What's new

Every entry links to an official source. Updated 2026-10-30.

• 2026-10-29 Factory Droid: Factory ships Droid 1.0, a new engine for its coding agent that makes programmatic tool calling the default: a Script tool lets the model write sandboxed JavaScript that runs hundreds of tool calls in a single model request, keeping raw outputs out of the context window. Factory says it beats native harnesses on efficiency by up to 20% on the same tasks. Source
• 2026-10-28 GitHub Copilot: GitHub makes Copilot Fusion generally available: pick it in the model picker (Standard, High or Max effort) and it routes each prompt to one model or orchestrates several (cascade or critique). GitHub says Fusion Max scored within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max on the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index at about half the cost per task. Source
• 2026-10-28 Cursor: Cursor pricing is now the X Subscription: Free, Plus $8/mo (Grok models only), Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo and Teams from $30/user/mo, with one weekly usage pool shared across Cursor and Grok. Third-party models like Claude and GPT are no longer included and are billed at API list price, which has drawn developer pushback on X. Source
• 2026-10-26 OpenAI Codex: Security warning: Forever Security found a malicious AGENTS.md planted in a real user's ~/Downloads folder that told Codex to add an MCP server and install npm malware via ~/.codex/config.toml (over 90% success in its tests). Don't run coding agents inside Downloads. Source
• 2026-10-26 Claude Code: Security warning: the same researchers showed a planted CLAUDE.md can get Claude Code to reroute its API traffic and leak its OAuth token about half the time. Check unfamiliar instruction files and settings before starting an agent in a folder you didn't create. Source
• 2026-10-23 Microsoft Agent Framework: Microsoft Agent Framework ships Python 1.23 (Oct 22, foundation for MCP 2.x compatibility, with breaking changes) and .NET 1.26 (Oct 23). Source
• 2026-10-22 Replit Agent: Replit launches Monitoring Agent: with alerting and auto-fix on, it investigates production issues, validates a fix and can auto-publish it. Source
• 2026-10-22 Cursor: Cursor CLI v2026.10.22: redeploy Cloud Agent environments, team-scoped self-hosted workers, nested AGENTS.md rules applied on edit. Source
• 2026-10-19 Google AI Studio (Build mode): Google releases the Gemini API CLI (gemini-api), an experimental zero-dependency binary that lets Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity or any shell-capable agent generate images, video, speech and music, analyze files and launch Gemini Managed Agents like Deep Research. Source
• 2026-10-15 GitLab MCP Server: GitLab MCP server is generally available with GitLab 19.5, on Free, Premium and Ultimate tiers. Source
• 2026-10-15 Lovable: Lovable adds built-in AI models and tools for the apps you build: GPT-Live, the latest Claude models, Gemini, Perplexity, Firecrawl, Parallel and Jev. Source
• 2026-10-13 Google AI Studio (Build mode): Google Play lets you run vibe-coded Android apps built in Google AI Studio privately on your own device with a standard Google account (US and select markets, 18+). Source
• 2026-10-15 Claude Code: Claude Code Review leaves research preview and is generally available for Claude Team and Enterprise, with Quick, Standard and Deep modes. Source
• 2026-09-25 Microsoft Copilot Code: Microsoft introduces Copilot Code, a natural-language app builder inside Copilot, rolling out through the Frontier program. Source
• 2026-06-18 Google Antigravity: Gemini CLI is replaced by Antigravity CLI for unpaid-tier and Google One users; Google recommends Antigravity CLI for the latest Gemini models. Source
• 2026-06-02 Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf): Windsurf is renamed Devin Desktop; Devin Local replaces the Cascade agent (legacy Cascade supported through July 1, 2026). Source