--- title: What's new in Gemini Code Assist | daily.dev description: Gemini Code Assist's Agent Mode is now available in Preview for VS Code and Stable for IntelliJ, offering AI-powered multi-step task automation with human... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gemini-code-assist-xtp4mq8zf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's new in Gemini Code Assist | daily.dev og:description: Gemini Code Assist's Agent Mode is now available in Preview for VS Code and Stable for IntelliJ, offering AI-powered multi-step task automation with human... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-gemini-code-assist-xtp4mq8zf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xtP4mq8zf.png og:image:alt: What's new in Gemini Code Assist 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. # What's new in Gemini Code Assist **[Google Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/googledevs)** · 4 min read · 22 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Gemini Code Assist's Agent Mode is now available in Preview for VS Code and Stable for IntelliJ, offering AI-powered multi-step task automation with human oversight. The update includes enhanced chat controls, improved code completion, and integration with Gemini CLI. New features include GitHub Actions integration, VS Code native diffing, custom slash commands, and a public roadmap for future development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@koblahdesmond** · 1 upvotes > Google cannot cease to amaze me, always blowing my mind. 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