# mini-swe-agent vs Prime Agent (slim)

> Prime Agent scores 60.5 (C) to mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Prime Agent scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on reliability, schema & documentation and security & auth. Both do agent harnesses.

- mini-swe-agent: C 56.7, rank #698 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.min.md
- Prime Agent: C 60.5, rank #562 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prime-agent.min.md
- mini-swe-agent, good for Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 65; Schema & documentation, 58 against 42; Security & auth, 56 against 50.
- Prime Agent, good for Long-running research and coding work where one model drives subagents, schedules and goals from code, and where the owner can isolate the machine. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 79 against 49; Transparency & trust, 64 against 51. Also No incidents deducted, where mini-swe-agent loses 4 points for them.

| Category | mini-swe-agent | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 49 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | mini-swe-agent | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) | Prime Intellect |
| Last release | 2026-07-23 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk | 22k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |