Compare · AOS vs Paperclip
AOS vs
Paperclip.
A generic agent harness. Not an operating cadence.
Paperclip is the right starting point if you want to roll your own agent system. It hands you a runtime and a blank page. AOS is what you would build on top of Paperclip if you had nine months and a strong opinion about operating cadence.
Capability
Paperclip
AOS
Out of the box
Bring your own everything
61 roles, 8 departments, ready in 20 minutes
Operating cadence
You define
Built in: missions, acceptance, holds, memory
Approval points
Roll your own
Five categories with examples
Self-review loop
Roll your own
Built in
Who maintains it
You. Updates, glue, fixes are yours
Maintained for you
Time to first reviewed work
Months of setup
Same day
Where it breaks down for a founder
01
It is a substrate, not a system. The roles, the holds, the memory model, the review loop. All of that is your job to design, wire, and keep working.
02
Months, not minutes. By the time you have a cadence you trust, you have built a second product next to your real one.
03
When it breaks, you own the fix. There is no opinionated default to fall back on.
When to pick which
Use Paperclip if you want to build your own framework. Use AOS if you want to install one.
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