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          "Escalation chains with a time limit per assignee and a choice of leaving the task open or failing the workflow",
          "Reviewers can be Conductor users or people in your own identity system, by email or group",
          "Human task search by state, assignee, claimant, full text and input or output fields",
          "Application keys with roles and per-resource permissions",
          "Published uptime commitments of 99.9 per cent with service credits, up to 99.99 on Enterprise"
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          "Several objects to set up (form, task, workflow, application key) before the first approval",
          "Paid editions are contact sales only, and the free Developer Edition isn't for production",
          "No public status page or published API rate limits",
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          "Give every assignment you want to escalate from a non-zero `slaMinutes`, since 0 never expires and nothing can follow it",
          "Pick `TERMINATE` for risky actions so an unanswered approval fails the workflow instead of staying open to anyone",
          "Start approval workflows with an `idempotencyKey` and `RETURN_EXISTING`, so a retried start doesn't ask twice",
          "Refresh the JWT from `/api/token` with a set expiry instead of requesting one that never expires",
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          "measured": false
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        "http": "TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST https://developer.orkescloud.com/api/token -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n  -d \"{\\\"keyId\\\":\\\"$ORKES_KEY_ID\\\",\\\"keySecret\\\":\\\"$ORKES_KEY_SECRET\\\"}\" | jq -r .token)\ncurl -X POST https://developer.orkescloud.com/api/human/tasks/search -H \"X-Authorization: $TOKEN\" \\\n  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"searchType\":\"ADMIN\",\"start\":0,\"size\":10,\"states\":[\"ASSIGNED\"]}'",
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        "privacy": "https://orkes.io/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://orkes.io/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
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          "The privacy policy (last updated 2022-02-23) names Orkes, Inc. of Cupertino, California, and says data is stored on servers in the United States.",
          "The Developer Edition API runs on developer.orkescloud.com, not on orkes.io.",
          "The docs repository (orkes-io/docs) was last updated on 2026-07-06. Its static/llms.txt is the whole documentation in one 2.57 MB file.",
          "No public status page found. The Cloud support policy at orkes.io/cloud-support-policy sets uptime commitments by plan.",
          "We couldn't read security.txt or RDAP on 2026-10-01."
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      "name": "Permit MCP Gateway",
      "vendor": "Permit.io",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.permit.io/mcp-gateway",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "human-in-the-loop",
      "summary": "Hosted proxy between MCP clients and MCP servers that signs in the human behind the agent, checks each tool call against Permit.io policy and logs it.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/permit-mcp-gateway",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/permit-mcp-gateway.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/permit-mcp-gateway.min.md",
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      "transports": [
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://{subdomain}.agent.security/mcp",
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      "authNotes": "The gateway is an OAuth 2.1 authorisation server per host. The MCP client gets a 401, reads `/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` and opens a browser, where the user signs in with email and password, a one-time code, a passkey, Google, GitHub or Microsoft, or SAML or OIDC single sign-on, then picks the access the agent gets. Upstream OAuth (GitHub, Linear) runs through the same consent flow. Sessions expire 90 days after the last tool call.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Human-in-the-loop approvals are on Enterprise plans, arranged through a demo (https://docs.permit.io/permit-mcp-gateway/human-in-the-loop), and so are the customer-controlled and fully on-premises deployments. The hosted gateway is where evaluation starts, sign-up at app.agent.security. Permit's pricing page lists a free Community plan (1,000 MAU, 20 tenants, no card, 14-day audit logs, best-effort cloud uptime) and Enterprise through sales with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA and a 99.99 per cent uptime option, but no line for the MCP gateway (https://www.permit.io/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "Paid",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
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        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.permit.io/permit-mcp-gateway/human-in-the-loop",
      "capabilities": [
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        "hitl.channels",
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        "auth.audit"
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      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "self-hosted",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "enterprise"
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      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
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        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "reliability": 47,
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          "transparency": 45
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
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          "No SDK or client change, since the client points at the gateway URL and keeps its tool list",
          "Fails closed, with timeouts that reject and disconnects that cancel",
          "OAuth 2.1 with consent, a trust ceiling per user and admin revocation",
          "Approval history with the outcome, deciding admin and decision time, plus every call in Permit audit logs",
          "Customer-controlled and on-premises deployments keep tool traffic inside your network"
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          "Approvals are Enterprise only, through a demo, with no published price",
          "Only gateway admins approve, so routing to the right person needs admin seats",
          "5-minute default window, extendable 5 minutes at a time, suits live sessions more than overnight review",
          "No gateway changelog, and the product changelog on Canny stopped in May 2024",
          "Rate limits exist but aren't published, and the status page doesn't list the gateway"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Expect a waiting message before an approval-gated tool returns, and don't retry the call while it waits",
