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Five operating modes. Nine LLM providers. Autonomous agents that work in the background. Council mode for multi-agent deliberation. Text-to-application generation. All in one IDE — desktop or web.

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Five operating modes for how you actually work:

  • The right AI mode for every task.
  • Agent Mode — Autonomous code writing and file manipulation. Background agents work while you focus on architecture.
  • Ask Mode — Read-only exploration with web search. Investigate without changing code.
  • Plan Mode — Design-first with human approval gates. AI proposes, you approve before execution.
  • Debug Mode — Structured debugging with auto-cleanup. Find and fix issues systematically.
  • Council Mode — Multi-agent deliberation for complex decisions. Technical review, architecture, security — multiple AI perspectives.
  • Multi-Agent Management — Run multiple agents in background. Auto-detects CPU cores for optimal parallelism.
  • Staged Changes Review — All AI edits held for human review. Accept/reject individual changes or batches.

IDE Capabilities

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Council Mode

Multi-agent deliberation for complex decisions. Create custom councils with specialized AI agents. Technical review, architecture, and security templates. Multiple AI perspectives before you decide.

Council Mode
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02

Agent Backends

TurboLight for fast tasks. AutoAgent for multi-agent orchestration with web browsing and memory. DeepCode for research paper-to-code. FastAgent for deep research with GUI automation.

Agent Backends
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03

Intelligent Permission System

Three profiles — Conservative, Balanced, Permissive. Approval timeouts, audit logging, sub-agent permission inheritance. Sandbox isolation via Git Worktree or Docker.

Intelligent Permission System
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Staged Changes Review

All AI edits held in Source Control panel. Accept/reject individual changes or batches. Diff viewer for inspection. Group changes by file.

Staged Changes Review
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Research & Web Integration

Deep research with configurable depth. Web search for current information. Cross-session memory persistence. Computer use / GUI automation.

Research & Web Integration
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100+ Settings & 50+ Commands

Context-aware suggestions including current file, imports, and workspace structure. Inline chat via right-click or keyboard. Fine-tuned control over every aspect.

100+ Settings & 50+ Commands
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