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Replit launches Replit Agent, an AI agent that can build entire apps from scratch based on prompts, available in beta to Replit Core and Teams subscribers

available today for subscribers: [video] @sullyomarr : after using replit's coding agent i think...its over for a lot of traditional saas wanted slack notifications when customers subscribed/cancelled Zapier was 30/mo JUST to add a price filter instead replit's agent built & deployed one in < 5 mins, with tests. 1/10 of the cost [video] Martin Bowling / @martinbowling : In 2:43 second the new @Replit code agent built me a working wordle clone. I asked, if gave me a plan, asked me to approve that plan and then just made it happen. It's amazing how fast the world is changing & how empowered people are now to build. The barrier to build is now 0 [video] Andrew Carr / @andrew_n_carr : OpenAI Google Matt from the IT department Meta Anthropic [image] Ethan Mollick / @emollick : 🀯So real agents came faster than I thought Without any Python ability. I signed up for Replit and used their new AI coder. I was able to build a working app that identifies sentiment at the paragraph level in 23 minutes. I only interacted 8 times. It did the design & debugging [image] Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : An interesting thing about AI tools is that while artists and writers are have panicked about AI training on their data to eventually take their jobs, software developers are nonchalant. The question is whether this is hubris or an act of faith in human intelligence and value? [image] Blake Menezes / @blakemenezes : I built a @perplexity_ai ad spend calculator in 5 min. I took the @Replit Agent docs, gave them to Claude, used Claude to create a prompt for my app idea, and then fed that back into Replit's Agent. Let me know what you think! https://perplexityadspendcalculator.com / (P.S. I can't code) [video] Maximus Hertzfelt / @hertzfelt_io : Building with the new @Replit Agent is so fast! Using Gpt4o to generate a design specification doc, upload the specs and watch it work. #replitagent https://replit-agent-gpt-4-o-landing- page-hertzfelt-labs.replit.app/ β€œ' Task: Build a modern, fully responsive SaaS landing page for an AI startup that provides AI-powered [video] Aman Mathur / @amanmathur_ : Replit Agent (launched today) built a startup landing page with waitlist and postgres db from start to finish in <4 mins [video] Rowan Cheung / @rowancheung : Replit just launched an AI agent that codes and deploys full apps from prompts. Building your own app has never been easier. Here are the 7 coolest projects I've seen built so far: Anshul Dhawan / @anshuldhawan001 : Damn !! AI agents inside @Replit literally feel like magic. Built this space shooter clone without leaving the browser tab (except to create the game assets with a transparent background). - Created a server - Created the file structure - Wrote the game logic - Imported the [video] Marc Hoag / @marchoag : Been playing around with @Replit Agent all morning and @paulg was right, utterly 🀯 #ReplitAgent Tara Tan / @taratan : Could Replit Agent potentially 30x Replit's market size? It's idea-to-deployment in minutes. While still buggy at the moment (my app was caught in a pesky OAuth error that it couldn't get out of ), it points to a world where Replit's customers grow beyond developers (20M today) [video] Thomas Lancaster / @drlancaster : Rather impressed by the new @Replit Agent. This simple game took about 3 minutes to prototype and run, all done from my phone. It even chose the tech stack for me. [video] Tim Shi / @timshi_ai : tried @Replit agents and it solved our front-end interview project in ~6mins! 2 paradigms for coding agents: - cursor: synchronous copilot in the IDE - devin: async agents in the background but looks like these paradigms are converging quickly! [video] Andrew Davison / @andrewjdavison : My latest 6 minute creation with @Replit Agent... Airtable API used to run on table names and not IDs and the AI is clearly trained on old docs... but was easy to correct. Bonus points if you recognise the YouTube URL πŸ˜‰ (impressive that AI suggested it to test with) [image] Kevin / @kleffew94 : Replit Agent is available today for all Replit Core and Teams subscribers. The Replit Agent has access to directly call the tools in Replit - it can: β€’ install packages, β€’traverse the command-line, β€’ write to the editor, β€’ spin up cloud services like Authentication, [video] @pelaseyed : The @Replit Agent is sick. I created a social media ad generator that uses Flux on @replicate to generate high fidelity promo images. Took 5 min to get the first version ready...let that sink in. The way the Agent integrates into the development life-cycle is pretty slick, [video] Caleb / @caleb_friesen2 : Building a 3D platforming game using Replit Agent. I have never written a line of code in my life. Absolutely mind-blowing. @Replit [video] Max Miner / @mxmnr : Software creation has changed. I was lucky enough to try @Replit's new Agent as part of their early beta group, and it is a game changer. Amjad is rightβ€”AI is incredible at writing code. And @Replit + their new Agent feature automate just about everything else required to [image] @avthars : Tech Twitter after todays Replit Agent announcement: [image]

