Claude Flow Swarm

What Claude Flow Swarm is

Claude Flow Swarm is a slash command published in the ruvnet/agentic-flow repository on GitHub, which has about 813 stars. The repository describes itself as: “Easily switch between alternative low-cost AI models in Claude Code/Agent SDK. For those comfortable using Claude agents and commands, it lets you take what you've created and deploy fully hosted agents for real business purposes. Use Claude Code to get the agent working, then deploy it in your favorite cloud.”

A slash command is a reusable prompt saved as a markdown file and run by typing its name after a slash. In Claude Code, custom commands have been merged into skills: a file in .claude/commands/ and a skill folder in .claude/skills/ both create the same kind of command, and existing command files keep working.

Claude Flow Swarm gives you a repeatable way to run the same instructions without retyping them, optionally with arguments.

How to install Claude Flow Swarm

New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.

Inside the source file

The repository does not declare an open-source license, so we list only the outline of the file here. Read the full text on GitHub.

• Basic Usage
• 🎯 Swarm Strategies
• 🤖 Agent Types
• 🔄 Coordination Modes
• ⚙️ Common Options
• 🌟 Examples
• Development Swarm with Review
• Long-Running Research Swarm
• Performance Optimization Swarm
• Enterprise Development Swarm
• Testing and QA Swarm
• 📊 Monitoring and Control
• Real-time monitoring:
• Check swarm status:

Open claude-flow-swarm.md on GitHub

Before you install

• Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
• Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
• Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
• Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
• Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.

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