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      "summary": "Conductor runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode in parallel on a Mac, each task in its own workspace and branch. It's joining Meta, Conductor Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.",
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      "vendorUrl": "https://dev.meta.ai/products/muse-code",
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      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "Muse Code is Meta's coding agent for the terminal and CI, built for its Muse models. It plans, edits files and runs commands under approvals and an OS sandbox, interactively, headless through `muse exec` or from an SDK.",
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      "dns": "muse-code.grade.anchorterminal.com",
      "repo": "https://github.com/meta-models/muse-code-sdk",
      "license": "Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT.",
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          "name": "@muse-code/sdk"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
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      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A browser sign-in to a Meta Model API account on first run, or a Meta Model API key in `META_API_KEY` or stored with `muse auth set`. A key takes priority over a browser session. CI runs and Meta Managed Accounts must use a key.",
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      "pricingNotes": "Pay-as-you-go at Meta Model API token prices, or a monthly plan at $5 (Everyday Usage), $15 (High Usage), $50 (Power Usage) or $200 (Maximum Usage), checked 2026-10-12. Muse Wonder Full needs Power Usage or Maximum Usage. No free plan or trial was found.",
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      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Muse Code docs, the subscription pages or dev.meta.ai/llms.txt, checked 12 October 2026. Plans are paid through Meta Accounts Centre and pay-as-you-go through Model API billing.",
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      "capabilities": [
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        "agent.mcp-client",
        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "sandbox",
        "approvals",
        "card-required"
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        "methodology": "0.7",
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          "reliability": 45,
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          "2026-10-24. Security fixes released without an advisory, -3. Muse Code's release notes describe flaws in its own code fixed in released versions, among them sandboxed commands able to read or change sign-in details and approval rules in ~/.config/muse (1.4.10, 16 October 2026), Sapling commands running outside the sandbox (1.4.12, 22 October) and untrusted workspaces receiving project rules from a trusted session (1.4.13, 24 October), with 1.4.6's `find -exec rm` approval gap (11 October). OSV holds no advisory for either SDK, and repeats fold into one term. Source https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-code/changelog.md",
          "2026-11-02. Telemetry on by default without disclosure, -2. The settings page lists only \"telemetry options\", and the release notes speak of a saved opt-out for feedback and diagnostic upload and for the remote settings check, but no page says what is sent or that it's on by default. Source https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-code/configuration.md"
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        "verdict": "Muse Code runs with approvals and an OS sandbox on by default, per-host network approval, an append-only event log and a headless mode with documented exit codes. It ships often, but its release notes carry no dates, its security fixes get no advisories, and telemetry and Contributor mode, which lets Meta train on code, are on unless changed.",
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          "A versioned session protocol (`muse serve`, `muse schema`) with MIT-licensed TypeScript and Python SDKs released in step with the CLI",
          "MCP over stdio and streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.1 sign-in, and named toolsets that select MCP tools by name or prefix"
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          "Closed source, with no public CI or issue tracker for the CLI found and release notes that carry no dates",
          "Subscriptions default to Contributor mode, which lets Meta train on prompts, code and responses until it's turned off",
          "No free route. Plans run from $5 to $200 a month, and pay-as-you-go billing needs a card",
          "Sandbox and trust flaws fixed in 1.4.10 to 1.4.13 were described only in release notes, with no advisory",
          "MCP tools run outside the sandbox, and telemetry is on with no page saying what it sends"
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        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `META_API_KEY` for headless runs. Browser sign-in isn't available in CI or for Meta Managed Accounts",
          "Gate on your own test command, not the exit code. `muse exec` returns 0 when the turn completes even if tests still fail",
          "Pass `--max-model-steps` on unattended runs so a stuck task can't loop",
          "Prefer `--disable-approval` to `--yolo` in CI so the sandbox stays on. On Linux the runner needs a working bubblewrap and a non-musl build",
          "Turn Contributor mode off in `/settings` before a subscription session touches private code"
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        "muse-spark-open",
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          "The Meta Model API Terms of Service (last updated 9 October 2026) cover an artificial intelligence coding harness and name Meta Platforms, Inc., or Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in the European Region. The subscription page adds the Meta Subscription Terms of Service.",
          "The privacy field is the Meta Privacy Policy, which the terms link. www.facebook.com's robots.txt asks readers like ours not to fetch it, as the 8 October policy reading records, so it wasn't read.",
          "RDAP for meta.ai gives a registration date of 16 December 2017. The model calls go to api.meta.ai, and the binaries download from lookaside.facebook.com.",
          "No status page for Meta Model API was found. dev.meta.ai/status redirects to the home page.",
          "dev.meta.ai/code and developer.meta.com/ai/products/muse-code redirect to dev.meta.ai/products/muse-code.",
          "dev.meta.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 on 2 November 2026. The SDK repository's SECURITY.md sends vulnerability reports to bugbounty.meta.com, whose robots.txt disallows our reader.",
          "api.meta.ai, which serves the release channel and the launcher, disallows every path in robots.txt, so the 12 October manifest reading is struck."
