Image by: Atlassian
TL;DR: Atlassian has launched Rovo Dev, an AI-powered platform that streamlines the entire software development lifecycle - now generally available.
What’s new: Rovo Dev is an AI-native developer tool that automates planning, coding, reviews, and upcoming workflow orchestration - directly inside your existing developer stack.Tags: #AI #DeveloperTools #Atlassian #RovoDev #SoftwareEngineering
Technical details:
Rovo Dev integrates AI deeply into the software delivery lifecycle, connecting with Jira, Bitbucket, GitHub, and VS Code to reduce friction between planning, implementation, and review. Using Atlassian’s Teamwork Graph as its foundation, it combines organizational context with large language models from trusted providers to understand codebases, project requirements, and workflows.
The platform supports multiple interfaces: a CLI for terminal-based development, a VS Code extension (in beta), and tight integrations with Jira and Bitbucket Cloud. Developers can generate code from Jira issues, perform AI-driven code reviews, and validate pull requests against acceptance criteria - all while preserving existing permissions and compliance settings.
Coming soon, Code Automation will allow teams to build multi-step AI workflows that can plan, generate, and review code in parallel, effectively functioning as a team of coordinated coding agents.
Practical impact:
Rovo Dev gives engineers back time by handling repetitive development tasks and unifying context across Atlassian tools. Teams can expect faster pull request cycles, better code alignment with business goals, and reduced ramp-up time when joining new projects. For organizations, it embeds AI assistance within secure, permission-aware workflows rather than layering another tool on top of existing systems.
Availability:
Rovo Dev Standard is now generally available for all Atlassian customers. Limited monthly Rovo Dev credits will roll out gradually for Standard, Premium, and Enterprise Cloud plan users of Jira. Integrations with Jira, Bitbucket Cloud, GitHub, and VS Code are live, with Code Automation and Jira-based code sessions coming soon.
Our take:
Rovo Dev marks Atlassian’s most serious move into AI-driven software engineering yet - transforming developer productivity from a patchwork of tools into a single, intelligent workflow.