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  1. Mixed

    ziyou979, GitHub user filing an issue against Factory-AI/factory

    600s host limit cuts off long-thinking Opus responses, causing repeated restarts and wasted usageGitHub issue on Factory-AI/factory

    On a Factory subscription, Opus 5.5 responses that think longer than 600 seconds are cut off and all thinking is discarded. Droid retries once from scratch and hits the same limit, so each attempt costs about 20 minutes and twice the usage with no output.

    "So each attempt costs ~20 minutes and twice the usage, yet produces no output. Retrying the task by hand repeats the same cycle and keeps burning usage."
    Excerpt, ziyou979

    Published Oct 21, 2026self-described: Factory Desktop 0.202.0 on Windows, official Factory subscription without BYOK

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Factory; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Factory Desktop: 0.202.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-10-21, Factory Desktop: 0.202.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Factory Desktop 0.202.0, Claude Opus 5.5 with extended thinking, medium and high effort

  2. Mixed

    RoacherM, GitHub user filing an issue against Factory-AI/factory

    Reading a file that quotes a blocklisted client phrase 403s the session, false positive, misreported as auth failureGitHub issue on Factory-AI/factory

    After Droid read a design note that quoted phrases on Factory's backend blocklist, every later request in the session failed with a 403 reported as an authentication failure. Resuming or compacting the session could not clear it, because the file text stays in the history.

    "Resuming the session repeats the 403 forever, because the tool result is part of the history and is re-sent every turn."
    Excerpt, RoacherM

    Published Oct 19, 2026self-described: Droid 0.244.0 on macOS, Claude Opus 5.5 at high effort

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Factory; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Droid 0.244.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-10-19, Droid 0.244.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid 0.244.0, claude-opus-5-5

  3. Mixed

    LouisDeconinck, GitHub user connecting Droid to T3 Code over ACP

    ACP session/set_config_option returns {} instead of required configOptionsGitHub issue

    Droid 0.234.0 returned an invalid ACP config response, making it unusable in T3 Code for every model.

    Published Oct 8, 2026self-described: Linux x64

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Factory Droid 0.234.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-10-08, Factory Droid 0.234.0
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid 0.234.0 via ACP

  4. Mixed

    glmn, GitHub user building a host around interactive Droid sessions

    permission_prompt Notification hook has no tool name or input ("needs permission to execute 1 tool(s)")GitHub issue

    Droid permission notifications omit the tool and command, so with several sessions open users cannot see which approval is risky without switching terminals.

    Published Oct 7, 2026self-described: Runs several Droid sessions at once

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on droid 0.235.0 (measured on 0.227.0, same message in 0.235.0)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-10-07, droid 0.235.0 (measured on 0.227.0, same message in 0.235.0)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    droid 0.235.0, Windows 10

  5. Mixed

    NDilanka, GitHub user on the Factory desktop app

    Windows: Defender quarantining an active session transcript crashes the turn (EUNKNOWN, unhandled rejection) and silently hides the sessionGitHub issue

    Windows Defender quarantined a live Droid transcript; the turn crashed, output was lost and the session vanished without explanation.

    Published Oct 6, 2026self-described: Windows 11

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Factory desktop app 0.190.0 (web-desktop client); bundled `droid` 0.233.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-10-06, Factory desktop app 0.190.0 (web-desktop client); bundled `droid` 0.233.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Factory desktop 0.190.0, droid 0.233.0, Claude Opus 5.5

  6. Mixed

    vizh, GitHub user running Droid in Zed over ACP

    ACP mode (droid exec --output-format acp): a new session (session/new) inherits the conversation context of earlier sessions in the same processGitHub issue

    In ACP mode a new Droid session carries the conversation history of earlier sessions in the same process, so a fresh Zed chat remembers another chat.

    Published Oct 1, 2026self-described: macOS, Zed

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (transcript); Observed on Droid CLI: 0.231.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (transcript)
    Date and version
    2026-10-01, Droid CLI: 0.231.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI 0.231.0, ACP mode

  7. Positive

    rmaxdev, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the priceHacker News comment

    Runs a Hermes orchestrator on DeepSeek Flash that delegates heavy development work to Codex and Droid harnesses on subscriptions.

    Published Sep 29, 2026self-described: Heavy personal dev work

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-29
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  8. Mixed

    drawmeanelephant, GitHub user running Agent Readiness reports, self-described

    Readiness reports can evaluate a stale worktree without warningGitHub issue

    A readiness report silently scored a stale worktree at 47.76% (Level 3); the current commit scored 80.60% (Level 5), making the result misleading.

    Published Sep 28, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-28
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Agent Readiness reports

  9. Mixed

    hrmesquita, GitHub user on the Factory desktop app with BYOK models

    Desktop 0.184.0: new sessions reset custom-model default to auto (custom models missing from picker)GitHub issue

    After updating to Desktop 0.184.0, the author's 14 local custom models briefly show in the model picker and then disappear, and new sessions start on auto, overriding the custom default. It worked on 0.183.2.

    Published Sep 25, 2026self-described: macOS

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Desktop 0.184.0, bundled droid CLI 0.227.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-09-25, Desktop 0.184.0, bundled droid CLI 0.227.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Desktop 0.184.0, droid CLI 0.227.0, 14 BYOK models

  10. Mixed

    kasajian, GitHub user of Droid CLI on Windows

    Running droid doesn't see AGENTS.md file in user's .factory folder if it's a symlinkGitHub issue

    Reports that on Windows the droid CLI does not see an AGENTS.md in the user's .factory folder when it is a symlink, and works once the file is copied there. Doesn't know if it is Windows only.

    Published Sep 18, 2026self-described: Windows

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-18
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  11. Mixed

    bbor, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloudHacker News comment

    Recommends Droid for its competent, corporate engineering attitude, but says Missions overdo mandatory verification and run sequentially without swarms.

    Published Sep 18, 2026self-described: Independent full-stack developer prototyping AI systems

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-18
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Missions

  12. Negative

    sunoval2017, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Fresh usage measurementReddit post

    Measuring the Pro plan on GPT-5.6 Sol, sunoval2017 found the weekly limit equals about 2.94 five-hour windows and the monthly limit about 11.1, tighter than Codex.

    Published Sep 17, 2026self-described: Pro plan, GPT-5.6 Sol

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on gpt-5.6 sol
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (screenshot)
    Date and version
    2026-09-17, gpt-5.6 sol
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, limits in practice: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Pro plan, GPT-5.6 Sol

  13. Mixed

    joshwilhelmi, GitHub user running droid exec under a sandbox

    Execute SIGKILLs every command when ps is unavailable: factory-execute-supervisor treats a failed liveness probe as owner deathGitHub issue

    In sandboxes without ps, every Droid Execute call is SIGKILLed within milliseconds because its supervisor treats a failed probe as owner death.

    Published Sep 16, 2026self-described: macOS with sandbox-exec; also Ubuntu with Docker

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Droid CLI: 0.219.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-09-16, Droid CLI: 0.219.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI 0.219.0, droid exec --auto high

  14. Mixed

    zach-hammad-vs, GitHub user qualifying the Droid SDK for a restricted tool set, self-described

    ToolSearch remains allowed after acknowledged disabledToolIds updateGitHub issue

    Disabling ToolSearch through the SDK was acknowledged but the tool stayed allowed, blocking their read-only qualification.

    Published Sep 12, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Observed on @factory/droid-sdk 0.9.1 and Droid JSON-RPC protocol 1.207.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-09-12, @factory/droid-sdk 0.9.1 and Droid JSON-RPC protocol 1.207.0
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    @factory/droid-sdk 0.9.1, autonomy Medium

  15. Mixed

    marovole, GitHub user running Droid with a BYOK OpenAI-compatible model

    BYOK generic-chat-completion-api: parallel tool calls with image results create an orphan role:"tool" message -> 400 from strict upstreamsGitHub issue

    With a BYOK OpenAI-compatible model, parallel tool calls returning images corrupt the session history so every later turn fails.

    Published Sep 10, 2026self-described: macOS

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on 0.215.1
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-09-10, 0.215.1
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI 0.215.1, BYOK deepseek-flash via OpenAI-compatible gateway

  16. Mixed

    thedevtoni, GitHub user running droid-action automated PR review on a private repository

    Validator submits duplicate reviews when it believes its tool-call bodies were truncated (glm-5.3, two-pass review)GitHub issue

    droid-action two-pass review with glm-5.3 posted the same review four times and clipped comment bodies, forcing a cleanup step in their workflow.

