Factory Droid - Vibe Kanban

<Steps> <Step title="Install Droid CLI"> <Tabs> <Tab title="macOS / Linux"> ```bash curl -fsSL https://app.factory.ai/cli | sh ``` </Tab> <Tab title="Windows"> ```powershell irm https://app.factory.ai/cli/windows | iex ``` </Tab> </Tabs>

For the latest installation instructions and platform-specific guidance, visit the Factory AI CLI documentation. </Step>

<Step title="Authenticate with Factory AI"> To use Droid in Vibe Kanban, you must first authenticate:

Run droid to launch the interactive CLI
Use the /login command within Droid to authenticate

Alternatively, generate an API key from Factory Settings and set it as an environment variable:

bash

export FACTORY_API_KEY=fk-...

For detailed authentication instructions, see the Factory AI documentation. </Step>

<Step title="Start Vibe Kanban"> Once authenticated, launch Vibe Kanban:

bash

npx vibe-kanban

You can now select Factory Droid when creating task attempts. </Step> </Steps>

Configuration Options

Droid supports several configuration options in Vibe Kanban:

Autonomy Level: Controls permission level for file and system operations
- normal: Read-only mode – safe for reviewing planned changes without execution
- low: Basic file creation/editing while blocking system changes
- medium: Development operations with recoverable side effects
- high: Production operations with security implications or major side effects
- skip-permissions-unsafe: Bypasses all permission checks (use only in isolated environments) (default)
Model: Specify which model to use
Reasoning Effort: Control the reasoning depth
- off: Minimal reasoning
- low: Light reasoning
- medium: Balanced reasoning
- high: Deep reasoning for complex tasks

These options can be configured when creating agent configurations in Vibe Kanban.