Maginative Chris McKay

Context & Ripple Effects

Replit’s beta turns its coding environment into an execution layer: subscribers can move from a natural-language request through code generation, testing and deployment without assembling each step manually. It follows Replit’s initial Agent rollout, which established the product as more than an autocomplete feature.

The launch is an early marker in the shift from developer assistance to agents that operate tools and provision services. Replit later tied Agent’s release to sharply higher revenue growth in a CEO interview on the product’s commercial impact, suggesting the capability could matter to its subscription positioning.

First-order effects

  • Replit Core and Teams subscribers gain beta access to an agent that can write code, install packages, run CLI commands, test applications and provision supported cloud services from a prompt.
  • Replit can position its paid plans around completed, deployed applications rather than access to a coding workspace alone.

Second-order effects

  • Teams building simple internal tools, prototypes and integrations can consolidate work that otherwise spans coding, testing, deployment and third-party setup inside Replit.
  • AI coding products and low-code tools will be evaluated more directly on whether they can reliably complete an end-to-end task, not just generate code; users’ reported quick builds raise that bar.

Third-order effects

  • If agents can consistently connect intent to deployed software, application creation may shift toward integrated work surfaces that own both the development loop and the runtime services.
  • The durable differentiator may become controlled tool access, deployment reliability and governance around agent actions, rather than code-generation quality alone.

The trend: Replit Agent is one data point in the rise of agentic development platforms that combine planning, tool use and deployment into a single software-building workflow.

