# Auggie CLI vs Claude Code (slim)

> Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) to Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Auggie CLI: D 50.8, rank #872 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.min.md
- Claude Code: C 59.9, rank #588 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Auggie CLI, good for Teams already paying for Augment who want its Context Engine in a terminal, in CI or through ACP and MCP, with permission rules a security team can delegate to a webhook. Also No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 8 points for them.
- Claude Code, good for A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 43; Schema & documentation, 80 against 67; Agent ergonomics, 87 against 65; Security & auth, 80 against 47; Maintenance & community, 82 against 58; Transparency & trust, 81 against 57.

| Category | Auggie CLI | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 87 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Auggie CLI | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Harness (formerly Augment Code) | Anthropic |
| Licence | Proprietary. The licence from Augment Computing, Inc. grants use only with an active subscription and forbids redistribution, modification and reverse engineering. The GitHub repository holds the README, changelog, examples and issue tracker, not the source | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source |
| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 16k npm/wk | 141k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |