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    "a": {
      "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
          }
        ],
        "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."
        ],
        "score": 71
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.json"
    },
    "answer": "IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "zo-computer",
      "name": "Zo Computer",
      "vendor": "Zo Computer Company",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.zo.computer",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Hosted personal assistant from Zo Computer Company that runs on a cloud Linux computer assigned to each user. It answers by web chat, SMS, email, Slack, Discord and Telegram, runs scheduled automations, and has an HTTP API and MCP endpoint.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.zo.computer/mcp",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A bearer access token with the prefix `zo_sk_`, created by the owner under Settings \u003e Advanced and shown once. The same token is used for the HTTP API and the MCP endpoint, and both guides say it grants full access to the workspace. No scoped, read-only or expiring token and no OAuth flow for outside clients were found in the docs. Whether a token can be revoked individually is not stated on the pages read. `GET /models/catalog` needs no authentication. Sign-up is in a browser behind Cloudflare Turnstile.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free Trial is $0 for 14 days with no card, then ordinary computer access ends. Basic is $18 a month with $10 of AI credit, Pro $64 with $40 and Ultra $200 with $100. API and MCP access are included on all plans. Chat is billed at per-token rates on the models pages, which we did not read, and media at fixed per-request prices from $0.035. A user's own model API key can replace Zo-billed usage (checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$18 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API guide, the OpenAPI file, the billing guide or the pricing page, checked 12 October 2026. Billing is a Stripe subscription with prepaid credits.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.zo.computer/guide",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.zo.computer/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://www.zo.computer/docs-assets/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "assistant",
        "mcp",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "free-trial"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-14",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 43.1,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 911,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 13,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 34,
          "maintenance": 68,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 73,
          "security": 37,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published.",
        "bestFor": "One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.1 file, llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every guide and reference page are public",
          "Persona permissions remove tools from a conversation, with 19 named scopes and a Read only preset",
          "The security page names each infrastructure, inference and tool provider and states which can see user content",
          "Plan prices, included AI credit and per-request media prices are public, with a 14-day trial that needs no card",
          "Dated weekly changelog, with nine weekly entries between 20 July and 14 September 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented",
          "No approval step before sending mail, posting or buying was found. The browser guide says Zo can buy and send on signed-in sites",
          "No status page, incident history, rate limit figures or SLA were found on the pages read",
          "The privacy policy lists only email address, trackers, usage data and SMS data, and does not describe workspace files, memory or connected accounts",
          "Memory storage and deletion are not documented beyond a design aim and whole-account deletion or factory reset"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings \u003e Advanced",
          "Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has",
          "Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide",
          "Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message",
          "Append `.md` to any guide or reference URL for Markdown"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 43.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 34,
          "maintenance": 68,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 73,
          "security": 37,
          "transparency": 46
        },
        "provenanceScore": 73
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_your_key_here\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"input\": \"Hello, Zo!\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http zo https://api.zo.computer/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_your_key_here\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "zo": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer zo_sk_your_key_here"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://api.zo.computer/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/zo-computer"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Basic plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 18,
          "note": "Includes $10 of AI credit a month."
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 64,
          "note": "Includes $40 of AI credit a month."
        },
        {
          "item": "Ultra plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "Includes $100 of AI credit a month."
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Zo Computer Company",
        "domain": "zo.computer",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.zo.computer/reference/information/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.zo.computer/reference/information/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://www.zo.computer/updates",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of service name Zo Computer Company at 13 Grattan St Unit 102, Brooklyn, NY 11206, under New York law. They were last updated on 8 August 2025.",
          "The terms refer to an Acceptable Use Policy that we did not find linked from the pages read.",
          "security.txt at www.zo.computer/.well-known/security.txt gives a contact, a policy link and an expiry of 8 April 2027.",
          "No status page is linked from the home page, the docs index, the security page or the help centre home page.",
          "The API and MCP endpoint are on api.zo.computer. The domain's registration date was not looked up.",
          "The X handle is the one the home page footer links."
        ],
        "score": 73
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "zo-computer",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.zo.computer/mcp",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-12T19:01:35.563750129Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 405,
          "lastMs": 472,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 320,
          "p95ms24h": 1228,
          "samples24h": 18,
          "samples30d": 18,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
              "probes": 18,
              "ok": 18
            }
          ]
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T19:01:35.563750129Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "NEAR AI",
        "b": "Zo Computer Company",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://api.zo.computer/mcp",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
        "b": "Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-29",
        "b": "2026-09-14",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "2025-08-08",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "2026-05-20",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "13k stars",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Popularity"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, IronClaw or Zo Computer?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for IronClaw. Zo Computer has a hosted endpoint at https://api.zo.computer/mcp.",
        "question": "Can an agent call IronClaw and Zo Computer without installing anything?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "IronClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Zo Computer.",
        "question": "Are IronClaw and Zo Computer open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 67 against 15",
          "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 34",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 37",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 74 against 68",
          "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"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install"
        ],
        "goodFor": "One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.",
        "slug": "zo-computer",
        "watchFor": "The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "assistant.proactive",
      "name": "Assistant proactive"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-ironclaw.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs IronClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-ironclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zo-computer.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs Zo Computer",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zo-computer"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs IronClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-ironclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs Zo Computer",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zo-computer"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw.json",
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  "markdown": "IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.1 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.\n\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- Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #911 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.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### 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- Reliability, 67 against 15\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 34\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 37\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 74 against 68\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### Zo Computer (E)\n\nGood for: One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | IronClaw | Zo Computer | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 15 | IronClaw +52 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 73 | IronClaw +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 34 | IronClaw +35 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 37 | IronClaw +29 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | IronClaw +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 68 | IronClaw +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 60 | IronClaw +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.7 · B** | **43.1 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | IronClaw | Zo Computer |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | NEAR AI | Zo Computer Company |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-14 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-08-08 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-20 |\n| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 13k stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Zo Computer.** Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published.\n\n## Before you call either\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. The stdio transport is rejected\n\n### Zo Computer\n\n1. Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings \u003e Advanced\n2. Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has\n3. Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide\n4. Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message\n5. 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