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      "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",
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      "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.",
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      "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",
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        "paid-plans"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-08-21",
      "graded": true,
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        "score": 50.8,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 872,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 32,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 43,
          "schema": 67,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 57
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        "pending": [
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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.",
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          "`--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"
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          "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"
        ],
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          "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"
        ],
        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 50.8
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        ],
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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"
        }
      ],
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        "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",
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        "slug": "auggie",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.augmentcode.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T00:04:45.018013093Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.augmentcode.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:41:03.069625147Z",
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          },
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/augmentcode/auggie/main/docs/1.x-preview-guide.md",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:13.800159347Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "bab63ab1c74c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/privacy-policy",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:41:05.440710093Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.augmentcode.com/legal/professional-terms-of-service",
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    },
    "answer": "Kiro CLI scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "slug": "kiro-cli",
      "name": "Kiro CLI",
      "vendor": "Amazon Web Services",
      "vendorUrl": "https://kiro.dev/cli/",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "AWS's coding agent for the terminal and the successor to the Amazon Q Developer CLI. It runs interactive chat, non-interactive runs for pipelines with an API key, MCP servers and an Agent Client Protocol server for editors.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kiro-cli.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/kirodotdev/Kiro",
      "license": "Proprietary. Licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence (https://kiro.dev/license/). The GitHub repository is the public issue tracker and doesn't hold the source",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "`kiro-cli login` with GitHub, Google, AWS Builder ID, AWS IAM Identity Centre or an external identity provider, in a browser or by device flow on a remote machine. Pipelines use an API key in `KIRO_API_KEY`, created at app.kiro.dev by Pro, Pro+, Pro Max and Power subscribers. Keys are long-lived, named and revocable, with no scopes, and API key generation is off by default for subscriptions an administrator manages. An active browser session takes precedence over the key.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Kiro Free is $0 with 50 credits a month and a reduced model list. Pro is $20 a user a month with 1,000 credits, Pro+ $40 with 2,000, Pro Max $100 with 5,000 and Power $200 with 10,000, and extra credits cost $0.04 each. Models use credits at different rates (Auto is the 1.0x baseline). API keys for headless runs need a paid plan, and a paid plan needs a card. GovCloud prices are about 20 per cent higher with no free tier (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the CLI changelog (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 4356,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://kiro.dev/docs/cli/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://kiro.dev/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "telemetry-default-on"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-14",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.6,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 557,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 13,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 57,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 69,
          "transparency": 69
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-08-04. CVE-2026-18656 and CVE-2026-18657 (bulletin 2026-074-AWS), an uncontrolled search path on Windows let a planted executable in a crafted project directory run when a user opened it. Kiro CLI for Windows before 2.10.0 and Kiro IDE 1.0.0 to 1.0.212. Fixed and published with credit to the reporters, inside six months (https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-074-aws/). -2",
          "2026-05-22. CVE-2026-9255 (bulletin 2026-035-AWS), content piped to kiro-cli on stdin could answer the tool approval prompt, so a local actor could run tools and shell commands without the user's approval. kiro-cli before 1.28.0. Fixed and published, inside six months (https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-035-aws/). -2"
        ],
        "verdict": "Permission rules follow deny over ask over allow, cloned repositories can't add rules, and a headless session treats every ask as a deny. Content from Free and individual paid accounts is used for service improvement, including model training, unless the user opts out, and API keys for pipelines need a paid plan.",
        "bestFor": "Teams on AWS that want one agent configuration across terminal, IDE and web, with central permission policy, prompt logging to their own S3 bucket and IAM Identity Centre sign-in.",
        "strengths": [
          "Capability permissions with deny over ask over allow, stored outside the repository so a clone can't add rules",
          "An untrusted workspace doesn't load its own agents, steering files, MCP configuration or skills, and asks before every shell command",
          "Headless runs with `--no-interactive`, JSON Lines output, and exit codes 3 and 4 for MCP startup and missing-agent failures",
          "Twelve minor releases between 26 August and 13 October 2026 in a dated changelog",
          "Plan prices, the $0.04 credit price and per-model credit multipliers are public, with a free tier of 50 credits a month"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Free and individual paid accounts have content used for service improvement, including model training, unless they opt out",
          "Closed source since it replaced the Apache 2.0 Amazon Q Developer CLI, with no public CI or test suite",
          "API keys for headless runs need a paid plan, are long-lived and carry no scopes",
          "The local command sandbox exists only in the V3 engine and is off unless chosen, and AWS says managed permission policies are client-enforced",
          "Two CVEs in 2026 (CVE-2026-9255 in May, CVE-2026-18656 and CVE-2026-18657 in August), both fixed"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `KIRO_API_KEY` and pass `--no-interactive` with `--trust-tools=\u003clist\u003e` in pipelines. Keep `--trust-all-tools` for disposable environments",
          "Pass `--require-mcp-startup` when a run depends on MCP tools. Without it a failed server is logged and the run continues",
          "Pass `--no-interactive` whenever input is piped from a source you don't control, and run 2.10.0 or later on Windows",
