{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "claude-duet", "name": "Claude Duet", "vendor": "Anthropic, PBC", "vendorUrl": "https://claude.com/product/claude-duet", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Claude Duet is Anthropic's proactive personal agent app, in research preview by waitlist for US Claude Pro and Max subscribers. It works in the owner's connected apps from a cloud computer and browser and asks before sending, paying or deleting.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-duet.json", "license": "Closed service. No Claude Duet terms were found. It runs on a Claude account, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service (Anthropic, PBC, effective 8 October 2025) cover Claude.ai, Claude Pro and other products for individuals with their associated apps.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person needs a Pro or Max plan, a Claude account in the US and an invitation from the waitlist, then signs in to the Claude Duet app with their Claude account. Access is tied to the email address given on the waitlist, which must match the Claude account and the Apple or Google account on the phone (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet). Connected apps carry over from the Claude account. Link and Shop Pay are connected inside Claude Duet by signing in to those wallets (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17666484-how-to-use-link-by-stripe-with-claude-duet). No API key, MCP server or other credential for an outside program was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Included at no extra cost with Claude Pro ($20 a month billed monthly, or $17 a month billed annually as $200) and Max ($100 a month for Max 5x, $200 for Max 20x) during the research preview (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet and https://claude.com/pricing, checked 24 October 2026). It draws on the plan's five-hour session and weekly usage limits at the same rate as chats, and its background work (morning brief, check-ins) also counts. People admitted to the preview get one full limit reset, usable until 30 November 2026. Not on Free, Team or Enterprise plans.", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on the Claude Duet product page, announcement, safety article or help articles, checked 24 October 2026. Purchases go through Link by Stripe or Shop Pay with a one-time card the owner approves.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-24" }, "docsUrl": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet", "llmsTxt": "https://support.claude.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "email.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "commerce.checkout", "accounting.invoices", "memory.user", "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "no-api", "preview", "waitlist", "us-only", "android", "web", "approvals", "subscription", "trains-on-data-by-default", "llms-txt", "security-txt", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-24", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Claude Duet competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default. All three run on Claude, and every review of it carries a conflict label.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 17.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1162, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1210, "categoryRank": 35, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 14, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-24" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Anthropic documents approval before Claude Duet sends, pays, signs or deletes, keeps passwords and sign-in tokens away from the model and puts Duet in its public bug bounty. It is a research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers, with no API, MCP server or connector through which another agent can reach it.", "bestFor": "A US Pro or Max subscriber who runs work or a small business through connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto and HubSpot and wants a morning brief and approved actions.", "disclosure": "Claude Duet competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default. All three run on Claude, and every review of it carries a conflict label.", "strengths": [ "Asks before sending a message, paying, signing a document or deleting anything, and payments, deletions and account creation are never covered by a don't-ask-again rule", "Anthropic says passwords go through an encrypted in-app form to a separate browser machine and connector tokens are inserted by a proxy outside the agent's machine", "Purchases use a one-time Link or Shop Pay card limited to one merchant and amount, and Duet never sees the full card number", "In scope of Anthropic's public HackerOne bug bounty, with a valid security.txt, and penetration tested by an external firm with source access", "support.claude.com/llms.txt indexes its three help articles with Markdown versions, alongside a dated release note for the launch" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results", "Research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers only, with invitations in waves and no Free, Team or Enterprise access", "status.claude.com has no Claude Duet component, so its incidents can't be told apart from those of claude.ai and the models", "Usage limits are shared with the rest of Claude, have no published figure for Pro, and its background checks count against them", "No Duet page says whether its sessions train models, and the Consumer Terms train on Materials unless the owner opts out" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan an integration against Claude Duet. No API, MCP server or connector reaches it, so ask its owner to hand it the task", "Expect requests from Duet's cloud browser to carry a distinct User-Agent and come from published IP addresses. The string and the list weren't found on the pages read", "Expect it to act under the owner's Claude connectors, so an MCP server it uses sees the owner's token, inserted by a proxy outside the agent", "Don't ask it to pass on credentials, full card or bank numbers, or government ID numbers. Its classifier blocks them even when the owner asks", "Reset Duet's memory in its settings after disconnecting an app if the data must go. Disconnecting stops new access only" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 17.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 14, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 99, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-24", "maintenance": "2026-10-24", "payments": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "2026-10-24", "schema": "2026-10-24", "security": "2026-10-24", "transparency": "2026-10-24" }, "last": "2026-10-24", "oldest": "2026-10-24", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/claude-duet" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Claude Pro (includes Claude Duet in the preview)", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "Billed monthly. $17 a month billed annually ($200 up front). Shares Pro usage limits." }, { "item": "Claude Max 5x (includes Claude Duet in the preview)", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "Five times Pro usage per five-hour session." }, { "item": "Claude Max 20x (includes Claude Duet in the preview)", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "Twenty times Pro usage per five-hour session." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anthropic, PBC", "domain": "claude.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-05-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms", "privacy": "https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.claude.com", "changelog": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-24", "notes": [ "Neither the Consumer Terms nor the privacy policy mention Claude Duet. The help articles' footer and the product page footer link both, and the Google Play listing gives https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy as the app's privacy policy.", "The Consumer Terms page shows an effective date of 8 October 2025. The privacy policy shows 10 September 2026.", "status.claude.com lists claude.ai, Claude Console, Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Claude for Government, with no Claude Duet component.", "The product page footer links Status to status.anthropic.com, which redirects to status.claude.com, and Security and compliance to trust.anthropic.com, a trust centre drawn by script.", "The release notes carry a Claude Duet entry dated 21 October 2026. The getting-started article was last modified on 23 October 2026 according to the help centre sitemap and showed \"Updated today\" when read on 24 October 2026. The Link and Shop Pay articles showed \"Updated this week\".", "anthropic.com/.well-known/security.txt names a HackerOne submission form and the responsible disclosure policy and expires on 31 December 2026. claude.com and claude.ai answered 404 for security.txt.", "claude.com/llms.txt answered 404. support.claude.com/llms.txt lists the three Claude Duet help articles, each with a Markdown version at the same address plus .md, in twelve languages. platform.claude.com/llms.txt and llms-full.txt exist and do not mention Claude Duet.", "claude.com/claude-duet, the address in the Play listing, redirects to claude.com/product/claude-duet.", "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 24 May 1995 as the registration date of claude.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.", "Claude connectors include custom remote MCP servers. Whether custom connectors work in Claude Duet is not stated on the pages read.", "claude.com/crawling/bots.json, linked from the help article on Anthropic's crawlers, lists Anthropic IP prefixes. No page read says whether it covers the Claude Duet browser.", "Slips, disclosed. The iTunes Search API (itunes.apple.com/search, disallowed by that host's robots.txt) and status.claude.com/api/v2/components.json (disallowed by its robots.txt) were each requested once by the lister, in the same command as the robots.txt read. Neither result is cited. The Play data safety page is disallowed and was not read.", "robots.txt was read first on claude.com, www.anthropic.com, support.claude.com, claude.ai, platform.claude.com, privacy.claude.com, apps.apple.com, play.google.com and status.claude.com. All allow ClaudeBot on the pages read." ], "score": 99 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.json", "live": { "slug": "claude-duet", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.claude.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:25.279510074Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://claude.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T15:28:36.938942663Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://support.claude.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:51:28.559489012Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:25.279510074Z" } }, "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "cowagent", "name": "CowAgent", "vendor": "zhayujie", "vendorUrl": "https://cowagent.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "CowAgent is an open-source AI assistant that its owner runs on a computer or server. It plans tasks, runs tools and skills, keeps long-term memory in local files and answers on a web console and messaging apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "zhayujie/chatgpt-on-wechat" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No account. The web console listens on 127.0.0.1 with no password by default, and `web_password` adds a login whose session lasts 30 days. `external_api_token` is one Bearer token for the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, which stays off while the token is empty (https://docs.cowagent.ai/channels/web). Messaging channels use each platform's bot token or app secret in `config.json`. Model keys go in `config.json` or environment variables.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with nothing to buy to run it. The owner pays the configured model provider, or nothing with a local model behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The README names LinkAI as a seller of managed hosting, and link-ai.tech did not answer on 12 October 2026, so its prices were not read.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 47400, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/intro/index", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client", "assistant.accounts" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "llms-txt", "docker", "python", "openai-compatible" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 656, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1210, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 84, "schema": 67, "security": 43, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-07-31. Issue #2998 reports that a member of a Feishu group asked the bot for local files and it sent the owner's documents into the group. This is the reporter's account and we did not reproduce it. We confirmed in the master source on 12 October 2026 that group channels accept every group, that full-access is the default and that the proposed sender gating is absent. Open and unfixed, -3. https://github.com/zhayujie/CowAgent/issues/2998", "2026-07-29. Version 2.1.5 fixed a chain in which injected content led the agent to rewrite the MCP config, run arbitrary commands and take keys, and fixed the `edit` tool reaching `~/.cow/.env`. Both are described in the release notes with no advisory. Fixed and documented, -2. https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/v2.1.5" ], "verdict": "MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.", "bestFor": "One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.", "strengths": [ "Memory is plain Markdown under `~/cow` (`MEMORY.md`, `memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md`), readable and removable by the owner", "Three permission modes per session (read-only, workspace-write, full-access), with a global default in `agent_permission_mode`", "The web console binds to 127.0.0.1 by default, and the cloud client loads only when `use_linkai` and a deployment id are both set", "Seven tagged releases between 20 July and 30 September 2026, each with dated notes in the docs", "Tests run on Python 3.11 and 3.13 for every push to master, and the 15 newest master runs we saw passed on 12 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call", "The permission checks read arguments and are