devin: autonomous ai software engineer + desktop + cli suite
About Devin (Cognition Suite)
Cognition's coding agent suite. Devin Cloud is the autonomous remote engineer (plans, codes, tests, opens PRs). Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf, rebranded June 2026) is the local AI editor with the Agent Command Center, Spaces, and ACP support. Devin CLI brings the same agent into the terminal. All three share one Cognition account and the SWE-1.6 proprietary model.
Key Capabilities
Three surfaces: Devin Cloud (autonomous remote agent), Devin Desktop (local editor, ex-Windsurf), Devin CLI (terminal)
One Cognition account drives all three; Agent Command Center orchestrates from Desktop
SWE-1.6 proprietary model + Claude / GPT / Gemini fallbacks across the suite
Devin Wiki auto-documents your codebase for faster onboarding and context sharing
API + ACP (Agent Coding Protocol) for embedding Devin into CI/CD and other editors
Standout Features
Fully Autonomous Execution
Devin plans, writes, tests, and deploys code end-to-end in a sandboxed environment; no hand-holding needed.
Sandboxed IDE + Shell
Each task runs in an isolated environment with a full code editor, terminal, and browser for safe exploration and execution.
Devin Wiki
Auto-generated codebase documentation that helps Devin (and your team) understand the project context faster.
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