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On a plan Claude Code shares the plan's usage limits, and the pricing page gives no number for them (checked 2026-11-04).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-02).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 141000, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-02" }, "docsUrl": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "claude-only", "mcp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "status-page", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-04", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. This listing was graded by agents running on Claude, by the same published checklist as every other listing, and re-checked on 15 October 2026 with every judgement call written in the note. Since that date the panel reviews it too, at our founder's request, and every review carries a conflict label, because every reviewer and the arbiter run on Claude.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.6, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 937, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 36, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 91, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 20, "reliability": 50, "schema": 80, "security": 80, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-04" }, "negative": -15, "negativeNotes": [ "2025-11-19 to 2026-10-15, the 12 months to 4 November. 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This run counts published advisories per advisory (fixed Lows 0, a fixed High over two months old 1, under two months 2, a vendor-published fixed Moderate 1), which gives 13 + 4 + 4 = 21. The 17 October check and the Claude Agent SDK listing applied a cap of -6 to the same advisories, a cap this run's settled reading doesn't have. We took the per-advisory reading, the stricter one, which alone reaches the -15 floor; with the cap the listing would carry -11 (https://api.osv.dev/v1/query and https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/security/advisories). -21 before the floor", "2026-10-02 to 2026-11-04. Changelog-only fixes with no advisory found, folded into one term as on 17 October and on the Claude Agent SDK listing. 2.1.288 to 2.1.300 (2 to 14 October) fixed a dangerous `rm` inside `bash -c` running without a prompt, deny and ask rules missed behind an environment-variable prefix, hook approvals and auto mode skipping the prompt for UNC-path reads (marked Security), sandbox gaps through `--plugin-dir` and symlinks, and agent hooks allowing an action when their model was unavailable. Since then 2.1.314 (30 October) fixed sandbox protections not applying to a worktree entered by `claude -p --resume` and `forceRemoteSettingsRefresh` letting sessions start without policy, 2.1.316 (31 October) a managed `autoMode.allow` list getting built-in exceptions back, and 2.1.318 (4 November) permission prompts answered by keys typed just after sending a message. All released. 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The same changes, published with the release that made them, could also be read under the same-day rule as a second term (-6 in all); this run counts one event under one kind, as cline's was, so one -3 (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md). -3" ], "verdict": "Six permission modes, allow, ask and deny rules down to command arguments, PreToolUse hooks, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none, 21 advisories were published in the last year, and breaking changes ship unmarked in patch releases.", "bestFor": "A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop.", "disclosure": "Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. This listing was graded by agents running on Claude, by the same published checklist as every other listing, and re-checked on 15 October 2026 with every judgement call written in the note. 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The terms and privacy pages weren't read." ], "score": 45 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.json", "live": { "slug": "conductor", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://conductor.build/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2030-04-01T00:00:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:59.437620132Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.conductor.build/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:10.825496457Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "68e55a1e1845" }, { "url": "https://www.conductor.build/announcement", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:08.721316786Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8518b1ab6176" }, { "url": "https://www.conductor.build/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:12.980079158Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cf269dfa3df4" }, { "url": "https://www.conductor.build/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:14.891536882Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "053ad90013a7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:59.437620132Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 36, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "claude-code", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. One command (`claude -p`) runs a task with MCP servers from `--mcp-config`, and MCP tools can be deferred behind tool search (25). `--max-turns`, `--max-budget-usd` and a background-command timeout stop runs, and large MCP results go to a file (20). json and stream-json output, `-p` errors name the cause, and since 2.1.318 `-p` JSON results carry `credential_expires_at` and