Agent-E

Agent driven automation starting with the web. Try it: https://www.emergence.ai/web-automation-api

Browser & Computer Use Python Listed MIT

Is Agent-E safe? Thin or incomplete trust evidence. Review carefully before production use.

OSSF Scorecard 3.6 / 10
Provenance None
Signed commits 36%
Last push 158d ago
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In detail: Agent-E scores 34.8/100 (Grade D), ranked #1263 of 1371 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 3.6/10; 36% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-05-04. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Agent-E could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships Agent-E and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the code you run. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.

  1. Source Partly signed

    github.com/EmergenceAI/agent-e, MIT, last pushed 2026-05-04. 36% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.

  2. Review and release Weak

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 3.6/10 (scanned Oct 6, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review7
    • Branch Protection5
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflown/a
    • Token Permissionsn/a
    • Pinned Dependencies0
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 10
    Branch-Protection 5
    CI-Tests 0
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 7
    Contributors 3
    Dangerous-Workflow -1
    Dependency-Update-Tool 0
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 0
    Packaging -1
    Pinned-Dependencies 0
    SAST 0
    Security-Policy 0
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions -1
    Vulnerabilities 10
  3. Published packages None

    No registry package. Agent-E is used from its repository, so what you run is whatever you check out: pin a release tag or commit.

Changes to this chain

No change to package provenance, package source links, Scorecard coverage or license in HVTracker's daily snapshots of Agent-E.

Evidence behind this score

Coverage B: 3 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads (missing)
  • Supply-chain checks
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues Agent-E’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.

What this score doesn’t check

It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.

How Agent-E compares in Browser & Computer Use

  1. #35 UI-TARS 41.0 +6.2
  2. #36 Understudy 35.0 +0.2
  3. #37 Agent-E 34.8 this agent
  4. #38 OpenCUA 33.3 −1.5
  5. #39 OpenBrowser 32.1 −2.7

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Agent-E’s 34.8.

Where the 34.8 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Browser & Computer Use average

34.8 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Agent-E Browser & Computer Use average (45 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
6.3 / 25
3.0 below avg 9.3
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
1.6 below avg 12.4
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
11.6 / 17
in line with avg 11.4
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
1.5 / 20
10.7 below avg 12.2
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
7.4 / 20
3.3 below avg 10.7

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.
Recent Changes
2026-09-23
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 661 spots (#566 → #1227)
2026-09-22
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Rank dropped 164 spots (#402 → #566)
2026-09-21
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Rank rose 822 spots (#1224 → #402)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 3.6/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.
Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.
Refresh maintenance signals The repo was last pushed 158 days ago. Fresh activity helps separate stable projects from stale ones.
32.3
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#37

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade D reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-09 08:15 UTC · Repo last pushed 158 days ago

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-09

Activity & Reach

Stars
1.3k
Forks
192
Last Push
2026-05-04
158 days ago
Commits (4 wk)
0
Downloads (7d)
—
HN mentions (30d)
0
Open Issues
17
Rank Change
=
was #1263

Analysis

Activity Inputs

32.3 / 100
StarsRepository reach
18.6 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
3.1 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
0.0 / 25
CommunityFork signal
10.6 / 20

Common questions about Agent-E

Public trust evidence for Agent-E is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.
Does Agent-E publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for Agent-E. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does Agent-E have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Agent-E has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 3.6/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.
Is Agent-E actively maintained?
Slowing down. Last push was 158 days ago — keep an eye on whether activity resumes.
What license does Agent-E use?
Agent-E ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Agent-E's commits signed?
36% of the last 100 commits to Agent-E are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface
Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support
None detected
No MCP server signal detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
External Service Dependencies
high confidence
4 detected
Public provider/service dependencies detected.
Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
1 tags
Broad capability areas detected.
  • browser
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
N/A
No package source configured
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
  • MCP signal live
  • External deps live
  • Tool / plugin surface live
  • Package provenance drift live
How this surface has changed

Detected changes to Agent-E's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-08-02
Activity Went Stale
No commits for 90 days

Maintain Agent-E?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Agent-E from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Rank 24Stale 1
2026-09-23
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Rank dropped 661 spots (#566 → #1227)
2026-09-22
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Rank dropped 164 spots (#402 → #566)
2026-09-21
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Rank rose 822 spots (#1224 → #402)
2026-09-09
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Rank dropped 10 spots (#1193 → #1203)
2026-09-08
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2026-09-04
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2026-09-03
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2026-09-02
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2026-09-01
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2026-08-31
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2026-08-30
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2026-08-29
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2026-08-28
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2026-08-27
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2026-08-26
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2026-08-16
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2026-08-10
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2026-08-08
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Rank dropped 224 spots (#395 → #619)
2026-08-02
Activity Went Stale
No commits for 90 days
2026-07-15
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 24 spots (#346 → #370)
2026-07-14
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 19 spots (#327 → #346)
2026-07-13
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Rank dropped 36 spots (#291 → #327)

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