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      "name": "Agent Zero",
      "vendor": "Agent Zero, s.r.o.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.agent-zero.ai",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Agent Zero is an open-source agent framework that runs in a Docker container with a Linux desktop, a browser, a task scheduler and memory. Its owner reaches it through a web interface, Telegram, WhatsApp or email.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agent-zero.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "agent0ai/agent-zero"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No account. The web interface has no login until the owner sets a username and password in Settings or as `AUTH_LOGIN` and `AUTH_PASSWORD`, which are stored in `/a0/usr/.env` (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/docs/setup/vps-deployment.md). The external API takes an `X-API-KEY` header, and the optional MCP server and A2A endpoint carry the same token in the URL path. The token is derived from the instance id and the login, so it changes when either changes (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/docs/guides/a2a-setup.md). Model access uses provider API keys or OAuth sign-in to ChatGPT (Codex), GitHub Copilot, Google Cloud Gemini or xAI (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/plugins/_oauth/README.md).",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT, with nothing to buy for the software. The owner pays the model provider they configure, or nothing with a local model. A beta LLM API on the vendor's site gives a daily quota to people who stake its A0T token and is separate from the software (checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 19429,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/tree/main/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.agent-zero.ai/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "free",
        "python",
        "mit",
        "llms-txt",
        "docker"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-23",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 54.2,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 709,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 19,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 62,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 57,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 55
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -6,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-03-17. CVE-2026-4307 (path traversal in `get_abs_path`, CVSS 4.3) and CVE-2026-4308 (server-side request forgery in document queries, CVSS 6.3), both against 0.9.7, with public exploits. The NVD entries say the vendor was contacted and did not respond. The v2.9 notes of 12 August 2026 list a fix for an SSRF regression under CVE-2026-4308. Whether CVE-2026-4307 is fixed was not established. -2. https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-4308",
          "2026-05-27. CVE-2026-47119, stored cross-site scripting through SVG files served by the `image_get` endpoint, CVSS 6.1, in versions before 1.15. The report (#1609) was closed as completed on 12 May 2026. Fixed, and no GitHub advisory was published. -1. https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/issues/1609",
          "2026-09-30. CVE-2026-51852 and CVE-2026-51853, directory traversal in the file browser of versions 1.7 to 1.10, CVSS 7.5 each. Reported as issues #1539 and #1540 on 20 April 2026 and closed as completed on 24 July 2026. The file browser still starts at the container root by design. -1. https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/issues/1540",
          "2026-09-09. Two flaws recorded in the project's own security-review ledger and fixed in v2.12 the same day. An unauthenticated Telegram webhook accepted forged updates, and WhatsApp document names could overwrite files outside the media cache before the sender check ran. The ledger rates both high. Named in the release notes, with no advisory. -2. https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/security-review/LEDGER.md"
        ],
        "verdict": "Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with nine releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026 and breaking changes listed in the release notes. The agent runs shell commands in its container with no approval step, the web interface has no login by default, and five CVEs from the past year have no published GitHub advisory.",
        "bestFor": "A technical owner who wants an agent with its own Linux machine, reachable from Telegram, WhatsApp or email, with scheduled tasks and editable memory.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT licence, with prompts, tools, plugins and settings readable and editable in one public repository",
          "Nine tagged releases between 17 July and 23 September 2026, and Breaking Changes sections in the v2.11, v2.12 and v2.13 notes",
          "Memory dashboard to search, edit, delete and bulk-delete entries, with memory kept apart for each project by default",
          "No usage telemetry found in the source. The one call home is an update check that a setting turns off",
          "Tool Access policy can allow or block each built-in and MCP tool for a project or an agent profile"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No approval step before shell commands, file changes or outgoing messages. Tool Access defaults to allow",
          "The web interface has no login until the owner sets a username, and the README command publishes port 80",
          "Five CVEs published between 17 March and 30 September 2026, none as a GitHub advisory, and no SECURITY.md or security.txt",
          "Infection Check, the prompt-injection audit before tool calls, ships turned off",
          "Empty allow-lists in the Telegram, WhatsApp and email integrations accept messages from anyone",
          "No public CI runs the 191 test files. The only workflows publish Docker images and close inactive issues"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set a UI login and password in Settings before publishing the port or opening a tunnel. The default has none",
          "Fill `allowed_users`, `allowed_numbers` or `sender_whitelist` before enabling a channel. An empty list accepts every sender",
          "Enable the Infection Check plugin when the agent reads mail, web pages or MCP results. It ships disabled",
          "Run v2.12 or later. It fixes a Telegram webhook authentication bypass and a WhatsApp media path traversal",
          "Call `POST /api_message` with the `X-API-KEY` header. The token changes when the UI login or password changes"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 54.2
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 62,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 57,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 56
        },
        "provenanceScore": 53
      },
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        "install": "docker run -p 80:80 -v a0_usr:/a0/usr agent0ai/agent-zero   # or: curl -fsSL https://bash.agent-zero.ai | bash"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/agent-zero"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Agent Zero, s.r.o.",
        "domain": "agent-zero.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The site footer names Agent Zero, s.r.o., ID no. 231 46 508, Nové sady 988/2, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and the `LICENSE` file carries the same company's copyright.",
          "No terms or privacy policy for the software was found. The site's terms page covers its community platform and its cookie page covers the website, so neither is linked here and the MIT licence stands in.",
          "`/.well-known/security.txt` on www.agent-zero.ai answered 404 on 12 October 2026, and the repository has no SECURITY.md.",
          "robots.txt on www.agent-zero.ai answered 404, read as no rules. agent-zero.ai redirects to www.agent-zero.ai.",
          "There is no hosted endpoint. An instance answers on its owner's own host.",
          "The domain's registration date was not looked up."
