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      "vendor": "Conductor (joining Meta)",
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      "summary": "Conductor runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode in parallel on a Mac, each task in its own workspace and branch. It's joining Meta, Conductor Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.md",
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "official",
        "desktop-app",
        "mac",
        "closed-source",
        "soc2",
        "sunsetting"
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          "Ran Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode side by side, each in its own workspace and branch",
          "Existing Pro users keep the Pro plan free until the local app winds down",
          "Cloud workspaces move to the local app with Transfer to local, and data can be exported",
          "SOC 2 Type II report published"
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          "No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026",
          "Conductor Cloud shuts down on 20 November 2026 and its data is deleted",
          "The local app winds down in early 2027 and all user data is deleted then",
          "Mac only, closed source"
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          "Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026",
          "Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November",
          "Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives"
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          "measured": false
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        "install": "Not available to new users since 4 November 2026. Existing users: Settings, Account, Export data; right-click a Cloud workspace and choose Transfer to local"
      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
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        "legalEntity": "Conductor",
        "domain": "conductor.build",
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        "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.",
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        "terms": "https://www.conductor.build/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.conductor.build/privacy",
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        "changelog": "https://www.conductor.build/changelog",
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          "The footer reads 'Conductor from Meta' and the announcement says Conductor is joining Meta. The terms and privacy pages weren't read."
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          "url": "https://conductor.build/.well-known/security.txt",
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            "url": "https://www.conductor.build/changelog",
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          {
            "url": "https://www.conductor.build/announcement",
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            "url": "https://www.conductor.build/privacy",
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            "url": "https://www.conductor.build/terms",
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      "name": "Harness",
      "vendor": "Autonomous, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.autonomous.ai/harness",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Harness, by Autonomous, is an open-source app that runs Claude Code, Codex and twelve other coding agents in tmux sessions across a person's computers. Agents can start, wait for and read other agents through its CLI or MCP tools.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harness-autonomous.json",
      "dns": "harness-autonomous.grade.anchorterminal.com",
      "repo": "https://github.com/autonomous-ai/openharness",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "stdio"
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      "auth": "oauth",
      "authNotes": "No account for harnesses on one computer. Agents starting harnesses, remote machines and the phone need the person's Harness account, signed in with Google or Apple in a browser (PKCE) or by QR from the phone. Agents use the person's own Claude Code or Codex credentials.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "The desktop app, CLI and phone apps are free and MIT licensed. Agent subscriptions and model usage are the person's own. The Harness Device ($149) and Harness Pro ($299) are optional hardware.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, llms.txt, the agents page or the CLI source (checked 2026-10-17). The software has nothing to buy.",
        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://harness.autonomous.ai/agents",
      "llmsTxt": "https://harness.autonomous.ai/llms.txt",
      "registryName": "ai.autonomous.harness/harness",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "open-source",
        "mit",
        "local",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "macos",
        "linux",
        "typescript",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "desktop-app",
        "cli",
        "agent-skill"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-11-03",
      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.9,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 629,
        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 16,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 64
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-11-04"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "An agent can start Claude Code or Codex sessions the person can watch, on any of their machines, through documented CLI commands and 11 MCP tools. Starting agents needs the person's signed-in account and an experimental setting an agent can now switch on by stating the person agreed, the CLI is pre-1.0, and usage counts are shared by default.",
        "bestFor": "A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch.",
        "strengths": [
          "Eleven MCP tools with typed JSON Schema inputs, readOnlyHint on six reads, and no safe hint on the settings tool so engines ask first",
          "In the official MCP registry since 19 October 2026 as ai.autonomous.harness/harness, with a checksummed MCPB file",
          "At most four live harnesses per agent, and an agent may close only the ones it started",
          "MIT licence for the app, CLI, daemon, relay and device firmware, with 884 tags between 9 September and 4 November 2026",
          "Remote terminal traffic is end-to-end encrypted, direct over WebRTC where the network allows, and relays forward ciphertext"
        ],
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          "Starting harnesses needs the person signed in with Google or Apple in a browser",
          "Since 26 October an agent can turn on Agents can start other agents itself by asserting the person said yes, checked only by the engine's own prompt",
          "The CLI agents call is version 0.5.33, and the registry entry (0.4.20) lags it",
          "Product usage counts are shared by default, with an opt-out in Settings or `harness privacy off`",
