting your constraints, tone preferences, and standard workflows there saves you from repeating them every session.
- Project-specific context — assumptions, constraints, and rules for this project
- Apply to normal task execution as well — pass the same standards to normal tasks
Follow-ups and Interruptions
You can send extra instructions while the PM is busy. They are queued and applied at the PM's next break, so you can interrupt with "also do this" without stopping the run.
Choosing AI Models
Settings → King Mode lets you set which model handles which role.
- Orchestrator — the PM itself, responsible for planning and oversight
- Complex tasks — used for steps that need stronger reasoning
- Simple tasks — a lighter model for routine work
Strength can be tuned on the same screen. Raise it for hard problems and lower it for routine work.
Tips That Pay Off
- Phrase the goal in terms of outcome (what "done" looks like)
- Put hard constraints into project settings so they're always honoured
- Reply "also check this" to a completion report and it will iterate one more round