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AgentOS, the server you run, accepts JWTs, a shared OS_SECURITY_KEY or service-account tokens, and takes no credential when none is configured. The hosted control plane at os.agno.com needs a sign-in.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The SDK and AgentOS are free under Apache 2.0, and you pay your model provider. The optional hosted control plane is free for a local AgentOS and $150 a month (Pro) for a live deployment, with Enterprise by quote (https://www.agno.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "library", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the library source or on the pricing page. 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GHSA-m4w4-3r8h-jw98 (CVE-2026-35002, critical), arbitrary code execution through eval() on field_type in a FunctionCall, fixed in 2.3.24. GHSA-w9j5-7p53-pvr3 (CVE-2026-10105, high, published 2026-07-27), SQL injection in the ClickHouse vector store's delete_by_metadata, parameterised in the current source. GHSA-vw84-hprm-cxmm (CVE-2025-64168, high, 2025-10-31), session state written to the wrong session under concurrency, fixed in 2.2.2. All three are fixed and published as advisories in the repository, so 1 point each. https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/security/advisories" ], "verdict": "An Apache 2.0 Python agent framework at 3.1.1 with an MCP client, tool confirmation and admin approvals, a durable job queue and 25 stable releases in 90 days. Usage telemetry is on by default with unhashed identifiers, and three high or critical advisories were published against it in the last 12 months, all fixed.", "bestFor": "Python teams that want agents, teams and workflows plus a self-hosted server with REST, MCP, approvals and scheduling in one package.", "strengths": [ "Apache 2.0, with 25 stable releases on PyPI in the 90 days to 8 October 2026 and 3.1.1 on 2 October", "MCP client (MCPTools) over Streamable HTTP and stdio with include_tools, exclude_tools and a name prefix", "Tool calls can require confirmation, user input or an admin approval that is stored and audited", "llms.txt, llms-full.txt, a Markdown twin of every docs page and a docs MCP server at docs.agno.com/mcp", "Unit tests, Ruff and mypy run in public CI, and 10 of the 12 latest runs on main passed with 2 cancelled" ], "weaknesses": [ "Usage telemetry is on by default and sends session, run and agent identifiers unhashed. Prompts and outputs are not sent", "AGNO_TELEMETRY=false does not cover AgentOS launches or evals, which need telemetry=False on the instance", "Three advisories in 12 months, an eval injection rated critical, a ClickHouse SQL injection and a session state leak, all fixed", "867 open issues and 968 open pull requests on 8 October 2026, with 287 issues opened and 105 closed in 30 days", "AgentOS requires no credential unless a JWT key or OS_SECURITY_KEY is configured", "Terms and privacy pages at os.agno.com render only with JavaScript and could not be read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set AGNO_TELEMETRY=false before the first run, and pass telemetry=False to AgentOS and to each eval, which ignore the variable", "Configure JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY with AgentOS authorisation switched on, or OS_SECURITY_KEY, before exposing AgentOS. With neither set, REST and MCP routes take no credential", "Mark tools that write with requires_confirmation, and resume with continue_run once every requirement is resolved", "Set tool_call_limit on agents. 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Both return 200 but render only with JavaScript, so their text was not read. They cover the hosted control plane. The SDK itself is under Apache 2.0.", "status.agno.com lists Website and AgentOS components, which are the vendor's hosted services, not the library.", "RDAP gives agno.com a registration date of 2003-04-13. github.com/phidatahq/phidata redirects to agno-agi/agno." ], "score": 93 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agno.json", "live": { "slug": "agno", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.agno.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T15:14:03.96554024Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "agno-agi/agno", "version": "v3.1.10", "released": "2026-10-23", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T10:40:58.908240929Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "agno", "version": "3.1.10", "released": "2026-10-23", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T10:40:58.72011212Z" } ], "githubStars": 42916, "pypiWeekly": 513753, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://agno.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-08-10T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T15:30:39.974260159Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.agno.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T14:56:46.246710105Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "agno.com", "registered": "2003-04-13", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/agno.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:04:49.663983271Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.agno.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T03:57:30.301719465Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-20T00:08:43.618216778Z", "fingerprint": "b67257513951" }, { "url": "https://www.agno.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T03:57:32.473995314Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "39cf0ea4a9f3" }, { "url": "https://os.agno.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T03:51:12.798226545Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://os.agno.com/legal/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T03:51:14.933491334Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "github": { "repo": "agno-agi/agno", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:08:28.228380516Z", "stars": 42891, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-26T07:00:05Z", "openIssues": 944, "openPRs": 992, "issuesOpened90d": 648, "issuesClosed90d": 205, "prsMerged90d": 562, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 23, "failure": 1, "other": 26, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-26T05:14:23Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-w9j5-7p53-pvr3", "cve": "CVE-2026-10105", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-07-27T08:56:58Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-m4w4-3r8h-jw98", "cve": "CVE-2026-35002", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-06-30T07:46:38Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-vw84-hprm-cxmm", "cve": "CVE-2025-64168", "severity": "high", "published": "2025-10-31T09:01:28Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 22, "medianDays": 1.9 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T15:14:03.96554024Z" } }, "answer": "Agno scores 72.