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      "vendor": "Cognition AI, Inc.",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Devin is Cognition's hosted coding agent. It works in its own cloud virtual machine to plan, edit code, run commands and open pull requests. Outside agents start and steer sessions through a REST API and a remote MCP server.",
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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.min.md",
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      "license": "Proprietary service under Cognition's Platform Terms of Service",
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      "authNotes": "A Bearer token with the `cog_` prefix on every request to https://api.devin.ai/v3. Service-user keys are provisioned by a person in Settings \u003e Devin API, shown once, and carry a role (Admin or Member on Teams, custom roles on Enterprise). Personal access tokens act as the user who made them and can expire. Legacy `apk_` keys work only with the deprecated v1 and v2 APIs. The MCP server takes the same keys, and enterprise keys and personal tokens add an `X-Org-Id` header. Access is self-serve, with no app review or sales approval for Teams.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free $0, Pro $20 a month, Max $200 a month, Teams $80 a month minimum with full seats at $40 each, Enterprise by quote (devin.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-08). Paid plans include a daily or weekly usage quota, then prepaid on-demand credits described as usage at API pricing, with no unit rate on the page. The pricing page lists cloud agents from Pro upward, while the docs say Free includes limited Devin usage. Whether the API works on Free, and whether signup needs a card, wasn't established.",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the v3 OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
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        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "hosted",
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        "status-page",
        "soc2",
        "freemium"
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      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 55.7,
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        "agentReady": false,
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        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 842,
        "categoryRank": 16,
        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "payments": 20,
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        "verdict": "The v3 API is well specified, with a public OpenAPI 3.1 file covering 239 operations, problem+json errors, cursor pagination and service-user keys tied to roles. The status page records three critical and several major incidents on the cloud agent between 22 July and 24 September 2026, and no rate limit figures or retry guidance were found in the reviewed documentation.",
        "bestFor": "A team that wants to hand whole tasks to a cloud agent and collect pull requests, driven from a pipeline or another agent.",
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          "Public OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the v3 API with 239 operations, each declaring 401, 403, 404, 409, 422 and 429 responses in RFC 9457 problem+json",
          "Service-user keys carry a role, every endpoint except GET /v3/self names the permission it needs, and audit logs list service users separately from people",
          "Security profiles can limit a session to a network allowlist, an MCP server allowlist, read-only git and a read-only Devin MCP",
          "Remote MCP server at mcp.devin.ai/mcp with 13 documented tools for sessions, playbooks, knowledge, schedules and repository documentation",
          "Dated release notes several times a week, the newest on 7 October 2026, and a separate API release notes page"
        ],
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          "www.devinstatus.com lists three critical incidents (22 July, 13 August, 24 September 2026) and six major ones on the cloud agent or web app since 10 July 2026",
          "No rate limit figures, Retry-After or backoff guidance found in the API docs, and v3 session creation has no idempotency key",
          "Customer data may be used for model training by default on self-serve plans. The opt-out is for paid plans only, per section 3.3.1 of the platform terms",
          "A person must sign up and provision the service user in the web app. No key-creation route exists for an agent starting from nothing",
          "No official SDK found, and the Devin MCP server was not found in the official MCP registry"
        ],
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          "Use a `cog_` service-user key with the Member role. Legacy `apk_` keys fail against v3 and the MCP server with 401 or 403",
          "Set `max_acu_limit` on every session you create. Usage is metered by the work done and has no published unit rate",
          "Session creation is not idempotent in v3. After a timeout, list sessions by tag before creating again",
          "Enterprise keys and personal access tokens must send `X-Org-Id` to the MCP server. Organisation-scoped keys resolve it automatically",
          "Create scheduled work as an automation. POST to the schedules endpoint returns 403 for migrated organisations since 24 September 2026"
        ],
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          "measured": false
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              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 80,
          "security": 72,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "provenanceScore": 77
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        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.devin.ai/v3/organizations/$DEVIN_ORG_ID/sessions\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DEVIN_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"prompt\": \"Create a simple Python script that prints Hello World\"}'",
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          "mcpServers": {
            "devin": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e",
                "X-Org-Id": "\u003cYOUR_ORG_ID\u003e"
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              "serverUrl": "https://mcp.devin.ai/mcp"
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          }
        }
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/devin"
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      "unitPrices": [
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          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "one user, daily and weekly usage quota"
        },
        {
          "item": "Max plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "one user, larger weekly quota"
        },
        {
          "item": "Teams full seat",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 40,
          "note": "$80 a month minimum per team, flex seats free and billed from shared credits"
        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "Cognition AI, Inc.",
        "domain": "devin.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-12-06",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://cognition.com/legal/platform-terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://cognition.com/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://www.devinstatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.devin.ai/release-notes/overview",
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          "The Platform Terms of Service (last updated 30 June 2026) name Cognition AI, Inc. and govern the Cognition Platform for customers who register and use the services. Enterprise customers sign separate Enterprise Terms of Service.",
          "The privacy policy (last updated 9 March 2026) names Cognition AI, Inc and covers Devin and Windsurf as well as cognition.com. The data processing agreement gives the address 550 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.",
          "devin.ai, cognition.com and api.devin.ai all return 404 for /.well-known/security.txt. The docs give security@cognition.ai for vulnerability reports.",
          "The API answers at api.devin.ai and the MCP server at mcp.devin.ai. status.devin.ai redirects to www.devinstatus.com.",
          "RDAP for devin.ai gives a registration date of 2022-12-06."
