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canonical_url: "https://podium.do/compare/agents/synara-vs-zenflow/"
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generated_at: 2026-10-01
last_checked_at: 2026-09-23
last_cross_checked_at: 2026-09-23
next_check_at: 2026-10-07
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# Synara vs Zenflow Code by Zencoder

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This comparison has 6 criteria with sourced findings for both products, including 6 that a second agent cross-checked for both. 22 criteria have a sourced finding for at least one product. "Sourced" findings passed publication validation. "Agent cross-checked" findings also received a separate agent source pass, not necessarily a hands-on test. Humans approve the rubric, templates and prototype; they do not review every finding. It does not declare a winner. A missing sourced finding is not evidence that a capability is absent.

- Synara source checks: 2026-09-23.
- Zenflow Code by Zencoder source checks: 2026-09-23.

- Canonical HTML: https://podium.do/compare/agents/synara-vs-zenflow/
- Machine-readable JSON: https://podium.do/compare/agents/synara-vs-zenflow/data.json
- Methodology: https://podium.do/compare/agents/methodology/

## Access and agent choice

### ACC-01: Client access

Judgment rule: List desktop OS and minimum versions, iOS, Android, browser, mobile browser, CLI and editor extensions separately. For each client, record start, steer, approve, review and resume actions, notifications and plan restrictions. Test moving the same task from desktop to phone; distinguish an installable mobile app from a mobile website and from status-only monitoring.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Zenflow installation docs list three desktop OS families.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- desktop_os — Desktop os [supported]: macOS, Windows, Linux; exact supported minimum versions uncollected. Sources: zenflow:install.
- mobile_apps — Mobile apps [unknown]: Mobile apps: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- browser — Browser [unknown]: Browser: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- mobile_browser — Mobile browser [unknown]: Mobile browser: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- cli — Cli [unknown]: Cli: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- editor_extensions — Editor extensions [unknown]: Editor extensions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- task_actions — Task actions [unknown]: Task actions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- notifications — Notifications [unknown]: Notifications: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- cross_device_continuity — Cross device continuity [unknown]: Cross device continuity: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:install

### ACC-02: Agent and model choice

Judgment rule: List supported harnesses and model providers separately, including custom adapters. Record whether the product embeds a harness, controls its sessions through an API, or only launches its terminal command. Verify at least two different harnesses before describing mixed-harness operation as observed.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Multiple authenticated CLI runtimes are supported.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- harnesses — Harnesses [supported]: Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Antigravity, Grok, Devin, Pi, Droid. Sources: synara:site.
- model_providers — Model providers [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- custom_adapters — Custom adapters [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- session_integration — Session integration [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- mixed_harness_operation — Mixed harness operation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:site

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Zenflow documents provider agent choices and custom model endpoints.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- harnesses — Harnesses [supported]: Claude Code, Codex and Gemini. Sources: zenflow:clis.
- model_providers — Model providers [supported]: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI and Zencoder routing. Sources: zenflow:clis.
- custom_adapters — Custom adapters [partial]: Custom local/VPC endpoints documented; arbitrary agent-runtime adapter support unverified. Sources: zenflow:clis.
- session_integration — Session integration [unknown]: Session integration: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- mixed_harness_operation — Mixed harness operation [unknown]: Mixed harness operation: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:clis

### ACC-03: Subscriptions, API keys and vendor credits

Judgment rule: Record bring-your-own agent subscription, bring-your-own API account, vendor credits and local models as separate routes. List supported plans, models/modes, multiple-account switching and what works without a vendor account or token purchase. Existing subscription support cannot be inferred from API-key support. Record required extra payments and documented provider restrictions.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Synara uses the configured provider accounts.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- agent_subscriptions — Agent subscriptions [supported]: Existing runtime accounts. Sources: synara:site.
- api_accounts — Api accounts [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- vendor_credits — Vendor credits [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- local_models — Local models [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- account_switching — Account switching [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- vendor_account_requirement — Vendor account requirement [unsupported]: No Synara account required. Sources: synara:site.
- provider_restrictions — Provider restrictions [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:site

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Model endpoint and API-key routes are documented; existing agent-subscription eligibility is not resolved.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- agent_subscriptions — Agent subscriptions [unknown]: Agent subscriptions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- api_accounts — Api accounts [supported]: BYOK advertised for Code workspace. Sources: zenflow:clis, zenflow:install, zenflow:product.
- vendor_credits — Vendor credits [unknown]: Vendor credits: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- local_models — Local models [supported]: Local endpoints via Ollama/vLLM documented. Sources: zenflow:clis, zenflow:install, zenflow:product.
- account_switching — Account switching [unknown]: Account switching: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- vendor_account_requirement — Vendor account requirement [partial]: Installer instructions require account sign-in; a possible account-free CLI path was not verified. Sources: zenflow:clis, zenflow:install, zenflow:product.
- provider_restrictions — Provider restrictions [unknown]: Provider restrictions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:clis, zenflow:install, zenflow:product

