Google’s FREE Elephant Goldfish AI Agents!

What if the biggest problem with AI coding isn't that it's too slow, but that it's too fast? Google says thousands of its engineers use the Elephant-Goldfish Model (EGM) every day, and it's now free and open source. It isn't a new AI model. It's a plugin that changes how your coding agent works: no code until the plan is solid. The Elephant is a long session that knows your whole project and helps you write a design document. Fresh "Goldfish" sessions with zero memory then review it. In this video I explain how it works, why the goldfish part is so clever, and walk through a real example (adding discount codes to an online shop). I also cover the three main commands, five tips and the honest limits. Chapters 0:00 Why AI coding goes wrong 1:41 What the Elephant-Goldfish Model really is 2:54 The house without a blueprint 3:45 Two kinds of AI helpers 3:52 The Elephant: full context, no code 5:13 The Goldfish: zero memory, fresh eyes 6:50 How the review works (3 steps) 8:39 Real example: discount codes 10:51 The 3 main commands 11:36 Which tools it works with 12:01 5 tips before you install 13:25 The honest limits 14:38 Who should use this 15:09 The big takeaway Links Elephant-Goldfish Model on GitHub: https://github.com/google/elephant-go... Website and install guide: https://egm.dev Install in Claude Code: claude plugin marketplace add google/elephant-goldfish-model claude plugin install egm@egm Would you trust a goldfish to review your code? Tell me in the comments. Subscribe to Fajad AIVO for new AI tools every week, in plain simple English. Credits SCREEN RECORDINGS AND SCREENSHOTS (real public web pages, captured 2026-11-02, shown for explanation): github.com/google/elephant-goldfish-model (repository page, README, agents/ folder, design_critic.md, comprehension.md, implementation_readiness.md, zoom_out.md) egm.dev (Elephant-Goldfish Model website) gemini.google.com antigravity.google LOGOS: Elephant-Goldfish Model logo and skill icons: from github.com/google/elephant-goldfish-model, (c) 2026 Google LLC, Apache-2.0. Antigravity logo: antigravity.google. LobeHub Icons (@lobehub/icons-static-svg, MIT License): Google, Gemini, Claude, OpenAI (for Codex), GitHub. All logos and trademarks belong to their owners and are used only to identify the products discussed. MOCKUPS (made for this video, labelled "ILLUSTRATION" on screen, not real screenshots): the AI coding assistant window, the elephant brainstorm chats, design document cards, the house floor plan, the online-shop checkout with discount code, the chat windows in Tip 2, and the plan-vs-code drift card. PHOTOS: all from Unsplash, Unsplash License (free to use, attribution not required; credited here as thanks). Photo by Sou Jest on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-w... Photo by Hale Tat on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-goldfis... Photo by Nam Anh on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/elephant-... Photo by Marina Zvada on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/architect... Photo by Amsterdam City Archives on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bluepri... Photo by Josh Olalde on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/construct... Photo by Troy Mortier on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/wooden-fr... Photo by Quilia on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/red-brick... Photo by Jakub Zerdzicki on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/hand-writ... Photo by Alban on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/google-he... Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/google-si... Photo by Mohammad Rahmani on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/laptop-di... Photo by ThisisEngineering on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/two-colle... Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/team-coll... Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/colorful-... Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/text-mO2M... B-ROLL VIDEO: Mixkit (https://mixkit.co), Mixkit Free License. Clips used: 4809, 8843, 9686, 9757, 11018, 14009, 16106, 20874, 25575, 35380, 41287, 42121, 42133, 43527, 46980, 47321, 47905, 50117 MUSIC: "Focus on Yourself" (Mixkit 568) and Mixkit 623, Mixkit Free License. SOUND EFFECTS: Mixkit, Mixkit Free License.