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      "name": "Context Mode Engine",
      "vendor": "MKSF LTD",
      "vendorUrl": "https://context-mode.com",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "agent-memory",
      "summary": "Context Mode Engine indexes tool output and session events locally for coding agents. Its MCP tools and client hooks let agents retrieve relevant material while keeping large outputs outside the active context.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-mode",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-mode.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-mode.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/context-mode.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode",
      "license": "Elastic License 2.0, source available with restrictions on hosted or managed services.",
      "transports": [
        "stdio"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "context-mode"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "Local stdio MCP server installed from npm, with Node.js 22.5 or later or a supported Bun setup. Automatic routing depends on the client hooks; MCP-only installation does not enable all hooks.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Engine runs locally for free. The separate hosted gateway has 1,000 free requests once, then Starter at $20 a month for 10,000 and Pro at $49 for 50,000. Model-provider charges are separate.",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No machine payment protocol established in the reviewed project documentation.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 30841,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode#readme",
      "capabilities": [
        "memory.search",
        "context.manage"
      ],
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        "agent-memory",
        "mcp",
        "freemium"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-06-29",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 45.8,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 993,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1171,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 10,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 65,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 42
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-19"
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        "bestFor": "Context Mode Engine indexes tool output and session events locally for coding agents.",
        "strengths": [
          "Local indexing and selective retrieval",
          "MCP-only and client-hook installation paths",
          "Public source for permission checks"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Hosted-service restrictions under Elastic License 2.0",
          "Client hook support differs",
          "Sampled CI failures and older GitHub release need investigation"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Choose the installation guide for the exact coding client.",
          "Check host permissions before enabling code execution.",
          "Review the Elastic licence before hosting Engine for others."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 10,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 65,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 39
      },
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        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "context-mode": {
              "args": [
                "-y",
                "context-mode"
              ],
              "command": "npx"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/context-mode"
      },
      "area": "agent-runtime",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "MKSF LTD",
        "domain": "context-mode.com",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mksglu/context-mode/main/LICENSE",
        "privacy": "https://context-mode.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/mksglu/context-mode/releases",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-19",
        "notes": [
          "Assessment covers the named repository. No ownership claim or domain registration was verified."
        ],
        "score": 39
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-mode.json"
    },
    "answer": "Honcho scores 64.1 (B) on agent readiness against Context Mode Engine's 45.8 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "honcho",
      "name": "Honcho",
      "vendor": "Plastic Labs",
      "vendorUrl": "https://honcho.dev",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "agent-memory",
      "summary": "Memory API that models each participant (a peer) in a conversation.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho",
      "license": "AGPL-3.0",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "honcho-ai"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@honcho-ai/sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Bearer API key (`hch-...`) on api.honcho.dev. The create-key endpoint mints further keys scoped to a workspace, peer or session, with an optional expiry, and they're revocable from the API Keys page. The hosted MCP at mcp.honcho.dev takes a key as a Bearer header or an OAuth token, plus an optional workspace header. The AgentCash endpoints take x402 or MPP payment instead of a key, with wallet sign-in for the free ones.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Ingestion (storage plus background reasoning) is $2.00 per million, and queries through `chat` cost $0.001 (minimal), $0.01 (low), $0.05 (medium), $0.10 (high) or $0.50 (max) each. Context retrieval is listed as unlimited. Startups that have raised under $5 million get $1,000 of credit and 12 months of subsidised pricing (https://honcho.dev/). New organisations get $100 of free credit (https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho). Over x402 the ingestion price is $2 per million tokens of message content, with a $0.001 minimum and a $5.00 maximum per call (https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.001 / call",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "An AgentCash storefront at agentcash.honcho.dev lists 16 POST endpoints under /api/honcho/. Storing messages and chat are paid over x402 or Tempo MPP on Base, Solana or Tempo. Messages cost $2 per million tokens (minimum $0.001, maximum $5.00), chat $0.001 to $0.50 by reasoning level, and the other endpoints are free (https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json, checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/messages",
            "priceUsd": 0.001,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/chat",
            "priceUsd": 0.001,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 7400,
        "npmWeekly": 17913,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://honcho.dev/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://honcho.dev/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://honcho.dev/docs/v3/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.plastic-labs/honcho",
      "capabilities": [
        "memory.store",
        "memory.search",
        "memory.user",
        "memory.delete"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "usage-priced",
        "x402",
        "stablecoin",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "llms-txt",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-24",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 64.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 409,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1171,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 67
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA.",
        "bestFor": "Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way.",
        "strengths": [
          "Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints",
          "Keys can be minted per workspace, peer or session, with an expiry, through the API",
          "Context retrieval listed as unlimited, with reasoning billed only when you call chat",
          "Hosted MCP in the official registry, plus OpenAPI specs for v1 to v3",
          "AGPL-3.0 server, the same code that runs the hosted service"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA",
          "Changelog entries carry no dates and the repo has no GitHub releases",
          "The MCP tool list is sent on connect, not documented",
          "No security.txt, audit log or prompt-injection guidance found",
          "AGPL-3.0 server licence"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages",
          "Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters",
          "Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal",
          "Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace",
          "Over x402, batch messages rather than sending them singly, as each paid call has a $0.001 floor"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 64.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 80,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 56
        },
        "provenanceScore": 78
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install honcho-ai   # or: npm install @honcho-ai/sdk",
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.honcho.dev/v3/workspaces -H \"Authorization: Bearer $HONCHO_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"id\":\"workspace-123\",\"metadata\":{}}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add honcho --transport http \"https://mcp.honcho.dev\" --header \"Authorization: Bearer $HONCHO_API_KEY\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "honcho": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${HONCHO_API_KEY}"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://mcp.honcho.dev"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -s -i -X POST https://agentcash.honcho.dev/api/honcho/messages -H 'content-type: application/json'\n# 402 -\u003e pay over x402 (USDC on eip155:8453, or Solana) or Tempo MPP -\u003e retry. Request schemas at https://agentcash.honcho.dev/openapi.json"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/memory.store",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/honcho"
      },
      "area": "agent-runtime",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Ingestion",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 2,
          "note": "Storage plus background reasoning. $0.001 minimum per call over x402"
        },
        {
          "item": "chat, minimal reasoning",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.001
        },
        {
          "item": "chat, low reasoning",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.01
        },
        {
          "item": "chat, medium reasoning",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.05
        },
        {
          "item": "chat, high reasoning",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.1
        },
        {
          "item": "chat, max reasoning",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.5
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Plastic Labs, Inc.",
        "domain": "honcho.dev",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-01-26",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://app.honcho.dev/tos",
        "privacy": "https://app.honcho.dev/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.honcho.dev",
        "changelog": "https://honcho.dev/docs/changelog/introduction",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The terms name Plastic Labs, Inc., 169 Madison Avenue, New York, with arbitration in New York. They carry no last-updated date.",
          "honcho.dev/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "The x402 storefront runs on the AgentCash platform at agentcash.honcho.dev, a subdomain of honcho.dev."
        ],
        "score": 78
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "honcho",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.honcho.dev/v3",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-19T09:29:09.746305361Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 123,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
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          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "p95ms24h": 432,
          "samples24h": 256,
          "samples30d": 4587,
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 109,
              "ok": 109
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-06",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-07",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 268,
              "ok": 268
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 250,
              "ok": 250
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-11",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-13",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
              "probes": 249,
              "ok": 249
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-15",
              "probes": 253,
              "ok": 253
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-16",
              "probes": 252,
              "ok": 252
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-17",
              "probes": 253,
              "ok": 253
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-18",
              "probes": 256,
              "ok": 256
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-19",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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          {
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        },
        "domain": {
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        "a": "MCP server",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "MKSF LTD",
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        "name": "Vendor"
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      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "stdio",
        "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
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      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
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      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Pay per use",
        "name": "Pricing"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes, from $0.001/call",
        "name": "x402"
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      {
        "a": "Elastic License 2.0, source available with restrictions on hosted or managed services.",
        "b": "AGPL-3.0",
        "name": "Licence"
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      {
        "a": "11",
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        "name": "Tools exposed"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "not listed",
        "b": "io.github.plastic-labs/honcho",
        "name": "MCP registry"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-06-29",
        "b": "2026-09-24",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "2025-04-24",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
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  "markdown": "Honcho scores 64.1 (B) on agent readiness against Context Mode Engine's 45.8 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do memory search. Honcho accepts x402. Context Mode Engine doesn't.\n\n- Context Mode Engine: grade E, 45.8/100, rank #993 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/context-mode.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/context-mode.json\n- Honcho: grade B, 64.1/100, rank #409 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/honcho.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/honcho.json\n- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md\n- All 103 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Context Mode Engine (E)\n\nGood for: Context Mode Engine indexes tool output and session events locally for coding agents.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Hosted-service restrictions under Elastic License 2.0\n\n### Honcho (B)\n\nGood for: Products that model the people in a conversation and want to ask questions about them, and for agents that must pay their own way.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 50 against 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 79 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 80 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 42\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Context Mode Engine | Honcho | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 50 | Honcho +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 79 | Honcho +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 65 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 48 | Honcho +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 80 | Honcho +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 10 | 73 | Honcho +63 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 67 | Honcho +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.8 · E** | **64.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Context Mode Engine | Honcho |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | MKSF LTD | Plastic Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.honcho.dev/v3` |\n| Transports | stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.001/call |\n| Licence | Elastic License 2.0, source available with restrictions on hosted or managed services. | AGPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.plastic-labs/honcho` |\n| Last release | 2026-06-29 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-04-24 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 31k stars | 7.4k stars, 18k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Context Mode Engine.** Local indexing and selective retrieval. Hosted-service restrictions under Elastic License 2.0.\n\n**Honcho.** Pay per call over x402 or MPP at agentcash.honcho.dev, with free read endpoints. No published rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Context Mode Engine\n\n1. Choose the installation guide for the exact coding client.\n2. Check host permissions before enabling code execution.\n3. Review the Elastic licence before hosting Engine for others.\n\n### Honcho\n\n1. Get or create the workspace with POST /v3/workspaces before writing sessions and messages\n2. Batch up to 100 messages per request, each under 25,000 characters\n3. Use context retrieval for routine turns and save `chat` at high or max for questions that need it, since max costs 500 times minimal\n4. Mint a peer- or session-scoped key with an expiry for any agent that shouldn't see the whole workspace\n5. 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