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 de