# Agents

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Every agent anyagent can launch, the protocol it speaks, and how many of the
183 catalogued providers can drive it.

| id | agent | speaks | providers | description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `claude` | [Claude Code](https://code.claude.com/docs) | Anthropic Messages | 21 | Anthropic's coding agent, with subagents and hooks |
| `codex` | [Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli/) | OpenAI Responses | 13 | OpenAI's coding agent for the terminal |
| `opencode` | [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | Open-source terminal coding agent |
| `copilot` | [Copilot CLI](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli) | OpenAI Responses | 13 | GitHub's coding agent for the terminal |
| `droid` | [Droid](https://docs.factory.ai/cli) | OpenAI Chat Completions, Anthropic Messages | 183 | Factory's coding agent for terminal and IDE |
| `dsh` | [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | DeepSeek's open-source agent harness |
| `pi` | [Pi](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | Minimal agent toolkit with a plugin system |
| `openclaw` | [OpenClaw](https://docs.openclaw.ai) | OpenAI Chat Completions, Anthropic Messages | 183 | Personal AI agent with a large skill library |
| `hermes` | [Hermes](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | Self-improving agent by Nous Research |
| `cline` | [Cline](https://cline.bot) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | Autonomous coding agent with parallel task execution |
| `qwen` | [Qwen Code](https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | Alibaba's coding agent, forked from Gemini CLI |
| `pool` | [Pool](https://github.com/poolsideai/pool) | OpenAI Chat Completions | 175 | Poolside's software agent |

Aliases: `claude` (`claude-code`, `cc`), `codex` (`codex-cli`), `copilot` (`copilot-cli`), `dsh` (`deepseek-harness`), `openclaw` (`clawdbot`, `moltbot`), `qwen` (`qwen-code`), `pool` (`poolside`).

## Compatibility

An agent can only use a provider that speaks its protocol. Run
`anyagent compat` for this table against your live catalog, or
`anyagent providers --agent <id>` for the full list.

| agent | openrouter | deepseek | zai | moonshotai | groq | openai | anthropic | ollama |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `claude` | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | - | yes | yes |
| `codex` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | - |
| `opencode` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| `copilot` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | - |
| `droid` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| `dsh` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| `pi` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| `openclaw` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| `hermes` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| `cline` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| `qwen` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| `pool` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |

## Installing

anyagent offers to run the vendor's own install command when an agent is missing,
after asking. To do it yourself:

- **Claude Code** - `npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code` (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/quickstart)
- **Codex** - `npm install -g @openai/codex` (https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli/)
- **OpenCode** - `npm install -g opencode-ai` (https://opencode.ai)
- **Copilot CLI** - `npm install -g @github/copilot` (https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/set-up/install-copilot-cli)
- **Droid** - see docs (https://docs.factory.ai/cli/getting-started/quickstart)
- **DeepSeek Harness** - `npm install -g @deepseek-ai/dsh` (https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)
- **Pi** - `npm install -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent` (https://github.com/earendil-works/pi)
- **OpenClaw** - `npm install -g openclaw` (https://docs.openclaw.ai)
- **Hermes** - see docs (https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/installation/)
- **Cline** - `npm install -g cline` (https://docs.cline.bot)
- **Qwen Code** - `npm install -g @qwen-code/qwen-code` (https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code)
- **Pool** - see docs (https://github.com/poolsideai/pool)