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          "a": "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).",
          "b": "Framework reading. `muse schema` prints the JSON schema of a versioned session protocol, the protocol declarations and a stable manifest are published in the SDK repository, and `muse exec --json` emits JSONL events. No JSON Schema for `settings.json` was found (22 of 25). llms.txt at dev.meta.ai/llms.txt with a Markdown copy of each page (10). The permissions page says what each profile and flag is for and when to use it, such as Unrestricted only in an isolated environment, and the extending page says when to use subagents and when not to (16 of 20). Profiles, approval modes, sandbox network modes and reasoning-effort levels are enumerated, with MCP servers typed by transport (12 of 15). Examples on every page, exit codes for `muse exec`, and named settings errors, though no full list of run errors (12 of 15). A changelog for every version to 1.4.13, with no dates (12 of 15). 22 + 10 + 16 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 84."
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          "b": "Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. `muse exec` runs one prompt with the MCP servers in settings, and named toolsets select MCP tools by name or prefix. We found no deferred tool loading in Muse Code's own docs (18 of 25). `--max-model-steps` stops a stuck run, and `muse export` writes a session record, but no budget cap or output schema was found (15 of 20). Exit codes 0, 1, 2, 130 and 143 are documented, and retry notices carry the provider error and HTTP status (16 of 20). `--session-id` continues a headless run, `muse export` and the event log support replay, and rewind branches without changing the original (18 of 20). TypeScript and Python SDKs. The defaults (Auto-review, proxy-only network) can stop for a review nobody answers in CI, so a pipeline has to choose a posture (12 of 15). 18 + 15 + 16 + 18 + 12 = 79."
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        "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. A browser session or a Model API key, cleared by `muse logout`. Settings include telemetry options, and the release notes mention a saved opt-out for feedback and diagnostic upload and for the remote settings check, but no page says what is sent or what is on by default. Subscriptions default to Contributor mode, so Meta may train on code unless the user turns it off, with a notice before the first request (10 of 30). Ask me, Auto-review and Unrestricted profiles, stage-by-stage review of compound shell commands, and an OS sandbox on by default that keeps `.git`, `.muse` and `.agents` read-only and refuses to run when it can't confirm containment. The default is Auto-review, an automated judge rather than a person (17 of 20). Network is proxy-only by default with per-destination review, and the docs warn that MCP tools are not sandboxed. The 1.4.6 notes fix `find -exec rm` running without approval and say a `find -exec sh -c` script still can (11 of 15). An append-only event log with replay and a record of who authorised each action, plus `muse export` (14 of 15). Meta's bug bounty, named in the SDK's SECURITY.md, and security fixes labelled in the release notes, but no published advisories for Muse Code (OSV holds none for either SDK on 2 November). The 12 October reading of www.facebook.com's security.txt is struck (that host's robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot); the line is held as meta-marketing-api's was with security.txt unread (15 of 20). 10 + 17 + 11 + 14 + 15 = 67. Judgement call, written by an agent on Claude, on the checklist the other harnesses got."
