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      "slug": "gaia",
      "name": "GAIA",
      "vendor": "The Experience Company",
      "vendorUrl": "https://heygaia.io",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "GAIA is a personal AI assistant from The Experience Company for email, calendar, todos and scheduled workflows. It runs as a hosted service at heygaia.io with messaging bots, and its source is published for noncommercial self-hosting.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia",
      "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@heygaia/cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "oauth",
      "authNotes": "People sign in to the hosted app in a browser, and the backend uses WorkOS for sign-in. Integrations connect by OAuth on the provider's consent screen, through Composio for built-in ones, and Gmail asks for the `gmail.modify` scope. Custom MCP servers take no auth, a bearer token or OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, with tokens Fernet-encrypted in PostgreSQL. Bot users link a chat identity with `/auth`. No API key for outside callers was found (https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/config/oauth_config.py; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/adding-mcp-integrations).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Pro is $30 a month on the pricing page, the only plan shown there, and its FAQ says GAIA is a paid product. The README and docs also describe a Free plan with daily caps and an Enterprise plan by contact, so whether a new account can use the hosted service without paying was not established. Payments run through Dodo Payments. Self-hosting is free for noncommercial use, plus model usage and a WorkOS account (https://heygaia.io/pricing; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/usage-subscription; checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$30 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the backend source (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 308,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.heygaia.io",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "source-available",
        "noncommercial-licence",
        "self-hosted",
        "messaging",
        "imessage",
        "whatsapp",
        "telegram",
        "slack",
        "discord",
        "gmail",
        "mcp-client",
        "status-page",
        "llms-txt",
        "approval-off-by-default"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-14",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 49.5,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 813,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 10,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 54,
          "maintenance": 78,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 67,
          "schema": 51,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "-3. The release notes of 26 August 2026 say GAIA pauses and asks before a tool that deletes, sends or overwrites, the privacy policy (7 August 2026) says destructive actions require explicit approval, and the pricing page says anything outward-facing waits for the owner's OK. The source at `api-v0.24.0` (14 September 2026) and on master sets the default mode to `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated until flipped after launch. Read from source, not from a live account. https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/models/hil_models.py",
          "-2. The pricing page FAQ, read on 12 October 2026, says GAIA never shares data with model providers. Section 3.1 of the privacy policy says content, files and data from connected accounts are shared with third-party AI model providers. https://heygaia.io/pricing and https://heygaia.io/privacy"
        ],
        "verdict": "GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.",
        "bestFor": "It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.",
        "strengths": [
          "The whole product is in a public repository under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0, including the approval gate, memory engine and five messaging bots.",
          "Approval settings have three modes and per-tool overrides, and adding an MCP server, pairing a device or disconnecting an account asks in every mode.",
          "Memory is visible in Settings as facts, a journal, four documents and a graph, and each item can be edited or deleted, with a clear-all control.",
          "A BetterStack status page covers the API, web app and four bots, and lists no incident in the 90 days to 12 October 2026.",
          "Three sets of tagged releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, the latest on 14 September, with 91 commits on master in the last 30 days."
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.",
          "The pricing page FAQ says data is never shared with model providers. The privacy policy says content, including data from connected accounts, is shared with them.",
          "The README lists a Free plan at $0 forever, while the pricing page shows only Pro and says GAIA is a paid product.",
          "Gmail connects with the `gmail.modify` scope, and built-in integrations run through Composio, so a third party holds those OAuth connections.",
          "No security.txt, bug bounty, certification, subprocessor list or DPA was found, and self-hosting needs a WorkOS account and five data services.",
          "The Terms of Service forbid automated systems accessing the Service. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run."
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.",
          "Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.",
          "Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.",
          "For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.",
          "Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 49.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 54,
          "maintenance": 78,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 67,
          "schema": 51,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "provenanceScore": 70
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @heygaia/cli \u0026\u0026 gaia init   # choose Self-Host (Docker), then open http://localhost:3000"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/gaia"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "billed monthly, with usage limits the pricing page does not state"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "The Experience Company, Inc.",
        "domain": "heygaia.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://heygaia.io/terms",
        "privacy": "https://heygaia.io/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.heygaia.io",
        "changelog": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms of Service (effective 14 August 2026) name The Experience Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Neither the terms nor the privacy policy gives a postal address.",
          "The privacy policy (effective 7 August 2026) gives support@heygaia.so as its contact, a different domain from heygaia.io, where the README's security and contact addresses sit.",
          "heygaia.io/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md gives an email address for reports.",
          "The status page lists api.heygaia.io as the backend. We sent nothing to that host.",
          "heygaia.io's robots.txt allows every path and names ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai with Allow. docs.heygaia.io carries Content-Signal ai-input=yes. status.heygaia.io returned an empty robots.txt.",
          "The domain's registration date was not looked up."
