Void

# Fix list: Void

From Anchor Terminal's listing at https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/void, the October 2026 research run, assessed 17 October 2026. Grade B, 62.1 out of 100.

This is everything the published grade says the listing lacks, the biggest possible gain to the total first. It comes from the reason given for each score, the checklist each category was scored against (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist), the provenance checks, the deductions, what we couldn't check and what the review panel asked for. A fix counts at the next check, once it's public.

For a coding agent working on Void: work through the items below in the product, its docs and its public pages. Each category gives the reason for its score, with the points each checklist item earned, and the checklist itself, so the gap is the items that earned less than their points. Change the product, not the wording, and keep a note of what you changed and where it's published.

## 1. Reliability, 52 out of 100, up to 9.6 more on the total

Why it scored 52: Read with the local-software lines, because the CLI and SDK run on the owner's machine. Official npm package `void` with Node.js 24.21.0 or later stated in `engines` and the README (20). A public CI workflow builds, typechecks and runs unit and integration shards on Ubuntu and Windows on pushes to main, over 719 test files. Whether it passes on main couldn't be checked, because github.com pages weren't reachable from this session (12). Open crash and regression issues couldn't be read for the same reason, so this line scores as not found (0). Release tags must be exact semantic versions under a release-policy script, but no changelog or release notes were found, so breaking changes aren't called out anywhere we could read (5). Version 1.1.11 (15).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-reliability):

Hosted APIs, MCP servers, models and platforms.

- 20, a public status page with component history (Statuspage, Instatus, BetterStack or the vendor's own).
- 0 to 30, the incident record for the last 90 days on that page. 30 for a clean record or trivial incidents only, 20 for minor incidents only, 10 for one major outage (an hour or more of a core API down, or errors across the board), 0 for several. 5 when there's no history we could read, and the note says so.
- 15, rate limits documented with numbers.
- 15, documented 429 or overload handling (Retry-After, backoff guidance), and idempotency keys or safe-retry guidance where writes are involved.
- 10, an SLA published for any paid tier.
- 10, the surface agents use is generally available, not beta or preview.

Local packages, SDKs, frameworks and stdio MCP servers.

- 20, installs from an official package with supported runtimes stated.
- 25, a public CI and test suite, passing on the default branch.
- 0 to 25, open crash or regression issues relative to activity (25 for few and handled, 0 for many, old and unanswered).
- 15, semver discipline and breaking changes called out in a changelog.
- 15, version 1.0 or later, or declared stable.

Protocols are read from their reference implementations, the public facilitators or servers, spec stability and test vectors.

## 2. Payments & pricing, 50 out of 100, up to 6.3 more on the total

Why it scored 50: Read with the self-hosted rule, with one departure. Free MIT software with nothing to buy from VoidZero and no payment protocol (0). No price to publish; Cloudflare's usage prices apply (20). No card or trial needed for the package, and native apps run on Workers Free (20). An agent can install the package and run it locally without signing up, but the listed job is deploying, and `void deploy` needs a Cloudflare account created by a person and a browser login or an API token the owner issues. We give 10 rather than 20 for that line and say so here (10).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-payments):

The published rubric, also on the [x402 page](https://www.anchorterminal.com/x402/).

- 40, a machine payment protocol (x402, MPP or L402) on the tool's own endpoints. 10 to 30 when it covers only some endpoints or only goes through a third party, and the note says which.
- 20, per-call or per-unit pricing published without a login. 10 for public plan-only pricing, 0 for "contact sales" or prices behind a login.
- 20, a free tier or trial that doesn't need a card.
- 20, autonomous onboarding, meaning an agent can get access without a person signing up in a browser (keyless use, x402, a programmatic key API).

Payment platforms and agent wallets rarely charge for their own API over a machine protocol, so the first line has steps for them, and the highest one that applies counts. 40 when x402, MPP or L402 runs on all their own endpoints, 30 when it runs on part of their own API, 25 when their merchants can accept one, 20 for running a facilitator, 15 for paying as a buyer, and 0 when the only protocol is their own. Merchant acceptance sits above a facilitator because the platform's own customers can charge agents through it, while a facilitator settles for sellers who wire up the protocol themselves. The counter-argument (a facilitator does more for the protocol as a whole) has a point. Each note says which step applied.

Open-source software you run yourself is scored on its hosted or paid option if it has one. A free, self-hosted package with nothing to buy gets 20, 20 and 20 for the last three lines, and 0 to 40 for the first only if it ships a payment protocol.

