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An enforcement gap for organisations that relied on managed settings, fixed and disclosed only in the changelog, with no advisory (https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/changelog.md). -2", "2026-05-11. CVE-2026-45033 (GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf), a nested bare repository could run arbitrary commands through core.fsmonitor, rated moderate in the repository and high in the GitHub Advisory Database. Fixed and published, inside six months (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf). -2", "2026-03-06. CVE-2026-29783 (GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f), high, dangerous shell expansion patterns allowed arbitrary code execution. Fixed and published, older than six months (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f). -1" ], "verdict": "Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, `--deny-tool` beats every allow, and a local sandbox is generally available though off by default. 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HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides.", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.harnessrouter.ai", "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "harnessrouter/harnessrouter" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A Workspace API key (sk-hr-) as a Bearer token from the product's server, never from a browser (https://harnessrouter.ai/docs/authentication). Keys are created in the console after a browser sign-up, can be held to one workspace or reach the whole organisation, and are revoked at once by DELETE /v1/orgs/{org}/keys/{id}. No OAuth or per-endpoint scopes found. The self-hosted Community Edition signs into its console with a username and password and needs no HarnessRouter key.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Free plan at $0 with no card, for the console and configuring agents. Running tasks draws on top-up credit ($10 minimum, 5.5 per cent fee) or a plan, Developer $20, Production $200 or Scale $1,000 a month, each fully included as usage. Agent work is $0.020 an active minute on top-ups and $0.014 to $0.006 on plans, and model calls are at the provider's price or on your own keys (https://harnessrouter.ai/pricing.md, checked 2026-10-17). Self-serve payment is card-only.", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, llms-full.txt, the pricing page or the UHP schema (checked 2026-10-17). Payment is by card for top-ups and plans.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 0, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3075, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-17" }, "docsUrl": "https://harnessrouter.ai/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://harnessrouter.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/HarnessRouter/harnessrouter/blob/main/protocol/schema/uhp-2026-10-04.openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "open-source", "apache-2.0", "api-key", "usage", "openapi", "llms-txt", "docker", "python", "streaming", "cloud-agent", "agent-skill" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 796, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1133, "categoryRank": 24, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 83, "security": 58, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-17" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-06, -5. Privately reported flaws fixed in public commits #416 to #429 on 6 and 7 October 2026. The gateway source names them GHSA-p6cq-54cg-8mpv (a bearer token that failed verification still reached internal routes, so anyone could rewrite any organisation's connections and routing; \"found live on the hosted service and closed there the same way, 2026-10-06\"), GHSA-qrr8-m92f-7vfp (identity headers trusted by default), GHSA-mw9j-m5jf-5r56 and GHSA-c5g7-c47h-f6c3 (server-side request forgery through git imports and upload addresses) and GHSA-rmh9-whjx-gfrc (secrets with quotes or non-ASCII characters left unredacted). A workspace key could also read, change and delete another workspace's harnesses, sessions and responses and mint an organisation-wide key (\"reported privately three times\"). All were fixed within days and described in the source. The advisory pages couldn't be read (GitHub answered 403), so whether they're published is unchecked, and the deduction is lower than an open cross-tenant flaw would get. Source https://github.com/HarnessRouter/harnessrouter/blob/main/gateway/app.py" ], "verdict": "A product's server sends a task to a named harness and gets streamed progress, sessions and files back, under a published OpenAPI contract with idempotency keys and a closed set of error codes. No status page or request rate limit was found, running a task needs card-funded credit, and access-control flaws were fixed on 6 and 7 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A product team that wants to run Codex, Claude Code, Hermes or 23 other harnesses server-side behind one task, session and file contract, and switch between them by changing an ID.", "strengths": [ "UHP is published as OpenAPI 3.1 and JSON Schema 2020-12 under Apache-2.0, with a 98-check conformance suite in the repository", "Every task call takes an Idempotency-Key, and the error envelope has a closed code set, with a retry rule per code", "Per-turn budgets (400 steps, 7,200 seconds and $10 by default) cap what one task can spend", "26 harnesses listed as available, including Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, OpenCode, goose and Qoder, behind one task contract", "202 tagged releases between 15 August and 16 October 2026, and the self-hosted Community Edition runs with no HarnessRouter account" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page found (status.harnessrouter.ai doesn't resolve and /status answers 404), and the terms give no service level without a signed order form", "No request rate limit is published. Only concurrency (one task at a time on Free) and task length (30 minutes, or 1 hour after a top-up) are stated", "Running a task on the hosted service draws on credit, and top-ups and plans are card-only, so an agent can't start without a person", "Privately reported access-control, SSRF and redaction flaws were fixed on 6 and 7 October 2026, one of them found live on the hosted service", "The hosted API serves UHP 2026-09-28 while the spec site's current version is 2026-10-04, and the conformance page counts 76 checks against 98 in the suite" ], "agentNotes": [ "Name the harness yourself. The task call is POST /{harness_id}/v1/responses, and HarnessRouter doesn't choose a harness for you", "Send a fresh Idempotency-Key with each new task, reuse it only for a retry of the same request, and recover from the session if a stream drops", "Call cancel to stop work. Closing the SSE connection leaves the agent running and billing", "Keep the Workspace API key on the server. The docs forbid calling the API from a browser with it", "Check each tool's enforcement in GET /v1/bases. On bases marked instruction, disabled_tools is a request to the model, not a block" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 83, "security": 58, "transparency": 78 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "install": "docker run -d --name harnessrouter -p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 -v harnessrouter:/data harnessrouter/harnessrouter", "http": "curl -N https://api.harnessrouter.ai/$HARNESS_ID/v1/responses -H \"Authorization: Bearer $HR_API_KEY\" -H \"Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"input\": \"Review this uploaded agreement and return a checklist.