{
  "title": "Top 10 agentic code-building systems",
  "asOf": "2026-07-30",
  "note": "Ranked for agentic coding surface area on this machine's praxis stack — not a universal market ranking. Each agent gets a tailored prompt that implements the same metamethodology certificate schema.",
  "agents": [
    {
      "id": "claude-code",
      "rank": 1,
      "name": "Claude Code",
      "vendor": "Anthropic",
      "lens": "META + GENESIS",
      "strength": "Native stats-cache + tools; primary measured Claude fold",
      "promptFile": "prompts/01-claude-code.md",
      "color": "#d97706"
    },
    {
      "id": "codex",
      "rank": 2,
      "name": "OpenAI Codex CLI",
      "vendor": "OpenAI",
      "lens": "MGS + GENESIS",
      "strength": "Session-store methodology; util-factor bands",
      "promptFile": "prompts/02-codex.md",
      "color": "#10a37f"
    },
    {
      "id": "grok-build",
      "rank": 3,
      "name": "Grok Build",
      "vendor": "xAI",
      "lens": "SHADOW + MGS",
      "strength": "Tarski residuals; attack overclaims",
      "promptFile": "prompts/03-grok-build.md",
      "color": "#1d9bf0"
    },
    {
      "id": "cursor",
      "rank": 4,
      "name": "Cursor Agent",
      "vendor": "Anysphere",
      "lens": "GENESIS + MGS",
      "strength": "IDE-local session archaeology",
      "promptFile": "prompts/04-cursor.md",
      "color": "#7c3aed"
    },
    {
      "id": "copilot",
      "rank": 5,
      "name": "GitHub Copilot Coding Agent",
      "vendor": "GitHub / Microsoft",
      "lens": "MGS",
      "strength": "Repo-scoped spend + Actions logs",
      "promptFile": "prompts/05-copilot.md",
      "color": "#238636"
    },
    {
      "id": "windsurf",
      "rank": 6,
      "name": "Windsurf Cascade",
      "vendor": "Codeium",
      "lens": "GENESIS",
      "strength": "Cascade traces → token proxy",
      "promptFile": "prompts/06-windsurf.md",
      "color": "#0ea5e9"
    },
    {
      "id": "aider",
      "rank": 7,
      "name": "Aider",
      "vendor": "Open source",
      "lens": "MGS",
      "strength": ".aider* logs + model API receipts",
      "promptFile": "prompts/07-aider.md",
      "color": "#64748b"
    },
    {
      "id": "cline",
      "rank": 8,
      "name": "Cline",
      "vendor": "Open source (VS Code)",
      "lens": "MGS + SHADOW",
      "strength": "Task history + provider costs",
      "promptFile": "prompts/08-cline.md",
      "color": "#f59e0b"
    },
    {
      "id": "devin",
      "rank": 9,
      "name": "Devin",
      "vendor": "Cognition",
      "lens": "META",
      "strength": "Session export if available; else residual",
      "promptFile": "prompts/09-devin.md",
      "color": "#ec4899"
    },
    {
      "id": "gemini-cli",
      "rank": 10,
      "name": "Gemini CLI",
      "vendor": "Google",
      "lens": "GENESIS + SHADOW",
      "strength": "CLI session logs + AI Studio usage",
      "promptFile": "prompts/10-gemini-cli.md",
      "color": "#4285f4"
    }
  ],
  "compose": {
    "id": "multi-op-fanout",
    "name": "Multi-op fan-out (Claude + Codex + Grok)",
    "promptFile": "prompts/00-multi-op-compose.md",
    "rule": "fan-out multiset (OTC) — not exclusive cascade unless user asks"
  }
}