Connecting agents does not create a team. Human context and judgment continue to matter as more of engineering’s execution becomes automated.
Deskree is a lab building tools for the engineers of tomorrow. We explore how tools should evolve to give engineers greater understanding and control of the systems they build.
What will engineers need next?
Our commitment is to engineers as their work changes. That requires us to question the tools they use today—including the ones we build. Our work has taken different forms over the years, deepening our understanding of how tools evolve, how engineers use them, and where new needs emerge. We study what engineers delegate, where they intervene, and where their tools fall short.
We turn those observations into hypotheses, then build tools to test them in real use. What we learn determines what we improve, what we rethink, and what we build next.
As agents take on more of the software lifecycle, engineers will make decisions across a wider field of activity. We believe collective intelligence requires more than connecting agents: it needs accessible knowledge, ways to collaborate across different perspectives, and feedback engineers can use to guide the work. That shapes the problems we pursue and the tools we build.
Engineering knowledge
MetafourHow can people and agents maintain a reliable understanding of a software system as it changes?
Metafour builds a knowledge map across the layers of a large software system, connecting its code with infrastructure, operations, ownership, and engineering decisions. This gives teams and agents context for decisions that extend beyond the immediate task.
Collective intelligence
ObyHow can agents draw on the different knowledge and judgment of the people they represent to make decisions together?
Oby coordinates agents working on behalf of people. It is our starting point for exploring how they exchange knowledge, challenge assumptions, and reach decisions together.
Engineering interfaces
How should engineers express intent, inspect decisions, and guide work as agents take on more implementation?
We’re exploring workspaces where conversation becomes a way to direct engineering work, with visibility into what agents are doing and ways to intervene when judgment is needed.
We’re exploring the future of engineering tools. If you want a part in defining how this work should happen, or back the work, get in touch.