{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "cli-manager", "name": "CLI Manager", "vendor": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "vendorUrl": "https://climanager.solhun.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "CLI Manager is an open-source macOS desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI and shells side by side, with Git worktrees as workspaces. An opt-in local REST and MCP API lets another agent open and drive sessions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cli-manager.json", "dns": "cli-manager.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/woorichicken/CLI_manager", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "streamable-http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "No account. The AI Control API is off until switched on in Settings \u003e Agents, binds to 127.0.0.1 (default port 47821) and needs a bearer token generated by the app, which can be regenerated. The token is also written to `~/.climanager/control-api.json` (mode 600) while the app runs.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT with nothing to buy since v1.5.0 (8 April 2026). Versions 1.0 to 1.4 had a paid Pro licence, which the commit of 8 April 2026 removed. The owner pays for each agent CLI's own plan or API key.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the source, the README or the website (checked 2026-10-14). The app has no paid tier.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 27, "popularity": { "githubStars": 15, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://climanager.solhun.com/docs/ai-control-api", "llmsTxt": "https://climanager.solhun.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "mit", "macos", "typescript", "mcp", "llms-txt", "desktop-app" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 369, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 87, "security": 58, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait, read the screen and keep shared checklists through 27 typed MCP tools or a local REST API, and the user can take any session back. Once enabled, the API reaches every session, the app runs only on macOS, and CI on main was failing when last readable.", "bestFor": "A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.", "strengths": [ "27 MCP tools with typed JSON Schema inputs and server instructions that say when not to focus or close a session", "Off by default, loopback only, bearer token, and Host and Origin checks against DNS rebinding and web pages", "Text is refused while a question or permission prompt is on screen, and Disconnect AI ends an agent's hold on a session", "No telemetry or analytics calls found in the app source for ordinary use. Outbound traffic is the update check against GitHub Releases", "26 release tags between 17 August and 1 November 2026, each with notes in the site changelog" ], "weaknesses": [ "Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own", "macOS only, and the API answers only while the desktop app is running and its window is alive", "None of the last 35 CI runs on main had passed on 14 October 2026, and no Dependabot update has been merged since", "No MCP tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint) and no security policy or security.txt", "The docs page covers 12 of the 27 tools. The privacy policy covers the website and another product, not the app" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the user to switch on Settings \u003e Agents \u003e AI Control API first, then read the URL and token from `~/.climanager/control-api.json`", "On `409 awaiting_input`, read the screen and answer with `keys` such as [\"down\",\"enter\"]. Leave folder-trust and permission choices to the user", "Stop using a session on `409 disconnected`. The user took it back", "Treat `timedOut: true` from `wait_for_idle` as still running, not as a failure, and wait again", "Don't read an inbox request's read state as the user having opened your session. Since v1.22.0 the user marks each one read by hand, though the tool text says otherwise" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 62, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 87, "security": 58, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 58, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-01", "maintenance": "2026-11-01", "payments": "2026-11-01", "reliability": "2026-11-01", "schema": "2026-11-01", "security": "2026-11-01", "transparency": "2026-11-01" }, "last": "2026-11-01", "lastMoved": "2026-11-01", "oldest": "2026-11-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "Download cli-manager-\u003cversion\u003e-arm64.dmg or -x64.dmg from https://github.com/woorichicken/CLI_manager/releases/latest", "http": "curl -s -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN\" http://127.0.0.1:47821/v1/templates", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --scope user --transport http cli-manager http://127.0.0.1:47821/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/cli-manager" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "domain": "solhun.com", "domainRegistered": "2025-12-01", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://climanager.solhun.com/terms", "privacy": "https://climanager.solhun.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://climanager.solhun.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and the privacy policy (both last updated 14 September 2026) name solhun, cover solhun.com, CLI Manager and FAIR Social Ops, and choose the law of the Republic of Korea. The privacy policy describes the website and FAIR Social Ops, not data handled by the app.", "solhun.com names its owner as Jeong Kyeonghun (정경훈), a design engineer at LightSoft. The app's build config reads Copyright © 2024 LightSoft, and the licence file reads Copyright (c) 2024 woorichicken. package.json still declares ISC.", "RDAP at Verisign gives a registration date of 2025-12-01 for solhun.com. The GitHub repository was created on 22 November 2025 under the account agi040922, which now redirects to woorichicken.", "climanager.solhun.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 14 October 2026. The repository has no SECURITY.md.", "The software runs on the owner's Mac, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check." ], "score": 58 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.json", "live": { "slug": "cli-manager", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "woorichicken/CLI_manager", "version": "v1.26.1", "released": "2026-11-05", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:15:06.467276058Z" } ], "githubStars": 17, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://solhun.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:54.948452479Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://climanager.solhun.