not an OS sandbox, as the source says. The `bash` blocklist covers only root deletion, disk wiping and power commands", "Issue #2998, open since 31 July 2026, reports the bot sending the owner's local documents into a Feishu group. Its fix is not on master", "No setting limits which Telegram, Slack or Discord users may message the bot, and those channels reply in every group", "No SECURITY.md, security.txt, privacy policy or terms. Model keys sit in `config.json` and MCP keys in `mcp.json` as plain text" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `agent_permission_mode` to `workspace-write` or `read-only` before connecting any channel. Source and Docker installs default to `full-access`", "Keep the bot out of group chats that include other people. Any member who mentions it reaches the same tools as the owner", "Set `web_password` before changing `web_host` to `0.0.0.0`. The password is empty by default", "Set `external_api_token` to enable `POST /v1/chat/completions`, and send `conversation_id` to keep one session. The `model` field does not select a model", "Run it in a container for a hard boundary. The docs and the source both say the permission modes are not isolation" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 59, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 84, "schema": 67, "security": 43, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 27, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-12", "maintenance": "2026-10-12", "payments": "2026-10-12", "reliability": "2026-10-12", "schema": "2026-10-12", "security": "2026-10-12", "transparency": "2026-10-12" }, "last": "2026-10-12", "oldest": "2026-10-12", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "bash \u003c(curl -fsSL https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/run.sh) # or: curl -O https://cdn.link-ai.tech/code/cow/docker-compose.yml \u0026\u0026 docker compose up -d", "http": "curl http://localhost:9899/v1/chat/completions -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"model\":\"cowagent\",\"conversation_id\":\"example-conversation\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"Hello\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cowagent" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "cowagent.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No company or legal entity is named for CowAgent. The licence names zhayujie, and the cowagent.ai footer reads Copyright 2026 CowAgent.", "The README lists sales@simple-future.tech and LinkAI (link-ai.tech) for enterprise services and managed hosting. link-ai.tech did not answer our robots.txt request on 12 October 2026, so none of its pages were read.", "cowagent.ai links no terms and no privacy policy. Its sitemap lists the home, download and blog pages only.", "cowagent.ai answers `/.well-known/security.txt` and `/llms.txt` with the home page, so neither file exists. docs.cowagent.ai serves an llms.txt.", "The registration date of cowagent.ai was not looked up." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.json", "live": { "slug": "cowagent", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "zhayujie/CowAgent", "version": "2.2.1", "released": "2026-10-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-25T08:44:17.267421058Z" } ], "githubStars": 47566, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://cowagent.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T15:28:35.547264748Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:51:50.741856587Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "cowagent.ai", "registered": "2026-02-06", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/cowagent.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:49:06.264453079Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.cowagent.ai/releases/overview", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:44:48.336459375Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-19T23:56:08.536206641Z", "fingerprint": "4a57202f09fa" } ], "github": { "repo": "zhayujie/cowagent", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T07:03:09.518466487Z", "stars": 47461, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-19T03:16:11Z", "openIssues": 12, "openPRs": 7, "issuesOpened90d": 133, "issuesClosed90d": 147, "prsMerged90d": 571, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 50, "success": 48, "failure": 2, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-10-19T03:19:52Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-qwjc-xv6c-mqfx", "severity": "medium", "published": "2025-11-28T03:49:52Z" } ], "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 1, "medianDays": 1.2 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T15:28:35.547264748Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Anthropic, PBC", "b": "zhayujie", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service. No Claude Duet terms were found. It runs on a Claude account, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service (Anthropic, PBC, effective 8 October 2025) cover Claude.ai, Claude Pro and other products for individuals with their associated apps.", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-24", "b": "2026-09-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "47k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.3/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Claude Duet or CowAgent?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Claude Duet. CowAgent is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Claude Duet and CowAgent open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 45" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A US Pro or Max subscriber who runs work or a small business through connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto and HubSpot and wants a morning brief and approved actions.", "slug": "claude-duet", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 84 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 14", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 37" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.", "slug": "cowagent", "watchFor": "Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Proactive personal assistants" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "asaply vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Asmi vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boba vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Brea vs 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hark-pro.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Hark Pro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hark-pro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hark-pro.