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AI agent tools for the Claude Agent SDK
Short answer: Our top pick for the Claude Agent SDK: claude-mem, with the highest AgentPick Score (93/100) among tools tagged "claude-agent-sdk". Runners-up: hivemind (71) and meridian (70). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | claude-mem | Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant … | 93/100 | ★ 101k | Apache-2.0 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | hivemind | Hivemind turns your traces into reusable skills across agents | 71/100 | ★ 1.6k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | meridian | Use Claude and Antigravity with Pi, OpenCode and other coding clients. Local API bridge, usage dashboard and Mac app. Antigravity preview available in… | 70/100 | ★ 2.1k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | pandaprobe | open source agent engineering platform: traces, evals, and metrics to debug and improve your AI agents. Integrates with LangGraph, CrewAI, Claude Agen… | 61/100 | ★ 790 | Apache-2.0 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | opencode-with-claude | OpenCode plugin to use your Claude Max/Pro subscription with OpenCode via Meridian | 61/100 | ★ 612 | MIT | 30 Sept 2026 |
| #6 | adhd | ADHD — a skill for coding agents. Tree-of-thought with pruning, built on the Claude & Codex Agent SDK. Fans out parallel divergent thoughts under diff… | 54/100 | ★ 4.4k | MIT | 5 Oct 2026 |
| #7 | agentic-flow | Easily switch between alternative low-cost AI models in Claude Code/Agent SDK. For those comfortable using Claude agents and commands, it lets you tak… | 52/100 | ★ 819 | See repo | 11 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | cain-agent | Real-world AI penetration testing engineer for authorized assessments — built-in cloud module covering AWS/Azure/GCP + Aliyun/Tencent/Huawei clouds. B… | 49/100 | ★ 953 | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #9 | open-agent-sdk-typescript | Agent-SDK without CLI dependencies, as an alternative to claude-agent-sdk, completely open source | 47/100 | ★ 2.7k | MIT | 26 Jul 2026 |
| #10 | claude-agent-server | Run Claude Agent (Claude Code) in a sandbox, control it via websocket | 18/100 | ★ 586 | See repo | 28 Dec 2025 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
How to choose
- Check which models and providers it supports.
- Prefer tools that show diffs and ask before running commands.
- Look for recent commits: coding agents change fast.
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