    Published Sep 5, 2026self-described: Private repository, CI code review

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; ran the rollout; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran the rollout; Artifact checked (transcript); Observed on glm-5.3
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    1 artifact (transcript)
    Date and version
    2026-09-05, glm-5.3
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    droid-action two-pass review, review_model glm-5.3

  17. Mixed

    brendandebeasi, GitHub user who uses both Claude Code and Droid

    Feature Request: mouse text selection that copies logical text, not the rendered layout (Claude Code's option+click native select)GitHub issue

    Asks for Claude Code style mouse text selection in the Droid TUI, since copying on-screen text today means repairing wraps by hand.

    Published Aug 28, 2026self-described: Principal engineer on cloud foundations and LLM gateways

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on droid 0.204.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-08-28, droid 0.204.0
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  18. Mixed

    alanxchen85, GitHub user with a registered Droid Computer

    Desktop-created sessions are stamped machineId "local" on a registered Droid Computer, so they never appear on app.factory.ai web/mobileGitHub issue

    Sessions created in the desktop app on a registered Droid Computer never appear on web or mobile, contrary to the documented cross-device behavior.

    Published Aug 21, 2026self-described: macOS, desktop app plus web and mobile

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log); Observed on 0.200.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-08-21, 0.200.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Desktop app with droid 0.200.0, Droid Computers

  19. Mixed

    zyaiire, GitHub user committing evaluation data with Droid

    False positives for SHA-256 hashes and run metadata in Droid-ShieldGitHub issue

    Droid-Shield repeatedly blocked commits of checksums and run metadata as secrets, with no way to approve false positives inside Droid.

    Published Aug 17, 2026self-described: Research or evaluation repository

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-08-17
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid-Shield

  20. Positive

    FindingSerendipity_1, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Factory Droid vs Cursor Usage QuotaReddit post

    A new subscriber finds the Droid Core pool of open models useful and generous on top of the standard usage pool.

    Published Aug 16, 2026self-described: New subscriber comparing quotas

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-08-16
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, limits in practice: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  21. Mixed

    snguyen-cars, GitHub user delegating to custom droids

    Custom droids receive zero MCP tools despite valid configurationGitHub issue

    Custom droid subagents received no MCP tools even though the parent session could call them, so MCP-backed custom droids did not work.

    Published Aug 14, 2026self-described: Jenkins MCP server

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Observed on 0.196.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-08-14, 0.196.0
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid 0.196.0, custom droids, gemini-3-flash

  22. Mixed

    OliverGeorge8, GitHub user running custom droids from Spec Mode

    Custom droid glm-5.2 pin intermittently falls back to GPT-5.6 SolGitHub issue

    A custom droid pinned to Droid Core glm-5.2 silently ran on the pricier GPT-5.6 Sol parent model during parallel Spec Mode tasks.

    Published Aug 8, 2026self-described: Software engineer, TypeScript, React and Go

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on 0.187.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-08-08, 0.187.0
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI 0.187.0, Droid Core glm-5.2, GPT-5.6 Sol, Spec Mode

  23. Mixed

    Roderick-Clemente, GitHub user systematically testing droid exec, self-described

    droid exec --mission performs no work and reports success (num_turns 0, zero tokens, exit 0)GitHub issue

    droid exec with --mission did no work yet reported success with zero turns, tokens and credits, while the same task without --mission edited the file.

    Published Aug 3, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on 0.186.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-08-03, 0.186.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    droid 0.186.0, droid exec --auto high, claude-opus-5

  24. Mixed

    Roderick-Clemente, GitHub user systematically testing droid exec, self-described

    .factory/hooks.json is silently never read at project scope (documented primary location)GitHub issue

    Hooks in the documented .factory/hooks.json never fire, so guard hooks silently do nothing while runs exit successfully.

    Published Aug 3, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (benchmark output); Observed on 0.186.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (benchmark output)
    Date and version
    2026-08-03, 0.186.0
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    droid 0.186.0, droid exec

  25. Mixed

    Spiritual_Course4522, Reddit user in r/ClaudeAI

    Factory AI being annoying - how to fix?Reddit post

    Compared with Copilot on the same Claude model, Droid runs many environment-checking commands and writes into the codebase; Spiritual_Course4522 wants it to propose code instead.

    Published Jul 28, 2026self-described: Droid with Claude, compared with GitHub Copilot

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-28
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude

  26. Mixed

    mrwogu, GitHub user building on the Droid Python SDK

    Python SDK 0.1.2 is behind the current Droid JSON-RPC surfaceGitHub issue

    The Python SDK lags the Droid CLI and TypeScript SDK, so tool disabling, structured output and context methods need private APIs.

    Published Jul 27, 2026self-described: AI developer experience at Comarch

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on droid-sdk-python==0.1.2
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-27, droid-sdk-python==0.1.2
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, continuity: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI 0.180.0, droid-sdk-python 0.1.2

  27. Mixed

    waxyslave, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Why do GPT coding models have such a fetish for dispatching sub-agents?Reddit post

    GPT models in Droid keep spawning sub-agents that block the main thread and burn usage, even though their AGENTS.md forbids them unless asked.

    Published Jul 12, 2026self-described: GPT models in Droid, AGENTS.md rules

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-12
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    GPT coding models

  28. Mixed

    Antaripa Saha, machine learning engineer at Parlance Labs

    Do Automated Evals Work?Company research article, Parlance Labs

    Saha and coauthor Hamel Husain tested Droid on production apartment-leasing traces: it achieved 84.6% recall and 83.3% precision, with 10 false positives. They found coding agents competitive with dedicated evaluation platforms, but every tested system missed business-context failures and needed human annotations.

    "Factory Droid (GPT-5.5 High) 84.6% 83.3% 17 10…"
    Excerpt, Antaripa Saha
    "General-purpose coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Factory Droid were competitive with the platforms."
    Same speaker
    "No system we tested did the one thing that would have helped most: interview us. Every tool treated error analysis as a one-shot task, with traces in and a report out."
    Same speaker

    Published Jul 11, 2026Parlance Labs evaluation using 100 production traces from Nurture Boss

    Practitioner account, name and role on their organization's own page; structured test; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Name and role on their organization's own page; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (benchmark output); Observed on GPT-5.5 High
    Role
    Name on a page the person does not control; employer on a page the person does not control; role on a page the person does not control (a machine learning engineer)
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (benchmark output)
    Date and version
    2026-07-11, GPT-5.5 High
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, measured outcomes: mixed, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering blogs & reviews
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Factory Droid with GPT-5.5 High

  29. Positive

    whoisronak, GitHub user planning a product on the Droid SDK

    Is there a timeline on the stable release?GitHub issue

    A big fan of Factory's harness in the CLI asks for an approximate timeline for the SDK's stable release, wanting to use it to power a new product.

    Published Jul 6, 2026self-described: Building a new product on Factory's SDK

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-06
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  30. Mixed

    Robin Min, Independent developer and author of Surfing

    Droid CLI Review: Hands-On Experience After Free TrialPersonal blog post, Surfing (surfing.salty.vip)

    After several days on the free trial, praises the Droid CLI's concise, clean TUI and model agnosticism, but calls its permission management weak, suspecting every programmer could find 101 ways around its string-array checks. Has recently used Claude Code with Claude Code Router across models.

    Published Jul 3, 2026self-described: Solo; several days on the Droid CLI free trial, compared with Claude Code, opencode, and Gemini CLI

    Practitioner account; direct use; counts toward Operational control, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on free trial
    Role
    Name unknown; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-07-03, free trial
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship, C-unknown-control
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering blogs & reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI free trial; BYOK

  31. Negative

    Electronic-File-4652, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Operation failed - check parametersReddit post

    Droid used up their 5-hour usage limit by failing to create files about 50 times in a row with the same error.

    Published Jul 1, 2026self-described: Droid CLI file creation

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-07-01
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, limits in practice: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  32. Negative

    sunoval2017, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Droid CLI is unbearable slowReddit post

    Typing in the Droid CLI lags badly; sunoval2017 measured Droid using a full CPU core while idle, about 17 times Claude Code's use.

    Published Jun 20, 2026self-described: Droid CLI in a terminal and in Zed

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-06-20
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current

  33. Mixed

    mlcarl, GitHub user running Droid Missions, self-described

    ProposeMission tool crashes with "undefined is not an object (evaluating 'H.length')" in droid 0.150.1GitHub issue

    After a 19-hour Mission completed successfully, every new Mission failed because ProposeMission crashed in droid 0.150.1 with a BYOK GLM model.

    Published Jun 18, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Factory; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on 0.150.1
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-06-18, 0.150.1
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI 0.150.1, Missions, BYOK GLM Coding Plan

  34. Negative

    jm3823, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Droid no longer better than cc or codexReddit post

    jm3823 says Droid fell behind Claude Code and Codex after Factory's focus on the app and Droid Core, and that Missions now take two days to accomplish nothing.