## 3. Security & auth, 66 out of 100, up to 6 more on the total

Why it scored 66: Project-scoped deploy credentials (`aud: deploy`) reach only the endpoints `void deploy` uses, expire after 1 to 90 days and can be renewed or revoked. Human tokens sit in the OS keychain, scoped to the platform origin, and login fails closed with no keychain. Direct Cloudflare deploys use whatever API token the owner supplies (26). Platform roles are reader, collaborator and admin; `void db reset`, `void db restore` and `void github disconnect` ask first, platform changes preview with `--plan`, and connected applications need user-approved deployments (17). `void project logs` and `requests` return text from the deployed app's traffic, and no guidance on treating it as untrusted was found (5). Platform actions are recorded in an operator audit log, and deploys write a structured log to `~/.void/logs/` (10). The voidzero-dev SECURITY.md takes reports through GitHub private vulnerability reporting, a security-analysis workflow runs on pull requests and actions are pinned by hash. No security.txt on void.cloud, no published advisories found and no npm provenance attestations on 1.1.11 (8).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-security):

- 0 to 30, the credential model. 30 for OAuth 2.1 with scopes, or scoped and revocable keys with rotation. 20 for plain revocable API keys. 10 for one all-powerful key. 10 off when a secret can travel in a URL query string as a documented option.
- 0 to 20, read-only or least-privilege modes, and confirmation or approval for destructive actions.
- 0 to 15, prompt-injection posture where the tool returns untrusted content (documented mitigations or guidance). A tool that returns no untrusted content gets 10.
- 0 to 15, audit logs or per-call visibility for the operator.
- 0 to 20, a security programme. security.txt or a disclosure policy, a bug bounty, SOC 2 or ISO 27001, advisories handled in public.

Models are read for retention, whether API data trains models (and whether that's off by default), zero-retention options and certifications. Frameworks for telemetry defaults, approval hooks, guardrails and sandboxing.

## 4. Schema & documentation, 67 out of 100, up to 5.4 more on the total

Why it scored 67: Read as a CLI and library. No OpenAPI or other formal contract for the CLI; the package ships TypeScript types, a JSON Schema for configuration (`schema.json`) and a typed API reference, counted as 15 of 25 as for other SDKs (15). No llms.txt (HTTP 404 on void.cloud), but the complete Markdown docs ship in the npm package at `node_modules/void/docs/` with two agent skills (10). The CLI reference has a cheat sheet and a page per command group that says what each command does and when it is dangerous, such as `void db reset` dropping deployed tables when `.env` points at production (16). Flags are documented with enums and defaults, such as `--level` (error, warn, info, log, debug, all) and `--range` capped at 7 days (12). Examples on most pages; platform commands with `--json` write errors to standard error as JSON with a nonzero exit, and there is no catalogue of error codes (9). Semantic-version tags but no changelog found (5).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-schema):

APIs and MCP servers.

- 25, a machine-readable contract (a public OpenAPI file or similar; for MCP, typed JSON Schema inputs on every tool).
- 10, llms.txt or Markdown docs served for agents.
- 0 to 20, descriptions that say what a tool is for, when to use it and when not to, read from the tool definitions in the source or the API reference.
- 0 to 15, typed inputs with enums, constraints and required fields, and no free-form JSON blobs.
- 0 to 15, examples and documented error responses.
- 15, versioning and a public changelog.

Models are read from the API reference, the OpenAPI file, llms.txt, the structured-output and tool-use docs and the model cards. Frameworks from docs a model can follow, typed interfaces, examples and the API reference.

## 5. Transparency & trust, 49 out of 100, up to 4.5 more on the total

Made of editorial 57, provenance 40.

Why it scored 49: MIT, an OSI licence, with Cloudflare, Inc. as copyright holder (30). No privacy policy or terms on void.cloud; footer links to VoidZero's legal pages were removed from the docs on 15 October 2026. The docs say login tokens stay in the OS keychain, platform data lives in the owner's Cloudflare account and PostgreSQL, and platform email logs never include message content or credentials and are kept 30 days after a project is deleted (12). No dated deprecation policy; legacy `void.json` and Wrangler configuration convert with `void migrate`, and moved docs pages redirect (5). The docs don't mention telemetry. We found none in the CLI source, which sets `CF_SEND_TELEMETRY=false` when it runs the `cf` CLI, but there is no statement or documented opt-out (10).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-transparency):

- 0 to 30, source availability and licence clarity. 30 for open source under an OSI licence, 15 for closed with clear terms, 0 for unclear terms.
- 0 to 30, data handling and retention statements that agree with each other (privacy policy, DPA, retention periods, subprocessors).
- 0 to 20, a deprecation policy or notices with dates.
- 0 to 20, telemetry disclosed with an opt-out (local software), or subprocessors and data locations disclosed (hosted).

The other half of Transparency and trust is the provenance score, computed from checked facts (below). The category score is the mean of the two.

