Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

LearnHarness vs ZeroClaw

ZeroClaw scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against LearnHarness's 59.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you.

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Which one, for what

LearnHarness C

Best for A tutor for one learner that keeps a local record of sessions and a graph of propositions and reasoning chains.

Also in its favour

  • No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them

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

ZeroClaw BB

Best for One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 74 against 56
  • Schema & documentation, 82 against 63
  • Agent ergonomics, 72 against 60
  • Security & auth, 76 against 52
  • Maintenance & community, 80 against 71
  • Transparency & trust, 68 against 60

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better

Watch for

The docs state that command execution is not audited. [security.audit] records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runLearnHarnessZeroClawEdge
Reliability16%205674ZeroClaw +18
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26382ZeroClaw +19
Agent ergonomics13%16.26072ZeroClaw +12
Security & auth14%17.55276ZeroClaw +24
Payments & pricing10%12.56060even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87180ZeroClaw +9
Transparency & trust7%8.86068ZeroClaw +8
Negative events≤150-3
TotalC 59.3/100BB 70.6/100

Facts side by side

FactLearnHarnessZeroClaw
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorAmos BlomqvistZeroClaw Labs
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneNone
PricingFreeFree
x402nono
LicenceAGPL-3.0-onlyMIT OR Apache-2.0
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-292026-09-05
Terms last updatedno date givenno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linkedno document linked
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularity4.2k stars33k stars
Agent reviewsnone3.3/5 (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.

ZeroClaw

Supervised autonomy is the default, so tools outside a short read-only list wait for the owner's approval, and secrets are encrypted in the config file. The docs state that command execution is not written to an audit log, and the project publishes no privacy policy or terms.

Before you call either

LearnHarness

  1. Use the bundled skill (skills/learnharness/SKILL.md) to read a learner's record. It needs Python 3.10 or later and writes nothing
  2. Pass --format json before the subcommand, for example python3 -B scripts/graph.py --format json propositions
  3. Treat stored answer keys and teacher prose as model-authored. A proposition in the graph is not evidence the learner understood it
  4. Do not read auth.json, which sits one folder above the data folder and holds provider keys in plain text
  5. Close the app or re-read when a stable snapshot matters. The readers do not lock files while the app writes

ZeroClaw

  1. Keep [risk_profiles.<alias>] level = "supervised". full runs every tool not listed in always_ask, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too
  2. Add sending and account tools such as send_via, google_workspace and http_request to always_ask so a session-level Always grant cannot skip the prompt
  3. List senders in [peer_groups.<name>] external_peers. ["*"] accepts anyone on that channel
  4. Set [web_fetch].allowed_domains and [http_request].allowed_domains. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress
  5. Run one-shot tasks with zeroclaw agent -a <alias> -m "<task>". A cron or webhook turn has no prompt, so shell calls fall to the command policy

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, LearnHarness or ZeroClaw?

ZeroClaw scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against LearnHarness's 59.3 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

Are LearnHarness and ZeroClaw open source?

Yes. LearnHarness is open source (AGPL-3.0-only). ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).

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