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      "slug": "auggie",
      "name": "Auggie CLI",
      "vendor": "Harness (formerly Augment Code)",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Augment Code's terminal coding agent, owned by Harness since 8 October 2026. It runs interactively, in print mode for scripts and CI, as an ACP agent for editors and as an MCP server for code retrieval.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/auggie.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/augmentcode/auggie",
      "license": "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",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "`auggie login` in a browser stores a session token tied to the user. Automation passes the session JSON from `auggie token print` in `AUGMENT_SESSION_AUTH` or `--augment-session-json`, and `auggie token revoke` revokes all of a user's tokens. Team and Enterprise administrators can create service accounts whose API tokens don't expire until deleted.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Standard is $20 a month and Business $100 a month, each flat for up to 50 seats with the same amount of usage included, and Enterprise is by quote. Usage is billed at the model provider's list price plus a 40 per cent service fee, with pay-as-you-go top-ups. No free tier was found on the pricing page (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the changelog (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 16451,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/overview",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.augmentcode.com/llms.txt",
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        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "sdk",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "status-page",
        "no-sandbox",
        "paid-plans"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-08-21",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 50.8,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 872,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 32,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 43,
          "schema": 67,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 57
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        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
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        "verdict": "Print mode has turn caps, JSON output and resumable sessions, and permission rules resolve to the most restrictive across sources. Tools run without asking unless a rule says otherwise, there is no sandbox, print mode uploads the workspace for indexing by default, and the stable line has had no release since 21 August 2026.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "`--print` with `--max-turns`, `--quiet`, `--output-format json` and `--show-credits`, plus `--continue` and `--resume` by session ID",
          "Permission rules allow, deny or hand a call to a webhook or a local script, and the most restrictive rule across sources wins",
          "An ACP agent mode, an MCP server mode and TypeScript and Python SDKs that drive the CLI over ACP",
          "Per-model token rates, the 40 per cent service fee and plan prices are published without a login",
          "npm builds are published from GitHub Actions through npm trusted publishing, and auto-update is off in print mode"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No operating-system sandbox, and the MCP docs say Auggie runs commands and tools automatically",
          "Print mode indexes and uploads the workspace by default, except files matched by .gitignore or .augmentignore",
          "No free tier on the pricing page, and print mode may be switched off under an enterprise agreement",
          "The stable npm line is 0.36.0 of 21 August 2026, with 1.x builds only on the preview and daemon channels",
          "The licence, terms and privacy policy still name Augment Computing, Inc. after Harness bought the CLI on 8 October 2026"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass `--max-turns` with `--print` in pipelines to bound how many turns, and so how much usage, a run can take",
          "Commit deny rules to .augment/settings.json before an unattended run. Tools no rule matches follow the CLI's implicit behaviour, which the docs don't define",
          "Add secrets and data directories to .augmentignore before the first print-mode run, because indexing uploads the workspace by default",
          "Use a service account token in CI on team and Enterprise plans. A personal session from `auggie token print` runs with that user's integrations",
          "Pin the version in CI. `latest` is 0.x, while `preview` and `daemon` carry 1.x prereleases whose permission rules ignore some legacy tool names"
        ],
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 50.8
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          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 43,
          "schema": 67,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 35
        },
        "provenanceScore": 79
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        "install": "npm install -g @augmentcode/auggie",
        "headless": {
          "command": "auggie --print --quiet --max-turns 10 \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "AUGMENT_SESSION_AUTH": "\u003csession JSON from auggie token print\u003e"
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/auggie"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Standard plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "flat for up to 50 seats, with $20 of usage included"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "flat for up to 50 seats, with $100 of usage included"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Sonnet 5.5 input",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 2,
          "note": "provider list price, before the 40 per cent service fee"
        },
        {
          "item": "Service fee on model usage",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 40,
          "note": "added to LLM token charges, none on compute"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Augment Computing, Inc.",
        "domain": "augmentcode.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-06-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/professional-terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.augmentcode.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.augmentcode.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The CLI licence, the Professional and Enterprise terms of service (v1.9, 28 August 2025) and the privacy policy (v1.2, 28 August 2025) name Augment Computing, Inc. None had changed by 18 October 2026, ten days after Harness announced it had acquired the CLI.",
          "Harness's announcement doesn't name the acquiring legal entity, so the listing doesn't name one.",
          "RDAP (Verisign) gives augmentcode.com a registration date of 2022-06-16.",
          "www.augmentcode.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 18 October 2026. SECURITY.md in the repository gives security@augmentcode.com and GitHub private reporting.",
          "The website changelog has a CLI filter, with its newest CLI entry for 0.36.0 on 21 August 2026. The repository CHANGELOG.md lists versions without dates."
