Factory Preview Release (0.22 Beta)
Introducing Slack integration, advanced search capabilities, and significant platform improvements
Factory 0.22 Beta is here!
We’re excited to announce Factory 0.22 Beta, bringing enhanced search capabilities, and seamless integration with additional development tools including Slack.
🌟 Highlights
🔗 Slack Integration
Our new Slack integration allows you to seamlessly connect Factory with your team’s Slack workspace. Mention the Factory bot in any Slack thread to receive a backlink that creates a Factory session with the entire thread as context. Any integration URLs detected in the thread (like GitHub PRs or Jira tickets) are also automatically included as context, making it easy to continue technical discussions with all relevant information.
Learn more at our Slack documentation
Cross-Platform Tool Integration
- Slack Integration: Connect Factory with your Slack workspace for seamless communication and context sharing
- Advanced Search Tools: New semantic, glob, and grep search capabilities for more precise code finding
- Save Files Functionality: Easily save generated files to your local system
Enhanced Capabilities
- Intelligent Coding Assistant: More intuitive and responsive coding workflows powered by our improved file manipulation and search capabilities
- Enhanced Mermaid Diagrams: Create more detailed and informative visualizations
- Slack Thread Context: Import Slack thread conversations as context for Factory sessions
🚀 Model Improvements
Parallel Tool Calling
We’ve enhanced our underlying model capabilities with improved parallel tool calling support across all providers:
- Multi-provider Support: Enabled parallel tool execution across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google LLM providers
- Improved Efficiency: Tools can now run simultaneously rather than sequentially, significantly reducing response times
These improvements result in faster, more reliable interactions when using tools, especially for complex tasks that require multiple tool operations.