    Published Jun 3, 2026self-described: Earlier Droid user, Missions

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-06-03
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  35. Positive

    mgambati, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Claude Opus 4.8Hacker News comment

    Uses GPT 5.3 as the worker model inside Droid and says it does a great job there despite its robotic writing.

    Published May 29, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on 5.3
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-29, 5.3
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    GPT 5.3 as worker model

  36. Negative

    virgilp, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5Hacker News comment

    Now uses Codex, and recalls that trying factory.ai about six months earlier left virgilp convinced chat-first coding interfaces would never work.

    Published May 19, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-19
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  37. Mixed

    hdot123, GitHub user on a Factory team plan, self-described

    Bug: BYOK session fails with empty response, code-server SIGABRT on new sessionGitHub issue

    A failing BYOK GLM-5.2 proxy gave only an opaque empty-response error and then left the CLI unable to start new sessions until processes were killed.

    Published May 5, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Factory; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (log); Observed on Factory CLI v0.118.0
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-05-05, Factory CLI v0.118.0
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: mixed, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Factory CLI v0.118.0, BYOK GLM-5.2, team_annual tier

  38. Positive

    ahmadyan, Builder of a multi-agent IDE (Agentastic.dev)

    Comment on: DeepClaude - Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 ProHacker News comment

    Reports that the same Opus model works better inside third-party harnesses such as Factory Droid or Amp than in Claude Code, which ahmadyan sees as tuned for cost.

    Published May 4, 2026self-described: Maker of Agentastic

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on opus
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-04, opus
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude Opus

  39. Negative

    Academic-Assignment2, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Subagent FailuresReddit post

    With BYOK models only, the commenter's subagents fail consistently on Linux and Windows. They found few fixes from other users.

    Published May 1, 2026self-described: BYOK only, Linux and Windows

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-05-01
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    BYOK

  40. Mixed

    addidotlol, GitHub user of Droid in Zed

    Opening a new thread while another is responding causes Droid to block new threadsGitHub issue

    In Zed, opening a new Droid thread while another streams locks new threads; the Zed Agent and OpenCode did not show the bug.

    Published Apr 25, 2026self-described: Works at fyra stack

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; structured test; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    1 artifact (recording)
    Date and version
    2026-04-25
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Factory Zed extension

  41. Positive

    hboon, Independent developer

    Comment on: Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed againHacker News comment

    Switched to Droid with Opus on Claude Max many months ago and it was the author's favorite combo, but had to stop because "they don't like us proxying requests anymore".

    Published Apr 21, 2026self-described: Building own products

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on Droid+Opus (with Claude Max)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-04-21, Droid+Opus (with Claude Max)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Claude Opus via Claude Max subscription

  42. Negative

    jrhabana, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    How to fix "factoryd appears to be unavailable.."Reddit post

    Workers keep failing with a factoryd-unavailable error on several BYOK providers, and restarting and resuming rarely works.

    Published Apr 20, 2026self-described: BYOK models through Z.ai, Ollama Cloud, and Fireworks

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-04-20
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    BYOK: Z.ai, Ollama Cloud, Fireworks

  43. Mixed

    cambryceyt, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Configured VibeProxy to use OpenAI subscription and having problems with contextReddit post

    cambryceyt moved from Codex to Droid and loves it, but routing an OpenAI subscription through a proxy after running out of Factory credits forces a compaction every few prompts.

    Published Apr 16, 2026self-described: Moved from Codex to Droid; OpenAI subscription through a proxy

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-04-16
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  44. Mixed

    hboon, Independent developer (30 years experience, per profile posts)

    Comment on: OpenCode - Open source AI coding agentHacker News comment

    Switched to Droid because Claude Code broke too often; Droid also broke occasionally, so hboon stopped upgrading it.

    Published Mar 21, 2026self-described: Building own products

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-03-21
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, ongoing upkeep: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  45. Positive

    0xSero, Developer and YouTube creator

    My Personal AI Infrastructure - Why I chose Factory AI's DroidVideo, YouTube

    Uses Droid as part of a personal AI infrastructure, calling it one of the most used AI tools they have and their favorite agent harness right now, with Codex second. Shows Droid controlling the browser to test the UI it builds and calling local models through Vibe CLI.

    "And uh, so we are in Droid right now. This is also part of my personal AI infrastructure. Droid is one of the best um, most used agent or like AI tools that I have. Uh, this is the desktop app, but I also use…"
    Transcript excerpt, at 10:51

    Published Mar 4, 2026self-described: Personal AI infrastructure with local models

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-03-04
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  46. Negative

    rameloxnine, Reddit user in r/ClaudeAI

    BEWARE of factory.ai. 10x more expensive than Claude Code and you can't cancel your subscription.Reddit post

    rameloxnine found Droid at least 10 times more expensive than Claude Code and says Factory kept charging after cancellation, with no support response.

    Published Mar 3, 2026self-described: Paid Factory subscription

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Factory; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-03-03
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  47. Negative

    mylifeasacoder, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Tried Droid for a few simple features. Scratched it off the list.Reddit post

    On a free trial with GPT-5.3-Codex, Droid wrote about 605 lines for one feature. It only half worked after 2 to 3 retries and used about 1 million tokens. Claude Code found and fixed the root cause.

    Published Mar 3, 2026self-described: Free trial, a Node.js feature on GPT-5.3-Codex

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on Codex-5.3 (0.7x)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-03-03, Codex-5.3 (0.7x)
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    GPT-5.3-Codex at 0.7x, free trial

  48. Positive

    carchengue626, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    20x Claude Code user here. Just tried Factory Droid and it feels like cheating.Reddit post

    A daily Claude Code Max 20x user tried Droid and says it feels like cheating, while keeping Claude Code as the main tool.

    Published Mar 1, 2026self-described: Claude Code Max 20x subscriber trying Droid

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-03-01
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  49. Mixed

    theturtletalks, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: I hate AI side projectsHacker News comment

    After trying Claude Code, Droid, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini and Amp, prefers the Pi terminal agent.

    Published Feb 20, 2026self-described: Side projects

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-02-20
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  50. Positive

    sebazzz, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?Hacker News comment

    Likes that Droid lets one agent write the spec and another implement it, which counters GPT rewriting code to satisfy a bad specification.

    Published Feb 16, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-02-16
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  51. Mixed

    rjmurillo, GitHub user in a security-constrained organization

    Request: Use SHA-pinned action references for security-constrained repositoriesGitHub issue

    Cannot adopt droid-action for automated PR reviews because it uses unpinned action tags that their SHA-pinning security rulesets reject.

    Published Jan 18, 2026self-described: Repositories with SHA-pinning security rulesets

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (log); Observed on v1 tag
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    1 artifact (log)
    Date and version
    2026-01-18, v1 tag
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G3 (3 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  52. Positive

    Apprehensive_Half_68, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Droid Vs. CC with GLM 4.7 comparisonReddit post

    Comparing Droid and Claude Code on GLM-4.7, Apprehensive_Half_68 finds GLM a beast inside Droid.

    Published Jan 10, 2026self-described: GLM-4.7 in Droid and in Claude Code

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Observed on GLM 4.7
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-01-10, GLM 4.7
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    GLM-4.7

  53. Mixed

    theturtletalks, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: How Google got its groove back and edged ahead of OpenAIHacker News comment

    Runs GPT-5.2, Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 in Droid CLI; Gemini loops and breaks tool calls, sometimes corrupting a thread so it cannot be rewound to another model.

    Published Jan 8, 2026

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on GPT-5.2, Opus 4.5, and Gemini 3 flash and pro
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-01-08, GPT-5.2, Opus 4.5, and Gemini 3 flash and pro
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current
    Observed on
    Droid CLI with GPT-5.2, Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 Flash and Pro

  54. Mixed

    ahmadyan, Builder of a multi-agent IDE (Agentastic.dev)

    Comment on: Show HN: Agentastic.dev is Ghostty and Git worktrees = multi-agent CC/Codex IDEHacker News comment

    For hard tasks, the commenter sends the same prompt to Claude Code, Codex, Droid and their own agent. They review the outputs and pick the best, shifting effort to verification.

    Published Jan 5, 2026self-described: Runs 30 to 40 local agents in parallel

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2026-01-05
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Current

  55. Mixed

    sixhobbits, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Codex vs. Claude Code (today)Hacker News comment

    Uses mainly Claude Code plus some Gemini, Amp and Droid, and says so far they do not feel much difference between tools or models.

    Published Dec 27, 2025self-described: Personal projects

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-27
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  56. Positive

    jared0x90, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding CapabilityHacker News comment

    Asks why "nobody seems to be trying it" with Factory's Droid in the thread, and says Droid BYOK with GLM4.7 "seems like a really cost effective backup" in the little they have experimented with it.

