agent-signals

061. The first start of thirteen more agents with no login

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Date
2026-10-31
Agents
Kiro CLI, Junie CLI, Codebuff, Qoder CLI, CodeBuddy Code, Letta Code, Neovate Code, Every Code, iFlow CLI, Mistral Vibe, gptme, Open Interpreter, Grok CLI
Measured on
CI runner ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-26.04 (x64); CI runner ubuntu-22.04-arm, ubuntu-24.04-arm, ubuntu-26.04-arm (arm64); CI runner macos-15, macos-26 (arm64); CI runner macos-15-intel, macos-26-intel (x64)

Measured

2026-10-31, the scenario scenarios/first-run.sh <agent> <command> in the scenarios workflow (run 41151440753, and before it run 41149533184), with a throwaway HOME, no login and no key. The workflow installed each agent on the runner. Each install command comes from the page of the vendor or from the package registry:

Agent Command Version Install
Kiro CLI kiro-cli 2.37.0 curl -fsSL https://cli.kiro.dev/install | bash
Junie CLI junie 26.10.27 (build 3893.6) curl -fsSL https://junie.jetbrains.com/install.sh | bash
Codebuff codebuff 1.0.688 npm codebuff
Qoder CLI qodercli 1.1.81 npm @qoder-ai/qodercli
CodeBuddy Code codebuddy 2.179.0 npm @tencent-ai/codebuddy-code
Letta Code letta 0.34.35 npm @letta-ai/letta-code
Neovate Code neovate 0.28.5 npm @neovate/code
Every Code coder 0.6.196 npm @just-every/code
iFlow CLI iflow 0.5.19 npm @iflow-ai/iflow-cli
Mistral Vibe vibe 3.0.4 uv tool install --python 3.12 mistral-vibe
gptme gptme 0.35.1 uv tool install --python 3.12 gptme
Open Interpreter interpreter 0.0.56 curl -fsSL https://www.openinterpreter.com/install | sh
Grok CLI grok 1.1.7 the install.sh of the superagent-ai/grok-cli README

Node.js was 22.23.4 (from actions/setup-node) on each runner. Grok CLI is a project of superagent-ai for the xAI API, not a program of xAI.

Measured on: CI runner ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-26.04 (x64); CI runner ubuntu-22.04-arm, ubuntu-24.04-arm, ubuntu-26.04-arm (arm64); CI runner macos-15, macos-26 (arm64); CI runner macos-15-intel, macos-26-intel (x64). Each agent installed and started on each of these runners, except Grok CLI. The Grok CLI installer stopped with "Unsupported platform: linux-arm64" on the three arm64 Linux images and with "Unsupported platform: darwin-x64" on the two Intel macOS images.

What was measured

The screen after 20 s, the processes, the files below the throwaway HOME, and the files that the processes held open, on ubuntu-24.04 (x64) unless an item names another label. The paths are relative to HOME.

