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          "Cloud workspaces move to the local app with Transfer to local, and data can be exported",
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          "Conductor Cloud shuts down on 20 November 2026 and its data is deleted",
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        "closed-source",
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        "llms-txt",
        "free-tier",
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          "schema": 72,
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          "2026-09-22 to 2026-10-22. Released fixes of the CLI's own described flaws with no advisory, one term. 1.0.88 says enterprise managed settings now apply to ACP mode, AHP hosts and the `--server` session, which previously ran with no managed MCP, permission or plugin policy. 1.0.100 (19 October) says ambiguous skill `allowed-tools` lists now prompt instead of being granted. 1.0.103 (22 October) says ACP sessions now honour saved sandbox settings and the `--sandbox` flags (https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/changelog.md). -3",
          "2026-05-11. CVE-2026-45033 (GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf), a nested bare repository could run arbitrary commands through core.fsmonitor, rated High on OSV. Fixed in 1.0.43 and published, more than two months ago (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9ccr-r5hg-74gf). -1",
          "2026-03-06. CVE-2026-29783 (GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f), High, dangerous shell expansion patterns allowed arbitrary code execution. Fixed in 0.0.423 and published, more than two months ago (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8r9-g2v8-jv6f). -1"
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        "reasons": {
          "a": "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.",
          "b": "Local-package reading. npm, Homebrew, WinGet and an install script for Linux, macOS and Windows, with PowerShell 6 or newer named for Windows, though the npm package declares no engines, per the 17 October check (20). No public CI or test suite, since the source isn't published, and the repository holds only the README, licence, changelog, install script and a container folder, per a clone on 4 November (0). About 1,900 open issues and 28 open pull requests, labelled by area and platform with a triage label and no-response automation, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 4 November (12). A dated changelog for every release, with breaking changes marked BREAKING, though they ship in 1.0.x patch versions, and 1.0.103 removed the `--no-remote` flag without the label (8). 1.0 since March 2026, at 1.0.105 on 27 October per the changelog and tag (15). Same reading as Claude Code and Cursor CLI, which are also closed source. 20+0+12+8+15 = 55."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 25,
          "b": 55
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 21,
        "category": "transparency",
        "leads": "github-copilot-cli",
        "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "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.",
          "b": "Proprietary licence with clear terms for running and redistributing (15). The data-use page dates the training change (24 April 2026), says which plans it covers and how to opt out, and says Business and Enterprise data isn't used, re-read on 4 November, but we didn't find retention periods for CLI sessions (18). On 15 October 2026 GitHub gave dated notice that Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra leave all Copilot experiences on 16 November 2026, with a named alternative for each, per the 17 October check. Breaking changes are mostly marked in a dated changelog. There's no written deprecation policy or notice period, the same reading as openai-codex and gemini-cli (15). The command reference now lists `--disable-client-telemetry`, added in 1.0.100 on 19 October, so client telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out, but no page says what it sends. OpenTelemetry export is documented and opt-in (12). 15+18+15+12 = 60."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 53,
          "b": 74
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 20,
        "category": "security",
        "leads": "github-copilot-cli",
        "name": "Security \u0026 auth",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "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.",
          "b": "Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. Since 1.0.100 (19 October 2026) `--disable-client-telemetry` turns off the telemetry the CLI sends, which the command reference says doesn't affect server-side telemetry. Since 24 April 2026 Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default, with an opt-out, and Business and Enterprise data is excluded, re-read on 4 November. A fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission works for CI (16). Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, deny rules that beat `--allow-all-tools`, URL and path permissions, trusted directories and enterprise managed settings. Local sandboxing is generally available since 1.0.93 (7 October 2026) and off by default, enterprises can require it fail-closed, and since 1.0.100 the sandbox allows local network access by default. Assisted Permissions, where a model approves requests it judges safe, left experimental mode in 1.0.104. The CLI still can't enforce two organisation MCP policies (17). The sandbox proxy filters hosts, sandboxed shells withhold `GITHUB_TOKEN` since 1.0.92, and content exclusion applies, but we found no prompt-injection guidance for the CLI (9). OpenTelemetry export with GenAI spans, opt-in, with enterprise capture controls since 12 October, and session logs (13). Two advisories with CVEs in 2026 and none since on OSV, re-read on 4 November, but no SECURITY.md in the repository and an expired security.txt on github.com per the 26 September check, which the proxy still refuses. We didn't check GitHub's bug bounty (10). SOC 2 isn't scored on the framework reading. 16+17+9+13+10 = 65."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 45,
