- type
- Coding agent
- interface
- Web-based (browser, mobile-friendly); installs via curl or Homebrew; runs on exe.dev cloud VMs, self-hostable
- openSource
- Yes (Apache-2.0)
- lineage
- Successor to Bold Software's earlier Sketch coding agent; multi-conversation, multi-modal, multi-model, single-user agent built for persistent VMs (Sketch assumed containers only lasted one conversation); ships with no built-in authorization or sandboxing by design, bring-your-own
- note
- Announced on Bold Software's exe.dev blog ('Goodbye Sketch, Hello Shelley!') and shown on HN 2026-08-02. Distinct from Amp (Sourcegraph/Amp Inc.): Bold Software is a separate exe.dev-focused vendor with no relation to Sourcegraph's Amp spin-off
- iconUrl
- /research/harness-icons/shelley.png