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:31:50.711356205Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "solhun.com", "registered": "2025-12-01", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/solhun.com", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:12:24.324460318Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://climanager.solhun.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:07.521568148Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:07.521568148Z", "fingerprint": "0531ed696385" }, { "url": "https://climanager.solhun.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:11.807803794Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:11.807803794Z", "fingerprint": "943608635989" }, { "url": "https://climanager.solhun.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:12.319237532Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T14:01:12.319237532Z", "fingerprint": "0a29cf6bfa29" } ], "github": { "repo": "woorichicken/cli_manager", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:38:56.892555958Z", "stars": 17, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-01T03:11:05Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 9, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 74, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 0, "failure": 2, "other": 48, "latest": "cancelled", "latestAt": "2026-11-01T03:36:43Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:54.948452479Z" } }, "answer": "CLI Manager scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sculptor leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "sculptor", "name": "Sculptor", "vendor": "Imbue, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://imbue.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Sculptor is Imbue's open-source desktop app for running coding agents in parallel, each in an isolated copy of your code, with built-in skills for agentic development. It's labelled an experimental research preview.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sculptor", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sculptor.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sculptor.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sculptor.json", "dns": "sculptor.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/imbue-ai/sculptor", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. You pay for the coding agents it runs, through your own subscriptions or API keys (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/imbue-ai/sculptor#readme", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "desktop-app", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 966, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 37, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 43, "schema": 45, "security": 57, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Imbue's open-source app for parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces, with telemetry off until you choose otherwise. It's an experimental research preview that warns of bugs and drastic changes, Mac and Linux only, with no changelog.", "bestFor": "Developers who want parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces and are fine with a research preview.", "strengths": [ "Each workspace is an isolated copy of the code, reviewed and merged back", "Analytics, error reporting and session recording default to off, with consent at first run", "Built-in skills for agentic development", "MIT from Imbue, with CI on pull requests" ], "weaknesses": [ "Labelled an experimental research preview that may change drastically", "Mac (Apple Silicon) and Linux only", "No changelog file", "Few outside contributions accepted for now" ], "agentNotes": [ "Download from the README's links, connect a repository and create a workspace before prompting", "Review the diff before merging a workspace back to main" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 43, "schema": 45, "security": 57, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 40, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "Download for Mac (Apple Silicon) or Linux from the README" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sculptor" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Imbue, Inc.", "domain": "imbue.com", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names Imbue, Inc.. The repository is github.com/imbue-ai/sculptor." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sculptor.json", "live": { "slug": "sculptor", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://imbue.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:32.925074454Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:32.925074454Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 42, "category": "schema", "leads": "cli-manager", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "The MCP server lists 27 tools (12 on 14 October; checklist, inbox, session-folder and relation tools were added between v1.18.0 and v1.24.0), each with a typed JSON Schema input and required fields marked. `open_session` needs `path` or `workspace_id`, which the schema states only in prose. No OpenAPI for the REST side (22). llms.txt at climanager.solhun.com (10). Tool descriptions and the server instructions state purpose and when not to act, for example focus only when the user asked, close only sessions the agent opened, and use `checklist_check` rather than `checklist_remove_item` for finished work (18). Enums on `scope`, `mode`, `status` and `kind`. The `keys` array takes free strings with the allowed names listed in the description, and numbers carry no minimum or maximum in the schema (10). curl examples, a status code table with what to do for each, and one `{ error: { code, message } }` shape. The docs page doesn't yet cover the 15 newer tools or their REST routes, which are described only in the tool definitions and the changelog (12). REST lives under `/v1`, with release notes and a site changelog (15).", "b": "Harness reading. A README, specs and agent docs in the repository; no API reference (45)." }, "scores": { "a": 87, "b": 45 } }, { "by": 25, "category": "reliability", "leads": "cli-manager", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read as local software. Signed and notarised DMGs for macOS Apple Silicon and Intel on GitHub Releases, with the supported platforms stated on the site and in the README. No package registry (20). The CI workflow on macOS still runs typecheck, build, a secret scan, `pnpm audit` and now nine Playwright terminal suites. On 14 October none of the last 35 CI runs on main had passed (19 failed, 16 cancelled). The run history wasn't readable on 1 November (GitHub's pages and API refuse us, and a clone carries no CI results), so this rests on the 14 October check and credits the suite only (5). No issue count could be read on 1 November. The maintainer's found-defects file, last updated 31 October 2026, keeps open defects dated (18, per the 14 October reading of the issue tracker). Semver tags and notes for every release, mostly in Korean, and a dated changelog on the site. Breaking changes are not marked as such (10). Version 1.24.0, past 1.0 since 4 December 2025 (15).", "b": "Local software. Desktop downloads for Mac (Apple Silicon), Linux and Linux ARM64 (20). checks.yml and a PR gate run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). sculptor-v tags up to v0.49.0, no changelog file (8). 