a timed-out claude.ai login names `claude auth login` and `claude setup-token` (16). `--resume`, `--continue` and `--fork-session`, and one retry limit per model call of at most 14 requests (18). Python and TypeScript Agent SDKs. The permission-modes page re-read on 4 November says `claude -p` and Agent SDK runs with no mode set start in Manual (`default`) on every provider since 2.1.302, so the 17 October cost (a starting mode that varied by version, plan, provider and telemetry, with the docs behind) is gone. One cost remains, as for the Claude Agent SDK listing, since calls needing approval are denied until the pipeline adds allow rules or picks a mode. Judgement call. Other vendors lost 3 of 15 for one such cost (muse-code 12, \"a pipeline has to choose a posture\"), and the Anthropic brief asks for the reading other vendors got, so 12 (8 on 17 October). Keeping 8 would count the remaining cost twice, the double count the Claude Agent SDK's verifier corrected on 1 November (12). 25 + 20 + 16 + 18 + 12 = 91.", "b": "Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55)." }, "scores": { "a": 91, "b": 55 } }, { "by": 35, "category": "security", "leads": "claude-code", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. The data-usage page, re-read on 4 November, says usage metrics are on by default on the Claude API without code, prompts or file paths, error reports are on by default for Pro, Max and Ultra sign-ins since v2.1.198, /feedback reports are on, session quality surveys run on every provider, and every provider sends WebFetch hostnames to api.anthropic.com for a blocklist check, each with an opt-out. Metrics, error reports and /feedback are off by default on Bedrock, Google Cloud, Foundry and Claude Platform on AWS unless a host sets `CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST` (18). Six modes, allow, ask and deny rules, protected paths, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. 2.1.314 added `permissions.blockWritesOutsideWorkingDirectories`. The sandbox is opt-in and absent on native Windows, and auto mode, a classifier rather than a person, is the built-in starting mode for terminal and VS Code sessions on 2.1.283 or later, per the permission-modes page re-read on 4 November; sandboxing per 17 October (16). The auto-mode classifier blocks named exfiltration patterns, the sandbox proxy denies hosts outside an allowlist that starts empty, and WebFetch checks a blocklist, but since 1 October 2026 a mod can approve a call a deny rule refuses unless managed settings or a Team or Enterprise sign-in hold it (11). Opt-in OpenTelemetry with tool content behind `OTEL_LOG_TOOL_CONTENT`, local transcripts for 30 days, and cloud sessions logged through a proxy; 2.1.317 adds plan, seat type and provider attributes (15). HackerOne bug bounty and SECURITY.md (unchanged since 15 May 2026 in the clone), advisories published with GHSA ids, the newest in GitHub's reviewed database GHSA-pq7j-f95f-qfcv (High, 15 October; OSV holds 29 for the package on 4 November, none newer), and anthropic.com's security.txt valid to 31 December 2026, re-read on 4 November (20). 18 + 16 + 11 + 15 + 20 = 80. SOC 2 isn't scored on the framework reading. Advisories and the changelog-only sandbox and permission fixes count under negative events. Judgement call, written by an agent on Claude, on the same checklist the other harnesses got.", "b": "Closed app. Telemetry and data handling weren't read beyond the transition notice (10 of 30). A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45." }, "scores": { "a": 80, "b": 45 } }, { "by": 28, "category": "transparency", "leads": "claude-code", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Closed source with clear terms, `LICENSE.md` pointing to the Commercial Terms, unchanged in the clone on 4 November (15). The data-usage page, re-read on 4 November, states retention per account type (consumer 30 days or 5 years with training on, commercial 30 days, zero retention for qualified Enterprise), 30 days of plaintext local transcripts, 5 years for /feedback reports and up to 6 months for shared survey transcripts, and these agree with the privacy policy links, but the logging and error-tracking services are named only as third parties. The page still doesn't say that since 2.1.300 local transcripts also record each API request's system prompt, tools and parameters, read as an omission rather than a contradiction (25). No written deprecation policy. The README still marks npm installs deprecated without a date. 2.1.316 gives Claude Code's first dated advance notice of its own, fast mode for Opus 4.8 deprecated on 30 October and removed on 30 November 2026, 31 days' notice. Judgement call. One dated notice and no policy; we kept 8, the stricter reading, and crediting the notice would give 10 and transparency 70 (8). Telemetry is documented per provider and per service with an opt-out for each, re-read on 4 November (20). 15 + 25 + 8 + 20 = 68.", "b": "Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60." }, "scores": { "a": 81, "b": 53 } }, { "by": 25, "category": "reliability", "leads": "claude-code", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Local-package reading. Official installers for macOS 13+, Windows 10 1809+, Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 10+ and Alpine 3.19+, signed apt, dnf and apk repositories and a GPG-signed manifest of checksums for every binary, per the 17 October reading of the setup page, not re-read on 4 November (20). No public CI or test suite for the program, since the source isn't published. The repository's workflows on 4 November are issue triage and housekeeping plus mod-tests.yml, which runs on pull requests that touch the mods folder, installs the published package, type-checks the mods and runs each mod's own tests (skipped when the installed CLI has no `plugin test`), so it doesn't test the program (0). Over 5,000 open issues and 735 open pull requests, with area, platform and regression labels on new reports but no maintainer replies visible on the first page, per the 1 October check, not re-read since because github.com answers our proxy with 403 (10). Every change still ships as a 2.1.x patch with no breaking-change heading. 