    Published Dec 23, 2025

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Observed on GLM4.7
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-23, GLM4.7
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds)

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    BYOK with GLM-4.7

  57. Positive

    mengmota, Developer of an OpenCode plugin

    Comment on: Show HN: Oh-My-Opencode: US$24,000 Worth Spent. Built Async agents, Curated AgentsHacker News comment

    After burning about US$24,000 of tokens comparing agents, singles out Droid for precision and copies that trait into an OpenCode plugin.

    Published Dec 15, 2025self-described: Solo comparison of coding agents

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    personal (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-12-15
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  58. Positive

    Ray Fernando, Developer and YouTube creator

    Droid: 7M Tokens Without Forgetting | How It WorksVideo, YouTube

    Ray Fernando explains how Droid kept a 7 million token session coherent by compressing context at anchor points, and contrasts its Spec Mode with other agents' plan modes.

    "So I ran a coding session with Droid that hit over 7 million tokens and it didn't forget a single thing. For real. But how is that even possible? Y'all know the drill with other agents. When you get pretty deep into…"
    Transcript excerpt, at 0:00Partial support

    Published Nov 26, 2025self-described: Long single sessions; discloses that Factory sponsored their previous livestream

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; not counted, tied to the vendor How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Factory partner: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    sponsor (suspected); sponsor (self disclosed); affiliate (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-11-26
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Not counted

    Its creator discloses that Factory sponsored his previous livestream. Kept in the record; it takes part in no figure.

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  59. Mixed

    mediumbrownfox, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Is there a YOLO mode similar to claude code?Reddit post

    mediumbrownfox loves Droid with Gemini 3 but must approve plans every 30 seconds even on Auto (High), and wants a sandboxed mode to let it run alone.

    Published Nov 20, 2025self-described: Personal side projects with Gemini 3

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Observed on Gemini 3
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-11-20, Gemini 3
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Gemini 3, Auto (High)

  60. Negative

    vargalas, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    It's the worst onboarding experience everReddit post

    The install command failed on a self-signed certificate, the support link did not work, and sales could not be contacted, so vargalas gave up on Droid.

    Published Nov 13, 2025self-described: Install attempt

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-11-13
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  61. Mixed

    Jeremy Grove, Developer and author of MediaDataFusion guides

    Claude Code & Factory AI Droid: Testing Kimi K2 ThinkingVideo, YouTube

    Running one task with Kimi K2 Thinking in Claude Code and in Droid, Jeremy Grove saw Droid's attempts fail much as Claude Code's did.

    Published Nov 11, 2025self-described: One coding task, a Cognitive Map Generator, run in Claude Code and Droid with the same model

    Practitioner account, self-described; structured test; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Artifact checked (benchmark output); Observed on Kimi K2 Thinking
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    affiliate (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    2 artifacts (benchmark output)
    Date and version
    2025-11-11, Kimi K2 Thinking
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: mixed, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, measured outcomes: mixed, G3 (3 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Kimi K2 Thinking and GLM-4.6 through multi-provider configuration

  62. Negative

    Sakrilegi0us, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Droid is failing to compress every time and I have to start a new chat.Reddit post

    Every time the conversation reaches the context window, compression fails with a stream error, and switching models fails too, so Sakrilegi0us starts a new chat.

    Published Nov 5, 2025self-described: Claude Code Max subscription through VibeProxy

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-11-05
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Claude through VibeProxy

  63. Positive

    dimbage, GitHub user

    couldn't run on windowsGitHub issue

    A Factory example would not run on Windows; Droid diagnosed the MIME-type bug in the server and fixed most of it.

    Published Oct 31, 2025self-described: Windows

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Artifact checked (transcript)
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    2 artifacts (transcript)
    Date and version
    2025-10-31
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  64. Positive

    Danny Aziz, General manager of Spiral at Every

    Vibe Check: I Canceled Two AI Max Plans for Factory's Coding Agent DroidNewsletter, Every

    After a few months on Droid, Danny Aziz canceled their Claude and ChatGPT Max plans: one tool switches between Anthropic and OpenAI models, and it fixed a migration Claude Code kept failing.

    Published Oct 30, 2025self-described: Building Spiral at Every; Every co-hosted a Droid Camp with Factory's head of developer relations the following day

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Factory partner: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed); program member (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-30, Sonnet 4.5, GPT-5, Opus 4.1, or even cheaper models like GLM-4.6, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, limits in practice: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering blogs & reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Droid with Opus 4.1, GPT-5, Sonnet, and Haiku; a few months of use

  65. Positive

    StrixGGUY, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    First impressionsReddit post

    After setting up custom droids, MCP, and AGENTS.md on an 80,000-line Rust backend, StrixGGUY was convinced and plans to move from Claude Code Max to Droid Max.

    Published Oct 29, 2025self-described: Rust backend with 230 API endpoints and 80,000 lines, plus 30,000 lines of React

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-29, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  66. Negative

    Warm_Sandwich3769, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    New updates are forcing me to quitReddit post

    A paying user who brought 15 developer friends to Droid says recent updates broke the interface, image attachments for a custom GLM model, and JSON handling, with no changelog or rollback.

    Published Oct 25, 2025self-described: Paid member who brought 15 developer friends to Droid

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Customer of Factory; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    customer (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-25, GLM4.6, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, regressions: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, ongoing upkeep: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Very small team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Custom GLM-4.6

  67. Mixed

    heretiqal, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Droid is really trying hard to encourage me to cancelReddit post

    Mid-refactor, Droid opened a blank session with no memory of the work. heretiqal could not find the old session but still rates Droid above Cursor and Warp.

    Published Oct 22, 2025self-described: Factory web app in Edge, a long refactoring session

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-22, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Factory web app

  68. Positive

    David Ondrej, Founder of Vectal and YouTube creator

    Stop using Claude Code, start using Droid (trust me)Video, YouTube

    Calls Droid the most underrated coding agent the author has used, praising its access to all the models and more modes than Codex or Claude Code, and argues you can feel the team behind Droid dogfooded the product. Still states that if limited to one AI coding tool, it would have to be Codex.

    Published Oct 20, 2025self-described: Founder of Vectal, hiring developers

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  69. Positive

    Jeremy Grove, Developer and author of MediaDataFusion guides

    Why I Like Factory AI Droid: Flexibility, BYOK, CLI + IDE + CloudVideo, YouTube

    Jeremy Grove likes Droid for its flexibility, configuring their own OpenAI, Anthropic, and Z.AI keys and using it from the CLI, Cursor, VS Code, and cloud sync.

    "Droid gives choice. Hello, I'm Jeremy Grove, founder of Media Data Fusion. In this video, I will be covering Factory AI Droid, a CLI, IDE, and cloud platform that gives you the flexibility to use their API keys, yours, or mix and match. I'll cover…"
    Transcript excerpt, at 0:09

    Published Oct 20, 2025self-described: Setting up Droid with BYOK and GLM-4.6 across the CLI, IDEs, and cloud sync

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Reliability, Operational control, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-20, GLM 4.6, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Droid CLI with BYOK for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Z.AI (GLM-4.6); Cursor and VS Code

  70. Positive

    Unlucky_Draft_3468, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    How to Enable Deep Reasoning (High) When Using Custom ChatGPT Models?Reddit post

    A self-described big fan moved from the Codex CLI to Droid on an OpenAI key and finds it a much better experience, though unsure how to set reasoning depth.

    Published Oct 17, 2025self-described: Switched from the Codex CLI to Droid with an OpenAI API key

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, takes no position How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-17, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    no aspect: excluded, takes no position on any assessed aspect

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    BYOK OpenAI

  71. Positive

    Apprehensive_Half_68, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Damn impressed with Droid CLIReddit post

    Six parallel Droid agents finished work Apprehensive_Half_68 estimated at several days in a few hours; Spec Mode, session management, and speed impressed, and Droid Shield flagged false secrets.

    Published Oct 13, 2025self-described: Large personal repository; also uses Codex, Gemini, Crush, Copilot, and Claude

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Factory partner: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    sponsor (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-13, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Reliability, run stability: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  72. Negative

    GTHell, Reddit user in r/ChatGPTCoding

    Ask Droid CLI to implement some specs and set mode to (Auto) - High and now it destroy the whole OSReddit post

    Running a spec in Auto (High) mode, Droid wiped their WSL Arch installation; a config backup and pushed code limited the loss.

    Published Oct 12, 2025self-described: WSL Arch Linux, Auto (High) autonomy

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Reliability How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-12, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Auto (High)

  73. Positive

    kirkmarple, Founder who built the Zine app on their own company platform (Graphlit)

    Show HN: I built a SaaS in 8 weeks, solo, using our own AI platformHacker News story

    Shipped an MVP in 8 weeks solo, with all coding assisted by Claude Code and Factory Droid, and says AI coding tools made it shockingly fast.

