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swarm

Multi-agent orchestration plugin for Claude Code. Coordinate teams of agents with shared tasks, inter-agent messaging, and 7 proven patterns.
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Team Management

Create and manage agent teams with specialized roles, shared task lists, and lifecycle control.

7 Patterns

Parallel Specialists, Pipeline, Swarm, Research+Implementation, Plan Approval, Multi-File Refactoring, and RLM.

RLM Pattern

Content-aware chunked analysis for files exceeding context limits. Auto-detects file types with specialized analysts.

Inter-Agent Messaging

Direct messages, broadcasts, shutdown protocols, and plan approval flows between agents.

Quick Start

Section titled “Quick Start”
Terminal window
# Install the plugin
claude install gh:zircote/claude-team-orchestration


# Use orchestration in Claude Code
/swarm:orchestrating

What is swarm?

Section titled “What is swarm?”

swarm is a Claude Code plugin that enables multi-agent orchestration. It provides primitives for creating teams of agents that work together on complex tasks through shared task lists, inter-agent messaging, and proven coordination patterns.

Key capabilities:

  • Team lifecycle — Create, spawn, delegate, and shut down agent teams
  • Shared tasks — Task lists with dependencies, ownership, and progress tracking
  • Messaging — Direct messages, broadcasts, and structured protocol messages
  • 7 patterns — Battle-tested orchestration patterns for common workflows
  • RLM — Recursive Language Model pattern for analyzing files that exceed context limits
  • Multiple backends — In-process, tmux, and iTerm2 spawn modes