Aura for Unity v0.14.0: The AI Agent for Unity Gets Its Biggest Upgrade Yet
Aura is the AI agent for Unity and Unreal Engine, built to help game developers move faster inside the tools they already use. It understands your project, works directly in your editor, and handles the tedious tasks so you can focus on finding the fun.
With Aura for Unity v0.14.0, the AI agent for Unity gets its biggest upgrade yet. This release gives Aura far more control over the Unity Editor and allows it to handle larger chunks of development from a single chat request.
Aura blocks out a level with ProBuilder, batching many Editor actions into a single step.
Aura can now model geometry with ProBuilder, set up Cinemachine cameras, author VFX, create UI Toolkit interfaces, configure physics and rendering, capture Memory Profiler snapshots, run tests, and generate builds from chat. It can also look up Unity APIs and documentation on demand to make more accurate changes and recommendations.
This means less time spent navigating menus and on repetitive work, and more time on finding the fun. Whether you're blocking out a building, profiling a scene, or applying a batch of changes, Aura can now carry more of the work for you.
Aura for Unity now runs on Claude Opus 4.8, Anthropic's latest Opus model. Early benchmarks show meaningful improvements over Opus 4.7 across coding and reasoning tasks.
Aura authoring a custom toon shader with editable outline color and thickness.
v14.0 Highlights
Added Opus 4.8, one of the latest advanced coding models.
ProBuilder - Full in-Editor 3D modeling.
Bulk edits - Batch many Editor actions into a single step for much faster large changes.
Deep profiling - Profiler sessions and counters, Memory Profiler snapshots, and the Frame Debugger.
Cameras & screenshots - Cinemachine setup and multi-angle Editor screenshots.
Rendering & shaders - Manage render volumes, lighting and baking, URP renderer features, skyboxes, and shaders.
Physics - Edit physics settings and the layer collision matrix, set up joints, and run physics queries and forces.
VFX - Author Particle Systems, VFX Graph, and line/trail renderers.
UI - Build interfaces with both uGUI and UI Toolkit (UXML/USS).
Code intelligence - Run C# with history and replay, look up live types and docs, and make precise, targeted edits to your scripts.
Scene & assets - Faster, paginated GameObject search, console reading, and cleaner component, editor, and package management (including scoped registries).
Build pipeline - Configure platforms and build profiles, run and batch builds, and cancel them using Aura.
Test Runner - Run your project's tests from chat.
Custom Tools - Register your own custom tools for Aura to use.
Bugfixes & Improvements
One-click setup - Picking a Unity project now automatically installs the necessary packages for you, with a guided install dialog and post-install steps.
Improved image generation reliability.
Improved Aura to editor connection so that it recovers cleanly.
Fixed execute_command not working.
Fixed a stuck "processing" spinner that could linger after a response finished.
Image editing modal can be minimized now.
Long chats are summarized more robustly so sessions don't stall.
Better planning while in Auto mode - Aura offers plans a clearer approve/decline flow and routes complex work to a more capable model.
How to get Aura for Unity
Aura for Unity v0.14.0 is available now. Log in at www.tryaura.dev to download the installer and connect Aura to your Unity project.
