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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.",
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      "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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      "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"
      },
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      "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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      "graded": true,
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        "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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          "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"
        ],
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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"
        ],
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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",
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 43,
          "schema": 67,
          "security": 47,
          "transparency": 35
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        "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"
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/auggie"
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      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
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          "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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        "domain": "augmentcode.com",
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        "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",
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        "checked": "2026-10-18",
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          "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."
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.augmentcode.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
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    "answer": "Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "slug": "paperclip",
      "name": "Paperclip",
      "vendor": "Paperclip Labs, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://paperclip.ing",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Paperclip is an open-source, self-hosted server and web interface that organises AI agents into a company with an org chart, tasks, budgets and approvals. It drives Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw and other harnesses through adapters.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.min.md",
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      "repo": "https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip",
      "license": "MIT",
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      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "paperclipai"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@paperclipai/mcp-server"
        },
        {
          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "No Paperclip account. The default `local_trusted` mode needs no login on loopback. Authenticated mode uses browser sessions for people, board API keys for scripts, and agent API keys or short-lived run JWTs as bearer tokens.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, self-hosted, with nothing to buy. The owner pays each harness's model provider or subscription. Paperclip Cloud is a waitlist with no published price.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the site or the server source (checked 2026-10-08). The only mention in the repository is a link to a third-party skill in a planning note.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 98666,
        "npmWeekly": 59684,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.paperclip.ing",
      "llmsTxt": "https://paperclip.ing/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.multi-agent",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "llms-txt",
        "docker",
        "mcp",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-05",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 59,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 625,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 21,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 70,
          "maintenance": 78,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 66,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": -10,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-04-10 to 2026-04-16. Ten advisories published in a week, four of them critical, among them GHSA-68qg-g8mg-6pr7 (CVE-2026-41679, 10.0, unauthenticated remote code execution through an import authorisation bypass) and two cross-tenant agent key flaws rated 9.9. All ten list 2026.416.0 as the fix. Fixed and published, a little under six months old, -5. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories",
          "2026-07-22. GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7 (9.6), drive-by remote code execution against the default `local_trusted` mode through DNS rebinding. The advisory names no patched version. The current source applies the hostname guard to `local_trusted` private deployments, so we read it as fixed without a documented version, -3. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories/GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7",
          "2026-04-16. GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf (8.7), a `codex_local` agent inherited a Gmail connector from the owner's ChatGPT account and sent real email. The advisory names no patched version, and `codex_local` still defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, -2. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories/GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf"
        ],
        "verdict": "Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, and eleven stable versions shipped in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, and twelve security advisories, five of them critical, have been published since April 2026.",
        "bestFor": "Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.",
        "strengths": [
          "One deployment runs agents on Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Pi, Hermes, Grok Build, Kimi Code and OpenClaw through adapters, under one org chart",
          "Board approvals gate agent hires and the CEO agent's strategy, and connection actions can be set to Allowed, Ask first or Off",
          "Budgets by company, agent and project pause an agent at 100 per cent of recorded spend",
          "The running server publishes its REST surface as OpenAPI at `/api/openapi.json`, and the docs site answers every page as Markdown at `.md`",
          "Eleven stable releases between 20 July and 5 October 2026, each with dated notes and an upgrade guide"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "`claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host",
          "Twelve published security advisories since April 2026, five critical, including CVE-2026-41679 (unauthenticated remote code execution, fixed in 2026.416.0)",
          "Anonymous usage telemetry is on by default and goes to telemetry.paperclip.ing until an opt-out is set",
          "2,849 open issues on 8 October 2026, 1,396 of them with no comment, and 78 closed in 30 days against 686 opened",
          "Calendar versions with no 1.0, and release 2026.916.0 carried five breaking changes"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start. Telemetry is on by default",
          "Set `dangerouslySkipPermissions` and `dangerouslyBypassApprovalsAndSandbox` to false on agents that read untrusted input, or run them in a sandbox provider",
          "Install with Node.js 24.11 or newer, and install and sign in to each harness CLI on the host first. Paperclip assumes they are there",
          "Use `--bind lan` or `--bind tailnet` at onboarding for anything beyond one machine. The default `local_trusted` mode treats every request as the board admin",
          "Treat 409 on task checkout as owned by another agent and pick different work. The API docs say not to retry"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 78,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 66,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 73
        },
        "provenanceScore": 56
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      "connect": {
        "install": "npx paperclipai@latest onboard --yes   # Node.js 24.11 or newer",
        "http": "curl http://localhost:3100/api/health",
        "headless": {
          "command": "npx paperclipai issue create --title \"$TASK\" --json",
          "env": {
            "PAPERCLIP_API_KEY": "\u003cboard or agent key\u003e",
            "PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED": "1"
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      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/paperclip"
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        "domain": "paperclip.ing",
        "domainRegistered": "2026-03-02",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://paperclip.ing/terms/",
        "privacy": "https://paperclip.ing/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (effective 1 April 2026, updated 23 July 2026) and the privacy policy (effective 23 July 2026) name Paperclip Labs, Inc. and Delaware law. The licence file in the repository reads Copyright (c) 2025 Paperclip AI.",
          "RDAP at the .ing registry gives a registration date of 2026-03-02 for paperclip.ing, with Cloudflare as registrar. The GitHub repository was created the same day.",
          "paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt and docs.paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. SECURITY.md sends reports to GitHub private advisories.",
          "The software is self-hosted, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check. status.paperclip.ing did not answer.",
          "The privacy policy says it governs the hosted services, and that a self-hosted deployment processes data on the owner's infrastructure."
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        "score": 56
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.json",
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            "version": "v2026.1012.0",
            "released": "2026-10-12",
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            "name": "@paperclipai/mcp-server",
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          "state": "none",
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          "url": "https://paperclip.ing/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:25:48.746516299Z"
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        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
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        "a": "Harness (formerly Augment Code)",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "name": "Transports"
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        "a": "OAuth or key",
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        "a": "Paid",
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        "name": "Pricing"
      },
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
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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",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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        "a": "yes",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperclip.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 Paperclip loses 10 points for them\n\nWatch for: No operating-system sandbox, and the MCP docs say Auggie runs commands and tools automatically\n\n### Paperclip (C)\n\nGood for: Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 66 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 67\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 47\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: `claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Auggie CLI | Paperclip | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 43 | 66 | Paperclip +23 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 81 | Paperclip +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 70 | Paperclip +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 64 | Paperclip +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | Paperclip +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 78 | Paperclip +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 65 | Paperclip +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -10 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.8 · D** | **59 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Auggie CLI | Paperclip |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Harness (formerly Augment Code) | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\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 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated |  | 2026-07-23 |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-07-23 |\n| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |\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 | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |\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**Paperclip.** Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, and eleven stable versions shipped in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, and twelve security advisories, five of them critical, have been published since April 2026.\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### Paperclip\n\n1. Set `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start. Telemetry is on by default\n2. Set `dangerouslySkipPermissions` and `dangerouslyBypassApprovalsAndSandbox` to false on agents that read untrusted input, or run them in a sandbox provider\n3. Install with Node.js 24.11 or newer, and install and sign in to each harness CLI on the host first. Paperclip assumes they are there\n4. Use `--bind lan` or `--bind tailnet` at onboarding for anything beyond one machine. The default `local_trusted` mode treats every request as the board admin\n5. Treat 409 on task checkout as owned by another agent and pick different work. The API docs say not to retry\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Auggie CLI or Paperclip?\n\nPaperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Auggie CLI and Paperclip open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Auggie CLI. Paperclip is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-paperclip.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-paperclip.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"auggie\", \"b\": \"paperclip\"}`. 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