  1. Kiro CLI writes "Welcome to Kiro CLI, let's get you signed in!" and "Press enter to continue to the browser or esc to cancel". It runs as one native process kiro-cli. It holds .local/share/kiro-cli/data.sqlite3 open and makes .kiro/settings/cli.json. On macos-26-intel the screen after 20 s was a menu "You are not logged in. Login now?" with "❯ Yes" and "No".
  2. Junie CLI draws a logo of slashes and asks "Share anonymous statistics" with "→ Yes, share anonymous statistics" and "No, don't share". The process is ~/.local/share/junie/versions/3893.6/junie-app/bin/junie in the real HOME: the scenario passes JUNIE_DATA, because the shim finds the binary below $HOME/.local/share/junie. Below the throwaway HOME, Junie made only .rpmdb/rpmdb.sqlite with -wal and -shm. The logo has an animation: on macos-26-intel some of its characters were other characters.
  3. Codebuff draws CODEBUFF in large letters and "Press ENTER to login...". It runs as node .../bin/codebuff with a native child. On Linux, ps shows the work folder as the command of the child. A third process /bin/sh -c cat >/dev/null 2>&1; printf '\033[?1049l... with no tty waits as a child of the native process. Codebuff makes .config/manicode/ and holds .config/manicode/projects/example/chats/<time>/log.jsonl open. The first codebuff --version downloads the binary and prints "Download complete! Starting Codebuff..." before the version.
  4. Qoder CLI shows "Qoder CLI v1.1.81", "Not Login Please Auth", a box "Tips for getting started", and a menu "❯ 1. Sign in to continue", "2. Exit the application". It runs as node .../bin/qodercli. It makes about 230 files in .qoder/ and holds a log in .qoder/logs/runs/ and a .jsonl file in .qoder/logs/sessions/-work-example/<uuid>/segments/ open. On ubuntu-22.04 and ubuntu-22.04-arm it adds a warning "Limited color support detected (TERM=screen)".
  5. CodeBuddy Code asks "Do you trust the files in this folder?" with four numbered options, "1. Trust folder only (example)" under the mark. It runs as node .../bin/codebuddy. It makes .codebuddy/ with about 5,400 files in .codebuddy/plugins/marketplaces, and sessions/<pid>.json, web-ui-port.json and user-state.json.
  6. Letta Code shows "Welcome to Letta Code" and a menu "> Sign in with Letta (default)", "Proceed locally", "Exit". It runs as node .../bin/letta and makes .letta/settings.json. On the four macOS labels the first line shows "^[[?1;2;4c" as text.
  7. Neovate Code shows a framed list of providers with "/login" and "/model" as suggested actions, and below it an empty input line ">" between two rules, with a status line that ends in "🆔" and eight hex digits. The digits changed from start to start. It runs as node --no-warnings=ExperimentalWarning .../bin/neovate. It made no file below HOME in 20 s.
  8. Every Code shows ">_ Welcome to Code" and a menu "> 1. Sign in with ChatGPT", "2. Provide your own API key" on five labels. On ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-26.04, ubuntu-26.04-arm, macos-26 and macos-15-intel the pane was still empty after 20 s. It runs as node .../bin/coder with a native child code-<target> (on Linux x64 code-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl). It makes .code/version.json and holds .code/debug_logs/critical.log.<date> open.
  9. iFlow CLI shows a framed header with tips and a form "OpenAI Compatible API Configuration" with "Base URL:" and "https://api.openai.com/v1" in the field. It runs as node .../bin/iflow with a second node child. It makes .iflow/ and holds .iflow/log/console-<time>-<pid>.log open.
  10. Mistral Vibe shows "Welcome to Mistral Vibe - Let's get you started!" and "Enter continue". It runs as the native vibe-rs from its uv tool folder, with a child vibe-app-server. It makes .vibe/ and holds .vibe/logs/vibe-rs.log and .vibe/logs/vibe.log open.
  11. gptme asks "New conversation or load previous?" with "* New conversation" and "Load more". It runs as the Python of its uv tool folder. It made no file below HOME in 20 s.
  12. Open Interpreter shows "Welcome to Open Interpreter" and a menu "> 1. Sign in with ChatGPT", "2. Sign in with Device Code", "3. Provide your own API key". It runs as one native process interpreter. Its files are in .openinterpreter/ (fact 65).
  13. Grok CLI asks on plain lines "Run grok directly on the host for this directory?" with "[Y] Yes, remember host mode", "[s] Yes, this session only" and "Choice [Y/s]:". On macos-15 and macos-26 (arm64) it asks "Run grok in sandbox mode for this directory?" with three choices. It runs as one native process grok and made no file below HOME in 20 s.

Mechanism

Only Neovate Code starts at an input line. The other twelve agents first show a login, a key or provider form, a trust question, a statistics question or a choice of the conversation.

Junie CLI and the first --version call of Codebuff and Every Code show two install patterns. The Junie shim runs a binary from a data folder below HOME, so a throwaway HOME needs JUNIE_DATA. Codebuff and Every Code download or install their binary at the first call. The scenario takes the version from a second call when the first line says "Download" or "Installing".

Codebuff and Open Interpreter run their native process with the work folder or a short name as the command line, so a reader that finds an agent by its command line must not expect the package path.

Incident

The first run (41149533184) installed Junie CLI with npm @jetbrains/junie. The shim of that package looked for its binary below the throwaway HOME, stopped before 5 s, and the pane closed, so the capture was "no pane". The scenario now keeps the pane of an agent that stops (remain-on-exit), and the workflow installs Junie with its own installer.

Screens

Not measured

Screens in the corpus that name this fact