What it does
Reika is installed with npm, pnpm or Homebrew. Point it at a model server and run reika in a project. Old tool output collapses to short summaries. Requests stay append-only. Reika says this lets a slow local engine's prompt cache survive. Reika detects repeated reads and runaway reasoning and stops them. Blind edits go back for a read first. TypeScript edits are typechecked. Plan progress is tracked from what actually happened. Reika has modes for planning before anything changes, putting a harder change through a test-and-review procedure, keeping a small window lean, or chatting. Shift+Tab switches modes. Reika says it does not make a small model smarter, but makes working with one less frustrating.
Capabilities
- Detects repeated reads and runaway reasoning and stops them.
- Typechecks TypeScript edits.
- Sends blind edits back for a read first.
- Dangerous commands still prompt, and on macOS shell commands run in a kernel sandbox.
- Default-on features keep an off switch for A/B runs, and Reika publishes what they did and did not fix.
When to use it
- You want a coding agent designed around small local models.
- You want to plan before anything changes.
- You want to put a harder change through a test-and-review procedure.
