conductor vs n8n-mcp-skills
conductor is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by conductor-oss. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). n8n-mcp-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Romuald Członkowski. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |  conductor | |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.6.6 Forks (GitHub): 10 Stars (GitHub): 24 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace czlonkowski/n8n-skills | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.36.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 084 Stars (GitHub): 6 471 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 | conductor | n8n-mcp-skills |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 24 (worse) | 6 471 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 10 (worse) | 1 084 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-16 |
| 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) | Not published | 9 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 6 | 18 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/conductor-oss/conductor-skills | github.com/czlonkowski/n8n-skills |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-15 |
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
conductor
Teach Claude to orchestrate microservices and business processes with Conductor. This skill adds full workflow lifecycle management: define workflows with any task type (HTTP, SWITCH, FORK_JOIN, WAIT, HUMAN), run them synchronously or asynchronously, monitor executions, and manage failures with pause/resume/retry/restart. Key capabilities: - Create workflow definitions with proper JSON schema and input expressions - Start, monitor, and search workflow executions by status, time, or correlation ID - Signal WAIT and HUMAN tasks for human-in-the-loop patterns - Scaffold workers in Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, C#, Ruby, or Rust - Visualize workflows as Mermaid diagrams - Manage multiple environments with CLI profiles - Enterprise features: schedules, secrets, webhooks (Orkes) Works with any Conductor server — local development or remote. Installs and configures the conductor CLI automatically.
n8n-mcp-skills
Complete bundle: 14 expert skills for building flawless n8n workflows with the n8n-mcp MCP server — and deploying the self-hosted n8n that runs them (expression syntax, MCP tools usage, workflow patterns, validation, node configuration, JavaScript code, Python code, the AI-agent Custom Code Tool, production error handling, binary/file handling, reusable sub-workflows, AI agents, multi-instance targeting, and end-to-end self-hosted deployment), plus an always-on router skill and a hooks enforcement layer that surfaces the right skill at the moment of decision.
How to run each
conductor As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install conductor@claude-communityn8n-mcp-skills As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add czlonkowski/n8n-skills
/plugin install n8n-mcp-skills@n8n-mcp-skillsCommands 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: conductor · What it can do: n8n-mcp-skills · 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.