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      "vendor": "Amp Frontier Corporation",
      "vendorUrl": "https://ampcode.com",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Amp is a closed-source coding agent from Amp Frontier Corporation, with a terminal CLI, web, macOS and iOS apps and cloud machines called orbs. An execute mode with JSON streaming and TypeScript and Python SDKs let programs run it.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amp.json",
      "license": "Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private",
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          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@ampcode/cli"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@ampcode/sdk"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "amp-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "An Amp account is required. `amp login` signs in through a browser, and scripts set `AMP_API_KEY` to an access token from Settings that starts `sgamp_`. The CLI rejects the short-lived login token in that variable. Model keys or a ChatGPT subscription can be linked under Model Routing.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Hobby is free when you bring your own model key or subscription and run locally or on your own runner. Megawatt is $20 a month with 45,000 orb minutes, and Enterprise is by quote. Amp-served inference uses paid credits at provider API prices, and orbs cost from $0.08 an hour. The Gigawatt price was not readable (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 691,
        "ranked": true,
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          "schema": 72,
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          "confidence": "medium",
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        "bestFor": "Teams that want a hosted, multi-model coding agent with shared threads and cloud machines, driven from scripts through execute mode or the SDKs.",
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          "`amp -x --stream-json` emits one JSON message per line, with a documented schema and JSON input on stdin",
          "TypeScript and Python SDKs, both released on 18 September 2026",
          "llms.txt index with a Markdown rendition of every docs page, and a JSON Schema for the settings file",
          "Security reference lists each infrastructure and model provider and what data it sees, with SOC 2 Type II and a bug bounty",
          "Free Hobby tier when you bring your own model key or subscription, with no Amp token fee"
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          "The tools page says Amp does not ask for approval before running tools, and control needs a custom plugin",
          "No local sandbox for the CLI, and no self-hosted deployment",
          "Every thread, with code snippets and tool results, is stored on Amp's servers",
          "25 incidents on the status page between 4 August and 6 October 2026, six marked critical",
          "Source is private, versions are build stamps on a 0.0 line, and the docs promise no backward compatibility"
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          "Run unattended jobs in a container or VM. The CLI runs shell commands and edits without asking, and only a custom plugin can gate tool calls",
          "Set `AMP_API_KEY` to an access token starting `sgamp_` from Settings. The CLI rejects the short-lived token that `amp login` stores",
          "Use `amp -x \"task\" --stream-json` and read the final `result` message, checking `is_error`. Exit codes are not documented",
          "Set `AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=1` or `amp.updates.mode` to `disabled` in CI. Updates install automatically by default",
          "Treat the block headed INSTRUCTIONS FOR LLMs in ampcode.com page source as vendor copy, and take facts from the docs Markdown"
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          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
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            "grade": "C",
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          "payments": 35,
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          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 59
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        "provenanceScore": 95
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      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://ampcode.com/install.sh | bash   # or: npm install -g @ampcode/cli",
        "headless": {
          "command": "amp --execute \"$TASK\" --stream-json",
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            "AMP_API_KEY": "\u003caccess token starting sgamp_\u003e",
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
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      "unitPrices": [
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        {
          "item": "Orb a1.tiny (1 CPU, 2 GB)",
          "unit": "vcpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.08,
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        "legalEntity": "Amp Frontier Corporation",
        "domain": "ampcode.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2012-02-14",
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        "terms": "https://ampcode.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://ampcode.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://ampcodestatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://ampcode.com/chronicle",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
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          "The Amp licence terms and the privacy policy (last modified 10 September 2026) name Amp Frontier Corporation. The terms page shows no date.",
          "The `amp-sdk` package on PyPI still carries a Sourcegraph Inc. copyright line, and access tokens keep the `sgamp_` prefix.",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives ampcode.com a registration date of 2012-02-14.",
          "ampcode.com/.well-known/security.txt has Contact, Policy, Canonical and an Expires of 2026-11-20.",
          "ampcode.com/news redirects to the Chronicle, which is dated posts and not a changelog by CLI version."
