Cursor expands Cloud Agent handoff as Claude resets pricing
Operators shopping coding agents got three site-level signals today. Cursor added Cloud Agent handoff from the CLI, plugin marketplace management, MCP and skills support, and broader SDK docs. Claude updated plan pricing and added a pricing block for a high-performance coding/agent model, while ChatGPT refreshed its plans page with GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Terra plus revised access to interactive apps and deep research. The pattern is clear: vendors are tightening the path from demo to deploy, so the check today is which stack can actually hand work off, integrate cleanly, and stay predictable on spend.
What changed on the ground
Changes we detected on each tool's own pages — pricing, features, platform reach — via our daily crawls. Often ahead of any press coverage; each links to the scored listing.
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9/36 · Guided Assistant
Manus says it is now part of Meta as the site pivots toward business app… — The page now prominently states that Manus is 'now part of Meta,' and the surrounding site content has been rewritten to emphasize business applications, full-stack website creation, and broader enterprise use cases.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-07-31 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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14/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
Claude updates plan pricing and adds new model pricing for coding agents — Claude’s pricing page now shows updated plan pricing across Free, Pro, Team, and Enterprise, and introduces a new pricing block for a high-performance coding/agent model with introductory and standard rates.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-07-30 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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17/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
ChatGPT updates its plans page with GPT-5.6 model lineup and expanded feature… — The ChatGPT plans/features page now references GPT-5.6 models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Terra, alongside GPT-5 Thinking Mini and revised plan access for capabilities like interactive apps and deep research.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-07-30 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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18/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
Cursor expands its platform with Cloud Agent handoff, plugin marketplaces… — The docs/site update adds multiple substantive capabilities: Cloud Agent handoff from the CLI, plugin marketplace management, MCP and skills support, and expanded SDK documentation for Python and agent workflows.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-07-31 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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14/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
Devin site adds new use cases, DeepWiki link, and enterprise positioning — The Devin website now highlights a broader set of use cases including PR review, visual QA, documentation, code migration and refactors, scheduled chores, and issue triage.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-07-31 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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11/36 · Guided Assistant
Lindy promotes “Lindy 3.0” with 500+ new actions and faster phone calls — Lindy’s site now highlights a broader product update: “Lindy 3.0,” 500+ new actions across major apps, faster phone calls, new onboarding, image sharing to Gemini, and updated model options.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-07-30 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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From Agentic-News.ai
Agentic-AI industry signal we're tracking — launches, releases, and research from across the ecosystem. The directory rubric hasn't scored these yet; awareness now, evaluation next pass.
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Delinea
product launch
Delinea has introduced runtime authorisation for AI agents, applying policy controls before actions are executed. The system extends its identity security platform to govern what agents do after they gain access to tools like databases, cloud consoles, Kubernetes clusters, and SSH hosts. The timing reflects a growing worry that access control alone is not enough once agents start acting on their own. For those tracking agentic AI products, this shows the market is moving deeper into action-level governance. The missing detail is how Delinea decides which agent steps get blocked in the moment.
Via Agentic-News.ai — SecurityBrief Asia. Read: https://securitybrief.asia/story/delinea-launches-runtime-authorisation-for-ai-agents
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Stairwell
product launch
Stairwell announced Backstory on July 29, 2026 as an agentic investigation platform for malware response. The launch follows analysis showing 2.4 related variants for every sample named in public threat reports. For those tracking agentic AI, this signals security tools shifting from alerts to autonomous investigation. The key promise is how fast Backstory can identify affected systems and connect the dots across an attack.
Via Agentic-News.ai — The Manila times. Read: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/07/29/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/stairwell-launches-backstory-the-first-agentic-investigation-platform-for-malware-blast-radius/2394146
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BrowserStack
product launch
BrowserStack launched Test Companion on July 29, 2026 as agentic AI for test automation inside the IDE. The tool is built to speed up test authoring, execution, debugging, and maintenance across web and mobile apps. For those tracking agentic AI, this signals testing becoming a bigger target for autonomous workflows. The detail to watch is whether moving testing into the IDE finally closes the gap between code and release.
Via Agentic-News.ai — FinanzNachrichten.de. Read: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-07/69156897-browserstack-launches-test-companion-agentic-ai-that-brings-complete-test-automation-into-the-ide-008.htm
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Biggest movers this week
Listings with the largest week-over-week jump in outbound-click interest
- Claude Code · +40.9% week-over-week. Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal. It understands your entire codebase, makes multi-file edits, runs commands, manages git workflows, and uses MCP for tool integration. Built with a Unix philosophy — it reads, plans, edits, and verifies in a loop. The fastest-growing product in the coding agent category.