0.x and labelled a research preview (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 68, "b": 43 } }, { "by": 15, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "cli-manager", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "27 compact tools, in the 11 to 30 band (15). `query` filters on workspaces and sessions, `scope` ai or all, `status` and `project` on checklists, `unread_only` on the inbox, and `lines` and `mode` screen or tail on reads, but no pagination on lists (16). Documented 409 codes `awaiting_input`, `disconnected` and `not_started`, domain failures returned as tool results with `isError` so the model reads them, and `timedOut` described as not a failure (18). No readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations, and `open_session` repeated opens a second session. Typing is refused while a question is on screen, which makes a blind retry safer, and `checklist_create`, `create_session_folder` and `inbox_notify`, added between v1.18.0 and v1.24.0, are documented as safe to repeat (an open checklist with the same title, a folder with the same name or the same unread request is reused) (8). Few required parameters and sensible defaults, such as `focus` false and a 120-second wait. No SDK, only the `climanager-session` agent skill with a Node script (8).", "b": "Harness reading. Workspaces as isolated copies, review and merge back, and built-in skills (50)." }, "scores": { "a": 65, "b": 50 } }, { "by": 13, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "sculptor", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "v1.24.0 on 1 November 2026 (30). 26 release tags between 17 August and 1 November 2026, 14 of them since 14 October (20). Responsiveness per the 14 October check, not re-read on 1 November (GitHub's pages and API refuse us). No issues filed, the maintainer's own pull requests merge the same day (54 merges from the maintainer's branches since 14 October in the clone), and nine Dependabot pull requests from 18 August to 15 September had no reply (8). Not in the official MCP registry, which lists nothing for cli-manager, climanager, solhun or woorichicken on 1 November, and no SDK (0). Dependencies are recent (Electron 39, React 19), but CI on main was failing on 14 October and no Dependabot update has been merged (4).", "b": "Commits on 6 November 2026 and frequent tagged versions (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent; the README says Imbue can't take many outside contributions yet (0). Current official downloads (15). CI on pull requests (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 62, "b": 75 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun)", "b": "Imbue, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "27", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-11-01", "b": "2026-11-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-14", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-14", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "15 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "CLI Manager scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sculptor leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, CLI Manager or Sculptor?" }, { "answer": "Yes. CLI Manager is open source (MIT). Sculptor is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are CLI Manager and Sculptor open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 68 against 43", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 45", "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 50" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.", "slug": "cli-manager", "watchFor": "Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 62" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces and are fine with a research preview.", "slug": "sculptor", "watchFor": "Labelled an experimental research preview that may change drastically" } ], "history": { "cli-manager": [ { "causes": [ "product" ], "date": "2026-11-01", "delta": 0.3, "from": 66.1, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 66.4, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-10-28", "delta": 0.2, "from": 65.9, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 66.1, "toGrade": "B" }, { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.1, "from": 65.8, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 65.9, "toGrade": "B" } ], "sculptor": null }, "job": { "capability": "agent.multi-agent", "name": "Multi-agent orchestration" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Aider vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Amp vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "AXLR vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Cline vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Conductor vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Crush vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Devin vs Sculptor", 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letta-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Letta vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letta-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Muse Code vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Orca vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Paseo vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Prime Agent vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwen-code-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Qwen Code vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwen-code-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-mirror-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Mirror CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-mirror-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rovo-dev-cli-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Rovo Dev CLI vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rovo-dev-cli-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-t3-code.json", "title": "Sculptor vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-t3-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-traycer.json", "title": "Sculptor vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-traycer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "Sculptor vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Sculptor vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Sculptor vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-warp.json", "title": "Sculptor vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/sculptor-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cli-manager.json", "title": "Amp vs CLI Manager", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-cli-manager" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-cline.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-crush.