AI Agent
Under Tool, AI Agent covers runnable agent tools—services that run an agent loop (observe context → plan → call tools → persist state) rather than one-shot chat completions. You install or self-host them and build workflows on top, often via Agent Skills and protocols like Agent Client Protocol.
In this subcategory: repo-bounded coding agents such as cursor-agent, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and OpenCode (terminal/IDE surfaces are how you run them; the product is the agent loop, not the editor distribution). Not here: raw model runtimes like Ollama (Platform); editor shells without an agent runtime under IDE; broad Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning techniques.
Garden stance: omnichannel personal agents (Hermes, OpenClaw) are hold / Moved Out—hard to secure across machines (ADR-0003-each-machine-runs-pipelines-independently). Adopt cursor-agent (with Cursor) for daily work; other bounded coding agents are trial when another vendor or open-source hub fits better.
Tag an item here when the core value is an agent with tools, sessions, and autonomous or semi-autonomous action—not just an editor without an agent runtime.