diff --git a/hermes_cli/auth.py b/hermes_cli/auth.py
index c82bad3f02..21fd0ef47f 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/auth.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/auth.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, ProviderConfig] = {
         name="Kimi / Moonshot",
         auth_type="api_key",
         inference_base_url="https://api.moonshot.ai/v1",
-        api_key_env_vars=("KIMI_API_KEY",),
+        api_key_env_vars=("KIMI_API_KEY", "KIMI_CODING_API_KEY"),
         base_url_env_var="KIMI_BASE_URL",
     ),
     "kimi-coding-cn": ProviderConfig(
diff --git a/hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py b/hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py
index 4b2b9d33f8..922946e2ad 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ def _resolve_runtime_from_pool_entry(
             api_mode = opencode_model_api_mode(provider, model_cfg.get("default", ""))
         else:
             # Auto-detect Anthropic-compatible endpoints (/anthropic suffix,
-            # api.openai.com → codex_responses, api.x.ai → codex_responses).
+            # Kimi /coding, api.openai.com → codex_responses, api.x.ai →
+            # codex_responses).
             detected = _detect_api_mode_for_url(base_url)
             if detected:
                 api_mode = detected