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Cursor Agent SDK's 63.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "cursor-agent-sdk", "name": "Cursor Agent SDK", "vendor": "Cursor", "vendorUrl": "https://cursor.com/docs/agent-sdk", "kind": "framework", "category": "frameworks", "summary": "Cursor's TypeScript framework for defining an agent as a folder of instructions, typed tools, skills, MCP connections and channels, testing it with evals, and running it on your own server or on Cursor's hosting.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.json", "license": "Proprietary. The package's LICENSE.md reads \"© Anysphere Inc. All rights reserved\", with use subject to Cursor's Terms of Service (updated 3 September 2026). No source repository is published", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@grok/agent-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Model turns need a Cursor credential. `agent-sdk login` opens a browser sign-in and stores the key it creates, or pass a user API key from the dashboard or a team service-account key as `--api-key`, `CURSOR_API_KEY`, `CURSOR_API_KEY_FILE` or `CURSOR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY`. `logout` doesn't revoke the key. Direct tool calls without a model turn need no Cursor key. A self-hosted server is protected with `--bearer-token`, and a deployment's routes with an alias token.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The package is free to install. Model turns draw on the Cursor plan of the key's owner, Free ($0, limited agent requests) to Ultra ($200 a month), and beyond the weekly pool the default model, Grok 4.5 with Fast on, is $4 per million input tokens and $18 per million output tokens. No price for Cursor-managed hosting and no statement of which plans include the Agent SDK were found (checked 2026-10-27).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "library", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Agent SDK docs, the npm package or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-27).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-27" }, "docsUrl": "https://cursor.com/docs/agent-sdk", "llmsTxt": "https://cursor.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.framework", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.durable", "agent.multi-agent", "obs.evals" ], "tags": [ "official", "framework", "typescript", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "pre-1.0", "self-hosted", "hosted", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 443, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1217, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 30, "reliability": 45, "schema": 82, "security": 68, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-27" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent-as-code framework with typed tools, declared read and write effects that drive retries and dry runs, an approval gate per tool and evals that assert on tool calls. It's closed source, every model turn runs through Cursor's backend on a Cursor plan, local sandboxing is off by default, and the changelog has two entries.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Cursor who want version-controlled agents for pull request review, triage and Slack, with evals in CI and one-command hosting.", "strengths": [ "Tools declare a read, write or idempotent effect. Only reads and idempotent calls retry, and dry-run sessions stub writes", "`needsApproval` on a tool parks the call until a person approves, and `ctx.approvedBy` records who did", "Evals assert which tools ran, with what input, and the reply's shape, and `github replay` turns a real pull request into signed test deliveries", "Every page has a Markdown twin listed in cursor.com/llms.txt, and the package ships the same docs and an llms.txt", "Sessions keep a record of every message and tool call, and OpenTelemetry export stays off until an endpoint is set" ], "weaknesses": [ "Closed source under Cursor's terms, with no public repository, CI or issue tracker", "Every model turn runs through Cursor's backend with a Cursor credential, including on a self-hosted server", "Local sandboxing is off by default, so shell commands auto-approve with the host's credentials", "The changelog has two entries, 0.2.29 and 0.3.0, both dated 23 October 2026. The 27 earlier @cursor/bdk versions have none", "The launch post's install command names a package that doesn't exist on npm" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install `@grok/agent-sdk`, not `@cursor/agent-sdk` from the launch post. That name answers 404 on npm", "Set `local.sandbox` before a turn reads webhook payloads, pull request diffs or chat. Without it shell commands auto-approve with the host's credentials", "Give every tool an `effect`. A tool without one counts as a write, runs once and is stubbed in dry runs", "Start `agent-sdk serve` with `--bearer-token` on any shared host. `--allow-anonymous` admits every caller as one principal", "Delete bot/hooks/memory.ts when sessions serve different people. 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The terms of service are dated 3 September 2026 and the privacy policy 11 October 2026.", "RDAP (Verisign) gives cursor.com a registration date of 1995-12-20.", "cursor.com/.well-known/security.txt has a Contact line pointing to github.com/getcursor/cursor/security and a secondary email, and no Expires line. The site's tracker reads a file with a Contact and no Expires as valid, as on the Cursor CLI listing.", "The footer links status.cursor.com. 