        ],
        "score": 70
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "gaia",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.heygaia.io",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T17:28:08.466725732Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T17:28:08.466725732Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "ironclaw",
      "name": "IronClaw",
      "vendor": "NEAR AI",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.ironclaw.com",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "IronClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant written in Rust by NEAR AI. The owner runs it as a local service with a web interface, Slack and Telegram channels, Google and GitHub extensions, scheduled automations and persistent memory.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ironclaw.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw",
      "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "`ironclaw onboard` writes a bearer token to `~/.ironclaw/reborn/webui-token` and prints a login link that carries it as a `token` query parameter. The same token authorises the web interface and the Responses API with operator rights. Multi-user deployments can add Google or GitHub single sign-on and per-user API tokens with owner, admin or member roles. Connected accounts use OAuth (Google, Slack), a Telegram pairing code, or keys held in the encrypted secret store. The web interface binds to 127.0.0.1:3000 unless `--host` is changed (https://docs.ironclaw.com/using/webui.md).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free to self-host under MIT or Apache-2.0, with model usage billed by whichever provider the owner selects, or nothing with Ollama. NEAR AI sells hosted instances on ironclaw.com as Starter (shown as $5 beside $0 a month, 1 agent, $5 credits), Basic at $20 a month (2 agents, $20 credits) and Pro+ at $200 a month (5 agents, $200 credits). The page does not say whether a card is needed. NEAR AI Cloud inference is priced per million tokens on near.ai/pricing (checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$20 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the release notes (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 12648,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.ironclaw.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.ironclaw.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "rust",
        "wasm",
        "telegram",
        "slack",
        "gmail",
        "mcp",
        "hosted-option",
        "llms-txt"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-29",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 66.7,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 288,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 5,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 74,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 67,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 66,
          "transparency": 75
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-12. The ironclaw.com home page lists Discord and Signal among integrations, while the channel docs for the current release say Discord, Signal, WeChat and WeCom are not part of the 1.0 release, which shipped on 27 July 2026. The docs site also says it documents the latest stable release while its heartbeat, cron, shell and WASM pages name settings absent from the 1.4.1 source. A misleading claim, at the minimum, -2. https://www.ironclaw.com/; https://docs.ironclaw.com/channels/overview.md; https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw/blob/ironclaw-v1.4.1/docs/capabilities/routines/heartbeat.mdx"
        ],
        "verdict": "Credentials stay in an encrypted store and are injected at the host boundary, and extensions declare per-tool permissions, network targets and OAuth scopes. The global auto-approve setting defaults to on in the 1.4.1 source, so tools marked ask, such as `gmail.send_message`, run unprompted until the owner turns it off.",
        "bestFor": "One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach.",
        "strengths": [
          "Dual MIT or Apache-2.0 licence, with installers for seven targets on GitHub releases and no account needed to run it",
          "Each extension tool declares a default permission, effects, network targets and OAuth scopes in `manifest.toml`. Gmail reads use `gmail.readonly` and sends use `gmail.send`",
          "Secrets are encrypted with AES-256-GCM per the README, with the master key in the OS keychain, and are injected into requests outside the sandbox",
          "No analytics library was found in the 1.4.1 source. Trace Commons is opt-in and has no default endpoint",
          "Six stable releases between 27 July and 29 September 2026, each with dated notes and upgrade steps"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Global auto-approve defaults to on in the 1.4.1 source, so tools marked ask (send, trash, delete) run without a prompt. Only financial, approval and budget effects always ask",
          "The `main` branch has had no commit since 10 September 2026, and open reports filed since mid-September show no replies. 1,363 issues and 183 pull requests are open",
          "Docs pages for heartbeat, cron, shell and WASM limits name settings such as `HEARTBEAT_ENABLED` and `ALLOW_LOCAL_TOOLS` that do not appear in the 1.4.1 source",
          "No SECURITY.md, security.txt or published GitHub advisory was found",
          "The home page lists Discord and Signal integrations, while the channel docs say both are not part of the 1.0 release"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Open Settings and turn off global auto-approve, or set send and delete tools to ask each time, before connecting mail or chat accounts",
          "Install with the release installer and run `ironclaw onboard`. 1.x does not migrate 0.29 data, so use a fresh home directory",
          "Call `POST /api/v1/responses` with the bearer token from `~/.ironclaw/reborn/webui-token`. Keep under 30 requests in 60 seconds",
          "Resolve approval and OAuth gates in the web interface. The Responses API fails the turn instead of surfacing them",
          "Connect MCP servers over HTTP only. The stdio transport is rejected"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 66.7
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 69,
          "maintenance": 74,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 67,
          "schema": 74,
          "security": 66,
          "transparency": 79
        },
        "provenanceScore": 71
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "IRONCLAW_RELEASE_TAG=ironclaw-v1.4.1\ncurl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf \"https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw/releases/download/${IRONCLAW_RELEASE_TAG}/ironclaw-installer.sh\" | sh\nironclaw onboard"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/ironclaw"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Hosted Basic plan (2 agents, $20 credits)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "NEAR AI Cloud, per ironclaw.com"
        },
        {
