Factory releases Droid 1.0 coding agent harness with programmatic tool calling
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Factory releases Droid 1.0, a coding agent harness that runs model-written JavaScript programs to make tool calls.
The company says Droid scores higher than the harnesses it compared against on Terminal-Bench 4 at lower cost on the same models. Factory also reports that its Script mode cut Droid's cost 15% on Claude Opus 5.5, with faster app startup and a base prompt 37% smaller. Droid 1.0 is available now as a desktop app for macOS and Windows or as a terminal UI.
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AIFactory releases Droid 1.0, an agent harness that runs model-written JavaScript programs to make tool calls. In Terminal-Bench 4 tests, Factory says Droid scores higher than the compared harnesses at lower cost on the same models. Its Script mode cut Droid's cost by 15% on Claude Opus 5.5, and the company reports faster app startup and a 37% smaller base prompt.
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