### ACC-04: Onboarding and project prerequisites

Judgment rule: Measure fresh install to first successful task, with manual steps and failures. Test a local directory without Git, a local Git repo without a remote, and a GitHub-backed repo separately. Record whether account, project, host, credential and permission prerequisites are explained before accepting an unusable prompt. Evaluate managed-cloud setup and first-class BYO VPS installer/onboarding independently of hidden settings or a DIY shell recipe.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Headless setup has explicit dependencies.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- first_task_setup — First task setup [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- no_git — No git [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- local_git_without_remote — Local git without remote [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- hosted_git — Hosted git [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- prerequisite_guidance — Prerequisite guidance [supported]: Readiness command verifies runtime identity and health. Sources: synara:headless.
- managed_cloud_setup — Managed cloud setup [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- byo_vps_onboarding — Byo vps onboarding [supported]: Node22.19+, authenticated CLIs, private state directory. Sources: synara:headless.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:headless

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Desktop setup and user-provisioned VPS setup are documented.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- first_task_setup — First task setup [unknown]: First task setup: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- no_git — No git [unknown]: No git: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- local_git_without_remote — Local git without remote [unknown]: Local git without remote: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- hosted_git — Hosted git [unknown]: Hosted git: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- prerequisite_guidance — Prerequisite guidance [supported]: Install then sign in with Zencoder credentials. Sources: zenflow:install, zenflow:vps.
- managed_cloud_setup — Managed cloud setup [unknown]: Managed cloud setup: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- byo_vps_onboarding — Byo vps onboarding [supported]: Provider console setup, Ubuntu 24.04 and HTTPS prerequisites; convenience untested. Sources: zenflow:install, zenflow:vps.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:install, zenflow:vps

### ACC-05: Programmable access

Judgment rule: Inventory actual CLI, API, SDK, MCP and webhook operations for create, inspect, steer, stop and review. Record authentication and API stability. Having an MCP client that uses external tools is different from exposing the product to other agents over MCP.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Agent Gateway exposes task operations.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- cli — Cli [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- api — Api [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- sdk — Sdk [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- mcp_server — Mcp server [supported]: Provider sessions call app-owned gateway. Sources: synara:parallel.
- webhooks — Webhooks [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- operations — Operations [supported]: Create, read, wait, steer, interrupt, title, archive. Sources: synara:parallel.
- authentication — Authentication [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- stability — Stability [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:parallel

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### ACC-06: External tools and extensions

Judgment rule: Record MCP client support, plugins, custom tools, skill/instruction import, integration authentication and permission scope. Name which component provides each connection and whether setup is product-managed or inherited from the underlying harness. Verify one external-tool call and its access boundary where available.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### ACC-07: Client implementation

Judgment rule: For each desktop/mobile client, record native platform UI, Electron, Tauri, React Native, web/PWA or unknown, plus hybrids. Require official technical docs or pinned source/build evidence. Tauri is not synonymous with fully native UI. Keep implementation choice separate from measured responsiveness and usability.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Desktop uses Electron.

Availability: source-only
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Source-only; installed binary not inspected.

- desktop_implementation — Desktop implementation [supported]: Electron43.4.1 in pinned package. Sources: synara:desktop-code.
- mobile_implementation — Mobile implementation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- hybrids — Hybrids [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- implementation_evidence — Implementation evidence [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:desktop-code

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

## Planning and context

### PLAN-01: Intake and external tracker relationship

Judgment rule: Record local creation, prompt intake, issue import and chat/Git triggers. Identify the authoritative tracker, stable issue IDs, one-way or two-way sync, supported edits and operations requiring a trip back to Linear/GitHub/Jira. Importing or attaching a ticket is not native issue management. Answer PLAN-06 and PLAN-07 separately.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### PLAN-02: Durable task plans

Judgment rule: Record task plans and acceptance criteria, editors, revision history and links to implementation. Test amending a task while work is running, restarting and revisiting it later. A task-specific starting brief, reusable memory and a persistent product specification are different objects; product specs are judged in PLAN-08.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Spec First and Requirements First define task planning artifacts.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- plans — Plans [supported]: Workflow can produce implementation plans. Sources: zenflow:workflows.
- acceptance_criteria — Acceptance criteria [partial]: Task requirements/spec generation documented; durable acceptance-criteria editing not verified. Sources: zenflow:workflows.
- editors — Editors [unknown]: Editors: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- revisions — Revisions [unknown]: Revisions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- implementation_links — Implementation links [unknown]: Implementation links: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- amendment — Amendment [unknown]: Amendment: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- restart_persistence — Restart persistence [unknown]: Restart persistence: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:workflows

### PLAN-03: Hierarchy, dependencies and evolving scope

Judgment rule: Record epics, arbitrary parent/child depth, blockers, readiness, dependency enforcement and state propagation. Start with a simple interactive task, grow it into an epic and retain its identity, discussion, history and outputs. Verify blockers actually prevent dispatch. Record whether a rigid preselected workflow is required, and whether changing scope requires recreating work.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Workflow selection is documented, but dependency-aware epic management remains unverified.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- epics — Epics [unknown]: Epics: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- hierarchy — Hierarchy [unknown]: Hierarchy: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- blockers — Blockers [unknown]: Blockers: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- readiness — Readiness [unknown]: Readiness: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- enforcement — Enforcement [unknown]: Enforcement: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- state_propagation — State propagation [unknown]: State propagation: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- task_to_epic — Task to epic [unknown]: Task to epic: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- identity_retention — Identity retention [unknown]: Identity retention: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- workflow_constraints — Workflow constraints [supported]: Task creation picks a workflow; Auto and custom workflows are available and the choice can change later. Sources: zenflow:workflows.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:workflows

