swarm
Swarm is a headless AI agent platform you self-host on Linux. It runs coding, research, design and media agents, workflows, schedules and monitoring across your machines. Drive it from your AI over MCP, or from your own code with the SDK, HTTP API or CLI.
Install / Use
claude mcp add swarm-agent -- npx -y github:swarm-agent/swarmIf the server publishes to npm under a different name, use that package instead — check the repo README.
MCP Server
Model Context Protocol server
Quality Score
Category
AutomationSupported Platforms
Our assessment of swarm
swarm scores 76/100 on our quality scale, 2599th of 2,891 Automation skills we index.
We have not analysed the MCP Server file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
It has 10 GitHub stars, so there is little community track record yet; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated today, so swarm is actively maintained.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 97/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
swarm compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than swarm; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| swarm (this skill)by swarm-agent | 76 | 10 | today | MCP Server |
| taste-skillby Leonxlnx | 100 | 102.0k | 4d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 101.7k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 77.7k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| CowAgentby zhayujie | 100 | 47.6k | today | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install swarm?
- Run
claude mcp add swarm-agent -- npx -y github:swarm-agent/swarm. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does swarm work with?
- It is written for Claude Code, Claude Desktop and OpenAI Codex, as a MCP Server file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is swarm safe to use?
- It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 97/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is swarm still maintained?
- The repository was last updated today, so swarm is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.