          "Installing Harness adds its commands to Claude Code's and Codex's permission rules, and Codex runs them outside its sandbox"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run `harness whoami` first. If it says you may not start harnesses, tell the person and do the work yourself",
          "Ask the person before installing Harness, and leave `harness login` to them",
          "Pass `--person-said-yes` or `person_said_yes` only after the person said yes to that setting in this conversation, never on your own judgement",
          "Treat exit 5 as final and do not retry. Treat exit 3 as needs the person, and never answer a harness's question or permission prompt",
          "Name every harness, put the whole task in `harness new`, then wait, read with `harness show` and close only the ones you started"
        ],
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          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3,
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            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.7",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 64
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        "provenanceScore": 64,
        "checked": {
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            "maintenance": "2026-11-04",
            "payments": "2026-11-04",
            "reliability": "2026-11-04",
            "schema": "2026-11-04",
            "security": "2026-11-04",
            "transparency": "2026-11-04"
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          "lastMoved": "2026-11-04",
          "oldest": "2026-11-04",
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      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://harness.autonomous.ai/cli/install.sh | bash \u0026\u0026 harness start",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add harness -- harness mcp",
        "config": {
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            "harness": {
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                "mcp"
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              "command": "harness"
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        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/harness-autonomous"
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      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Autonomous, Inc.",
        "domain": "autonomous.ai",
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        "terms": "https://www.autonomous.ai/terms-of-use",
        "privacy": "https://www.autonomous.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/autonomous-ai/openharness/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "The LICENSE file reads Copyright (c) 2026 Autonomous, Inc., and the privacy policy (last updated 7 July 2026) names Autonomous, Inc. The terms choose the law of California with binding arbitration.",
          "The privacy policy and terms cover Autonomous's websites, stores and apps in general. Neither names Harness or its product usage counts, which are described in the repository.",
          "RDAP at Identity Digital gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 for autonomous.ai.",
          "security.txt returned 404 on www.autonomous.ai and harness.autonomous.ai on 17 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md asks for reports to dee@autonomous.ai, with acknowledgement within three working days.",
          "CHANGELOG.md covers only the provider protocol (0.3.0, 6 August 2026). The CLI release workflow cuts a GitHub Release per tag, which we could not read because GitHub's web pages and API were not reachable from our network.",
          "The software runs on the owner's machines. Accounts, the relay and the backend are Autonomous's, and no status page was found."
        ],
        "score": 64
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.json",
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          "url": "https://autonomous.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
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        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://harness.autonomous.ai/llms.txt",
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          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:40.687248518Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "autonomous.ai",
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          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/autonomous.ai",
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        "pages": [
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            "url": "https://www.autonomous.ai/privacy",
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          "issuesEnabled": true,
          "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T08:30:06Z",
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        "by": 40,
        "category": "payments",
        "leads": "harness-autonomous",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. No protocol, no published price, no open free tier, no onboarding (0).",
          "b": "No payment protocol (0). Read with the self-hosted rule. The software is free and the optional hardware prices are public, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November, since Autonomous's terms forbid access to its sites by automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, and its hosts are paused pending the founder (20). Free with no card (20). An agent cannot start harnesses until the person signs in with Google or Apple in a browser; the agent can now turn the experimental setting on with the person's yes, but the browser sign-in still needs the person, so 0 for autonomous onboarding, as the other harnesses that need an account were read (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 0,
          "b": 40
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 25,
        "category": "schema",
        "leads": "harness-autonomous",
        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60).",
          "b": "Read as an MCP server and CLI. Eleven tools in source at v0.5.33, each with a typed JSON Schema input built by one helper, required fields marked, plus `--json` on every command. No OpenAPI, which a stdio server does not need (23). llms.txt and a Markdown-like agents page written for agents, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November, since Autonomous's terms forbid access to its sites by automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, and its hosts are paused pending the founder (10). The tool descriptions and server instructions say when to call whoami first, to prefer a new project over an existing folder, to read before telling a harness more, and that turning a setting on is the person's yes to give (20). An enum on `agent` and on the setting `name`, `minItems` on wait names, minimum and maximum on `timeout_seconds`, a minimum on `chars` and `limit`. `machine`, `folder`, `project` and `model` are free strings (12). Worked examples, the exit code table and the `Next:` line per the 17 October reading of the agents page and llms.txt, with exit codes still in the source (13). Per-component semver tags, but the only CHANGELOG.md covers the provider protocol (0.3.0, 6 August 2026), and GitHub's release pages could not be read (7). 23 + 10 + 20 + 12 + 13 + 7 = 85."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 60,