### PLAN-04: Shared context and memory

Judgment rule: List repository instructions, skills, project docs and cross-session/cross-harness memory. Record scope, provenance, citation, correction/deletion and stale-context controls. Test what survives a new session or colleague takeover. A notes page or shared file is not automatically a maintained spec or managed memory.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### PLAN-05: Architecture and API awareness

Judgment rule: Record code search, repository indexing, external knowledge and multimodal inputs, with source freshness and access scope. Ask an agent to use an existing API under a documented architecture rule, then propose a conflicting change. Check retrieval, citation, conflict detection and review-time enforcement separately. A large context window or an instruction file alone does not prove architectural consistency.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### PLAN-06: Native issue management and idea backlog

Judgment rule: Enumerate create, edit, discuss, prioritize, label, assign, search, filter, archive, reopen and project/epic views within the product. Save an idea without creating a running agent, refine it with another person, and explicitly mark it ready or dispatch it later. Record separate task/session entities, metadata depth, multiple sessions per task, durable state transitions and whether an external tracker remains necessary.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### PLAN-07: Agent-native issue operations

Judgment rule: Verify an agent can read/create/update the same durable issue IDs and fields humans use, claim/assign work, change state, create dependencies/children and report blockers/results through documented CLI/API/MCP. Check that human views reflect actual writes with attribution, permissions and conflict handling. Distinguish shared authoritative records, synchronized external records, agent-private metadata and prompt-only conventions.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### PLAN-08: Living product specifications

Judgment rule: Record persistent requirements across tasks/releases, editable by humans and agents with attributable revisions and approval rules. Verify requirement-to-task/implementation links, retrieval during later tasks, drift detection and consideration during review/quality control. Amend a requirement after one task ships, then implement another. A one-time spec-to-plan workflow, per-task brief, memory store or unreferenced document does not establish a living product spec.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Sources establish task-start specification workflows, not yet maintained product specifications across later tasks.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Do not infer living product specs from task-specific Spec First or Requirements First flows.

- persistent_requirements — Persistent requirements [unknown]: Task specification inputs are documented; persistence/reuse across releases remains unverified. Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:product.
- human_edits — Human edits [unknown]: Human edits: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- agent_edits — Agent edits [unknown]: Agent edits: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- revisions — Revisions [unknown]: Revisions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- approvals — Approvals [unknown]: Approvals: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- implementation_links — Implementation links [unknown]: Implementation links: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- later_retrieval — Later retrieval [unknown]: Later retrieval: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- drift_detection — Drift detection [unknown]: Drift detection: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- review_integration — Review integration [partial]: Vendor claims spec adherence checks within workflow; cross-task drift scenario not run. Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:product.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:product

## Coordination and automation

### COORD-01: Parallel work

Judgment rule: Record independently running sessions and tasks, documented quotas and observed concurrency. Describe how a user sees running, waiting, failed and finished work. Several chat tabs are not proof that runs execute concurrently.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Product page advertises simultaneous tasks in isolated environments.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- concurrent_sessions — Concurrent sessions [unknown]: Concurrent sessions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- concurrent_tasks — Concurrent tasks [supported]: Parallel task execution advertised. Sources: zenflow:product.
- quotas — Quotas [unknown]: Quotas: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- observed_concurrency — Observed concurrency [unknown]: Observed concurrency: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- status_visibility — Status visibility [unknown]: Status visibility: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:product

### COORD-02: Ownership and dispatch

Judgment rule: Record assignment to humans or agents, claims, queues, routing and duplicate-work prevention. Test two workers attempting the same task. Distinguish a display label, an advisory lock and enforced exclusive ownership.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### COORD-03: Inspectable delegation and communication

Judgment rule: Record parent/child roles, model/harness/effort choice, messages, result return and cross-harness teams. Distinguish product orchestration, provider-native subagents, installed orchestration skills and scripts. Record activation, auth and experimental flags. Verify actual child identity, live progress, retained results and ability to reopen or follow up after completion. A final sentence claiming two reviewers ran is not proof. Test the documented invocation as well as the shared natural-language request.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Gateway delegation creates ordinary tasks.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Native children are provider-specific projections, not automatically independent tasks.

