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      "slug": "jules",
      "name": "Jules",
      "vendor": "Google LLC",
      "vendorUrl": "https://jules.google",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Jules is Google's asynchronous coding agent, which clones a GitHub repository into a cloud virtual machine, plans, edits and opens pull requests. Outside agents drive it through an alpha REST API, a TypeScript SDK, an MCP package and a CLI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/jules.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/google-labs-code/jules-sdk",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/jules"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/jules-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/jules-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The REST API takes an API key in the `X-Goog-Api-Key` header. Keys are created by a person in Settings in the Jules web app, at most three at a time, shown once and revocable there, and publicly exposed keys are disabled automatically. Keys carry no scopes. The discovery document also lists Google OAuth with the broad cloud-platform scope. The Jules Tools CLI signs in with a Google account in the browser (`jules login`). Repository sources need the Jules GitHub app installed through the web app.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 15 tasks a day and 3 concurrent tasks. Jules in Pro (100 a day, 15 concurrent) and Jules in Ultra (300 a day, 60 concurrent) come with the Google AI Pro and Ultra plans, and the Google AI plans page lists AI Plus with expanded Jules limits (jules.google/docs/usage-limits and one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans, checked 2026-10-18). Paid plans are for personal @gmail.com accounts, with an interest form for business users. The plan prices render per locale and weren't read. No per-task or per-call price.",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Jules docs, the API reference, the discovery document or the plans pages (checked 2026-10-18).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 8,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 1269,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-18"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://jules.google/docs/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://jules.google/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://jules.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1alpha",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "cloud-agent",
        "closed-source",
        "api-key",
        "alpha",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "no-status-page",
        "stale-release",
        "freemium"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-03-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 44.5,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1014,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1175,
        "categoryRank": 36,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 18,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 13,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 44
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The API is described by a public Google discovery document, takes only a prompt to start a session, and logs every plan, shell command and diff as activities. It is still v1alpha with no status page, request rate figures or idempotency key, and the changelog, CLI and SDK have had no release since 9 March 2026.",
        "bestFor": "A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM.",
        "strengths": [
          "Public discovery document for jules.googleapis.com v1alpha with 13 methods, typed schemas, enums and required fields, revision 20261015",
          "Only `prompt` is required to create a session. A session without `sourceContext` runs repoless in a fresh cloud VM",
          "Activities record plans, messages, bash commands with exit codes and git patches, and can be filtered by `create_time` to fetch only new events",
          "Four ways in for an outside agent, the REST API, the Apache-2.0 TypeScript SDK, an 8-tool stdio MCP server and the Jules Tools CLI",
          "Free plan of 15 tasks a day and 3 concurrent tasks with a Google account, and docs served as Markdown with an llms.txt index"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The REST API has been v1alpha since 3 October 2025 and the docs say specifications and API keys may change",
          "Newest changelog entry is 9 March 2026, the CLI's last npm release 0.1.42 was on 16 December 2025, and the SDK and MCP packages last published 0.2.0 on 9 March 2026",
          "No status page, no request rate figures, no Retry-After guidance and no idempotency key on session creation were found",
          "API sessions auto-approve their plans unless `requirePlanApproval` is true, and the MCP server defaults to an automated run that opens a pull request",
          "A person must sign in with Google, install the Jules GitHub app and create the key in the web app. Keys carry no scopes"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `requirePlanApproval: true` on sessions that touch shared branches, then call `:approvePlan` yourself. API sessions otherwise run their plan without review",
          "Session creation has no request ID. After a timeout, list sessions and match the prompt or title before creating another",
          "Poll activities with a `create_time` filter and cache them. Activities never change once written",
          "Read the request fields from the discovery document at https://jules.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1alpha. The field tables on jules.google render empty",
          "Budget against the daily task quota of 15, 100 or 300 by plan. New sessions are refused until the rolling 24 hours reset"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 44.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 18,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 13,
          "schema": 76,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 25
        },
        "provenanceScore": 62
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @google/jules   # Jules Tools CLI, then: jules login",
        "http": "curl 'https://jules.googleapis.com/v1alpha/sessions' -X POST -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"x-goog-api-key: $JULES_API_KEY\" -d '{\"prompt\": \"Add a test for parseQueryString in utils.js\", \"sourceContext\": {\"source\": \"sources/github/OWNER/REPO\", \"githubRepoContext\": {\"startingBranch\": \"main\"}}, \"requirePlanApproval\": true}'",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "jules": {
              "args": [
                "@google/jules-mcp"
              ],
              "command": "npx",
              "env": {
                "JULES_API_KEY": "\u003capi-key\u003e"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "headless": {
          "run": "jules remote new --repo . --session \"write unit tests\""
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/jules"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Google LLC",
        "domain": "jules.google",
        "domainRegistered": "2025-01-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://policies.google.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://jules.google/docs/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-18",
        "notes": [
          "The jules.google footer links the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Jules privacy notice at jules.google.com/legal answered 'Jules is not yet available in your region' to our request and wasn't read.",
          "jules.google returns 404 for /.well-known/security.txt. www.google.com has a valid security.txt (expires 2030-04-01) pointing to g.co/vulnz and the Google VRP.",
          "The API answers at jules.googleapis.com, Google's API domain. RDAP for jules.google gives a registration date of 2025-01-16.",
          "No status page for Jules was found."
