Kernel

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  "name": "Kernel",
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  "niche": "browser-automation-agent",
  "category": "developer-tools-infra",
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    "API calls from agents requiring browser sessions"
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    "MP4 session recordings",
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    "proxy/auth handling"
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    "Anthropic",
    "GitHub",
    "Stripe",
    "CLI"
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    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.kernel.sh/pricing",
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    "HIPAA stated",
    "customer logos (Rye, Cash App, Woflow, Kaizen, Benny)",
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    "trusted by 3000+ teams",
    "open source on GitHub"
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    "https://github.com/varmac/steward",
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  "profile_checked": "2026-06-16",
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    "repository": null,
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
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    "note": "No deployment evidence held — Agentery has no endpoint, install instruction or directory attribute for this listing.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
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  },
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      "note": "from the listing's current price record; no separate page-text verification is held"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
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  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
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