    Published Oct 10, 2025self-described: Solo build of a production SaaS (Next.js, TypeScript, Graphlit SDK, Vercel)

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-10, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  74. Mixed

    EmbarrassedBird2833, Reddit user in r/FactoryAi

    Feedback for MCPReddit post

    EmbarrassedBird2833 likes the Droid CLI but failed three times to connect Chrome and Supabase MCP servers, through Factory Bridge, the CLI, and the config file.

    Published Oct 10, 2025self-described: Droid CLI with Chrome and Supabase MCP servers

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-10, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  75. Negative

    miraserver, Hacker News commenter, self-described

    Comment on: Factory Raises US$50M Series BHacker News comment

    Alleges Droid was serving older models than the ones selected in settings, based on asking the model to identify itself.

    Published Oct 4, 2025

    not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-04, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable

  76. Mixed

    AICodeKing, AI coding tool reviewer

    Droid CLI + GLM-4.6 + FREE 4.5 Sonnet,GPT-5 : Is it really the NEXT CLAUDE CODE?Video, YouTube (AICodeKing)

    AICodeKing tested Droid with Sonnet 4.5 on four projects. Three failed, and the fourth missed a dependency. GLM-4.6 did better. AICodeKing found Factory's agent claims did not match those results.

    "…this correctly either. It did get the bars implemented, but the step counter doesn't work. it almost never oneshots anything. Then I thought maybe it was focused more on large repos. So I tried my open code repo question and it failed…"
    Transcript excerpt, at 6:13Partial support

    Published Oct 3, 2025self-described: Free trial; four test projects with Sonnet 4.5, then GLM-4.6 through a custom provider

    Practitioner account, self-described; structured test; counts toward Operational control, Cost predictability and limits How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    affiliate (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-10-03, Sonnet 4.5; GLM-4.6, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost transparency: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Measured
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Free Pro trial; Sonnet 4.5 and GLM-4.6 through BYOK

  77. Positive

    travbarb, Reddit user in r/ClaudeCode

    droid + sonnet 4.5Reddit post

    Says the Droid CLI with Sonnet 4.5 feels like a completely different thing from Claude Code: every problem Claude Code fell to pieces on, Droid is basically one-shotting. Still in the free token window after many hours, with the understanding that it is "expensive maybe" from there.

    Published Sep 30, 2025self-described: Complex personal projects, free trial tokens

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-30, sonnet 4.5, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Droid CLI, Claude Sonnet 4.5, free trial

  78. Mixed

    Oliver, Author of a Substack newsletter on AI tools (aileverage.substack.com)

    ChatGPT Codex vs FactoryNewsletter, aileverage.substack.com

    Testing Codex and Factory on the same two tasks, Oliver found Factory's custom droids strong at planning and repo comprehension, but its system prompts can overwrite messages in longer chats and GitHub repo linking doesn't always work. Codex felt steadier building the speech-to-text app.

    Published Sep 30, 2025self-described: Solo; first use of Factory, building the same Windows voice-dictation app in Codex and in Factory

    Practitioner account, self-described; structured test; counts toward Delivered outcomes, Reliability, Operational control, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Ran a structured test; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Ran a structured test
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-30, GPT-5 plus Sonnet/Opus, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: mixed, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Reliability, run stability: unfavorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: mixed, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering blogs & reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Factory web app with Code and Product droids, Factory Bridge; GPT-5 and Sonnet

  79. Positive

    Sid Bharath, Independent writer on AI agents (hands-on Droid tutorial)

    Factory Droid Tutorial: Missions, Skills, and AgentsPersonal blog post, sidbharath.com

    Bharath finds Factory most interesting when the work is larger than a code edit, such as a migration with a planner, several workers, validation and a review trail. Warns that Missions' coordination has a cost: more outputs to review and more tokens spent rediscovering the same context.

    Published Sep 30, 2025self-described: Tutorial rewritten around the current Droid CLI, with Spec Mode, Missions, custom droids, and droid exec

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Operational control, Cost predictability and limits, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    Checked only from the record itself; an outside check is open
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-30, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Cost predictability and limits, cost predictability: unfavorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, continuity: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds), capped: C-relationship
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, ongoing upkeep: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward

    Published on
    Engineering blogs & reviews
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Still applicable
    Observed on
    Droid CLI with Spec Mode, Missions, custom droids, worktrees, and droid exec

  80. Positive

    Ian Nuttall, Independent developer

    Adding a new feature to a project with Factory CLIVideo, YouTube

    Ian Nuttall uses the new Factory CLI to plan and then build a daily and hourly heatmap tracker in an existing open-source project.

    "…proposing keeps the existing database as it is. We already have a time stamp so we know the hour of the day when the page event was triggered. So we can use the existing schema. It's proposing a new endpoint API/activity heatmap…"
    Transcript excerpt, at 2:17Partial support

    Published Sep 19, 2025self-described: Adding a heatmap activity tracker to the open-source here/now project

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Operational control How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-09-19, Opus 4.1; GPT5, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Operational control, models and deployment: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Factory CLI (Droid) at launch

  81. Mixed

    Kieran Klaassen, general manager of Cora at Every

    Transcript: 'How Two Engineers Ship Like a Team of 15 With AI Agents'Podcast episode transcript, AI & I (Every)

    Klaassen reports that the team has Factory as well and rates it a B, "maybe a little bit below Codex and Devin": better than any others at certain things, for enterprisey people, good at multi-repo work, a little hard to use across web and local, and not Klaassen's thing.

    "Factory with certain things is better than any others, but it's not my style. Factory is for more enterprisey people that are very nerdy and want absolute bangers of code and it's actually good, multi-repo stuff like that."
    Excerpt, Kieran Klaassen

    Published Jun 11, 2025Two engineers building Cora at Every, with Claude Code as the main agent

    Practitioner account, name and role on their organization's own page; direct use; counts toward Delivered outcomes How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Name and role on their organization's own page; Competitor staff: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name on a page the person does not control; employer on a page the person does not control; role on a page the person does not control (Member of Frontier Team)
    Relationship
    program member (self disclosed); program member (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-06-11, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: favorable, G1 (1 unit before bounds), capped: C-relevance, C-relationship
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: excluded, criticism from a competitor's side, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Technical leadership
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Factory web and local agents, mid-2025

  82. Positive

    AI LABS, AI development tutorial channel

    These Factory AI Droids Built My App in 10 Minutes! (Rust + TypeScript!)Video, YouTube (AI LABS)

    The channel used Factory's specialist droids to build a Rust and TypeScript desktop app on a local machine, and tested whether the droids work like a dev team.

    "…everything is now fully set up, we can go ahead and officially begin. After we confirm that the setup is complete, it tells us we're going to build an app together using Tori, which is a framework that uses Rust and TypeScript."
    Transcript excerpt, at 2:44Partial support

    Published Jun 1, 2025self-described: Building a Rust and TypeScript desktop app on a local machine

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; counts toward Operational control, Adoption and upkeep How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months; Specific details
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, author profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-06-01, needs a recheck
    Counts toward
    Operational control, execution control: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Counts toward
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: favorable, G2 (2 units before bounds)
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Factory web app with Code, Product, Reliability, and Knowledge droids

  83. Positive

    data_delaurier, Hacker News commenter

    Comment on: Understanding DroidsHacker News comment

    Calls Factory the best coding agent framework they have tried; sends plans to Code Droid, then Reliability, Knowledge and Product Droids, which work until done with little intervention.

    Published May 29, 2025self-described: Solo workflow: Windsurf for scaffolding, Anthropic Workbench for plans, Factory Droids for implementation

    Practitioner account, pseudonymous; direct use; not counted, repeats a stronger account How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Pseudonymous; No tie to Factory found in GILD's check; Used it directly; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Pseudonymous account; identity not pursued
    Relationship
    No tie to Factory found in GILD's check (byline, content disclosure, platform api profile); that is not proof none exists
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-29, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: repeats a stronger account in its group
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: repeats a stronger account in its group

    Checked Oct 29, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Developer communities & issue trackers
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    2025 Factory web app: Code Droid, Reliability, Knowledge and Product Droids

  84. Positive

    Dan McAteer, Developer and YouTube creator

    Exploring Factory Droids: Your Ultimate AI Coding AgentsVideo, YouTube (Attention Heads by Dan McAteer)

    After a month of access Dan McAteer walks through Code, Knowledge, and Reliability droids, multi-repository context, and running Pytest locally through Factory Bridge.

