| name | solo-swarm |
| description | Launch 3 parallel research agents (market, users, tech) to investigate an idea from multiple angles simultaneously. Use when user says "swarm research", "parallel research", "investigate fast", "3 agents", "team research", or wants faster alternative to /research. Produces research.md. Do NOT use for solo research (use /research) or idea scoring (use /validate). |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"author":"fortunto2","version":"1.6.0","openclaw":{"emoji":"🐝"}} |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, mcp__solograph__web_search, mcp__solograph__kb_search, mcp__solograph__project_info, mcp__solograph__codegraph_query, mcp__solograph__codegraph_explain, mcp__solograph__project_code_search, mcp__solograph__session_search |
| argument-hint | [idea name or description] |
/swarm
Create an agent team to research "$ARGUMENTS" from multiple perspectives in parallel.
Team Structure
Spawn 3 teammates, each with a distinct research focus:
1. Market Researcher
Focus: competitors, market size, pricing models, business models.
- Search for direct and indirect competitors
- Find market reports with TAM/SAM/SOM figures
- Analyze pricing strategies and monetization
- Identify market gaps and opportunities
- Check Product Hunt, G2, Capterra for existing products
2. User Researcher
Focus: pain points, user sentiment, feature requests.
- Search Reddit for user discussions (
site:reddit.com <query> via WebSearch, or MCP web_search if available)
- Search Hacker News for tech community opinions (
site:news.ycombinator.com)
- If MCP
session_search available: check if this idea was researched before in past sessions
- Find app reviews and ratings
- Extract direct user quotes about frustrations
- Identify unmet needs and feature requests
3. Technical Analyst
Focus: feasibility, tech stack, existing solutions, implementation complexity.
- Search GitHub for open-source alternatives (
site:github.com <query>)
- Evaluate tech stack options
- If MCP
project_info available: check existing projects for reusable code
- If MCP
codegraph_explain available: get architecture overview of similar existing projects
- If MCP
codegraph_query available: find shared packages across projects
- If MCP
project_code_search available: search for reusable patterns, services, infrastructure across existing projects
- Assess implementation complexity and timeline
Search Backends
Teammates should use available search tools:
- WebSearch (built-in) — broad discovery, market reports, always available
- WebFetch — scrape specific URLs for details, always available
- MCP
web_search (if available) — additional search with engine routing
- MCP
kb_search (if available) — search local knowledge base for related research
Domain filtering: use site:github.com, site:reddit.com etc. for targeted results.
Coordination
- Each teammate writes findings to a shared task list
- Require plan approval before teammates start deep research
- After all complete, synthesize findings into
research.md
- Use the research.md format from
/research skill
Output
After team completes, the lead should:
- Synthesize findings from all 3 teammates
- Write
research.md to docs/ in the current project directory
- Provide GO / NO-GO / PIVOT recommendation
- Suggest next step:
/validate <idea>
Common Issues
Agent team not available
Cause: CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS env var not set.
Fix: Ensure .claude/settings.json has "env": {"CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS": "1"}.
Teammates produce overlapping findings
Cause: Research areas not clearly separated.
Fix: Each teammate has a distinct focus (market/users/tech). The lead synthesizes and deduplicates findings.
Web search returns limited results
Cause: No additional search backends configured.
Fix: Teammates fall back to WebSearch (built-in) which is always available. For richer results with engine routing (Reddit, GitHub, YouTube), set up SearXNG (private, self-hosted, free) and configure solograph MCP.
