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It drives Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw and other harnesses through adapters.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperclip.json", "dns": "paperclip.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "paperclipai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paperclipai/mcp-server" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No Paperclip account. The default `local_trusted` mode needs no login on loopback. Authenticated mode uses browser sessions for people, board API keys for scripts, and agent API keys or short-lived run JWTs as bearer tokens.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, self-hosted, with nothing to buy. The owner pays each harness's model provider or subscription. Paperclip Cloud is a waitlist with no published price.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the site or the server source (checked 2026-10-08). The only mention in the repository is a link to a third-party skill in a planning note.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 98666, "npmWeekly": 59684, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.paperclip.ing", "llmsTxt": "https://paperclip.ing/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "llms-txt", "docker", "mcp", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-23", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 52.6, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 982, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 39, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 60, "reliability": 59, "schema": 81, "security": 64, "transparency": 66 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": -15, "negativeNotes": [ "Advisories counted one by one, at this run's values (a fixed Critical or High over two months old 1, a fixed Moderate the vendor published 1, an unfixed High 2). OSV holds eleven Paperclip advisories, all published 10 to 16 April 2026. Four fixed Criticals, among them GHSA-68qg-g8mg-6pr7 (CVE-2026-41679, unauthenticated remote code execution through an import authorisation bypass, fixed 2026.410.0) and the cross-tenant key flaws GHSA-3xx2-mqjm-hg9x and GHSA-47wq-cj9q-wpmp, -4. Three fixed Highs (GHSA-265w-rf2w-cjh4, GHSA-w8hx-hqjv-vjcq, GHSA-xfqj-r5qw-8g4j), -3. Three fixed Moderates (GHSA-3pw3-v88x-xj24, GHSA-p7mm-r948-4q3q and GHSA-fpw4-p57j-hqmq, a stored XSS in the UI's Markdown links), -3. https://api.osv.dev/v1/query", "2026-04-16. GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf (High), a `codex_local` agent inherited a Gmail connector from the owner's ChatGPT account and sent real email. OSV lists no fixed version, and `codex_local` still defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, so it counts as unfixed, -2. https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf", "2026-07-22. GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7 (9.6), drive-by remote code execution against the default `local_trusted` mode through DNS rebinding. Per the 8 October check the advisory names no patched version and the source applies the hostname guard to `local_trusted` private deployments, read as fixed, over two months old, -1. It is not in OSV. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories/GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7", "2026-10-24. Commit 5db57347 (#17435) fixes plugin diagnostics routes that let a board member of one company read another company's plugin log messages, job run errors and webhook delivery errors. It is on master and in canary builds only, in no stable release (2026.1023.0 was promoted from a beta tagged on 11 October), with no advisory, -3. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/17435", "-4 -3 -3 -2 -1 -3 = -16, held at the -15 floor." ], "verdict": "Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, with ten stable versions in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, twelve security advisories have appeared since April 2026, and a 24 October cross-company read fix is in no stable release.", "bestFor": "Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.", "strengths": [ "One deployment runs agents on Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Pi, Hermes, Grok Build, Kimi Code and OpenClaw through adapters, under one org chart", "Board approvals gate agent hires and the CEO agent's strategy, and connection actions can be set to Allowed, Ask first or Off", "Budgets by company, agent and project pause an agent at 100 per cent of recorded spend", "The running server publishes its REST surface as OpenAPI at `/api/openapi.json`, and the docs site answers every page as Markdown at `.md`", "Ten stable releases between 17 August and 23 October 2026, each with dated notes, a Breaking Changes section and an upgrade guide" ], "weaknesses": [ "`claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host", "Twelve published security advisories since April 2026, five critical, including CVE-2026-41679 (unauthenticated remote code execution, fixed in 2026.410.0)", "Anonymous usage telemetry is on by default and goes to telemetry.paperclip.ing until an opt-out is set", "2,849 open issues on 8 October 2026, 1,396 of them with no comment, and 78 closed in 30 days against 686 opened", "Calendar versions with no 1.0, and release 2026.916.0 carried five breaking changes" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start. 