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      "slug": "openai-dots",
      "name": "Dots",
      "vendor": "OpenAI",
      "vendorUrl": "https://chatgpt.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json",
      "license": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read",
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      "packages": [],
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      "authNotes": "A person signs in to ChatGPT on an eligible plan and creates a dot in the mobile app, desktop app or a desktop browser. No API key or other credential for outside programs was found. Apps are reached through plugins connected to the ChatGPT account, each with its own connected account and allowed actions. Website logins go through a private form to the cloud browser outside the conversation, sessions last until sign-out or expiry, and reusing a saved login needs confirmation. A local computer is connected with Allow access and removed with Revoke access. Where tokens and saved passwords are stored is not stated (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/getting-started).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Included with ChatGPT Pro at $100, $200 or $500 a month, Business Premium (price not found on the pages read) and Enterprise through sales. Conversations with a dot do not count towards ChatGPT usage limits. Tasks it starts in ChatGPT Work or Codex count towards those limits. The plan includes an allowance for deeper work with no figure given, extended for the first month after launch. No free tier or trial for dots was found (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots#access; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing, checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$100 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Dots docs, the admin guide or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots",
      "llmsTxt": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.messaging"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "beta",
        "chatgpt",
        "slack",
        "teams",
        "voice",
        "cloud-browser",
        "approvals",
        "paid",
        "llms-txt"
      ],
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 28.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 973,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 17,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 38,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 3,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 31
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.",
        "bestFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.",
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          "An automatic review checks each action that could affect accounts or share information against instructions, permissions and custom rules before it runs",
          "Custom rules have four settings, from acting without asking to handing the step to the owner, and app permissions can allow reading mail without sending",
          "Proactive research uses tools that cannot send messages, change app content or control a browser or computer, per the docs",
          "Website passwords are entered in a private form outside the conversation, and reusing a saved login needs the owner's confirmation",
          "Six docs pages with Markdown twins listed in llms.txt, and a dated release note for dots on 9 October 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha",
          "No way to view or delete individual saved notes is documented. The admin guide's link to reset options lands on the section for deleting the whole dot",
          "Custom rules are described as instructions the dot tries to follow and can get wrong, and an authorised write can run without a prompt where policy allows",
          "Pro consumer accounts in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are excluded, and the plan's allowance for deeper work has no published figure",
          "No status page, service terms or privacy policy is linked from the Dots docs, and openai.com and help.openai.com refused our reader",
          "No API, MCP endpoint or other documented way for an outside program to message a dot was found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision",
          "Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone",
          "Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer",
          "Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained",
          "Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 38,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 3,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 26
        },
        "provenanceScore": 36
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-dots"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro 100",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan, includes dots with an allowance for deeper work that has no published figure"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro 200",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro 500",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 500,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "chatgpt.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-11-30",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "No page we read names the legal entity or the documents that govern Dots. The docs footer links https://openai.com/policies, which answered 403 to our reader, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out. OpenAI's other listings here link https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/ and https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/. Neither was read today, and whether the consumer Terms of Use govern Pro accounts was not established.",
          "No status page is linked from the Dots docs, the admin guide, the pricing page or the release notes we read.",
          "learn.chatgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. chatgpt.com is closed to Anthropic agents by its robots.txt and openai.com answered 403 on the one page requested, so neither host's security.txt was requested.",
          "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 30 November 2022 as the registration date of chatgpt.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.",
          "learn.chatgpt.com/robots.txt answered 200 and allows every path. help.openai.com/robots.txt allows the article paths, and four linked articles answered 403 with a JavaScript check. cdn.openai.com/robots.txt answered 404."