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          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T09:25:01.879990164Z"
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          {
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    "answer": "Kilo Code CLI scores 75.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Devin's 55.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Devin leads on security \u0026 auth.",
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      "summary": "Open-source coding agent for the terminal, forked from opencode and built from the same repository as Kilo's VS Code and JetBrains extensions. It runs with your own provider key, a local model or the Kilo Gateway.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kilo-code-cli.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode",
      "license": "MIT",
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      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@kilocode/cli"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@kilocode/sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Your own provider key in `~/.config/kilo/kilo.jsonc` or the environment, a local model, or a Kilo account through `kilo auth login` for the Kilo Gateway and its free models. `kilo serve` runs unauthenticated unless `KILO_SERVER_PASSWORD` is set.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The CLI is free and MIT-licensed, and needs no Kilo account with your own key or a local model. Kilo Gateway credits are billed at provider rates with a 5 per cent fee on credit purchases. Kilo Pass starts at $19 a month, Teams is $15 a user a month and Enterprise is quoted. The pricing page says the free tier needs no card.",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the README (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 27539,
        "npmWeekly": 32804,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://kilo.ai/docs/code-with-ai/platforms/cli",
      "llmsTxt": "https://kilo.ai/docs/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
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        "coding-agent",
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        "open-source",
        "typescript",
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        "llms-txt",
        "telemetry-default-on",
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 75.4,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 47,
        "ranked": true,
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        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 66,
          "transparency": 76
        },
        "pending": [
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        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Shell commands ask before running by default, and an optional operating-system sandbox blocks writes outside the workspace and outbound network. Telemetry to PostHog is on by default and the sandbox is off, so an unattended `kilo run --auto` approves everything not denied unless both are configured first.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who want an open-source terminal agent with per-tool permission rules, an optional sandbox and a choice of provider, and the same engine in VS Code and JetBrains.",
        "strengths": [
          "Permission rules of `allow`, `ask` or `deny` per tool with glob patterns, and shell commands asking by default outside a built-in allow list",
          "A sandbox on macOS and Linux that limits writes, blocks network by default and refuses to run when it can't be enforced",
          "Project config can't weaken the sandbox or read environment variables through `{env:VAR}`",
          "Your own provider key or a local model works with no Kilo account",
          "37 stable releases since 10 July 2026, with the last 40 workflow runs on main passing on 8 October 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Telemetry to PostHog is on by default, and the privacy policy and PRIVACY.md don't mention it",
          "The sandbox is off by default and unavailable on Windows",
          "`kilo run` lists no flag for a turn, time or cost limit",
          "The terms grant a perpetual licence to use uploaded Customer Data to improve Kilo's services",
          "SECURITY.md still says the CLI has no sandbox, and the changelog has no dates or breaking-change headings"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `sandbox.enabled` to true in the global `kilo.jsonc` before `kilo run --auto`. `--auto` approves every permission request not explicitly denied",
          "Set `experimental.openTelemetry` to false, or `KILO_TELEMETRY_LEVEL` to a value other than `all`, to stop telemetry",
          "Add needed hosts to `sandbox.allowed_hosts` in global config. MCP tool calls are unavailable while network restriction is on",
          "Without `--auto` a non-interactive run rejects every permission prompt and exits 1",
          "Put provider keys in global config or the environment. `{env:VAR}` in a project `kilo.json` is ignored"
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          "measured": false
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          "payments": 50,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 66,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
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      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @kilocode/cli   # or: brew install Kilo-Org/tap/kilo",
        "headless": {
          "command": "kilo run --auto --format json \"$TASK\""
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      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
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      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Kilo Pass, entry tier",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "monthly model credits with bonus credits, optional"
        },
        {
          "item": "Teams plan",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 15,
          "note": "model use billed separately at provider rates"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Kilo Code Inc. (the terms are a contract with Anaconda, Inc. on behalf of itself and its affiliates, including Kilo Code Inc.)",
        "domain": "kilo.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://kilo.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://kilo.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.kilo.ai",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/blob/main/packages/opencode/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (last updated 30 September 2026) name the CLI among the services they cover and are made with Anaconda, Inc. The privacy policy (29 May 2026) names Kilo Code Inc. as data controller.",
          "kilo.ai/.well-known/security.txt lists security@kilo.ai and the policy at kilo.ai/security, names the CLI in scope and expires on 2026-12-31.",
          "trust.kilo.ai redirects to trust.anaconda.com, which has a Kilo Code section.",
          "status.kilo.ai is a Statuspage site for the website, gateway and cloud platform. The CLI runs on the owner's machine.",
          "PRIVACY.md in the repository is a separate short policy for the CLI dated March 2025."
