Coordinate parallel research workers to investigate a topic deeply and synthesize citation-backed findings — a user-invoked Research Orchestrator workflow.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Swarm Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework --skill swarm-research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework swarm-research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/swarm-research .claude/skills/swarm-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
swarm-research
GitHub stars
125
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
982 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Coordinate parallel research workers to investigate a topic deeply and synthesize citation-backed findings — a user-invoked Research Orchestrator workflow.

  • Works in 8 steps: Scope — Read the input and identify… → Decompose — Break scope into independent… → Prepare — Create output file paths for… → …
  • Tasks that involve Citation management
  • SKILL.md covers MCP Tools, Research Workflow, Worker Dispatch and Output Paths, plus 9 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Swarm Research is an agent skill from dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework. Coordinate parallel research workers to investigate a topic deeply and synthesize citation-backed findings — a user-invoked Research Orchestrator workflow.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. The repository describes itself as: A More Effective Agent Harness for Claude.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/swarm-research”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Scope — Read the input and identify distinct research tracks
  2. Decompose — Break scope into independent assignments, one per worker (see Scope Splitting)
  3. Prepare — Create output file paths for each worker
  4. Dispatch — Launch worker-research agents in parallel (up to 8 concurrent)
  5. Collect — Read all worker outputs when complete
  6. Critique — Apply cross-checking protocol across outputs
  7. Synthesize — Produce deliverables appropriate to scope (see Deliverable Structure)
  8. Deliver — Write outputs to correct paths

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6436a20. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Swarm Research loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 982 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 982 words (~2,082 tokens).

“Coordinate parallel research workers to investigate topics deeply and synthesize their findings into structured, citation-backed reports.”

— opening of SKILL.md by dralgorhythm
name
swarm-research
argument-hint
[research-topic-or-question]
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/swarm-research of dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6436a20

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Questions about Swarm Research

What does Swarm Research do?

Coordinate parallel research workers to investigate a topic deeply and synthesize citation-backed findings — a user-invoked Research Orchestrator workflow. Swarm Research is an agent skill from dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework. Coordinate parallel research workers to investigate a topic deeply and synthesize citation-backed findings — a user-invoked Research Orchestrator workflow.

When should I use Swarm Research?

Swarm Research fits situations like: tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Swarm Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework --skill swarm-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/swarm-research in dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework) into .claude/skills/swarm-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Swarm Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework --skill swarm-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/swarm-research in dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework) into .agents/skills/swarm-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Swarm Research in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework --skill swarm-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/swarm-research, .gemini/skills/swarm-research, .github/skills/swarm-research and .opencode/skills/swarm-research in your project.

What does Swarm Research need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Swarm Research is instructions for the agent only.

Does Swarm Research access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Swarm Research safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Swarm Research use?

No licence was found for Swarm Research or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Swarm Research use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Swarm Research?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Swarm Research: Content Research Writer (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Networkx (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.7k stars) and Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Swarm Research?

dralgorhythm (a GitHub user) maintains it in dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework, which has 125 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 24, 2026.

Source: dralgorhythm/claude-agentic-framework on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.