Inside Devin’s Workflow: Tool Use, Planning, and Autonomy

Inside Devin’s Workflow: Tool Use, Planning, and Autonomy

Published: April 26, 2026

Duration: 17:35

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Introduction Devin (from Cognition AI) is a new autonomous AI software engineer that can plan software development tasks and carry them out largely on its own. It works end-to-end on code projects, using tools like a code editor, a command-line shell, and a web browser to research, write, test, and deploy code. In demos and press, Devin has been shown scanning a codebase, generating a plan, editing files, running tests, an...