- roles — Roles [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- model_harness_effort — Model harness effort [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- messages — Messages [supported]: Steer/interrupt child tasks. Sources: synara:parallel.
- results_return — Results return [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- cross_harness — Cross harness [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- orchestration_owner — Orchestration owner [supported]: App-owned MCP gateway. Sources: synara:parallel.
- activation — Activation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- authentication — Authentication [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- live_progress — Live progress [supported]: Read/wait for task results. Sources: synara:parallel.
- retained_results — Retained results [supported]: Separate transcripts. Sources: synara:parallel.
- followup — Followup [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- invocation — Invocation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:parallel

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Zenflow documents presets and pipelines for model-specific agents.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- roles — Roles [supported]: Planning, implementation and review. Sources: zenflow:orchestration.
- model_harness_effort — Model harness effort [partial]: Per-step model/config presets; all runtime/effort permutations not verified. Sources: zenflow:orchestration.
- messages — Messages [unknown]: Messages: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- results_return — Results return [unknown]: Results return: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- cross_harness — Cross harness [unknown]: Cross harness: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- orchestration_owner — Orchestration owner [supported]: Zenflow workflow steps and subprocess pipelines. Sources: zenflow:orchestration.
- activation — Activation [unknown]: Activation: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- authentication — Authentication [unknown]: Authentication: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- live_progress — Live progress [unknown]: Live progress: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- retained_results — Retained results [unknown]: Retained results: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- followup — Followup [unknown]: Followup: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- invocation — Invocation [supported]: Workflow picker or documented review command. Sources: zenflow:orchestration.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:orchestration

### COORD-04: Unattended triggers

Judgment rule: Record schedules, event triggers, recurring tasks and completion conditions. Name where the scheduler runs, overlap handling, retries and whether closing the client stops it. A desktop cron recipe is a manual integration unless the product owns it.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Product page advertises scheduled workflow execution.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- schedules — Schedules [supported]: Scheduled workflows advertised. Sources: zenflow:product.
- events — Events [unknown]: Events: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- recurring_tasks — Recurring tasks [unknown]: Recurring tasks: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- completion_conditions — Completion conditions [unknown]: Completion conditions: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- scheduler_location — Scheduler location [unknown]: Scheduler location: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- overlaps — Overlaps [unknown]: Overlaps: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- retries — Retries [unknown]: Retries: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- client_independence — Client independence [unknown]: Client independence: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:product

### COORD-05: Intervention and attention

Judgment rule: Record pause, stop, resume, steering, notifications, pending decisions and escalation. Test an in-run amendment and a harmless approval prompt in both chat and terminal modes. Record silent waits, hidden CLI-only questions and whether stop terminates execution while preserving history. Require discoverable errors rather than inferring success from silence.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### COORD-06: Fleet and epic management UI

Judgment rule: Use a disclosed fixture of 12 task/agent states across several epics, including blocked, failed, awaiting input, reviewing and completed work. Locate parent/child relationships, dependencies, attention needs, history and workload without reading every transcript. Record navigation steps and errors. Boards, graphs, waterfalls, timelines or another interface can qualify; no required visual form. State whether the fixture was simulated or used live agents.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### COORD-07: Workflow flexibility and orchestration visibility

Judgment rule: Compare a quick interactive change with a growing epic. Record mandatory workflow/preset selection, natural-language configuration, per-agent model/effort control, changes during execution and whether the UI exposes what actually ran. Test a coordinator with two reviewer children; capture roles, relationships and results during work and after completion. Document discoverability and auth friction without judging an unsupported magic prompt as proof of missing capability.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Workflow selection is explicit, with Auto and later changes supported in docs.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- quick_task — Quick task [supported]: Auto delegates approach selection. Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:orchestration.
- growing_epic — Growing epic [unknown]: Growing epic: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- presets — Presets [supported]: Named/custom workflows. Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:orchestration.
- natural_language — Natural language [unknown]: Natural language: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- agent_configuration — Agent configuration [unknown]: Agent configuration: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- in_run_changes — In run changes [supported]: Workflow can change later; current session model can also switch. Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:orchestration.
- live_roles — Live roles [unknown]: Live roles: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- retained_relationships — Retained relationships [unknown]: Retained relationships: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- discoverability — Discoverability [unknown]: Discoverability: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- auth_friction — Auth friction [unknown]: Auth friction: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:workflows, zenflow:orchestration

## Execution and reliability

### RUN-01: Laptop-independent execution

Judgment rule: List local, user-owned VPS/remote host, self-hosted service, vendor cloud and hybrid modes. Record provisioning, payer, compute resources, region, idle/max lifetime and disconnection rules. Close/disconnect the originating client and continue from another device. A hosted UI or keep-awake setting is not evidence of remote execution. Record managed-cloud convenience separately from BYO setup effort in ACC-04.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Self-hosted headless execution is documented.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- local — Local [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- byo_remote — Byo remote [supported]: Dedicated machine with provider CLIs. Sources: synara:headless.
- self_hosted — Self hosted [supported]: Node server and web client. Sources: synara:headless.
- managed_cloud — Managed cloud [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- hybrid — Hybrid [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- provisioning — Provisioning [supported]: Release tarball plus npm production dependencies. Sources: synara:headless.
- payer — Payer [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- resources — Resources [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- region — Region [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- expiry — Expiry [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- client_disconnect — Client disconnect [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- other_device_continuation — Other device continuation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:headless

