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      "slug": "cline",
      "name": "Cline",
      "vendor": "Cline Bot Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://cline.bot",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Open-source coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension, a JetBrains plugin, a CLI and a desktop app, all on one TypeScript SDK since extension 4.0.0 (26 June 2026).",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/cline/cline",
      "license": "Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "cline"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Your own provider keys (kept in ~/.cline/data/settings/providers.json for the CLI), a local model, or a Cline account (Google, GitHub or email sign-in) for the Cline provider and ClinePass. The CLI's default provider is Cline's own, so it needs `-P` and a key, or `cline auth`, to use anything else.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The extension, CLI and SDK are free and Apache-2.0. You pay your model provider, or buy Cline credits for pay-as-you-go access to 100+ models through the Cline provider, or ClinePass at $9.99 a month for higher limits on selected open models. Free models rotate for signed-in users. Enterprise (SSO, role-based access, audit logs, SLA) is priced by sales. We found no public per-token price list for Cline credits.",
      "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the source (checked 2026-10-01).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 67600,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-01"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.cline.bot",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "local",
        "freemium",
        "typescript",
        "llms-txt",
        "telemetry-default-on",
        "enterprise",
        "no-card"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-01",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.4,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 568,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 50,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -8,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-02-17. GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7. An attacker used a compromised npm publish token to release cline@2.3.0 with a postinstall script that ran `npm install -g openclaw@latest`. It was live for about eight hours before 2.4.0 and a deprecation, the token was revoked and publishing moved to OIDC. A supply-chain incident that reached users, fixed and documented and seven months old, -4. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-9ppg-jx86-fqw7",
          "2026-05-08. GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2 (CVE-2026-44211, 9.6). The kanban server the CLI uses accepted WebSocket connections on 127.0.0.1:3484 without checking Origin, so any website could read workspace data and inject commands. Affects kanban before 2.13.0. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-5c57-rqjx-35g2",
          "2026-06-23. GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934 (CVE-2026-59723, 8.8). The Cline Hub dashboard's `/browser` WebSocket accepted cross-origin connections when ROOM_SECRET was unset, the local default, letting a website add MCP servers to the settings file and run commands. NVD lists versions before 3.0.30 as affected. Inside six months, -2. https://github.com/cline/cline/security/advisories/GHSA-3cj3-hqcr-g934"
        ],
        "verdict": "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.",
        "strengths": [
          "Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0",
          "Checkpoints that restore files and task state, and sessions that resume by ID",
          "`CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` allow and deny globs for shell commands, with deny taking precedence and redirects blocked",
          "Your own key for about 200 providers, or a local model, with no Cline account",
          "29 extension and 34 CLI releases since 3 July 2026, with tests passing on main"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider",
          "Extension telemetry on by default, and the CLI's telemetry undocumented",
          "A compromised npm token shipped cline@2.3.0 with an unwanted global install in February 2026",
          "Two cross-origin WebSocket flaws in its local servers in May and June 2026",
          "About 700 open issues and 525 open pull requests"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` with allow and deny globs before a headless run. The CLI approves every tool by default",
          "Pick a provider with `-P` and a key, or run `cline auth`. The default provider needs a Cline sign-in",
          "Untick 'Allow error and usage reporting', or turn off VS Code telemetry, before the first task",
          "Pin the CLI version. 2.3.0 was a malicious publish",
          "Keep the hub on 127.0.0.1 or set ROOM_SECRET, and run 3.0.30 or later"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.4
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 67,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 50,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 77,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "provenanceScore": 61
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm i -g cline   # Node 22+; or the VS Code extension saoudrizwan.claude-dev",
        "headless": {
          "command": "cline --json -P anthropic -k \"$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY\" \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS": "{\"allow\": [\"npm test\", \"git diff *\"], \"deny\": [\"rm *\", \"sudo *\"]}"
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/cline"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "ClinePass",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 9.99,
          "note": "higher limits on selected open coding models"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Cline Bot Inc.",
        "domain": "cline.bot",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://cline.bot/tos",
        "privacy": "https://cline.bot/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The pricing page and the CLI's package.json name Cline Bot Inc.",
          "cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt lists security@cline.bot and the Bugcrowd programme, and expires on 2027-12-31.",
          "The privacy and terms pages render only with JavaScript, so we couldn't read them."
        ],
        "score": 61
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "cline",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "cline/cline",
            "version": "desktop-v0.0.48",
            "released": "2026-10-17",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:06.213803909Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "cline",
            "version": "3.0.73",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:05.529440949Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 70526,
        "npmWeekly": 44260,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://cline.bot/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-12-31T23:59:00z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:56.902134193Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:24:30.799204139Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "cline.bot",
          "registered": "2024-09-30",
          "source": "https://rdap.nominet.uk/bot/domain/cline.bot",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:28:20.817596002Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/main/CHANGELOG.md",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:37:19.693803621Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-16T22:30:37.717253978Z",
            "fingerprint": "5e5d7447c5e8"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://cline.bot/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:56.791377991Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:56.791377991Z",
            "fingerprint": "829127d0d63f"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://cline.bot/tos",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-18T23:24:59.063586709Z",
            "fingerprint": "9c6ddec53cb5"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T03:41:06.213803909Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Cline and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.4 (C) and 59.8 (C). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "warp",
      "name": "Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
      "vendor": "Warp",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.warp.dev",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Warp's coding agent, run interactively in any terminal as the Warp Agent CLI (`warp`), or started from scripts through the Warp Platform API (the Oz Agent API) and the legacy Oz CLI, on Warp-hosted or self-hosted workers.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/warp.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp",
      "license": "Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "warp-platform-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@warp-dot-dev/warp-platform-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A Warp account is required. The `warp` CLI signs in with a device code in the browser, or takes a Warp API key in `WARP_API_KEY` (or `--api-key`). The Oz CLI uses `oz login` or the same key. The API takes the key as a bearer token. Personal keys act as the user, agent keys run as one cloud agent on the team, and each key expires after 1, 30 or 90 days or never.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free is $0 with Warp Agent CLI access and limited cloud agent use, but no bundled Warp inference, so the agent needs purchased usage (at a premium on Free) or your own provider key. Build is $20 a month with $20 of usage at API rates, Max $200 with $200, Business $50 a seat a month with $20 a seat, and Enterprise by quote. Cloud runs add compute and agent-hour platform charges, and no agent-hour rate was found on the pricing page (checked 2026-10-18).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs bundles, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.warp.dev/agents/cli/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.warp.dev/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.warp.dev/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "cloud-agent",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "sdk",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "free-tier",
        "open-source",
        "rust",
        "telemetry-default-on",
        "pre-1.0"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 59.8,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 592,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1146,
        "categoryRank": 18,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 84,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 52,
          "schema": 89,
          "security": 52,
          "transparency": 72
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": -1,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-05-06. The release of 6 May 2026 fixed a command injection vulnerability when opening files in external editors on Linux. It is recorded as one changelog line with no advisory, CVE or affected versions that we found, and api.osv.dev listed no advisories for the project's packages on 18 October 2026 (our GitHub record). Fixed, so 1 point. Judgement call. Dependency updates for GHSA-5pmw-9j92-3c4c (15 April) and CVE-2026-50185 (31 July) were not counted (https://docs.warp.dev/changelog/2026/)"
        ],
        "verdict": "The Warp Platform API has a public OpenAPI file, RFC 7807 errors with a `retryable` flag and Python and TypeScript SDKs. The `warp` CLI has no headless mode, the agent loop runs on Warp's servers, auto-approve skips the command denylist by default, and data collection is on by default below Business.",
        "bestFor": "Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers.",
        "strengths": [
          "An OpenAPI 3.0 file for the Warp Platform API with 293 schemas, and RFC 7807 errors that carry a machine-readable code and a `retryable` flag",
          "Runs can be started, listed, followed up, interrupted and cancelled over HTTP, with cursor pagination and filters by state, task status and name",
          "Execution profiles set shell, edit, read, MCP and child-agent permissions separately, and the default denylist covers `rm`, `curl`, `wget`, `eval` and `ssh`",
          "Weekly dated releases, 15 between 23 July and 15 October 2026, from an AGPL-3.0 client repository with CI on pull requests",
