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The latest AI and developer news from Replit Blog, with short summaries.
Visit website →Replit Agent Adds Web Search Capability: A Smarter App-Building Partner
Replit Agent has evolved into a more autonomous app-building partner by introducing real-time web search capability.
Summary of Effort-Based Pricing Introduction and Operational Status
Replit acknowledges billing errors that occurred during the introduction of its new **Effort-Based Pricing**, and offers **$10 in free credits** to compensate users.
Introducing Dynamic Intelligence for Replit Agent
Replit has introduced **Dynamic Intelligence**, a feature that enhances Agent's reasoning ability and accuracy.
Replit Agent Introduces Effort-Based Pricing
Replit is introducing an **Effort-Based** pricing model that charges based on the complexity and time required for a task.
Import Figma and Other Design Tools into Agent via Replit Import
Replit has launched Replit Import, a feature that converts designs from Figma, Lovable, Bolt, and more into apps.
Click, edit, deploy — Introducing Element Editor
Replit has unveiled Element Editor, which lets users intuitively edit text and styles like a design tool.
Replit: The Safest Environment for Vibe Coding
Replit has introduced enhanced security features, including authentication, security scanning, and file protection, to address the security threats of AI-powered 'vibe coding.'
Replit Unveils Replit Auth: Add Secure Login to Your Apps
Replit has unveiled 'Replit Auth,' which lets developers implement secure login and user management with a single prompt.
Safe Vibe Coding: Tools and Core Principles for Coding While Staying Secure
Replit provides core security principles like version control and encrypted storage to prevent vulnerabilities in AI-generated code.
Zinus Saves Over $140,000 and Cuts Development Time by 50% Using Replit
By leveraging Replit Agent to build its own QA tool, Zinus saved over $140,000 in development costs and reduced development time by 50%.
Safer Vibe Coding, Made Easier
Replit has integrated automated security features directly into its platform to prevent security vulnerabilities in AI-generated code.
What is Vibe Coding
**Vibe Coding**, in which users instruct AI agents to write code through natural language prompts to build apps, is changing the paradigm of app development.
Agents Now Have Eyes — Click, Describe, Done
A new **Element Selector** has been released, letting Agents directly click and select UI elements so that apps' styles or features can be instantly modified with just a description.
Everything About MCP (Model Context Protocol)
MCP is a connection protocol that helps AI models access external data and tools in a standardized way.
Cutting Nix Storage Costs by 90% with Tvix Store
Replit adopted Tvix Store to reduce Nix storage capacity from 6Tb to 1.2Tb, cutting costs by 90%.
Introducing Workflows feature
Replit has launched Workflows, an automation tool that lets you save and run repetitive development commands.
Replit's New Database Editor
Replit has launched a new Database Editor feature that lets users manage Postgres data as easily as a spreadsheet.
Replit Agent v2 Early Access Released
Replit has released Replit Agent v2, featuring even more autonomous capabilities built on Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet, as an early access program.
Replit Launches First Software-Building Agent for iOS and Android
Replit has launched an AI agent that lets users build and deploy apps on mobile devices through natural language conversation alone.
Repls Is Now Called Replit Apps
Replit has changed the existing name 'Repls' to 'Replit Apps' to reflect that it is an environment where users actually build and deploy real applications.