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Remote setup uses a user-provisioned VPS.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- local — Local [unknown]: Local: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- byo_remote — Byo remote [supported]: Instructions target a user-owned Ubuntu VPS. Sources: zenflow:vps.
- self_hosted — Self hosted [supported]: User installs the workspace server. Sources: zenflow:vps.
- managed_cloud — Managed cloud [unknown]: Managed cloud: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- hybrid — Hybrid [unknown]: Hybrid: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- provisioning — Provisioning [supported]: Manual provider setup, HTTPS and documented resource prerequisites. Sources: zenflow:vps.
- payer — Payer [supported]: User supplies the VPS provider account. Sources: zenflow:vps.
- resources — Resources [unknown]: Resources: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- region — Region [unknown]: Region: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- expiry — Expiry [unknown]: Expiry: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- client_disconnect — Client disconnect [unknown]: Client disconnect: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- other_device_continuation — Other device continuation [unknown]: Other device continuation: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:vps

### RUN-02: Workspace and process isolation

Judgment rule: Record shared checkout, branch, worktree, container, VM and OS sandbox separately. Name filesystem, process, network and secret boundaries. Validate code separation with two changes; do not claim hostile-code containment without separate security evidence.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Independent tasks can use separate worktrees.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Recommended file ownership is workflow guidance, not proof of automatic enforcement.

- checkout — Checkout [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- branch — Branch [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- worktree — Worktree [supported]: Managed worktree per concurrent writer. Sources: synara:parallel.
- container — Container [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- vm — Vm [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- os_sandbox — Os sandbox [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- filesystem — Filesystem [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- process — Process [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- network — Network [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- secrets — Secrets [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- code_separation — Code separation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- security_boundary — Security boundary [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:parallel

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Agent CLI workflows document Git worktrees for parallel changes.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- checkout — Checkout [unknown]: Checkout: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- branch — Branch [unknown]: Branch: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- worktree — Worktree [supported]: Git worktree isolation. Sources: zenflow:clis.
- container — Container [unknown]: Container: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- vm — Vm [unknown]: Vm: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- os_sandbox — Os sandbox [unknown]: Os sandbox: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- filesystem — Filesystem [unknown]: Filesystem: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- process — Process [unknown]: Process: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- network — Network [unknown]: Network: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- secrets — Secrets [unknown]: Secrets: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- code_separation — Code separation [supported]: Separate worktree working directories; this does not establish a security boundary. Sources: zenflow:clis.
- security_boundary — Security boundary [unknown]: Security boundary: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:clis

### RUN-03: Recovery, expiry and continuity

Judgment rule: Test client disconnect, worker crash, service restart and documented sandbox expiry safely. Separate transcript reload, process reconnection, task resumption and state reconstruction. Record lost context, duplicated actions, manual repair and ability to continue a multi-day epic after compute replacement. Short sandbox lifetimes are reported with their continuity behavior, not automatically treated as failure.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### RUN-04: Development environment reliability

Judgment rule: Record dependency setup, node_modules/cache handling, snapshots, services, port allocation and secret injection. Start two workspaces with the same service requirements; note installation duplication, port collisions and repair steps. Repeat on a clean remote host. Record which problems the product handles automatically and which the user must diagnose.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### RUN-05: Limits and failure handling

Judgment rule: Record time, turn, token and spend limits; timeout, retry and provider-failure behavior. Test one controlled failure and a small safe budget. Record whether limits are warnings, enforced stops, or external billing controls.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### RUN-06: Truthful status and operational statistics

Judgment rule: Record logs, traces, failure reasons, usage exports and statistics by task, agent, project and time. Induce a worker failure and an approval wait: check agent, task and board state agree and remain correct after reconnect. Distinguish working, blocked, failed, idle, ready for review and delivered. For speed/success claims disclose fixture, model, hardware, attempts and failures. UI responsiveness needs observed interaction timings; never infer a framework from lag.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### RUN-07: Per-task API and compute cost

Judgment rule: Record visible model/API spend per task, session, child and epic, including aggregation across harness changes. Distinguish billed charges, estimates, tokens, subscription allowance and unavailable amounts; never render unknown subscription marginal cost as zero. Reconcile totals with provider evidence where available. Record compute fees separately, refresh delay, budget alerts, export and drill-down from summary statistics.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### RUN-08: Compute-aware scheduling and verification

Judgment rule: Record concurrency limits, queues, CPU/RAM limits, backpressure, per-host resource awareness and reuse/deduplication of checks. Queue multiple browser end-to-end tests under a declared safe capacity; verify excess work queues or throttles rather than overloading the host. Inspect cancellation, fairness, recovery and whether overlapping epics share limits. Do not run an uncontrolled load test.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

## Human collaboration and control

### TEAM-01: Live human collaboration

Judgment rule: Record shared visibility, issue discussion, comments, presence and simultaneous co-prompting as independent capabilities. Use two named accounts to steer the same agent and record input ordering/conflict handling, attribution and permission controls. Read-only links and shared issues do not establish co-steering. Record team/free-tier restrictions and whether the original owner must stay online.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### TEAM-02: Roles and access boundaries

Judgment rule: Record organization/project/task roles, membership lifecycle, SSO and provisioning where offered. Test unauthorized access and revocation with consenting test accounts. Describe documented versus observed enforcement, including which plan provides it.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### TEAM-03: Approvals and temporary access

Judgment rule: Record command, tool, network, secret and delivery approvals, approver identity and scope lifetime. Demonstrate allow, deny and revocation, including temporary tunnels or shared access after its thread/session ends. Separate default full access, available safer modes and product-enforced policy from instructions the model is expected to follow.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Source implements session credential lifecycle.

