spawn

A way to define different thinking patterns for Claude Code, such as research, implementation, analysis, system design, or review. These are not separate coding agents.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to define a named pattern, such as a researcher with deep-analysis capability, for a particular kind of work.
Why use it?
It helps Claude Code approach different parts of a task with a clearly chosen perspective.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ruvnet/ruv-fann/spawn
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ruvnet/ruv-FANN

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 332 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00000 $0.00332
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00166
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00066
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00033

Measured 3d ago against content hash d9f748d8e369, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

spawn 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 3d 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:

  • spawn — 86% identical, 4 lines differ
  • spawn — 86% identical, 4 lines differ
.claude/commands/coordination/spawn.md · 46 lines

What it actually says

Create Cognitive Patterns

🎯 Key Principle

This tool coordinates Claude Code's actions. It does NOT write code or create content.

MCP Tool Usage in Claude Code

Tool: mcp__ruv-swarm__agent_spawn

Parameters

{"type": "researcher", "name": "Literature Analysis", "capabilities": ["deep-analysis"]}

Description

Define cognitive patterns that represent different approaches Claude Code can take

Details

Agent types represent thinking patterns, not actual coders:

  • researcher: Systematic exploration approach
  • coder: Implementation-focused thinking
  • analyst: Data-driven decision making
  • architect: Big-picture system design
  • reviewer: Quality and consistency checking

These patterns guide how Claude Code approaches different aspects of your task.

Example Usage

In Claude Code:

  1. Use the tool: mcp__ruv-swarm__agent_spawn
  2. With parameters: {"type": "researcher", "name": "Literature Analysis", "capabilities": ["deep-analysis"]}
  3. Claude Code then executes the coordinated plan using its native tools

Important Reminders

  • ✅ This tool provides coordination and structure
  • ✅ Claude Code performs all actual implementation
  • ❌ The tool does NOT write code
  • ❌ The tool does NOT access files directly
  • ❌ The tool does NOT execute commands

See Also

  • Main documentation: /claude.md
  • Other commands in this category
  • Workflow examples in /workflows/
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. 3d ago First seen · 46 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A d9f748d8e369

Subscribe to this mod's changes

spawn is a command published in the GitHub repository ruvnet/ruv-FANN (378 stars, last pushed 25d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 332 tokens. 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 2026-08-30.