- Cline · +21.6% week-over-week. Cline is an AI coding assistant for VS Code that can inspect your project, edit files, run terminal commands, and use a browser while asking for permission at each step. It is aimed at developers working on real codebases who want more than code completion.
- OpenHands · +3.2% week-over-week. OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is a fully autonomous open-source AI coding agent. MIT-licensed core, plans + executes Python actions via CodeAct, uses browser + terminal + files. ~72% on SWE-bench Verified with Sonnet 4.5 via the OpenHands Software Agent SDK (arXiv:2511.03690).
Biggest declines this week
Listings with the largest week-over-week drop in outbound-click interest
- Perplexity Computer · -45% week-over-week. Perplexity Computer orchestrates 19 different AI models simultaneously — routing each subtask to the optimal model (Claude for reasoning, Gemini for deep research, GPT for long context). Tasks run in isolated Firecracker microVMs with 400+ app integrations and can persist for hours, days, or months. Requires Perplexity Max ($200/month).
- Wingman by Emergent · -44.7% week-over-week. Wingman is a messaging-first autonomous AI agent by Emergent. It connects to your email, calendar, Slack, CRM, and GitHub, then handles scheduling, research, sales support, and admin tasks through WhatsApp and Telegram conversations.
Agenticness Leaderboard
This week's most-clicked tools, re-ranked by rubric score. The score is the editorial signal; the popularity is what drew the directory's traffic here this week.
- Cline · 19/36 · Domain Specialist · L3
Cline is an AI coding assistant for VS Code that can inspect your project, edit files, run terminal commands, and use a browser while asking for permission at each step. It is aimed at developers working on real codebases who want more than code completion.
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is Cognition's AI-native desktop app for developers. It keeps the full IDE — editor, syntax highlighting, autocomplete, debugging — and adds a command centre for running and coordinating multiple coding agents in one place. Available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
- OpenHands · 18/36 · Adaptive Collaborator · L2
OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin) is a fully autonomous open-source AI coding agent. MIT-licensed core, plans + executes Python actions via CodeAct, uses browser + terminal + files. ~72% on SWE-bench Verified with Sonnet 4.5 via the OpenHands Software Agent SDK (arXiv:2511.03690).
Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal. It understands your entire codebase, makes multi-file edits, runs commands, manages git workflows, and uses MCP for tool integration. Built with a Unix philosophy — it reads, plans, edits, and verifies in a loop. The fastest-growing product in the coding agent category.
What operators are searching for this week
A week's demand signal — what operators are typing into the directory's search. Suggestion-chip defaults + off-topic / greetings filtered.
- "best coding agent"
- "free agentic ai that do coding"
- "AI agent to triage and reply to my email inbox"
- "best coding agent for a large existing codebase"
- "tools to automate customer support ticket triage"
Learn: Action Capability: can it actually DO things (run code, send, edit files), or only suggest?
Action Capability is the difference between a system that can only recommend and one that can take a real step in the world. A tool may write a perfect email draft, but if a human has to copy-paste it, nothing agentic has happened. The stronger signal is whether the tool can execute code, call an API, send a message, edit a file, or create a ticket without manual re-entry. That’s what separates an agent from a chat interface with automation theater. One concrete check: look for an execution log or action history. If the product can’t show what it actually did, with what permissions, it probably didn’t do much.
How our 9-dimension rubric works →
One tool worth testing
Cursor — Cursor is the tool to test if your team wants an IDE-centered coding agent that can hand work off to Cloud Agent, manage plugins, and use MCP and skills without stitching together extra glue. The site update adds those capabilities together, which makes this a real platform expansion rather than a minor docs edit. Put it against your current coding workflow in a 30-minute pilot and see whether it can move from local edits to delegated tasks cleanly enough to replace parts of your existing agent setup.
Our pick: Claude Code
The use case: coding agents.
Tops our independent /36 — the tiebreaker over Cursor: Continuity 3 vs 1. Pricing: Per-seat (usage per member, NOT pooled).
Ranked by our 9-dimension Agenticness rubric — not by who pays us (nobody does). The full scorecard, true-cost pricing, and the reliability evidence behind every score are in the report.
Read the full report →
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