\", \"stream\": true}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/harnessrouter" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Developer plan, all $20 as usage", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "agent work $0.014 an active minute, one workspace" }, { "item": "Production plan, all $200 as usage", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "agent work $0.010 an active minute, five workspaces" }, { "item": "Scale plan, all $1,000 as usage", "unit": "month", "usd": 1000, "note": "agent work $0.006 an active minute, tracing included" }, { "item": "Agent work on top-up credit, per hour of active work", "unit": "session-hour", "usd": 1.2, "note": "$0.020 an active minute, billed by the second. Waiting on the model, the user or a queue isn't billed" }, { "item": "Tracing add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 50, "note": "beta, included with Scale" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Lumentree Corporation", "domain": "harnessrouter.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-06-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://harnessrouter.ai/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://harnessrouter.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://unifiedharnessprotocol.org/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-17", "notes": [ "The terms name Lumentree Corporation, a California corporation at 201 Spear Street, San Francisco, as the contracting party. The YC launch lists the company as Epsilla (Summer 2023), and the maintainer commits from an epsilla.com address.", "harnessrouter.ai was registered on 18 June 2026 and unifiedharnessprotocol.org on 12 August 2026 (registry RDAP, checked 2026-10-17).", "No status page. status.harnessrouter.ai doesn't resolve and harnessrouter.ai/status answers 404.", "harnessrouter.ai/.well-known/security.txt answers 404. A disclosure policy is at /legal/security, and SECURITY.md in the repository names GitHub private reporting and contact@harnessrouter.ai.", "The changelog is the UHP specification's. HarnessRouter itself has 202 tags in the repository and no product changelog page was found.", "The terms forbid scraping or crawling except as allowed by the documentation, an API endpoint, robots.txt or written permission. robots.txt on harnessrouter.ai and unifiedharnessprotocol.org allows all paths." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harnessrouter.json", "live": { "slug": "harnessrouter", "probe": { "target": "https://api.harnessrouter.ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:42.280344324Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 265, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 275, "p95ms24h": 359, "samples24h": 24, "samples30d": 24, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://unifiedharnessprotocol.org/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:11:55.703224248Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "783aeda2cd75" }, { "url": "https://harnessrouter.ai/pricing.md", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:03:57.613043138Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fa9a36e3c1ac" }, { "url": "https://harnessrouter.ai/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:03:53.558727976Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af87474c34e0" }, { "url": "https://harnessrouter.ai/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T23:03:55.591250792Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "501a6366c745" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:42.280344324Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "GitHub", "b": "HarnessRouter (Lumentree Corporation)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api.harnessrouter.ai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source", "b": "Apache-2.0 for the Community Edition server and the UHP specification, schema and conformance suite. HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "0", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-14", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-04-27", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-04-27", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "11k stars", "b": "3.1k stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "2.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. HarnessRouter leads on schema \u0026 documentation.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, GitHub Copilot CLI or HarnessRouter?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for GitHub Copilot CLI. HarnessRouter is open source (Apache-2.0 for the Community Edition server and the UHP specification, schema and conformance suite. HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides.).", "question": "Are GitHub Copilot CLI and HarnessRouter open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 55 against 35", "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 58", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 72" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.", "slug": "github-copilot-cli", "watchFor": "Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 72" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A product team that wants to run Codex, Claude Code, Hermes or 23 other harnesses server-side behind one task, session and file contract, and switch between them by changing an ID.", "slug": "harnessrouter", "watchFor": "No status page found (status.harnessrouter.ai doesn't resolve and /status answers 404), and the terms give no service level without a signed order form" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": 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HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Claude Code vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Cline vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Cline vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "goose vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-kilo-code-cli.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Kilo Code CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-kilo-code-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-kiro-cli.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Kiro CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-kiro-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-opencode.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-openhands.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-harnessrouter.json", "title": "Harness vs HarnessRouter", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-harnessrouter" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 20, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 55, "harnessrouter": 35, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "harnessrouter", "github-copilot-cli": 72, "harnessrouter": 83, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "harnessrouter", "github-copilot-cli": 72, "harnessrouter": 73, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 63, "harnessrouter": 58, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 40, "harnessrouter": 25, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 77, "harnessrouter": 72, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "harnessrouter", "github-copilot-cli": 70, "harnessrouter": 72, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. HarnessRouter leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do agent harnesses.