# August 2026

> August 2026 release notes for Autopilot.

## August 12, 2026

### Autopilot as a coding agent — General Availability

Autopilot is now generally available as a coding agent in **Studio Desktop STS** (2026.0.199 and later).

Autopilot is UiPath's native coding agent, built on the [UiPath for Coding Agents](https://docs.uipath.com/coding-agents/standalone/latest/user-guide/overview) infrastructure. Rather than a fixed pipeline, Autopilot runs on **skills, tools, and commands**. UiPath's official skills are included out of the box. You can also author your own skills and reference UiPath's skills inside them — use the built-in skills, your own, or a combination of both.

Autopilot handles development work across the whole automation lifecycle:

* **Plan from a spec** — Hand it a PDD or SDD and it plans the automation, then builds it.
* **Build and edit** — Generates and modifies workflows and code that follow UiPath conventions, including UI automation built directly from a prompt.
* **Extract from UIs** — Pulls data out of applications through UI automation, end to end from a prompt.
* **Run and troubleshoot** — Runs the automation, diagnoses failures, and helps troubleshoot deployed jobs and flaky runs.
* **Debug and fix** — Finds the root cause and proposes the fix, including broken selectors.
* **Explain and improve** — Walks you through unfamiliar automations, documents them, and restructures workflows with better error handling, logging, and hardened Object Repository selectors.

Autopilot plans and executes end to end — build, operate, and troubleshoot from wherever you are already working, without switching surfaces. Key highlights:

* **Skills and tools architecture** — Over 30 built-in tools and an auto-loaded skills catalog that adapts to your task context. All tools are toggleable from the connected sources panel.
* **MCP server support** — Connect to Model Context Protocol servers configured in Orchestrator for external service integrations.
* **AGENTS.md support** — Capture project conventions in an AGENTS.md file at the project root; Autopilot follows them for the duration of the session.

Autopilot is included with your Studio license — Enterprise, Community, or trial — subject to a monthly usage quota per user license. Autopilot actions, such as fixing expressions or generating commit messages, remain unlimited and do not consume the quota. Run `/usage` in the Autopilot chat to check your own consumption; administrators can top up a user's quota with Platform Units. For details, refer to [Licensing](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/autopilot-licensing).

Availability in **Studio Web** is coming soon, and a pre-release extension for **VS Code** is available. The coding agent capability set arrives in Studio Desktop LTS with version 2026.10.

#### Documentation revamp

The [Autopilot user guide](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/about-autopilot) has been restructured to reflect the coding agent experience:

* **Getting started** — Updated orientation pages, shared user interface and interaction guidance, licensing, and FAQ.
* **Capabilities** — Dedicated pages for [Build](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/build), [RPA workflows](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/build-rpa-workflows), [Operate](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/operate), and [Troubleshoot](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/troubleshoot-capability), including an overview of Autopilot's tools and skills.
* **Product availability** — [Per-product capability set table](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/about-autopilot#which-capability-set-is-available-in-each-product) with availability status and links to detailed pages for each earlier capability set.
* **Earlier capability sets** — [Autopilot agent](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/earlier-autopilot-agent), [Autopilot search](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/earlier-autopilot-search), and [Autopilot actions](https://docs.uipath.com/autopilot/other/latest/user-guide/earlier-autopilot-actions) are documented under their own chapter with per-product availability and connected sources.