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The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@github/copilot" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`/login` with a GitHub account, or a fine-grained personal access token with the Copilot Requests permission in `GH_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_TOKEN`. Organisations and enterprises can turn the CLI off by policy, and Business and Enterprise seats can't use Copilot Free.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Copilot Free ($0, no card) includes the CLI and agent mode with 50 chat requests a month. Pro is $10 a month plus a $5 flex allotment, Pro+ $39 plus $31, Max $100 plus $100, and extra AI credits cost $0.01 each. Business and Enterprise prices aren't on the plans page. 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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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It gives the model one bash tool, works with any model through LiteLLM, and is a common SWE-bench baseline.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json", "repo": "https://github.com/SWE-agent/mini-swe-agent", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mini-swe-agent" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account of its own. A model key goes in an environment variable or the global `.env` file that `mini-extra config setup` writes, and is passed to the provider through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty. Local models work through LiteLLM's `api_base`.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy. The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. Each run stops at a $3 cost limit by default, and a local model needs `MSWEA_COST_TRACKING=ignore_errors`.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8600, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 4437981, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://mini-swe-agent.com/latest/", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness" ], "tags": [ "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "python", "free", "no-card", "local", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 56.7, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 698, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 60, "reliability": 70, "schema": 58, "security": 56, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-10. CVE-2026-108592 (CVSS 4.0 score 6.0, from VulnCheck). The bubblewrap environment builds its `bwrap` command without `--clearenv` or `--unshare-net`, so commands inherit the host environment, model keys included, and can send them out over the network after a prompt injection in task content. Confirmed in src/minisweagent/environments/extra/bubblewrap.py at 2.4.6 and on main (3 September). The environment is opt-in and marked experimental, but it's the documented lightweight sandbox and no release fixes it, -4. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108592" ], "verdict": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026.", "bestFor": "Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.", "strengths": [ "MIT, with an agent class of about 190 lines that a reviewer can read in one sitting", "Step, cost ($3 by default) and wall-time limits, each ending the run with its own exit status in the trajectory", "Any model through LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey or Requesty, local ones included, with no account", "Docker, Podman and Singularity environments, where the Docker one forwards no host variables unless listed", "No telemetry found in the source" ], "weaknesses": [ "The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment", "CVE-2026-108592, published 10 October 2026, leaves the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passing host API keys and network through, unfixed in 2.4.6", "One release in the 90 days to 18 October 2026, and three commits on main since 23 July", "No MCP client, no ACP and no server mode", "No changelog file, and the PyPI classifier still says 3 - Alpha at 2.4.6" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes", "Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt", "Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally", "For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. 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The MIT licence names Kilian A. Lieret and Carlos E. Jimenez", "domain": "mini-swe-agent.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The docs site is GitHub Pages built from the repository. It has no terms, privacy policy or security.txt (/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026).", "The security page names four contacts at Princeton and Stanford by email, with no response time.", "The repository has no changelog file and tags carry only a version bump. Release notes, if any, are on GitHub releases, which we couldn't read because GitHub's web pages refused this run." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "GitHub", "b": "SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "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": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-14", "b": "2026-07-23", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-04-27", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-04-27", "b": "no document linked", "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": "8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "3/5 (4)", "name": "Agent 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vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Devin vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Pi vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": 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CLI vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-opencode.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-openhands.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": 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vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Harness² vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Jules vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs mini-swe-agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-opencode.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-warp" }, { "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/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" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 15, "edge": "mini-swe-agent", "github-copilot-cli": 55, "key": "reliability", "mini-swe-agent": 70, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 14, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 72, "key": "schema", "mini-swe-agent": 58, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 72, "key": "ergonomics", "mini-swe-agent": 69, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 63, "key": "security", "mini-swe-agent": 56, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "mini-swe-agent", "github-copilot-cli": 40, "key": "payments", "mini-swe-agent": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 28, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 77, "key": "maintenance", "mini-swe-agent": 49, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "github-copilot-cli", "github-copilot-cli": 70, "key": "transparency", "mini-swe-agent": 51, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. 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.", "mini-swe-agent": "A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.min.md" }, "markdown": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- GitHub Copilot CLI: grade C, 58.3/100, rank #647 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.json\n- mini-swe-agent: grade C, 56.7/100, rank #698 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mini-swe-agent.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 58\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 56\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 49\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 51\n\nWatch for: Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026\n\n### mini-swe-agent (C)\n\nGood for: Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 55\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: The default local environment runs commands on the host with no isolation and the full host environment\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | GitHub Copilot CLI | mini-swe-agent | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 70 | mini-swe-agent +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 58 | GitHub Copilot CLI +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 69 | GitHub Copilot CLI +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 56 | GitHub Copilot CLI +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 60 | mini-swe-agent +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 49 | GitHub Copilot CLI +28 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 51 | GitHub Copilot CLI +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.3 · C** | **56.7 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GitHub Copilot CLI | mini-swe-agent |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | GitHub | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\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 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-07-23 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-04-27 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-27 | no document linked |\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 | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (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**mini-swe-agent.** A small, readable harness with one bash tool, a linear trajectory saved as JSON, and step, cost and wall-time limits that stop unattended runs cleanly. The default local environment has no isolation, the experimental bubblewrap sandbox passes host API keys through (CVE-2026-108592, unfixed), and the only release in 90 days was 2.4.6 on 23 July 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### mini-swe-agent\n\n1. Run with `-y --exit-immediately` for unattended use. Without `--exit-immediately` it waits for input when the agent finishes\n2. Set `MSWEA_CONFIGURED=true` and `MSWEA_MODEL_NAME` first, or the first run stops at an interactive setup prompt\n3. Read `info.exit_status` in the `-o` trajectory file. A run that hits its limits still exits normally\n4. For untrusted repositories use `-c mini.yaml -c environment.environment_class=docker -c environment.image=\u003cimage\u003e`. The local and bubblewrap environments both expose host variables\n5. Strip model keys from the environment commands see, since the local environment passes every host variable to each command\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, GitHub Copilot CLI or mini-swe-agent?\n\nGitHub Copilot CLI scores 58.3 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are GitHub Copilot CLI and mini-swe-agent open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for GitHub Copilot CLI. mini-swe-agent is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-mini-swe-agent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"github-copilot-cli\", \"b\": \"mini-swe-agent\"}`. 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