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Prompts and outputs are not sent" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Agno loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams already on Cursor who want version-controlled agents for pull request review, triage and Slack, with evals in CI and one-command hosting.", "slug": "cursor-agent-sdk", "watchFor": "Closed source under Cursor's terms, with no public repository, CI or issue tracker" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.framework", "name": "Agent frameworks" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-agno.json", "title": "AgentOS vs Agno", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-agno" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-cursor-agent-sdk.json", "title": "AgentOS vs Cursor Agent SDK", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentos-vs-cursor-agent-sdk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-claude-agent-sdk.json", "title": "Agno vs Claude Agent SDK", "url": 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Both do agent frameworks.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "agno": "An Apache 2.0 Python agent framework at 3.1.1 with an MCP client, tool confirmation and admin approvals, a durable job queue and 25 stable releases in 90 days. Usage telemetry is on by default with unhashed identifiers, and three high or critical advisories were published against it in the last 12 months, all fixed.", "cursor-agent-sdk": "An agent-as-code framework with typed tools, declared read and write effects that drive retries and dry runs, an approval gate per tool and evals that assert on tool calls. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agno.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agno.json\n- Cursor Agent SDK: grade B, 63.6/100, rank #443 of 1217. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.json\n- Best agent frameworks and SDKs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/frameworks/index.md\n- All 78 frameworks comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/frameworks/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Agno (BB)\n\nGood for: Python teams that want agents, teams and workflows plus a self-hosted server with REST, MCP, approvals and scheduling in one package.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 82\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 74\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 70\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Usage telemetry is on by default and sends session, run and agent identifiers unhashed. Prompts and outputs are not sent\n\n### Cursor Agent SDK (B)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Cursor who want version-controlled agents for pull request review, triage and Slack, with evals in CI and one-command hosting.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Agno loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Closed source under Cursor's terms, with no public repository, CI or issue tracker\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Agno | Cursor Agent SDK | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 45 | Agno +38 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 82 | Agno +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 80 | Cursor Agent SDK +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 68 | Cursor Agent SDK +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 30 | Agno +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 74 | Agno +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 70 | Agno +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.8 · BB** | **63.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Agno | Cursor Agent SDK |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Agno Inc. | Cursor |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary. The package's LICENSE.md reads \"© Anysphere Inc. All rights reserved\", with use subject to Cursor's Terms of Service (updated 3 September 2026). No source repository is published |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-25 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-03 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 43k stars, 476k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Agno.** An Apache 2.0 Python agent framework at 3.1.1 with an MCP client, tool confirmation and admin approvals, a durable job queue and 25 stable releases in 90 days. Usage telemetry is on by default with unhashed identifiers, and three high or critical advisories were published against it in the last 12 months, all fixed.\n\n**Cursor Agent SDK.** An agent-as-code framework with typed tools, declared read and write effects that drive retries and dry runs, an approval gate per tool and evals that assert on tool calls. It's closed source, every model turn runs through Cursor's backend on a Cursor plan, local sandboxing is off by default, and the changelog has two entries.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Agno\n\n1. Set AGNO_TELEMETRY=false before the first run, and pass telemetry=False to AgentOS and to each eval, which ignore the variable\n2. Configure JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY with AgentOS authorisation switched on, or OS_SECURITY_KEY, before exposing AgentOS. With neither set, REST and MCP routes take no credential\n3. Mark tools that write with requires_confirmation, and resume with continue_run once every requirement is resolved\n4. Set tool_call_limit on agents. The default is None\n5. Install extras for what you use, such as agno[mcp] for MCPTools and agno[os,mcp] for AgentOS with its MCP server\n\n### Cursor Agent SDK\n\n1. Install `@grok/agent-sdk`, not `@cursor/agent-sdk` from the launch post. That name answers 404 on npm\n2. Set `local.sandbox` before a turn reads webhook payloads, pull request diffs or chat. Without it shell commands auto-approve with the host's credentials\n3. Give every tool an `effect`. A tool without one counts as a write, runs once and is stubbed in dry runs\n4. Start `agent-sdk serve` with `--bearer-token` on any shared host. `--allow-anonymous` admits every caller as one principal\n5. Delete bot/hooks/memory.ts when sessions serve different people. The journal shares each turn's message and result with later turns\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Agno or Cursor Agent SDK?\n\nAgno scores 72.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Cursor Agent SDK's 63.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Agno and Cursor Agent SDK open source?\n\nAgno is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Cursor Agent SDK.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-cursor-agent-sdk.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-cursor-agent-sdk.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"agno\", \"b\": \"cursor-agent-sdk\"}`. 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