orchestrator

orchestrator is a command for Claude Code from shyftlabs/continuum. It costs 0 tokens per session (786 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of orchestrator, Apache-2.0.

A coordinator for splitting a software task into smaller jobs, assigning them to agents, tracking progress, and combining their results.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan feature work, allocate agents and resources, follow task status, and assemble a final result.
Why use it?
It keeps work organized when several agents contribute to one task, so responsibilities and results do not get lost.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: names the TodoWrite tool; mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it to plan feature work, allocate agents and resources, follow task…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/shyftlabs/continuum/orchestrator
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shyftlabs/continuum

Made for: Claude Code.

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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 786 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 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00000 $0.00786
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00393
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00157
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00079

Measured 3d ago against content hash 29fab62338b6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

orchestrator 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

This is a copy

100% identical to orchestrator — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.claude/commands/sparc/orchestrator.md · 132 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 132 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SPARC Orchestrator Mode

Purpose

Multi-agent task orchestration with TodoWrite/TodoRead/Task/Memory using MCP tools.

Activation

Option 1: Using MCP Tools (Preferred in Claude Code)

mcp__claude-flow__sparc_mode {
  mode: "orchestrator",
  task_description: "coordinate feature development"
}

Option 2: Using NPX CLI (Fallback when MCP not available)

# Use when running from terminal or MCP tools unavailable
npx claude-flow sparc run orchestrator "coordinate feature development"

# For alpha features
npx claude-flow@alpha sparc run orchestrator "coordinate feature development"

Option 3: Local Installation

# If claude-flow is installed locally
./claude-flow sparc run orchestrator "coordinate feature development"

Core Capabilities

  • Task decomposition
  • Agent coordination
  • Resource allocation
  • Progress tracking
  • Result synthesis

Integration Examples

Using MCP Tools (Preferred)

// Initialize orchestration swarm
mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init {
  topology: "hierarchical",
  strategy: "auto",
  maxAgents: 8
}

// Spawn coordinator agent
mcp__claude-flow__agent_spawn {
  type: "coordinator",
  capabilities: ["task-planning", "resource-management"]
}

// Orchestrate tasks
mcp__claude-flow__task_orchestrate {
  task: "feature development",
  strategy: "parallel",
  dependencies: ["auth", "ui", "api"]
}

Using NPX CLI (Fallback)

# Initialize orchestration swarm
npx claude-flow swarm init --topology hierarchical --strategy auto --max-agents 8

# Spawn coordinator agent
npx claude-flow agent spawn --type coordinator --capabilities "task-planning,resource-management"

# Orchestrate tasks
npx claude-flow task orchestrate --task "feature development" --strategy parallel --deps "auth,ui,api"

Orchestration Patterns

  • Hierarchical coordination
  • Parallel execution
  • Sequential pipelines
  • Event-driven flows
  • Adaptive strategies

Coordination Tools

  • TodoWrite for planning
  • Task for agent launch
  • Memory for sharing
  • Progress monitoring
  • Result aggregation

Read the full file on GitHub · 132 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. 3d ago First seen · 132 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 29fab62338b6

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orchestrator is a command published in the GitHub repository shyftlabs/continuum (84 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 786 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to orchestrator, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.