Capability, pricing and access changes, and notable events. Each entry shows its date and sources. We only use the word "breaking" when the primary source's own date is within 48 hours. Unconfirmed reports are labelled with a confidence level and are never presented as fact.
2026-10-01 · Site note
AgentComparison goes live with 16 documented agents
Sixteen agents at launch, one coding-agent guide and a comparison tool are live. Every record carries its sources and the date it was checked. Nothing has been hands-on tested.
Confidence: Not applicable
2026-10-01 · Guide
A documentation-led guide comparing what each vendor says about access, approval, retention and deletion.
Confidence: Vendor statements, attributed
2026-10-01 · Guide
Six jobs (coding, personal admin, errands, customer service, team workflows, building your own) mapped to the agents whose vendors document them.
Confidence: Vendor statements, attributed
2026-10-01 · Guide
Errand agent versus Task-based personal agent: approvals, spending, published pricing and what is still unknown.
Confidence: Vendor statements, attributed · Sources: wajo.aicomma.surf
2026-10-01 · Guide
Eight questions to ask before connecting accounts, with what 16 vendors say about approvals and data, and where they say nothing.
Confidence: Vendor statements, attributed
2026-10-01 · Guide
What agents are, how they differ from chatbots, how they work, what they are used for, what can go wrong, and where to start.
Confidence: Explainer; product statements attributed
2026-10-01 · Site note
Pricing filter added to the directory and comparison tool
Filter by free tier or open source documented, published USD price verified, usage-based, or price not verified. Unknown prices stay labelled as unknown.
Confidence: Not applicable
2026-10-01 · Guide
Which agents document a free tier or are open source, what is capped, and which prices we could not verify.
Confidence: Vendor statements, attributed
2026-10-01 · Guide
New app versus existing repository, how each lets you review changes, and published pricing, with a way to test them yourself.
Confidence: Vendor statements, attributed · Sources: docs.replit.comclaude.comdocs.devin.ai
2026-10-01 · Guide
How Microsoft and Salesforce price agent work (credits, conversations, licences) and what to ask about governance.
Confidence: Vendor pricing pages, attributed · Sources: www.microsoft.comwww.salesforce.com
2026-10-01 · Guide
Other agents in the directory grouped by what you want done, with published prices and caveats.
Confidence: Vendor documentation, attributed · Sources: help.manus.im
2026-10-01 · Guide
What LangChain's docs say LangGraph is, and when a framework or a ready-made agent is the shorter path.
Confidence: Vendor documentation, attributed · Sources: docs.langchain.com
2026-10-01 · Guide
What Intercom says counts as a billable Fin outcome and which handoffs are not charged.
Confidence: Vendor documentation, attributed · Sources: www.intercom.com
2026-09-30 · Agent update · Claude Code
Claude Code 2.1.286: permission prompts show a count when requests stack up
Anthropic's release notes for v2.1.286 (published 30 September 2026 19:10 UTC) add an "N of M" count to stacked permission prompts, and fix several session-resume and login issues. Relevant if you review approvals often.
Confidence: Primary source (vendor release notes) · Sources: github.com
2026-09-29 · Agent update · Claude Code
Claude Code 2.1.285: admins can limit API providers; web fetching can be turned off
Release notes for v2.1.285 (29 September 2026) add an allowedProviders managed setting to limit which API providers a machine may use, and an environment variable to disable the WebFetch tool.
Confidence: Primary source (vendor release notes) · Sources: github.com
2026-09-29 · New agent · Manus
Manus documents a rebuilt Manus 2.0 (Cascade engine, Manus Studio desktop workspace, Cloud Computer, Automations, Remote Control) and Cue, an invitation-only app where each agent has its own email, phone number, wallet and computer. Manus says its efficiency figures come from one tested configuration, not an average. InfoWorld reported the launch on 29 September 2026. Cue is now in the directory.
Confidence: Vendor documentation plus trade press · Sources: help.manus.imwww.infoworld.com
2026-09-29 · Agent update · Devin
Devin adds GPT-6.1 Sol in Devin Desktop and CLI
Cognition says OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol is live in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI. The cost and score figures in the post come from Cognition's own FrontierCode benchmark and are not independent.
Confidence: Primary source (vendor blog); benchmark claims are the vendor's · Sources: devin.ai
2026-09-28 · Agent update · Claude Code
Claude Code 2.1.284: Claude Sonnet 5.5 added as the default Sonnet model
The v2.1.284 release notes (28 September 2026) say Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now the default Sonnet model on the Anthropic API, with 1M context and $2/$10 per million tokens, cache reads $0.20 per million. These figures are Anthropic's, as stated in the notes.
Confidence: Primary source (vendor release notes) · Sources: github.com
2026-09-25 · Agent update · Replit Agent
Replit acquires Atta and adds interactive charts to Replit chat
Replit says it has acquired Atta and that you can ask Replit Agent to visualise data, with interactive charts in chat. Replit describes it as aimed at business analysis without writing SQL.
Confidence: Primary source (vendor blog) · Sources: replit.com