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
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
| Category | Weight this run | LearnHarness | ZeroClaw | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 56 | 74 | ZeroClaw +18 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 63 | 82 | ZeroClaw +19 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 60 | 72 | ZeroClaw +12 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 52 | 76 | ZeroClaw +24 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 60 | even |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 71 | 80 | ZeroClaw +9 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 60 | 68 | ZeroClaw +8 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| Total | C 59.3/100 | BB 70.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | LearnHarness | ZeroClaw |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Amos Blomqvist | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | None | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-29 | 2026-09-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| 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 | 33k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (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
- 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
ZeroClaw
- Keep
[risk_profiles.<alias>] level = "supervised".fullruns every tool not listed inalways_ask, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too - Add sending and account tools such as
send_via,google_workspaceandhttp_requesttoalways_askso a session-level Always grant cannot skip the prompt - List senders in
[peer_groups.<name>] external_peers.["*"]accepts anyone on that channel - Set
[web_fetch].allowed_domainsand[http_request].allowed_domains. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress - 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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