          "Cloud runs can use the Warp Agent, Claude Code or Codex harness, on Warp-hosted or self-hosted workers"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The `warp` CLI has no print or headless mode. Scripts go through the legacy Oz CLI or the API, both of which need a Warp account",
          "Auto-approve bypasses the command denylist by default, and no local OS sandbox is documented for the CLI",
          "AI interactions and console inputs are collected by default on Free and on paid plans below Business, and the documented opt-out is in the desktop app",
          "The agent harness and Oz orchestration are proprietary and run server-side. Only the client is open source",
          "The install script checks no checksum, and no security.txt, bug bounty or SLA was found",
          "The terms forbid accessing the Services by robot, scraper or other automated means and using them to build a competitive product"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "For unattended work, call `POST https://app.warp.dev/api/v1/agent/runs` with `Authorization: Bearer $WARP_API_KEY`. The `warp` CLI is interactive only",
          "Use an agent key, scoped to one cloud agent and given an expiry, for CI rather than a personal key. Keys are created in the Oz web app or the Warp app",
          "Set `auto_approve_bypasses_command_denylist = false` under `[agents.warp_agent.other]` before starting `warp --auto-approve`",
          "Read `code` and `retryable` in error bodies. A 429 `resource_unavailable` means capacity is full and the platform retries the task itself",
          "Pin a version with `WARP_TUI_VERSION` at install, or set `general.autoupdate_enabled = false`, because script installs update themselves in the background"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3.3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 59.8
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 84,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 52,
          "schema": 89,
          "security": 52,
          "transparency": 57
        },
        "provenanceScore": 86
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://app.warp.dev/download/agent-cli | bash   # or: brew install --cask warp-agent-cli",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://app.warp.dev/api/v1/agent/runs \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $WARP_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"prompt\": \"Scan the repo for outdated dependencies and summarize the findings.\", \"config\": {\"environment_id\": \"\u003cENV_ID\u003e\"}}'",
        "headless": {
          "command": "oz agent run --prompt \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "WARP_API_KEY": "wk-..."
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/warp"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Build plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "includes $20 of agent usage at API rates"
        },
        {
          "item": "Max plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "includes $200 of agent usage"
        },
        {
          "item": "Business seat",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 50,
          "note": "includes $20 of usage a seat, up to 25 seats"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Denver Technologies, Inc. (d/b/a Warp)",
        "domain": "warp.dev",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-08-24",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.warp.dev/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.warp.dev/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.warp.dev",
        "changelog": "https://docs.warp.dev/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The Software and Services Licence Agreement names Denver Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Warp.dev, and the privacy notice names Denver Technologies, Inc., d.b.a. Warp. Neither page shows an update date.",
          "Google Registry RDAP gives warp.dev a registration date of 2020-08-24.",
          "The API is served from app.warp.dev, on the vendor's domain.",
          "www.warp.dev/.well-known/security.txt and docs.warp.dev/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 18 October 2026, and app.warp.dev returns its web app for that path. SECURITY.md in the repository names security@warp.dev and private GitHub advisories.",
          "Subprocessors are listed at https://www.warp.dev/legal/subprocessors, which answered but was not read in full."
        ],
        "score": 86
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "warp",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.warp.dev",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:55.954436629Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.warp.dev/changelog/",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:30:03.195087321Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "1c834a16b833"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.warp.dev/legal/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:49:41.116041757Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "6dfc754a2e88"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.warp.dev/legal/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:49:43.524624062Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "b87c7cf7e26c"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:55.954436629Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Cline Bot Inc.",
        "b": "Warp",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Apache-2.0",
        "b": "Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-01",
        "b": "2026-10-15",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-09-25",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2025-09-24",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "68k stars",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "2/5 (2)",
        "b": "3.3/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "answer": "Cline and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.4 (C) and 59.8 (C). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Yes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) is open source (Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0).",
        "question": "Are Cline and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) open source?"
