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    "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)",
    "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/",
    "generatedAt": "2026-10-14",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/",
    "methodology": "0.4",
    "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json",
    "preview": false,
    "run": "2026-10-01",
    "runLabel": "October 2026 research run"
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    "name": "szn",
    "vendor": "Nomadic Futures",
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    "category": "personal-assistants",
    "summary": "szn (pronounced season) is a hosted personal assistant that carries out errands end to end. It makes phone calls, sends emails, books and follows up for the owner, reached through its web app, iMessage, SMS and email.",
    "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn",
    "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.md",
    "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.min.md",
    "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json",
    "license": "Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply.",
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    "auth": "mixed",
    "authNotes": "Sign-in through Google or Apple, and some parts can be used without an account under a temporary anonymous session (https://theszn.ai/privacy). New accounts start from an access-code page (https://theszn.ai/access). Gmail access is read-only and Google Calendar access can read, create and change events (https://theszn.ai/privacy).",
    "pricing": "free",
    "pricingNotes": "\"Free during early preview\" (https://theszn.ai, checked 14 October 2026). No paid plan was found. The acceptable use policy says users are responsible for \"token consumption and costs from executed tasks\" (https://theszn.ai/aup), and the privacy policy says payments go through providers such as Stripe.",
    "priceSummary": "Free",
    "where": "local",
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      "level": "no",
      "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on theszn.ai, its llms.txt, privacy policy and acceptable use policy, checked 14 October 2026.",
      "endpoints": []
    },
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    "popularity": {
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      "npmWeekly": null,
      "pypiWeekly": null,
      "asOf": "2026-10-14"
    },
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      "assistant.messaging",
      "assistant.accounts",
      "assistant.memory",
      "voice.calls",
      "email.send",
      "mailbox.read",
      "calendar.write",
      "messaging.rcs",
      "messaging.inbound",
      "travel.booking",
      "memory.user",
      "tasks.create"
    ],
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      "hosted",
      "official",
      "closed-source",
      "free",
      "waitlist",
      "llms-txt"
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    "disclosure": "szn competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.",
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      "score": 7.3,
      "grade": "F",
      "agentReady": false,
      "rank": 1010,
      "ranked": true,
      "rankOf": 1010,
      "categoryRank": 42,
      "methodology": "0.4",
      "run": "2026-10-01",
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        "maintenance": 2,
        "payments": 20,
        "reliability": 5,
        "schema": 10,
        "security": 0,
        "transparency": 23
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        "tasks"
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          "name": "Reliability",
          "weight": 16,
          "effectiveWeight": 20,
          "score": 5,
          "points": 1,
          "reason": "Read with the hosted lines. No status page found (0). No readable incident history (5). No limits published (0). No overload or retry guidance (0). No SLA found (0). llms.txt says live, with early access, and the access page asks for an access code before sign-in, which the Dots listing scored 0 for a gated rollout (0)."
        },
        {
          "key": "performance",
          "name": "Performance",
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          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes."
        },
        {
          "key": "schema",
          "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
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          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 10,
          "points": 1.63,
          "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use, as GRADER.md asks. szn has no API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an agent, so the contract, description, typed-input and example lines score nothing (0 of 25, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). That is a statement about agent access, not about the product for people. theszn.ai/llms.txt describes the product, channels and operator (10). The versioning and changelog line versions an agent interface, and with none there is nothing to version, so it scores nothing (0 of 15). This is the reading the 12 October auditor applied to every listing without an agent interface, and app release notes count under maintenance instead."
        },
        {
          "key": "ergonomics",
          "name": "Agent ergonomics",
          "weight": 13,
          "effectiveWeight": 16.25,
          "score": 0,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. szn has none, so context cost, pagination, errors, retries and defaults have nothing to score (0 on each line). This says nothing about the product for people."
        },
        {
          "key": "security",
          "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
          "weight": 14,
          "effectiveWeight": 17.5,
          "score": 0,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none for szn, the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0 of 30, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15), whatever the product does for its owner. The security programme line doesn't need an interface and is scored. For reviewers, the acceptable use policy says tasks can't always be undone and makes the user responsible for reviewing and confirming actions before execution, and credentials can be kept in an encrypted vault not shared with AI providers. Security programme. theszn.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no security contact beyond hello@theszn.ai, disclosure policy, bounty, certification or advisories were found (0 of 20)."
        },
        {
          "key": "payments",
          "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
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          "effectiveWeight": 12.5,
          "score": 20,
          "points": 2.5,
          "reason": "Read with the hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). The home page says free during early preview, and no paid plan is published, so the public price is a free preview (10). The free option is limited to the preview and needs an access code, and the acceptable use policy makes users responsible for token consumption and costs from executed tasks. That's hedged the way the Muse dossier's limited-period free use was (10 of 20). A person needs an access code and Google or Apple sign-in (0)."
