Jules
Google's asynchronous coding agent: give it a repository and a task, and it comes back with a plan, a diff and a pull request.
By Google · launched 2025-05-20 · last checked 2026-11-01
Why 3: it plans and makes code changes in a cloud VM, but waits for your approval at the plan and again at the diff before opening a pull request.
What it does. Jules clones a GitHub repository into a cloud virtual machine, drafts a plan with Gemini, makes the changes and presents a diff for you to approve before it opens a pull request. You can start it from a prompt or by labelling a GitHub issue. It went into public beta in May 2025 and came out of beta on 6 August 2025.
Where it falls short. It works only through GitHub and waits for approval at the plan and the pull request, so it suits chores better than open-ended projects. Google publishes daily task caps rather than any measure of how often it succeeds.
What it can do
Incidents
- None logged.
Closest fiction
Robot & Frank — It does the chores you would rather not, and asks before it acts.
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History
- 2026-11-01 Added to the index.
Sources
- Build with Jules, your asynchronous coding agent Google, 2025-05-20
- Jules, our asynchronous coding agent, is now available for everyone Google, 2025-08-06
- Jules Google
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