Replit (auto) protects you

From the world of Replit: proper mobile app testing, chief-of-staff wanted, $25k for startups, vibe coding with Plaid and better slides incoming.

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Andrew Davison
April 28, 2026

Replit continues to take app security seriously - not all vibe coding platforms can say the same!

This week comes the release of ‘Security Agent’ and ‘Auto-Protect’.

The former combines the power of Agent + threat databases Semgrep and HoundDog.ai to do deep dive scans on your projects and highlight issues.

The latter is a continuous monitoring tool that creates patches any time a new vulnerability is discovered in the wild.

Replit — Meet Replit Security Agent

Replit Security Agent lets you complete a comprehensive security review of your app in under an hour. Security Agent acts on a customizable threat modeling plan to review your entire codebase.

Replit Blog • Replit

Replit — Introducing Replit Auto-Protect

Previously, staying secure required builders to monitor CVEs constantly and manually update dependencies. Now, Replit handles this for you. When a new critical CVE is identified, we automatically check it against your project’s dependencies.

Replit Blog • Replit

Replit is giving everyone $5 to give it a try.

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Proper testing for mobile apps

Agent has let you build mobile apps for a while now, but cross-device testing them hasn’t been so smooth.

Now it is.

Your chance to help run Replit

Expect to see more companies offering this type of role.

Vibe code your bank balance

It’s possible now thanks to Replit + Plaid.

Get $25,000 from Replit

If you’re building a startup, they want to help (gotta be VC-funded though).

Your next great hire lives in Slack.

Viktor is an AI coworker that connects to your tools and ships real work. Ask Viktor to pull a report, build a client dashboard, or source 200 leads matching your ICP. Most teams hand over half their ops within a week.

Better slides coming soon?

Looks like it.