Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Google Antigravity gets a Knowledge Work layout for non-coders

Antigravity's new Knowledge Work view swaps Git and terminal controls for documents and uploads, aimed at staff who do not code.

Key points

  • Antigravity now has a Knowledge Work layout alongside Software Engineering.
  • The same agent runs under both; only the interface changes.
  • Enable it in Settings, then General, then Interface Layout.

Google’s Antigravity agent app now has a layout for people who don’t write code. Called Knowledge Work, it hides Git, terminal and developer controls and puts documents, links and uploads in front. The agent underneath is the same one engineers use.

Google says tens of thousands of its own employees outside engineering, from sales and finance to legal and design, use Antigravity weekly alongside developers. The new view is built for them. Models, local files, plugins and MCP servers stay available to the agent; only the screen layout changes.

The update follows the voice mode and cloud agents Google added last week. Both layouts are now available, and you pick one in Settings, then General, then Interface Layout. First launch brings a new onboarding flow.

The differences are practical. Engineers keep Git branch pickers and diffs; the new layout leaves them out. In Knowledge Work mode it works directly in the folders you give it, with no worktree or branch prompts, and shows a live progress line that disappears once the reply is done. Permission prompts are written in plain language rather than as command-rule editors.

The side panel changes too. Developers see Review, Files, Terminal and Extensions, plus sections for subagents, goals, modified files and more. Knowledge Work keeps the overview hidden until a conversation produces output, then lists documents, artifacts, links, uploads and background tasks, and renames the file tree Folders. The list of installed extras shows only plugins, though skills, rules, custom agents and MCP tools keep running unseen. Advanced permission rules and developer settings move behind an Advanced Settings section.

Antigravity can be downloaded from Google’s site.

KA

Founder and editor of Tech Prolonged since 2010. A software engineer by profession, Khurram covers Google, Android and Microsoft, and edits the newsroom's coverage. Find him on X at @khurramar.