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18 fields evidenced · 37 with no public information. Every value below links to the document it came from and the date we checked it.

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AI agents that support the Model Context Protocol Open-source AI agents

Trust gap

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Runtime governance

1/3 auto

Are scope, spend, and authority enforced while the agent runs?

Scored from 1 evidenced field(s): permission_scopes. Automated score; capped at 2 pending review.

Counts Permission scopes, each cited below.

Audit trail

1/3 auto

Is there a tamper-evident record of what it actually did?

Scored from 1 evidenced field(s): audit_trail. Automated score; capped at 2 pending review.

Counts Audit trail, each cited below.

Compliance

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Are compliance obligations attached per engagement?

Outcome settlement

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Does payment depend on a verified result?

Insurance & indemnity

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Can the deployment be insured, and is the customer indemnified?

Assurance

Insurance available: no public information
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Insurance carriers: no public information
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Coverage limits: no public information
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Indemnification: no public information
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Liability cap: no public information
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Audit trail: not yet interpreted
“checkpoints, and one-click undo on every step.”
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Tamper-evident log: no public information
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Explainability: not yet interpreted
“Toggle Plan mode to align on a strategy, then Act to execute.”
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Runtime governance: no public information
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Permission scopes: not yet interpreted
“Ship .clinerules with your repo to teach the agent your coding standards, architecture, and deployment conventions.”
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Compliance certifications: no public information
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Regulatory alignment: no public information
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Outcome-based pricing: no public information
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Settlement mechanism: no public information
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Dispute process: no public information
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SLA terms: no public information
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Evaluation coverage: no public information
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Agency

Autonomy level: no public information
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Human oversight: not yet interpreted
“Approve every step, or flip auto-approve for autopilot.”
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Goal complexity: not yet interpreted
“Understand Refactor Automate”
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Action space: not yet interpreted
“Edits across your project Coordinated multi-file changes with linter-aware fixes, diffs, checkpoints, and one-click undo on every step. Runs bash commands Executes in your terminal and reacts to output as it appears. Long-running dev servers, tests, deploys, all handled live.”
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Operating environment: no public information
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Initiative: not yet interpreted
“Run them on cron for recurring automations.”
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Safety

Safety evaluations: no public information
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Red teaming: no public information
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Safety policy: no public information
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Usage restrictions: no public information
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Model or system card: no public information
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Incident reporting: no public information
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Third-party evaluations: no public information
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Data handling: no public information
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Practicality

Pricing model: no public information
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Availability: no public information
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Deployment options: no public information
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Integrations: no public information
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Supported regions: not yet interpreted
“Works on macOS, Windows, Linux.”
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Support model: no public information
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Foundation models

Base models: not yet interpreted
“Claude, GPT, Gemini, local Ollama / LM Studio, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.”
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Model provider: not yet interpreted
“Supported Providers + any OpenAI-compatible API”
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Model swappable: not yet interpreted
“Bring your own key or your own weights.”
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Open weights: no public information
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Fine-tuning: no public information
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Context window: no public information
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Ecosystem

Protocols supported: not yet interpreted
“Plug in MCP servers for databases, APIs, and infrastructure.”
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Tool use: not yet interpreted
“Extend with MCP and plugins Register custom tools and lifecycle hooks via the SDK.”
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Multi-agent: not yet interpreted
“Multi-agent teams and schedules Coordinator agents delegate to specialists with their own tools and context.”
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API access: no public information
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Open source: not yet interpreted
“Apache 2.0 open source”
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Marketplace presence: not yet interpreted
“8.0M + installs across all platforms marketplace + open vsx registry 65.9k stars ★ 4.1 /5 from 307 VS Code Marketplace ratings”
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Impact

User base: no public information
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Deployment scale: not yet interpreted
“8.0M + installs across all platforms marketplace + open vsx registry 65.9k stars ★ 4.1 /5 from 307 VS Code Marketplace ratings”
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Target sectors: not yet interpreted
“Trusted by developers and leaders at”
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High-risk domains: no public information
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Documented incidents: no public information
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