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Coding Agent

The Coding Agent is Zencoder’s primary development tool. It creates and modifies files across your codebase, runs shell commands, searches the web, and uses MCP tools — all from a single chat prompt.

Coding Agent

Multi-file code generation, refactoring, and modification with full tool access

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Custom AI Agents

Custom AI Agents let you define reusable agents with specific instructions, tools, and commands for recurring tasks like code review, documentation updates, or domain-specific refactoring. They can be shared across your team.

AI Agents

Create and share custom agents for your team’s workflows

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Skills

Skills are reusable instruction packages that agents load automatically based on task context. They give agents domain expertise, procedural knowledge, and team-specific conventions without manual selection.
  • Stored as SKILL.md files in .agents/skills/ in your repo
  • The agent decides when to load a skill based on its description and your prompt
  • Works in both IDE Agents and Zenflow

Skills

Create and manage reusable instruction packages for your agents

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Multi-Agent Orchestration (Zenflow)

Zenflow is Zencoder’s standalone desktop app for orchestrating complex, multi-step development workflows. While IDE Agents are best for inline tasks, Zenflow handles larger work:
  • Parallel agents — Run multiple agents simultaneously on different parts of a task
  • Git worktrees — Each task runs in an isolated worktree so changes don’t interfere
  • Spec-driven development — Define specifications and let agents implement them step by step
  • Built-in verification — Agents validate their own output before presenting results

Zenflow Quickstart

Get started with multi-agent orchestration

Key Concepts

Understand tasks, worktrees, and workflows

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IDE and Tool Integrations

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IDE Integration

Zencoder installs as an extension from the VS Code or JetBrains marketplace. All features are accessible inside the IDE without switching to external tools.

IDE Integration

Installation steps for VS Code, JetBrains, and Android Studio

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Tool Integrations

Zencoder connects to external tools through three paths:
  1. Native Integrations — Direct integration with Jira for pulling ticket context into the IDE
  2. Chrome Extension — Sends context from 20+ browser-based tools (GitHub, Sentry, Linear, etc.) to your IDE
  3. Model Context Protocol (MCP) — Open standard for connecting agents to databases, APIs, and custom tools

Tool Integrations

Setup instructions for native integrations, Chrome extension, and MCP

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How Everything Fits Together

  1. IDE Agent surfaces agents directly in your editor for inline tasks
  2. Zenflow orchestrates multi-agent workflows for complex, multi-step projects
  3. Coding Agent handles code generation, modification, testing, and debugging
  4. Custom Agents extend functionality with task-specific agents you define
  5. Skills give agents domain knowledge and project-specific standards
  6. Integrations & MCP connect agents to your team’s external tools
Start with the Coding Agent for most tasks. Use Custom Agents for recurring team workflows. Use Zenflow when the task spans multiple files, agents, or repositories.