sparc-modes

sparc-modes is a command for Claude Code from spencermarx/open-code-review. It costs 0 tokens per session (1,037 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of sparc-modes, Apache-2.0.

A collection of 17 development modes covering planning, coding, review, testing, research, design, debugging, optimization, documentation, and project memory.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to coordinate agents, generate code, design systems, review changes, run test-driven development, research topics, debug software, or write documentation.
Why use it?
It gives different software tasks a defined working mode instead of treating every task the same way.

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/spencermarx/open-code-review/sparc-modes
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spencermarx/open-code-review

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 1,037 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00000 $0.01037
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00518
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00207
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00104

Measured 2d ago against content hash 2c740231aeed, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

sparc-modes 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 2d 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 sparc-modes — 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/sparc-modes.md · 175 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 175 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SPARC Modes Overview

SPARC (Specification, Planning, Architecture, Review, Code) is a comprehensive development methodology with 17 specialized modes, all integrated with MCP tools for enhanced coordination and execution.

Available Modes

Core Orchestration Modes

  • orchestrator: Multi-agent task orchestration
  • swarm-coordinator: Specialized swarm management
  • workflow-manager: Process automation
  • batch-executor: Parallel task execution

Development Modes

  • coder: Autonomous code generation
  • architect: System design
  • reviewer: Code review
  • tdd: Test-driven development

Analysis and Research Modes

  • researcher: Deep research capabilities
  • analyzer: Code and data analysis
  • optimizer: Performance optimization

Creative and Support Modes

  • designer: UI/UX design
  • innovator: Creative problem solving
  • documenter: Documentation generation
  • debugger: Systematic debugging
  • tester: Comprehensive testing
  • memory-manager: Knowledge management

Usage

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

// Execute SPARC mode directly
mcp__claude-flow__sparc_mode {
  mode: "<mode>",
  task_description: "<task>",
  options: {
    // mode-specific options
  }
}

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

// Spawn specialized agents
mcp__claude-flow__agent_spawn {
  type: "<agent-type>",
  capabilities: ["<capability1>", "<capability2>"]
}

// Monitor execution
mcp__claude-flow__swarm_monitor {
  swarmId: "current",
  interval: 5000
}

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

# Use when running from terminal or MCP tools unavailable
npx claude-flow sparc run <mode> "task description"

# For alpha features
npx claude-flow@alpha sparc run <mode> "task description"

# List all modes
npx claude-flow sparc modes

# Get help for a mode
npx claude-flow sparc help <mode>

# Run with options
npx claude-flow sparc run <mode> "task" --parallel --monitor

Read the full file on GitHub · 175 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. 2d ago First seen · 175 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 2c740231aeed

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sparc-modes is a command published in the GitHub repository spencermarx/open-code-review (355 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,037 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to sparc-modes, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.