Antigravity

What is Antigravity?

Antigravity is Google's free agentic IDE — essentially a modified version of Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with AI agents built in. Instead of writing every line of code yourself, you describe what you want in plain English through a chat panel, and the AI agent plans the work, writes the code, runs terminal commands, opens a browser to check results, and delivers finished work back to you.

It is not a visual drag-and-drop tool or a no-code builder. It is a proper coding environment where AI agents do the heavy lifting. You become the "task manager" — defining goals, reviewing outputs, and giving feedback — while the agents handle the implementation.

Antigravity is aimed at developers and technically confident users who want to move faster by delegating coding tasks to AI. It is free during the public preview and runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Best Use Cases

Prototyping Full Applications

Tell the agent what you want to build and it will plan the architecture, create files, write the code, and test it — all autonomously. You review the plan before it starts and can give feedback at each step.

Try this prompt: "Build a simple expense tracker web app with React. It should have a form to add expenses with a name, amount, and category, and a dashboard showing totals by category."

Parallel Task Delegation

Using the Manager View, you can spin up multiple agents working on different tasks at the same time — one might be refactoring a module while another writes documentation and a third investigates a bug.

Try this prompt: "Agent 1: Refactor the authentication module to use JWT tokens. Agent 2: Write unit tests for the payment processing service. Agent 3: Update the README with the new API endpoints."

Understanding and Exploring Codebases

When working with an unfamiliar codebase, you can ask the agent to explain how things work, trace through the logic, and suggest improvements — all while it has full context of the files.

Try this prompt: "Explain how the user authentication flow works in this project. Walk me through the code path from login to session creation."

Getting Started

1. Go to antigravity.google and download the app for your operating system (macOS, Windows, or Linux).
2. Open Antigravity — it looks like VS Code with an additional chat panel on the side. Sign in with your Google account.
3. Open a project folder or create a new one. The agent can see all the files in your workspace.
4. Type a request in the chat panel — start simple, like "Create an index.html file with a hello world page." The agent will plan the task, show you its plan, and then execute it.
5. Review what the agent produced. You can comment on its artifacts (plans, code, screenshots) to give feedback, and the agent will adjust.

Tips for Beginners

• Start with Planning mode. Antigravity has two modes — Planning mode generates a step-by-step plan before writing any code, while Fast mode jumps straight in. Use Planning mode when you are learning so you can review what the agent intends to do before it does it.
• Begin with one agent. The Manager View lets you run up to 5 agents in parallel, but start with a single agent on a simple task until you are comfortable with the workflow.
• Use Rules to set expectations. You can define rules (like "always use TypeScript" or "follow this code style guide") that the agent will follow across all tasks in your project.
• Review artifacts, not just code. Agents produce artifacts — implementation plans, task lists, screenshots, and browser recordings — that help you understand and verify what they did. Check these before approving the work.
• Antigravity is a VS Code fork, so most VS Code extensions and keyboard shortcuts work. If you already know VS Code, you will feel at home immediately.