Google’s internal Project Jitro marks the evolution of the Jules coding agent from a task-executor to an outcome-driven collaborator. By shifting from manual prompting to KPI-driven development, Jitro autonomously identifies and executes codebase improvements—such as increasing test coverage or optimizing performance—allowing developers to manage high-level goals rather than individual lines of code.
Gemini CLI Plan Mode Separates Thinking From Doing — and Makes Read-Only the Default
Google’s Gemini CLI Plan Mode enforces read-only research-first workflows—using higher-reasoning models for strategy, ask_user prompts for clarification, and read-only MCP integration—so agents propose vetted implementation plans before code changes