Agents
Agents people actually run
Not a FutureTools clone. Listings are gated. Autonomy is how the product normally runs, not the vendor slogan. Job is the browse axis. Skills and MCP packages stay in the registry.
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- loop — Single turn or while-loop; tools optional; human starts every run.
- chatbot — Conversational UI; no durable write-tools / no unattended jobs.
- agentic — Tool use + multi-step plans, still human-gated per session.
- autonomous — Unattended scheduler/heartbeat with write-tools; failure has a real owner.
OpenClaw
Self-hosted agent gateway with channels, cron, and write-tools. Failure has an operator.
Claude Code
Anthropic's coding agent CLI. Reads project instructions, calls tools, and stays human-gated per session.
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent CLI (and related app-server path). Tool-using, session-gated.
Claude in Chrome
Anthropic's Chrome-side Claude that can work in the browser with enterprise transcript controls.
Cursor
AI IDE with local and cloud agents, plus a coordinator for shared project context.
Anthropic Managed Agents
Anthropic-hosted agent sessions with permission policy, Connect, and CLI hooks.
OpenAI Agents API
Public-beta API for building agents on OpenAI, alongside GPT Live and project-key controls.
Anthropic Computer Use
Anthropic's computer-use / browser-use agent path for GUI and web tasks.
Pipecat
Open-source real-time voice-agent framework.
CUA
Open-source computer-use agent infrastructure (TryCUA).
Cline
Open-source IDE coding agent, often compared with Cursor.
Browser Use
Open-source browser agent harness (CDP/CLI) distinct from Anthropic's hosted computer-use.
Aider
Terminal coding agent that maps the repo and edits with git.
Hermes Agent
Nous Research agent runtime with skills, memory, and multi-surface gateways.
Goose
Block's open-source agent for local tool-using workflows.
smolagents
Hugging Face's small code-agent library.