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What is the Coding Agent?

The Coding Agent is Zencoder’s primary development tool that generates, modifies, and refactors code across multiple files and languages. It leverages Repo Grokking™ for deep codebase understanding and the Agentic Pipeline for validation and error correction, enabling complex development tasks from a single prompt.

To use the Coding Agent, enable it by toggling it on in the chatbox. In the future, the Coding Agent may be enabled by default, but currently, users need to manually activate it.

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Enabling the Coding Agent

When you need more powerful capabilities:

  1. Look for the toggle switch in the chat interface (typically labeled “Coding agent”)
  2. Enable the toggle to transform the Chat Assistant into the Coding Agent
  3. The Coding Agent can perform more complex tasks like:
    • Creating and modifying multiple files
    • Implementing entire features
    • Searching the web for documentation
    • Running validation and tests

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Technical Capabilities

Multi-file Operations

Generates and modifies code across multiple files simultaneously while maintaining consistency and proper references

Language Agnostic

Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks with language-specific optimizations and best practices

Codebase Understanding

Analyzes existing code structure, patterns, and conventions to generate contextually appropriate solutions

Automated Validation and Fixes

Validates generated code against syntax rules, project conventions, and integration requirements

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Coffee Mode

Coffee Mode is a shortcut that enables autonomous operation where the agent runs safe commands and automatically applies changes without requiring manual confirmation for each step.

Activate Coffee Mode using the keyboard shortcut Command+Shift+Return on Mac.

On Windows, use Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

Coffee Mode is perfect for when you want to step away and let the agent complete tasks autonomously, such as building features or implementing complex functionality, while running safe commands on its own.

Other agents and features that rely on or utilize the Coding Agent’s capabilities:

Unit Testing Agent

Generates comprehensive tests for code produced by the Coding Agent

Custom Agents

Extends functionality with specialized, workflow-specific agents

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Web Search Tool

Coding Agent can use additional tools like web search to find up-to-date information about libraries, APIs, and best practices.

Web Search Tool

Retrieves up-to-date information about libraries, APIs, and best practices

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Community Resources

Get the most out of the Coding Agent by connecting with other users and the Zencoder team:

Join Our Community

Connect with other developers, share feedback, and get support for your Coding Agent workflows