        ],
        "score": 53
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.json"
    },
    "answer": "Agent Zero scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
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      "slug": "cursor-cli",
      "name": "Cursor CLI",
      "vendor": "Cursor",
      "vendorUrl": "https://cursor.com/cli",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Cursor's coding agent in the terminal, run as `agent` (also `cursor-agent`).",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cursor-cli.json",
      "license": "Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "`agent login` through a browser, or an API key passed with `--api-key` or `CURSOR_API_KEY` for headless runs.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Hobby is free with limited Agent requests and needs no card. Individual is $20 a month, Teams $40 a user a month and Enterprise by quote. Every plan includes a set amount of model usage, with on-demand usage billed in arrears, and the pricing page gives no dollar or request figure for either (checked 2026-10-02).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-02).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-02"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://cursor.com/docs/cli/overview",
      "llmsTxt": "https://cursor.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-28",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 35.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 965,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 21,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 42,
          "maintenance": 62,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 27,
          "schema": 39,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 59
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2025-10-02 and 2025-11-03. Four high advisories that name the CLI, all fixed. Remote code execution in Cursor CLI through Cursor Agent MCP OAuth2 communication (GHSA-wj33-264c-j9cq), arbitrary code execution through a permissive CLI config (GHSA-v64q-396f-7m79), a sensitive-file overwrite bypass in the CLI agent (GHSA-x2vq-h6v6-jhc6) and command injection through an untrusted MCP configuration in Cursor CLI Beta (GHSA-4hwr-97q3-37w2). All older than six months, so 1 point each (https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories)",
          "2026-01-14. GHSA-82wg-qcm4-fp2w, high, terminal tool allowlist bypass through environment variables. It doesn't name the CLI, which runs the same terminal tool and allowlist idea. Fixed and published, 1 point. Judgement call. We left out the 2026 sandbox escapes titled for Cursor Desktop and Cloud Agents (https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories)"
        ],
        "verdict": "Allow and deny rules for shell, reads, writes, web fetches and MCP tools, with deny taking precedence. No CLI changelog, and versions are dates.",
        "bestFor": "Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.",
        "strengths": [
          "Allow and deny rules for shell, reads, writes, web fetches and MCP tools, with deny taking precedence",
          "Print mode with text, json and stream-json output, plus `--resume` and `--continue`",
          "Plan and ask (read-only) modes alongside the default agent mode",
          "Hands a task to Cloud Agents by prefixing the message with `\u0026`",
          "A free Hobby plan with no card, and a status page with a CLI component"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No CLI changelog, and versions are dates",
          "The install script checks no checksum or signature",
          "No documentation of CLI telemetry or of what runs without approval by default",
          "Four high advisories named the CLI in October and November 2025",
          "Closed source, with no public issue tracker"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass `--trust` in headless runs, or the workspace prompt stops a run with no terminal",
          "Write deny rules in .cursor/cli.json before using `--force`. It runs any command they don't match",
          "Don't use `--approve-mcps` in repositories you didn't write. Two 2025 CLI advisories came through MCP",
          "Set `CURSOR_API_KEY` in CI. `agent login` opens a browser",
          "Record `agent --version` with each run. Versions are dates and there's no CLI changelog to compare against"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 35.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 42,
          "maintenance": 62,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 27,
          "schema": 39,
          "security": 46,
          "transparency": 27
        },
        "provenanceScore": 91
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash",
        "headless": {
          "run": "agent -p \"fix the failing test\" --output-format json --trust"
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/cursor-cli"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "grok-bot"
      ],
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Individual plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "includes a set amount of model usage"
        },
        {
          "item": "Teams",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 40,
          "note": "per user"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Anysphere, Inc.",
        "domain": "cursor.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1995-12-20",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://cursor.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://cursor.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.cursor.com",
        "changelog": "https://cursor.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of service (updated 3 September 2026) name Anysphere, Inc.",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives cursor.com a registration date of 1995-12-20, long before Anysphere.",
          "cursor.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact line pointing to Cursor's GitHub security advisories and no Expires line, which RFC 9116 requires. The site's tracker reads a file with a Contact and no Expires as valid.",
          "The changelog covers all of Cursor, and we found no CLI-only changelog."
