The labPersonal judgments, with published evidence
Tier lists
- 1 living AI tier list
- 2 game tier lists from my builds
AI tier lists
FlagshipPersonal rankings · saved Oct 23, 2026AI Coding Agents Tier ListDan’s personal AI coding agents tier list, based on daily use on real work. Read his reviews and the published evidence, with controlled comparisons kept separate.12 personally ranked · 0 not ranked yet · 8 with receiptsOpen the tier list
AI Coding Agents Tier List · all agents · lit by receipts on file
- Claude Opus 5.5Claude Code1 receipt
- Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Codeno report published
- Claude Haiku 5.5Claude Codeno report published
- DeepSeek V4.1 FlashClaude Code (DeepSeek API)4 receipts
- GPT-6.1 SolCodex CLI1 receipt
- GPT-6 AstraCodex CLIno report published
- GPT-6 LunaCodex CLIno report published
- Gemini 4 ArgonGemini CLI (Vertex AI)3 receipts
- GLM-5.3Qoder CLI1 receipt
- SonusQoder CLI1 receipt
- Qwen 3.8 MaxQoder CLI1 receipt
- Muse Wonder Full 1.0Muse Code1 receipt
Game tier lists from my builds
These come from tools I built with AI agents, so they live with the builds. They rank game decks and heroes, not AI.
- UnofficialGodforge Duels simulation tier listDecks ranked from simulated games in my unofficial Godforge Duels simulator. A community tool, not an official Fateless release.
- Fan-madeVoid Hunters tier listHeroes for solo fights, player fights and bosses, from the Void Hunters fan hub.
What the tiers mean · AI Coding Agents Tier List
- SHand it real work and expect a verified result.
- AStrong on real work; plan a review pass.
- BUseful with close supervision.
- COnly for narrow, well-fenced tasks.
- DNot recommended for real work right now.