          "Read the rejection reason in the error and change approach instead of calling the same tool again",
          "Treat a timeout as a rejection and ask the user to have an admin online before a batch of destructive calls",
          "Stay connected while waiting, since dropping the connection cancels the request",
          "On a 429 with `rate_limited`, back off for a few seconds and grow the wait on each retry"
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          "measured": false
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            "grade": "C",
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          "schema": 53,
          "security": 80,
          "transparency": 40
        },
        "provenanceScore": 50
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      "connect": {
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http linear-gated \"https://YOUR-HOST.agent.security/mcp?upstream_mcp=https://mcp.linear.app/mcp\""
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/hitl.approve",
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      "alsoIn": [
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        "legalEntity": "Permit Inc.",
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        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://www.permit.io/legal/terms-and-conditions",
        "privacy": "https://www.permit.io/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://permit-io.instatus.com/",
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        "securityTxt": "unknown",
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        "notes": [
          "Gateway hosts and the admin dashboard run on agent.security (app.agent.security, \u003chost\u003e.agent.security), while policy and audit logs live on app.permit.io.",
          "The status page lists the backend, OPAL, frontend, website, PDP Deltas and PDP Data. It has no component for the gateway or agent.security.",
          "The docs changelog page says the Canny changelog has no entries after 2024-05-16 and points to SDK and PDP release notes instead.",
          "The gateway docs in permitio/docs were last changed on 2026-09-20. The human-in-the-loop page was added on 2026-05-11.",
          "The terms (updated 2026-07-01) name Permit Inc., a Delaware corporation with a registered office in Dover, Delaware. We couldn't read security.txt or RDAP on 2026-10-01."
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        "score": 50
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              "date": "2026-10-03",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/permit-mcp-gateway.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/permit-mcp-gateway.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Orkes Conductor Human tasks for schema \u0026 documentation (+12), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+38).\n\nPick Permit MCP Gateway for reliability (+15), agent ergonomics (+14), security \u0026 auth (+9).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Orkes Conductor Human tasks | Permit MCP Gateway | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 32 | 47 | Permit MCP Gateway +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 53 | Orkes Conductor Human tasks +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 83 | Permit MCP Gateway +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 80 | Permit MCP Gateway +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 10 | Orkes Conductor Human tasks +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 43 | Orkes Conductor Human tasks +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 45 | Orkes Conductor Human tasks +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **54.2 · C** | **54.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Orkes Conductor Human tasks | Permit MCP Gateway |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model platform |\n| Vendor | Orkes | Permit.io |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://developer.orkescloud.com/api` | `https://{subdomain}.agent.security/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Conductor OSS and SDKs), proprietary (Orkes Conductor) | none |\n| Tools exposed | 19 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.conductor-oss/conductor-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-10 | none |\n| Popularity | none | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Orkes Conductor Human tasks.** Escalation chains with a time limit per assignee and a choice of leaving the task open or failing the workflow. No built-in Slack or email prompt, so alerts need a trigger policy and a second workflow.\n\n**Permit MCP Gateway.** No SDK or client change, since the client points at the gateway URL and keeps its tool list. Approvals are Enterprise only, through a demo, with no published price.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Orkes Conductor Human tasks\n\n1. Give every assignment you want to escalate from a non-zero `slaMinutes`, since 0 never expires and nothing can follow it\n2. Pick `TERMINATE` for risky actions so an unanswered approval fails the workflow instead of staying open to anyone\n3. Start approval workflows with an `idempotencyKey` and `RETURN_EXISTING`, so a retried start doesn't ask twice\n4. Refresh the JWT from `/api/token` with a set expiry instead of requesting one that never expires\n5. Fetch single doc pages, not llms.txt, which is the whole documentation in 2.57 MB\n\n### Permit MCP Gateway\n\n1. Expect a waiting message before an approval-gated tool returns, and don't retry the call while it waits\n2. Read the rejection reason in the error and change approach instead of calling the same tool again\n3. Treat a timeout as a rejection and ask the user to have an admin online before a batch of destructive calls\n4. Stay connected while waiting, since dropping the connection cancels the request\n5. On a 429 with `rate_limited`, back off for a few seconds and grow the wait on each retry\n\n## Other comparisons with Orkes Conductor Human tasks or Permit MCP Gateway\n\n- [gotoHuman vs Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-orkes-conductor.md)\n- [gotoHuman vs Permit MCP Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-permit-mcp-gateway.md)\n- [Inngest vs Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inngest-vs-orkes-conductor.md)\n- [Inngest vs Permit MCP Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inngest-vs-permit-mcp-gateway.md)\n- [Orkes Conductor Human tasks vs Pushary](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-pushary.md)\n- [Orkes Conductor Human tasks vs Temporal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-temporal.md)\n- [Orkes Conductor Human tasks vs Trigger.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-trigger-dev.md)\n- [Permit MCP Gateway vs Pushary](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-pushary.md)\n- [Permit MCP Gateway vs Temporal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-temporal.md)\n- [Permit MCP Gateway vs Trigger.dev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-trigger-dev.md)\n",
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