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Run AI Coding Agents in Coder

Learn how to run & manage coding agents with Coder, both alongside existing workspaces and for background task execution.

Agents in the IDE

Coder integrates with IDEs such as Cursor, Windsurf, and Zed that include built-in coding agents to work alongside developers. Additionally, template admins can pre-install extensions for agents such as GitHub Copilot and Roo Code.

These agents work well inside existing Coder workspaces as they can simply be enabled via an extension or are built-into the editor.

Coder Agents

In cases where the IDE is secondary, such as prototyping, research, or long-running background jobs, Coder Agents is the recommended way to delegate development work to coding agents in your Coder deployment.

Coder Agents is a native AI coding agent built into Coder. The agent loop runs in the Coder control plane on your infrastructure rather than inside the workspace, so workspaces can be completely network isolated. Developers interact with agents through the web UI, the CLI (coder agents), or the REST API.

Coder Agents chat interface with git diff sidebar

Learn more about Coder Agents for architecture details, supported LLM providers, and how to get started.

Govern AI activity with the AI Governance Add-On

AI coding tools are quickly becoming core to how engineering teams ship software. As adoption grows, platform teams want a clear picture of how AI is being used, consistent guardrails across teams, and predictable cost controls so they can confidently scale AI tooling to the whole organization.

The AI Governance Add-On is a per-user license that adds observability, management, and policy controls for AI tooling across your Coder deployment. It includes:

  • AI Gateway for centralized authentication, audit trails of prompts and tool invocations, and policy enforcement against upstream LLM providers.
  • Agent Firewall for process-level network and command policies that restrict what agents can reach and do inside a workspace.
  • Expanded Agent Workspace Build allowances for teams running AI-driven background work at scale.

Learn more about the AI Governance Add-On for use cases, entitlements, and how to enable it in your deployment.