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Hark Pro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hark-pro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 69, "claude-duet": 15, "cowagent": 84, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 57, "claude-duet": 10, "cowagent": 67, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 59, "claude-duet": 0, "cowagent": 59, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 29, "claude-duet": 14, "cowagent": 43, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 50, "claude-duet": 10, "cowagent": 60, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 46, "claude-duet": 37, "cowagent": 83, "edge": "cowagent", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 27, "claude-duet": 72, "cowagent": 45, "edge": "claude-duet", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "claude-duet": "Anthropic documents approval before Claude Duet sends, pays, signs or deletes, keeps passwords and sign-in tokens away from the model and puts Duet in its public bug bounty. It is a research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers, with no API, MCP server or connector through which another agent can reach it.", "cowagent": "MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.min.md" }, "markdown": "CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- Claude Duet: grade F, 17.9/100, rank #1162 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-duet.json\n- CowAgent: grade C, 58.5/100, rank #656 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1051 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Claude Duet (F)\n\nGood for: A US Pro or Max subscriber who runs work or a small business through connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto and HubSpot and wants a morning brief and approved actions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results\n\n### CowAgent (C)\n\nGood for: One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 84 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 14\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 37\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Claude Duet | CowAgent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 84 | CowAgent +69 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 67 | CowAgent +57 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 59 | CowAgent +59 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 14 | 43 | CowAgent +29 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | CowAgent +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 83 | CowAgent +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 45 | Claude Duet +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **17.9 · F** | **58.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Claude Duet | CowAgent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Anthropic, PBC | zhayujie |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service. No Claude Duet terms were found. It runs on a Claude account, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service (Anthropic, PBC, effective 8 October 2025) cover Claude.ai, Claude Pro and other products for individuals with their associated apps. | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | none | 47k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Claude Duet.** Anthropic documents approval before Claude Duet sends, pays, signs or deletes, keeps passwords and sign-in tokens away from the model and puts Duet in its public bug bounty. It is a research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers, with no API, MCP server or connector through which another agent can reach it.\n\n**CowAgent.** MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Claude Duet\n\n1. Don't plan an integration against Claude Duet. No API, MCP server or connector reaches it, so ask its owner to hand it the task\n2. Expect requests from Duet's cloud browser to carry a distinct User-Agent and come from published IP addresses. The string and the list weren't found on the pages read\n3. Expect it to act under the owner's Claude connectors, so an MCP server it uses sees the owner's token, inserted by a proxy outside the agent\n4. Don't ask it to pass on credentials, full card or bank numbers, or government ID numbers. Its classifier blocks them even when the owner asks\n5. Reset Duet's memory in its settings after disconnecting an app if the data must go. Disconnecting stops new access only\n\n### CowAgent\n\n1. Set `agent_permission_mode` to `workspace-write` or `read-only` before connecting any channel. Source and Docker installs default to `full-access`\n2. Keep the bot out of group chats that include other people. Any member who mentions it reaches the same tools as the owner\n3. Set `web_password` before changing `web_host` to `0.0.0.0`. The password is empty by default\n4. Set `external_api_token` to enable `POST /v1/chat/completions`, and send `conversation_id` to keep one session. The `model` field does not select a model\n5. Run it in a container for a hard boundary. The docs and the source both say the permission modes are not isolation\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Claude Duet or CowAgent?\n\nCowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Claude Duet and CowAgent open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Claude Duet. CowAgent is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"claude-duet\", \"b\": \"cowagent\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare claude-duet cowagent`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-duet.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Claude Duet or CowAgent\n\n- [asaply vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Asmi vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Brea vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [CowAgent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [AstrBot vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boski vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Boski vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Caddy vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Caddy vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-haven.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-leon.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-poke.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-town.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [CowAgent vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [CowAgent vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-leon.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lindy.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [CowAgent vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.md)\n- [CowAgent vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.md)\n- [CowAgent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [asaply vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Brea vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-del.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-natura.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-szn.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zapia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-natura.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Asmi vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Atticus vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Atticus vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Hark Pro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hark-pro.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-talorys.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Hark Pro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hark-pro.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Claude Duet competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. 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