        },
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          "a": 45,
          "b": 67
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        "leads": "muse-code",
        "name": "Reliability",
        "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. Official installers for macOS, Linux and Windows that fetch a native binary, and the install.sh script checks the launcher's SHA-256 against the advertised sum (20). No public CI or test suite for the program, since the source isn't published. The SDK repository's workflows only publish to npm, PyPI and crates.io, by hand (0). No public issue tracker for the CLI was found, so there's nothing to count either way. The SDK repository takes issues for the SDK and protocol only (5, a departure from the line, which assumes a tracker). Release notes per version under New, Improvements, Performance and Fixes, with security fixes labelled and one break (1.4.8's profile refusal) announced in the 1.4.6 notes, but no dates and no breaking-change heading (5). 1.4.13 (15). Same reading as Claude Code, which is also closed source. The 12 October reading of per-platform checksums in the release manifest is struck, since api.meta.ai's robots.txt now disallows every path. 20 + 0 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45."
        },
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          "a": 25,
          "b": 45
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        "by": 20,
        "category": "payments",
        "leads": "muse-code",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "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).",
          "b": "Harness reading of the published rubric. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices ($5, $15, $50 and $200 a month) and Model API token prices are public without a login, with plan usage given as multiples of the Everyday plan's 10 to 50 prompts every 5 hours (20). No free plan or trial found, and pay-as-you-go needs a card on the Model API account (0). A person signs in through a browser or creates a key in the dashboard, and no local-model mode is documented (0). 0 + 20 + 0 + 0 = 20."
        },
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          "a": 0,
          "b": 20
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      {
        "by": 17,
        "category": "maintenance",
        "leads": "muse-code",
        "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": "1.4.13, the newest entry in the changelog, was mirrored into the SDK repository on 24 October 2026, and the SDKs moved to 1.4.14 there on 27 October (30). The SDK repository's dated release mirrors since 4 August are 1.3.0 (16 and 17 September), 1.3.1 (21 September), 1.4.2 (30 September), 1.4.4 (8 October), 1.4.6 (11 October), 1.4.7 (13 October), 1.4.8 (14 October), 1.4.9 (15 October), 1.4.10 (16 October), 1.4.11 (19 October), 1.4.12 (22 October), 1.4.13 (24 October) and 1.4.14 (27 October) (20). No public tracker for the CLI. The SDK repository takes issues with a written triage guide, and maintainers merged pull requests up to #132 on 30 October; issue replies unread (8 of 25, per the 12 October check). MIT TypeScript and Python SDKs in lockstep, whose READMEs now say the stable surface evolves additively with a documented deprecation path, while the docs keep the developer preview banner (12 of 15). A checksummed launcher, but no public CI for the program (5 of 10). 30 + 20 + 8 + 12 + 5 = 75."
        },
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          "b": 75
        }
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        "a": "Agent harness",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "Conductor (joining Meta)",
        "b": "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. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms",
        "b": "Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT.",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-11-04",
        "b": "2026-10-24",
        "name": "Last release"
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      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "2026-10-02",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "couldn't be read",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "not read yet",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "63k npm/wk",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "3.3/5 (4)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
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      {
        "answer": "Muse Code scores 56.2 (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 Muse Code?"