    "…connect to GitHub. You can search through the code memory. So you can see here what we don't have is the terminal turned on. And that's because we're not connected at the moment to my local machine using factory bridge. So factory…"
    Transcript excerpt, at 5:50Partial support

    Published May 28, 2025self-described: Walkthrough after a month of access, on remote and local repositories

    Practitioner account, self-described; direct use; not counted, tied to the vendor How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Self-described; Factory partner: not counted as independent; Used it directly; Specific details; Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name self-described; employer unknown; role unknown
    Relationship
    program member (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Used it directly
    Support
    No artifact or independent corroboration recorded
    Date and version
    2025-05-28, Claude Sonet 4, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Operational control, execution control: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Operational control, models and deployment: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 31, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Talks & videos
    Who
    Individual practitioner
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Factory web app with Code, Knowledge, and Reliability droids and Factory Bridge

  85. Positive

    James Garrett, backend developer at Tilt

    Embracing AI at Tilt: Beyond Code GenerationCompany engineering blog post, Tilt blog

    Tilt's engineering team was a beta partner for Factory and its Review Droid. Engineers use it for on-call investigation and QA impact analysis, and a droid.yaml file runs custom checks on every pull request that catch small bugs a human reviewer would miss.

    "These types of bugs are easy to miss with a human eye, but the review droid does a fantastic job."
    Excerpt, James Garrett

    Published Feb 25, 2025Tilt engineering team, C# and .NET backend with web, iOS and Android clients

    Practitioner account, name and role on their organization's own page; ran the rollout; not counted, tied to the vendor How GILD checked it
    Origin
    Published practitioner account
    Checked
    Name and role on their organization's own page; Factory partner: not counted as independent; Ran the rollout; Artifact checked (organization page); Needs recheck after 12 months
    Role
    Name on a page the person does not control; employer on a page the person does not control; role on a page the person does not control (a seasoned backend developer)
    Relationship
    design partner (self disclosed)
    How they know
    Ran the rollout
    Support
    4 artifacts (organization page)
    Date and version
    2025-02-25, needs a recheck
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, task completion: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, correctness: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Delivered outcomes, context handling: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position
    Not counted
    Adoption and upkeep, setup: excluded, praise from someone tied to the vendor, kept as an attributed position

    Checked Oct 30, 2026 under gild-policy/1.0.0. The scorecard

    Counts toward, pending a recheck

    Published on
    Engineering blogs & reviews
    Who
    Professional team
    Evidence
    Reported
    Applies to
    Needs a recheck
    Observed on
    Factory platform and Review Droid with a droid.yaml file, as a beta partner

Product documentation 18

Pages from Factory, used to check facts for every group.

  1. Individual Plans

    Lists Pro at US$20, Plus at US$100, and Max at US$200 a month, with rolling 5-hour, 7-day, and 30-day rate limits, a free Droid Core fallback, and prepaid Extra Usage from US$10.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  2. Organization Plans

    Lists Teams at US$60 a month plus US$40 per seat for up to 10 seats, and Business and Enterprise on custom contracts with shared, contract-based limits.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  3. Available Models

    Lists models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI and the Droid Core open-weight pool, each with the usage multiplier that drives cost.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  4. Factory Router

    Describes automatic model selection per task and Factory's reported 63% aggregate cost saving against frontier-model rates.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  5. Custom Models (BYOK)

    Explains bringing your own keys, open source providers, or local models to the Droid CLI and desktop app, with keys kept in local settings.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  6. Droid CLI

    Describes the terminal agent with approvals, MCP tools, custom droids, skills, hooks, plugins, Missions, and a path to headless droid exec.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  7. Droid Exec (Headless)

    Documents one-shot runs for CI and scripts, read-only by default until an autonomy level is set with --auto.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  8. Interaction Modes

    Describes Normal, Spec, and Mission modes, with Spec Mode as read-only planning that ends in an approval before implementation.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  9. Autonomy Level

    Documents the Off, Low, Medium, and High levels that set what Droid can run without asking, and permission rules that override them.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  10. Sandbox

    Documents OS-level isolation with Seatbelt on macOS and bubblewrap on Linux, limiting writes to the working directory and network access to allowed domains.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  11. Droid Shield

    Documents secret scanning that blocks commits and pushes made through Droid when added lines look like credentials.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  12. Delegations

    Documents delegating work from Slack, Linear, Jira, and Microsoft Teams, on any paid plan, with shared service-account identity and compute.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  13. Factory Missions

    Describes multi-feature projects planned with Droid and run by an orchestrator with validation, and recommends Agent Readiness Level 4 or above.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  14. Automated Code Review

    Documents Droid Action reviews on GitHub pull requests and GitLab merge requests, run in your own CI with a Factory API key.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  15. Agent Readiness

    Describes the five-level readiness model, scored per repository, that gates how much work agents can take on reliably.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  16. AGENTS.md

    Explains how AGENTS.md gives Droid durable project instructions, commands, and guardrails.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  17. Feature Maturity

    Explains how Factory tags features still maturing, and that the Droid CLI is versioned while hosted surfaces ship continuously.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

  18. Deployment Patterns

    Describes cloud-managed, hybrid, EU, and fully air-gapped deployment, and advises running higher autonomy only in containers or VMs.

    Checked Oct 12, 2026

Source index

Provenance at a glance

Every source GILD read, with the original address and the context used to count it. Open a finding to filter the full cards above. On smaller screens the index lists each source once by name, cohort and date; its full record above carries the address, context and findings.