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Crush", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-crush" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-deepseek-harness.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-goose.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-jules.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Jules", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-jules" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-junie.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Junie CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-junie" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kilo-code-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Kilo Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kilo-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kimi-code-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Kimi Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kimi-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kiro-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Kiro CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-kiro-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-letta.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Letta", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-letta" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-minimax-code.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs MiniMax Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-opencode.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openhands.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-orca.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Orca", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-orca" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paseo.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-t3-code.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-t3-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-traycer.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-traycer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-verdent.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Vibe-Trading", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-sculptor" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 25, "cli-manager": 68, "edge": "cli-manager", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "sculptor": 43, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 42, "cli-manager": 87, "edge": "cli-manager", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "sculptor": 45, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 15, "cli-manager": 65, "edge": "cli-manager", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "sculptor": 50, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "cli-manager": 58, "edge": "cli-manager", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "sculptor": 57, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "cli-manager": 60, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "sculptor": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 13, "cli-manager": 62, "edge": "sculptor", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "sculptor": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "cli-manager": 58, "edge": "cli-manager", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "sculptor": 57, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "CLI Manager scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sculptor leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do multi-agent orchestration.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "cli-manager": "An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait, read the screen and keep shared checklists through 27 typed MCP tools or a local REST API, and the user can take any session back. Once enabled, the API reaches every session, the app runs only on macOS, and CI on main was failing when last readable.", "sculptor": "Imbue's open-source app for parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces, with telemetry off until you choose otherwise. It's an experimental research preview that warns of bugs and drastic changes, Mac and Linux only, with no changelog." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-sculptor", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-sculptor.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-sculptor.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-sculptor.min.md" }, "markdown": "CLI Manager scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sculptor leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- CLI Manager: grade B, 66.4/100, rank #369 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cli-manager.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cli-manager.json\n- Sculptor: grade D, 53.1/100, rank #966 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sculptor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sculptor.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### CLI Manager (B)\n\nGood for: A developer on macOS who runs several coding agents and wants another agent to start and watch sessions where the person can see and step in.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 45\n- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Once switched on, the API can read, type into and close every session in the app, including the user's own\n\n### Sculptor (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who want parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces and are fine with a research preview.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: Labelled an experimental research preview that may change drastically\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: CLI Manager +42\n\n- CLI Manager (87): The MCP server lists 27 tools (12 on 14 October; checklist, inbox, session-folder and relation tools were added between v1.18.0 and v1.24.0), each with a typed JSON Schema input and required fields marked. `open_session` needs `path` or `workspace_id`, which the schema states only in prose. No OpenAPI for the REST side (22). llms.txt at climanager.solhun.com (10). Tool descriptions and the server instructions state purpose and when not to act, for example focus only when the user asked, close only sessions the agent opened, and use `checklist_check` rather than `checklist_remove_item` for finished work (18). Enums on `scope`, `mode`, `status` and `kind`. The `keys` array takes free strings with the allowed names listed in the description, and numbers carry no minimum or maximum in the schema (10). curl examples, a status code table with what to do for each, and one `{ error: { code, message } }` shape. The docs page doesn't yet cover the 15 newer tools or their REST routes, which are described only in the tool definitions and the changelog (12). REST lives under `/v1`, with release notes and a site changelog (15).\n- Sculptor (45): Harness reading. A README, specs and agent docs in the repository; no API reference (45).