| Agents on the computer |
| Claude Code, on a subscription or an API key | Yes | A CLI tool that the background service starts with a command, in a mode that doesn't need a person at the keyboard. |
| Codex CLI | Yes | A CLI tool started with a command, just like Claude Code. |
| Grok Build, xAI's CLI | Yes | It has a mode that takes a task in a single command, with an API key, and returns an answer. The tool is still in beta. |
| Gemini CLI, Cursor CLI, Aider, OpenHands | Yes | All of them have a mode that takes a task in one command and returns an answer, so they meet the condition. |
| Local model: Ollama, LM Studio | Partly | The model itself only answers a question. To make it a hat, it needs an agentic CLI tool on top that talks to the local server. |
| A person: the founder, through the Founder Terminal | Yes | A message in the founder's channel becomes a despatch, and the answer comes back to the same channel. |
| Cloud agents |
| Agent SDK, Managed Agents, OpenAI API | Yes | They start from an API call and return a result, and the adapter wakes them. You pay per use, not through the subscription. |
| Claude Code or Codex in GitHub Actions | Yes | A workflow template starts them from an event on GitHub, and the result is written to the repo. |
| Base44 Superagent | Yes | Superagent has an API that sends it a message and returns the final answer. The API is still in beta. |
| Manus | Yes | It has an API that creates a task, a webhook that reports when the task is finished, and a call that fetches the task's messages and outputs. |
| Automation platforms |
| n8n AI Agent | Yes | A Webhook node starts the agent, and a Respond to Webhook node returns its answer in the same call. |
| Make, AI Agents | Yes | A Custom webhook starts the scenario, the Run an agent module runs the agent, and Webhook response returns the answer. |
| Zapier Agents | Partly | The agent runs only inside a Zap: a webhook starts the Zap, and a Run Agent step runs the agent. The webhook answers right away, so the result comes back only through an extra step that sends it to the adapter's address. |
| Pipedream, Lindy | Yes | Both start an agent from a webhook and can return its answer in the same call. |
| Relevance AI | Partly | An API call starts the agent but doesn't return an answer. The result goes to a destination you set in advance, such as the adapter's webhook. |
| Chat apps |
| ChatGPT | No | There's no official way to wake it from outside, and automated browser control breaks the terms of use. |
| ChatGPT Work | Partly | Workspace agents have an API address that wakes them, but it's in beta, and you can't get the answer back from it. |
| Grok, the chat bot on X or Telegram | No | It's a chat app. There's no way to run it from a command and get a structured answer back. |
| OpenAI's dots | Partly | An agent that runs all the time inside ChatGPT. You can reach it from Slack or Teams, but there's no API that returns the answer. Not yet available in Europe or the UK. |