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Get started in 30 seconds

curl -fsSL https://app.factory.ai/cli | sh
Then navigate to your project and start the Droid CLI. 
# Navigate to your project
cd /path/to/your/project

# Start interactive session
droid
You’re now connected to Factory’s development agent from your terminal. Try the 5-minute quickstart →
Quick tip: Press ! to toggle bash mode and run shell commands directly without AI interpretation. Press Esc to return to normal mode. See the CLI Reference for details.

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Key capabilities

  • Missions: Launch multi-agent projects where an orchestrator coordinates specialized worker droids to plan, implement, and validate larger features. Start one with /missions or run headlessly with droid exec --mission. Learn more →
  • MCP: Connect droid to external tools and data sources through the Model Context Protocol. Add servers with droid mcp add or manage them via /mcp. Learn more →
  • Custom Droids: Define specialized subagents with their own system prompts, tools, and models for delegated tasks. Manage them through /droids. Learn more →
  • Skills: Package reusable procedures and domain knowledge that droid can invoke on demand. Browse and create skills with /skills or /create-skill. Learn more →
  • Hooks: Automate behavior around the agent lifecycle by running shell commands before or after specific tool events. Configure them with /hooks. Learn more →
  • Plugins: Extend droid with installable bundles of slash commands, droids, skills, and hooks distributed through marketplaces. Install with droid plugin install or manage via /plugins. Learn more →
  • Exec Mode: Run droid headlessly for scripts, CI/CD pipelines, and automation. Use droid exec with structured input and output formats. Learn more →

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What droid brings to your workflow

  • End-to-end feature development: From planning to implementation to testing - droid handles the complete development lifecycle while keeping you in control through transparent review workflows.
  • Deep codebase understanding: Leverages your organization’s shared knowledge across repositories, documentation, and issue tracking to provide contextually aware assistance that improves over time.
  • Engineering system integration: Connects directly to your existing tools — with native integrations to Jira, Notion, Slack, and many more tools — so development work stays synchronized with your team’s processes.
  • Production-ready automation: Deploy the same workflows locally during development or in CI/CD pipelines, with enterprise security and compliance built-in from day one.

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Why teams choose Factory

  • Built for enterprise: On-premise deployment options, SOC-2 compliance, and air-gapped environments. We prioritize security and quality over racing to the lowest price point.
  • Your tools, enhanced: Works within your existing terminal, IDE, and development environment. No need to switch editors or learn new interfaces — droid integrates where you’re already productive.
  • Transparent and controllable: Every decision droid makes is visible and reviewable. You maintain full oversight of code changes with our native diff viewer and approval workflows.
  • Model flexibility: Not locked into a single AI provider. Factory allows you to route tasks to the best model for each job while maintaining consistent behavior and memory across your organization.

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Next steps

Quickstart

See droid in action with practical examples

Common Use Cases

Step-by-step guides for common workflows

IDE Integration

Add droid to your IDE

Configuration

Customize droid for your workflow

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Additional resources

AGENTS.md Guide

Configure project-specific guidance and conventions

CLI Reference

Complete reference for droid commands