Ellora is building a shared workspace for people and agents

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — ellipse Software has shared a new update on Ellora, its forthcoming cloud workspace for building software alongside AI agents.

Ellora is being designed around a simple principle: people should remain active participants in the development process. Instead of delegating work to an agent and waiting for a finished result, developers will be able to see how the work is being done, inspect changes as they happen and step in whenever their judgement is needed.

Within Ellora, developers and agents work with the same files, terminal and running application. A developer can ask an agent to complete a task, follow its progress, test the result and continue the work themselves without moving between disconnected tools or environments.

“Agents should not feel separate from the rest of the development process,” said Ted Brine, CEO of ellipse Software. “You should be able to work alongside them, understand what they are doing and take control whenever you want.”

The aim is for Ellora to support the full life of a software project, from exploring an initial idea to the everyday work of maintaining and improving a product. The workspace is intended to preserve the developer’s own judgement and working style, whether they are building independently or as part of a team.

ellipse Software is currently bringing together Ellora’s core experience. This includes connecting repositories, working with agents, editing files, reviewing changes and running projects within a single workspace.

Development is also focused on the smaller interactions that determine whether the environment feels natural to use. The team is working on faster navigation, clearer feedback from agents and a flexible workspace that can be arranged around the task at hand.

A significant internal milestone will be building Ellora inside Ellora. By using the product for its own continued development, the team intends to expose friction early and evaluate the workspace under the same conditions in which customers will eventually use it.

“Ellora needs to be a place we trust with our own development work,” Brine added. “Using it to build itself will help us find the awkward parts, challenge our assumptions and understand what still needs to improve.”

Ellora remains in development, with further progress updates and details about early access to follow.

Developers and teams interested in trying Ellora can join the waitlist at ellora.dev.