Machine Code
Machine Code
The desktop app for building software with Machine agents, on your own computer or in Machine Cloud. Start here if you are new.
Machine Code is a desktop app for Windows and Mac where Machine agents write code in your projects. You describe a change, an agent makes it in its own copy of your code, and you review the result, commit it, and open a pull request, all in one window.
It's a sister app to Machine Desktop. Machine Desktop is for bots that do everyday work. Machine Code is for software: a code editor, git, terminals, a browser for your dev server, and agents that can run side by side without stepping on each other.
What makes it different
- Your Machine account, no keys. Sign in with your Machine email. Your plan, credits, models, and connectors come with you. There are no API keys to paste.
- Agents work in their own worktree. Each task can get a fresh git worktree, so several agents work at once and your own checkout stays untouched.
- Local or cloud. Run an agent on your computer, on a computer you reach over SSH, or in a Machine Cloud sandbox so it doesn't tie up your machine. You can move work between them.
- Everything Machine has. The apps you connected in Machine (GitHub, Linear, Notion, and more) are available to your agents here too.
New here? Start with these
1. Install Machine Code
Download, install, sign in, and keep it up to date.
2. Your first task
Add a project, start a task, and choose where it runs.
3. Models and engines
Machine models, your own Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor plan, and comparing models.
4. Review and ship
Read the changes, commit, open a pull request, and watch it to green.
What do you want to do?
| You want to… | Read |
|---|---|
| Ask a quick side question without derailing the agent | Side chats |
| Keep an agent going until something is done | Goals |
| See everything your agents are running | The Running view |
| Try the same task on several models | Compare models |
| Run a task without using your computer | Machine Cloud |
| Edit code yourself, with AI help | Code editor |
| Point an agent at a button on your site | Design mode |
| Have the agent fix failing checks on a PR | Watch a pull request |
| Run an agent every night | Automations |
| Decide what agents can do without asking | Approval rules |
| Work on another computer over SSH | Remote computers |
| Drive agents from a terminal | The machine-ide command |