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The licence file in the repository reads Copyright (c) 2025 Paperclip AI.", "RDAP at the .ing registry gives a registration date of 2026-03-02 for paperclip.ing, with Cloudflare as registrar. The GitHub repository was created the same day.", "paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt and docs.paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. SECURITY.md sends reports to GitHub private advisories.", "The software is self-hosted, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check. status.paperclip.ing did not answer.", "The privacy policy says it governs the hosted services, and that a self-hosted deployment processes data on the owner's infrastructure." ], "score": 58 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.json", "live": { "slug": "paperclip", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "paperclipai/paperclip", "version": "v2026.1106.0", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:54:27.395759821Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paperclipai/mcp-server", "version": "2026.1106.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:54:25.875367104Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "paperclipai", "version": "2026.1106.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:54:25.202880061Z" } ], "githubStars": 111739, "npmWeekly": 55631, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:01.774301174Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:33:34.992030626Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "paperclip.ing", "registered": "2026-03-02", "source": "https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap/domain/paperclip.ing", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:22:49.390462839Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:55.15829297Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-24T02:22:26.710785766Z", "fingerprint": "a227bbb641b7" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/v2026.1001.0/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:57.262424846Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f4181b1b6b88" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/v2026.1005.0/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:15:59.373178947Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "802a09c9725b" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/v2026.1012.0/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:16:01.420841708Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0afbb1fc6f29" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/v2026.1023.0/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:16:03.413299546Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9a8de031b163" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/v2026.916.0/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:16:05.190283004Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1e69b918c7c5" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:16:07.376360782Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-24T02:22:28.926605099Z", "fingerprint": "0f001aba3049" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:16:09.360818389Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-24T02:22:30.943098177Z", "fingerprint": "42aee815daee" } ], "github": { "repo": "paperclipai/paperclip", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:14:52.889851537Z", "stars": 110038, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T06:27:13Z", "openIssues": 3464, "openPRs": 3161, "issuesOpened90d": 1860, "issuesClosed90d": 461, "prsMerged90d": 2751, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 50, "success": 43, "failure": 4, "other": 3, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-11-02T06:27:47Z" }, "advisories": [ { "ghsa": "GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-07-22T23:12:15Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-3xx2-mqjm-hg9x", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-04-16T12:24:49Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-fpw4-p57j-hqmq", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-04-16T12:24:23Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-p7mm-r948-4q3q", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-04-16T12:24:03Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-47wq-cj9q-wpmp", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-04-16T12:23:29Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-vr7g-88fq-vhq3", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-04-16T12:21:04Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-16T12:19:12Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-xfqj-r5qw-8g4j", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-16T12:16:47Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-w8hx-hqjv-vjcq", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-16T12:16:15Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-265w-rf2w-cjh4", "cve": "CVE-2026-41208", "severity": "high", "published": "2026-04-16T12:15:14Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-3pw3-v88x-xj24", "severity": "medium", "published": "2026-04-16T12:14:14Z" }, { "ghsa": "GHSA-68qg-g8mg-6pr7", "cve": "CVE-2026-41679", "severity": "critical", "published": "2026-04-10T16:50:27Z" } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:01.774301174Z" } }, "answer": "Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 52.6 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "traycer", "name": "Traycer", "vendor": "Traycer AI", "vendorUrl": "https://traycer.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Traycer is an open-source orchestration app that runs coding agents you already pay for, or its own inference, in parallel with shared context across models, agent-to-agent messaging, shareable boards and cross-device sync.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/traycer.json", "dns": "traycer.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/traycerai/traycer", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. You pay for the coding agents it runs, through your own subscriptions or API keys (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.traycer.ai", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "desktop-app", "cli", "telemetry", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 816, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 29, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 65, "security": 42, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An open-source app for running several coding agents together with shared context, agent-to-agent messaging and team boards, on every desktop OS. Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, and the README says Sentry and PostHog may be on in release builds.", "bestFor": "Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards.", "strengths": [ "Runs agents you already pay for, or Traycer's own inference", "Shares context across models and lets agents message each other", "macOS, Linux and Windows builds, with package-manager installs", "MIT, with CodeQL, Scorecard and secret scanning" ], "weaknesses": [ "Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals; with it off, prompts may be logged", "Sentry and PostHog may be enabled in release builds, with no opt-out in the README", "Inference subscription price not found on the pages read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Turn on Privacy Mode if you're an individual user and don't want prompts logged", "CLI agents you configure send requests straight to their provider; Traycer's own inference goes through Traycer" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 65, "security": 42, "transparency": 66 }, "provenanceScore": 53, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "Download for macOS, Linux or Windows from the releases page" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/traycer" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Traycer AI", "domain": "traycer.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/traycerai/traycer/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names Traycer AI. The repository is github.com/traycerai/traycer." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.json", "live": { "slug": "traycer", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://traycer.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:47.880384121Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traycerai/traycer/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:23:51.024738302Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d3f389f721e9" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:47.880384121Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 30, "category": "payments", "leads": "paperclip", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No payment protocol (0). Read with the self-hosted rule. The software is free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card and no Paperclip account (20). One `npx` command installs and starts it with no signup (20). Paperclip Cloud is a waitlist with no published price, so there is no paid option to score.", "b": "Scored on the paid option, Traycer's own inference subscription, whose price wasn't read (0 of 20). No protocol (0). Bring-your-own-agent use is free (20). Accounts for sync and teams weren't checked, half (10). 0 + 0 + 20 + 10 = 30." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 30 } }, { "by": 22, "category": "security", "leads": "paperclip", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework checklist, as used for the other harnesses. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Anonymous usage telemetry is on by default and goes to telemetry.paperclip.ing. The README lists what is excluded and four opt-outs, and Sentry and OpenTelemetry stay off until configured. We found no first-run notice in the CLI source (18). Board approvals for hires and strategy, execution policies and per-action connection permissions, but `claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true, `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, local agents run on the host, sandbox providers are optional plugins and the default `local_trusted` mode has no login (10). A documented `low_trust_review` preset contains agents that read untrusted pull requests or tickets. It is opt-in (10). An activity log of mutating actions, run logs, cost events and audited board API keys (14). SECURITY.md with GitHub private reporting and twelve advisories published per the 8 October check, three now with CVEs in OSV. No security.txt, bug bounty or SOC 2 report found (12).", "b": "Harness reading. Code is processed in memory and not used for training, but Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, prompts may be logged with it off, and Sentry and PostHog 'may be enabled in release builds' (10 of 30). No approval model described in the README (8 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log found (5). SECURITY.md, CodeQL, Scorecard and secret scanning (14 of 20). 10 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 42." }, "scores": { "a": 64, "b": 42 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "schema", "leads": "paperclip", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "The running server publishes OpenAPI at `/api/openapi.json` and validates requests with Zod, and the MCP server's tools take Zod schemas. No copy of the spec is published on the docs site, and paperclip.ing/openapi.json describes only the website (22). llms.txt at paperclip.ing, and docs pages answer as Markdown at `.md` (10). An API reference page per resource and task guides, but the MCP tool descriptions are one line each, such as List agents in a company (13). Typed inputs throughout, apart from the `paperclipApiRequest` tool, which takes any path under `/api` and a JSON body (12). cURL, JavaScript and Python examples and a status-code table, with one `{error}` shape and an occasional `details` field (12). A changelog page for every stable release and release notes in the repository, but the API path carries no version (12).", "b": "Harness reading. Mintlify docs, a protocol package and a CLI (65)." }, "scores": { "a": 81, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "reliability", "leads": "traycer", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read