2.1.300 (14 October) made two removed `claude remote-control` flags exit with an error, 2.1.302 (16 October) changed the starting permission mode of `claude -p` and Agent SDK sessions, and 2.1.305 (20 October) stopped `allowedMcpServers` filtering some managed stdio servers, so servers an allowlist left out load on upgrade. A stable channel skips releases with major regressions (5). 2.1.318, so 1.0 or later (15). 20 + 0 + 10 + 5 + 15 = 50. Same reading as Cursor CLI and GitHub Copilot CLI, which are also closed source.", "b": "Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 25 } }, { "by": 24, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "claude-code", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "2.1.318 on 4 November 2026 (feed.xml 00:00:44 UTC, tag v2.1.318), not confirmed on npm because registry.npmjs.org didn't resolve and the fallback waited on an approval prompt (30). 81 release tags in the 90 days from 6 August (v2.1.223 on 6 August to v2.1.318), from the clone (20). A public issue tracker with automatic triage, duplicate detection and labels, but over 5,000 open issues and no visible maintainer replies on the page we read, per the 1 October check, not re-read since (12). The Python and TypeScript Agent SDKs that run the same loop are current, Python 0.2.176 and TypeScript 0.3.316 tagged 31 October, per the Claude Agent SDK listing's 1 November check (15). Signed releases and a stable channel, but no public CI for the program (5). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 5 = 82.", "b": "0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027." }, "scores": { "a": 82, "b": 58 } }, { "by": 20, "category": "schema", "leads": "claude-code", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading. No published JSON Schema for settings that we checked (per the 1 October check, not re-read), but the settings reference types every key, and the stream-json output has typed message classes in the Python and TypeScript Agent SDKs (18). llms.txt at code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt with a Markdown version of each page; code.claude.com's robots.txt carries Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes (10). The permission-mode table says what each mode is best for and, re-read on 4 November, now gives `default` as the starting mode for `claude -p` and the Agent SDK, matching 2.1.302. The rules still carry many version-specific exceptions (mods, protected paths, carve-outs by settings source) that a model has to read closely. Judgement call. The page catching up removes the reason given on 17 October but not the one given before it, so the line stays at 15 rather than rising; the lighter reading gives 17 and schema 82 (15). Permission modes, sandbox settings and rule syntax are enumerated, though rules are strings parsed at runtime (12). Examples on every page and a troubleshooting section for install and auth errors (13). A changelog for every release. CHANGELOG.md in the repository has no dates, feed.xml dates the latest 20 (2.1.318 at 00:00 UTC on 4 November), and the code.claude.com changelog page dated every release on 17 October. Breaking changes still aren't marked (12). 18 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 13 + 12 = 80.", "b": "Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60)." }, "scores": { "a": 80, "b": 60 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Anthropic", "b": "Conductor (joining Meta)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source", "b": "Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-11-04", "b": "2026-11-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not read yet", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "141k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Claude Code scores 53.6 (D) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Claude Code or Conductor?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 50 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 60", "Agent ergonomics, 91 against 55", "Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 45", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 58", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 53" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop.", "slug": "claude-code", "watchFor": "The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 15 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.", "slug": "conductor", "watchFor": "No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026" } ], "history": { "claude-code": [ { "causes": [ "correction" ], "date": "2026-11-04", "delta": -6.3, "from": 59.9, "fromGrade": "C", "to": 53.6, "toGrade": "D" }, { "causes": [ "event" ], "date": "2026-10-15", "delta": -2, "from": 61.9, "fromGrade": "C", "to": 59.9, "toGrade": "C" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-08", "delta": -0.3, "from": 62.2, "fromGrade": "B", "to": 61.9, "toGrade": "C" } ], "conductor": null }, "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-conductor.