Antigravity is Google's agentic coding tool - a full AI coding agent rather than a chat window. And the part most people miss: if you already pay for the Google subscription (Rs 1,950 a month in India at the time of writing), it is included. There is also a free tier with weekly limits, so you can try it before deciding.
What it actually does. Because it is a real coder rather than a chatbot, it manages your local files, pulls data directly from feeds like Yahoo Finance or FRED, builds custom HTML dashboards, and helps with Excel automation - VBA, Power Query M, or Python in Excel via xlwings Lite. It covers the same ground as a Cowork-style analytics front end and then some.
If the interface puts you off, know that it opens looking like a developer code editor - you can hide the file-explorer side panels and switch from dark to light, and it then feels much closer to a familiar chat app. It is a desktop app; the installer is on Google's download page. If you get stuck, ask Antigravity itself - it chats too.
One safety point worth keeping. The agent runs on your machine, with access to your local files and the ability to execute terminal commands. It ships configured to ask permission before running any command - keep that manual approval switched on until you are comfortable with the tool. That is a sensible default for any agent with a filesystem and a shell, not a criticism of this one.
For xlwings Lite specifically it works very well as the free option, especially once you upload the AI Coder Instructions file. Full write-up: https://www.tigzig.com/post/google-antigravity-ai-coding-agent-aug2026. More on working with AI agents: https://www.tigzig.com/claude-for-analytics.
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