Google's Project Jitro Just Redefined What a Coding Agent Is. Here's What It Actually Changes.

Project Jules used to tell your AI what to do. Jitro tells it what you want. That gap - between task execution and outcome ownership - is the entire bet Google is making with its next-generation coding agent. The Problem With Every Coding Agent Right Now Every major AI coding tool today, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenAI's Codex - operates on the same underlying model: you define the work, the agent does it. You write the prompt, you review the output, you write the next prompt. The developer is still the scheduler, the project manager, and the QA team.