          "item": "Hosted Pro+ plan (5 agents, $200 credits)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "NEAR AI Cloud, per ironclaw.com"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Jasnah, Inc. d/b/a NEAR AI",
        "domain": "ironclaw.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2018-01-04",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "https://near.ai/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The NEAR AI terms of service (updated 24 September 2026) name Jasnah, Inc. d/b/a NEAR AI under Delaware law and cover NEAR AI Cloud and its API. They do not mention IronClaw or agent hosting, so no terms link is set and the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence stands in for the self-hosted software.",
          "The privacy policy (updated 4 September 2026) lists ironclaw.com, agent.near.ai, the IronClaw framework and IronHub among what it covers.",
          "The ironclaw.com home page says Built by Near Foundation and its footer says by NEAR AI.",
          "security.txt answered 404 on www.ironclaw.com, docs.ironclaw.com and near.ai.",
          "RDAP for ironclaw.com gives a registration date of 2018-01-04 and Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar, last changed 2026-04-20.",
          "A self-hosted instance answers on its owner's own host. Hosted instances answer at \u003cinstance-id\u003e.agents.near.ai per the quickstart."
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        "score": 71
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.json"
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "The Experience Company",
        "b": "NEAR AI",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "a": "",
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        "a": "OAuth",
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        "a": "Paid",
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      {
        "a": "no",
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      {
        "a": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-14",
        "b": "2026-09-29",
        "name": "Last release"
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      {
        "a": "2026-08-14",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-08-07",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "a": "yes",
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      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
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      },
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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      {
        "a": "308 stars",
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    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or IronClaw?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for GAIA. IronClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).",
        "question": "Are GAIA and IronClaw open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": null,
        "goodFor": "It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.",
        "slug": "gaia",
        "watchFor": "The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval."
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 51",
          "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 54",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 54",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 60"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach.",
        "slug": "ironclaw",
        "watchFor": "Global auto-approve defaults to on in the 1.4.1 source, so tools marked ask (send, trash, delete) run without a prompt. Only financial, approval and budget effects always ask"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "assistant.proactive",
      "name": "Assistant proactive"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs GAIA",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-ironclaw.json",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs GAIA",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw.json",
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  "markdown": "IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.\n\n- GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #813 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json\n- IronClaw: grade B, 66.7/100, rank #288 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ironclaw.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### GAIA (D)\n\nGood for: It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.\n\nWatch for: The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.\n\n### IronClaw (B)\n\nGood for: One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 51\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 54\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Global auto-approve defaults to on in the 1.4.1 source, so tools marked ask (send, trash, delete) run without a prompt. Only financial, approval and budget effects always ask\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | GAIA | IronClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 67 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 74 | IronClaw +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 69 | IronClaw +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 66 | IronClaw +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | IronClaw +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 74 | GAIA +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 75 | IronClaw +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **66.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GAIA | IronClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | The Experience Company | NEAR AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | 308 stars | 13k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**GAIA.** GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.\n\n**IronClaw.** Credentials stay in an encrypted store and are injected at the host boundary, and extensions declare per-tool permissions, network targets and OAuth scopes. The global auto-approve setting defaults to on in the 1.4.1 source, so tools marked ask, such as `gmail.send_message`, run unprompted until the owner turns it off.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### GAIA\n\n1. Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.\n2. Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.\n3. Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.\n4. For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.\n5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode.\n\n### IronClaw\n\n1. Open Settings and turn off global auto-approve, or set send and delete tools to ask each time, before connecting mail or chat accounts\n2. Install with the release installer and run `ironclaw onboard`. 1.x does not migrate 0.29 data, so use a fresh home directory\n3. Call `POST /api/v1/responses` with the bearer token from `~/.ironclaw/reborn/webui-token`. Keep under 30 requests in 60 seconds\n4. Resolve approval and OAuth gates in the web interface. The Responses API fails the turn instead of surfacing them\n5. Connect MCP servers over HTTP only. 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