          "b": 65
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 19,
        "category": "maintenance",
        "leads": "github-copilot-cli",
        "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "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.",
          "b": "1.0.105 on 27 October 2026 per the changelog and its tag, 8 days before this check. Tags 1.0.106-1 to 1.0.106-8 (30 October) are pre-releases with no changelog entry and don't count (30). 25 dated releases from 1.0.79 (10 August) to 1.0.105 (27 October) in the 90 days from 6 August (20). Issues are labelled and triaged, with automation for stale and unanswered reports, though about 1,900 stay open, per the 1 October check (14). An SDK the changelog keeps updating (session APIs, MCP management, OAuth tokens), languages unchecked (10). Closed source and a bundled npm build, so no CI or dependency health to read (3). 30+20+14+10+3 = 77."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 58,
          "b": 77
        }
      },
      {
        "by": 17,
        "category": "ergonomics",
        "leads": "github-copilot-cli",
        "name": "Agent ergonomics",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "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).",
          "b": "Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. `--available-tools` and `--excluded-tools` shape the tool list and `--deny-tool` removes tools, and MCP tool discovery recovers without a restart (20). `--max-autopilot-continues` caps autopilot, and a turn timeout applies to background work in `-p` (15). JSON output, and a 2026 release replaced a misleading auth error with the real cause (12). `--resume` and `--continue`, and permission prompts survive a resumed session (15). An SDK exists, per the changelog, but we didn't check its languages, and a headless run needs explicit allow flags to do anything (10)."
        },
        "scores": {
          "a": 55,
          "b": 72
        }
      }
    ],
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Conductor (joining Meta)",
        "b": "GitHub",
        "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": "Freemium",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms",
        "b": "Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-11-04",
        "b": "2026-10-27",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "2026-04-27",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "2026-04-27",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes, with an opt-out",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "11k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "2.5/5 (2)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or GitHub Copilot CLI?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "No incidents deducted, where GitHub Copilot CLI loses 8 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"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 55 against 25",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 60",
          "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 55",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 45",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 58",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 53"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Free to start without a card"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.",
        "slug": "github-copilot-cli",
        "watchFor": "Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026"
      }
    ],
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        {
          "causes": [
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            "correction"
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          "date": "2026-11-04",
          "delta": -2.4,
          "from": 58.4,
          "fromGrade": "C",
          "to": 56,
          "toGrade": "C"
        },
        {
          "causes": [
            "method"
          ],
          "date": "2026-10-28",
          "delta": 0.1,
          "from": 58.3,
          "fromGrade": "C",
          "to": 58.4,
          "toGrade": "C"
        },
        {
          "causes": [
            "product"
          ],
          "date": "2026-10-17",
          "delta": 0.7,
          "from": 57.6,
          "fromGrade": "C",
          "to": 58.3,
          "toGrade": "C"
        }
      ]
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      "capability": "agent.harness",
      "name": "Agent harnesses"
    },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-conductor.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-github-copilot-cli.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-conductor.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-github-copilot-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-conductor.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-github-copilot-cli.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-conductor.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-github-copilot-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-cursor-cli.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-droid-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness2.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness2"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harnessrouter.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harnessrouter"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-jules.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-kilo-code-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-codex.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openmausbot.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-orca.json",
