Devin

Quadrant distribution

Jev `choice` — not a hard 0.5 cut. Confidence 0.33.

• Directed32.0%
• Anchored9.0%
• Forming9.0%
• Operational50.0%

Evidence ledger

Recency half-life 180 days. Weight = 2^(-age/180).

1. announcement · published 2026-06-02 · w=0.642

   Windsurf is now Devin Desktop

   Cognition launched Devin Desktop as the next generation of Windsurf, with an Agent Command Center, Spaces, ACP support, Devin Local (Rust rewrite, up to 30% more token efficient than Cascade), plus Devin Cloud, CLI, and Review.

2. product · accessed 2026-09-24 · w=0.996

   Devin Desktop product page

   The Devin Desktop product page describes managing fleets of local and cloud agents from one surface and quotes design partners including Ramp, Harvey, and NVIDIA on multi-agent support.

Reproducibility

resolved model: jev-1.13.0

requested model: jev-latest

request id: req_01a0d5de814b7d72b7f31ca4b58f2ad0

timestamp: 2026-09-25T00:02:01.331Z

request hash: 0af14868952044657e95a63d1f0562891d015dded195a7633b7e8c742a393f19

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  "model": "jev-latest",
  "state": {
    "goal": "Score this entity on the Jev Quadrant rubric using only the supplied evidence.",
    "framework": "jev-quadrant-v1",
    "topic": {
      "id": "ai-coding-agents",
      "title": "AI coding agents",
      "x_axis": "Proven Execution",
      "y_axis": "Validated Direction"
    },
    "entity": {
      "id": "devin",
      "name": "Devin",
      "website": "https://devin.ai/desktop",
      "description": "Cognition’s cloud and desktop agent platform; Windsurf is now Devin Desktop."
    },
    "evidence": [
      {
        "id": "devin-desktop",
        "kind": "announcement",
        "url": "https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-is-now-devin-desktop",
        "date": "2026-06-02",
        "date_kind": "published",
        "recency_weight": 0.6422,
        "summary": "Cognition launched Devin Desktop as the next generation of Windsurf, with an Agent Command Center, Spaces, ACP support, Devin Local (Rust rewrite, up to 30% more token efficient than Cascade), plus Devin Cloud, CLI, and Review.",
        "title": "Windsurf is now Devin Desktop"
      },
      {
        "id": "devin-desktop-page",
        "kind": "product",
        "url": "https://devin.ai/desktop",
        "date": "2026-09-24",
        "date_kind": "accessed",
        "recency_weight": 0.9962,
        "summary": "The Devin Desktop product page describes managing fleets of local and cloud agents from one surface and quotes design partners including Ramp, Harvey, and NVIDIA on multi-agent support.",
        "title": "Devin Desktop product page"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [],
    "independent_checks": [],
    "recency": {
      "half_life_days": 180,
      "as_of": "2026-09-25",
      "mass": 1.6384
    }
  },
  "questions": {
    "exec_shipped": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Has this entity shipped a generally available product used by third parties?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "Independent public evidence shows a generally available product used by third parties.",
        "false": "The product is announced, preview-only, or evidenced only by unsourced vendor marketing with no third-party use."
      }
    },
    "exec_adoption": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there credible adoption evidence?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "Credible adoption evidence exists: named customers, published user or download counts, case studies, or equivalent.",
        "false": "Adoption claims are absent, purely anecdotal, or unsourced."
      }
    },
    "exec_reliability": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there evidence of reliability, quality, security/compliance, or operational maturity?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "Evidence of reliability, quality, security/compliance, or operational maturity (uptime, incidents handled, certifications, long-running open-source project).",
        "false": "No reliability or quality evidence is present."
      }
    },
    "exec_cadence": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there evidence of continued delivery after launch?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "Evidence of continued delivery after launch (dated releases, changelog, subsequent features).",
        "false": "Delivery appears one-shot or stalled."
      }
    },
    "dir_strategy": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there a specific, consistent, dated public strategy or roadmap?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "A public strategy or roadmap is specific, consistent, and dated.",
        "false": "Direction is vague, contradictory, or only implied."
      }
    },
    "dir_backed": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Are strategy or roadmap claims backed by shipped artifacts in the evidence pack?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "Roadmap or strategy claims are backed by shipped artifacts in the evidence pack.",
        "false": "Direction is promised without corresponding delivery evidence."
      }
    },
    "dir_distinct": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is the evidenced direction distinct from generic category copy?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "The evidenced direction is distinct from generic category copy.",
        "false": "Positioning is interchangeable with peers."
      }
    },
    "dir_invested": {
      "type": "noul",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Is there evidence of sustained investment in this product?",
      "criteria": {
        "true": "Evidence of sustained investment (funding used for the product, research, open-source velocity, or platform expansion).",
        "false": "No evidence of continued investment."
      }
    },
    "quadrant": {
      "type": "choice",
      "instructions": "Use only the supplied state. Do not use prior knowledge that is not represented as evidence items. If evidence is thin, return a probability near 0.5 with the understanding that uncertainty is handled separately. Assign the entity to one Jev Quadrant cell. Do not use a hard 0.5 cut. Weigh the full evidence pack.",
      "criteria": {
        "ANCHORED": "Both delivery (proven execution) and evidenced direction (validated direction) are strong.",
        "DIRECTED": "Validated direction is better evidenced than proven execution.",
        "OPERATIONAL": "Proven execution is better evidenced than validated direction.",
        "FORMING": "Both axes are thin, early, or contradicted."
      }
    }
  }
}

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