Effect vs conductor
conductor is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑29.
Effect is an MCP server published by tim-smart. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). conductor is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Bryan Lackey. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |   Effect | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:a0e077abc890 Forks (GitHub): 13 Pulls (Docker Hub): 13 190 Stars (Docker Hub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 239 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace lackeyjb/claude-conductor | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-29 Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 15 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Effect | conductorno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 239 | 15 |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 13 190 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 13 | 2 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/effect-mcp) | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Not stated |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 4 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 16 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/tim-smart/effect-mcp | github.com/lackeyjb/claude-conductor |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-26 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of conductor
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Multi-agent development harness for Claude Code. Your AI has speed; we give it direction — through living specs and focused specialist agents.
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Turn Claude Code into an autonomous software development team — 16 specialized agents, documentation-first pipeline, TDD slices in parallel waves, and 9 quality gates.
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Story Driven Development workflow for Claude Code. Keeps your documentation and code in sync via status tracking and git-diff-based prompts.
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Accelerates software delivery by automating SDLC stages inside Claude Code — Claude facilitates writing specs and designing architecture, then autonomously builds implementation…
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Unified toolkit for Context-Driven Development with spec-first planning, TDD workflow, and OKF knowledge bundles.
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Test-Driven Generation plugin for Claude Code
What each says it does
Effect
Tools and resources for writing Effect code in Typescript.
conductor
Context-Driven Development framework for Claude Code
How to run each
Effect As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --transport stdio effect-mcp -- docker run -i --rm mcp/effect-mcpconductor
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of conductor publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Effect · What it can do: conductor · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.