Course 2 - Module 2 - Lesson 1
Google Antigravity as a workspace where agents help build software
Agent Platforms in Plain English
A workspace for building software
Google Antigravity is an agentic development platform: a workspace where agents help with software tasks. Its official documentation describes ways to work with project files, run development actions, and review changes. Think of it as a place to collaborate on a project rather than a guarantee of finished software.
Beginners should start with a disposable practice project. You can ask for a plan in plain English before code changes. Knowing the goal, affected files, and way to check the result makes the proposed work easier to review.
Use artifacts as review material
Antigravity uses artifacts to present work such as plans and reviewable results. These give you something concrete to inspect between a request and a finished change. Review and permission settings influence when the agent pauses; consult the current documentation for your installation.
For example, request a small page listing three fictional books. Specify that the agent should describe its approach, make the page readable on a phone, and show how it checked the result. Ask what files changed and whether any checks failed.
Inspect behavior as well as appearance
Open the page and verify the three titles, readable text, and narrow-screen layout. Compare the result with your original request. A screenshot helps inspect appearance, but it does not establish that every interaction works or that the code is safe to publish.
Keep permission choices narrow while practicing, and review commands or external actions you do not understand. Save a known working version before larger changes. Your role is to define the outcome, inspect evidence, and decide whether the change is ready for real users.
Tiny experiment
Write a brief for an Antigravity practice page containing three fictional books. Include two acceptance checks and one action that must wait for your review.
Confidence check
What would you need to inspect before trusting a generated page enough to share it with someone else?