        ],
        "score": 36
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.json"
    },
    "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "zeroclaw",
      "name": "ZeroClaw",
      "vendor": "ZeroClaw Labs",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.zeroclaw.com",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Open-source personal AI assistant from ZeroClaw Labs, shipped as one Rust binary the owner runs. It answers on chat, email and voice channels, calls tools and MCP servers, and keeps memory in local SQLite.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw",
      "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "ghcr.io/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No account with the vendor. Model keys, bot tokens and mail passwords go in `~/.zeroclaw/config.toml` as encrypted secret fields, set through `zeroclaw config set`, the dashboard or the terminal UI. OpenAI Codex and Claude subscription tokens are accepted in place of API keys. Gateway clients pair first and then send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`, with token hashes kept in config (https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/master/docs/book/src/security/authentication.md).",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT or Apache-2.0, with no subscription and no hosted seat (https://www.zeroclaw.com/). The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. ZeroRouter, the vendor's hosted beta model gateway, is optional and its prices were not read (checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source at commit 6c0b1f9 (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 32965,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.zeroclaw.com/master/en/introduction.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.zeroclaw.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "free",
        "no-card",
        "rust",
        "mit",
        "apache-2.0",
        "pre-1.0",
        "no-telemetry",
        "mcp-client",
        "approvals",
        "acp",
        "docker",
        "llms-txt"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-05",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 70.2,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 161,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 74,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 76,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-05. GHSA-93f6-34w8-5g98 (high), an unvalidated `wasm_path` let `zeroclaw plugin install` write an attacker-controlled file outside the plugins directory in 0.8.4 and earlier. Fixed in 0.8.5 and published the same day, inside six months, -2. https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-93f6-34w8-5g98",
          "2026-04-01. The project lead wrote that a maintainer's AI automation merged pull requests that should not have gone through and that GitHub took enforcement action on the organisation. Disclosed, the maintainer removed and merge access tightened, over six months old, -1. https://www.zeroclaw.com/blog/community-and-stability"
        ],
        "verdict": "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.",
        "bestFor": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "Supervised mode is the default. Tools outside an eleven-item read-only and fetch list prompt the owner, and an unanswered prompt is a denial after 120 seconds",
          "Approval prompts arrive on the channel in use, and `approval_route` can send them to a separate approver channel that denies when unreachable",
          "Channel secrets and provider keys are encrypted with ChaCha20-Poly1305 in `config.toml`, with the key in `.secret_key` at mode 0600",
          "An empty peer set denies every inbound sender, and the gateway binds 127.0.0.1 with pairing required by default",
          "Three tagged releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, each with a Breaking Changes section, and CI passing on master on 11 October"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The docs state that command execution is not audited. `[security.audit]` records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable",
          "No privacy policy, terms or security.txt on zeroclaw.com, and the home page links none",
          "`web_fetch`, `web_search_tool` and `browser_open` run without approval by default, and sandboxed tools keep full network egress",
          "GHSA-93f6-34w8-5g98 (high) let a plugin install write outside the plugins directory in 0.8.4 and earlier, fixed in 0.8.5 on 5 September 2026",
          "Version 0.8.5 is pre-1.0, patch releases carry breaking changes, and 576 issues and 384 pull requests were open on 12 October 2026"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Keep `[risk_profiles.\u003calias\u003e] level = \"supervised\"`. `full` runs every tool not listed in `always_ask`, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too",
          "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",
          "List senders in `[peer_groups.\u003cname\u003e] external_peers`. `[\"*\"]` accepts anyone on that channel",
          "Set `[web_fetch].allowed_domains` and `[http_request].allowed_domains`. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress",
          "Run one-shot tasks with `zeroclaw agent -a \u003calias\u003e -m \"\u003ctask\u003e\"`. A cron or webhook turn has no prompt, so shell calls fall to the command policy"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 70.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 72,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 74,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 76,
          "transparency": 74
        },
        "provenanceScore": 53
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/master/install.sh | sh   # or: brew install zeroclaw",
        "headless": {
          "command": "zeroclaw agent -a \u003calias\u003e -m \"$TASK\"",
          "setup": "zeroclaw quickstart"
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/zeroclaw"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "ZeroClaw Labs",
        "domain": "zeroclaw.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2026-03-02",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The NOTICE file reads Copyright 2025 ZeroClaw Labs and the blog signs posts as CEO, ZeroClaw Labs. No company form, registration or address was found on the site or in the repository.",
          "The home page of www.zeroclaw.com links no terms and no privacy policy, so both fields are empty and the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence stands in.",
          "www.zeroclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 12 October 2026. SECURITY.md asks for GitHub private vulnerability reporting and the README gives security@zeroclaw.dev.",
          "RDAP gives zeroclaw.com a registration date of 2026-03-02, registrar Atom.com Domains LLC. The repository was created on 13 February 2026.",
          "There is no hosted endpoint for the assistant. A gateway answers on its owner's own host."
        ],
        "score": 53
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.json"
    },
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      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "OpenAI",
        "b": "ZeroClaw Labs",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Paid",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
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      {
        "a": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read",
        "b": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-09",
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      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
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      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "33k stars",
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      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Dots or ZeroClaw?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Dots. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).",
        "question": "Are Dots and ZeroClaw open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.",
        "slug": "openai-dots",
        "watchFor": "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 74 against 3",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 41",
          "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 22",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 76 against 58",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 38",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 31"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better",
          "No key needed to call it",
          "Free to start without a card",
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "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.",
        "slug": "zeroclaw",
        "watchFor": "The docs state that command execution is not audited. `[security.audit]` records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "assistant.proactive",
      "name": "Assistant proactive"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "Gemini Spark vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Dots (F)\n\nGood for: A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha\n\n### ZeroClaw (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 74 against 3\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 41\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 22\n- Security \u0026 auth, 76 against 58\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 31\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch 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\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Dots | ZeroClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 3 | 74 | ZeroClaw +71 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 41 | 82 | ZeroClaw +41 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 22 | 72 | ZeroClaw +50 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 76 | ZeroClaw +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | ZeroClaw +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 38 | 80 | ZeroClaw +42 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 31 | 64 | ZeroClaw +33 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **28.3 · F** | **70.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Dots | ZeroClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | OpenAI | ZeroClaw Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. 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