        ],
        "score": 91
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "cursor-cli",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.cursor.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T18:56:27.020526049Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://cursor.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T15:43:28.500656063Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://cursor.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T14:08:52.874741409Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "cursor.com",
          "registered": "1995-12-20",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/cursor.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:17:26.023843158Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://cursor.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T19:23:07.309802893Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:43.356086965Z",
            "fingerprint": "ff1c429484e4"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://cursor.com/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T19:23:09.364807189Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a5f74b5510f1"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://cursor.com/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T19:23:11.371270352Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "5db93dae47db"
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        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Agent Zero, s.r.o.",
        "b": "Cursor",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Free",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "MIT",
        "b": "Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-23",
        "b": "2026-09-28",
        "name": "Last release"
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      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "2026-09-03",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "2026-09-29",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "19k stars",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "1.5/5 (2)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
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    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "Agent Zero scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Agent Zero or Cursor CLI?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Agent Zero is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Cursor CLI.",
        "question": "Are Agent Zero and Cursor CLI open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 57 against 27",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 39",
          "Agent ergonomics, 62 against 42",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 46",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 62"
        ],
        "also": [
          "No key needed to call it",
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A technical owner who wants an agent with its own Linux machine, reachable from Telegram, WhatsApp or email, with scheduled tasks and editable memory.",
        "slug": "agent-zero",
        "watchFor": "No approval step before shell commands, file changes or outgoing messages. Tool Access defaults to allow"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "Free to start without a card"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.",
        "slug": "cursor-cli",
        "watchFor": "No CLI changelog, and versions are dates"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "agent.harness",
      "name": "Agent harnesses"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-aider.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs Aider",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-aider"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-amp.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs Amp",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-amp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-antigravity-cli.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs Antigravity CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-antigravity-cli"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs Claude Code",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cline.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs Cline",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cline"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cursor-cli.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 205 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Agent Zero (C)\n\nGood for: A technical owner who wants an agent with its own Linux machine, reachable from Telegram, WhatsApp or email, with scheduled tasks and editable memory.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 57 against 27\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 39\n- Agent ergonomics, 62 against 42\n- Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 46\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No approval step before shell commands, file changes or outgoing messages. Tool Access defaults to allow\n\n### Cursor CLI (F)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No CLI changelog, and versions are dates\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Agent Zero | Cursor CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 57 | 27 | Agent Zero +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 39 | Agent Zero +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 42 | Agent Zero +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 46 | Agent Zero +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 25 | Agent Zero +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 62 | Agent Zero +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 59 | Cursor CLI +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **54.2 · C** | **35.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Agent Zero | Cursor CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Agent Zero, s.r.o. | Cursor |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-03 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-29 |\n| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |\n| Popularity | 19k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Agent Zero.** Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with nine releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026 and breaking changes listed in the release notes. The agent runs shell commands in its container with no approval step, the web interface has no login by default, and five CVEs from the past year have no published GitHub advisory.\n\n**Cursor CLI.** Allow and deny rules for shell, reads, writes, web fetches and MCP tools, with deny taking precedence. No CLI changelog, and versions are dates.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Agent Zero\n\n1. Set a UI login and password in Settings before publishing the port or opening a tunnel. The default has none\n2. Fill `allowed_users`, `allowed_numbers` or `sender_whitelist` before enabling a channel. An empty list accepts every sender\n3. Enable the Infection Check plugin when the agent reads mail, web pages or MCP results. It ships disabled\n4. Run v2.12 or later. It fixes a Telegram webhook authentication bypass and a WhatsApp media path traversal\n5. Call `POST /api_message` with the `X-API-KEY` header. The token changes when the UI login or password changes\n\n### Cursor CLI\n\n1. Pass `--trust` in headless runs, or the workspace prompt stops a run with no terminal\n2. Write deny rules in .cursor/cli.json before using `--force`. It runs any command they don't match\n3. Don't use `--approve-mcps` in repositories you didn't write. Two 2025 CLI advisories came through MCP\n4. Set `CURSOR_API_KEY` in CI. `agent login` opens a browser\n5. Record `agent --version` with each run. Versions are dates and there's no CLI changelog to compare against\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Agent Zero or Cursor CLI?\n\nAgent Zero scores 54.2 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Agent Zero and Cursor CLI open source?\n\nAgent Zero is open source (MIT). 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