AI Agent Landscape 2026

A curated reference of major AI agent platforms, orchestrators, and tools.

Overview · Platforms · Comparison · Use Cases

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Overview

Platform	Stars	Stack	Role	Latest
OpenClaw			Personal AI Assistant
Paperclip			Zero-Human Company Orchestration
MiroFish			Swarm Intelligence Prediction
Scrapling			Adaptive Web Scraping Framework
Hermes Agent			Self-Improving Agent
KatmerCode			Claude Code in Obsidian

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Platforms

1. OpenClaw

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. 🦞

Feature	Detail
Gateway	WebSocket daemon — always-on (LaunchAgent / systemd)
Channels	20+ (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage, Signal, etc.)
Agents	Multi-agent via agents.list — per-agent models, skills, memory
Skills	217+ eligible, workspace-based skill system
Memory	Vector + FTS, 3-tier (HOT/WARM/COLD)
Scheduling	Cron + heartbeat
Models	Any provider — failover with auth profile rotation
Sponsors	OpenAI, NVIDIA, Vercel, Blacksmith, Convex

npm install -g openclaw@latest
openclaw onboard --install-daemon

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2. Paperclip

"If OpenClaw is an employee, Paperclip is the company."

Feature	Detail
Org Charts	Roles, reporting lines, titles, hierarchies
Goal Alignment	Every task traces back to company mission
Budgets	Per-agent monthly limits with auto-throttle
Tickets	Full tool-call tracing + immutable audit log
Multi-Company	One deployment, many companies, complete data isolation
Heartbeats	Scheduled delegation up and down the org chart
Compatible	OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Bash, HTTP

npx paperclipai onboard --yes
# localhost:3100, embedded PostgreSQL

Coming Soon: Clipmart — Download and run entire company templates with one click.

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3. MiroFish

A Simple and Universal Swarm Intelligence Engine, Predicting Anything.

Feature	Detail
Seed	Real-world data (news, policies, financial signals)
Simulation	Thousands of agents with independent personalities & memory
God's Eye	Dynamically inject variables, observe emergent behavior
GraphRAG	Knowledge graph construction for entity/relation extraction
Reports	ReportAgent generates detailed prediction reports
Interactive	Converse with any simulated agent post-simulation

Use Cases: Public opinion prediction, financial scenarios, novel ending inference, policy impact analysis

cp .env.example .env  # Configure LLM API (OpenAI SDK compatible)
uv venv && uv pip install -r requirements.txt

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4. Scrapling

Effortless Web Scraping for the Modern Web.

Feature	Detail
Adaptive Parser	Learns from website changes, auto-relocates elements
Anti-Bot Bypass	Cloudflare Turnstile out of the box
Fetchers	Fetcher, AsyncFetcher, StealthyFetcher, DynamicFetcher
Spiders	Full-scale concurrent crawls with pause/resume
Proxy Rotation	Automatic proxy rotation for multi-session crawls
MCP Server	AI agent integration via MCP protocol
OpenClaw Skill	Available on ClawHub
CLI	Built-in command line interface

from scrapling.fetchers import StealthyFetcher
p = StealthyFetcher.fetch('https://example.com', headless=True)
products = p.css('.product', auto_save=True)  # Survives website changes!

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5. Hermes Agent

The agent that grows with you.

Feature	Detail
Learning Loop	Auto-creates skills from experience, self-improves during use
Memory	Agent-curated + periodic nudges, FTS5 session search
User Modeling	Honcho dialectic modeling — deepens understanding over sessions
Backends	Local, Docker, SSH, Daytona, Singularity, Modal
Serverless	Hibernates when idle (~$0), wakes on demand
Channels	Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal
Models	200+ via OpenRouter, Nous Portal, z.ai, Kimi, MiniMax
Migration	hermes claw migrate — imports OpenClaw settings

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
source ~/.bashrc && hermes

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6. KatmerCode

Claude Code inside Obsidian — academic research skills, inline diff editing, MCP support.

Feature	Detail
Integration	Claude Code as Obsidian sidebar chat panel (via Agent SDK)
Inline Diff	Word-level track changes — accept/undo in editor
Research Skills	7 academic slash commands
MCP	Auto-reads ~/.claude.json server configs
Reports	HTML research reports viewable inside Obsidian

Academic Skills:

Command	Description
/peer-review	8-criteria manuscript evaluation with radar chart
/cite-verify	Cross-check references against CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex
/lit-search	Parallel search: arXiv, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, OpenAlex
/citation-network	Interactive citation graph with timeline
/research-gap	Temporal, methodological, thematic gap identification
/journal-match	Target journal suggestions based on reference profile
/abstract	Generate abstracts in 5 formats

git clone https://github.com/hkcanan/katmer-code.git
cd katmer-code && npm install && npm run build
# Copy to <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/katmer-code/

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Comparison

Feature	OpenClaw	Paperclip	MiroFish	Scrapling	Hermes	KatmerCode
Multi-agent	12-bot	Org chart	Thousands	-	Subagent	Single
Learning	Memory	-	Agent mem	Adaptive	Self-improve	-
Channels	20+	Dashboard	Web	CLI/MCP	5+	Obsidian
Cost control	Per-model	Per-agent	-	-	Usage	-
Scheduling	Cron	Heartbeat	-	Spider	Cron	-
Governance	Approval	Board	-	-	Approval	-
Self-hosted	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Plugin

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Use Cases

Scenario	Recommended
Daily AI assistant	OpenClaw
Multi-agent business automation	Paperclip + OpenClaw
OpenClaw alternative with learning	Hermes Agent
Market/opinion prediction	MiroFish
Web scraping & data collection	Scrapling
Academic writing in Obsidian	KatmerCode

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License

This curation is MIT licensed. Each referenced project has its own license.

_{Curated by @MadKangYu — April 2026}