Say hello to Rovo Dev Agents, now in beta

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We are excited to announce that Rovo Dev Agents have officially entered beta! This marks a significant milestone in our journey to revolutionize software development. Designed to streamline workflows, remove friction and reduce routine tasks, Rovo Dev Agents empower developers to focus on what truly matters: innovation and creative problem-solving. Want to get started? Join our beta program.

These new agents enable teams to:

• Reduce time getting work ready for development by generating comprehensive technical plans using Atlassian's Teamwork Graph, which integrates data from Jira and Confluence.

• Automate repetitive coding tasks with specialized coding agents such as the Feature Flag Cleaner, which automatically removes or merges stale feature flags post-rollout.

• Enhance PR quality and speed up cycles by using intelligent feedback that ensures alignment with acceptance criteria in Jira and code standards in your SCM, spotting issues early to minimize rework.

• Boost deployment efficiency on Bitbucket Cloud with insights that streamline builds and tests. Use tools like the Pipeline Troubleshooter for actionable log analysis and the Deployment Summarizer for clear deployment digests, ensuring smooth releases.

The developer's dilemma: balancing innovation and engineering excellence

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, developers are the backbone of innovation. However, they often find themselves coding only 16% of the time, with the remaining 84% consumed by tasks essential for maintaining engineering rigour and sustainability, such as planning, documentation, reviews, and maintenance. While these tasks are crucial, they can be repetitive and labour-intensive, sometimes overshadowing the creative aspects of development and delaying the launch of crucial features.

The challenge lies in balancing innovation with engineering excellence. Developers need to navigate the time-consuming process of gathering relevant context, which is vital for both planning and execution. This process, though important, can be streamlined with the right tools, allowing teams to maintain high standards while still focusing on creative problem-solving. Our goal is to empower developers with a balanced workflow that prioritizes their coding time, enabling them to excel in both innovation and technical excellence, ultimately driving meaningful impact in the software they create.

Turbocharge developer productivity with Rovo Dev Agents

Rovo Dev AI Agents supercharge software development by automating routine tasks from idea to deployment. This empower developers to focus on solving high-value problems and creating impactful solutions by leveraging Atlassian's unique Teamwork Graph, which connects business context directly to software solutions, ensuring every line of code aligns with business goals and customer impact. Our new Code Intelligence layer further enhances the Teamwork Graph by integrating deep code understanding, code search, code generation, and pipeline analysis, providing developers with a wealth of new use cases. This layer enables the creation of detailed technical code plans directly from Jira tickets and the generation of code that adheres to engineering standards, seamlessly operating across platforms like Bitbucket Cloud and GitHub.

We are excited to launch a set of out-of-the-box agents designed to streamline and enhance your software development process. These agents are ready to deploy and address common challenges faced by development teams. However, we know that every team has unique needs, which is why we also offer customizable agent templates. These templates allow you to tailor agents to fit specific requirements and workflows. For instance, the Migrations Agent Template assists with codebase migration tasks, updating configurations seamlessly. Similarly, the Vulnerability Updater Template helps manage code vulnerabilities, ensuring your code meets security standards. For those who want even more control, you can create fully custom agents to address niche tasks and scenarios. Additionally, our platform supports bulk execution from your backlog, enabling these agents to perform actions across multiple tasks simultaneously. This flexibility not only accelerates project timelines but also empowers your teams to focus on strategic initiatives that drive innovation and organizational impact.

Plan: Start coding faster with Code Planner

Imagine picking up a new Jira work item only to spend hours figuring out where to make the necessary code changes. Developers often sift through repos, consult SMEs, and search Confluence for guidance before they can even begin coding. This can significantly delay the start of the development process and impact productivity. Enter the Code Planner agent: by automatically generating comprehensive technical plans from Jira, Confluence, and your code context, it empowers your team to start writing the right code faster, reducing planning time and boosting efficiency.

Develop: Generate code and automate repetitive tasks to keep devs in the flow

Repetitive coding tasks can drain valuable time and energy from your engineers. Our new Coding Agents streamline the implementation phase by automating these mundane tasks. With specific out-of-the-box agents like the Feature Flag Cleaner and Code Documentation Writer, you can address common challenges seamlessly. Additionally, we offer agent templates that serve as a starting point for more specialized tasks. For example, the Migrations Agent Template assists with codebase migration, while the Vulnerability Updater Template helps manage code vulnerabilities.

Tailor solutions to your needs

With Rovo Dev, you can create custom coding agents tailored to your workflows, enhancing efficiency and precision. These agents automate specific tasks such as creating unit test or removing unused code and reduce manual effort for routine processes. You can customize your agent by selecting “create a developer agent” on your Jira ticket, and from there select the agent you want to customize or create a new agent. This streamlines workflows adapts to project demands, and saves time, allowing your team to focus on high-impact tasks.

Boost efficiency with bulk automation

Once you've setup your custom agent, Rovo Dev allows you to further enhance efficiency through bulk automation. Trigger agents through Jira tickets to automatically plan, implement code changes, and prepare pull requests, transforming weeks of work into mere minutes.

Now imagine a scenario where developers no longer need to concern themselves with manually adding unit tests. With Atlassian Automation, you can setup rules that instruct your custom coding agent to automatically engage whenever it detects keywords like "unit test" in the label, title, or description of a task.

By doing so, you can seamlessly elevate code quality across your entire team. This automation not only handles repetitive yet crucial tasks but also frees up your developers to focus on more creative endeavours and address complex business and technical challenges.

Review: Enhance PR quality and reduce cycle time with Code Reviewer

Long PR reviews can slow down your development process. Code Reviewer acts as your intelligent review companion, automatically checking code changes against requirements and providing actionable comments to improve your code quality. It identifies potential issues such as errors and inefficiencies, helping teams maintain high-quality standards. Customize it with your own instructions to enhance its capabilities. By ensuring code alignment with business objectives and reducing rework, this agent significantly shortens PR cycle times.

Deploy: Keep deployments smooth with the Pipeline Troubleshooter

Deployment failures can be a major bottleneck, but the Pipeline Troubleshooter is here to help. Instead of combing through endless logs, this agent provides clear and actionable solutions to keep your deployment momentum strong. It ensures your team can quickly resolve issues and maintain a consistent release cadence, allowing you to focus on delivering high-quality software without unnecessary delays.

Communicate: Stay aligned with Deployment Summarizer

Once your deployment is on track, keeping everyone informed is crucial. The Deployment Summarizer creates concise digests of each release, ensuring all team members understand what's being deployed. This enhances communication and collaboration, ensuring that everyone is aligned and ready to respond to new demands or feedback effectively.

Get started with Rovo Dev Agents

The future of software development isn't about replacing developers—it's about amplifying their capabilities. With Rovo Dev Agents, we're reshaping how development teams work, enabling them to focus on creative problem-solving and delivering higher-quality code faster.

Join our beta program.

Quick guide to install Rovo Dev Agents on your site

1. Go to Atlassian Administration.

2. If you have multiple organizations, select the one you want to install Rovo Dev Agents in.

3. Select Products from the top navigation.

4. Select Add product.

5. Select Discover more products.

6. Find Rovo Dev Agents under Code, build, and ship, and select Try it now.

7. Select I agree to install Rovo Dev Agents.

8. Once the installation is complete, select Go to Rovo Dev Agents.

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[Ximo Cerdá Enguix]

Is anything known about the privacy of these agents? Thank you in advance.

[Alison Clough]

Are there plans to support Gitlab?

[Miguel CYRILLE]

Hi 
Is there a way to force the agent (code planner and code agent) to look at a specific branch instead of relying on the main one?