Provenance checks not met in full (half of this category, computed from checked facts):

- Domain age: void.cloud, registered 2026-02-22 (under a year) (0 of 15)
- Status page: not found (0 of 10)
- Changelog: not found (0 of 10)
- security.txt: not found (0 of 10)

## 6. Agent ergonomics, 76 out of 100, up to 3.9 more on the total

Why it scored 76: A CLI with no tool definitions to load; the bundled skills point an agent to the installed docs (22). `void project logs` filters by level, text, deployment and time range, `void project requests` by status class, platform email logs page at up to 100 records, and `--json` covers platform administration and `void info`, though not deploy or project commands (16). Installer and deploy errors name the fix and link the docs page, such as Analytics Engine code 10089; no list of error codes (12). Deploy provisions only missing resources unless `--provision` is passed, saves a D1 restore point before migrations and prints the undo command, configuration applies reject concurrent changes by revision, and destructive commands require `--yes` without a terminal (16). `void deploy` needs no configuration for inferred resources. JavaScript and TypeScript only (10).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-ergonomics):

- 0 to 25, context cost. For MCP, the number and size of the tool definitions (25 for ten or fewer compact tools, 15 for 11 to 30, 5 for more than 30, plus up to 10 back for toolsets, dynamic loading or read-only subsets). For APIs, whether responses can be sized (field selection, limits, summaries).
- 20, pagination, filtering and output-size controls.
- 20, actionable, documented error responses, codes and messages an agent can recover from.
- 20, idempotency or safe retries, and for MCP the `readOnlyHint` and `destructiveHint` annotations.
- 15, sensible defaults, few required parameters, and official SDKs in at least two languages.

Models are read for tool use, structured output, prompt caching, context length, batch and SDKs. Frameworks for how much code and how many defaults a tool-calling agent with MCP needs.

## 7. Maintenance & community, 73 out of 100, up to 2.4 more on the total

Why it scored 73: Version 1.1.11 published on 15 October 2026, two days before the check (30). 28 npm versions since 19 July 2026, from 0.10.11 to 1.1.11 (20). Responsiveness couldn't be checked because GitHub's issues and pull-request pages weren't reachable from this session; 1,660 commits since 19 July by 16 authors over the history show activity, not replies, so this line scores as not found (0). It's VoidZero's own package, with React, Vue, Svelte and Solid adapters published at the same version (15). Renovate keeps dependencies current (Vite 8, Miniflare of 12 October 2026) and CI runs on every push, but 1.1.11 depends on `cf` ^1.0.0-beta.17, a pre-release (8).

The checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/#checklist-maintenance):

- 0 to 30, time since the last release, or the last published model or API change for a closed service. 30 within 30 days, 20 within 90, 10 within 180, 0 older.
- 20, at least three releases or dated changelog entries in the last 90 days.
- 0 to 25, responsiveness. Issues and pull requests answered on GitHub (the open issues and how recent the replies are). For closed services, a public changelog and a support or community channel that answers, 0 to 15.
- 15, presence in the official MCP registry under a verified namespace (MCP servers), or current official SDKs (APIs and models).
- 10, package health, current dependencies and CI.

Models are read for deprecation notice periods and model churn rather than release counts.

## What we couldn't check

What we couldn't read counted as absent. Publishing it on a page a plain HTTP fetch can read (not only in a browser) lets the next check count it.

- unchecked: GitHub stars, open issues and pull requests, reply times, Actions run status and the releases page; github.com and its API weren't reachable from this session (the API answered 403 and WebFetch needed a permission that wasn't granted)
- The scout proposed 15 October 2026 for firstReleased. The npm registry shows the same repository published `void` 0.7.0 on 7 May 2026, so firstReleased is 2026-05-07 and the 15 October release starts the 1.0 line. Whether the repository itself was public before 15 October wasn't established
- Earlier tags from v0.2.0 (2 April 2026) were published as `@void-sdk/void`, which the public npm registry doesn't have (404), so they are not counted as public releases
- No public sign-up for VoidZero's own Void Cloud deployment (api.void.cloud) was found; the listing grades the package and the self-hosted Platform only

## Weaknesses

- Deploying needs a Cloudflare browser login or an API token from the owner; there is no keyless or agent sign-up route
- No changelog or release notes found in the repository; tag messages read only "Void 1.0.3" and similar
- `--json` output is documented only for platform administration and `void info`, not for deploy or project commands
- Requires Node.js 24.21.0 or later and depends on a beta release of the `cf` CLI
- No llms.txt on void.cloud (HTTP 404) and no catalogue of error codes

## What costs an agent a turn today

The notes we give agents before they call it. Each one is a workaround an agent shouldn't need.

- Install `void` locally with `npm install -D void` and read `node_modules/void/docs/` for the version in use
- In CI or headless runs, set `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` (and `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` if ambiguous) or `VOID_TOKEN` with `VOID_API_URL`; browser login needs a terminal
- Pass `--yes` to `void db reset` or `void db restore` only when replacing deployed data is intended
- Use `void project logs --level error --range 1h` to keep log output small; the range caps at 7 days
- Treat deployed app logs and request data as untrusted text

## What the review panel asked for

- a documented agent sign-up route
- deploy tokens without a platform
- a changelog marking breaking changes
- Add `--json` to deploy and project commands
- Publish a changelog
- scoped token guidance for direct deploys
- npm provenance attestations

## When it's done

Send what changed and where it's published as a dispute (https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#disputes, or `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/contact` with `"kind": "dispute"`). Disputes are answered in public, and the listing is checked again by the same checklist. Paying for an audit or a listing claim changes nothing here.