Comparison

conductor vs PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence

conductor is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑29.

conductor is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Bryan Lackey. No marketplace we read lists it any more. PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence is an MCP server published by getpapi. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, npm registry (MCP servers), Community GitHub marketplaces). 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

Where each is published
Marketplace	conductor	PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence
Community marketplace lackeyjb/claude-conductor	Removed on 2026-10-29 Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 15 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-26	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.402.157 Downloads/month (npm): 3 017 Downloads/week (npm): 776 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
npm registry (MCP servers)	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.402.157 Downloads/month (npm): 3 017 Downloads/week (npm): 776 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 11 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-12

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

conductor vs PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence
Fact	conductorno longer listed · 2026-10-29	PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	3
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	15	11
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	2	0
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-16
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	Remote server or your machine
Transport (differs)	Not stated	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Hooks it runs (differs)	4	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	16	15
Licence (differs)	Apache-2.0	Elastic-2.0
Repository (differs)	github.com/lackeyjb/claude-conductor	github.com/getpapi/papi
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	4	1
First seen (differs)	2026-10-26	2026-10-11
Endpoint at the last check (differs)	no remote endpoint we check	Not responding since 2026-10-23

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.

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Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

conductor

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Context-Driven Development framework for Claude Code

PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Adaptive plan/build/review cycles for AI coding assistants, persisted across sessions.

How to run each

conductor

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence As a remote MCP server

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http papi https://mcp.getpapi.ai/mcp

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Only PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence 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: conductor · What it can do: PAPI: Persistent Adaptive Project Intelligence · Compare two other plugins

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