{"data":{"slug":"ax-agent-executor","name":"AX (Agent Executor)","tagline":"Apache-2.0 Go CLI and Kubernetes CRDs for running agent tasks","category":"agents","categoryName":"AI Agents","url":"https://agentexecutor.io","github":"https://github.com/google/ax","pricing":"open-source","hook":"AX (Agent Executor) turns agent work into Kubernetes-native Tasks, Workspaces, and Gateways that can run on Agent Substrate instead of disappearing inside a chat session.","whatsGood":"Apache-2.0. The Go CLI and Kubernetes CRDs give an agent run a durable execution shape: a Task for the work, a Workspace for its files, and a Gateway for the services around it. That makes AX useful when the problem is operating agent workloads on Kubernetes, not merely calling a model from an SDK.","theCatch":"This is AX Agent Executor, not the live AX Check (Gauge) evaluation product — the names collide, so use the ax-agent-executor slug. Vs Agent Substrate: AX is the task/CLI/CRD experience on top of an agent runtime; vs OneCLI and Dexto: it is Kubernetes execution infrastructure, not a general desktop agent; vs Cua: it is not a browser/computer-use surface. Kubernetes and Agent Substrate operations are still your problem.","verdict":"Apache-2.0 agent executor for Kubernetes. Use the ax-agent-executor CLI and CRDs when durable Task/Workspace/Gateway primitives matter; do not confuse it with AX Check.","addedAt":"2026-09-21","featured":false,"domain":"AI Agents","subSpecialty":"Orchestration","subcategory":"Orchestration","tags":["cli","self-host","permissive","kubernetes","active"],"capabilities":["cli","kubernetes","runtime"],"surfaces":["CLI","Self-host"],"ecosystem":["Go","Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"Apache-2.0","githubStars":13944,"starsPerWeek":479,"access":"free","archived":false,"repo":{"createdAt":"2026-03-30","pushedAt":"2026-10-18","license":"Apache-2.0","archived":false,"checkedAt":"2026-10-19"}},"related":[{"slug":"claude-code","name":"Claude Code","tagline":"Terminal-first coding agent with deep repository context"},{"slug":"cursor","name":"Cursor","tagline":"The AI-first code editor that understands your codebase"},{"slug":"devin","name":"Devin","tagline":"Autonomous AI engineer for defined engineering tasks"},{"slug":"stagehand","name":"Stagehand","tagline":"AI-native browser automation that mixes code and natural language"},{"slug":"browser-use","name":"Browser Use","tagline":"Open-source framework for LLM-driven browser agents"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/ax-agent-executor","html":"/gems/ax-agent-executor","markdown":"/gems/ax-agent-executor.md","category":"/api/gems?category=agents","categoryPage":"/stacks/agents"}}