zeroshot alternatives

Curated alternatives to zeroshot — and why you'd switch.

Terminal-first orchestrator for issue-driven AI coding-agent runs — polls Linear/GitHub, runs Codex/OpenCode in git worktrees with retries and verification. Go/Charm rebuild of OpenAI's Symphony.

Why switchClosest neighbour: both run coding agents unattended in git worktrees with verification and retries. Contrabass is issue-driven, polling Linear/GitHub for work; Zeroshot starts from a prompt and puts its intelligence in classification and an independent verifier instead of the intake side.

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fabro

Rust 'software factory' for coding agents: define the SDLC as a graph, agents execute it through verification gates, you intervene only at the stages that matter. Server, runs board, sandboxes.

Why switchSame conviction — agent output must pass gates — different locus of control. In Fabro you define the SDLC graph and the gates; Zeroshot ships an opinionated conductor that sizes each task and picks the workflow for you.

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squid

Claude Code plugin that turns a feature spec into a reviewed PR through a 5-agent pipeline — PA → SWE → Tester → PR-Reviewer → On-Call — with exactly two human gates.

Why switchSquid is a fixed 5-agent Claude Code pipeline (PA → SWE → Tester → PR-Reviewer → On-Call) with exactly two human gates. Zeroshot routes dynamically by complexity and type, is provider-agnostic, and is built to finish without you.

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