--- title: Gradle Is Going Agentic | daily.dev description: Gradle is launching an initiative called Agentic Gradle, focused on making the build tool work better with AI coding agents: official Gradle skills that teach... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Gradle Is Going Agentic | daily.dev og:description: Gradle is launching an initiative called Agentic Gradle, focused on making the build tool work better with AI coding agents: official Gradle skills that teach... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FSlYzB3lk.png og:image:alt: Gradle Is Going Agentic og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Gradle Is Going Agentic **[Gradle Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/gradle-blog)** · 8 min read · 6 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Gradle is launching an initiative called Agentic Gradle, focused on making the build tool work better with AI coding agents: official Gradle skills that teach agents how to run and debug builds, a benchmarking framework to prove which changes actually help agents, and efforts to remove friction like token-wasteful interactions and human-oriented docs. As a tradeoff, the team deprioritized making Configuration Cache the default in Gradle 10, pushing that plan to Gradle 11 instead, while keeping Declarative Gradle and Isolated Projects as ongoing priorities. Configuration Cache remains available today via a manual gradle.properties flag and is recommended for new projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Configuration Cache the default in Gradle 10? No, Configuration Cache is not the default in Gradle 10. Gradle's team decided to delay flipping the default to Gradle 11 instead, prioritizing a new 'Agentic Gradle' initiative this cycle. Configuration Cache is already stable and can be enabled manually by setting org.gradle.configuration-cache=true in gradle.properties. _Developers tracking Gradle version changes before upgrading can follow build tool updates like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I enable Configuration Cache in Gradle before it becomes the default? Add org.gradle.configuration-cache=true to the gradle.properties file. Configuration Cache is already shipped and stable, and Gradle's own best practices recommend it as the first choice for new projects, with the default flip planned for Gradle 11 rather than Gradle 10. _Anyone optimizing Gradle build performance can keep up with configuration cache guidance via daily.dev._ ### What is Agentic Gradle? Agentic Gradle is a Gradle team initiative focused on making the build tool work well with AI coding agents, consisting of three efforts: official Gradle 'skills' that teach agents specific tasks like reading build failures, a benchmarking framework to measure whether skills or changes actually improve agent performance, and friction-reduction work such as agent-friendly command-line output and documentation. _Teams adopting AI agents in their build workflows can track tooling shifts like this through daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@agustinbarrientos** · 0 upvotes > Benchmarks should pin both the model and Gradle version. Otherwise model drift can impersonate a better skill, and the result stops telling you which instruction actually helped ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google previews Android CLI for new world of agentic development](https://daily.dev/posts/google-previews-android-cli-for-new-world-of-agentic-development-pnmizam6a) · DEVCLASS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [An Optimized Agentic Android Development Workflow](https://daily.dev/posts/an-optimized-agentic-android-development-workflow-tgmzigta4) · Atomic Spin · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Agent Skills for Gradle Best Practices and Wrapper Upgrades](https://daily.dev/posts/agent-skills-for-gradle-best-practices-and-wrapper-upgrades-mymayp1cx) · Gradle Blog · 4 upvotes · 1 comments - [With Android CLI, Google is Making the Android Toolchain Agent-Friendly](https://daily.dev/posts/with-android-cli-google-is-making-the-android-toolchain-agent-friendly-n84xdlayj) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#gradle](https://daily.dev/tags/gradle), [#build-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/build-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Gradle Is Going Agentic","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk"},"datePublished":"2026-08-19T16:53:43.943Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T18:32:18.557Z","description":"Gradle is launching an initiative called Agentic Gradle, focused on making the build tool work better with AI coding agents: official Gradle skills that teach...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/40f4683b0ce5f6e4937b94c0c3a074ce?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/40f4683b0ce5f6e4937b94c0c3a074ce?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Gradle Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Gradle Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Mtc4Cp4O--/f_auto,q_auto/v1773648768/logos/gradle-blog?_a=BAMAMiiu0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gradle-blog"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"devtools,java,ai-agents,gradle,build-systems","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gradle Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gradle-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gradle Is Going Agentic"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gradle-is-going-agentic-fslyzb3lk","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Benchmarks should pin both the model and Gradle version. 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