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      {
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          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 60",
          "Agent ergonomics, 79 against 55",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 45",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 58"
        ],
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        "goodFor": "Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run.",
        "slug": "muse-code",
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      }
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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-github-copilot-cli.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-junie.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-openhands.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openmausbot.json",
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      {
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paseo.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paseo"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-prime-agent.json",
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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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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-qwen-code"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-reflection-mirror.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json",
        "title": "Conductor vs Rovo Dev CLI",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor.json",
        "title": "Conductor vs Sculptor",
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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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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-verdent.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-vibe-trading.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-warp.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-muse-code.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-muse-code.json",
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  "markdown": "Muse Code scores 56.2 (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- Muse Code: grade C, 56.2/100, rank #833 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/muse-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/muse-code.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 Muse Code loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n\n### Muse Code (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want Meta's Muse models, Muse Wonder Full included, in a terminal or CI agent with the sandbox and approvals on from the first run.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 45 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 79 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 67 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 58\n\nWatch for: Closed source, with no public CI or issue tracker for the CLI found and release notes that carry no dates\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Muse Code +24\n\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- Muse Code (84): Framework reading. `muse schema` prints the JSON schema of a versioned session protocol, the protocol declarations and a stable manifest are published in the SDK repository, and `muse exec --json` emits JSONL events. No JSON Schema for `settings.json` was found (22 of 25). llms.txt at dev.meta.ai/llms.txt with a Markdown copy of each page (10). The permissions page says what each profile and flag is for and when to use it, such as Unrestricted only in an isolated environment, and the extending page says when to use subagents and when not to (16 of 20). Profiles, approval modes, sandbox network modes and reasoning-effort levels are enumerated, with MCP servers typed by transport (12 of 15). Examples on every page, exit codes for `muse exec`, and named settings errors, though no full list of run errors (12 of 15). A changelog for every version to 1.4.13, with no dates (12 of 15). 22 + 10 + 16 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 84.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Muse Code +24\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- Muse Code (79): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. `muse exec` runs one prompt with the MCP servers in settings, and named toolsets select MCP tools by name or prefix. We found no deferred tool loading in Muse Code's own docs (18 of 25). `--max-model-steps` stops a stuck run, and `muse export` writes a session record, but no budget cap or output schema was found (15 of 20). Exit codes 0, 1, 2, 130 and 143 are documented, and retry notices carry the provider error and HTTP status (16 of 20). `--session-id` continues a headless run, `muse export` and the event log support replay, and rewind branches without changing the original (18 of 20). TypeScript and Python SDKs. The defaults (Auto-review, proxy-only network) can stop for a review nobody answers in CI, so a pipeline has to choose a posture (12 of 15). 18 + 15 + 16 + 18 + 12 = 79.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Muse Code +22\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- Muse Code (67): Framework reading (telemetry defaults, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing), five lines. A browser session or a Model API key, cleared by `muse logout`. Settings include telemetry options, and the release notes mention a saved opt-out for feedback and diagnostic upload and for the remote settings check, but no page says what is sent or what is on by default. Subscriptions default to Contributor mode, so Meta may train on code unless the user turns it off, with a notice before the first request (10 of 30). Ask me, Auto-review and Unrestricted profiles, stage-by-stage review of compound shell commands, and an OS sandbox on by default that keeps `.git`, `.muse` and `.agents` read-only and refuses to run when it can't confirm containment. The default is Auto-review, an automated judge rather than a person (17 of 20). Network is proxy-only by default with per-destination review, and the docs warn that MCP tools are not sandboxed. The 1.4.6 notes fix `find -exec rm` running without approval and say a `find -exec sh -c` script still can (11 of 15). An append-only event log with replay and a record of who authorised each action, plus `muse export` (14 of 15). Meta's bug bounty, named in the SDK's SECURITY.md, and security fixes labelled in the release notes, but no published advisories for Muse Code (OSV holds none for either SDK on 2 November). The 12 October reading of www.facebook.com's security.txt is struck (that host's robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot); the line is held as meta-marketing-api's was with security.txt unread (15 of 20). 