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# Field notes on the agent landscapeexplainers, not announcements

Working notes on the catalog: how to consume it as data, and the taxonomy calls we make when a term means two things at once.

1.  [01 API · 2026-09-25 · 6 min ## Every AI agent on one endpoint The catalog is data, not just pages — one JSON response carries every system, its spec fields, and its last change.](https://www.agentlist.io/articles/every-ai-agent-one-endpoint)
    
2.  [02 TAXONOMY · 2026-09-25 · 7 min ## Agent router vs model router Both promise to route work to the right thing — one picks a model for an inference call, the other picks an agent for a task. They're different layers, and they compose.](https://www.agentlist.io/articles/agent-router-vs-model-router)
    
3.  [03 TAXONOMY · 2026-09-25 · 8 min ## Agent framework vs agent library The test is inversion of control: a framework calls your code and owns the loop; a library is primitives you call from a loop you own.](https://www.agentlist.io/articles/agent-framework-vs-agent-library)
    
4.  [04 SIGNAL · 2026-09-28 · 9 min ## The personal agent landscape, argued on X A year of timeline fights about OpenClaw-shaped assistants settled into a rough consensus: chat is the interface, your hardware is the moat, memory is the product — and security is the tax nobody priced.](https://www.agentlist.io/articles/personal-agent-landscape-x)

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