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      {
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        "title": "Conductor vs Paseo",
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      {
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qoder-cli.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qwen-code.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-reflection-mirror.json",
        "title": "Conductor vs Mirror CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-reflection-mirror"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json",
        "title": "Conductor vs Rovo Dev CLI",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-t3-code.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-traycer.json",
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      {
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  "markdown": "GitHub Copilot CLI scores 56 (C) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.\n\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- GitHub Copilot CLI: grade C, 56/100, rank #844 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/github-copilot-cli.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### 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 GitHub Copilot CLI loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers and teams already on GitHub and Copilot who want an agent that knows their repositories and issues, and a cloud agent that opens pull requests.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default since 24 April 2026\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: GitHub Copilot CLI +40\n\n- Conductor (0): No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. No protocol, no published price, no open free tier, no onboarding (0).\n- GitHub Copilot CLI (40): Harness reading of the published rubric. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices are public without a login, re-read on the docs plans page on 4 November. Pro $10, Pro+ $39, Max $100 a month, Business $19 and Enterprise $39 a seat, with usage past an organisation's pool at $0.01 per AI credit (20). Copilot Free includes the CLI with an allowance of AI credits and auto model selection only, and no card per the 2 October check (20). A person signs in to GitHub or creates the token (0). 0+20+20+0 = 40.\n\n### Reliability: GitHub Copilot CLI +30\n\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- GitHub Copilot CLI (55): Local-package reading. npm, Homebrew, WinGet and an install script for Linux, macOS and Windows, with PowerShell 6 or newer named for Windows, though the npm package declares no engines, per the 17 October check (20). No public CI or test suite, since the source isn't published, and the repository holds only the README, licence, changelog, install script and a container folder, per a clone on 4 November (0). About 1,900 open issues and 28 open pull requests, labelled by area and platform with a triage label and no-response automation, per the 1 October check, not re-read on 4 November (12). A dated changelog for every release, with breaking changes marked BREAKING, though they ship in 1.0.x patch versions, and 1.0.103 removed the `--no-remote` flag without the label (8). 1.0 since March 2026, at 1.0.105 on 27 October per the changelog and tag (15). Same reading as Claude Code and Cursor CLI, which are also closed source. 20+0+12+8+15 = 55.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: GitHub Copilot CLI +21\n\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- GitHub Copilot CLI (74): Proprietary licence with clear terms for running and redistributing (15). The data-use page dates the training change (24 April 2026), says which plans it covers and how to opt out, and says Business and Enterprise data isn't used, re-read on 4 November, but we didn't find retention periods for CLI sessions (18). On 15 October 2026 GitHub gave dated notice that Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra leave all Copilot experiences on 16 November 2026, with a named alternative for each, per the 17 October check. Breaking changes are mostly marked in a dated changelog. There's no written deprecation policy or notice period, the same reading as openai-codex and gemini-cli (15). The command reference now lists `--disable-client-telemetry`, added in 1.0.100 on 19 October, so client telemetry is disclosed with an opt-out, but no page says what it sends. OpenTelemetry export is documented and opt-in (12). 15+18+15+12 = 60.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: GitHub Copilot CLI +20\n\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- GitHub Copilot CLI (65): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. Since 1.0.100 (19 October 2026) `--disable-client-telemetry` turns off the telemetry the CLI sends, which the command reference says doesn't affect server-side telemetry. Since 24 April 2026 Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default, with an opt-out, and Business and Enterprise data is excluded, re-read on 4 November. A fine-grained token with only the Copilot Requests permission works for CI (16). Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, deny rules that beat `--allow-all-tools`, URL and path permissions, trusted directories and enterprise managed settings. Local sandboxing is generally available since 1.0.93 (7 October 2026) and off by default, enterprises can require it fail-closed, and since 1.0.100 the sandbox allows local network access by default. Assisted Permissions, where a model approves requests it judges safe, left experimental mode in 1.0.104. The CLI still can't enforce two organisation MCP policies (17). The sandbox proxy filters hosts, sandboxed shells withhold `GITHUB_TOKEN` since 1.0.92, and content exclusion applies, but we found no prompt-injection guidance for the CLI (9). OpenTelemetry export with GenAI spans, opt-in, with enterprise capture controls since 12 October, and session logs (13). Two advisories with CVEs in 2026 and none since on OSV, re-read on 4 November, but no SECURITY.md in the repository and an expired security.txt on github.com per the 26 September check, which the proxy still refuses. We didn't check GitHub's bug bounty (10). SOC 2 isn't scored on the framework reading. 16+17+9+13+10 = 65.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: GitHub Copilot CLI +19\n\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- GitHub Copilot CLI (77): 1.0.105 on 27 October 2026 per the changelog and its tag, 8 days before this check. Tags 1.0.106-1 to 1.0.106-8 (30 October) are pre-releases with no changelog entry and don't count (30). 25 dated releases from 1.0.79 (10 August) to 1.0.105 (27 October) in the 90 days from 6 August (20). Issues are labelled and triaged, with automation for stale and unanswered reports, though about 1,900 stay open, per the 1 October check (14). An SDK the changelog keeps updating (session APIs, MCP management, OAuth tokens), languages unchecked (10). Closed source and a bundled npm build, so no CI or dependency health to read (3). 30+20+14+10+3 = 77.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: GitHub Copilot CLI +17\n\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- GitHub Copilot CLI (72): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. `--available-tools` and `--excluded-tools` shape the tool list and `--deny-tool` removes tools, and MCP tool discovery recovers without a restart (20). `--max-autopilot-continues` caps autopilot, and a turn timeout applies to background work in `-p` (15). JSON output, and a 2026 release replaced a misleading auth error with the real cause (12). `--resume` and `--continue`, and permission prompts survive a resumed session (15). An SDK exists, per the changelog, but we didn't check its languages, and a headless run needs explicit allow flags to do anything (10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Conductor | GitHub Copilot CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 55 | GitHub Copilot CLI +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 72 | GitHub Copilot CLI +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 72 | GitHub Copilot CLI +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 65 | GitHub Copilot CLI +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 40 | GitHub Copilot CLI +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 77 | GitHub Copilot CLI +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 74 | GitHub Copilot CLI +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -8 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.3 · E** | **56 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Conductor | GitHub Copilot CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) | GitHub |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms | Proprietary, under the licence in the repository's `LICENSE.md`. Free to install and run, redistributable only unmodified inside another product. The repository holds the README, changelog and install script, not the source |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-27 |\n| Terms last updated | not read yet | 2026-04-27 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2026-04-27 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 11k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Conductor\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### GitHub Copilot CLI\n\n- -2.4 on 4 November 2026: product, correction\n- +0.1 on 28 October 2026: checklist\n- +0.7 on 17 October 2026: product\n\n## Verdicts\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**GitHub Copilot CLI.** Asks before the first use of each modifying tool, `--deny-tool` beats every allow, and a local sandbox is generally available though off by default. Patch releases have carried breaking changes and unadvised security fixes, and Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interactions train GitHub's models by default.\n\n## Before you call either\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### GitHub Copilot CLI\n\n1. Pass `--deny-tool` for anything destructive. It wins over `--allow-all-tools` and `--allow-tool`\n2. Turn on the sandbox with `/sandbox enable` or `--sandbox`. It's off by default\n3. Pin the CLI version in scripts. Patch releases have removed flags such as `--no-remote`\n4. Add `--disable-client-telemetry` if client telemetry shouldn't leave the machine\n5. Move off Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra before 16 November 2026\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or GitHub Copilot CLI?\n\nGitHub Copilot CLI scores 56 (C) 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/conductor-vs-github-copilot-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-github-copilot-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"conductor\", \"b\": \"github-copilot-cli\"}`. 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