Devin Desktop: New Agent Window and UI

New Agent Window

The Agent Window now runs the same interface as the Devin web app: the sessions sidebar, session view, Automations, Review, Wiki, settings, and Command Palette (⌘K) match app.devin.ai, and follow your Devin Desktop theme.

• Sessions:
  • Drag a session from the sidebar onto an open session to view up to 8 sessions side by side.
  • Group sidebar sessions by workspace, with a ”+” on each group to start a session in that folder.
  • Start a child session from any session’s “More” menu.
  • Sessions grouped into Spaces now appear under a parent session in the sidebar.
• Files, changes, and terminals in every session:
  • A Files view shows a local session’s working directory or a cloud session’s machine as a file tree next to the editor.
  • The Changes tab now works for local sessions, with per-file diffs and a “Since last seen” scope.
  • Terminal in a session’s add-tab menu opens a terminal on the session’s machine, or a local shell in the session’s folder.
  • Cmd/Ctrl+O opens a local file in the Agent Window, and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F searches the text of the session’s files.
  • Files open in the Agent Window’s editor support code actions and rename.
  • Select code in an editor tab and press Cmd/Ctrl+L to quote it into the chat.
• Cloud sessions:
  • The IDE button in the top right opens a Remote SSH window on the session’s machine.
  • App previews open in a Preview tab, with a URL bar, port switching, device sizes, and an element picker.
  • Cloud sessions connected to your machine read unsaved edits from open editors.
  • Code scan sessions show a scan badge and open their Findings view beside the chat.
• Customizations and settings now match the same UI as Devin Cloud.
• New shortcuts: Cmd/Ctrl+. cycles the agent mode, Cmd/Ctrl+[ and Cmd/Ctrl+] go back and forward, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+L copies a link to the session, and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E marks a session done. Typing anywhere focuses the composer.
• Settings → Preferences → Appearance lets you pick the interface and code fonts and their sizes.

Changed

• Pressing Enter while Devin is working steers the running turn; Cmd/Ctrl+Enter queues the message until the turn ends.
• Configured MCP servers can be @-mentioned.
• The command palette searches the content of Local sessions, not only their titles.
• On Windows, WSL distros can be used as remote agent hosts alongside SSH hosts, and remote hosts are listed in the Cloud / Local picker.
• Devin no longer opens files in the background when it edits them. Turn “Auto-open edited files” back on in Devin Settings → Editor → User Interface to restore this.
• Agent diff zones are off by default, so agent edits are applied directly to files. Re-enable them in Devin Settings → Editor → User Interface → Agent diff zones.
• Agent edits are saved without running format-on-save or code actions. Enable “Run save actions on agent edits” to restore the previous behavior.
• Worktrees are no longer deleted automatically once a repository has more than 19 of them.
• Plugins can declare platforms: [cloud] or platforms: [local]; Devin Desktop only activates plugins that apply locally.

Fixed

• Long sessions stay responsive while replies stream, and scrolling long transcripts is smoother.
• MCP servers from every configured registry can be installed, not only those from the first registry.
• MCP tool calls that need approval in Devin Local show their Allow / Reject controls.
• Saving agent environment variables restarts the affected local agent, so new sessions use the updated values.
• The “System notifications” switch in Devin settings now turns agent notifications on and off.
• Ctrl+Shift+C copies in terminals again, and the Send Terminal to Chat shortcut works on Windows and Linux.
• Markdown files of a cloud session open as a rendered preview again.

Devin Desktop

• Added support for connecting to MCP servers on protocol revision 2026-07-28 (server/discover, no initialize).
• Enterprise admins can now set an Extension marketplace URL in the Devin Desktop team settings. When set, Devin Desktop searches for and installs extensions from that marketplace only. See Admin controls.
• Improved performance for very large or deeply nested folders.
• Replaced folder and git-@ mention system with a faster integration while removing the code context @-mention category.
• The model picker remembers the variant you last used for each model family, instead of resetting to the family default.
• [Private Preview] Devin Desktop can now connect to remote MCPs configured in Devin Cloud. Only enterprise-level MCPs will be reached.