Mr. Technology / Agent desk
Pick the agent, not the marketing.
Agent runtimes do the work. Coordination harnesses connect their sessions. Know which layer you are choosing, what it can touch, and what still needs a human in the loop.
Desk standard
Manual intake. Primary sources first. A documented claim is not a test. We show what is on file, leave the gaps visible, and correct the record when the evidence changes.
Kind separates agent runtimes from coordination harnesses. Job is the work. Autonomy applies to the runtime doing it; coordination inherits no autonomy rating.
Qwen Code
An open-source coding agent for terminal and editor work, with optional headless runs and persistent Goals.
Good fit
You want repo work in a terminal or editor, and can explicitly choose the approval mode and provider before it starts writing.

Claude Code
Anthropic's coding agent for repo files, commands and git workflows; optional headless runs use configured permissions, not a universal human gate.
Good fit
You want a repo-aware coding agent for interactive work or a bounded headless script, with tool permissions chosen for the job.

Goose
AAIF's local, general-purpose agent with desktop, CLI, API and MCP tools.
Good fit
You want a local general-purpose agent with MCP tools, reusable recipes and an optional schedule whose history you can inspect.
OpenCode
Open-source coding agent for terminal, desktop and IDE sessions, with configurable tool permissions.
Good fit
You want a session-led coding agent and are willing to match permission and plugin configuration to your chosen OpenCode generation.

Browser Use
Python browser agent, CLI controls for your existing agent, and a separate fully hosted agent API.
Good fit
You want to customize a Python browser agent, give your existing agent browser controls, or hand a task to the hosted V4 agent.

OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent CLI (and related app-server path). Tool-using, session-gated.
Good fit
You want task-led coding in a local CLI, with explicit sandbox settings for scripts or CI.

Hermes Agent
Nous Research agent runtime with skills, memory, and multi-surface gateways.
Good fit
You want reusable skills and memory across chat surfaces, plus scheduled work whose tools, outputs and failures you own.

Cline
Open-source coding harness across IDE, CLI and desktop, with optional scheduled work and hosted browser agents.
Good fit
You want an open coding agent in the editor, terminal, or desktop, model-agnostic.

OpenClaw
Self-hosted agent gateway with channels, cron, and write-tools. Failure has an operator.
Good fit
You need an always-on operator agent on your own machine, with a real owner when it fails.

Claude in Chrome
Anthropic's Chrome-side Claude that can work in the browser with enterprise transcript controls.
Good fit
You want Claude operating in the browser with enterprise transcript controls.

Cursor
AI IDE with local and cloud agents, plus a coordinator for shared project context.
Good fit
You want the agent inside the editor, with optional cloud/self-hosted machines.

Anthropic Managed Agents
Anthropic-hosted agent sessions with permission policy, Connect, and CLI hooks.
Good fit
You want Anthropic to host the agent session and permission policy.

OpenAI Agents API
Public-beta API for building agents on OpenAI, alongside GPT Live and project-key controls.
Good fit
You are building an agent on OpenAI’s Agents API, not buying a packaged runtime.

Anthropic Computer Use
Anthropic's computer-use / browser-use agent path for GUI and web tasks.
Good fit
You want Anthropic’s hosted computer-use path, not a local Browser Use install.

Pipecat
Open-source real-time voice-agent framework.
Good fit
You are building a voice/multimodal agent and will own the pipeline.
mini-SWE-agent
A bash-first coding CLI with a human-started session and confirm mode by default. Confirmation isn't a sandbox: the normal local environment runs commands with your host-user access.
Good fit
You want a local coding session with confirm, yolo and human modes, plus a saved trajectory you can inspect.
Claude Tag
Anthropic's Slack-native shared Claude for scoped tools, persistent channel context, routines, and asynchronous team work.
Good fit
You already run Claude Team or Enterprise and want a shared Slack agent with scoped access, routines, and an organization spend limit.
CellCog
Managed AI employees with persistent inboxes and boards, scheduled shifts, and user-configured signoff rules.
Good fit
You want a hosted agent to hold a standing role, retain work across shifts, and return decisions for approval rather than wait for the next prompt.

