ucode-agent 1.59.0 → 1.60.0

package/README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # ucode
 
 A coding agent that lives in your terminal. It reads your code, edits it, runs
-your commands, and keeps every conversation on disk. It runs on models served
-by NVIDIA — DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM and Nemotron — with a free key.
+your commands, and keeps every conversation on disk. It runs on Google's
+Gemini models, free with a key.
 
 It opens on a quiet screen — the name, the place to type, and the version in the
 corner:
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ space straight back when it finishes.
 npm i -g ucode-agent
 ```
 
-Then save your NVIDIA key (free at [build.nvidia.com](https://build.nvidia.com)):
+Then save your Google key (free at [aistudio.google.com/apikey](https://aistudio.google.com/apikey)):
 
 ```bash
-ucode login nvapi-...
+ucode login YOUR_KEY
 ```
 
-It is written to `~/.ucode/.env` as `NVIDIA_API_KEY`. A `.env` in
+It is written to `~/.ucode/.env` as `GEMINI_API_KEY`. A `.env` in
 the project you are working on wins over that one, and a real environment
 variable wins over both.
 
@@ -86,16 +86,15 @@ Needs Node 22 or newer.
 
 ## The models
 
-Served by NVIDIA (build.nvidia.com), with a free key.
+Served by Google (aistudio.google.com), free with a key.
 
 | Model | For |
 | --- | --- |
-| **DeepSeek V4.1 Flash** ★ | the default — fast, and reliable with tools |
-| Kimi K3 | strong agentic coder — can be slow when NVIDIA is busy |
-| GLM 5.3 | strong coder — can be slow when NVIDIA is busy |
-| Nemotron 3 Super | NVIDIA all-rounder |
+| **Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite** ★ | the default — fast, reliable with tools, 500 free requests a day |
+| Gemini 3.5 Flash | smarter, but only about 20 free requests a day |
+| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | older and lighter, 500 free requests a day |
 
-`/model` shows them and switches. `ucode -m moonshotai/kimi-k3` starts on one.
+`/model` shows them and switches. `ucode -m gemini-3.5-flash` starts on one.
 
 ## What it does
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ucode-agent",
-  "version": "1.59.0",
-  "description": "ucode - a terminal coding agent that reads, edits and runs your code, on models served by NVIDIA: DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM and Nemotron.",
+  "version": "1.60.0",
+  "description": "ucode - a terminal coding agent that reads, edits and runs your code, on Google Gemini models.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "ucode.js",
   "bin": {

package/src/core/doctor.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { theme, dim, blue } from '../ui/theme.js';
 import { VERSION } from './version.js';
-import { DEFAULT_MODEL, ENV_FILE, BASE_URL, nvidiaKey } from './provider.js';
+import { DEFAULT_MODEL, ENV_FILE, BASE_URL, providerKey } from './provider.js';
 import { newer } from './updater.js';
 
 const DEADLINE = 6000;
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ function version(cmd) {
 }
 
 async function checkKey() {
-  const key = nvidiaKey();
-  if (!key) return { ok: false, name: 'API key', detail: 'not set', fix: `Add NVIDIA_API_KEY=nvapi-... to ${ENV_FILE} (free at build.nvidia.com)` };
+  const key = providerKey();
+  if (!key) return { ok: false, name: 'API key', detail: 'not set', fix: `Add GEMINI_API_KEY=... to ${ENV_FILE} (free at aistudio.google.com/apikey)` };
   try {
     const r = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/chat/completions`, {
       method: 'POST',

package/src/core/login.js

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { ENV_FILE } from './provider.js';
 
-const NAME = 'NVIDIA_API_KEY';
+const NAME = 'GEMINI_API_KEY';
 
-/** A plausible NVIDIA key, so a typo is caught here and not mid-answer. */
+/** A plausible Google key (AIza... or the newer AQ.... form), so a typo is caught here. */
 export function looksLikeKey(key) {
-  return typeof key === 'string' && /^nvapi-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{20,}$/.test(key.trim());
+  return typeof key === 'string' && /^(?:AIza[\w-]{30,}|AQ\.[\w.-]{30,})$/.test(key.trim());
 }
 
 /** Put `key` in the machine-wide env file, keeping whatever else is in it. */
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ export async function saveKey(key) {
   const trimmed = String(key ?? '').trim();
 
   if (!trimmed) {
-    return `  Usage: ucode login <key>\n\n  Get one free at https://build.nvidia.com\n  It is saved to ${ENV_FILE} and used by every project on this machine.`;
+    return `  Usage: ucode login <key>\n\n  Get one free at https://aistudio.google.com/apikey\n  It is saved to ${ENV_FILE} and used by every project on this machine.`;
   }
   if (!looksLikeKey(trimmed)) {
-    return `  That does not look like an NVIDIA key — they start with "nvapi-".\n  Get one at https://build.nvidia.com`;