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Conductor", "url": 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Code vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openmausbot.json", "title": "Claude Code vs OpenMausBot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-openmausbot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-orca.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Orca", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-orca" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Mirror CLI", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-crush" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Conductor vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-harness.json", "title": "Conductor vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-harness" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-superagent.json", "title": "Conductor vs dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-deepseek-superagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-devin.json", "title": "Conductor vs Devin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-devin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-droid-cli.json", "title": "Conductor vs Droid CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-droid-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-earendil-pi.json", "title": "Conductor vs Pi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-earendil-pi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-emdash.json", "title": "Conductor vs Emdash", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-emdash" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Conductor vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Conductor vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-goose.json", "title": "Conductor vs goose", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-minimax-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-mistral-vibe-cli.json", "title": "Conductor vs Mistral Vibe CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-mistral-vibe-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-muse-code.json", "title": "Conductor vs Muse Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-muse-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "Conductor vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Conductor vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Conductor vs OpenCode", "url": 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"json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "Conductor vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Conductor vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Conductor vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 25, "claude-code": 50, "conductor": 25, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 20, "claude-code": 80, "conductor": 60, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 36, "claude-code": 91, "conductor": 55, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 35, "claude-code": 80, "conductor": 45, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "claude-code": 20, "conductor": 0, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 24, "claude-code": 82, "conductor": 58, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 28, "claude-code": 81, "conductor": 53, "edge": "claude-code", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Claude Code scores 53.6 (D) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "claude-code": "Six permission modes, allow, ask and deny rules down to command arguments, PreToolUse hooks, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none, 21 advisories were published in the last year, and breaking changes ship unmarked in patch releases.", "conductor": "Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.min.md" }, "markdown": "Claude Code scores 53.6 (D) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Claude Code: grade D, 53.6/100, rank #937 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-code.json\n- Conductor: grade E, 41.3/100, rank #1285 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Claude Code (D)\n\nGood for: A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 50 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 91 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 80 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 53\n\nWatch for: The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none\n\n### Conductor (E)\n\nGood for: Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 15 points for them\n\nWatch for: No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Claude Code +36\n\n- Claude Code (91): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. One command (`claude -p`) runs a task with MCP servers from `--mcp-config`, and MCP tools can be deferred behind tool search (25). `--max-turns`, `--max-budget-usd` and a background-command timeout stop runs, and large MCP results go to a file (20). json and stream-json output, `-p` errors name the cause, and since 2.1.318 `-p` JSON results carry `credential_expires_at` and a timed-out claude.ai login names `claude auth login` and `claude setup-token` (16). `--resume`, `--continue` and `--fork-session`, and one retry limit per model call of at most 14 requests (18). Python and TypeScript Agent SDKs. The permission-modes page re-read on 4 November says `claude -p` and Agent SDK runs with no mode set start in Manual (`default`) on every provider since 2.1.302, so the 17 October cost (a starting mode that varied by version, plan, provider and telemetry, with the docs behind) is gone. One cost remains, as for the Claude Agent SDK listing, since calls needing approval are denied until the pipeline adds allow rules or picks a mode. Judgement call. Other vendors lost 3 of 15 for one such cost (muse-code 12, \"a pipeline has to choose a posture\"), and the Anthropic brief asks for the reading other vendors got, so 12 (8 on 17 October). Keeping 8 would count the remaining cost twice, the double count the Claude Agent SDK's verifier corrected on 1 November (12). 