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    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 80 against 52",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 52",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Free to start without a card"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.",
        "slug": "cline",
        "watchFor": "The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 77",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 61"
        ],
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          "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers.",
        "slug": "warp",
        "watchFor": "The `warp` CLI has no print or headless mode. Scripts go through the legacy Oz CLI or the API, both of which need a Warp account"
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Agent Zero vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-cline.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-warp"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline.json",
        "title": "Amp vs Cline",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Amp vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-warp"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-cline.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-cline.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-warp.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-cline.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Claude Code vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-cursor-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-devin.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-droid-cli.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-earendil-pi.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-gemini-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-goose.json",
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      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harness2.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harnessrouter.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-jules.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Jules",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-jules"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-junie.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Junie CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-junie"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kilo-code-cli.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Kilo Code CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kilo-code-cli"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kimi-code-cli.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kimi-code-cli"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kiro-cli.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Kiro CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-kiro-cli"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent.json",
        "title": "Cline vs mini-swe-agent",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mini-swe-agent"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Mistral Vibe CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-mistral-vibe-cli"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Muse Code",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-muse-code"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openai-codex.json",
        "title": "Cline vs OpenAI Codex",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openai-codex"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-opencode.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-opencode"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-openhands.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-prime-agent.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-qoder-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-qwen-code.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-reflection-mirror.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Rovo Dev CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-rovo-dev-cli"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Crush vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-warp"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-warp"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Droid CLI vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-warp.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-warp.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "goose vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "HarnessRouter vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-warp.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-warp.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-warp.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-warp.json",
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      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp"
      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-warp.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Muse Code vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-warp.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwen-code-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwen-code-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-mirror-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/reflection-mirror-vs-warp"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rovo-dev-cli-vs-warp.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/rovo-dev-cli-vs-warp"
      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-cline.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paperclip.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Paperclip",
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      },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-parallax-agents.json",
        "title": "Cline vs Parallax",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-warp.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-warp.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-warp.json",
        "title": "Parallax vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)",
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  "markdown": "Cline and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.4 (C) and 59.8 (C). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Cline: grade C, 60.4/100, rank #568 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cline.json\n- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API): grade C, 59.8/100, rank #592 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/warp.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Cline (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 52\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 52\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider\n\n### Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 77\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: The `warp` CLI has no print or headless mode. Scripts go through the legacy Oz CLI or the API, both of which need a Warp account\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cline | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 52 | Cline +28 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 89 | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 66 | Cline +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 52 | Cline +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 20 | Cline +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 84 | Cline +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 72 | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | -1 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.4 · C** | **59.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cline | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Warp |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-15 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 |  |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 |  |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | 68k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cline.** Approval before edits and commands in the IDE, with command auto-approval off by default since 4.0.0. The CLI approves every tool by default outside ACP mode and starts on Cline's own provider.\n\n**Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API).** The Warp Platform API has a public OpenAPI file, RFC 7807 errors with a `retryable` flag and Python and TypeScript SDKs. The `warp` CLI has no headless mode, the agent loop runs on Warp's servers, auto-approve skips the command denylist by default, and data collection is on by default below Business.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cline\n\n1. Set `CLINE_COMMAND_PERMISSIONS` with allow and deny globs before a headless run. The CLI approves every tool by default\n2. Pick a provider with `-P` and a key, or run `cline auth`. The default provider needs a Cline sign-in\n3. Untick 'Allow error and usage reporting', or turn off VS Code telemetry, before the first task\n4. Pin the CLI version. 2.3.0 was a malicious publish\n5. Keep the hub on 127.0.0.1 or set ROOM_SECRET, and run 3.0.30 or later\n\n### Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)\n\n1. For unattended work, call `POST https://app.warp.dev/api/v1/agent/runs` with `Authorization: Bearer $WARP_API_KEY`. The `warp` CLI is interactive only\n2. Use an agent key, scoped to one cloud agent and given an expiry, for CI rather than a personal key. Keys are created in the Oz web app or the Warp app\n3. Set `auto_approve_bypasses_command_denylist = false` under `[agents.warp_agent.other]` before starting `warp --auto-approve`\n4. Read `code` and `retryable` in error bodies. A 429 `resource_unavailable` means capacity is full and the platform retries the task itself\n5. Pin a version with `WARP_TUI_VERSION` at install, or set `general.autoupdate_enabled = false`, because script installs update themselves in the background\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Cline or Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)?\n\nCline and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 60.4 (C) and 59.8 (C). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Cline and Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) open source?\n\nYes. Cline is open source (Apache-2.0). Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) is open source (Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-warp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-warp.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"cline\", \"b\": \"warp\"}`. 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