as local software. Official npm package `paperclipai` (Node.js 24.11 or newer) and a Docker image on GHCR (20). Public CI that runs the tests (pr-trusted.yml selects and runs the test shards, and e2e.yml runs the end-to-end suite), with the pass state on master unreadable on 4 November 2026 because GitHub's pages answer 403 here (15). Per the 8 October check, not re-read on 4 November, 2,849 open issues, 125 labelled bug, 1,599 opened before 8 July, and 78 closed in the last 30 days against 686 opened (6). Calendar versions in semver syntax, with a Breaking Changes section and an upgrade guide in release notes, but breaking changes arrive in ordinary releases and 2026.916.0 carried five (10). No 1.0. The npm `latest` tag is called the stable channel and follows a beta soak of at least three days, while the roadmap says the product is still moving quickly, so half credit (8). 20 + 15 + 6 + 10 + 8 = 59.", "b": "Local software. Builds for macOS, Linux and Windows, and package-manager publishing workflows (20). test.yml, CodeQL, OpenSSF Scorecard and secret scanning run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Host 1.5.3 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 15 = 65." }, "scores": { "a": 59, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "transparency", "leads": "paperclip", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "MIT (30). The privacy policy of 23 July 2026 separates self-hosted use from the hosted services and names Paperclip Labs, Inc., but keeps data as long as reasonably necessary, lists no subprocessors, and the 90-day telemetry retention appears only in source. The terms grant a broad licence over content sent to the services and allow model training on opt-in detailed telemetry (16). Release notes carry dated Breaking Changes sections and upgrade guides, with no written deprecation policy or notice period (10). The README discloses telemetry, what it excludes and four opt-outs, and the event contract is public in the repository, but it is on by default (17).", "b": "MIT (30). README privacy section and a linked privacy policy (not read) (18 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). Analytics described as 'may be enabled', with no opt-out given in the README (8 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 8 = 66." }, "scores": { "a": 66, "b": 60 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "paperclip", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. The MCP server lists 44 tools with no toolsets or read-only subset found, offset by compact reads such as `paperclipInboxLite` and the heartbeat context (12). Budgets by company, agent and project with an automatic pause at 100 per cent, though the README says enforcement uses recorded spend and can lag work in flight (16). `onboard --yes`, CLI commands with `--json`, the REST API and routines started by cron, webhook or API (16). Atomic task checkout with a documented 409, `Idempotency-Key` on routine triggers, saved sessions and bounded recovery (17). One command starts a server with embedded PostgreSQL, but it needs Node.js 24.11 and each harness CLI installed and signed in on the host, and we found no client SDK beyond the TypeScript plugin SDK (9).", "b": "Harness reading. Model switching within an agent, agent-to-agent loops, a CLI and cross-device sync (65)." }, "scores": { "a": 70, "b": 65 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Paperclip Labs, Inc.", "b": "Traycer AI", "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": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-23", "b": "2026-11-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-07-23", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-23", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "99k stars, 60k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 52.6 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Paperclip or Traycer?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Paperclip is open source (MIT). Traycer is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Paperclip and Traycer open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 65", "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 42", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 66 against 60" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.", "slug": "paperclip", "watchFor": "`claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 59" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 15 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards.", "slug": "traycer", "watchFor": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-warp.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-traycer.json", "title": "Parallax vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-traycer" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 6, "edge": "traycer", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "paperclip": 59, "traycer": 65, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "paperclip", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "paperclip": 81, "traycer": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "paperclip", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "paperclip": 70, "traycer": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 22, "edge": "paperclip", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "paperclip": 64, "traycer": 42, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "paperclip", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "paperclip": 60, "traycer": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "paperclip", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "paperclip": 78, "traycer": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "paperclip", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "paperclip": 66, "traycer": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 52.6 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "paperclip": "Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, with ten stable versions in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, twelve security advisories have appeared since April 2026, and a 24 October cross-company read fix is in no stable release.", "traycer": "An open-source app for running several coding agents together with shared context, agent-to-agent messaging and team boards, on every desktop OS. Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, and the README says Sentry and PostHog may be on in release builds." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-traycer", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-traycer.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-traycer.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-traycer.min.md" }, "markdown": "Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 52.6 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.\n\n- Paperclip: grade D, 52.6/100, rank #982 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperclip.json\n- Traycer: grade C, 57/100, rank #816 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/traycer.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Paperclip (D)\n\nGood for: Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 42\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 66 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: `claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host\n\n### Traycer (C)\n\nGood for: Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 15 points for them\n\nWatch for: Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals; with it off, prompts may be logged\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Paperclip +30\n\n- Paperclip (60): No payment protocol (0). Read with the self-hosted rule. The software is free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card and no Paperclip account (20). One `npx` command installs and starts it with no signup (20). Paperclip Cloud is a waitlist with no published price, so there is no paid option to score.\n- Traycer (30): Scored on the paid option, Traycer's own inference subscription, whose price wasn't read (0 of 20). No protocol (0). Bring-your-own-agent use is free (20). Accounts for sync and teams weren't checked, half (10). 0 + 0 + 20 + 10 = 30.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Paperclip +22\n\n- Paperclip (64): Harness reading of the framework checklist, as used for the other harnesses. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Anonymous usage telemetry is on by default and goes to telemetry.paperclip.ing. The README lists what is excluded and four opt-outs, and Sentry and OpenTelemetry stay off until configured. We found no first-run notice in the CLI source (18). Board approvals for hires and strategy, execution policies and per-action connection permissions, but `claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true, `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, local agents run on the host, sandbox providers are optional plugins and the default `local_trusted` mode has no login (10). A documented `low_trust_review` preset contains agents that read untrusted pull requests or tickets. It is opt-in (10). An activity log of mutating actions, run logs, cost events and audited board API keys (14). SECURITY.md with GitHub private reporting and twelve advisories published per the 8 October check, three now with CVEs in OSV. No security.txt, bug bounty or SOC 2 report found (12).\n- Traycer (42): Harness reading. Code is processed in memory and not used for training, but Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, prompts may be logged with it off, and Sentry and PostHog 'may be enabled in release builds' (10 of 30). No approval model described in the README (8 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log found (5). SECURITY.md, CodeQL, Scorecard and secret scanning (14 of 20). 10 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 42.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Paperclip +16\n\n- Paperclip (81): The running server publishes OpenAPI at `/api/openapi.json` and validates requests with Zod, and the MCP server's tools take Zod schemas. No copy of the spec is published on the docs site, and paperclip.ing/openapi.json describes only the website (22). llms.txt at paperclip.ing, and docs pages answer as Markdown at `.md` (10). An API reference page per resource and task guides, but the MCP tool descriptions are one line each, such as List agents in a company (13). Typed inputs throughout, apart from the `paperclipApiRequest` tool, which takes any path under `/api` and a JSON body (12). cURL, JavaScript and Python examples and a status-code table, with one `{error}` shape and an occasional `details` field (12). A changelog page for every stable release and release notes in the repository, but the API path carries no version (12).\n- Traycer (65): Harness reading. Mintlify docs, a protocol package and a CLI (65).\n\n### Reliability: Traycer +6\n\n- Paperclip (59): Read as local software. Official npm package `paperclipai` (Node.js 24.11 or newer) and a Docker image on GHCR (20). Public CI that runs the tests (pr-trusted.yml selects and runs the test shards, and e2e.yml runs the end-to-end suite), with the pass state on master unreadable on 4 November 2026 because GitHub's pages answer 403 here (15). Per the 8 October check, not re-read on 4 November, 2,849 open issues, 125 labelled bug, 1,599 opened before 8 July, and 78 closed in the last 30 days against 686 opened (6). Calendar versions in semver syntax, with a Breaking Changes section and an upgrade guide in release notes, but breaking changes arrive in ordinary releases and 2026.916.0 carried five (10). No 1.0. The npm `latest` tag is called the stable channel and follows a beta soak of at least three days, while the roadmap says the product is still moving quickly, so half credit (8). 