Code & DevDevin 1.0

Devin

The world's first fully autonomous AI software engineer

Devin by Cognition is the first AI agent that can autonomously complete entire software engineering tasks — from reading a GitHub issue to writing code, running tests, and opening a pull request. It operates in its own sandboxed environment with a browser, terminal, and code editor.

Autonomous TasksBug FixesFeature DevelopmentCode Review

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What You Can Do with Devin

Common use cases where Devin excels

Autonomous Bug Fixes

Give Devin a GitHub issue and it investigates, fixes, tests, and submits a PR autonomously.

Feature Development

Describe a feature in plain English and Devin implements it end-to-end.

Code Research

Ask Devin to research a codebase, understand its architecture, and explain it.

DevOps Tasks

Devin can configure servers, write deployment scripts, and manage infrastructure.

Prompt Tips for Devin

Expert techniques to get the best results from Devin

1

Be extremely specific about requirements

Devin works autonomously, so ambiguous instructions lead to wrong implementations. Write requirements as if briefing a junior developer: specify inputs, outputs, edge cases, and constraints.

2

Use for well-defined tasks

Devin excels at tasks with clear success criteria (fix this bug, implement this API endpoint). Open-ended creative tasks are better suited to interactive tools like Cursor.

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