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli.json",
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          "page": "https://status.kilo.ai",
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          "summary": "Service Under Maintenance",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T09:25:16.387062715Z"
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        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "Cognition AI, Inc.",
        "b": "Kilo Code Inc.",
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        "a": "https://mcp.devin.ai/mcp",
        "b": "no (local only)",
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      {
        "a": "API key",
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        "a": "Freemium",
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        "a": "no",
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        "a": "Proprietary service under Cognition's Platform Terms of Service",
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        "a": "13",
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        "a": "yes",
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        "a": "2026-10-07",
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        "a": "2026-06-30",
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        "a": "2026-03-09",
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        "a": "yes, with an opt-out",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
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      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
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        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
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        "a": "none",
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      {
        "answer": "Kilo Code CLI scores 75.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Devin's 55.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Devin leads on security \u0026 auth.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Devin or Kilo Code CLI?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Devin. Kilo Code CLI is open source (MIT).",
        "question": "Are Devin and Kilo Code CLI open source?"
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          "Security \u0026 auth, 72 against 66"
        ],
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          "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install"
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        "slug": "devin",
        "watchFor": "www.devinstatus.com lists three critical incidents (22 July, 13 August, 24 September 2026) and six major ones on the cloud agent or web app since 10 July 2026"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 85 against 30",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 80",
          "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 62",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 63",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 69"
        ],
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          "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better",
          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source"
        ],
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        "slug": "kilo-code-cli",
        "watchFor": "Telemetry to PostHog is on by default, and the privacy policy and PRIVACY.md don't mention it"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kilo-code-cli.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Devin (C)\n\nGood for: A team that wants to hand whole tasks to a cloud agent and collect pull requests, driven from a pipeline or another agent.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 72 against 66\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: www.devinstatus.com lists three critical incidents (22 July, 13 August, 24 September 2026) and six major ones on the cloud agent or web app since 10 July 2026\n\n### Kilo Code CLI (BB)\n\nGood for: Developers who want an open-source terminal agent with per-tool permission rules, an optional sandbox and a choice of provider, and the same engine in VS Code and JetBrains.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 80\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 62\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 63\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 69\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Telemetry to PostHog is on by default, and the privacy policy and PRIVACY.md don't mention it\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Devin | Kilo Code CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 85 | Kilo Code CLI +55 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 90 | Kilo Code CLI +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 72 | Kilo Code CLI +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 72 | 66 | Devin +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 50 | Kilo Code CLI +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 87 | Kilo Code CLI +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 76 | Kilo Code CLI +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.7 · C** | **75.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Devin | Kilo Code CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Cognition AI, Inc. | Kilo Code Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.devin.ai/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP |  |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Cognition's Platform Terms of Service | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 13 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-30 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-03-09 | 2026-05-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 28k stars, 33k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Devin.** The v3 API is well specified, with a public OpenAPI 3.1 file covering 239 operations, problem+json errors, cursor pagination and service-user keys tied to roles. The status page records three critical and several major incidents on the cloud agent between 22 July and 24 September 2026, and no rate limit figures or retry guidance were found in the reviewed documentation.\n\n**Kilo Code CLI.** Shell commands ask before running by default, and an optional operating-system sandbox blocks writes outside the workspace and outbound network. Telemetry to PostHog is on by default and the sandbox is off, so an unattended `kilo run --auto` approves everything not denied unless both are configured first.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Devin\n\n1. Use a `cog_` service-user key with the Member role. Legacy `apk_` keys fail against v3 and the MCP server with 401 or 403\n2. Set `max_acu_limit` on every session you create. Usage is metered by the work done and has no published unit rate\n3. Session creation is not idempotent in v3. After a timeout, list sessions by tag before creating again\n4. Enterprise keys and personal access tokens must send `X-Org-Id` to the MCP server. Organisation-scoped keys resolve it automatically\n5. Create scheduled work as an automation. POST to the schedules endpoint returns 403 for migrated organisations since 24 September 2026\n\n### Kilo Code CLI\n\n1. Set `sandbox.enabled` to true in the global `kilo.jsonc` before `kilo run --auto`. `--auto` approves every permission request not explicitly denied\n2. Set `experimental.openTelemetry` to false, or `KILO_TELEMETRY_LEVEL` to a value other than `all`, to stop telemetry\n3. Add needed hosts to `sandbox.allowed_hosts` in global config. MCP tool calls are unavailable while network restriction is on\n4. Without `--auto` a non-interactive run rejects every permission prompt and exits 1\n5. 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