# Devin

> Devin is an officially published AI tool from Cognition. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/devin
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Cognition
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://devin.ai
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/devin

## Description

Autonomous AI software engineer with a terminal CLI, MCP servers, hooks, skills, and subagents

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `devin-user-skill` — Devin skills (user-scope)
- `devin-project-config` — Project-level Devin config (MCP servers + permissions)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.devin\config.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.devin/config.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.devin/config.json`
- `devin-project-config-local` — Personal project-level overrides (gitignored)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.devin\config.local.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.devin/config.local.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.devin/config.local.json`
- `devin-hooks` — Lifecycle hooks
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.devin\hooks.v1.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.devin/hooks.v1.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.devin/hooks.v1.json`
- `devin-skills` — Project-scoped Devin skills
- `devin-agents` — Project-scoped Devin subagents
- `devin-instructions` — Project rules (AGENTS.md)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\AGENTS.md`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md`
- `devin-user-config` — User-level Devin config (applies to all projects)
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\devin\config.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.config/devin/config.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/devin/config.json`

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json