Ivan Leo, who works on developer experience at Google DeepMind, shared the official docs for Antigravity's new Remote Agents feature on X on November 4. Per the docs, Remote Agents run agent sessions and tools in an isolated, Google-managed remote environment, so tasks keep going when you close your laptop or browser or switch between desktop and mobile. Sessions start from the Antigravity App, the Antigravity CLI (1.4.12+, agy --remote-agent) or the web at antigravity.google.com, and remote projects can attach GitHub repositories, Google Drive files and uploads. It is rolling out gradually to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers on personal accounts; it is not available on the free plan, AI Plus or business accounts.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Remote Agents run in an isolated Google-managed environment with no local machine required; Remote Control instead connects to your own computer or server, and the web sidebar switches between them.
- ✓Three entry points: a New Remote Project in the Antigravity App, agy --remote-agent in CLI 1.4.12+, or antigravity.google.com in any browser, including mobile.
- ✓Remote projects can attach GitHub repositories (cloned automatically), Google Drive files and uploads (8 MiB per file, 100 MiB per project, 2 GiB per account).
- ✓CLI remote sessions default to the always-proceed (turbo) permission preset, so commands run without approval; locally installed MCP servers, plugins and skills are not available remotely yet.
- ✓Only for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers on personal accounts, rolling out gradually; not on the free plan, AI Plus or Workspace/Cloud business accounts.
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Background and the Industry Pain Point
Local coding agents share an old weakness: when the machine sleeps or the network drops, long tasks stop. Google has said its async coding agent Jules is winding down and folding into Antigravity, and Antigravity now adds cloud execution. Ivan Leo, who works on developer experience at Google DeepMind, praised the new UI on X and linked the official docs.
Architecture Highlights and Mechanism
Per the official docs, Remote Agents run sessions and tools in an isolated Google-managed environment. Remote projects attach GitHub repositories, Google Drive files and uploads as Resources, and conversations clone repositories automatically. Plugins connect via OAuth, with credentials encrypted at rest and injected per request. A separate Remote Control mode connects to your own host.
Benchmarks and Measured Results
Google has not published performance figures. The docs list hard limits: 8 MiB per uploaded file, 50 files and 100 MiB per project, 2 GiB per account, and private repositories in one project must share a GitHub owner.
Getting Started for Developers
Eligible users can click + to create a New Remote Project in the App sidebar, or update the CLI and run agy --remote-agent, using -c to resume and --project to pick a project. Remote sessions default to the turbo preset, which runs commands without approval, so adjust it in /config first; print mode, /diff, /rewind and some other features are not available yet.
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