        ],
        "score": 79
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "auggie",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.augmentcode.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T03:56:54.60660671Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "augmentcode/auggie",
            "version": "v0.28.0",
            "released": "2026-05-22",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:35:44.003823752Z"
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        ],
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            "url": "https://www.augmentcode.com/changelog",
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            "fingerprint": "c68364061cce"
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          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/augmentcode/auggie/main/docs/1.x-preview-guide.md",
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            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:13.800159347Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/privacy-policy",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/professional-terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
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      }
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    "answer": "Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "slug": "cline",
      "name": "Cline",
      "vendor": "Cline Bot Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://cline.bot",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Open-source coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension, a JetBrains plugin, a CLI and a desktop app, all on one TypeScript SDK since extension 4.0.0 (26 June 2026).",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/cline/cline",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "cline"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Your own provider keys (kept in ~/.cline/data/settings/providers.json for the CLI), a local model, or a Cline account (Google, GitHub or email sign-in) for the Cline provider and ClinePass. The CLI's default provider is Cline's own, so it needs `-P` and a key, or `cline auth`, to use anything else.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The extension, CLI and SDK are free and Apache-2.0. You pay your model provider, or buy Cline credits for pay-as-you-go access to 100+ models through the Cline provider, or ClinePass at $9.99 a month for higher limits on selected open models. Free models rotate for signed-in users. Enterprise (SSO, role-based access, audit logs, SLA) is priced by sales. We found no public per-token price list for Cline credits.",
      "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the source (checked 2026-10-01).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 67600,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-01"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.cline.bot",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "local",
        "freemium",
        "typescript",
        "llms-txt",
        "telemetry-default-on",
        "enterprise",
        "no-card"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-01",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.4,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 568,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 50,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -8,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-02-17. GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7. An attacker used a compromised npm publish token to release cline@2.3.0 with a postinstall script that ran `npm install -g openclaw@latest`. It was live for about eight hours before 2.4.0 and a deprecation, the token was revoked and publishing moved to OIDC. A supply-chain incident that reached users, fixed and documented and seven months old, -4. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7",
          "2026-05-08. GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2 (CVE-2026-44211, 9.6). The kanban server the CLI uses accepted WebSocket connections on 127.0.0.1:3484 without checking Origin, so any website could read workspace data and inject commands. Affects kanban before 2.13.0. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2",
          "2026-06-23. GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934 (CVE-2026-59723, 8.8). The Cline Hub dashboard's `/browser` WebSocket accepted cross-origin connections when ROOM_SECRET was unset, the local default, letting a website add MCP servers to the settings file and run commands. NVD lists versions before 3.0.30 as affected. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934"
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        "verdict": "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.",
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          "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0",
          "Checkpoints that restore files and task state, and sessions that resume by ID",
          "`CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` allow and deny globs for shell commands, with deny taking precedence and redirects blocked",
          "Your own key for about 200 providers, or a local model, with no Cline account",
          "29 extension and 34 CLI releases since 3 July 2026, with tests passing on main"
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        "weaknesses": [
          "The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider",
          "Extension telemetry on by default, and the CLI's telemetry undocumented",
          "A compromised npm token shipped cline@2.3.0 with an unwanted global install in February 2026",
          "Two cross-origin WebSocket flaws in its local servers in May and June 2026",
          "About 700 open issues and 525 open pull requests"
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          "Set `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` with allow and deny globs before a headless run. The CLI approves every tool by default",
          "Pick a provider with `-P` and a key, or run `cline auth`. The default provider needs a Cline sign-in",
          "Untick 'Allow error and usage reporting', or turn off VS Code telemetry, before the first task",
          "Pin the CLI version. 2.3.0 was a malicious publish",
          "Keep the hub on 127.0.0.1 or set ROOM_SECRET, and run 3.0.30 or later"
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
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            "pending": [
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            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 50,
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          "schema": 77,
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          "transparency": 60
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      "connect": {
        "install": "npm i -g cline   # Node 22+; or the VS Code extension saoudrizwan.claude-dev",
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          "command": "cline --json -P anthropic -k \"$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\" \"$TASK\"",
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            "CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS": "{\"allow\": [\"npm test\", \"git diff *\"], \"deny\": [\"rm *\", \"sudo *\"]}"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
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        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Cline Bot Inc.",
        "domain": "cline.bot",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://cline.bot/tos",
        "privacy": "https://cline.bot/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The pricing page and the CLI's package.json name Cline Bot Inc.",
          "cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt lists security@cline.bot and the Bugcrowd programme, and expires on 2027-12-31.",
          "The privacy and terms pages render only with JavaScript, so we couldn't read them."
