{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "deeptutor", "name": "DeepTutor", "vendor": "HKUDS", "vendorUrl": "https://deeptutor.info", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "DeepTutor is an open-source, self-hosted learning workspace from HKUDS for tutoring, quizzes, research reports and knowledge bases, with persistent memory and optional multiple users. It runs as a web app, and a `deeptutor` CLI emits NDJSON for other agents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json", "repo": "https://github.com/HKUDS/DeepTutor", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deeptutor" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deeptutor-cli" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account with the project. The owner adds model provider keys in Settings or through `deeptutor config apply` with `api_key_env` naming an environment variable, or signs in to OpenAI Codex (OAuth), GitHub Copilot (device login) or CodeBuddy. Web sign-in is off by default; with `auth.json` enabled the first registered user becomes admin and grants models, knowledge bases, skills, tools and MCP access to other users (https://github.com/HKUDS/DeepTutor/blob/main/README.md).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under the Apache 2.0 licence, and the README says the project has no paid online products. The owner pays the chosen model, embedding and search providers, or nothing with a local model through Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, vLLM or Lemonade. The README carries a PageIndex discount code and an API Route provider preset, both third parties (checked 2026-10-30).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, SKILL.md or the developer handbook (checked 2026-10-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 51497, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://deeptutor.info/", "capabilities": [ "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "assistant.messaging", "agent.mcp-client", "knowledge.search", "search.research", "memory.user", "document.write" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "python", "apache-2.0", "cli", "harness", "docker", "mcp-client", "rag", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 494, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 71, "security": 51, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-30. CVE-2026-51870 (critical on NVD). Command execution through the TutorBot shell tool's `ExecTool.execute` in v1.4.0, reported in issue #506. v1.4.1 of 27 May 2026 lists it closed with a shell RCE (#518), a filesystem path traversal (#517) and three authorisation bypasses (#514 to #516), and makes shell exec opt-in. Fixed within five days and documented in release notes, -2. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-51870", "2026-06-30. GHSA-jg88-rvpc-qvxj (CVE-2026-58168, high). Before 1.4.10, a user grant without `mcp_tools` let non-admin users in multi-user mode invoke every configured MCP tool. Single-user installs were unaffected. Fixed in 1.4.10 of 21 June 2026 with deny-by-default MCP access, -1. https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-jg88-rvpc-qvxj" ], "verdict": "DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.", "bestFor": "A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.", "strengths": [ "Apache 2.0, self-hosted, and the README says the project sells nothing", "`deeptutor run ... --format json` streams NDJSON tagged with `session_id`, and `--session` chains turns headlessly", "SKILL.md and AGENT_SETUP.md give an agent a non-interactive setup path with `config apply --check` and `doctor --format json`", "Releases every few days with dated notes and upgrade steps, 27 in the 90 days to 30 October 2026", "Inspectable file-backed memory with an append-only L1 trace, and grants, audit records and per-user isolation in multi-user mode" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials", "No SECURITY.md, no private reporting route and no repository-published advisories, while two CVEs were assigned in 2026", "The `exec` sandbox falls back to a best-effort restricted subprocess by default when no runner or bubblewrap is present", "Nightly test runs on main failed every night from 20 to 28 October 2026 before passing again on 29 and 30 October", "Provider keys are stored in plain JSON under `data/user/settings/`" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `deeptutor run \u003ccapability\u003e \"...\" --format json` and read the `done` event's `session_id`; pass `--session` to continue the same session", "Configure with `deeptutor config apply setup.json --check` first, naming keys through `api_key_env`; literal keys are rejected", "Before exposing it beyond one machine, enable sign-in in `auth.json`, set exact `cors_origins` and set `BACKEND_HOST=127.0.0.1` where loopback is wanted", "Run 1.4.10 or later. Earlier versions carry CVE-2026-51870 (shell tool RCE, fixed in 1.4.1) and CVE-2026-58168 (multi-user MCP bypass)", "Set `sandbox_allow_subprocess` to false where generated code must run only in the runner sidecar or bubblewrap" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 60, "reliability": 78, "schema": 71, "security": 51, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 39, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install -U \"deeptutor[full]\" # then: deeptutor init \u0026\u0026 deeptutor start # or: docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:3782:3782 -v deeptutor-data:/app/data ghcr.io/hkuds/deeptutor:latest", "headless": { "command": "deeptutor run chat \"$TASK\" --format json" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.memory", "tool": "https://letme.dev/deeptutor" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "deeptutor.info", "domainRegistered": "2026-05-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/HKUDS/DeepTutor/releases", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "No legal entity is named. The repository belongs to the GitHub organisation HKUDS, the Data Intelligence Lab at the University of Hong Kong, and the README says the project is led by Bingxi Zhao within the HKUDS group.", "deeptutor.info's robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai, so its pages were not read. Its terms, privacy page and security.txt are unknown.", "No SECURITY.md was found in the repository tree on 30 October 2026.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 20 May 2026 for deeptutor.info. The README dates the docs site's launch to 22 May 2026.", "There is no hosted endpoint. The API answers on the owner's own host." ], "score": 39 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.json" }, "answer": "DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "openai-dots", "name": "Dots", "vendor": "OpenAI", "vendorUrl": "https://chatgpt.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json", "license": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs in to ChatGPT on an eligible plan and creates a dot in the mobile app, desktop app or a desktop browser. No API key or other credential for outside programs was found. Apps are reached through plugins connected to the ChatGPT account, each with its own connected account and allowed actions. Website logins go through a private form to the cloud browser outside the conversation, sessions last until sign-out or expiry, and reusing a saved login needs confirmation. A local computer is connected with Allow access and removed with Revoke access. Where tokens and saved passwords are stored is not stated (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/getting-started).