          "b": 85
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 22,
        "category": "ergonomics",
        "leads": "harness-autonomous",
        "name": "Agent ergonomics",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55).",
          "b": "Eleven tools at v0.5.33 (seven on 17 October). Added since then are harness_search, harness_machines, harness_tell and harness_settings; harness_send and harness_tell are listed only inside a harness, so an agent outside one sees nine. Descriptions total about 4,000 characters. Judgement call. By the total, 11 tools fall in the 11 to 30 band (15), with 5 back for listing two tools only inside a harness (20). Counting only the nine an outside agent sees gives 25. We took the stricter reading, as the 17 October check counted the total (20). `chars` sizes a read (4,000 characters by default), `limit` sizes a search (10 by default), `all` widens the list, and `any` returns on the first finished harness. No pagination (14). Exit codes, refusals returned as answers rather than errors so a model does not retry them, and a timed-out wait reported as still working, in the source (19). readOnlyHint on whoami, list, search, machines, wait and read, destructiveHint false on start, tell and send, idempotentHint on close, and no hint on settings so an engine that asks before an unmarked tool asks the person (16). Two required fields on start, defaults of Claude Code and a 45-second wait. No SDK, but a CLI, an MCP server and a plugin with a skill (8). 20 + 14 + 19 + 16 + 8 = 77."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 55,
          "b": 77
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 17,
        "category": "maintenance",
        "leads": "harness-autonomous",
        "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027.",
          "b": "v0.5.33_cli and v1.3.56_desktop on 3 November 2026 (30). 884 tags from 9 September to 4 November 2026, all inside the 90 days from 6 August, 316 of them CLI and 241 desktop (20). Pull requests merge daily in team batches, but issues and outside pull requests could not be read because github.com answers our proxy with 403 (5). In the official MCP registry since 19 October 2026 as ai.autonomous.harness/harness, a reverse-domain namespace for harness.autonomous.ai, with npm package @autonomous-ai/harness-mcp 0.2.0 and a checksummed MCPB file. The registry's latest entry is 0.4.20 while the CLI is 0.5.33 (15; 0 on 17 October, when there was no entry). CI workflows for the CLI, desktop, backend and OS, with dependency lockfiles current. Run results unread (5). 30 + 20 + 5 + 15 + 5 = 75."
        },
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          "b": 75
        }
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      {
        "by": 15,
        "category": "reliability",
        "leads": "harness-autonomous",
        "name": "Reliability",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.",
          "b": "Read as local software, since the agents run on the owner's machines. A one-line installer from Autonomous's CDN, DMG and AppImage builds, and App Store and Google Play apps, with macOS and Linux stated as supported and Node managed by the installer, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November, since Autonomous's terms forbid access to its sites by automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, and its hosts are paused pending the founder. Not on a package registry we could read (20). A public CI workflow plans a run per changed component, with Linux unit tests, the desktop suite in four shards, repository tooling tests, typechecks and a bundle test, and a separate CLI end-to-end workflow. We could not read run results, so 15, the value this run gives public CI that runs the tests with an unreadable result (10 on 17 October, corrected). Open issues could not be read, because github.com answers our proxy with 403. Unchecked, so scored absent (0). Tags follow semver per component, but there is no changelog for the app or CLI and breaking changes are not marked in the repository (5). The CLI went from 0.4.x to 0.5.x on 29 October (v0.5.1_cli); a 0.x minor is exempt from the breaking-change term under this run's provisional reading. The CLI agents call is 0.5.33 (3 November 2026), the npm MCP package is 0.2.0, and Agents can start other agents is still an experiment, so the agent surface is pre-1.0 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 5 + 0 = 40. Accounts and the relay are hosted by Autonomous with no status page found on 17 October."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 25,
          "b": 40
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 11,
        "category": "transparency",
        "leads": "harness-autonomous",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60.",
          "b": "MIT licence for the whole repository under Autonomous, Inc., with third-party Store covers under their own licences (30). The repository documents what usage counts contain, a 10-day pseudonymous activity mark and the encrypted relay in detail. Autonomous's privacy policy of 7 July 2026 is general to its stores and sites and does not mention Harness, per the 17 October reading and the site's policy reading of 30 October (14). The provider protocol promises both revisions side by side for a deprecation window after a breaking change. Nothing similar for the app or CLI (6). Telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out in the app and CLI, but it is on by default and described in the repository rather than in the privacy policy (14). 30 + 14 + 6 + 14 = 64."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 53,
          "b": 64
        }
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        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Conductor (joining Meta)",
        "b": "Autonomous, Inc.",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "stdio",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Paid",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms",
        "b": "MIT",
        "name": "Licence"
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      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "11",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "not listed",
        "b": "ai.autonomous.harness/harness",
        "name": "MCP registry"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-11-04",
        "b": "2026-11-03",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "2026-07-07",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "1.3k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "3/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
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        "answer": "Harness scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or Harness?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Conductor. Harness is open source (MIT).",
        "question": "Are Conductor and Harness open source?"
