Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run
LearnHarness vs szn
LearnHarness scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against szn's 7.8 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that remember you.
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Which one, for what
Best for A tutor for one learner that keeps a local record of sessions and a graph of propositions and reasoning chains.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 56 against 5
- Schema & documentation, 63 against 10
- Agent ergonomics, 60 against 0
- Security & auth, 52 against 0
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 71 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 60 against 29
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card
- Open source
Watch for
The read, ls, find and grep tools resolve against the home directory with no allow list, and their output goes to the model provider
szn F
Best for A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
Early access by access code only.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | LearnHarness | szn | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 56 | 5 | LearnHarness +51 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 63 | 10 | LearnHarness +53 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 60 | 0 | LearnHarness +60 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 52 | 0 | LearnHarness +52 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 20 | LearnHarness +40 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 71 | 2 | LearnHarness +69 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 60 | 29 | LearnHarness +31 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | C 59.3/100 | F 7.8/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | LearnHarness | szn |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Amos Blomqvist | Nomadic Futures |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-only | Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-29 | none |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |
| Popularity | 4.2k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |
Verdicts
LearnHarness
The in-app agent reads files but cannot change them or run commands, and a bundled skill gives other agents a documented read-only view of sessions and the knowledge graph. The project is 14 days old at 0.4.0, its file reads reach the whole home directory without approval, and it has no security policy.
szn
szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.
Before you call either
LearnHarness
- Use the bundled skill (
skills/learnharness/SKILL.md) to read a learner's record. It needs Python 3.10 or later and writes nothing - Pass
--format jsonbefore the subcommand, for examplepython3 -B scripts/graph.py --format json propositions - Treat stored answer keys and teacher prose as model-authored. A proposition in the graph is not evidence the learner understood it
- Do not read
auth.json, which sits one folder above the data folder and holds provider keys in plain text - Close the app or re-read when a stable snapshot matters. The readers do not lock files while the app writes
szn
- Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.
- Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, LearnHarness or szn?
LearnHarness scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against szn's 7.8 (F), and leads in every scored category.
Are LearnHarness and szn open source?
LearnHarness is open source (AGPL-3.0-only). No open-source release is listed for szn.
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Disclosure
szn competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.
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