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        "score": 61
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "cline",
        "versions": [
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            "version": "desktop-v0.0.48",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:56.902134193Z"
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          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:24:30.799204139Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "cline.bot",
          "registered": "2024-09-30",
          "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:28:20.817596002Z"
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          {
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:06.213803909Z"
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      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Harness (formerly Augment Code)",
        "b": "Cline Bot Inc.",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
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        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
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        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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      },
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        "a": "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",
        "b": "Apache-2.0",
        "name": "Licence"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
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        "a": "2026-08-21",
        "b": "2026-10-01",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "2025-09-25",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "2025-09-24",
        "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"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.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### Auggie CLI (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: No operating-system sandbox, and the MCP docs say Auggie runs commands and tools automatically\n\n### Cline (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 47\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 58\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Auggie CLI | Cline | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 43 | 80 | Cline +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 77 | Cline +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 67 | Cline +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 57 | Cline +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 50 | Cline +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 85 | Cline +27 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 61 | Cline +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -8 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.8 · D** | **60.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Auggie CLI | Cline |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Harness (formerly Augment Code) | Cline Bot Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated |  | 2025-09-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2025-09-24 |\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 | 16k npm/wk | 68k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Auggie CLI.** Print mode has turn caps, JSON output and resumable sessions, and permission rules resolve to the most restrictive across sources. Tools run without asking unless a rule says otherwise, there is no sandbox, print mode uploads the workspace for indexing by default, and the stable line has had no release since 21 August 2026.\n\n**Cline.** Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Auggie CLI\n\n1. Pass `--max-turns` with `--print` in pipelines to bound how many turns, and so how much usage, a run can take\n2. Commit deny rules to .augment/settings.json before an unattended run. Tools no rule matches follow the CLI's implicit behaviour, which the docs don't define\n3. Add secrets and data directories to .augmentignore before the first print-mode run, because indexing uploads the workspace by default\n4. Use a service account token in CI on team and Enterprise plans. A personal session from `auggie token print` runs with that user's integrations\n5. Pin the version in CI. `latest` is 0.x, while `preview` and `daemon` carry 1.x prereleases whose permission rules ignore some legacy tool names\n\n### Cline\n\n1. Set `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` with allow and deny globs before a headless run. The CLI approves every tool by default\n2. Pick a provider with `-P` and a key, or run `cline auth`. The default provider needs a Cline sign-in\n3. Untick 'Allow error and usage reporting', or turn off VS Code telemetry, before the first task\n4. Pin the CLI version. 2.3.0 was a malicious publish\n5. Keep the hub on 127.0.0.1 or set ROOM_SECRET, and run 3.0.30 or later\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Auggie CLI or Cline?\n\nCline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Auggie CLI and Cline open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Auggie CLI. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-cline.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-cline.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"auggie\", \"b\": \"cline\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare auggie cline`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/auggie.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Auggie CLI or Cline\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Auggie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-auggie.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-cline.md)\n- [Aider vs Auggie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-auggie.md)\n- [Aider vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cline.md)\n- [Amp vs Auggie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-auggie.md)\n- [Amp vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Auggie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-auggie.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs Claude 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