Availability: source-only
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Code path inspected, not runtime security audit.

- command — Command [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- tool — Tool [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- network — Network [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- secret — Secret [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- delivery — Delivery [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- approver_identity — Approver identity [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- lifetime — Lifetime [supported]: Tokens tied to provider sessions. Sources: synara:gateway-code.
- allow — Allow [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- deny — Deny [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- revoke — Revoke [supported]: Revocation clears session and bootstrap credentials. Sources: synara:gateway-code.
- tunnels — Tunnels [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- defaults — Defaults [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- safer_modes — Safer modes [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- enforcement — Enforcement [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:gateway-code

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### TEAM-04: Decision and activity history

Judgment rule: Record attributed actions, approvals, edits, discussion and decision links. Check whether history persists across users and sessions, can be exported, and can be altered. Use the word audit only with a defined retention and integrity model.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### TEAM-05: Review experience and guidance

Judgment rule: Evaluate locating pending reviews, understanding a change, navigating evidence, commenting, requesting changes and finding the next shipping action. Measure steps/time and missed evidence on a shared fixture. Record keyboard/narrow-screen usability, context switching, clarity of agent roles and preservation of review context. Generic diff/PR access and a guided review workflow are different capabilities. Link high-volume review findings to SHIP-06.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### TEAM-06: Colleague takeover and continuity

Judgment rule: Have a second authorized person take over ongoing work with the same task, session history, decisions, artifacts, permissions and runtime context. Test after the first person disconnects. Record ownership transfer, attribution and lost context. Separately record transferring to another model/harness; a forked transcript or shared link alone is not full human takeover.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Provider handoffs preserve task environment.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Does not establish colleague takeover.

- ongoing_takeover — Ongoing takeover [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- same_task — Same task [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- session_history — Session history [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- decisions — Decisions [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- artifacts — Artifacts [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- permissions — Permissions [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- runtime_context — Runtime context [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- owner_disconnect — Owner disconnect [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- ownership — Ownership [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- attribution — Attribution [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- context_loss — Context loss [partial]: Only context passed by Synara; provider semantics differ. Sources: synara:site.
- harness_transfer — Harness transfer [supported]: Switch supported runtime in same task. Sources: synara:site.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:site

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

## Verification and delivery

### SHIP-01: Retained artifacts and outputs

Judgment rule: Record diffs, documents, screenshots, recordings, previews and test/reviewer outputs. Check for a searchable/browsable artifact gallery or equivalent retrieval, linked to task and exact revision, usable after sessions end. Reopen a completed child reviewer and retrieve its full findings. Check whether internal prompts or tool metadata unintentionally appear in the produced application or other user-facing output. In-chat attachments, persistent review evidence and a cross-task gallery get distinct answers.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Product page advertises in-app previews and task specifications.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- This is a source pass; unfilled atomic questions remain unknown and no shared scenario was run.

- diffs — Diffs [unknown]: Diffs: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- documents — Documents [supported]: Task specification and plan artifacts. Sources: zenflow:product.
- screenshots — Screenshots [unknown]: Screenshots: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- recordings — Recordings [unknown]: Recordings: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- previews — Previews [supported]: App preview inside the workspace. Sources: zenflow:product.
- test_outputs — Test outputs [unknown]: Test outputs: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- reviewer_outputs — Reviewer outputs [unknown]: Reviewer outputs: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- gallery — Gallery [unknown]: Gallery: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- task_links — Task links [unknown]: Task links: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- revision_links — Revision links [unknown]: Revision links: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- persistence — Persistence [unknown]: Persistence: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- child_findings — Child findings [unknown]: Child findings: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- prompt_leakage — Prompt leakage [unknown]: Prompt leakage: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:product

### SHIP-02: Verification and spec gates

Judgment rule: Record tests, lint, types, CI, independent review and persistent-spec conformance checks as required versus optional. Cause a failed test and a conflict with an existing product requirement. Verify review catches the conflict and delivery blocks where claimed. An agent saying checks passed is not a passing gate; record configured and enforced policy separately.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Zenflow advertises tests and independent cross-agent review within workflows.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: native
Scope: surfaces=Zenflow Code desktop workspace, Zenflow on user VPS; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Vendor product claims were not exercised. Exact revision, required-check blocking and spec-drift fixture remain unknown.