+    return `  That does not look like a Google key — they start with "AIza" or "AQ.".\n  Get one at https://aistudio.google.com/apikey`;
   }
 
   const existing = await fs.readFile(ENV_FILE, 'utf8').catch(() => '');

package/src/core/loop.js

@@ -786,6 +786,8 @@ function systemPrompt({ cwd, skills, mode, check, map, memory }) {
     '  finish. ucode opens it in the browser for the user as soon as it is ready, so a',
     '  build that ends with the server stopped ends with nothing to look at. A one-page',
     '  app with no server needs none of this: the file is the app. Write all of it in',
+    '  (HTML, CSS AND the JavaScript that makes every button work: add, complete, delete,',
+    '  filter, save to localStorage. A page whose buttons do nothing is not an app)',
     '  create_app\'s files, then stop: ucode opens the page itself and hands it to the',
     '  user the moment it works. Do not start a server, curl it or re-read it to check.',
     '- Nothing you run has a keyboard. Pass the non-interactive flag to anything that',

package/src/core/provider.js

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ const PACKAGE_ROOT = join(HERE, '..', '..');
 export const UCODE_HOME = join(homedir(), '.ucode');
 export const ENV_FILE = join(UCODE_HOME, '.env');
 
-export const BASE_URL = 'https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1';
-export const PROVIDER = 'NVIDIA';
+export const BASE_URL = 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai';
+export const PROVIDER = 'Google';
 
 // First definition wins — dotenv never overwrites a variable that already
 // exists — so the order here is the precedence order:
@@ -44,36 +44,31 @@ dotenv.config({ path: ENV_FILE, quiet: true });
 dotenv.config({ path: join(PACKAGE_ROOT, '.env'), quiet: true });
 
 /**
- * The whole model list, served by NVIDIA (build.nvidia.com).
+ * The whole model list, served by Google (aistudio.google.com).
  *
  * `name` is what the status bar shows. `note` is what the picker shows.
  */
 export const MODELS = {
-  'deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash': {
-    name: 'DeepSeek V4.1 Flash',
-    context: 128_000,
+  'gemini-3.5-flash-lite': {
+    name: 'Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite',
+    context: 1_000_000,
     star: true,
-    note: 'the default — fast, and reliable with tools',
+    note: 'the default — fast, reliable with tools, 500 free requests a day',
   },
-  'moonshotai/kimi-k3': {
-    name: 'Kimi K3',
-    context: 128_000,
-    note: 'strong agentic coder — can be slow when NVIDIA is busy',
+  'gemini-3.5-flash': {
+    name: 'Gemini 3.5 Flash',
+    context: 1_000_000,
+    note: 'smarter, but only about 20 free requests a day',
   },
-  'z-ai/glm-5.3': {
-    name: 'GLM 5.3',
-    context: 128_000,
-    note: 'strong coder — can be slow when NVIDIA is busy',
-  },
-  'nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b': {
-    name: 'Nemotron 3 Super',
-    context: 128_000,
-    note: 'NVIDIA all-rounder',
+  'gemini-3.1-flash-lite': {
+    name: 'Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite',
+    context: 1_000_000,
+    note: 'older and lighter, 500 free requests a day',
   },
 };
 
 /** The model a session starts on. */
-export const DEFAULT_MODEL = 'deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash';
+export const DEFAULT_MODEL = 'gemini-3.5-flash-lite';
 
 /**
  * Where to go when a model is busy, in order of preference. Each is served by
@@ -82,10 +77,9 @@ export const DEFAULT_MODEL = 'deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash';
  * the first "too many requests".
  */
 export const FALLBACKS = [
-  'deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash',
-  'nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b',
-  'moonshotai/kimi-k3',
-  'z-ai/glm-5.3',
+  'gemini-3.5-flash-lite',
+  'gemini-3.1-flash-lite',
+  'gemini-3.5-flash',
 ];
 
 /** The next model to try after `id`, skipping any already tried this round. */
@@ -214,27 +208,24 @@ export function estimateConversation(messages) {
  * package is readable by anyone who runs `npm pack ucode-agent`, and no amount
  * of first-run convenience is worth handing out a live credential.
  */
-/** The NVIDIA key: NVIDIA_API_KEY, or a UCODE_API_KEY that is one (nvapi-...). */
-export function nvidiaKey() {
-  const direct = (process.env.NVIDIA_API_KEY || '').trim();
-  if (direct) return direct;
-  const shared = (process.env.UCODE_API_KEY || '').trim();
-  return shared.startsWith('nvapi-') ? shared : '';
+/** The Google key: GEMINI_API_KEY, or GOOGLE_API_KEY. */
+export function providerKey() {
+  return (process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY || process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY || '').trim();
 }
 
 function apiKey() {
   // UCODE_API_KEY is the documented name. The provider's own variable name is
   // still read, so a key set up for another tool keeps working here.
