swarm

code-mode

Code mode operational spec for the team lead. Returns lead identity, facilitator identity, mode-specific rules, suggest-members guidance, and phase arc for code-mode teams.

define-rubric

Builds measurable validation criteria when no existing standards apply. Invoked by team agents during review.

Returns the frozen gate constants — question, header, option labels and descriptions, digest field-list, and preview content — for every catalog gate. Invoked by the team lead fresh on arrival at each gate and on pulse re-emissions, in the same turn as the render. The transport contract, three renders, partition rule, and authoring rubric live in swarm:workflow-rules.

general-mode

General mode operational spec for the team lead. Returns lead identity, facilitator identity, suggest-members guidance, and phase arc for general-purpose teams. The silent fallback when outcomes fit no specific mode, and a wrapper base for custom workflows — it has no shortcut command.

Code & Development Solid

independent-review-loop

Independent review loop run before delivery in code work. An independent reviewer (Codex, or fresh Codex-style subagents) reads the whole PR against the approved outcome; the lead fixes in-scope functional findings and re-reviews until none remain. Its differentiator is independence and exhaustiveness — a reviewer that fails differently from the authors, run to clean — distinct from the recursive-refinement ladder. Invoked by the team lead from the unified pre-ship gate (code-mode and /swarm:refine) after the ship steps.

reflect-outcome

Detects when a stated outcome names a specific instance — a mechanism-as-means or a single named product — where a category was meant, and returns a neutral fork for the lead to show the user, or nothing. Invoked by launch commands at outcome capture, in place of the verbatim echo.

resolve-dispute

Resolves stuck review findings via a put-up-or-concede exchange. Invoked by the facilitator when a finding survives arbitration without new evidence.

suggest-members

Recommends team composition based on outcomes and mode. Invoked by launch commands during team setup.

triage-mode

Triage mode operational spec for the team lead. Returns lead identity, facilitator identity, mode-specific rules, suggest-members guidance, and phase arc for triage teams that diagnose an issue without changing it.

workflow-rules

Returns the universal governance spec for swarm team runs — hard rules, briefing templates, gate presentation contract, launch mechanics, and pulse setup. The canonical source: invoked by launch.md at Step 1 and by user-authored shortcut commands that cannot read launch.md directly. Per-gate constants live in swarm:gate-presentation.

writing-mode

Writing mode operational spec for the team lead. Returns lead identity, facilitator identity, ownership boundaries, editorial baseline, suggest-members guidance, and phase arc for writing-mode teams.

writing-style

Structural pattern analysis for writing-mode review. Performs paragraph-level decomposition and pattern aggregation. Invoked by the team lead during editorial review.