        },
        {
          "key": "tasks",
          "name": "Task success",
          "weight": 10,
          "effectiveWeight": 0,
          "pending": true,
          "points": 0,
          "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored."
        },
        {
          "key": "maintenance",
          "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 2,
          "points": 0.18,
          "reason": "Read for a closed service. No dated release, changelog or app-store listing found, and the methodology page says coming soon (0). No dated entries in the last 90 days (0). Contact at hello@theszn.ai, untested (2 of 15). No MCP server or SDK (0). No package or CI to judge (0)."
        },
        {
          "key": "transparency",
          "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
          "weight": 7,
          "effectiveWeight": 8.75,
          "score": 23,
          "points": 2.01,
          "note": "editorial 19, provenance 27",
          "reason": "Closed service with no terms of service found. An acceptable use policy and a privacy policy, both last updated in March 2026, name the service but no legal entity, and only llms.txt names Nomadic Futures as operator. The Dots listing got 0 where no governing terms could be identified, and an acceptable use policy sets some terms (5 of 30). The privacy policy keeps account data until deletion, task data until the user deletes it and logs for limited periods, and deletes or anonymises a closed account within a reasonable timeframe. It names third-party AI providers without listing them and says nothing on training (10 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (2 of 20). Operated from the United States with providers unnamed (2 of 20)."
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        "date": "2026-10-14",
        "basis": "public evidence",
        "confidence": "medium",
        "notes": {
          "ergonomics": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. szn has none, so context cost, pagination, errors, retries and defaults have nothing to score (0 on each line). This says nothing about the product for people.",
          "maintenance": "Read for a closed service. No dated release, changelog or app-store listing found, and the methodology page says coming soon (0). No dated entries in the last 90 days (0). Contact at hello@theszn.ai, untested (2 of 15). No MCP server or SDK (0). No package or CI to judge (0).",
          "payments": "Read with the hosted rule. No x402, MPP or L402 (0). The home page says free during early preview, and no paid plan is published, so the public price is a free preview (10). The free option is limited to the preview and needs an access code, and the acceptable use policy makes users responsible for token consumption and costs from executed tasks. That's hedged the way the Muse dossier's limited-period free use was (10 of 20). A person needs an access code and Google or Apple sign-in (0).",
          "reliability": "Read with the hosted lines. No status page found (0). No readable incident history (5). No limits published (0). No overload or retry guidance (0). No SLA found (0). llms.txt says live, with early access, and the access page asks for an access code before sign-in, which the Dots listing scored 0 for a gated rollout (0).",
          "schema": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use, as GRADER.md asks. szn has no API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an agent, so the contract, description, typed-input and example lines score nothing (0 of 25, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15). That is a statement about agent access, not about the product for people. theszn.ai/llms.txt describes the product, channels and operator (10). The versioning and changelog line versions an agent interface, and with none there is nothing to version, so it scores nothing (0 of 15). This is the reading the 12 October auditor applied to every listing without an agent interface, and app release notes count under maintenance instead.",
          "security": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none for szn, the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0 of 30, 0 of 20, 0 of 15, 0 of 15), whatever the product does for its owner. The security programme line doesn't need an interface and is scored. For reviewers, the acceptable use policy says tasks can't always be undone and makes the user responsible for reviewing and confirming actions before execution, and credentials can be kept in an encrypted vault not shared with AI providers. Security programme. theszn.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and no security contact beyond hello@theszn.ai, disclosure policy, bounty, certification or advisories were found (0 of 20).",
          "transparency": "Closed service with no terms of service found. An acceptable use policy and a privacy policy, both last updated in March 2026, name the service but no legal entity, and only llms.txt names Nomadic Futures as operator. The Dots listing got 0 where no governing terms could be identified, and an acceptable use policy sets some terms (5 of 30). The privacy policy keeps account data until deletion, task data until the user deletes it and logs for limited periods, and deletes or anonymises a closed account within a reasonable timeframe. It names third-party AI providers without listing them and says nothing on training (10 of 30). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (2 of 20). Operated from the United States with providers unnamed (2 of 20)."
        },
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            "what": "home page",
            "url": "https://theszn.ai",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "llms.txt",
            "url": "https://theszn.ai/llms.txt",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "access page",
            "url": "https://theszn.ai/access",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "privacy policy",
            "url": "https://theszn.ai/privacy",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "acceptable use policy",
            "url": "https://theszn.ai/aup",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "robots.txt",
            "url": "https://theszn.ai/robots.txt",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          },
          {
            "what": "status subdomain DNS lookup",
            "url": "https://dns.google/resolve?name=status.theszn.ai\u0026type=A",
            "seen": "2026-10-14"
          }
        ],
        "openQuestions": [
          "Who the legal operator is. llms.txt names Nomadic Futures with no legal form.",
          "Whether user content trains models.",
          "Whether a person can start without an access code."
