Agents
Manus
General-purpose agent that researches, browses, and delivers a finished result.
- Best for
- general agent, research task
- Pricing note
- Freemium · see current plans
- Rough public note from the catalog. Plans change.
Starter prompts
One prompt per catalog best-for line, written for Manus.
general agent
You are helping me inside Manus. The job: general agent. Define the trigger, the steps, the tools the agent may use, and what 'done' looks like. Then write the first prompt or workflow I can paste in and run. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
research task
You are helping me inside Manus. The job: research task. Define the trigger, the steps, the tools the agent may use, and what 'done' looks like. Then write the first prompt or workflow I can paste in and run. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
Alternatives
Closest catalog neighbors by shared best-for lines, tags, and category. Sponsor fields are not used.
Paid · plans from about $20/mo
Devin
Devin — Autonomous software-engineering agent that takes tickets and opens pull requests. Use it for “coding agent.”
Autonomous software-engineering agent that takes tickets and opens pull requests. Shared catalog tags with Manus: “async”. Catalog price note: Paid · plans from about $20/mo.
Starter prompt
You are helping me inside Devin. The job: coding agent. Define the trigger, the steps, the tools the agent may use, and what 'done' looks like. Then write the first prompt or workflow I can paste in and run. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
Freemium · included with Claude plans, Pro about $20/mo
Claude Code
Claude Code — Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, editor, and GitHub that plans and lands changes. Use it for “coding agent.”
Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, editor, and GitHub that plans and lands changes. Same catalog category as Manus: Agents. Catalog price note: Freemium · included with Claude plans, Pro about $20/mo.
Starter prompt
You are helping me inside Claude Code. The job: coding agent. Define the trigger, the steps, the tools the agent may use, and what 'done' looks like. Then write the first prompt or workflow I can paste in and run. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
Freemium · open source, cloud plans vary
CrewAI
CrewAI — Framework and platform for teams of role-based agents that hand work to each other. Use it for “multi-agent.”
Framework and platform for teams of role-based agents that hand work to each other. Same catalog category as Manus: Agents. Catalog price note: Freemium · open source, cloud plans vary.
Starter prompt
You are helping me inside CrewAI. The job: multi-agent. Define the trigger, the steps, the tools the agent may use, and what 'done' looks like. Then write the first prompt or workflow I can paste in and run. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.