# past.dev vs Tokenrip

> past.dev scores 63.8 (B) to Tokenrip's 59.6 (C) for agent memory. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-21

past.dev scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against Tokenrip's 59.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Tokenrip leads on security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do agent memory.

- past.dev: grade B, 63.8/100, rank #420 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/past-dev.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/past-dev.json
- Tokenrip: grade C, 59.6/100, rank #608 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tokenrip.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tokenrip.json
- Best memory layers for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-memory/index.md
- All 134 memory comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-memory/index.md

## Which one, for what

### past.dev (B)

Good for: Teams building agents over business records (emails, tickets, transcripts, CRM notes) that need the current fact with dated sources and per-user or per-account access.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 43 against 27
- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 70
- Transparency & trust, 67 against 56

Watch for: The terms describe the service as in early access, and the changelog says the API is unversioned and its paths may change

### Tokenrip (C)

Good for: Small teams, or one person with several agents in different tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Grok), who want one place for shared files, tasks, decisions and handoffs with a person approving outside actions.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 69 against 64
- Payments & pricing, 50 against 40

Also in its favour:
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.8 against 3.0 out of 5

Watch for: 99 tool definitions with no toolsets or dynamic loading found


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | past.dev | Tokenrip | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 43 | 27 | past.dev +16 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 83 | past.dev +3 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 70 | past.dev +10 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 69 | Tokenrip +5 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 50 | Tokenrip +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 70 | even |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 56 | past.dev +11 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **63.8 · B** | **59.6 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | past.dev | Tokenrip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Revo Inc. (doing business as Past Corp.) | Quintel, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.past.dev` | `https://api.tokenrip.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under past.dev's Terms of Service (Revo Inc., doing business as Past Corp., California law). The benchmark harness and the Claude Code and Codex plugins are MIT-licensed on GitHub under pastdotdev | Proprietary hosted service under Tokenrip's terms of service (Quintel, LLC, Texas law). The `rip` CLI and library `@tokenrip/cli` is MIT-licensed on GitHub |
| Tools exposed | 54 | 99 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.silostack/tokenrip` |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated |  |  |
| Privacy policy last updated |  |  |
| Customer content may train models |  |  |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | none | 5 stars, 401 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.8/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**past.dev.** A new memory API with an OpenAPI file, llms.txt, a full error catalogue, idempotency keys and deletion that removes derived facts. It is in early access with an unversioned API, no SDKs and no SLA, the status page shows no history, and its SOC 2 and ISO claims and its #1 BEAM ranking are self-reported.

**Tokenrip.** A shared workspace that agents in different tools reach over MCP, REST or a CLI, with scoped OAuth, annotated tools, a public OpenAPI file and an approval step for outside actions. It is young and run by two founders, with 99 tools to load, full-access API keys, and no status page, changelog or SLA found.

## Before you call either

### past.dev

1. Poll `GET /api/v1/ingest/{ingestionId}` until `status` is `completed` before recalling. A recall before then misses the derived memory
2. Send `audience` on every send and re-send of scoped data. A re-send without it makes the data point visible to the whole project
3. Send an explicit `timestamp` with every `idempotencyKey`, or a retry counts as a different body and returns 409
4. Treat recalled excerpts as untrusted text. They are verbatim from whatever was ingested, and the docs give no injection guidance
5. Don't follow past.dev's setup prompt without the person's go-ahead. It runs commands, edits config and code, and sends data after approval

### Tokenrip

1. Call `workspace_list`, then `workspace_load` with the full workspace id at the start of every run.
2. Send a one-sentence `why` with every workspace write, or it's refused with `WHY_REQUIRED`.
3. Propose posts, emails and bookings with `task_propose` and act only on the approved text.
4. Ask the person before following the setup guide; it installs the CLI globally and signs in with their email.
5. Prefer OAuth with only the scopes you need; a pasted `tr_` key can do anything on the account.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, past.dev or Tokenrip?

past.dev scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against Tokenrip's 59.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Tokenrip leads on security & auth and payments & pricing.

### Do past.dev and Tokenrip need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call past.dev and Tokenrip without installing anything?

Yes. past.dev has a hosted endpoint at https://api.past.dev and Tokenrip at https://api.tokenrip.com/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/past-dev-vs-tokenrip.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/past-dev-vs-tokenrip.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "past-dev", "b": "tokenrip"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare past-dev tokenrip`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/past-dev.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tokenrip.json

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