Swarm Orchestration

This is for when you need multiple Claude instances working together instead of a single agent grinding through tasks sequentially. It uses agentic-flow to spin up coordinated swarms with different topologies: mesh for peer-to-peer coordination, hierarchical for centralized control, or adaptive mode that picks the right structure based on task complexity. You get parallel execution, shared memory across agents, automatic load balancing, and fault tolerance with task reassignment. The skill includes CLI hooks for spawning agents and orchestrating work, plus pipeline support for dependent stages. Worth exploring if you're hitting the limits of single-agent workflows or building systems where different specialists need to collaborate on complex builds.

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last updated: Jun 11, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add spencermarx/open-code-review --skill 'Swarm Orchestration' --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Swarm Orchestration

What This Skill Does

Orchestrates multi-agent swarms using agentic-flow's advanced coordination system. Supports mesh, hierarchical, and adaptive topologies with automatic task distribution, load balancing, and fault tolerance.

Prerequisites

agentic-flow v3.0.0-alpha.1+
Node.js 18+
Understanding of distributed systems (helpful)

Quick Start

# Initialize swarm
npx agentic-flow hooks swarm-init --topology mesh --max-agents 5

# Spawn agents
npx agentic-flow hooks agent-spawn --type coder
npx agentic-flow hooks agent-spawn --type tester
npx agentic-flow hooks agent-spawn --type reviewer

# Orchestrate task
npx agentic-flow hooks task-orchestrate \
  --task "Build REST API with tests" \
  --mode parallel

Topology Patterns

1. Mesh (Peer-to-Peer)

// Equal peers, distributed decision-making
await swarm.init({
  topology: 'mesh',
  agents: ['coder', 'tester', 'reviewer'],
  communication: 'broadcast'
});

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