Semantic Kernel owners now have a migration check
The Semantic Kernel homepage now says the project is the successor to Microsoft Agent Framework, with 1.0 production-ready positioning and updated messaging around multi-agent orchestration, MCP, and A2A interoperability. That turns a branding change into a stack question: if you built on Semantic Kernel, do you follow the new framework path or treat this as a compatibility checkpoint? Chrome’s Gemini update pushes in the same direction, with auto browse, a new side panel, and deeper Google app integration making the browser itself part of the workflow. If you own an agent stack, check migration fit and browser automation together today.
See what changed on Semantic Kernel's listing →
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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13/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
Semantic Kernel rebrands as Microsoft Agent Framework — The Semantic Kernel homepage now says the project is the successor to Microsoft Agent Framework, with a new 1.0 production-ready positioning and updated feature messaging around multi-agent orchestration, MCP, and A2A interoperability.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-08-20 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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9/36 · Guided Assistant
Luma adds Luma Agents pricing tiers and expands creative workflow capabilities — Luma’s pricing page now ties Plus, Pro, and Ultra plans to Luma Agents usage levels, while the surrounding product copy adds agentic workflow messaging, new FAQs, and broader creative capability descriptions.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-08-20 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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12/36 · Guided Assistant
Google announces major Gemini in Chrome updates, including auto browse… — Chrome’s Gemini assistant is getting major new capabilities across Mac, Windows, and Chromebook Plus, including a new side panel experience, auto browse for multi-step tasks, and deeper Google app integrations.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-08-19 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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13/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
Regie.ai launches RegieGO with new pricing and a full sales-workspace… — The site was rewritten around RegieGO, an agentic sales workspace, replacing the prior feature set with new integrations, enrichment, CRM sync, and send-from-your-own-inbox capabilities.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-08-20 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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8/36 · Guided Assistant
BuyWhere expands from a product API into a broader AI shopping platform… — The site now shows a much broader platform surface: a first-time feature list with instant API key access and beta usage, new quickstart/onboarding paths, MCP and agent-framework integrations, merchant partnership pages, and updated pricin…
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-08-20 by agentic.ai's daily recrawl.
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13/36 · Adaptive Collaborator
SalesCloser AI adds a free tier and $42/year Enterprise Tools plan alongside… — SalesCloser AI’s site now shows two added pricing tiers — a Free Ai Tool and a To Enterprise Tools plan at $42/year — while introducing a new pipeline qualifying platform, video-avatar demo flow, and expanded integrations/use-case sections.
Source: the tool's own site — detected 2026-08-20 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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KTX
product launch
KTX launched its Skills Kit in Seoul on August 18, 2026, connecting agents in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, and Cursor to market data, portfolio tools, order execution, and prediction markets. The system lets an agent inspect intelligence, decide what to do, and then act. For those tracking agentic AI products, this signals a shift from chat-based advice to direct execution. The interesting part is which agents users will trust with actual trades.
Via Agentic-News.ai — Decrypt. Read: https://decrypt.co/375864/ktx-launches-skills-kit-to-connect-ai-agents-with-trading-intelligence-and-execution
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Templafy
product launch
Templafy launched the Templafy Agent Add-In on Aug. 18, 2026, as a free AI agent for PowerPoint users. The add-in lets people create, edit, and review presentations without leaving the app, and it is available through Microsoft Marketplace. For those tracking agentic AI workflows, this shows document agents moving straight into everyday office software. The part to watch is whether free distribution can turn PowerPoint into a real agent platform.
Via Agentic-News.ai — FinanzNachrichten.de. Read: https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-08/69341918-templafy-limited-templafy-launches-free-document-agent-in-microsoft-marketplace-399.htm
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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.
GitHub Copilot helps you write, review, and adapt code directly in GitHub, your IDE, and the terminal. It supports everything from inline suggestions to agentic coding workflows with broader model choices and enterprise controls.
- Cursor · 18/36 · Adaptive Collaborator · L2
Cursor is a developer-focused AI environment that adds agents, context, and automation around your repositories. It combines an editor-like interface, a CLI, and a cloud agent API to automate code review, bug fixing, CI hygiene, and more. Designed for individual developers and engineering teams who want AI to take real actions in their code and infrastructure, not just chat.
- Cline · 18/36 · Adaptive Collaborator · L2
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, and distinct from Cognition's cloud agent Devin) is an 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.
- Req2Ops · 4/36 · Reactive Tool · L0
Req2Ops turns client briefs, emails, and PDFs into structured project plans. It helps teams capture missing details, organize work, and identify next actions before development starts.
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"
- "agent able to play mobile game"
- "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: Adaptation: when a step fails, does it re-plan - or just stop?
Adaptation is the ability to recover when a step goes wrong. A tool with strong adaptation doesn’t just report failure or ask for a human right away. It notices the break, changes the plan, and tries another path based on what happened. That’s one of the clearest lines between a real agent and a chatbot with a polished wrapper. The wrapper can look active right up until the first bad API response, missing file, or failed login. One concrete check: read a demo or log and look for a second attempt after failure. Did it change the action, retry with different parameters, or branch to a new step? If not, it isn’t adapting.
How our 9-dimension rubric works →
One tool worth testing
Today's signal didn't produce a clear single-tool pick worth a test session. Tomorrow's read picks it back up.
Our pick: ChatGPT
The use case: general-purpose ai agents.
Tops our independent /36 — the tiebreaker over Hermes Agent: Reliability 2 vs 0. Pricing: Subscription + credit-metered agents.
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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