        ],
        "score": 62
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "jules",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "google-labs-code/jules-sdk",
            "version": "0.0.4",
            "released": "2026-02-03",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:10.887630529Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@google/jules",
            "version": "0.1.42",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:06.676637995Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@google/jules-mcp",
            "version": "0.2.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:08.879284383Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@google/jules-sdk",
            "version": "0.2.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-19T03:57:07.451466348Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 138,
        "npmWeekly": 1269,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://jules.google/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:18.653332907Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://jules.google/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T14:28:05.184853592Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://jules.google/docs/changelog/",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:32:10.654949702Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "6add211f604a"
          }
        ],
        "github": {
          "repo": "google-labs-code/jules-sdk",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:13:56.956889694Z",
          "stars": 138,
          "archived": false,
          "issuesEnabled": true,
          "pushedAt": "2026-07-23T17:46:04Z",
          "openIssues": 5,
          "openPRs": 5,
          "issuesOpened90d": 0,
          "issuesClosed90d": 0,
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          "replies": {
            "sampled": 25,
            "unanswered": 5,
            "medianDays": 0.4
          }
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:18.653332907Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "minimax-code",
      "name": "MiniMax Code",
      "vendor": "MiniMax",
      "vendorUrl": "https://agent.minimax.io",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "MiniMax's coding agent, as an open-source terminal CLI (`mcode`) and a closed desktop app. The CLI runs MiniMax models through M Plan or an API key, or any compatible model, headless with `mcode exec` or as an ACP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-code.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/minimax-code",
      "license": "MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@minimax-ai/code"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "MiniMax sign-in in a browser (`mcode login --region global`) for M Plan or Token Plan usage, a MiniMax API key read from an environment variable (`mcode provider set-minimax-key`), or a key for any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible provider (BYOK), which needs no MiniMax login. Provider keys are stored in `config.yaml` in the data directory, `~/.minimax` by default.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "The CLI is free and MIT-licensed. Model use is paid separately, through an M Plan (Go $22, Explore $55, Build $132 a month), MiniMax's pay-as-you-go API, or another provider's key. M Plan usage is shared between MiniMax Code and other tools on the same subscription (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/m-plan/monthly-offer, checked 19 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the CLI docs, README or the 0.6.12 npm metadata (checked 2026-10-19).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 2000,
        "npmWeekly": 6842,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-19"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://agent.minimax.io/docs/cli/quick-start",
      "llmsTxt": "https://agent.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "agent.harness",
        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "open-source",
        "typescript",
        "mcp",
        "acp",
        "llms-txt",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "local"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-15",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 67.5,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 277,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1175,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 75,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 63,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-19"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent with a headless mode that returns versioned JSON, documented exit codes and an ACP server, and telemetry off by default. It's pre-1.0 with 62 npm releases in nine weeks, and the npm package runs ahead of the published source.",
        "bestFor": "Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT-licensed CLI on npm, with `mcode exec` returning versioned JSON and nine documented exit codes",
          "`mcode acp` for editors and agent hosts, and BYOK for any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible provider without a MiniMax login",
          "Telemetry off by default, each channel opted into separately, with every field and destination documented",
          "Headless fails on a pending permission request instead of approving it, and `--timeout` and `--max-steps` bound a run",
          "62 npm releases between 14 August and 15 October 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Pre-1.0 and labelled a source preview, with npm at 0.6.12 and the public source at 0.6.5",
          "The default headless policy sends actions to a cloud classifier, and what it sends isn't documented",
          "Which actions run inside the sandbox by default isn't documented",
          "The CLI changelog trails npm by five releases",
          "The MiniMax Agent terms take a perpetual, irrevocable licence over what users submit through MiniMax's services and what they generate, and the privacy policy states no retention period"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run `mcode exec --cwd \u003crepo\u003e --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50` and check both the exit code and the JSON `status`",
          "Keep `--permission full` and `off` for a container or throwaway workspace. The default `smart` fails when it would need a person",
          "Set `MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY` and add a provider for BYOK. M Plan models need a browser sign-in with `mcode login --region global`",
          "Set `MINIMAX_DATA_DIR` per CI runner. Keys and sessions live in `~/.minimax` by default",
          "Pin a version. npm published 62 releases in nine weeks and the public source trails it"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 67.5
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 75,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 63,
          "schema": 81,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 56
        },
        "provenanceScore": 65
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @minimax-ai/code@latest   # or: curl -fsSL https://filecdn.minimax.chat/public/install.sh | bash",
        "headless": {
          "command": "mcode exec --cwd . --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50 \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "MCODE_DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1",
            "MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e"
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/minimax-code"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "minimax-api",
        "minimax-video",
        "minimax-voice-cloning"
      ],
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd.",
        "domain": "minimax.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2021-03-27",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://agent.minimax.io/doc/en/terms-of-service.html",
        "privacy": "https://agent.minimax.io/doc/en/privacy-policy.html",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://agent.minimax.io/docs/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-19",
        "notes": [
          "The MiniMax Agent terms of use and privacy policy, both updated 19 January 2026 and linked from the download page, name Nanonoble Pte. Ltd., as do the MiniMax API terms. The repository's MIT licence names 'MiniMax Code' as the copyright holder.",
          "SECURITY.md takes private reports at a dedicated MiniMax Code security address and through GitHub's private advisories, with no response SLA. platform.minimax.io answers 404 for /.well-known/security.txt and www.minimax.io redirects it to the home page.",
          "RDAP for minimax.io gives a registration date of 2021-03-27, as recorded on the MiniMax Video API listing."
