Google is bringing its AI coding agent Jules In depth in developer workflows with a new command-line interface and public API, it allows it to plug into devices such as terminals, CI/CD systems, and slacks-as competition intensifies for the future of software development among technical companies and creates more coding of A-assisted work.
Till now, Jules – the asynchronous coding agent of Google – was accessible only through its website and Github. On Thursday, the company introduced Jules Tools, a command-line interface that brings Jules directly into the developer’s terminal. The CLI allows developers to interact with the agent using the command, streamlining the workflows by eliminating the need to switch between the web interface and the mits. This allows them to hand over coding tasks and remain in their environment, validing the results.
“We want to reduce the reference switching as much as possible for developers,” we said Kathy Korevek, director of the product in Google Labs in an interview. ,
Google already offers AI-based command-line tools, Gemini CLI that works in developer environment such as terminals and CI/CD pipelines. Gemini CLI and Jules both use Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model under the hood. However, Koreveak told Techcrunch that Jules Tools are designed for “very scopped functions”, while Gemini CLI requires users to be “very repetitive” and “cooperate with much more with the tool.
Google Senior Developer Advocate Dennis Quan also explained in detail Medium post How does Jules differ from Gemini CLI. Jules is less interactive by design, noted, and executed the tasks independently after the user approved his plan.
In addition to CLI, Google has made public the API of Jules, which was previously used for internal development. It aims to help developers to use jules more often as they can expand the device to their existing workflow, where they have “a lot of muscle memory and familiarity”, Korevek said.
Developers APIs can also be used to integrate jules with their integrated growth environment (IDE), a software application that helps to make coding easier by providing a list of equipment such as VS code. However, Korevek told Techcrunch that his team is eager to create a specific plug-in for IDE to expand the presence of Jules.
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Now, another area is searching with Google Jules, reducing its dependence on Github. Currently, agent code within a github repository – provides developers either need to connect it to existing repo or provide a vacant person to work.
“Users want Jules to integrate with other code hosting providers,” Korevek said. “We are looking at how we can enable other version with control systems. We are also able to make it for those who do not want version control systems, or they do not care where their code has been hosted.”
Monitoring of AI tools remains a challenge, especially when they are used in professional settings. Jules, however, is designed to inform the user if it is stuck on a particular task, motivates them to step and assist.
“If something happens where it moves in an issue, or it moves in a situation where it cannot unstable itself, it will stop me and ask me a question,” Korevek said.
However, the oversight becomes more difficult when users interact with jules on mobile, as indigenous information is not supported. Koreveak stated that many users are already reaching jules through their mobile web interfaces, and that Google is working to improve mobile experience – by searching for ways to offer native information especially.
So far, Jules have been used mainly by software engineers and other professionals-unlike the vibe coding platforms, which keep themselves in position as a go-to tool for non-corners. Nevertheless, some users are used as a complement to more casual or creative coding environment with jules.
“We many people take the project that they have hit the border into the vibe coding tool they are using, and then bring the jules to pursue it,” Koreveak told Techcrunch.
Launched in public preview in May, Jules took out of beta in August and is now available under structured pricing levels. A free plan offers 15 individual daily tasks and three concurrent tasks. There are high boundaries available through Google AI Pro and Ultra schemes, which are priced at $ 19.99 and $ 124.99 per month, which offer about 5X and 20X boundaries respectively.