-  const key = nvidiaKey();
+  const key = providerKey();
   if (!key) {
     throw new Failure({
       kind: 'no_api_key',
       attempted: 'connecting to the model',
-      failed: 'No NVIDIA API key is set - NVIDIA_API_KEY is missing from the environment and from every .env file.',
+      failed: 'No Google API key is set - GEMINI_API_KEY is missing from the environment and from every .env file.',
       fix:
-        `Put NVIDIA_API_KEY=nvapi-... in ${ENV_FILE} — that applies to every ` +
+        `Put GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key in ${ENV_FILE} — that applies to every ` +
         'project on this machine — or in a .env file beside your code. ' +
-        'Free keys: https://build.nvidia.com',
+        'Free keys: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey',
     });
   }
   return key;
@@ -337,6 +328,9 @@ function wireMessages(messages) {
           id: c.id,
           type: 'function',
           function: { name: c.name, arguments: JSON.stringify(c.args ?? {}) },
+          // Gemini signs each tool call with its reasoning, and refuses the
+          // next step if the signature does not come back with the call.
+          ...(c.extra ? { extra_content: c.extra } : {}),
         }));
       }
       out.push(wire);
@@ -827,7 +821,7 @@ async function streamed(request, opts, id) {
           for (const [index, slot] of partial) {
             if (index < call.index && !handed.has(index)) {
               handed.add(index);
-              opts.onToolCall(readCall({ id: slot.id || `call_${index}`, name: slot.name, raw: slot.args, names }));
+              opts.onToolCall(readCall({ id: slot.id || `call_${index}`, name: slot.name, raw: slot.args, names, extra: slot.extra }));
             }
           }
           highest = call.index;
@@ -835,6 +829,7 @@ async function streamed(request, opts, id) {
 
         const slot = partial.get(call.index) ?? { id: '', name: '', args: '' };
         if (call.id) slot.id = call.id;
+        if (call.extra_content) slot.extra = call.extra_content;
         if (call.function?.name) slot.name += call.function.name;
         if (call.function?.arguments) slot.args += call.function.arguments;
         partial.set(call.index, slot);
@@ -860,7 +855,7 @@ async function streamed(request, opts, id) {
 
   const toolCalls = [];
   for (const [index, slot] of partial) {
-    toolCalls.push(readCall({ id: slot.id || `call_${index}`, name: slot.name, raw: slot.args, cutOff: finishReason === 'length', names }));
+    toolCalls.push(readCall({ id: slot.id || `call_${index}`, name: slot.name, raw: slot.args, cutOff: finishReason === 'length', names, extra: slot.extra }));
   }
 
   return {
@@ -1038,8 +1033,9 @@ export function fixName(name, names) {
  * back to the model, which usually fixes its own JSON on the next step —
  * cheaper than failing the whole turn over a stray comma.
  */
-export function readCall({ id, name, raw, cutOff = false, names }) {
+export function readCall({ id, name, raw, cutOff = false, names, extra }) {
   const call = { id, name: fixName(name, names), args: {} };
+  if (extra) call.extra = extra;
   name = call.name;
   const text = String(raw ?? '').trim();
   if (!text) return call;
@@ -1100,7 +1096,7 @@ function normalize(data, id, names) {
   const message = choice?.message ?? {};
 
   const toolCalls = (message.tool_calls ?? []).map((c) =>
-    readCall({ id: c.id, name: c.function?.name, raw: c.function?.arguments, cutOff: choice?.finish_reason === 'length', names })
+    readCall({ id: c.id, name: c.function?.name, raw: c.function?.arguments, cutOff: choice?.finish_reason === 'length', names, extra: c.extra_content })
   );
 
   const u = data?.usage ?? {};

package/src/tools/browser.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { ToolFailure } from '../core/failure.js';
 import { ask } from '../core/provider.js';
 import { getRoot, result } from './shared.js';
 
-const VISION_MODEL = 'nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning';
+const VISION_MODEL = 'gemini-3.5-flash-lite';
 const WIDTHS = [
   { name: 'phone', width: 375, height: 812 },
   { name: 'desktop', width: 1440, height: 900 },

package/ucode.js

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ async function usage() {
     '    doctor             check that everything ucode needs is working\n' +
     '    login <key>        save your key for every folder on this machine\n\n' +
     `  ${sky('Models')}\n${models}\n\n` +
-    `  Needs NVIDIA_API_KEY in the environment or in ${ENV_FILE}\n` +
-    '  Free keys: https://build.nvidia.com\n\n'
+    `  Needs GEMINI_API_KEY in the environment or in ${ENV_FILE}\n` +
+    '  Free keys: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey\n\n'
   );
 }