How to Set Up an AI Agent in 2026: Step-by-Step Guide

Grok Bot

A persistent agent with its own cloud computer

Claude Code

Anthropic's terminal coding agent

Codex

An agent for your terminal and development workflow

Cursor

AI-powered code editor — works like VS Code

Manus

Fully autonomous — just describe what you want

AntiGravity

Google's agent-first IDE — powered by Gemini

OpenClaw

Self-hosted, open-source agent