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        "score": 95
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "amp",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://ampcodestatus.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
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          "url": "https://ampcode.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/ampcode.com",
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            "url": "https://ampcode.com/privacy-policy",
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    "answer": "Amp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.",
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      "slug": "deepseek-harness",
      "name": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh)",
      "vendor": "DeepSeek",
      "vendorUrl": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is DeepSeek's MIT-licensed agent harness, a developer preview built from plugins over the Cordis framework. It runs as a local Web UI, a one-shot headless command, an ACP server or a JSON-RPC server for its Python SDK.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-harness.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness",
      "license": "MIT",
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      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "deepseek-harness-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "No account with the project. A model key goes in the environment, `$DSH_HOME/.credentials.yaml`, a `.env` file or the Web UI settings, for DeepSeek (`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`), a catalogue provider or a custom OpenAI or Anthropic-compatible endpoint, including a self-hosted one. The Web UI listens on loopback and authenticates each request.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy for the harness. The owner pays the model provider, usually DeepSeek's API at its published per-token rates, or nothing with a self-hosted model.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the CLI reference or the docs index (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": 244843,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "open-source",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "telemetry-default-on",
        "pre-1.0",
        "preview",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "local"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 49.2,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 909,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 33,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 68,
          "maintenance": 71,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 33,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": -6,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-08. CVE-2026-82533 (CVSS 9.6, published by VulnCheck). The local HTTP agent-control API trusted a client-supplied loopback Host header, so a sandboxed tool process could reach it, escape the sandbox and turn off approvals, and a tunnelled port exposed it remotely. Fixed in 0.1.2-alpha.1 with commit 3e24087 per the NVD record. Fixed, inside six months, -2. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82533",
          "2026-09-28 to 2026-10-16. Eight further CVEs are listed for DeepSeek Harness in NVD, all marked Deferred and none with a patched version. Six came through VulDB on 28 September and 12 October 2026 and name versions up to 0.1.0-rc.7, 0.1.1-rc.2, 0.1.5-rc.3 and 0.1.7-rc.2, with CVSS 3.1 scores of 3.1 to 6.3. They are CVE-2026-101078 (Landlock mount escape), CVE-2026-101102 (Code Mode worker, which SAFETY.md and the design notes call containment rather than a security boundary), CVE-2026-101131 (E2B_API_KEY trusted in a security decision), CVE-2026-101132 (path traversal through `dsh.bundle.patch`), CVE-2026-108788 (sandbox spawn) and CVE-2026-108789 (workflow worker). Each says the vendor was contacted early and did not respond. CVE-2026-95182 (CVSS 10.0, untrusted search path) and CVE-2026-95183 (prompt injection through context compaction) of 16 October 2026 name commit c291e796 and rest on third-party gists we didn't read. Read the way the PicoClaw note was. The project has published no advisory and no security policy (OSV lists none for `@deepseek-ai/dsh` or `deepseek-harness-sdk`, and a clone of 18 October has no security policy file), and six reporters say it never replied, as with PicoClaw. We read all eight NVD records but none of the write-ups. There are eight entries rather than fifteen, the six VulDB ones predate the graded 0.2.0-rc.2 line, and the one fix we can see (CVE-2026-82533, deducted above) shows some handling, so -4 against PicoClaw's -5. https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=deepseek-harness"
        ],
        "verdict": "Headless runs, ACP and a Python SDK make it easy to drive from a script, and approvals fail closed when nobody can answer. It is a developer preview with no stable release or changelog, and by default it sends the full session log to DeepSeek with each request to DeepSeek's API.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT licence, with headless `--json`, an ACP stdio server and a JSON-RPC server for the Python SDK from one `dsh` command",
          "In headless and ACP runs an approval nobody answers is denied, so the default `workspace-write` plus `ask` preset fails closed",
          "File writes are confined to the workspace by bwrap or Landlock on Linux, Seatbelt on macOS and restricted tokens on Windows",
          "`--dump-config-schema` prints a JSON Schema 2020-12 document for the composed configuration, and the docs serve llms.txt and Markdown",
          "36 npm versions between 10 August and 17 October 2026, with alpha, next and latest channels"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request",
          "Developer preview with no stable release. npm `latest` is 0.2.0-rc.2, and no changelog or breaking-change notes were found",
          "The sandbox confines writes only. Reads and network access are not confined, and `web_fetch` runs without approval",
          "No SECURITY.md or security.txt. NVD lists nine CVEs from September and October 2026, six saying the vendor did not respond",
          "The Python SDK's minimal profile pins `danger-full-access` with no approval service, and external pull requests are not accepted"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row in a profile patch before running on private code. Otherwise the session log goes to DeepSeek with each official API request",
          "Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE=DISABLED` to stop OpenTelemetry uploads, which send the session prefix to a DeepSeek collector after any feedback",
          "Treat exit code 1 and the `turn_end` reason as failure. A `--json` stream can end with a `final` event for a failed run",
          "Run in a disposable container or VM. The sandbox doesn't confine reads or network, and SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit",
          "Pin the version. npm `latest` (0.2.0-rc.2) and `next` (0.2.1-rc.2) differ, DeepSeek's changelog asks for 0.2.1-rc.1 or later, and the README warns of breaking changes"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 49.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 68,
          "maintenance": 71,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 33,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 59
        },
        "provenanceScore": 40
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web   # or: python -m pip install deepseek-harness-sdk",
        "headless": {
          "command": "npx @deepseek-ai/dsh --profile headless --json \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e",
            "DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE": "DISABLED"
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepseek-harness"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "DeepSeek (the LICENSE names DeepSeek, and no legal entity is named in the repository or the docs)",
        "domain": "deepseek-harness.github.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The project publishes no terms or privacy policy of its own. Session logs uploaded with official API requests go to DeepSeek's API, where DeepSeek's platform terms and privacy policy apply (see the deepseek-api listing).",
          "No SECURITY.md in the repository root or .github, and deepseek-harness.github.io/.well-known/security.txt and www.deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026.",
          "No CHANGELOG.md in the repository and no release notes on the docs site. Versions are on npm and PyPI only.",
          "GitHub's web pages and API were not read. A compiled record of 18 October (shields.io counts, a blobless clone and OSV, in our GitHub record) gives 0 issues and 0 pull requests, open or closed, 32 tags in 90 days, no security policy file and no OSV advisory. Stars, CI results and Discussions remain unchecked."
