Cognition introduces Devin in a waitlist preview

An agent with a development environment

Cognition introduced Devin on March 12, 2024. The agent used a shell, editor and browser to work through development tasks, with plans and feedback across multiple steps. The company offered access through a waitlist, so this event records an introduction and preview rather than a general release. [1]

The shipped direction was an agent operating within a development environment instead of only suggesting the next line in an editor. Cognition's demonstrations and benchmark claims establish what it presented, without independently proving that the preview could complete every real software project. [1]