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Claude Code orchestration and workflow tools, compared
“Orchestration” covers three different jobs: running many agents, building an agent, and keeping one agent on a procedure. This table puts six tools on the same columns so the difference is visible. Every cell about another product comes from that product's own documentation, checked on 2026-08-23; where a fact could not be verified it says so.
| Tool | Kind | How it attaches to your agent | Workflow definition | Human gates | Verifies agent output | Hosting | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CodyCody | Rails | Behind your agent, over MCP | Visual designer; packages | Yes — halts; asked through your agent | Exit-code contract; output hashed to file | Self-hosted binary, offline license | Commercial; Starter free |
| Conductor (Microsoft) | Orchestrator | In front — a CLI calling agent SDKs | YAML + Jinja2 | Yes — dashboard or TUI | Script steps route on exit code | Where the CLI runs | MIT |
| Claude Squad | Session manager | Around — wraps sessions in tmux + worktrees | None — sessions, not workflows | Review before checkout; auto-accept mode | Not documented | Local terminal | AGPL-3.0 |
| Conductor (Melty Labs) | Session manager | Around — Mac app with isolated workspaces | None — sessions, not workflows | Review and merge | Not documented | macOS app | See its pricing page |
| LangGraph | General engine | You build the agent on it | Python graph | Interrupts | Whatever your code checks | Library; LangSmith or your own | Open source |
| n8n | General engine | You build the automation on it | Visual canvas + code | Approval nodes | Whatever your flow checks | Self-hosted or cloud | Sustainable Use License |
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Conductor, by Microsoft
Two ways to take the plan away from the model
Both run agents deterministically. Conductor is a CLI that orchestrates agents from YAML; CodyCody is an engine your existing agent calls over MCP. Which fits.
Claude Squad, and Conductor by Melty Labs
More agents is not the same as a more reliable agent
Claude Squad and Mac worktree apps run many Claude Code sessions at once. CodyCody makes one session follow a verified procedure. Different jobs; they compose.
LangGraph, by LangChain, and n8n
A coding agent is not a business workflow with a model in it
LangGraph and n8n are engines for building agents and automations. CodyCody governs the coding agent you already run. When each fits, and why.