AI AGENTS
by Factory AI
Factory’s agent-native software development platform and CLI coding agent for planning, implementing, reviewing, and automating engineering work.
Droid is Factory AI’s agent-native software development platform and CLI coding agent. Factory documentation describes Factory as an AI-native software development platform where users delegate complete tasks to Droids without changing tools, models, or workflow. Droid connects users to Factory’s development agent from the terminal and supports missions, MCP, custom droids, skills, hooks, plugins, and headless exec mode. Docker documentation also identifies Droid as an AI coding agent by Factory and documents authentication, configuration, and sandbox usage with a Factory account.
Use Droid when you want a Factory AI coding agent accessible from the terminal for software development work. Use it to delegate complete engineering tasks to Droids while staying within existing tools models or workflow. Evaluate it for workflows that need CLI agent features such as missions MCP custom droids skills hooks plugins or headless execution.
Last updated Jun 30, 2026