magician vs Codeman
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). Codeman is an MCP server published by Ark0N. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  magician |  Codeman |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 2.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 14 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.43.0 Downloads/month (npm): 14 705 Downloads/week (npm): 4 745 Forks (GitHub): 126 Stars (GitHub): 801 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 | Codeman |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 14 (worse) | 801 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 126 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-18 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (aicodeman) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 2, secrets among them: 1 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 10 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 38 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alexander-tyagunov/magician | github.com/ark0n/codeman |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 4 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
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
Codeman
Start, prompt and read AI coding agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and more) in Codeman
How to run each
magician As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install magician@claude-communityCodeman As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "CODEMAN_API_URL=<YOUR_CODEMAN_API_URL>" --env "CODEMAN_PASSWORD=<YOUR_CODEMAN_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio codeman -- npx -y aicodeman mcpRequires: CODEMAN_API_URL, CODEMAN_PASSWORD (secret)
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
The marketplaces of magician publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: magician · What it can do: Codeman · 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. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.