FeatureJul 5, 20261 min read

Agent Mode: when the assistant can use tools

Sometimes you want more than an answer. Agent Mode lets the assistant search the web, read files, and run code to finish a task.

Chat answers questions. Agent Mode does tasks.

What changes

When you turn on Agent Mode, the assistant can take steps on its own: search the web, read a file you point it at, or run a bit of code to work something out. Instead of telling you how to do a job, it can do parts of it and show its work.

Kept on a short leash

Power like this needs limits, and we built them in.

  • It is off until you turn it on.
  • It runs on your machine, within your workspace, not out on the open internet by default.
  • You see the steps it takes, so nothing happens in a black box.

Agent Mode is a Pro feature, because it is where the tool starts doing real work rather than just talking. It is also the foundation we would later build on for larger, multi-step jobs.

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