# Intent by Augment Code

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Intent by Augment Code and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for multi-agent, spec-driven coding that keeps the developer's understanding of the code intact. Caveats raised are its own credits system and a setup seen as overkill.

## What people warn about

- Own credits system (1 comments): "the fact that they have their own credits system turns me off of it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380731))

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## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.augmentcode.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Intent by Augment Code", https://hackerapproved.com/p/intent/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).