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "github-copilot-cli": "Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, `--deny-tool` beats every allow, and a local sandbox is generally available though off by default. Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026.", "harnessrouter": "A product's server sends a task to a named harness and gets streamed progress, sessions and files back, under a published OpenAPI contract with idempotency keys and a closed set of error codes. No status page or request rate limit was found, running a task needs card-funded credit, and access-control flaws were fixed on 6 and 7 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harnessrouter", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harnessrouter.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harnessrouter.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harnessrouter.min.md" }, "markdown": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. HarnessRouter leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- GitHub Copilot CLI: grade C, 58.3/100, rank #642 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.json\n- HarnessRouter: grade D, 53.2/100, rank #796 of 1133. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harnessrouter.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harnessrouter.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 331 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 35\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 58\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026\n\n### HarnessRouter (D)\n\nGood for: A product team that wants to run Codex, Claude Code, Hermes or 23 other harnesses server-side behind one task, session and file contract, and switch between them by changing an ID.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 72\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No status page found (status.harnessrouter.ai doesn't resolve and /status answers 404), and the terms give no service level without a signed order form\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | GitHub Copilot CLI | HarnessRouter | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 35 | GitHub Copilot CLI +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 83 | HarnessRouter +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 73 | HarnessRouter +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 58 | GitHub Copilot CLI +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 25 | GitHub Copilot CLI +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 72 | GitHub Copilot CLI +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 72 | HarnessRouter +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.3 · C** | **53.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GitHub Copilot CLI | HarnessRouter |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | GitHub | HarnessRouter (Lumentree Corporation) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.harnessrouter.ai` |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source | Apache-2.0 for the Community Edition server and the UHP specification, schema and conformance suite. HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides. |\n| Tools exposed | none | 0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-04-27 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-27 | |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | |\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 | not found in the text | |\n| Popularity | 11k stars | 3.1k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**GitHub Copilot CLI.** Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, `--deny-tool` beats every allow, and a local sandbox is generally available though off by default. Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026.\n\n**HarnessRouter.** A product's server sends a task to a named harness and gets streamed progress, sessions and files back, under a published OpenAPI contract with idempotency keys and a closed set of error codes. No status page or request rate limit was found, running a task needs card-funded credit, and access-control flaws were fixed on 6 and 7 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI\n\n1. Pass `--deny-tool` for anything destructive. It wins over `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `/sandbox enable` or `--sandbox`. It's off by default\n3. Turn off model training in Copilot settings on Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max. It's on by default since 24 April 2026\n4. Move off Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra before 16 November 2026\n5. Use a fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission in `GH_TOKEN` for CI\n\n### HarnessRouter\n\n1. Name the harness yourself. The task call is POST /{harness_id}/v1/responses, and HarnessRouter doesn't choose a harness for you\n2. Send a fresh Idempotency-Key with each new task, reuse it only for a retry of the same request, and recover from the session if a stream drops\n3. Call cancel to stop work. Closing the SSE connection leaves the agent running and billing\n4. Keep the Workspace API key on the server. The docs forbid calling the API from a browser with it\n5. Check each tool's enforcement in GET /v1/bases. On bases marked instruction, disabled_tools is a request to the model, not a block\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, GitHub Copilot CLI or HarnessRouter?\n\nGitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against HarnessRouter's 53.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. HarnessRouter leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Are GitHub Copilot CLI and HarnessRouter open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for GitHub Copilot CLI. HarnessRouter is open source (Apache-2.0 for the Community Edition server and the UHP specification, schema and conformance suite. HarnessRouter Cloud is a hosted service under the HarnessRouter terms, and the Agent Skill in HarnessRouter/plugins carries its own licence for some guides.).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harnessrouter.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-harnessrouter.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"github-copilot-cli\", \"b\": \"harnessrouter\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare github-copilot-cli harnessrouter`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/harnessrouter.json\n\n## Other comparisons with GitHub Copilot CLI or HarnessRouter\n\n- [Agent Zero vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-harnessrouter.md)\n- [Aider vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [Aider vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-harnessrouter.md)\n- [Amp vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs HarnessRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-harnessrouter.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs GitHub Copilot 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