Devin is an autonomous software engineer from Cognition. You give it a task in natural language — fix a bug, add a feature, migrate a dependency, write tests — and it works in its own cloud VM (or on your machine), browses documentation, runs commands, tests in its own browser and keeps going until the pull request is ready to merge.
Unlike autocomplete-style assistants, Devin is designed to own a task end to end: it plans, edits code, executes tests, reads error output and iterates. It is positioned as a teammate you delegate to rather than a tool you drive keystroke by keystroke.
Core capabilities
— from reading the ticket to opening a PR, including running tests and fixing failures.
End-to-end task execution
Cloud or local execution — sessions run in isolated cloud VMs by default, or on your own machine when the work needs local resources.
Built-in browser — Devin can open docs, dashboards and web apps to verify UI behavior and gather context that is not in the repo.
Parallel sessions — run several Devins at once on independent tasks and track them from one view.
Knowledge and playbooks — store repo-specific instructions, conventions and recurring procedures so future sessions start with the right context.
Integrations — connect Slack, Linear, Jira and GitHub so tasks can be created and updated where the team already works.
Enterprise security — SOC 2, ISO 27001 and FedRAMP posture, per-session VM isolation, RBAC/SSO/SCIM/OIDC, private networking, audit logs, zero data retention with model providers, and IP ownership of inputs and outputs.
What it is good at
Devin fits well when work is well-scoped but tedious: dependency upgrades, test coverage, small features, bug fixes with a reproduction, documentation updates, and migrations across many files. It is less about pair-programming in the editor and more about handing off a queue of tasks and reviewing PRs later.
Getting started
Sign up at app.devin.ai and connect a GitHub repository.
Create a session and describe the task, linking the issue or PR if you have one.
Add repo knowledge (build commands, style rules, test commands) so Devin does not rediscover them each time.
Watch the session, answer questions if it gets blocked, and review the resulting PR.
For recurring work, save a playbook and reuse it across sessions.
Pricing
Devin is a paid product with subscription/usage plans and enterprise agreements; Cognition offers a demo and trial path. See devin.ai for current plan details.
What is Devin? Devin is a coding tool listed on Scriptiii AI Tools. Software engineering agent available in the cloud and as Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf). Pricing: Freemium. Free tier with paid upgrades. Best for: ai-agents, coding-agent, autonomous-agent.
Questions & answers
Everything you need to know about Devin
What is Devin?
Devin is a coding tool. Software engineering agent available in the cloud and as Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf).
What does Devin cost?
Freemium. Free tier with paid upgrades.
What is Devin best for?
ai-agents, coding-agent, autonomous-agent. It is filed under Coding.
