Agent DeckvsAutomagik Genie
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Agent Deck
asheshgoplani · Agent harness
OSSMCP
Panel
6.84 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.8
- Cost
- 8.3
- Longevity
- 5.7
“It will run Cursor for you from a terminal, which is one way to settle the argument about editors.”
Automagik Genie
Automagik · Agent harness
OSS
Panel
6.80 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.5
- Cost
- 8.2
- Longevity
- 6.0
“One SQLite file per repository and no daemon, so the only thing left running in the background is you.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Agent Deck | Automagik Genie |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | YesEdits are made by the coding agent in each session; Agent Deck supplies the worktree and the review surface. | YesChanges are produced by the dispatched agents, with Genie reviewing them against the acceptance criteria. |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | Yes | No |
| Sandboxed execution | Yes | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode, Cursor | coding agents installed locally |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 987 | 345 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Agent Deck | Automagik Genie | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.5 | 7.3 | Agent Deck — Pick it if you keep four things in flight at once; pick a plain tmux config if one agent at a time is the honest description of your day. |
| El Crítico | 6.5 | 6.3 | Agent Deck — Six worktrees produce six branches and the tool stops there; nothing in the row describes conflict handling, ordering, or a merge queue. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 6.5 | Agent Deck — Isolation is structural rather than procedural: a separate working tree per session removes interference without needing a lock or a policy. |
| La Inversora | 6.8 | 6.3 | Agent Deck — 839 stars, one GitHub handle and nothing to charge for: session managers are connective tissue between products other people fund. |
| La Jefa | 5.8 | 7.0 | Automagik Genie — Every release is cosign-signed with SLSA provenance and the installer verifies the binary before running it, which is the first supply-chain answer I did not have to ask for. |
| El Hacker | 7.5 | 7.5 | no preference |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.