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Invoke
Agentic coding IDE with visual planning boards and canvas
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Agentic coding IDE with visual planning boards and canvas
66 followers
Invoke Studio is a desktop AI coding IDE with visual planning, design canvas, and intelligent agents. Map features on Boards, draw dependencies, and let AI build them in order. Design pages in Canvas — drag, resize, edit visually — then export as production code. Experiment safely in Sandbox with AI-powered merging. Run parallel agents, create custom subagents and agents. Works with Claude, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and Ollama. Free with your own API keys.
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The Boards + dependency mapping before agents start building is a legitimately different take. Most coding agents are just "here's a prompt, generate code" - having explicit task ordering baked into the IDE means the agent isn't deciding what to tackle next based on vibes. How does it handle when a dependency is partially built? Does the dependent task queue or does the agent try to work around it?
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@mykola_kondratiuk Thanks! That's exactly why we built it that way. Most agents just take a prompt and figure it out on the fly — Boards lets you lay the whole thing out first so the agent actually knows what it's working with.
You can use it for dependency ordering, but it's also just for showing how features connect and relate to each other. Like "auth flow ties into dashboard which ties into user settings" — the agent sees that full picture, not just isolated tasks.
When you hit Build, everything on the board — features, descriptions, file references, connections — goes to the agent as one structured prompt. It reads the flow, respects the order, and builds with the whole system in mind.
For your question about partial builds — right now the whole board goes as a single plan, so the agent works through it sequentially following the connection order. It's not a separate queue system yet, but that's something we're thinking about. We're constantly shipping improvements so this kind of feedback genuinely helps shape what comes next.
@yugintech That makes sense - the upfront planning cost is worth it when agents are doing complex multi-file work. Excited to try it out.
the board and sandbox together make sense, but after a few iterations things usually start drifting a bit, do people keep updating the board or does it get ignored over time?
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@artem_kosilov Fair point. Most planning tools end up like that, you make a plan and never look at it again.
Boards are a bit different though because the agent actually reads them every time you hit Build. So there's a real reason to keep them updated. Add new features, rework connections, change the flow, and the agent picks it all up.
Some people use them as a one-shot plan and move on, that works too. For bigger stuff, creating separate boards per milestone works better than trying to maintain one giant one.
With Sandbox, the combo is nice. Plan on the board, experiment in sandbox, and if things drift you can rethink the board and spin up a fresh sandbox.
We're also thinking about the agent suggesting board updates based on what actually got built. Appreciate the feedback!
The sandbox concept stands out to me. I like experimenting but I’m always worried about breaking things. Having a safe space with AI-assisted merging feels like it would give me more confidence to try new ideas freely.
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@morgan_nabors Thanks! We faced the same problem ourselves — always worried about breaking the main project while trying new ideas. That's why we built Sandbox so you can spin up multiple forks of your project and experiment freely without worrying. Give it a try and if you need any feature or improvement, let us know. We're constantly improving it!
I appreciate how this tool focuses on structure before coding. For me, planning is usually messy, so having dependencies mapped visually could really help me stay organized and avoid missing steps in bigger projects.
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@samson_idegwu Thanks so much! That's exactly why we built Boards — planning should be visual, not buried in docs or long prompts. Give it a try and if you need any feature or improvement, let us know. We're constantly improving it!
This is exceptional, I was using clickup and the claude code as well as the Xcalidraw to manage my projects, an all in one solution was much needed thanks man!
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@nayan_surya98 Thanks so much! That's exactly the problem we wanted to solve — too many tools, too much context switching. Give it a try and let us know how it goes. We're constantly improving based on feedback like yours!