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      "slug": "town",
      "name": "Town",
      "vendor": "Town.com, Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.town.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Town is a hosted AI assistant, called a Townie, with its own email address. It works across the owner's email, calendar and connected work apps, runs scheduled routines, and answers by email, text, WhatsApp, Telegram, the web or iOS.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json",
      "license": "Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026).",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "People sign up at town.com with account credentials or a linked Google or single sign-on account (https://www.town.com/terms-of-service). A routine can expose its own webhook URL, called with a bearer secret that is shown once and can be rotated. Town answers a wrong secret, a disabled endpoint and a missing one with the same 404 (https://www.town.com/docs/routines/stock-routines/webhooks).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no credit card, 30 chat messages a month, the weekly briefing and a 7-day Pro trial on signup. Starter is $15 a month billed monthly with 1,250 credits. Pro ($49), Power ($99) and Power Plus ($199) are monthly prices at the billed-annually rate, and monthly billing is \"available at a slightly higher rate\". Team is $59 and Team Plus $149 a seat a month. Credits past the allotment bill at $0.044 (Pro), $0.038 (Power, Team), $0.032 (Power Plus) and $0.030 (Team Plus), with an optional monthly spend cap (https://www.town.com/pricing and https://www.town.com/docs/billing/plans, checked 14 October 2026).",
      "priceSummary": "$15 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on town.com's pricing, docs and terms, checked 14 October 2026.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.town.com/docs",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "mailbox.read",
        "mailbox.send",
        "calendar.write",
        "messaging.whatsapp",
        "messaging.rcs",
        "messaging.inbound",
        "email.inbound",
        "voice.calls",
        "memory.user",
        "tasks.create",
        "notify.push",
        "agent.multi-agent",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "official",
        "closed-source",
        "freemium",
        "free-tier",
        "no-card",
        "ios",
        "soc2",
        "webhooks"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-10",
      "graded": true,
      "disclosure": "Town competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.",
      "competesWith": "localghost",
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 48.7,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 834,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1010,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 49,
          "maintenance": 60,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 33,
          "security": 79,
          "transparency": 63
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.",
        "bestFor": "An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.",
        "disclosure": "Town competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.",
        "strengths": [
          "Per-routine webhook secrets, shown once and rotatable, with an X-Town-Idempotency-Key header and six documented responses.",
          "Routines run in autonomous, approval-required or read-only mode, with per-tool overrides and account scope defaulting to the trigger account.",
          "Webhook payloads are framed as untrusted data, and Town can block a webhook routine that combines untrusted input with autonomous sending.",
          "SOC 2 Type 2 audited per the trust page, with a security@corp.town.com reporting address.",
          "Free plan at $0 with no credit card, and a dated subprocessor list naming model providers."
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in.",
          "The trust page says Town never sends without the owner's OK, while the docs describe autonomous routines and an Allow all actions session mode.",
          "A webhook call returns only 202, so the caller can't read what the routine did.",
          "No status page, published webhook rate limit or SLA found."
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Start a Town routine with POST to its webhook URL, Authorization Bearer whsec_ secret, and application/json or text/plain. Expect 202 only.",
          "Send X-Town-Idempotency-Key with a stable event id on every retry so Town doesn't start a second run.",
          "Treat 404 as wrong secret, disabled endpoint or missing endpoint alike, and ask the owner to check Routine Settings rather than retrying.",
          "Send account_email only if the owner allowed the override. It must match a connected account in full and can't widen the routine's scope.",
          "Ask the owner to keep routines that act on webhook input in approval-required mode, as Town's own docs advise."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 48.7
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 49,
          "maintenance": 60,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 33,
          "security": 79,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "provenanceScore": 76
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/town"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Town Starter",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 15,
          "note": "Billed monthly, 1,250 credits. Checked 14 October 2026."
        },
        {
          "item": "Town Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "Billed annually, 5,000 credits. Monthly billing costs more."
        },
        {
          "item": "Town Power",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 99,
          "note": "Billed annually, 12,000 credits."
        },
        {
          "item": "Town Power Plus",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 199,
          "note": "40,000 credits."
        },
        {
          "item": "Town Team",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 59,
          "note": "6,000 credits a seat, pooled."
        },
        {
          "item": "Town Pro overage",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.044,
          "note": "Per credit past the plan allotment."
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Town.com, Inc.",
        "domain": "town.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1996-11-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.town.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.town.com/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://www.town.com/updates",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "town.com's robots.txt gives ClaudeBot an allow list of named pages and disallows everything else, so only listed pages were read. security.txt and llms.txt are not on the list and were not requested.",
          "The terms name Town.com, Inc. and were updated on 21 July 2026. Legal contact legal@corp.town.com, support support@corp.town.com.",
          "No status page was found on the pages read.",
          "Webhook URLs are created per routine on Town's own service; their host is not shown in the docs.",
          "RDAP gives a registration date of 1996-11-13 for town.com, which predates the company."