        ],
        "score": 65
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "minimax-code",
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://minimax.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:03.5197794Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T15:55:03.5197794Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Google LLC",
        "b": "MiniMax",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP, stdio",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed",
        "b": "MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "8",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-03-09",
        "b": "2026-10-15",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-07-30",
        "b": "2026-01-19",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-01",
        "b": "2026-01-19",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "1.3k npm/wk",
        "b": "2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "2.8/5 (4)",
        "b": "3.5/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Jules or MiniMax Code?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Jules. MiniMax Code is open source (MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published).",
        "question": "Are Jules and MiniMax Code open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "Runs on your own machine"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM.",
        "slug": "jules",
        "watchFor": "The REST API has been v1alpha since 3 October 2025 and the docs say specifications and API keys may change"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 63 against 13",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 76",
          "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 64",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 18",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 44"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-code.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 752 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Jules (E)\n\nGood for: A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: The REST API has been v1alpha since 3 October 2025 and the docs say specifications and API keys may change\n\n### MiniMax Code (B)\n\nGood for: Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 63 against 13\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 76\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 64\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 18\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Pre-1.0 and labelled a source preview, with npm at 0.6.12 and the public source at 0.6.5\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Jules | MiniMax Code | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 13 | 63 | MiniMax Code +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 81 | MiniMax Code +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 75 | MiniMax Code +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 57 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | MiniMax Code +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 18 | 77 | MiniMax Code +59 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 44 | 61 | MiniMax Code +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **44.5 · E** | **67.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Jules | MiniMax Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Google LLC | MiniMax |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published |\n| Tools exposed | 8 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-03-09 | 2026-10-15 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | 2026-01-19 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-01-19 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 1.3k npm/wk | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Jules.** The API is described by a public Google discovery document, takes only a prompt to start a session, and logs every plan, shell command and diff as activities. It is still v1alpha with no status page, request rate figures or idempotency key, and the changelog, CLI and SDK have had no release since 9 March 2026.\n\n**MiniMax Code.** An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent with a headless mode that returns versioned JSON, documented exit codes and an ACP server, and telemetry off by default. It's pre-1.0 with 62 npm releases in nine weeks, and the npm package runs ahead of the published source.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Jules\n\n1. Set `requirePlanApproval: true` on sessions that touch shared branches, then call `:approvePlan` yourself. API sessions otherwise run their plan without review\n2. Session creation has no request ID. After a timeout, list sessions and match the prompt or title before creating another\n3. Poll activities with a `create_time` filter and cache them. Activities never change once written\n4. Read the request fields from the discovery document at https://jules.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1alpha. The field tables on jules.google render empty\n5. Budget against the daily task quota of 15, 100 or 300 by plan. New sessions are refused until the rolling 24 hours reset\n\n### MiniMax Code\n\n1. Run `mcode exec --cwd \u003crepo\u003e --output-format json --timeout 10m --max-steps 50` and check both the exit code and the JSON `status`\n2. Keep `--permission full` and `off` for a container or throwaway workspace. The default `smart` fails when it would need a person\n3. Set `MCODE_PROVIDER_API_KEY` and add a provider for BYOK. M Plan models need a browser sign-in with `mcode login --region global`\n4. Set `MINIMAX_DATA_DIR` per CI runner. Keys and sessions live in `~/.minimax` by default\n5. Pin a version. npm published 62 releases in nine weeks and the public source trails it\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Jules or MiniMax Code?\n\nMiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Jules and MiniMax Code open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Jules. MiniMax Code is open source (MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-minimax-code.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-minimax-code.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"jules\", \"b\": \"minimax-code\"}`. 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