CUA
Open-source computer-use agent infrastructure (TryCUA).
Good fit
You are standing up computer-use infrastructure yourself.
ZoomMate
Zoom's AI teammate for meeting context, agentic retrieval, task completion, custom agents, and workflows across Zoom Workplace and connected tools.
Good fit
You want user-directed task work in Zoom, with optional event- or schedule-triggered workflows and deliberately configured approval steps.

Aider
Terminal coding agent that maps the repo and edits with git.
Good fit
You want a terminal coding partner with a repo map, reviewable git changes and editor-comment triggers.

smolagents
Hugging Face's small code-agent library.
Good fit
You want a small Hugging Face code-agent library to embed.
Dash
Process Street's shared operations teammate for Slack, Teams and the web, with configurable tool approvals and optional scheduled autonomy.
Good fit
You want reports and business-tool actions with per-operation Auto, Ask or Off controls, rather than a fixed approval rule for every write.
Carly
Email- and calendar-native operations agents with persistent memory, scheduled tasks, and connected business workflows. Vendor guides also document inbound phone work and scheduled briefing calls.
Good fit
You want a persistent operations assistant that can work through your existing email and calendar, including recurring follow-up and scheduling. You also want vendor-documented phone access to connected tools or scheduled briefing calls with follow-up questions and an emailed rundown if missed.
Lindy
A hosted personal and Slack teammate for connected tools, meetings and optional routines, with write guardrails limited to shared Slack threads.
Good fit
You can configure integration-wide write rules for shared Slack work and separately review private-surface actions, connected-account authority and routine delivery.
Hyperagent
Hosted agents for attended research and building, with optional schedules, Live Mode and event-driven work under workspace and knowledge controls.
Good fit
You want to shape work in an attended thread, then add a bounded trigger and deliberately widen its tool, account and knowledge access.
Agent Zero
A self-hosted Linux workbench with chat, browser, desktop and file/code tools; optional scheduled work still needs an operator watching the results.
Good fit
You want coding and research in one Docker/Web UI workspace, with project memory and an optional bridge to your host files.
Factory Droid
A coding CLI with risk-based approvals and optional headless Droid Exec runs for scripts and CI.
Good fit
You want an interactive coding agent with explicit command policy, plus a read-only-by-default task runner you can opt into edits and CI writes.
Devin Cloud
Delegate coding work to cloud sessions that can push branches and open PRs. Configured automations add scheduled or event-driven work; they don't remove your responsibility for spending, permissions and review.
Good fit
You want reviewable branch/PR work, or configured automations that start new sessions or feed events into an existing one, with activity logs and optional failure email.
Reason Network
A coordination harness: team directory and message bus across machines and existing agent sessions, not a standalone worker or another Reason Agent runtime.
Good fit
You need to find the teammate session working on a repo or branch and send it context or a small text file without replacing its agent runtime.
OpenBot
Local-first Electron workspace for persistent provider-backed agents, queues and delegation. A full-access development preview, not an agent filesystem sandbox; current code is noncommercial source-available.
Good fit
You want human-assigned coding or ops work with persistent agents, channels and delegation, and accept the preview's full local access. Check the noncommercial license and provider terms before choosing it for business or shared use.
OpenBot (CopilotKit)
Alpha agent-platform template with AG-UI coworkers and computer tools, not a finished managed product. The local example admits every request as one administrator; fix sign-in before sharing it.
Good fit
You want a runnable starting point you can customize, and can own the stack. Replace the single-user example with real sign-in and proper secrets before anyone else can reach it. MIT governs repository code; required CopilotKit Intelligence service/licensing and model access are separate. Exact costs and entitlements remain unassessed.
Rakazo
Beta teammate runtime with Pi sessions, computer tools and web, Electron and mobile clients. Team bots share a computer's trust boundary; separate folders and browser profiles don't isolate untrusted bots.
Good fit
You want persistent conversations plus browser, terminal and file work, with optional voice. Use Team Computers only for mutually trusted work; use separate computers when workloads need isolation. Treat trusted local-computer mode as host access, not a sandbox.