        ],
        "score": 76
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.json"
    },
    "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
    "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": 1010,
        "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",
      "live": {
        "slug": "zeroclaw",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw",
            "version": "v0.8.5",
            "released": "2026-09-05",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:34:20.397073508Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 32976,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://zeroclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:18.226802237Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://www.zeroclaw.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:12:50.904192092Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T23:34:20.397073508Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Town.com, Inc.",
        "b": "ZeroClaw Labs",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026).",
        "b": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-10",
        "b": "2026-09-05",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
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      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "33k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Town or ZeroClaw?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Town. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).",
        "question": "Are Town and ZeroClaw open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.",
        "slug": "town",
        "watchFor": "The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in."
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 74 against 35",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 33",
          "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 49",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 60"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better",
          "No key needed to call it",
          "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": "Proactive personal assistants"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.json",
        "title": "asaply vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "asaply vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Asmi vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Asmi vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Boba vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Boba vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Brea vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Brea vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Del vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Del vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.json",
        "title": "HireAlpha vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.json",
        "title": "OpenInstinct vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Orbits vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Orbits vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Orchid vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Orchid vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.json",
        "title": "szn vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "szn vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Tab vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Tab vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.json",
        "title": "Town vs Zapia",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Zapia vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Boski vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Boski vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Caddy vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Caddy vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.json",
        "title": "folk vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "folk vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "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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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Gemini Spark vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Haven vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Haven vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Hermes Agent vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Instinct vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Instinct vs ZeroClaw",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town.json",
        "title": "IronClaw vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "IronClaw vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Leon vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Leon vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Lindy vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Lindy vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town.json",
        "title": "nanobot vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "nanobot vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town.json",
        "title": "NanoClaw vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Dots vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Dots vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town.json",
        "title": "OpenClaw vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "OpenClaw vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town.json",
        "title": "PicoClaw vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "PicoClaw vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Poke vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Poke vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.json",
        "title": "QwenPaw vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer.json",
        "title": "Town vs Zo Computer",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer.json",
        "title": "ZeroClaw vs Zo Computer",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Natura tinyNature vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Pally vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Pally vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Tomo vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Tomo vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo.json",
        "title": "Town vs Wajo (Fo)",
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      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Wajo (Fo) vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town.json",
        "title": "Talorys vs Town",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.json",
        "title": "Talorys vs ZeroClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw"
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        "by": 39,
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        "name": "Reliability",
        "town": 35,
        "weight": 16,
        "zeroclaw": 74
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      {
        "key": "performance",
        "name": "Performance",
        "pending": true,
        "weight": 10
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        "by": 49,
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        "weight": 13,
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        "by": 23,
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        "by": 3,
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        "by": 30,
        "edge": "zeroclaw",
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        "zeroclaw": 60
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        "by": 20,
        "edge": "zeroclaw",
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        "town": 60,
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      {
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        "edge": "zeroclaw",
        "key": "transparency",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "town": 63,
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        "zeroclaw": 64
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    ],
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    "verdicts": {
      "town": "Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.",
      "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."
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    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw",
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  "markdown": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- Town: grade D, 48.7/100, rank #834 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json\n- ZeroClaw: grade BB, 70.2/100, rank #161 of 1010. 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 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Town (D)\n\nGood for: An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in.\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 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 33\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 49\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\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 | Town | ZeroClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 74 | ZeroClaw +39 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 82 | ZeroClaw +49 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 72 | ZeroClaw +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 79 | 76 | Town +3 |\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) | 60 | 80 | ZeroClaw +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 64 | ZeroClaw +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **48.7 · D** | **70.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Town | ZeroClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Town.com, Inc. | ZeroClaw Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-10 | 2026-09-05 |\n| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models |  |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |\n| Popularity | none | 33k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Town.** Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.\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### Town\n\n1. Start a Town routine with POST to its webhook URL, Authorization Bearer whsec_ secret, and application/json or text/plain. Expect 202 only.\n2. Send X-Town-Idempotency-Key with a stable event id on every retry so Town doesn't start a second run.\n3. Treat 404 as wrong secret, disabled endpoint or missing endpoint alike, and ask the owner to check Routine Settings rather than retrying.\n4. Send account_email only if the owner allowed the override. It must match a connected account in full and can't widen the routine's scope.\n5. Ask the owner to keep routines that act on webhook input in approval-required mode, as Town's own docs advise.\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, Town or ZeroClaw?\n\nZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Town and ZeroClaw open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Town. 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/town-vs-zeroclaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"town\", \"b\": \"zeroclaw\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare town zeroclaw`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Town or ZeroClaw\n\n- [asaply vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.md)\n- [asaply vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Asmi vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town.md)\n- [Asmi vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.md)\n- [Boba vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Brea vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.md)\n- [Brea vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.md)\n- [Del vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.md)\n- [Orbits vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [Orchid vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [szn vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.md)\n- [szn vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- 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vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.md)\n- [GAIA vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town.md)\n- [Haven vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.md)\n- [Instinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [IronClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Leon vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town.md)\n- [Leon vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Lindy vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town.md)\n- [Lindy vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [nanobot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town.md)\n- [nanobot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Dots vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.md)\n- [Dots vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Poke vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.md)\n- [Poke vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Town vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [ZeroClaw vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Pally vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.md)\n- [Pally vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tomo vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.md)\n- [Tomo vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Town vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Talorys vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town.md)\n- [Talorys vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Town competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder 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