Poolside’s “pool” CLI + Free Laguna Models: Next-Level Agentic Coding in Your Terminal

Poolside has released a powerful new terminal-based coding agent called pool, paired with two impressive models: Laguna M.1 and Laguna XS.2 — both available for free (limited time) via their API and OpenRouter.

Laguna M.1 is their flagship 225B total (23B active) MoE model, purpose-built for complex, long-horizon agentic coding tasks. Laguna XS.2 is the lighter 33B total (3B active) sibling — their first open-weight release (Apache 2.0) — that punches well above its size and can even run locally.

Why “pool” CLI stands out:

• Lightweight, native terminal experience for true agentic workflows
• Full agent capabilities: planning, tool use, code editing, testing, iteration, and multi-step problem solving
• Works directly in your project directory
• Supports interactive mode, one-shot commands, and editor integrations
• Leverages the strengths of Laguna models optimized for software engineering benchmarks (strong SWE-bench and Terminal-Bench results)

Quick Start:

1. Run the installer: curl -fsSL https://downloads.poolside.ai/pool/install.sh | sh
2. Authenticate with your free Poolside API key
3. Run pool in any project and start giving natural language instructions

Perfect for developers who want fast, private, and powerful agentic coding without leaving the terminal.