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        "also": null,
        "goodFor": "Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.",
        "slug": "conductor",
        "watchFor": "No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026"
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      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 40 against 25",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 60",
          "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 55",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 45",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 58",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 53"
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          "Runs on your own machine",
          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source"
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        "goodFor": "A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch.",
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      "harness-autonomous": "An agent can start Claude Code or Codex sessions the person can watch, on any of their machines, through documented CLI commands and 11 MCP tools. Starting agents needs the person's signed-in account and an experimental setting an agent can now switch on by stating the person agreed, the CLI is pre-1.0, and usage counts are shared by default."
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  "markdown": "Harness scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- Conductor: grade E, 41.3/100, rank #1285 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json\n- Harness: grade C, 60.9/100, rank #629 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harness-autonomous.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### Conductor (E)\n\nGood for: Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.\n\nWatch for: No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n\n### Harness (C)\n\nGood for: A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 40 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Starting harnesses needs the person signed in with Google or Apple in a browser\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Harness +40\n\n- Conductor (0): No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. No protocol, no published price, no open free tier, no onboarding (0).\n- Harness (40): No payment protocol (0). Read with the self-hosted rule. The software is free and the optional hardware prices are public, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November, since Autonomous's terms forbid access to its sites by automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, and its hosts are paused pending the founder (20). Free with no card (20). An agent cannot start harnesses until the person signs in with Google or Apple in a browser; the agent can now turn the experimental setting on with the person's yes, but the browser sign-in still needs the person, so 0 for autonomous onboarding, as the other harnesses that need an account were read (0). 0 + 20 + 20 + 0 = 40.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Harness +25\n\n- Conductor (60): Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60).\n- Harness (85): Read as an MCP server and CLI. Eleven tools in source at v0.5.33, each with a typed JSON Schema input built by one helper, required fields marked, plus `--json` on every command. No OpenAPI, which a stdio server does not need (23). llms.txt and a Markdown-like agents page written for agents, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November, since Autonomous's terms forbid access to its sites by automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, and its hosts are paused pending the founder (10). The tool descriptions and server instructions say when to call whoami first, to prefer a new project over an existing folder, to read before telling a harness more, and that turning a setting on is the person's yes to give (20). An enum on `agent` and on the setting `name`, `minItems` on wait names, minimum and maximum on `timeout_seconds`, a minimum on `chars` and `limit`. `machine`, `folder`, `project` and `model` are free strings (12). Worked examples, the exit code table and the `Next:` line per the 17 October reading of the agents page and llms.txt, with exit codes still in the source (13). Per-component semver tags, but the only CHANGELOG.md covers the provider protocol (0.3.0, 6 August 2026), and GitHub's release pages could not be read (7). 23 + 10 + 20 + 12 + 13 + 7 = 85.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Harness +22\n\n- Conductor (55): Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55).\n- Harness (77): Eleven tools at v0.5.33 (seven on 17 October). Added since then are harness_search, harness_machines, harness_tell and harness_settings; harness_send and harness_tell are listed only inside a harness, so an agent outside one sees nine. Descriptions total about 4,000 characters. Judgement call. By the total, 11 tools fall in the 11 to 30 band (15), with 5 back for listing two tools only inside a harness (20). Counting only the nine an outside agent sees gives 25. We took the stricter reading, as the 17 October check counted the total (20). `chars` sizes a read (4,000 characters by default), `limit` sizes a search (10 by default), `all` widens the list, and `any` returns on the first finished harness. No pagination (14). Exit codes, refusals returned as answers rather than errors so a model does not retry them, and a timed-out wait reported as still working, in the source (19). readOnlyHint on whoami, list, search, machines, wait and read, destructiveHint false on start, tell and send, idempotentHint on close, and no hint on settings so an engine that asks before an unmarked tool asks the person (16). Two required fields on start, defaults of Claude Code and a 45-second wait. No SDK, but a CLI, an MCP server and a plugin with a skill (8). 20 + 14 + 19 + 16 + 8 = 77.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Harness +17\n\n- Conductor (58): 0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027.\n- Harness (75): v0.5.33_cli and v1.3.56_desktop on 3 November 2026 (30). 