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On October 29, 2026, Factory released the Droid 1.0 agent framework, its largest update to its agent framework to date, enabling programmatic tool calling (PTC) by default, allowing models to write JavaScript scripts that execute hundreds of tool calls within a single request in a sandbox. According to information from Factory's research/product release, on Terminal-Bench 4, when paired with GPT-6.1 Sol, Droid scored 3.5 points higher than Codex at 12% lower cost; when paired with Claude Opus 5.5, it scored 3.0 to 7.6 points higher than Cursor, OpenCode, Devin, and Claude Code, at up to 24% lower cost. On the same day, Droid 1.0 opened macOS and Windows desktop versions and a terminal UI, and provided the Droid SDK (@factory/droid-sdk). There are currently no reports of further developments.
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Factory releases the Droid 1.0 agent framework, with programmatic tool calling enabled by default
Factory releases Droid 1.0, the largest update yet to its agent framework, enabling programmatic tool calling (PTC) by default, which lets the model write JavaScript scripts to execute hundreds of tool calls within a single request in a sandbox. On Terminal-Bench 4, when paired with GPT-6.1 Sol, Droid scores 3.5 points higher than Codex at 12% lower cost; when paired with Claude Opus 5.5, it scores 3.0 to 7.6 points higher than Cursor, OpenCode, Devin, and Claude Code, at up to 24% lower cost. Droid 1.0 is available today with macOS and Windows desktop versions and a terminal UI, and also offers the Droid SDK (@factory/droid-sdk).