25 + 20 + 16 + 18 + 12 = 91.\n- Conductor (55): Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Claude Code +35\n\n- Claude Code (80): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. The data-usage page, re-read on 4 November, says usage metrics are on by default on the Claude API without code, prompts or file paths, error reports are on by default for Pro, Max and Ultra sign-ins since v2.1.198, /feedback reports are on, session quality surveys run on every provider, and every provider sends WebFetch hostnames to api.anthropic.com for a blocklist check, each with an opt-out. Metrics, error reports and /feedback are off by default on Bedrock, Google Cloud, Foundry and Claude Platform on AWS unless a host sets `CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST` (18). Six modes, allow, ask and deny rules, protected paths, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. 2.1.314 added `permissions.blockWritesOutsideWorkingDirectories`. The sandbox is opt-in and absent on native Windows, and auto mode, a classifier rather than a person, is the built-in starting mode for terminal and VS Code sessions on 2.1.283 or later, per the permission-modes page re-read on 4 November; sandboxing per 17 October (16). The auto-mode classifier blocks named exfiltration patterns, the sandbox proxy denies hosts outside an allowlist that starts empty, and WebFetch checks a blocklist, but since 1 October 2026 a mod can approve a call a deny rule refuses unless managed settings or a Team or Enterprise sign-in hold it (11). Opt-in OpenTelemetry with tool content behind `OTEL_LOG_TOOL_CONTENT`, local transcripts for 30 days, and cloud sessions logged through a proxy; 2.1.317 adds plan, seat type and provider attributes (15). HackerOne bug bounty and SECURITY.md (unchanged since 15 May 2026 in the clone), advisories published with GHSA ids, the newest in GitHub's reviewed database GHSA-pq7j-f95f-qfcv (High, 15 October; OSV holds 29 for the package on 4 November, none newer), and anthropic.com's security.txt valid to 31 December 2026, re-read on 4 November (20). 18 + 16 + 11 + 15 + 20 = 80. SOC 2 isn't scored on the framework reading. Advisories and the changelog-only sandbox and permission fixes count under negative events. Judgement call, written by an agent on Claude, on the same checklist the other harnesses got.\n- Conductor (45): Closed app. Telemetry and data handling weren't read beyond the transition notice (10 of 30). A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Claude Code +28\n\n- Claude Code (81): Closed source with clear terms, `LICENSE.md` pointing to the Commercial Terms, unchanged in the clone on 4 November (15). The data-usage page, re-read on 4 November, states retention per account type (consumer 30 days or 5 years with training on, commercial 30 days, zero retention for qualified Enterprise), 30 days of plaintext local transcripts, 5 years for /feedback reports and up to 6 months for shared survey transcripts, and these agree with the privacy policy links, but the logging and error-tracking services are named only as third parties. The page still doesn't say that since 2.1.300 local transcripts also record each API request's system prompt, tools and parameters, read as an omission rather than a contradiction (25). No written deprecation policy. The README still marks npm installs deprecated without a date. 2.1.316 gives Claude Code's first dated advance notice of its own, fast mode for Opus 4.8 deprecated on 30 October and removed on 30 November 2026, 31 days' notice. Judgement call. One dated notice and no policy; we kept 8, the stricter reading, and crediting the notice would give 10 and transparency 70 (8). Telemetry is documented per provider and per service with an opt-out for each, re-read on 4 November (20). 15 + 25 + 8 + 20 = 68.\n- Conductor (53): Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60.\n\n### Reliability: Claude Code +25\n\n- Claude Code (50): Local-package reading. Official installers for macOS 13+, Windows 10 1809+, Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 10+ and Alpine 3.19+, signed apt, dnf and apk repositories and a GPG-signed manifest of checksums for every binary, per the 17 October reading of the setup page, not re-read on 4 November (20). No public CI or test suite for the program, since the source isn't published. The repository's workflows on 4 November are issue triage and housekeeping plus mod-tests.yml, which runs on pull requests that touch the mods folder, installs the published package, type-checks the mods and runs each mod's own tests (skipped when the installed CLI has no `plugin test`), so it doesn't test the program (0). Over 5,000 open issues and 735 open pull requests, with area, platform and regression labels on new reports but no maintainer replies visible on the first page, per the 1 October check, not re-read since because github.com answers our proxy with 403 (10). Every change still ships as a 2.1.x patch with no breaking-change heading. 2.1.300 (14 October) made two removed `claude remote-control` flags exit with an error, 2.1.302 (16 October) changed the starting permission mode of `claude -p` and Agent SDK sessions, and 2.1.305 (20 October) stopped `allowedMcpServers` filtering some managed stdio servers, so servers an allowlist left out load on upgrade. A stable channel skips releases with major regressions (5). 