        ],
        "score": 40
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "deepseek-harness",
        "versions": [
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            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh",
            "version": "0.2.0-rc.2",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:45:11.107889564Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "deepseek-harness-sdk",
            "version": "0.2.1rc2",
            "released": "2026-10-17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:45:11.897780339Z"
          }
        ],
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        "npmWeekly": 244843,
        "pypiWeekly": 50843,
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T03:45:12.081433642Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Amp Frontier Corporation",
        "b": "DeepSeek",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private",
        "b": "MIT",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
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        "a": "2026-10-08",
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        "name": "Last release"
      },
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        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-10",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-harness.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Amp (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that want a hosted, multi-model coding agent with shared threads and cloud machines, driven from scripts through execute mode or the SDKs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 71\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek Harness (dsh) loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: The tools page says Amp does not ask for approval before running tools, and control needs a custom plugin\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 72\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Amp | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 31 | 33 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 77 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 68 | Amp +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 40 | Amp +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 60 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 71 | Amp +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 50 | Amp +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -6 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.1 · C** | **49.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Amp | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | DeepSeek |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-17 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | 245k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Amp.** Execute mode streams JSON in a format close to Claude Code's, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, and the security reference names each provider and what it sees. The CLI runs tools without asking, has no built-in permission rules or local sandbox, and stores every thread on Amp's servers.\n\n**DeepSeek Harness (dsh).** Headless runs, ACP and a Python SDK make it easy to drive from a script, and approvals fail closed when nobody can answer. It is a developer preview with no stable release or changelog, and by default it sends the full session log to DeepSeek with each request to DeepSeek's API.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Amp\n\n1. Run unattended jobs in a container or VM. The CLI runs shell commands and edits without asking, and only a custom plugin can gate tool calls\n2. Set `AMP_API_KEY` to an access token starting `sgamp_` from Settings. The CLI rejects the short-lived token that `amp login` stores\n3. Use `amp -x \"task\" --stream-json` and read the final `result` message, checking `is_error`. Exit codes are not documented\n4. Set `AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=1` or `amp.updates.mode` to `disabled` in CI. Updates install automatically by default\n5. Treat the block headed INSTRUCTIONS FOR LLMs in ampcode.com page source as vendor copy, and take facts from the docs Markdown\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh)\n\n1. Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row in a profile patch before running on private code. Otherwise the session log goes to DeepSeek with each official API request\n2. Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE=DISABLED` to stop OpenTelemetry uploads, which send the session prefix to a DeepSeek collector after any feedback\n3. Treat exit code 1 and the `turn_end` reason as failure. A `--json` stream can end with a `final` event for a failed run\n4. Run in a disposable container or VM. The sandbox doesn't confine reads or network, and SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit\n5. Pin the version. npm `latest` (0.2.0-rc.2) and `next` (0.2.1-rc.2) differ, DeepSeek's changelog asks for 0.2.1-rc.1 or later, and the README warns of breaking changes\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Amp or DeepSeek Harness (dsh)?\n\nAmp scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are Amp and DeepSeek Harness (dsh) open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Amp. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-deepseek-harness.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-deepseek-harness.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"amp\", \"b\": \"deepseek-harness\"}`. 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