octo-multi

octo-multi is a command for Claude Code, Cursor from nyldn/claude-octopus. It costs 15 tokens per session (2,209 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command that sends a task to multiple AI providers instead of relying on one provider. It requires confirming why multiple opinions are needed and that extra cost may be involved.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for high-stakes analysis, cross-checking work, or tasks where comparing multiple AI answers is useful.
Why use it?
Different AI systems can provide independent perspectives for important decisions or quality checks.

Command for Claude CodeCursor

Written for Claude Code and Cursor: disable-model-invocation in frontmatter, but also a Cursor plugin manifest. Also seen: mentions subagents; names the AskUserQuestion tool; positional $N argument.

Runs only inside its plugin — its command needs a path that Claude Code sets for a plugin’s own hooks and for nothing else. Install the plugin, not this.

Part of the octo plugin — 70 skills, 106 commands, 10 agents, 18 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it for high-stakes analysis, cross-checking work, or tasks where comparing multiple AI answers is useful.

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About the project

Claude Octopus is an orchestration project that sends research, design, and coding tasks to Claude Code and other AI model providers so their results can be compared. Developers use it for multi-model work, disagreement detection, reviews, persistent context, and an optional workflow that moves from discovery through delivery. The catalogue entries are its commands, skills, agents, instructions, hooks, plugins, and settings.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

This one installs as part of its plugin. Adding the marketplace and installing the plugin brings it with everything else the plugin ships.

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add nyldn/claude-octopus
Claude Code
/plugin install octo

Made for: Claude Code, Cursor.

Or install octo, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 70 skills, 106 commands, 10 agents, 18 hooks.

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Per session 15 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,209 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00015 $0.02209
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.01104
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00442
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00221

Measured 7d ago against content hash 90f465690476, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

octo-multi scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

  • multi — 97% identical, 3 lines differ
  • octo-multi — 92% identical, 65 lines differ
.cursor-plugin/commands/octo-multi.md · 242 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 242 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Multi - Multi-Provider Override

Forces multi-provider execution for any task using all available AI providers.

🤖 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAUDE

EXECUTION MECHANISM — NON-NEGOTIABLE

You MUST dispatch work to external providers (Codex, Antigravity, etc.) for this command. You are PROHIBITED from:

  • ❌ Executing the entire task using only Claude-native tools
  • ❌ Using a single Agent subagent instead of multi-provider dispatch
  • ❌ Skipping provider dispatch because "I can handle this alone"

Multi-LLM orchestration is the purpose of this command. Single-model execution defeats its purpose.

When the user invokes this command (e.g., /octo:multi <task>):

Step 1: Cost Awareness & Intent Confirmation

CRITICAL: Before forcing multi-provider execution, use AskUserQuestion to confirm intent and cost awareness:

AskUserQuestion({
  questions: [
    {
      question: "Why do you need multiple AI perspectives?",
      header: "Intent",
      multiSelect: false,
      options: [
        {label: "High-stakes decision", description: "Critical choice requiring comprehensive analysis"},
        {label: "Quality validation", description: "Cross-check important work for accuracy"},
        {label: "Learning different approaches", description: "See how different models think"},
        {label: "Comparing perspectives", description: "Want to see model-specific insights"},
        {label: "Just exploring", description: "Curious about multi-AI capabilities"}
      ]
    },
    {
      question: "Are you aware this uses external API credits?",
      header: "Cost",
      multiSelect: false,
      options: [
        {label: "Yes, proceed", description: "I understand this may use external provider credits or subscriptions"},
        {label: "Tell me more about costs", description: "Explain what I'll be charged"},
        {label: "Use included/local providers only", description: "Use Claude plus providers that do not add per-query API charges"}
      ]
    }
  ]
})

Read the full file on GitHub · 242 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 242 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A 90f465690476

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octo-multi is a command published in the GitHub repository nyldn/claude-octopus (4,061 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 2,209 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.