10 + 17 + 11 + 14 + 15 = 67. Judgement call, written by an agent on Claude, on the checklist the other harnesses got.\n\n### Reliability: Muse Code +20\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- Muse Code (45): Local-package reading. Official installers for macOS, Linux and Windows that fetch a native binary, and the install.sh script checks the launcher's SHA-256 against the advertised sum (20). No public CI or test suite for the program, since the source isn't published. The SDK repository's workflows only publish to npm, PyPI and crates.io, by hand (0). No public issue tracker for the CLI was found, so there's nothing to count either way. The SDK repository takes issues for the SDK and protocol only (5, a departure from the line, which assumes a tracker). Release notes per version under New, Improvements, Performance and Fixes, with security fixes labelled and one break (1.4.8's profile refusal) announced in the 1.4.6 notes, but no dates and no breaking-change heading (5). 1.4.13 (15). Same reading as Claude Code, which is also closed source. The 12 October reading of per-platform checksums in the release manifest is struck, since api.meta.ai's robots.txt now disallows every path. 20 + 0 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Muse Code +20\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- Muse Code (20): Harness reading of the published rubric. No payment protocol (0). Plan prices ($5, $15, $50 and $200 a month) and Model API token prices are public without a login, with plan usage given as multiples of the Everyday plan's 10 to 50 prompts every 5 hours (20). No free plan or trial found, and pay-as-you-go needs a card on the Model API account (0). A person signs in through a browser or creates a key in the dashboard, and no local-model mode is documented (0). 0 + 20 + 0 + 0 = 20.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Muse Code +17\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- Muse Code (75): 1.4.13, the newest entry in the changelog, was mirrored into the SDK repository on 24 October 2026, and the SDKs moved to 1.4.14 there on 27 October (30). The SDK repository's dated release mirrors since 4 August are 1.3.0 (16 and 17 September), 1.3.1 (21 September), 1.4.2 (30 September), 1.4.4 (8 October), 1.4.6 (11 October), 1.4.7 (13 October), 1.4.8 (14 October), 1.4.9 (15 October), 1.4.10 (16 October), 1.4.11 (19 October), 1.4.12 (22 October), 1.4.13 (24 October) and 1.4.14 (27 October) (20). No public tracker for the CLI. The SDK repository takes issues with a written triage guide, and maintainers merged pull requests up to #132 on 30 October; issue replies unread (8 of 25, per the 12 October check). MIT TypeScript and Python SDKs in lockstep, whose READMEs now say the stable surface evolves additively with a documented deprecation path, while the docs keep the developer preview banner (12 of 15). A checksummed launcher, but no public CI for the program (5 of 10). 30 + 20 + 8 + 12 + 5 = 75.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Conductor | Muse Code | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 45 | Muse Code +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 84 | Muse Code +24 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 79 | Muse Code +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 67 | Muse Code +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 20 | Muse Code +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 75 | Muse Code +17 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 56 | Muse Code +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.3 · E** | **56.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Conductor | Muse Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) | 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. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms | Proprietary binary, used under the Meta Model API Terms of Service, which cover Meta's coding harness. Subscriptions are also under the Meta Subscription Terms of Service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs in the linked repository are MIT. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-24 |\n| Terms last updated | not read yet | 2026-10-02 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 63k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Conductor\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Muse Code\n\n- -5.0 on 2 November 2026: correction\n- -0.2 on 30 October 2026: checklist\n- +0.1 on 27 October 2026: checklist\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**Muse Code.** Muse Code runs with approvals and an OS sandbox on by default, per-host network approval, an append-only event log and a headless mode with documented exit codes. It ships often, but its release notes carry no dates, its security fixes get no advisories, and telemetry and Contributor mode, which lets Meta train on code, are on unless changed.\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### Muse Code\n\n1. Set `META_API_KEY` for headless runs. Browser sign-in isn't available in CI or for Meta Managed Accounts\n2. Gate on your own test command, not the exit code. `muse exec` returns 0 when the turn completes even if tests still fail\n3. Pass `--max-model-steps` on unattended runs so a stuck task can't loop\n4. Prefer `--disable-approval` to `--yolo` in CI so the sandbox stays on. On Linux the runner needs a working bubblewrap and a non-musl build\n5. Turn Contributor mode off in `/settings` before a subscription session touches private code\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or Muse Code?\n\nMuse Code scores 56.2 (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-muse-code.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-muse-code.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"conductor\", \"b\": \"muse-code\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare conductor muse-code`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/muse-code.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Conductor or Muse Code\n\n- [Agent Zero vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Agent Zero vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [Aider vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Aider vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [Amp vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Amp vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-muse-code.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Conductor](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-conductor.md)\n- [Antigravity CLI vs Muse Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-muse-code.md)\n- 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