campaign-mode vs joai
campaign-mode is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by cgbarlow. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). joai is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by joai-plugins. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. 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 |  campaign-mode |  joai |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace cgbarlow/skills | Listed Version: 0.4.9 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 3 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 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 | campaign-mode | joai |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (cortex.joai.ai/mcp/apps/joai) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 7 | 2 |
| Licence (differs) | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cgbarlow/campaign-mode | github.com/joai-plugins/joai |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Responded 2 days ago, requires a key |
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
campaign-mode
Quest-based extension for AI-assisted work. Three NPC agents (Gandalf, Dragon, Guardian) provide mentorship, adversarial testing, and quality gates for structured campaigns.
joai
JoAi is a platform for creating and managing your own AI agents.
How to run each
campaign-mode As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add cgbarlow/skills
/plugin install campaign-mode@cgbarlow-skillsjoai As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install joai@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only joai has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
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: campaign-mode · What it can do: joai · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.