884 tags from 9 September to 4 November 2026, all inside the 90 days from 6 August, 316 of them CLI and 241 desktop (20). Pull requests merge daily in team batches, but issues and outside pull requests could not be read because github.com answers our proxy with 403 (5). In the official MCP registry since 19 October 2026 as ai.autonomous.harness/harness, a reverse-domain namespace for harness.autonomous.ai, with npm package @autonomous-ai/harness-mcp 0.2.0 and a checksummed MCPB file. The registry's latest entry is 0.4.20 while the CLI is 0.5.33 (15; 0 on 17 October, when there was no entry). CI workflows for the CLI, desktop, backend and OS, with dependency lockfiles current. Run results unread (5). 30 + 20 + 5 + 15 + 5 = 75.\n\n### Reliability: Harness +15\n\n- Conductor (25): Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.\n- Harness (40): Read as local software, since the agents run on the owner's machines. A one-line installer from Autonomous's CDN, DMG and AppImage builds, and App Store and Google Play apps, with macOS and Linux stated as supported and Node managed by the installer, per the 17 October check, not re-read on 4 November, since Autonomous's terms forbid access to its sites by automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, and its hosts are paused pending the founder. Not on a package registry we could read (20). A public CI workflow plans a run per changed component, with Linux unit tests, the desktop suite in four shards, repository tooling tests, typechecks and a bundle test, and a separate CLI end-to-end workflow. We could not read run results, so 15, the value this run gives public CI that runs the tests with an unreadable result (10 on 17 October, corrected). Open issues could not be read, because github.com answers our proxy with 403. Unchecked, so scored absent (0). Tags follow semver per component, but there is no changelog for the app or CLI and breaking changes are not marked in the repository (5). The CLI went from 0.4.x to 0.5.x on 29 October (v0.5.1_cli); a 0.x minor is exempt from the breaking-change term under this run's provisional reading. The CLI agents call is 0.5.33 (3 November 2026), the npm MCP package is 0.2.0, and Agents can start other agents is still an experiment, so the agent surface is pre-1.0 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 5 + 0 = 40. Accounts and the relay are hosted by Autonomous with no status page found on 17 October.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Harness +11\n\n- Conductor (53): Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60.\n- Harness (64): MIT licence for the whole repository under Autonomous, Inc., with third-party Store covers under their own licences (30). The repository documents what usage counts contain, a 10-day pseudonymous activity mark and the encrypted relay in detail. Autonomous's privacy policy of 7 July 2026 is general to its stores and sites and does not mention Harness, per the 17 October reading and the site's policy reading of 30 October (14). The provider protocol promises both revisions side by side for a deprecation window after a breaking change. Nothing similar for the app or CLI (6). Telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out in the app and CLI, but it is on by default and described in the repository rather than in the privacy policy (14). 30 + 14 + 6 + 14 = 64.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Conductor | Harness | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 40 | Harness +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 85 | Harness +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 77 | Harness +22 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 54 | Harness +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 40 | Harness +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 75 | Harness +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 64 | Harness +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.3 · E** | **60.9 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Conductor | Harness |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) | Autonomous, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 11 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `ai.autonomous.harness/harness` |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-03 |\n| Terms last updated | not read yet | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2026-07-07 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 1.3k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Conductor\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Harness\n\n- +0.9 on 4 November 2026: product, correction\n- -0.3 on 30 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Conductor.** Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.\n\n**Harness.** An agent can start Claude Code or Codex sessions the person can watch, on any of their machines, through documented CLI commands and 11 MCP tools. Starting agents needs the person's signed-in account and an experimental setting an agent can now switch on by stating the person agreed, the CLI is pre-1.0, and usage counts are shared by default.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Conductor\n\n1. Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026\n2. Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November\n3. Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives\n\n### Harness\n\n1. Run `harness whoami` first. If it says you may not start harnesses, tell the person and do the work yourself\n2. Ask the person before installing Harness, and leave `harness login` to them\n3. Pass `--person-said-yes` or `person_said_yes` only after the person said yes to that setting in this conversation, never on your own judgement\n4. Treat exit 5 as final and do not retry. Treat exit 3 as needs the person, and never answer a harness's question or permission prompt\n5. Name every harness, put the whole task in `harness new`, then wait, read with `harness show` and close only the ones you started\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or Harness?\n\nHarness scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Conductor and Harness open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Conductor. Harness is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"conductor\", \"b\": \"harness-autonomous\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare conductor harness-autonomous`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harness-autonomous.