MiniMax Code vs Paseo

MiniMax Code 81

Harness reading. mcode exec returns a versioned ExecResult JSON document (schemaVersion 1) or versioned stream-json events, takes --output-schema for the final answer, and mcode acp speaks the Agent Client Protocol. No OpenAPI, since there's no server API (20). llms.txt indexes the docs, and each page is served as Markdown (10). The security page says when to use each permission policy and to keep full and off to isolated workspaces, and the automation page gives a CI baseline (16). An options table with defaults and enums for permission, output and prompt modes (12). Examples for each mode, a nine-row exit-code table, five result statuses and a named error for invalid structured output (13). A dated CLI changelog in the docs, whose latest entry (0.7.0, 26 October) trails npm's 0.7.4 (10). Total 81.

Paseo 65

Harness reading. Public docs, a CLI and plugin examples in the repository (65).

MiniMax Code 79

Harness reading, for a pipeline driving the CLI. Lightweight mode sends no tool schemas, Plan mode is separate from permissions, /btw side chats run without blocking the main task, and since 0.7.0 MCP tools beyond 64, or with large schemas, load on demand through tool_search. No per-tool allow or deny list was found in the CLI docs (16). json and stream-json output, --timeout, --max-steps, --output-schema and --output-last-message (18). Exit codes per failure class, a status field and an interaction error when a run would need a person (17). --session, --continue, fork and rewind, and a model request is retried when the first response doesn't arrive within 300 seconds (16). One positional argument runs a task and BYOK needs no MiniMax login. The TypeScript SDK @minimax-ai/code-sdk 0.1.0 (npm, 29 October) drives mcode exec, and a Python SDK is in the repository with no published release found (12). Total 79.

Paseo 70

Harness reading. A self-hosted daemon that agents can use to create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them, scriptable from the CLI (70).

MiniMax Code 63

First-party code is MIT, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0 and the desktop app closed. The repository says the published npm package isn't shown to be built from this source, and npm is at 0.7.4 while the source is at 0.7.2 (22 of 30). The MiniMax Agent terms (updated 19 January 2026) give MiniMax a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide licence over what users submit through the services and what the services generate from it. The privacy policy of the same date states no retention period and says nothing on training, and the telemetry doc says server-side retention isn't defined. BYOK runs that don't touch MiniMax's services aren't covered by either (8 of 30). No deprecation policy. Removed functions are listed in the changelog without dates ahead (6 of 20). Telemetry is off by default, with each field, each destination and two environment opt-outs documented (20). Total 56.

Paseo 68

Apache 2.0 for everything but third-party components (30). No telemetry and agents run on your machine (22 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). States no telemetry (20). 30 + 22 + 10 + 20 = 82.