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Included with ChatGPT Pro at $100, $200 or $500 a month, Business Premium (price not found on the pages read) and Enterprise through sales. Conversations with a dot do not count towards ChatGPT usage limits. Tasks it starts in ChatGPT Work or Codex count towards those limits. The plan includes an allowance for deeper work with no figure given, extended for the first month after launch. No free tier or trial for dots was found (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots#access; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing, checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Dots docs, the admin guide or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots", "llmsTxt": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.messaging" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "beta", "chatgpt", "slack", "teams", "voice", "cloud-browser", "approvals", "paid", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 28.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1167, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 28, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 22, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 10, "reliability": 3, "schema": 41, "security": 58, "transparency": 37 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.", "bestFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.", "strengths": [ "An automatic review checks each action that could affect accounts or share information against instructions, permissions and custom rules before it runs", "Custom rules have four settings, from acting without asking to handing the step to the owner, and app permissions can allow reading mail without sending", "Proactive research uses tools that cannot send messages, change app content or control a browser or computer, per the docs", "Website passwords are entered in a private form outside the conversation, and reusing a saved login needs the owner's confirmation", "Six docs pages with Markdown twins listed in llms.txt, and a dated release note for dots on 9 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha", "No way to view or delete individual saved notes is documented. The admin guide's link to reset options lands on the section for deleting the whole dot", "Custom rules are described as instructions the dot tries to follow and can get wrong, and an authorised write can run without a prompt where policy allows", "Pro consumer accounts in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are excluded, and the plan's allowance for deeper work has no published figure", "No status page, service terms or privacy policy is linked from the Dots docs, and openai.com and help.openai.com refused our reader", "No API, MCP endpoint or other documented way for an outside program to message a dot was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision", "Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone", "Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer", "Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained", "Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 1.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 28.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 22, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 10, "reliability": 3, "schema": 41, "security": 58, "transparency": 26 }, "provenanceScore": 47, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-12", "maintenance": "2026-10-12", "payments": "2026-10-12", "reliability": "2026-10-12", "schema": "2026-10-12", "security": "2026-10-12", "transparency": "2026-10-12" }, "last": "2026-10-12", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-12", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-dots" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro 100", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan, includes dots with an allowance for deeper work that has no published figure" }, { "item": "Pro 200", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan" }, { "item": "Pro 500", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "chatgpt.com", "domainRegistered": "2022-11-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No page we read names the legal entity or the documents that govern Dots. The docs footer links https://openai.com/policies, which answered 403 to our reader, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out. OpenAI's other listings here link https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/ and https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/. Neither was read today, and whether the consumer Terms of Use govern Pro accounts was not established.", "No status page is linked from the Dots docs, the admin guide, the pricing page or the release notes we read.", "learn.chatgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. chatgpt.com is closed to Anthropic agents by its robots.txt and openai.com answered 403 on the one page requested, so neither host's security.txt was requested.", "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 30 November 2022 as the registration date of chatgpt.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.", "learn.chatgpt.com/robots.txt answered 200 and allows every path. help.openai.com/robots.txt allows the article paths, and four linked articles answered 403 with a JavaScript check. cdn.openai.com/robots.txt answered 404." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.json", "live": { "slug": "openai-dots", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://chatgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.873158273Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:08:16.392853427Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "chatgpt.com", "registered": "2022-11-30", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/chatgpt.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:58:06.650437577Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:42:37.267855104Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-30T05:42:37.267855104Z", "fingerprint": "332b98506e73" }, { "url": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T05:42:36.740086445Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-30T05:42:36.740086445Z", "fingerprint": "2ce21afaee33" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.873158273Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "HKUDS", "b": "OpenAI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-28", "b": "2026-10-09", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "51k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or Dots?" }, { "answer": "DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Dots.", "question": "Are DeepTutor and Dots open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 78 against 3", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 41", "Agent ergonomics, 63 against 22", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 38", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 37" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.", "slug": "deeptutor", "watchFor": "The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 58 against 51" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.", "slug": "openai-dots", "watchFor": "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.memory", "name": "Assistants that remember you" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "asaply vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "asaply vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Asmi vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Asmi vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "AstrBot vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Boba vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Boba vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Brea vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Brea vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Del vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Dots vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Dots vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-szn.json", "title": "Dots vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Dots vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Dots vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Boski vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Caddy vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "folk vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "GAIA vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Haven vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Instinct vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Leon vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Lindy vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "nanobot vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.json", "title": "Dots vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Dots vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Dots vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.json", "title": "Dots vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Dots vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Atticus vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Atticus vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Boski vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Caddy vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "CowAgent vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-deeptutor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-del.