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Google Anti-Gravity

The official fork of VS Code built by Google for the next generation of agentic coding. It's not just an editor — it's a cockpit.

The Vibe

Most AI tools are chatbots stuck in a sidebar. Antigravity is different. It treats the AI as a collaborator that can independently navigate your files, run commands, and verify its own work.

You are the pilot; the AI is the engine.

1

Lift Off

Download and install the Antigravity IDE

From antigravity.google

Get your Gemini API Key

From Google AI Studio

Enter your key in settings

Open Antigravity and configure your API key

Pro Tip: Use Ctrl + Shift + P and type "Antigravity: Sign In" to link your account

2

Agentic Mode

This is the killer feature. Instead of typical chat, you enter Agentic Mode.

Goal

Give high-level objectives: "Refactor the auth system", "Fix the bug in the payment flow"

Plan

The agent creates a task.md and implementation_plan.md to map out the work

Execute

It writes code, creates files, and even runs terminal commands to install packages

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The Tools

Antigravity comes with superpowers out of the box:

Browser Subagent

It can open a headless browser to test your web app, click buttons, and verify UI changes

Terminal Control

It can run npm install, git commit, or run your test suite

Vision

It can "see" your app to make CSS adjustments based on screenshots

4

Verification

Trust, but verify. The agent will proactively run tests or check the browser to confirm its changes worked.

Your job is to review the Artifacts (the docs it creates) and give the final thumbs up.

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Pro Tips

Be the Architect

Don't tell it how to write the function. Tell it what the function should achieve.

Use Artifacts

Read the implementation_plan.md. It's your blueprint. If the plan is wrong, the code will be wrong.

Vibe Check

If the agent gets stuck, use the notify_user tool (it will ask you) to unblock it with your human intuition.

Also check out Claude Code

Different flavor of agentic coding — runs in your terminal.