Provenance for every analyzed Signals source
SourceOriginal URLAuthor and contextWhoPublishedReview dateAppliesFindings
600s host limit cuts off long-thinking Opus responses, causing repeated restarts and wasted usageID sx-01 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/81ziyou979, GitHub user filing an issue against Factory-AI/factoryself-described: Factory Desktop 0.202.0 on Windows, official Factory subscription without BYOKIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 21, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Reading a file that quotes a blocklisted client phrase 403s the session, false positive, misreported as auth failureID sx-02 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/79RoacherM, GitHub user filing an issue against Factory-AI/factoryself-described: Droid 0.244.0 on macOS, Claude Opus 5.5 at high effortIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 19, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
ACP session/set_config_option returns {} instead of required configOptionsID dc-67 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/66LouisDeconinck, GitHub user connecting Droid to T3 Code over ACPself-described: Linux x64Individual practitionerPublished Oct 8, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
permission_prompt Notification hook has no tool name or input ("needs permission to execute 1 tool(s)")ID dc-66 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/64glmn, GitHub user building a host around interactive Droid sessionsself-described: Runs several Droid sessions at onceVery small teamPublished Oct 7, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Windows: Defender quarantining an active session transcript crashes the turn (EUNKNOWN, unhandled rejection) and silently hides the sessionID dc-65 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/59NDilanka, GitHub user on the Factory desktop appself-described: Windows 11Individual practitionerPublished Oct 6, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
ACP mode (droid exec --output-format acp): a new session (session/new) inherits the conversation context of earlier sessions in the same processID dc-64 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/46vizh, GitHub user running Droid in Zed over ACPself-described: macOS, ZedIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 1, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the priceID dc-63 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=49898687rmaxdev, Hacker News commenterself-described: Heavy personal dev workIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 29, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Readiness reports can evaluate a stale worktree without warningID dc-62 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/44drawmeanelephant, GitHub user running Agent Readiness reports, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 28, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Desktop 0.184.0: new sessions reset custom-model default to auto (custom models missing from picker)ID dc-61 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/40hrmesquita, GitHub user on the Factory desktop app with BYOK modelsself-described: macOSIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 25, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Running droid doesn't see AGENTS.md file in user's .factory folder if it's a symlinkID dc-59 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/38kasajian, GitHub user of Droid CLI on Windowsself-described: WindowsIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 18, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Inside ZCode: Silently uploading your Git history to the cloudID dc-60 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=49753670bbor, Hacker News commenterself-described: Independent full-stack developer prototyping AI systemsIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 18, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Fresh usage measurementID dc-58 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1wj9u87/fresh_usage_measurement/sunoval2017, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Pro plan, GPT-5.6 SolIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 17, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Execute SIGKILLs every command when ps is unavailable: factory-execute-supervisor treats a failed liveness probe as owner deathID dc-57 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/33joshwilhelmi, GitHub user running droid exec under a sandboxself-described: macOS with sandbox-exec; also Ubuntu with DockerIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 16, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
ToolSearch remains allowed after acknowledged disabledToolIds updateID dc-56 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-sdk-typescript/issues/77zach-hammad-vs, GitHub user qualifying the Droid SDK for a restricted tool set, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 12, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
BYOK generic-chat-completion-api: parallel tool calls with image results create an orphan role:"tool" message -> 400 from strict upstreamsID dc-55 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/31marovole, GitHub user running Droid with a BYOK OpenAI-compatible modelself-described: macOSIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 10, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Validator submits duplicate reviews when it believes its tool-call bodies were truncated (glm-5.3, two-pass review)ID dc-54 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-action/issues/139thedevtoni, GitHub user running droid-action automated PR review on a private repositoryself-described: Private repository, CI code reviewVery small teamPublished Sep 5, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Feature Request: mouse text selection that copies logical text, not the rendered layout (Claude Code's option+click native select)ID dc-53 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/26brendandebeasi, GitHub user who uses both Claude Code and Droidself-described: Principal engineer on cloud foundations and LLM gatewaysIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 28, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Desktop-created sessions are stamped machineId "local" on a registered Droid Computer, so they never appear on app.factory.ai web/mobileID dc-52 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/22alanxchen85, GitHub user with a registered Droid Computerself-described: macOS, desktop app plus web and mobileIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 21, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
False positives for SHA-256 hashes and run metadata in Droid-ShieldID dc-51 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/15zyaiire, GitHub user committing evaluation data with Droidself-described: Research or evaluation repositoryIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 17, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Factory Droid vs Cursor Usage QuotaID dc-50 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1vpq26z/factory_droid_vs_cursor_usage_quota/FindingSerendipity_1, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: New subscriber comparing quotasIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 16, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Custom droids receive zero MCP tools despite valid configurationID dc-49 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/13snguyen-cars, GitHub user delegating to custom droidsself-described: Jenkins MCP serverIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 14, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Custom droid glm-5.2 pin intermittently falls back to GPT-5.6 SolID dc-48 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/8OliverGeorge8, GitHub user running custom droids from Spec Modeself-described: Software engineer, TypeScript, React and GoIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 8, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
droid exec --mission performs no work and reports success (num_turns 0, zero tokens, exit 0)ID dc-46 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/2Roderick-Clemente, GitHub user systematically testing droid exec, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 3, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
.factory/hooks.json is silently never read at project scope (documented primary location)ID dc-47 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory/issues/3Roderick-Clemente, GitHub user systematically testing droid exec, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Aug 3, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Factory AI being annoying - how to fix?ID dc-45 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1v8wthc/factory_ai_being_annoying_how_to_fix/Spiritual_Course4522, Reddit user in r/ClaudeAIself-described: Droid with Claude, compared with GitHub CopilotIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 28, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Python SDK 0.1.2 is behind the current Droid JSON-RPC surfaceID dc-44 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-sdk-python/issues/3mrwogu, GitHub user building on the Droid Python SDKself-described: AI developer experience at ComarchIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 27, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Why do GPT coding models have such a fetish for dispatching sub-agents?ID dc-43 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1uu2xno/why_do_gpt_coding_models_have_such_a_fetish_for/waxyslave, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: GPT models in Droid, AGENTS.md rulesIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 12, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Do Automated Evals Work?ID ld-03 | Engineering blogs & reviewsparlance-labs.com/blog/posts/auto-evals/Antaripa Saha, machine learning engineer at Parlance LabsParlance Labs evaluation using 100 production traces from Nurture BossProfessional teamPublished Jul 11, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Is there a timeline on the stable release?ID dc-42 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-sdk-typescript/issues/70whoisronak, GitHub user planning a product on the Droid SDKself-described: Building a new product on Factory's SDKIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 6, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Droid CLI Review: Hands-On Experience After Free TrialID ir-04 | Engineering blogs & reviewssurfing.salty.vip/posts/quick-review-on-droid-cli-after-free-trial/Robin Min, Independent developer and author of Surfingself-described: Solo; several days on the Droid CLI free trial, compared with Claude Code, opencode, and Gemini CLIIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 3, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Operation failed - check parametersID dc-41 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1ukj76a/operation_failed_check_parameters/Electronic-File-4652, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Droid CLI file creationIndividual practitionerPublished Jul 1, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Droid CLI is unbearable slowID dc-40 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1ub0tvz/droid_cli_is_unbearable_slow/sunoval2017, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Droid CLI in a terminal and in ZedIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 20, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
ProposeMission tool crashes with "undefined is not an object (evaluating 'H.length')" in droid 0.150.1ID dc-39 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-action/issues/98mlcarl, GitHub user running Droid Missions, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 18, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Droid no longer better than cc or codexID dc-38 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1tvf2ew/droid_no_longer_better_than_cc_or_codex/jm3823, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Earlier Droid user, MissionsIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 3, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Claude Opus 4.8ID dc-37 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330315mgambati, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished May 29, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Cursor Introduces Composer 2.5ID dc-36 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48190868virgilp, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished May 19, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Bug: BYOK session fails with empty response, code-server SIGABRT on new sessionID dc-35 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-action/issues/85hdot123, GitHub user on a Factory team plan, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished May 5, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: DeepClaude - Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 ProID dc-34 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=48003920ahmadyan, Builder of a multi-agent IDE (Agentastic.dev)self-described: Maker of AgentasticIndividual practitionerPublished May 4, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Subagent FailuresID dc-33 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1t177xd/subagent_failures/Academic-Assignment2, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: BYOK only, Linux and WindowsIndividual practitionerPublished May 1, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Opening a new thread while another is responding causes Droid to block new threadsID dc-32 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/factory-zed-extension/issues/82addidotlol, GitHub user of Droid in Zedself-described: Works at fyra stackIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 25, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed againID dc-31 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845219hboon, Independent developerself-described: Building own productsIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 21, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
How to fix "factoryd appears to be unavailable.."ID dc-30 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1sr6uw6/how_to_fix_factoryd_appears_to_be_unavailable/jrhabana, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: BYOK models through Z.ai, Ollama Cloud, and FireworksIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 20, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Configured VibeProxy to use OpenAI subscription and having problems with contextID dc-29 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1smwoz7/configured_vibeproxy_to_use_openai_subscription/cambryceyt, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Moved from Codex to Droid; OpenAI subscription through a proxyIndividual practitionerPublished Apr 16, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: OpenCode - Open source AI coding agentID dc-28 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47463481hboon, Independent developer (30 years experience, per profile posts)self-described: Building own productsIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 21, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
My Personal AI Infrastructure - Why I chose Factory AI's DroidID tc-09 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=mqOMsSa4Eys0xSero, Developer and YouTube creatorself-described: Personal AI infrastructure with local modelsIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 4, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
BEWARE of factory.ai. 10x more expensive than Claude Code and you can't cancel your subscription.ID dc-26 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1rjmqen/beware_of_factoryai_10x_more_expensive_than/rameloxnine, Reddit user in r/ClaudeAIself-described: Paid Factory subscriptionIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 3, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Tried Droid for a few simple features. Scratched it off the list.ID dc-27 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1rjnpbe/tried_droid_for_a_few_simple_features_scratched/mylifeasacoder, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Free trial, a Node.js feature on GPT-5.3-CodexIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 3, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