\n\n### Reliability: CLI Manager +25\n\n- CLI Manager (68): Read as local software. Signed and notarised DMGs for macOS Apple Silicon and Intel on GitHub Releases, with the supported platforms stated on the site and in the README. No package registry (20). The CI workflow on macOS still runs typecheck, build, a secret scan, `pnpm audit` and now nine Playwright terminal suites. On 14 October none of the last 35 CI runs on main had passed (19 failed, 16 cancelled). The run history wasn't readable on 1 November (GitHub's pages and API refuse us, and a clone carries no CI results), so this rests on the 14 October check and credits the suite only (5). No issue count could be read on 1 November. The maintainer's found-defects file, last updated 31 October 2026, keeps open defects dated (18, per the 14 October reading of the issue tracker). Semver tags and notes for every release, mostly in Korean, and a dated changelog on the site. Breaking changes are not marked as such (10). Version 1.24.0, past 1.0 since 4 December 2025 (15).\n- Sculptor (43): Local software. Desktop downloads for Mac (Apple Silicon), Linux and Linux ARM64 (20). checks.yml and a PR gate run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). sculptor-v tags up to v0.49.0, no changelog file (8). 0.x and labelled a research preview (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: CLI Manager +15\n\n- CLI Manager (65): 27 compact tools, in the 11 to 30 band (15). `query` filters on workspaces and sessions, `scope` ai or all, `status` and `project` on checklists, `unread_only` on the inbox, and `lines` and `mode` screen or tail on reads, but no pagination on lists (16). Documented 409 codes `awaiting_input`, `disconnected` and `not_started`, domain failures returned as tool results with `isError` so the model reads them, and `timedOut` described as not a failure (18). No readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations, and `open_session` repeated opens a second session. Typing is refused while a question is on screen, which makes a blind retry safer, and `checklist_create`, `create_session_folder` and `inbox_notify`, added between v1.18.0 and v1.24.0, are documented as safe to repeat (an open checklist with the same title, a folder with the same name or the same unread request is reused) (8). Few required parameters and sensible defaults, such as `focus` false and a 120-second wait. No SDK, only the `climanager-session` agent skill with a Node script (8).\n- Sculptor (50): Harness reading. Workspaces as isolated copies, review and merge back, and built-in skills (50).\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Sculptor +13\n\n- CLI Manager (62): v1.24.0 on 1 November 2026 (30). 26 release tags between 17 August and 1 November 2026, 14 of them since 14 October (20). Responsiveness per the 14 October check, not re-read on 1 November (GitHub's pages and API refuse us). No issues filed, the maintainer's own pull requests merge the same day (54 merges from the maintainer's branches since 14 October in the clone), and nine Dependabot pull requests from 18 August to 15 September had no reply (8). Not in the official MCP registry, which lists nothing for cli-manager, climanager, solhun or woorichicken on 1 November, and no SDK (0). Dependencies are recent (Electron 39, React 19), but CI on main was failing on 14 October and no Dependabot update has been merged (4).\n- Sculptor (75): Commits on 6 November 2026 and frequent tagged versions (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent; the README says Imbue can't take many outside contributions yet (0). Current official downloads (15). CI on pull requests (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CLI Manager | Sculptor | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 43 | CLI Manager +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 45 | CLI Manager +42 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 50 | CLI Manager +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 57 | CLI Manager +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 75 | Sculptor +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 57 | CLI Manager +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.4 · B** | **53.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CLI Manager | Sculptor |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | solhun (Jeong Kyeonghun) | Imbue, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 27 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-14 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Popularity | 15 stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### CLI Manager\n\n- +0.3 on 1 November 2026: product\n- +0.2 on 28 October 2026: new evidence\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: new evidence\n\n### Sculptor\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**CLI Manager.** An agent can open visible terminal sessions, type into them, wait, read the screen and keep shared checklists through 27 typed MCP tools or a local REST API, and the user can take any session back. Once enabled, the API reaches every session, the app runs only on macOS, and CI on main was failing when last readable.\n\n**Sculptor.** Imbue's open-source app for parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces, with telemetry off until you choose otherwise. It's an experimental research preview that warns of bugs and drastic changes, Mac and Linux only, with no changelog.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### CLI Manager\n\n1. Ask the user to switch on Settings \u003e Agents \u003e AI Control API first, then read the URL and token from `~/.climanager/control-api.json`\n2. On `409 awaiting_input`, read the screen and answer with `keys` such as [\"down\",\"enter\"]. Leave folder-trust and permission choices to the user\n3. Stop using a session on `409 disconnected`. The user took it back\n4. Treat `timedOut: true` from `wait_for_idle` as still running, not as a failure, and wait again\n5. Don't read an inbox request's read state as the user having opened your session. Since v1.22.0 the user marks each one read by hand, though the tool text says otherwise\n\n### Sculptor\n\n1. Download from the README's links, connect a repository and create a workspace before prompting\n2. Review the diff before merging a workspace back to main\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CLI Manager or Sculptor?\n\nCLI Manager scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against Sculptor's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sculptor leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are CLI Manager and Sculptor open source?\n\nYes. CLI Manager is open source (MIT). Sculptor is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-sculptor.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-sculptor.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cli-manager\", \"b\": \"sculptor\"}`. 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