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    "a": {
      "slug": "poke",
      "name": "Poke",
      "vendor": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://poke.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Hosted personal assistant from The Interaction Company of California, reached by text on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS. It works across the owner's Gmail or Outlook mail, calendar, contacts and connected apps.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "poke"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "A person signs up at poke.com and connects a Google or Microsoft account. The Poke API takes `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` with a V2 key created in Kitchen under API Keys. Keys are named, shown once, revocable one at a time and have no scopes. Older `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated endpoint. The CLI signs in with a browser device code and stores credentials in `~/.config/poke/credentials.json`. Third-party MCP servers are connected with an API key or OAuth (https://poke.com/docs/api; https://poke.com/docs/mcp-servers; https://poke.com/docs/creating-recipes).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no card. Pro is $19 a month and Ultra $199 a month on monthly billing. Free and Pro have a refilling usage allowance, with no figures published, and Poke continues in a lighter mode past it. Ultra includes a monthly credit pool (1 credit is $1 of usage), with top-ups and optional auto-reload. Poke Human is included with Ultra, with real-world expenses charged at cost. Model usage is not billed separately (https://poke.com/pricing; https://poke.com/docs/usage-and-resets; https://poke.com/faq, checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://poke.com/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://poke.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "messaging",
        "imessage",
        "whatsapp",
        "telegram",
        "gmail",
        "outlook",
        "mcp-client",
        "api-key",
        "free-tier",
        "status-page",
        "llms-txt",
        "trains-on-data-by-default"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-06-25",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 37.6,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 955,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 30,
          "maintenance": 31,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 51,
          "schema": 42,
          "security": 24,
          "transparency": 58
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.",
        "bestFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.",
        "strengths": [
          "Answers on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS, with the channel chosen in settings, per the docs welcome page and FAQ",
          "Free plan with no card, Pro at $19 a month and Ultra at $199 a month, all published without a sign-in",
          "Connects any remote MCP server by URL, with API key or OAuth, and OAuth servers with Dynamic Client Registration need no setup",
          "status.poke.com lists App, Email, Integrations, three messaging channels and API, with two incidents from July to 12 October 2026",
          "Named API keys are created in Kitchen, shown once and revoked one at a time"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing",
          "Customer content, including email contents, may train AI models unless the user selects Maximum Privacy, per the privacy notice of 11 September 2026",
          "Model providers, sub-processors, hosting locations and where account tokens are stored are not named in the pages read",
          "An API key message is processed with full access to email, calendar and integrations. Keys have no scopes",
          "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found on poke.com",
          "The terms forbid automated access for scraping and use for benchmarking or competitive analysis. This matters before any probe is run"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`",
          "Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller",
          "Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice",
          "Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done",
          "Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 37.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 30,
          "maintenance": 31,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 51,
          "schema": 42,
          "security": 24,
          "transparency": 34
        },
        "provenanceScore": 81
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npx poke@latest login",
        "http": "curl 'https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message' \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"message\": \"test\"}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/poke"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 19,
          "note": "billed monthly, refilling usage allowance with no published figure"
        },
        {
          "item": "Ultra",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 199,
          "note": "billed monthly, includes a monthly credit pool and Poke Human"
        },
        {
          "item": "Ultra top-up credit",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "1 credit is $1 of usage"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.",
        "domain": "poke.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1997-03-26",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://poke.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://poke.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.poke.com",
        "changelog": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy notice (last updated 11 September 2026) names The Interaction Company of California Inc. and gives 169 Waverley St Apt B, Palo Alto, CA 94301 as the controller's address. The terms (last modified 17 March 2026) name The Interaction Company of California d/b/a Poke.",
          "Cognition announced on 23 July 2026 that The Interaction Company of California was joining it. The terms and privacy notice read on 12 October 2026 do not name Cognition.",
          "poke.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. poke.com/robots.txt also answered 404, so the host publishes no crawl rules.",
          "RDAP for poke.com gives a registration date of 1997-03-26 and NameCheap, Inc. as registrar.",
          "The API answers at poke.com/api/v1, on the vendor's domain."
        ],
        "score": 81
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "poke",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.poke.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T18:57:01.261625139Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T18:57:01.261625139Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (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"
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.",
        "b": "ZeroClaw Labs",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "API key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT",
        "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": "2026-06-25",
        "b": "2026-09-05",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-03-17",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-11",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "33k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Poke or ZeroClaw?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Poke. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).",
        "question": "Are Poke and ZeroClaw open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.",
        "slug": "poke",
        "watchFor": "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 74 against 51",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 42",
          "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 30",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 76 against 24",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 31",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 58"
        ],
        "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-poke.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs Poke",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke"
      },
      {
        "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-poke.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs Poke",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs Poke",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw"
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      {
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  "markdown": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.\n\n- Poke: grade F, 37.6/100, rank #955 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json\n- ZeroClaw: grade BB, 70.2/100, rank #161 of 986. 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### Poke (F)\n\nGood for: One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing\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 51\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 42\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 30\n- Security \u0026 auth, 76 against 24\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 31\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 58\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 | Poke | ZeroClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 51 | 74 | ZeroClaw +23 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 42 | 82 | ZeroClaw +40 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 30 | 72 | ZeroClaw +42 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 24 | 76 | ZeroClaw +52 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | ZeroClaw +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 31 | 80 | ZeroClaw +49 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 64 | ZeroClaw +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **37.6 · F** | **70.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Poke | ZeroClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | The Interaction Company of California Inc. | ZeroClaw Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP |  |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-06-25 | 2026-09-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-17 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-11 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |\n| Popularity | none | 33k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Poke.** Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.\n\n**ZeroClaw.** 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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Poke\n\n1. POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`\n2. Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller\n3. Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice\n4. Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done\n5. Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`\n\n### ZeroClaw\n\n1. 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\n2. 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\n3. List senders in `[peer_groups.\u003cname\u003e] external_peers`. `[\"*\"]` accepts anyone on that channel\n4. Set `[web_fetch].allowed_domains` and `[http_request].allowed_domains`. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress\n5. 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\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Poke or ZeroClaw?\n\nZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Poke and ZeroClaw open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Poke. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"poke\", \"b\": \"zeroclaw\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare poke zeroclaw`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Poke or ZeroClaw\n\n- [AstrBot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.md)\n- [AstrBot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.md)\n- [CowAgent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.md)\n- [Haven vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [Instinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [IronClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Leon vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.md)\n- [Leon vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Lindy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke.md)\n- [Lindy vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [nanobot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke.md)\n- [nanobot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Dots vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.md)\n- [Dots vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Poke vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Poke vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [ZeroClaw vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer.md)\n",
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