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Factory releases Droid 1.0 coding agent with programmatic tool calling

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Factory has released Droid 1.0, an updated model-independent coding agent harness that defaults to programmatic tool calling. This new feature allows the model to write JavaScript programs that execute tools within a sandboxed environment, enabling hundreds of tool calls per model request and significantly reducing token usage and cost. Factory reports that Droid 1.0 achieves a 65.2% pass rate on the Terminal-Bench 4 benchmark using Claude Opus 5.5, outperforming other leading coding agents in both performance and cost-efficiency. AI

IMPACT Enhances efficiency and reduces costs for AI-driven coding tasks by enabling more complex tool interactions.

RANK_REASON This is a new version of an existing software tool, not a frontier model release.

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Factory releases Droid 1.0 coding agent with programmatic tool calling

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  1. MarkTechPost TIER_1 English(EN) · Asif Razzaq ·

    Meet Factory Droid 1.0: A Model-Independent Coding Agent Harness Built on Script Mode

    <p>Factory released Droid 1.0, a model-independent coding agent harness that makes programmatic tool calling the default. On Factory’s own Terminal-Bench 4 runs, Droid scores 65.2% with Claude Opus 5.5 at $4.73 per passed task.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.marktechpost.co…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Factory has released Droid 1.0, a model-independent coding agent harness built on programmatic tool calling. Instead of one model request per tool, the model wr

    Factory has released Droid 1.0, a model-independent coding agent harness built on programmatic tool calling. Instead of one model request per tool, the model writes JavaScript that runs in a sandbox and drives hundreds of calls, so only printed output returns to its context. Fact…

    LINKS marktechpost.com/…/factory-droid-1-0-fron…

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