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Conductor or Harness\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Aider vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Amp vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-conductor.md)\n- [AXLR vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Cline vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Conductor vs Crush](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-crush.md)\n- [Conductor vs Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-cursor-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-harness.md)\n- [Conductor vs dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-superagent.md)\n- [Conductor vs Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-devin.md)\n- [Conductor vs Droid CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-droid-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Pi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-earendil-pi.md)\n- [Conductor vs Emdash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-emdash.md)\n- [Conductor vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs goose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-goose.md)\n- [Conductor vs Harness²](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness2.md)\n- [Conductor vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harnessrouter.md)\n- [Conductor vs Jules](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-jules.md)\n- [Conductor vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-junie.md)\n- [Conductor vs Kilo Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kilo-code-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Kimi Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kimi-code-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kiro-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Letta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-letta.md)\n- [Conductor vs mini-swe-agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-mini-swe-agent.md)\n- [Conductor vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Conductor vs Mistral Vibe CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [Conductor vs OpenAI Agents API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.md)\n- [Conductor vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Conductor vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-opencode.md)\n- [Conductor vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openhands.md)\n- [Conductor vs OpenMausBot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openmausbot.md)\n- [Conductor vs Orca](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-orca.md)\n- [Conductor vs Paseo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paseo.md)\n- [Conductor vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [Conductor vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qwen-code.md)\n- [Conductor vs Mirror CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-reflection-mirror.md)\n- [Conductor vs Rovo Dev CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli.md)\n- [Conductor vs Sculptor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor.md)\n- [Conductor vs T3 Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-t3-code.md)\n- [Conductor vs Traycer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-traycer.md)\n- [Conductor vs Unstoppable](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-unstoppable.md)\n- [Conductor vs Verdent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-verdent.md)\n- [Conductor vs Vibe-Trading](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-vibe-trading.md)\n- [Conductor vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-warp.md)\n- [Amp vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Auggie CLI vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [AXLR vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Clawboo vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Clawboo vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor.md)\n- [CLI Manager vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Cline vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Conductor vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Conductor vs Parallax](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-parallax-agents.md)\n- [Crush vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Devin vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Droid CLI vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Emdash vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Gemini CLI vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [GitHub Copilot CLI vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [goose vs Harness](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harness-autonomous.md)\n- [Harness vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-harnessrouter.md)\n- [Harness vs Jules](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-jules.md)\n- [Harness vs Junie CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-junie.md)\n- [Harness vs Kilo Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-kilo-code-cli.md)\n- [Harness vs Kimi Code CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-kimi-code-cli.md)\n- [Harness vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-kiro-cli.md)\n- [Harness vs Letta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-letta.md)\n- [Harness vs MiniMax Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-minimax-code.md)\n- [Harness vs Mistral Vibe CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.md)\n- [Harness vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [Harness vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-opencode.md)\n- [Harness vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-openhands.md)\n- [Harness vs OpenMausBot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-openmausbot.md)\n- [Harness vs Orca](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-orca.md)\n- [Harness vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Harness vs Parallax](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-parallax-agents.md)\n- [Harness vs Paseo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-paseo.md)\n- [Harness vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [Harness vs Qoder CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-qoder-cli.md)\n- [Harness vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-qwen-code.md)\n- [Harness vs Mirror CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-reflection-mirror.md)\n- [Harness vs Rovo Dev CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-rovo-dev-cli.md)\n- [Harness vs Sculptor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-sculptor.md)\n- [Harness vs T3 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