          "Run `kiro-cli settings telemetry.enabled false` and turn off content collection on Free and individual plans. Both are on by default",
          "Pick another model if a session names Claude Sonnet 4, which reached end of life in Kiro on 14 October 2026. Kiro doesn't switch it for you"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.6
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 57,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 69,
          "transparency": 66
        },
        "provenanceScore": 72
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://cli.kiro.dev/install | bash",
        "headless": {
          "run": "KIRO_API_KEY=ksk_... kiro-cli chat --no-interactive --trust-tools=read,grep \"Find all TODO comments in src/\""
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/kiro-cli"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Kiro Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "per user, with 1,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Add-on credit",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.04,
          "note": "paid plans, beyond the plan's credits"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Amazon Web Services, Inc.",
        "domain": "kiro.dev",
        "domainRegistered": "2019-03-01",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/",
        "privacy": "https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://kiro.dev/changelog/cli/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "Kiro's licence page says the Kiro IDE and CLI are licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence. Section 50.14 of the AWS Service Terms names Amazon Web Services, Inc. as the contracting party for subscriptions bought through the Stripe portal.",
          "The AWS Customer Agreement (last updated 14 August 2026) governs use, with the AWS Service Terms sections 50.3 and 50.14 for Kiro. The AWS Privacy Notice (last updated 18 May 2026) is the privacy link in Kiro's footer.",
          "kiro.dev/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 17 October. aws.amazon.com publishes a security.txt that is valid again, with Expires 2027-10-16 and a Policy of https://vdp.aws.security/.",
          "No status page for Kiro was found on kiro.dev or in its docs.",
          "RDAP (Google Registry) gives kiro.dev a registration date of 1 March 2019, before the product."
        ],
        "score": 72
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "kiro-cli",
        "githubStars": 4369,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://kiro.dev/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:54:17.549782163Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://kiro.dev/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:25:20.506213471Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "kiro.dev",
          "registered": "2019-03-01",
          "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/kiro.dev",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:41:07.664468218Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://kiro.dev/changelog/cli/",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:19.18167639Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-15T21:29:04.182775461Z",
            "fingerprint": "930a7f669a07"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://kiro.dev/changelog/models/",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:21.302600812Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "46e921a92cc6"
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    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Harness (formerly Augment Code)",
        "b": "Amazon Web Services",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Paid",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "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": "Proprietary. Licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence (https://kiro.dev/license/). The GitHub repository is the public issue tracker and doesn't hold the source",
        "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": "2026-10-14",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "2026-08-14",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "2026-05-18",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "16k npm/wk",
        "b": "4.4k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "2.8/5 (4)",
        "b": "2.8/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kiro-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kiro-cli.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- No incidents deducted, where Kiro CLI loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: No operating-system sandbox, and the MCP docs say Auggie runs commands and tools automatically\n\n### Kiro CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Teams on AWS that want one agent configuration across terminal, IDE and web, with central permission policy, prompt logging to their own S3 bucket and IAM Identity Centre sign-in.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 57 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 67\n- Security \u0026 auth, 69 against 47\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 69 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Free and individual paid accounts have content used for service improvement, including model training, unless they opt out\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Auggie CLI | Kiro CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 43 | 57 | Kiro CLI +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 79 | Kiro CLI +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 67 | Kiro CLI +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 69 | Kiro CLI +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Kiro CLI +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 73 | Kiro CLI +15 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 69 | Kiro CLI +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.8 · D** | **60.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Auggie CLI | Kiro CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Harness (formerly Augment Code) | Amazon Web Services |\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 | Proprietary. Licensed as AWS Content under the AWS Customer Agreement and the AWS Intellectual Property Licence (https://kiro.dev/license/). The GitHub repository is the public issue tracker and doesn't hold the source |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-10-14 |\n| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-05-18 |\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 |  | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |\n| Popularity | 16k npm/wk | 4.4k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |\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**Kiro CLI.** Permission rules follow deny over ask over allow, cloned repositories can't add rules, and a headless session treats every ask as a deny. Content from Free and individual paid accounts is used for service improvement, including model training, unless the user opts out, and API keys for pipelines need a paid plan.\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### Kiro CLI\n\n1. Set `KIRO_API_KEY` and pass `--no-interactive` with `--trust-tools=\u003clist\u003e` in pipelines. Keep `--trust-all-tools` for disposable environments\n2. Pass `--require-mcp-startup` when a run depends on MCP tools. Without it a failed server is logged and the run continues\n3. Pass `--no-interactive` whenever input is piped from a source you don't control, and run 2.10.0 or later on Windows\n4. Run `kiro-cli settings telemetry.enabled false` and turn off content collection on Free and individual plans. Both are on by default\n5. Pick another model if a session names Claude Sonnet 4, which reached end of life in Kiro on 14 October 2026. Kiro doesn't switch it for you\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Auggie CLI or Kiro CLI?\n\nKiro CLI scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-kiro-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-kiro-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"auggie\", \"b\": \"kiro-cli\"}`. 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