Discussion

  • @piotr.macai @piotr.macai on threads
    Replit just launched own AI agent that write code and deploys apps from text prompts.Β  And it's fully integrated into their dev platform.Β  Text-to-app is the next big thing πŸ‘€ See details and try Replit AI: https://ainsider.tools/... AI Threads
  • @learnai_pro @learnai_pro on threads
    πŸ”₯Replit Agent is launched!Β  Looks amazing!Β  Can't wait to test πŸ‘
  • @kelloggt Tim Kellogg on threads
    Replit just launched an agent that can build an app based on a simple prompt I have no idea if it's any good, but I'll wait to make a judgement.Β  A lot of criticism of AI is based on single prompts that aren't always accurate.Β  While LLMs make mistakes, they can simultaneously sp…
  • @luokai @luokai on threads
    Artificial intelligence is exceptionally good at writing code, but that's not enough to create real software.Β  You need to set up a development environment, install packages, configure databases, and deploy.Β  Replit Agent is launching in early access, automating all of the above.…
  • @krassotkin Alexander Krassotkin on threads
    The Replit Agent is an AI-powered tool designed to assist users in building software projects.Β  It can understand natural language prompts and help create applications from scratch, making software development more accessible to users of all skill levels. https://docs.replit.com/…
  • @krassotkin Alexander Krassotkin on threads
    Replit Agent is a tool that, based on your short text technical task, creates a finished web project before your eyes: it clarifies the task, creates a structure, codes the front and backend, fixes errors, sets up a database, deploys and launches the finished project on the serve…
  • @amasad Amjad Masad on x
    AI is incredible at writing code. But that's not enough to create software. You need to set up a dev environment, install packages, configure DB, and, if lucky, deploy. It's time to automate all this. Announcing Replit Agent in early accessβ€”available today for subscribers: [video…
  • @sullyomarr @sullyomarr on x
    after using replit's coding agent i think...its over for a lot of traditional saas wanted slack notifications when customers subscribed/cancelled Zapier was 30/mo JUST to add a price filter instead replit's agent built & deployed one in < 5 mins, with tests. 1/10 of the cost [vid…
  • @martinbowling Martin Bowling on x
    In 2:43 second the new @Replit code agent built me a working wordle clone. I asked, if gave me a plan, asked me to approve that plan and then just made it happen. It's amazing how fast the world is changing & how empowered people are now to build. The barrier to build is now 0 [v…
  • @andrew_n_carr Andrew Carr on x
    OpenAI Google Matt from the IT department Meta Anthropic [image]
  • @emollick Ethan Mollick on x
    🀯So real agents came faster than I thought Without any Python ability. I signed up for Replit and used their new AI coder. I was able to build a working app that identifies sentiment at the paragraph level in 23 minutes. I only interacted 8 times. It did the design & debugging [i…
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    An interesting thing about AI tools is that while artists and writers are have panicked about AI training on their data to eventually take their jobs, software developers are nonchalant. The question is whether this is hubris or an act of faith in human intelligence and value? [i…
  • @blakemenezes Blake Menezes on x
    I built a @perplexity_ai ad spend calculator in 5 min. I took the @Replit Agent docs, gave them to Claude, used Claude to create a prompt for my app idea, and then fed that back into Replit's Agent. Let me know what you think! https://perplexityadspendcalculator.com / (P.S. I can…
  • @hertzfelt_io Maximus Hertzfelt on x
    Building with the new @Replit Agent is so fast! Using Gpt4o to generate a design specification doc, upload the specs and watch it work. #replitagent https://replit-agent-gpt-4-o-landing- page-hertzfelt-labs.replit.app/ β€œ' Task: Build a modern, fully responsive SaaS landing page f…
  • @amanmathur_ Aman Mathur on x
    Replit Agent (launched today) built a startup landing page with waitlist and postgres db from start to finish in <4 mins [video]
  • @rowancheung Rowan Cheung on x
    Replit just launched an AI agent that codes and deploys full apps from prompts. Building your own app has never been easier. Here are the 7 coolest projects I've seen built so far:
  • @anshuldhawan001 Anshul Dhawan on x
    Damn !! AI agents inside @Replit literally feel like magic. Built this space shooter clone without leaving the browser tab (except to create the game assets with a transparent background). - Created a server - Created the file structure - Wrote the game logic - Imported the [vide…
  • @marchoag Marc Hoag on x
    Been playing around with @Replit Agent all morning and @paulg was right, utterly 🀯 #ReplitAgent
  • @taratan Tara Tan on x
    Could Replit Agent potentially 30x Replit's market size? It's idea-to-deployment in minutes. While still buggy at the moment (my app was caught in a pesky OAuth error that it couldn't get out of ), it points to a world where Replit's customers grow beyond developers (20M today) […
  • @drlancaster Thomas Lancaster on x
    Rather impressed by the new @Replit Agent. This simple game took about 3 minutes to prototype and run, all done from my phone. It even chose the tech stack for me. [video]
  • @timshi_ai Tim Shi on x
    tried @Replit agents and it solved our front-end interview project in ~6mins! 2 paradigms for coding agents: - cursor: synchronous copilot in the IDE - devin: async agents in the background but looks like these paradigms are converging quickly! [video]
  • @andrewjdavison Andrew Davison on x
    My latest 6 minute creation with @Replit Agent... Airtable API used to run on table names and not IDs and the AI is clearly trained on old docs... but was easy to correct. Bonus points if you recognise the YouTube URL πŸ˜‰ (impressive that AI suggested it to test with) [image]
  • @kleffew94 Kevin on x
    Replit Agent is available today for all Replit Core and Teams subscribers. The Replit Agent has access to directly call the tools in Replit - it can: β€’ install packages, β€’traverse the command-line, β€’ write to the editor, β€’ spin up cloud services like Authentication, [video]
  • @pelaseyed @pelaseyed on x
    The @Replit Agent is sick. I created a social media ad generator that uses Flux on @replicate to generate high fidelity promo images. Took 5 min to get the first version ready...let that sink in. The way the Agent integrates into the development life-cycle is pretty slick, [video…
  • @caleb_friesen2 Caleb on x
    Building a 3D platforming game using Replit Agent. I have never written a line of code in my life. Absolutely mind-blowing. @Replit [video]
  • @mxmnr Max Miner on x
    Software creation has changed. I was lucky enough to try @Replit's new Agent as part of their early beta group, and it is a game changer. Amjad is rightβ€”AI is incredible at writing code. And @Replit + their new Agent feature automate just about everything else required to [image]
  • @avthars @avthars on x
    Tech Twitter after todays Replit Agent announcement: [image]