Droid
Factory AI's terminal coding agent. Runs Anthropic and OpenAI models in one subscription. Handles full tasks end-to-end - refactors, incident response, migrations.
Droid is a terminal-based AI coding agent from Factory AI that handles the full software development lifecycle: planning, implementation, and testing. One subscription gives you access to both Anthropic and OpenAI models, so you do not have to switch platforms when you need a different model's strengths. With a 58.75% score on Terminal-Bench, Droid set the state-of-the-art for terminal coding agents, proving that agent design matters as much as model choice. It works across IDE, Web, CLI, Slack, and Linear, and supports VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, and Zed. Factory also offers specialized droid agents for engineering, reliability, product, and knowledge work, making it a platform rather than just a tool.
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