{"slug": "virgil-a-coding-agent-that-cuts-api-calls-by-up-to-78-on-repeated-work", "title": "Virgil – a coding agent that cuts API calls by up to 78% on repeated work", "summary": "A developer named Mustafa released Virgil, a terminal coding agent that checks four local libraries — debug, code, design and speech — before calling a model, cutting API calls by up to 78% on repeated work. Virgil starts users with 15 free credits on a hosted DeepSeek backend where 1 credit equals 1 cent, or users can supply an OpenAI-compatible key stored in the system keychain, free for two days then 5 € per month for the shared library, running on Mac, Linux and Windows with Node 18 or newer. The developer acknowledged the router still matches by words, so a new requirement phrased with old words can pick the wrong block, and that transfer to other people's projects has not yet been measured.", "body_md": "A coding agent for your terminal. Before it calls the model, it checks what it already solved.\n\nEvery coding agent today sends every task to the model. First time, tenth time, same price. Virgil keeps four local libraries: **debug, code, design and speech**. Before every task it checks them first.\n\nThe more you use it, the cheaper it gets. Blocks that prove themselves in three or more projects are shared, so new users start with them.\n\nNo account, no card. You start with **15 free credits**. On our hosted DeepSeek backend, 1 credit is 1 cent and you pay only for what you use. Or bring your own OpenAI-compatible key: it stays in your system keychain, two days free, then 5 € a month for the shared library.\n\nMac, Linux and Windows. Node 18 or newer.\n\nHonest limits: the router still matches by words, so a new requirement phrased with old words can pick the wrong block. And we haven't measured yet how well it transfers to other people's projects. That's what the beta is for.\n\nBuilt by a former hotel chef on an old MacBook Air. Tell me where it breaks.\n\n    — **Mustafa** · info@nm-streetwear.space", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/virgil-a-coding-agent-that-cuts-api-calls-by-up-to-78-on-repeated-work", "canonical_source": "https://virgil-ai.cloud/try", "published_at": "2026-10-09 17:02:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-09 17:25:07.173794+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Virgil", "Mustafa", "DeepSeek", "OpenAI", "Node 18"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/virgil-a-coding-agent-that-cuts-api-calls-by-up-to-78-on-repeated-work", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/virgil-a-coding-agent-that-cuts-api-calls-by-up-to-78-on-repeated-work.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/virgil-a-coding-agent-that-cuts-api-calls-by-up-to-78-on-repeated-work.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/virgil-a-coding-agent-that-cuts-api-calls-by-up-to-78-on-repeated-work.jsonld"}}