20x Claude Code user here. Just tried Factory Droid and it feels like cheating.ID dc-25 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1ri8p0k/20x_claude_code_user_here_just_tried_factory/carchengue626, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Claude Code Max 20x subscriber trying DroidIndividual practitionerPublished Mar 1, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: I hate AI side projectsID dc-24 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095692theturtletalks, Hacker News commenterself-described: Side projectsIndividual practitionerPublished Feb 20, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?ID dc-23 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=47038454sebazzz, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Feb 16, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Request: Use SHA-pinned action references for security-constrained repositoriesID dc-22 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/droid-action/issues/20rjmurillo, GitHub user in a security-constrained organizationself-described: Repositories with SHA-pinning security rulesetsVery small teamPublished Jan 18, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Droid Vs. CC with GLM 4.7 comparisonID dc-21 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1q9gysa/droid_vs_cc_with_glm_47_comparison/Apprehensive_Half_68, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: GLM-4.7 in Droid and in Claude CodeIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 10, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: How Google got its groove back and edged ahead of OpenAIID dc-20 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46537669theturtletalks, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 8, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Show HN: Agentastic.dev is Ghostty and Git worktrees = multi-agent CC/Codex IDEID dc-19 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46505113ahmadyan, Builder of a multi-agent IDE (Agentastic.dev)self-described: Runs 30 to 40 local agents in parallelIndividual practitionerPublished Jan 5, 2026Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Current
Comment on: Codex vs. Claude Code (today)ID dc-18 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400546sixhobbits, Hacker News commenterself-described: Personal projectsIndividual practitionerPublished Dec 27, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding CapabilityID dc-17 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366181jared0x90, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Dec 23, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Show HN: Oh-My-Opencode: US$24,000 Worth Spent. Built Async agents, Curated AgentsID dc-16 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46275982mengmota, Developer of an OpenCode pluginself-described: Solo comparison of coding agentsIndividual practitionerPublished Dec 15, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Droid: 7M Tokens Without Forgetting | How It WorksID tc-08 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=vhinYmvVvigRay Fernando, Developer and YouTube creatorself-described: Long single sessions; discloses that Factory sponsored their previous livestreamIndividual practitionerPublished Nov 26, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicableNot counted. Its creator discloses that Factory sponsored his previous livestream.
Is there a YOLO mode similar to claude code?ID dc-15 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1p24scm/is_there_a_yolo_mode_similar_to_claude_code/mediumbrownfox, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Personal side projects with Gemini 3Individual practitionerPublished Nov 20, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
It's the worst onboarding experience everID dc-14 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1ow0203/its_the_worst_onboarding_experience_ever/vargalas, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Install attemptIndividual practitionerPublished Nov 13, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Claude Code & Factory AI Droid: Testing Kimi K2 ThinkingID tc-07 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms-AB9PRUVoJeremy Grove, Developer and author of MediaDataFusion guidesself-described: One coding task, a Cognitive Map Generator, run in Claude Code and Droid with the same modelIndividual practitionerPublished Nov 11, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Droid is failing to compress every time and I have to start a new chat.ID dc-13 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1op6njm/droid_is_failing_to_compress_every_time_and_i/Sakrilegi0us, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Claude Code Max subscription through VibeProxyIndividual practitionerPublished Nov 5, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
couldn't run on windowsID dc-12 | Developer communities & issue trackersgithub.com/Factory-AI/examples/issues/1dimbage, GitHub userself-described: WindowsIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 31, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Vibe Check: I Canceled Two AI Max Plans for Factory's Coding Agent DroidID ir-03 | Engineering blogs & reviewsevery.to/vibe-check/vibe-check-i-canceled-two-ai-max-plans-for-factory-s-coding-agent-droidDanny Aziz, General manager of Spiral at Everyself-described: Building Spiral at Every; Every co-hosted a Droid Camp with Factory's head of developer relations the following dayIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 30, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
First impressionsID dc-11 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1oipsqf/first_impressions/StrixGGUY, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Rust backend with 230 API endpoints and 80,000 lines, plus 30,000 lines of ReactIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 29, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
New updates are forcing me to quitID dc-10 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1ofmunx/new_updates_are_forcing_me_to_quit/Warm_Sandwich3769, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Paid member who brought 15 developer friends to DroidVery small teamPublished Oct 25, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Droid is really trying hard to encourage me to cancelID dc-09 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1ocv9jx/droid_is_really_trying_hard_to_encourage_me_to/heretiqal, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Factory web app in Edge, a long refactoring sessionIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 22, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Stop using Claude Code, start using Droid (trust me)ID tc-05 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=LoUUNcnScYkDavid Ondrej, Founder of Vectal and YouTube creatorself-described: Founder of Vectal, hiring developersIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 20, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Why I Like Factory AI Droid: Flexibility, BYOK, CLI + IDE + CloudID tc-06 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=nc0zg_wAKX0Jeremy Grove, Developer and author of MediaDataFusion guidesself-described: Setting up Droid with BYOK and GLM-4.6 across the CLI, IDEs, and cloud syncIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 20, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
How to Enable Deep Reasoning (High) When Using Custom ChatGPT Models?ID dc-08 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1o98xc1/how_to_enable_deep_reasoning_high_when_using/Unlucky_Draft_3468, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Switched from the Codex CLI to Droid with an OpenAI API keyIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 17, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Damn impressed with Droid CLIID dc-07 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1o5r2no/damn_impressed_with_droid_cli/Apprehensive_Half_68, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Large personal repository; also uses Codex, Gemini, Crush, Copilot, and ClaudeIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 13, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Ask Droid CLI to implement some specs and set mode to (Auto) - High and now it destroy the whole OSID dc-06 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTCoding/comments/1o4x01w/ask_droid_cli_to_implement_some_specs_and_set/GTHell, Reddit user in r/ChatGPTCodingself-described: WSL Arch Linux, Auto (High) autonomyIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 12, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Show HN: I built a SaaS in 8 weeks, solo, using our own AI platformID dc-04 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45541869kirkmarple, Founder who built the Zine app on their own company platform (Graphlit)self-described: Solo build of a production SaaS (Next.js, TypeScript, Graphlit SDK, Vercel)Individual practitionerPublished Oct 10, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Feedback for MCPID dc-05 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/FactoryAi/comments/1o2w1rv/feedback_for_mcp/EmbarrassedBird2833, Reddit user in r/FactoryAiself-described: Droid CLI with Chrome and Supabase MCP serversIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 10, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Comment on: Factory Raises US$50M Series BID dc-03 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=45476241miraserver, Hacker News commenter, self-describedIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 4, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Droid CLI + GLM-4.6 + FREE 4.5 Sonnet,GPT-5 : Is it really the NEXT CLAUDE CODE?ID tc-04 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=oenjvN0hHeEAICodeKing, AI coding tool reviewerself-described: Free trial; four test projects with Sonnet 4.5, then GLM-4.6 through a custom providerIndividual practitionerPublished Oct 3, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
droid + sonnet 4.5ID dc-02 | Developer communities & issue trackerswww.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1nusnn3/droid_sonnet_45/travbarb, Reddit user in r/ClaudeCodeself-described: Complex personal projects, free trial tokensIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 30, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
ChatGPT Codex vs FactoryID ir-01 | Engineering blogs & reviewsaileverage.substack.com/p/chatgpt-codex-vs-factoryOliver, Author of a Substack newsletter on AI tools (aileverage.substack.com)self-described: Solo; first use of Factory, building the same Windows voice-dictation app in Codex and in FactoryIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 30, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Factory Droid Tutorial: Missions, Skills, and AgentsID ir-02 | Engineering blogs & reviewssidbharath.com/blog/factory-ai-guide/Sid Bharath, Independent writer on AI agents (hands-on Droid tutorial)self-described: Tutorial rewritten around the current Droid CLI, with Spec Mode, Missions, custom droids, and droid execIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 30, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Still applicable
Adding a new feature to a project with Factory CLIID tc-03 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=IqYr0AclsJMIan Nuttall, Independent developerself-described: Adding a heatmap activity tracker to the open-source here/now projectIndividual practitionerPublished Sep 19, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Transcript: 'How Two Engineers Ship Like a Team of 15 With AI Agents'ID ld-01 | Talks & videosevery.to/podcast/transcript-how-two-engineers-ship-like-a-team-of-15-with-ai-agentsKieran Klaassen, general manager of Cora at EveryTwo engineers building Cora at Every, with Claude Code as the main agentTechnical leadershipPublished Jun 11, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
These Factory AI Droids Built My App in 10 Minutes! (Rust + TypeScript!)ID tc-02 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZYxlTPX-LMAI LABS, AI development tutorial channelself-described: Building a Rust and TypeScript desktop app on a local machineIndividual practitionerPublished Jun 1, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Comment on: Understanding DroidsID dc-01 | Developer communities & issue trackersnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=44130948data_delaurier, Hacker News commenterself-described: Solo workflow: Windsurf for scaffolding, Anthropic Workbench for plans, Factory Droids for implementationIndividual practitionerPublished May 29, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Exploring Factory Droids: Your Ultimate AI Coding AgentsID tc-01 | Talks & videoswww.youtube.com/watch?v=GkFd3d8suLMDan McAteer, Developer and YouTube creatorself-described: Walkthrough after a month of access, on remote and local repositoriesIndividual practitionerPublished May 28, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Embracing AI at Tilt: Beyond Code GenerationID ld-02 | Engineering blogs & reviewstilt.com/blog/embracing-ai-beyond-code-generationJames Garrett, backend developer at TiltTilt engineering team, C# and .NET backend with web, iOS and Android clientsProfessional teamPublished Feb 25, 2025Assessment reviewed Nov 1, 2026Needs a recheck
Individual PlansID pd-01 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/pricing/individualsFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Organization PlansID pd-02 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/pricing/organizationsFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Available ModelsID pd-03 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/modelsFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Factory RouterID pd-04 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/model-independence/factory-routerFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Custom Models (BYOK)ID pd-05 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/model-independence/byokFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Droid CLIID pd-06 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/droid-cli/overviewFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Droid Exec (Headless)ID pd-07 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/droid-exec/overviewFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Interaction ModesID pd-08 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/autonomy-and-safety/specification-modeFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Autonomy LevelID pd-09 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/autonomy-and-safety/auto-runFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
SandboxID pd-10 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/autonomy-and-safety/sandboxFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Droid ShieldID pd-11 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/autonomy-and-safety/droid-shieldFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
DelegationsID pd-12 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/delegationsFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Factory MissionsID pd-13 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/missions/overviewFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Automated Code ReviewID pd-14 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/software-factory/code-review-ciFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Agent ReadinessID pd-15 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/agent-readiness/overviewFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
AGENTS.mdID pd-16 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/harness/agents-mdFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Feature MaturityID pd-17 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/changelog/feature-maturityFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only
Deployment PatternsID pd-18 | Product documentationdocs.factory.com/enterprise/network-and-deploymentFactoryOfficialNot counted (documentation)No date statedDocumentation checked Oct 12, 2026CurrentVerification only