AutoDevOverview
AutoDev is a VS Code extension that turns a one-line objective into continuous, autonomous progress. It is not an AI and never calls a model API. It drives the agent CLI already on your machine, on the subscription you already pay for.
Getting started
What AutoDev expects on your machine, how to install it, and what a first objective and a first run look like.
Concepts
The mechanisms it runs on: the shared thread, participants, failover, checkpoints, what survives a restart, and the browser tools.
Remote check-in
Reading a run from a phone: turning it on, pairing, what the phone can do, and the limits of the tunnel.
Quota
How to read the quota panel, what the ledger records and what it does not, and where the file lives.
Reference
Every CLI command, every config key, every file AutoDev keeps, and the participant file format.
Troubleshooting
What to do when no CLI is found, a CLI is signed out, cloudflared is missing or a run has stopped, and how to read the logs.
The limit to know first #
AutoDev runs on Windows only, and it needs an agent CLI that is already installed and signed in: claude, codex or agy. Without one the panel opens and nothing runs. Requirements says what it checks.