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-gaia.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hark-pro.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Hark Pro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hark-pro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-haven.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-instinct.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-learnharness.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs LearnHarness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-learnharness" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-leon.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-lindy.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-natura.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs OpenDuet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openduet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-pally.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-poke.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-szn.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-talorys.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tomo.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-town.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-wajo.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-zapia.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "DeepTutor vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "LearnHarness vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/learnharness-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Dots vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Lobby vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally.json", "title": "Dots vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Dots vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Dots vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-job-search-vs-deeptutor.json", "title": "AI Job Search vs DeepTutor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ai-job-search-vs-deeptutor" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 75, "deeptutor": 78, "edge": "deeptutor", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openai-dots": 3, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 30, "deeptutor": 71, "edge": "deeptutor", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openai-dots": 41, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 41, "deeptutor": 63, "edge": "deeptutor", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openai-dots": 22, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 7, "deeptutor": 51, "edge": "openai-dots", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openai-dots": 58, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 50, "deeptutor": 60, "edge": "deeptutor", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openai-dots": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 46, "deeptutor": 84, "edge": "deeptutor", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openai-dots": 38, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 15, "deeptutor": 52, "edge": "deeptutor", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openai-dots": 37, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do assistants that remember you.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "deeptutor": "DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.", "openai-dots": "Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openai-dots", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openai-dots.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openai-dots.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openai-dots.min.md" }, "markdown": "DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do assistants that remember you.\n\n- DeepTutor: grade B, 62.7/100, rank #494 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json\n- Dots: grade F, 28.8/100, rank #1167 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepTutor (B)\n\nGood for: A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 78 against 3\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 41\n- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 22\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 37\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials\n\n### Dots (F)\n\nGood for: A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 58 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepTutor | Dots | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 3 | DeepTutor +75 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 41 | DeepTutor +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 22 | DeepTutor +41 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 58 | Dots +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | DeepTutor +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 38 | DeepTutor +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 37 | DeepTutor +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **28.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepTutor | Dots |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |\n| Vendor | HKUDS | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-09 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 51k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepTutor.** DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.\n\n**Dots.** Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DeepTutor\n\n1. Run `deeptutor run \u003ccapability\u003e \"...\" --format json` and read the `done` event's `session_id`; pass `--session` to continue the same session\n2. Configure with `deeptutor config apply setup.json --check` first, naming keys through `api_key_env`; literal keys are rejected\n3. Before exposing it beyond one machine, enable sign-in in `auth.json`, set exact `cors_origins` and set `BACKEND_HOST=127.0.0.1` where loopback is wanted\n4. Run 1.4.10 or later. Earlier versions carry CVE-2026-51870 (shell tool RCE, fixed in 1.4.1) and CVE-2026-58168 (multi-user MCP bypass)\n5. Set `sandbox_allow_subprocess` to false where generated code must run only in the runner sidecar or bubblewrap\n\n### Dots\n\n1. Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision\n2. Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone\n3. Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer\n4. Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained\n5. Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or Dots?\n\nDeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Are DeepTutor and Dots open source?\n\nDeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Dots.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openai-dots.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-openai-dots.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deeptutor\", \"b\": \"openai-dots\"}`. 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