magician vs lad
lad is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.
magician is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Alexander-Tyagunov. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). lad is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Chris Foulon. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |  magician | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 2.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 14 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace chrisfoulon/lad | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 2.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 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 | magician | ladno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 14 | 4 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 10 | 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 38 | 10 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alexander-tyagunov/magician | github.com/chrisfoulon/lad |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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 lad
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Comprehensive feature development workflow with specialized agents for codebase exploration, architecture design, and quality review
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Comprehensive feature development workflow with specialized agents for codebase exploration, architecture design, and quality review
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Comprehensive feature development workflow with specialized agents for codebase exploration, architecture design, and quality review
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Feature-centric development framework for Claude Code — brainstorm, plan, build, and verify with structured workflows
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The most comprehensive agentic coding harness for Claude Code that works for both greenfield and brownfield projects. Drops 38 slash commands, 36 sub-agents, and 16 skills into…
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Spec-driven development and context engineering for AI coding agents, backed by project context in Git.
What each says it does
magician
Comprehensive software development lifecycle plugin that takes task from the idea to merged PR autonomously. Core capabilities: 1. Dynamic Project Inspector On every session start, it scans your project files (package.json, go.mod, Cargo.toml, pom.xml, etc.) and auto-assembles targeted knowledge ("lore") for every detected technology — no manual stack selection needed. Polyglot stacks get full coverage automatically. 2. Full Autonomous SDLC (/manifest) One command drives the entire flow with only 4 human approval gates: * /conjure — design dialogue (with an ability to strictly use design) → approved spec * /blueprint — implementation plan with parallelism map * /portal — git worktree isolation * /orchestrate + /ward — parallel agents with TDD * /certify — tests + types + linter + browser verification * /scrutinize → /absorb — multi-agent code review + integration * /seal — PR creation, loops until merged 3. Self-Learning A Stop hook (chronicle-stop.sh) captures git diffs at session end, writes entries to a ch
lad
LLM-Assisted Development: a staged workflow for building Python features safely — existing-work discovery, TDD planning, checkpointed implementation, and test-suite quality cycles.
How to run each
magician As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install magician@claude-communitylad
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
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: magician · What it can do: lad · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. 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.