Factory has released Droid 1.0, a model-independent coding agent harness built on programmatic tool calling. Instead of ...

Factory has released Droid 1.0, a model-independent coding agent harness built on programmatic tool calling. Instead of one model request per tool, the model writes JavaScript that runs in a sandbox and drives hundreds of calls, so only printed output returns to its context. Factory reports a 65.2% pass rate on Terminal-Bench 4 with Claude Opus 5.5 at 4.73 USD per passed task. https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/31/factory-droid-1-0-frontier-harness/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI