Factory Droid v0.181.0 Changelog

This update is all about making the AI agent faster and less frustrating to work with. It mostly matters to developers and power users who rely on this tool to write code, since it helps them multitask, speeds up how the AI handles big projects, and prevents a few common crashes.

What's new

• Slash commands while the agent runs: "Slash commands" are quick text shortcuts that start with a "/" symbol. Before, you had to wait for the AI to completely finish its task before typing one. Now, you can type them while the AI is still working.
• Better login options for connected servers: If you connect this tool to outside servers (using a system called MCP), you now have more control over how it logs in. You can tweak or remove a specific security token (called an "OAuth resource indicator") to make sure the connection works the way you need it to.

Improvements

• Smarter task delegation: When using OpenAI models (the brains behind the AI), the main agent is now more careful about when it asks "subagents" (smaller helper AIs) to step in. This prevents it from spinning up too many helpers unnecessarily.
• Faster follow-up work: In the past, if a helper AI researched a file and reported back, the main AI would sometimes go and re-read that exact same file. Now, it just trusts and reuses the helper's report, which saves time.

Fixes

• Git index lock: "Git" is a system developers use to track changes in their code. Sometimes, if two programs tried to use Git at the exact same time, one would lock the files and the other would crash. Now, instead of crashing, the tool just waits a moment and tries again.
• BYOK models: "BYOK" stands for Bring Your Own Key, meaning you can plug your own paid AI access key into the app. Previously, these custom AI models might accidentally show up across all your apps. Now, they are locked to the specific app you set them up in.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.