        ]
      },
      "negative": 0,
      "verdict": "szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.",
      "bestFor": "A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.",
      "disclosure": "szn competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.",
      "strengths": [
        "Free during the early preview.",
        "Credentials can be kept in an encrypted vault that the privacy policy says isn't shared with AI providers.",
        "Gmail access is read-only, per the privacy policy."
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Early access by access code only.",
        "No terms of service found, and no legal entity named in its policies.",
        "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content and doesn't name its AI providers.",
        "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent."
      ],
      "agentNotes": [
        "Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.",
        "Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions."
      ],
      "metrics": {
        "kind": "remote",
        "measured": false
      },
      "reviewCount": 0,
      "avgRating": 0,
      "history": [
        {
          "basis": "public evidence",
          "confidence": "medium",
          "grade": "F",
          "methodology": "0.4",
          "pending": [
            "performance",
            "tasks"
          ],
          "run": "2026-10-01",
          "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
          "score": 7.3
        }
      ],
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        "ergonomics": 0,
        "maintenance": 2,
        "payments": 20,
        "reliability": 5,
        "schema": 10,
        "security": 0,
        "transparency": 19
      },
      "provenanceScore": 27
    },
    "connect": {},
    "letme": {
      "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging",
      "tool": "https://letme.dev/szn"
    },
    "notable": [
      "llms.txt says szn makes the phone calls, sends the emails, fills the bookings and follows up until a task is done, over the web app, iMessage, SMS and email, and that it is built and operated by Nomadic Futures (https://theszn.ai/llms.txt)",
      "The access page asks for an access code before sign-in, and llms.txt describes the status as \"live, with early access\" (https://theszn.ai/access and https://theszn.ai/llms.txt)",
      "Owners can keep credentials in an encrypted vault for automated tasks. The privacy policy says vault contents are not shared with AI providers (https://theszn.ai/privacy)",
      "Calls, emails from system-managed inboxes and SMS sent to third parties are processed and may be recorded or transcribed (https://theszn.ai/privacy)",
      "The acceptable use policy says tasks can have consequences that cannot be undone and that \"You are responsible for reviewing and confirming actions before execution\" (https://theszn.ai/aup)",
      "No statement on training models with user content was found in the privacy policy. It names third-party AI providers without listing them (https://theszn.ai/privacy)",
      "The methodology page reads \"Coming soon\" (https://theszn.ai/methodology)"
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    "area": "frameworks",
    "details": [
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        "label": "Surface listed",
        "value": "The szn web app and its iMessage, SMS and email channels, read from theszn.ai, llms.txt, the access page, privacy policy and acceptable use policy on 14 October 2026. /app is disallowed by robots.txt and was not requested. No account was created."
      },
      {
        "label": "Where it runs",
        "value": "A cloud service operated from the United States (https://theszn.ai/privacy). Providers are not named."
      },
      {
        "label": "What it acts on",
        "value": "Phone calls to businesses, email, SMS, bookings and orders, Gmail (read-only) and Google Calendar (https://theszn.ai/llms.txt and https://theszn.ai/privacy)."
      },
      {
        "label": "Outside agent access",
        "value": "None found."
      },
      {
        "label": "Access",
        "value": "Early access by access code (https://theszn.ai/access). Whether a new person can start without a code was not established."
      },
      {
        "label": "Data handling",
        "value": "Account data until deletion, task data until the user deletes it, and log data for limited periods. Deleted accounts are deleted or anonymised \"within a reasonable timeframe\" (https://theszn.ai/privacy)."
      },
      {
        "label": "Eligibility",
        "value": "Not intended for users under 16 (https://theszn.ai/privacy)."
      }
    ],
    "provenance": {
      "legalEntity": "",
      "domain": "theszn.ai",
      "domainRegistered": "2024-12-18",
      "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
      "terms": "",
      "privacy": "https://theszn.ai/privacy",
      "statusPage": "",
      "changelog": "",
      "securityTxt": "none",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "notes": [
        "No terms of service were found. The sitemap lists the home, product, methodology, access, privacy and AUP pages only.",
        "The privacy policy and AUP name the service as theszn.ai (\"szn\") with no legal entity. llms.txt says szn is built and operated by Nomadic Futures (https://nomadicfutures.ai); its legal form is not stated.",
        "Contact hello@theszn.ai. theszn.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.",
        "RDAP gives a registration date of 2024-12-18 for theszn.ai."
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          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 20,
          "state": "no"
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          "points": 3,
          "max": 15,
          "state": "part"
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        {
          "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain",
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          "points": 0,
          "max": 0,
          "state": "na"
        },
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          "check": "Terms of service",
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          "points": 10,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "ok"
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          "check": "Privacy policy",
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          "points": 10,
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          "state": "ok"
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          "check": "Status page",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
        },
        {
          "check": "Changelog",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
        },
        {
          "check": "security.txt",
          "value": "not found",
          "points": 0,
          "max": 10,
          "state": "no"
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