- tests — Tests [supported]: Automated tests advertised. Sources: zenflow:product.
- lint — Lint [unknown]: Lint: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- types — Types [unknown]: Types: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- ci — Ci [unknown]: Ci: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- independent_review — Independent review [supported]: Cross-agent review advertised. Sources: zenflow:product.
- spec_checks — Spec checks [partial]: Task-spec adherence checking advertised; exact-revision enforcement and cross-task living-spec checks unverified. Sources: zenflow:product.
- required_checks — Required checks [unknown]: Required checks: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- failure_blocking — Failure blocking [unknown]: Failure blocking: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- requirement_conflicts — Requirement conflicts [unknown]: Requirement conflicts: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- configured_policy — Configured policy [unknown]: Configured policy: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.
- enforced_policy — Enforced policy [unknown]: Enforced policy: Initial primary-source pass did not establish this question. No installed-product or shared-scenario test was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: zenflow:product

### SHIP-03: Git and pull request workflow

Judgment rule: Record branches/worktrees, commits, PR creation, review comments, CI response, rebase and conflict handling. Complete one fixture change through a draft PR. Distinguish an integrated workflow from the agent running Git commands without product state.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### SHIP-04: Merge and deployment authority

Judgment rule: Record who can approve, merge, release and deploy, plus checks against the exact revision. Verify the documented authority boundary without publishing real changes. PR creation, merge and production deployment are separate capabilities.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### SHIP-05: Completion evidence and rollback

Judgment rule: Record task-to-commit/PR/build/deployment links, delivery status, retained evidence and rollback or revert support. Change the candidate revision after review and examine whether approval/evidence is invalidated. Agent exit alone does not prove delivery.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### SHIP-06: Batch review and high-volume shipping

Judgment rule: Return to a queue of at least six completed fixture tasks and review a subset. Record summaries, grouping, risk/size filters, retained reviewer findings, artifact navigation, request-changes flow, approval of exact revisions, dependency-aware merge/release queues and clear next actions. Check stale approvals invalidate after edits and duplicate checks respect RUN-08. Distinguish basic diff/PR actions from a coordinated review-and-delivery queue; do not require Podium terminology.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

## Ownership, privacy and economics

### OWN-01: Source and license

Judgment rule: Record license and revision per component, including client, server and hosted extensions. Distinguish open source, source-available and closed components. Repository visibility is not a license classification or proof of hosted parity.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Pinned root source license is MIT.

Availability: source-only
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Third-party components retain their own terms.

- client_license — Client license [supported]: MIT. Sources: synara:license.
- server_license — Server license [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- hosted_extensions — Hosted extensions [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- source_visibility — Source visibility [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- source_revision — Source revision [supported]: dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25. Sources: synara:license.
- hosted_parity — Hosted parity [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:license

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-02: Hosting and exit

Judgment rule: Record self-hosting scope, required vendor services, data export/import, standard formats and account cancellation behavior. Verify what remains usable without the vendor account. Exported code alone does not mean tasks, context and history are portable.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-03: Data handling and telemetry

Judgment rule: Record where code, prompts, credentials, logs and artifacts go, retention/deletion, training use, residency and subprocessors. Separately record telemetry disclosure, collection defaults, opt-in/opt-out controls and observed first-run prompts. No consent dialog is an observation, not proof of no telemetry, secret telemetry or unlawful processing. Separate orchestration-vendor and model-provider policies.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Optional analytics are described as opt-in.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- code_data — Code data [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- prompts — Prompts [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- credentials — Credentials [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- logs — Logs [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- artifacts — Artifacts [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- retention — Retention [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- deletion — Deletion [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- training — Training [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- residency — Residency [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- subprocessors — Subprocessors [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- telemetry_disclosure — Telemetry disclosure [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- telemetry_defaults — Telemetry defaults [supported]: Disabled by default. Sources: synara:site.
- telemetry_controls — Telemetry controls [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- consent_prompt — Consent prompt [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- provider_separation — Provider separation [supported]: Runtime sends required context to selected provider. Sources: synara:site.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:site

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-04: Price and included usage

Judgment rule: Record currency, billing interval, seats/seat minimums, workspace charges, included usage, credits, trial conditions, overages, taxes treatment and separate model/compute costs. Map billing routes to ACC-03. Cite public prices or dated quotes. Per-seat versus pooled billing is a fact, not a universal quality judgment.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-05: Scenario cost and controls

Judgment rule: Price stated workloads for one, two and five developers, with fixed tasks, concurrency, tokens and compute-hours. The two-person scenario models Till and Michael collaborating. Include subscription, platform, model and compute charges; separate fixed, variable, included and unknown costs. No invented average task cost. Link cost visibility and reconciliation to RUN-07.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-06: Availability and support

Judgment rule: Record GA/beta/access restrictions, support channels, documented response commitments, release activity, status history and deprecation/export options. Funding, stars and popularity can be context but are not reliability scores. An archived repository does not prove the hosted service is discontinued.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-07: Enterprise assurance

Judgment rule: Record each claimed assurance separately: ISO standard/certificate scope, issuer and validity; SOC 2 report type, covered service and audit period; report/certificate access and verification date. Distinguish public documentation, vendor assertion, independently accessible evidence and unavailable evidence. A logo, enterprise pricing tier, SSO or a provider certification does not prove this product is certified or audited. Report controls in TEAM-02 separately; no legal-compliance verdict.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-08: Useful free tier and evaluation access

Judgment rule: Distinguish an ongoing free tier, time-limited trial, credits-only trial, open-source self-hosting costs, paid-only access and gated early access. Map which shared scenarios work for free, especially two-person collaboration, BYO subscriptions, remote compute, mobile, issue management and review. Record card requirement, usage caps and whether meaningful evaluation needs payment or sales approval.