2.1.318, so 1.0 or later (15). 20 + 0 + 10 + 5 + 15 = 50. Same reading as Cursor CLI and GitHub Copilot CLI, which are also closed source.\n- Conductor (25): Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Claude Code +24\n\n- Claude Code (82): 2.1.318 on 4 November 2026 (feed.xml 00:00:44 UTC, tag v2.1.318), not confirmed on npm because registry.npmjs.org didn't resolve and the fallback waited on an approval prompt (30). 81 release tags in the 90 days from 6 August (v2.1.223 on 6 August to v2.1.318), from the clone (20). A public issue tracker with automatic triage, duplicate detection and labels, but over 5,000 open issues and no visible maintainer replies on the page we read, per the 1 October check, not re-read since (12). The Python and TypeScript Agent SDKs that run the same loop are current, Python 0.2.176 and TypeScript 0.3.316 tagged 31 October, per the Claude Agent SDK listing's 1 November check (15). Signed releases and a stable channel, but no public CI for the program (5). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 5 = 82.\n- Conductor (58): 0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Claude Code +20\n\n- Claude Code (80): Framework reading. No published JSON Schema for settings that we checked (per the 1 October check, not re-read), but the settings reference types every key, and the stream-json output has typed message classes in the Python and TypeScript Agent SDKs (18). llms.txt at code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt with a Markdown version of each page; code.claude.com's robots.txt carries Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes (10). The permission-mode table says what each mode is best for and, re-read on 4 November, now gives `default` as the starting mode for `claude -p` and the Agent SDK, matching 2.1.302. The rules still carry many version-specific exceptions (mods, protected paths, carve-outs by settings source) that a model has to read closely. Judgement call. The page catching up removes the reason given on 17 October but not the one given before it, so the line stays at 15 rather than rising; the lighter reading gives 17 and schema 82 (15). Permission modes, sandbox settings and rule syntax are enumerated, though rules are strings parsed at runtime (12). Examples on every page and a troubleshooting section for install and auth errors (13). A changelog for every release. CHANGELOG.md in the repository has no dates, feed.xml dates the latest 20 (2.1.318 at 00:00 UTC on 4 November), and the code.claude.com changelog page dated every release on 17 October. Breaking changes still aren't marked (12). 18 + 10 + 15 + 12 + 13 + 12 = 80.\n- Conductor (60): Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Claude Code | Conductor | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 25 | Claude Code +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 60 | Claude Code +20 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 55 | Claude Code +36 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 45 | Claude Code +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 0 | Claude Code +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 58 | Claude Code +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 53 | Claude Code +28 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -15 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.6 · D** | **41.3 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Claude Code | Conductor |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Anthropic | Conductor (joining Meta) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-04 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | not read yet |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | not read yet |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |\n| Popularity | 141k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Claude Code\n\n- -6.3 on 4 November 2026 (C to D): correction\n- -2.0 on 15 October 2026: negative event\n- -0.3 on 8 October 2026 (B to C): checklist\n\n### Conductor\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Claude Code.** Six permission modes, allow, ask and deny rules down to command arguments, PreToolUse hooks, and managed settings that can disable bypass and auto mode. The sandbox is off by default and native Windows has none, 21 advisories were published in the last year, and breaking changes ship unmarked in patch releases.\n\n**Conductor.** Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Claude Code\n\n1. Pass `--permission-mode`, `--max-turns` and `--max-budget-usd` on every `claude -p` run. With no mode set, `-p` starts in Manual and denies calls that need approval\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `sandbox.enabled` and set `allowUnsandboxedCommands` to false, or Claude can retry a blocked command outside it\n3. Pin a version or use the stable channel in CI and read the changelog before upgrading, since flags and defaults change in patch releases\n4. Set `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1` on a Claude login to stop metrics and error reports in one go\n5. Read `credential_expires_at` in `-p` JSON results and renew a claude.ai login before it lapses mid-run\n\n### Conductor\n\n1. Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026\n2. Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November\n3. Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Claude Code or Conductor?\n\nClaude Code scores 53.6 (D) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"claude-code\", \"b\": \"conductor\"}`. 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