--- title: Increase Guidance and Control over Agent Mode with... description: Android Studio Panda 3 is now stable, introducing two major AI agent enhancements and one new template. Agent Skills let developers create custom instruction... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/increase-guidance-and-control-over-agent-mode-with-android-studio-panda-3-d6z4h3oa4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Increase Guidance and Control over Agent Mode with Android Studio Panda 3 | daily.dev og:description: Android Studio Panda 3 is now stable, introducing two major AI agent enhancements and one new template. Agent Skills let developers create custom instruction... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/increase-guidance-and-control-over-agent-mode-with-android-studio-panda-3-d6z4h3oa4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d6z4h3oa4.png og:image:alt: Increase Guidance and Control over Agent Mode with Android Studio Panda 3 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. # Increase Guidance and Control over Agent Mode with Android Studio Panda 3 **[Android Developers Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/androiddev)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android Studio Panda 3 is now stable, introducing two major AI agent enhancements and one new template. Agent Skills let developers create custom instruction files (SKILL.md) in a .skills directory to teach the AI agent organization-specific workflows, coding standards, and library usage, reducing the need for detailed prompts. Granular Agent Permissions give developers explicit control over what the agent can access—files, shell commands, web—with 'Always Allow' rules for trusted operations and an optional sandbox for stricter isolation. Additionally, a new 'Empty Car App Library App' template simplifies building for Android Auto and Android Automotive OS by handling boilerplate setup automatically. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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