20 + 15 + 6 + 10 + 8 = 59.\n- Traycer (65): Local software. Builds for macOS, Linux and Windows, and package-manager publishing workflows (20). test.yml, CodeQL, OpenSSF Scorecard and secret scanning run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Host 1.5.3 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 15 = 65.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Paperclip +6\n\n- Paperclip (66): MIT (30). The privacy policy of 23 July 2026 separates self-hosted use from the hosted services and names Paperclip Labs, Inc., but keeps data as long as reasonably necessary, lists no subprocessors, and the 90-day telemetry retention appears only in source. The terms grant a broad licence over content sent to the services and allow model training on opt-in detailed telemetry (16). Release notes carry dated Breaking Changes sections and upgrade guides, with no written deprecation policy or notice period (10). The README discloses telemetry, what it excludes and four opt-outs, and the event contract is public in the repository, but it is on by default (17).\n- Traycer (60): MIT (30). README privacy section and a linked privacy policy (not read) (18 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). Analytics described as 'may be enabled', with no opt-out given in the README (8 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 8 = 66.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Paperclip +5\n\n- Paperclip (70): Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. The MCP server lists 44 tools with no toolsets or read-only subset found, offset by compact reads such as `paperclipInboxLite` and the heartbeat context (12). Budgets by company, agent and project with an automatic pause at 100 per cent, though the README says enforcement uses recorded spend and can lag work in flight (16). `onboard --yes`, CLI commands with `--json`, the REST API and routines started by cron, webhook or API (16). Atomic task checkout with a documented 409, `Idempotency-Key` on routine triggers, saved sessions and bounded recovery (17). One command starts a server with embedded PostgreSQL, but it needs Node.js 24.11 and each harness CLI installed and signed in on the host, and we found no client SDK beyond the TypeScript plugin SDK (9).\n- Traycer (65): Harness reading. Model switching within an agent, agent-to-agent loops, a CLI and cross-device sync (65).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Paperclip | Traycer | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 59 | 65 | Traycer +6 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 65 | Paperclip +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 65 | Paperclip +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 42 | Paperclip +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Paperclip +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 75 | Paperclip +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 60 | Paperclip +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -15 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **52.6 · D** | **57 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Paperclip | Traycer |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Paperclip Labs, Inc. | Traycer AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-11-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-23 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-23 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |\n| Popularity | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Paperclip\n\n- -6.4 on 4 November 2026 (C to D): correction\n- no change on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Traycer\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Paperclip.** Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, with ten stable versions in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, twelve security advisories have appeared since April 2026, and a 24 October cross-company read fix is in no stable release.\n\n**Traycer.** An open-source app for running several coding agents together with shared context, agent-to-agent messaging and team boards, on every desktop OS. Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, and the README says Sentry and PostHog may be on in release builds.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Paperclip\n\n1. Set `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start. Telemetry is on by default\n2. Set `dangerouslySkipPermissions` and `dangerouslyBypassApprovalsAndSandbox` to false on agents that read untrusted input, or run them in a sandbox provider\n3. Install with Node.js 24.11 or newer, and install and sign in to each harness CLI on the host first. Paperclip assumes they are there\n4. Use `--bind lan` or `--bind tailnet` at onboarding for anything beyond one machine. The default `local_trusted` mode treats every request as the board admin\n5. Treat 409 on task checkout as owned by another agent and pick different work. The API docs say not to retry\n\n### Traycer\n\n1. Turn on Privacy Mode if you're an individual user and don't want prompts logged\n2. CLI agents you configure send requests straight to their provider; Traycer's own inference goes through Traycer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Paperclip or Traycer?\n\nTraycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 52.6 (D), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on schema \u0026 documentation, agent ergonomics, security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Paperclip and Traycer open source?\n\nYes. Paperclip is open source (MIT). Traycer is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-traycer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-traycer.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"paperclip\", \"b\": \"traycer\"}`. 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