#### Synara

Verification status: Agent cross-checked (agent-cross-checked)
Support: partial

Desktop is advertised free.

Availability: unknown
Delivery: unknown
Scope: surfaces=desktop, headless-web; version=not specified; plan=not specified; os=not specified; execution_modes=not specified; region=not specified; harness=not specified.

Limitations:
- Other atomic questions remain unverified; no shared hands-on scenario was run.

- ongoing_free — Ongoing free [supported]: Local workspace; provider access remains separate. Sources: synara:site.
- trial — Trial [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- credits_trial — Credits trial [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- self_host_cost — Self host cost [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- paid_only — Paid only [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- early_access — Early access [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- free_scenarios — Free scenarios [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- card_required — Card required [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- usage_caps — Usage caps [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.
- paid_evaluation — Paid evaluation [unknown]: Initial official-source pass did not establish this question; no hands-on scenario was run.

Checked 2026-09-23; agent cross-checked 2026-09-23; check again by 2026-10-07.

Sources: synara:site

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

### OWN-09: Pricing transparency

Judgment rule: Record publicly stated units, included limits, overage rates, compute/model pass-through or markup, minimum commitment, cancellation and sales-only unknowns. Use transparent, partially specified, quote-only or unknown, with named missing fields. A quote-only enterprise price is a disclosed procurement constraint, not proof of dishonesty.

#### Synara

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

#### Zenflow Code by Zencoder

Verification status: No sourced public finding (not-published)
Support: not-published

No publishable sourced finding is available for this criterion. This does not mean the product lacks the capability.

## Sources

### zenflow:install

Install Zenflow. Documents macOS, Windows and Linux installers and Zencoder account sign-in.

- URL: https://docs.zencoder.ai/get-started/install-zenflow
- Locator: Installation steps
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### synara:site

Synara. Local task workspace uses existing provider credentials; handoff preserves environment with limited context transfer.

- URL: https://www.trysynara.com/
- Locator: Provider portability; local boundary; FAQ
- Evidence kind: vendor-claimed
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### zenflow:clis

CLI agents overview. Names Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and custom endpoints; documents Git worktrees and shared integrations for agents inside Zenflow.

- URL: https://docs.zencoder.ai/clis/overview
- Locator: Available agents; model configuration
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### zenflow:product

Zenflow Code product page. Advertises task specifications, isolated parallel agents, tests and cross-agent review, scheduled workflows and app previews. This does not establish maintained cross-task living specs.

- URL: https://zencoder.ai/zenflow
- Locator: Spec workflows; parallel execution; verification
- Evidence kind: vendor-claimed
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### synara:headless

Headless server. Release tarball requires Node dependencies and authenticated providers; defaults loopback.

- URL: https://www.trysynara.com/docs/workflows/headless-server
- Locator: Requirements; setup; readiness
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### zenflow:vps

VPS Setup. User provisions a Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with HTTPS, then follows setup instructions. Provider choice and resources belong to user.

- URL: https://docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/vps-setup
- Locator: Overview; requirements
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### synara:parallel

Parallel agents. Provider-native children differ from ordinary Synara tasks created by app-owned gateway tools.

- URL: https://www.trysynara.com/docs/workflows/parallel-agents
- Locator: Levels; Agent Gateway
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### synara:desktop-code

Synara source: apps/desktop/package.json. Desktop package 0.8.4 declares Electron43.4.1.

- URL: https://github.com/Emanuele-web04/synara/blob/dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25/apps/desktop/package.json
- Locator: Named definitions and implementation in pinned file
- Evidence kind: source-inspected
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23
- Commit: dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25
- Path: apps/desktop/package.json

### zenflow:workflows

Workflows. Task creation selects a workflow, including Auto, Spec First, Requirements First, Multi-model and Custom; workflow can change later.

- URL: https://docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/task-types
- Locator: Overview and workflow table
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### zenflow:orchestration

Multi-Agent Orchestration. Documents per-step model configurations, parallel subprocess pipelines and runtime session model switching.

- URL: https://docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/multi-agent-orchestration
- Locator: Presets, pipelines and model switching
- Evidence kind: documented
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23

### synara:gateway-code

Synara source: apps/server/src/agentGateway/Layers/AgentGatewayCredentials.ts. Credential layer issues scoped session tokens, exchanges one-use bootstrap tokens, and revokes session credentials.

- URL: https://github.com/Emanuele-web04/synara/blob/dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25/apps/server/src/agentGateway/Layers/AgentGatewayCredentials.ts
- Locator: Named definitions and implementation in pinned file
- Evidence kind: source-inspected
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23
- Commit: dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25
- Path: apps/server/src/agentGateway/Layers/AgentGatewayCredentials.ts

### synara:license

Synara source: LICENSE. MIT license contains T3 Tools and Emanuele Di Pietro notices.

- URL: https://github.com/Emanuele-web04/synara/blob/dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25/LICENSE
- Locator: Named definitions and implementation in pinned file
- Evidence kind: source-inspected
- Source date: Not stated
- Retrieved: 2026-09-23
- Commit: dd88d9272f97e4dda5735281e73ce14de388ad25
- Path: LICENSE
