# team-spawn

Spawns multi-agent teams using presets or custom setups for parallel code review and debugging.

- command · `type=command` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor · ★ 41729
- Author: Seth Hobson
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/agent-teams/commands/team-spawn.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/team-spawn

## What it does

The script requires the `CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1` environment variable. Without it, execution stops immediately. The command then runs `TeamCreate` to initialize the group and sets up individual agents with role-tailored prompts. Available presets include `review`, `debug`, `feature`, `fullstack`, `research`, `security`, and `migration`.

Each preset organizes teammates differently. In the `security` preset, four reviewers inspect OWASP flaws, access controls, dependencies, and configuration secrets. The `custom` option prompts for 2 to 5 members and lets you assign specific agent roles.

System restrictions reserve role names. Therefore, `team-lead` cannot be used as an individual member handle. Teammate identifiers are tracked in `~/.claude/teams/{team-name}/config.json`. Supplying `--delegate` immediately transitions Claude into task distribution mode via `TaskCreate`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install agent-teams@claude-code-workflows
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/commands/team-spawn.md` — Call it with /team-spawn. For all projects use ~/.claude/commands/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.codex/prompts/team-spawn.md` — Call it with /prompts:team-spawn. Codex marks this format deprecated in favour of skills

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/prompts/team-spawn.prompt.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.gemini/commands/team-spawn.toml` — Gemini stores commands as TOML: the prompt text goes into the prompt field

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/agent-teams/commands/team-spawn.md

## When to use it
- run parallel code reviews across architecture, security, and performance
- test competing hypotheses simultaneously to isolate complex bugs
- split full-stack implementation across frontend, backend, and testing agents
- audit codebase dependencies, secrets, and access controls in parallel

## Example prompts
- /team-spawn review --name pr-check
- /team-spawn fullstack --delegate
- /team-spawn custom --members 4

## Source text · team-spawn.md · MIT

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---
description: "Spawn an agent team using presets (review, debug, feature, fullstack, research, security, migration) or custom composition"
argument-hint: "<preset|custom> [--name team-name] [--members N] [--delegate]"
---

# Team Spawn

Spawn a multi-agent team using preset configurations or custom composition. Handles team creation, teammate spawning, and initial task setup.

## Pre-flight Checks

1. Verify that `CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1` is set:
   - If not set, inform the user: "Agent Teams requires the experimental feature flag. Set `CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1` in your environment."
   - Stop execution if not enabled

2. Parse arguments from `$ARGUMENTS`:
   - First positional arg: preset name or "custom"
   - `--name`: team name (default: auto-generated from preset)
   - `--members N`: override default member count
   - `--delegate`: enter delegation mode after spawning

## Phase 1: Team Configuration

### Preset Teams

If a preset is specified, use these configurations:

**`review`** — Multi-dimensional code review (default: 3 members)

- Spawn 3 `team-reviewer` agents with dimensions: security, performance, architecture
- Team name default: `review-team`

**`debug`** — Competing hypotheses debugging (default: 3 members)

- Spawn 3 `team-debugger` agents, each assigned a different hypothesis
- Team name default: `debug-team`

**`feature`** — Parallel feature development (default: 3 members)

- Spawn 1 `team-lead` agent + 2 `team-implementer` agents
- Team name default: `feature-team`

**`fullstack`** — Full-stack development (default: 4 members)

- Spawn 1 `team-implementer` (frontend), 1 `team-implementer` (backend), 1 `team-implementer` (tests), 1 `team-lead`
- Team name default: `fullstack-team`

**`research`** — Parallel codebase, web, and documentation research (default: 3 members)

- Spawn 3 `general-purpose` agents, each assigned a different research question or area
- Agents have access to codebase search (Grep, Glob, Read) and web search (WebSearch, WebFetch)
- Team name default: `research-team`

**`security`** — Comprehensive security audit (default: 4 members)

- Spawn 1 `team-reviewer` (OWASP/vulnerabilities), 1 `team-reviewer` (auth/access control), 1 `team-reviewer` (dependencies/supply chain), 1 `team-reviewer` (secrets/configuration)
- Team name default: `security-team`

**`migration`** — Codebase migration or large refactor (default: 4 members)

- Spawn 1 `team-lead` (coordination + migration plan), 2 `team-implementer` (parallel migration streams), 1 `team-reviewer` (verify migration correctness)
- Team name default: `migration-team`

### Custom Composition

If "custom" is specified:

1. Use AskUserQuestion to prompt for team size (2-5 members)
2. For each member, ask for role selection: team-lead, team-reviewer, team-debugger, team-implementer
3. Ask for team name if not provided via `--name`

## Phase 2: Team Creation

1. Use the `TeamCreate` tool to create the team with `team_name` and `description`
2. For each team member, use the `Agent` tool with:
   - `team_name`: the team name
   - `name`: unique descriptive member name (e.g., "fullstack-lead", "frontend-impl", "security-reviewer")
   - `subagent_type`: the selected role (for example, `agent-teams:team-lead`, `agent-teams:team-implementer`, `agent-teams:team-reviewer`, `agent-teams:team-debugger`, or `general-purpose` for research)
   - `prompt`: Role-specific instructions referencing the appropriate agent definition
3. Do not use the role name `team-lead` as the spawned member name. Team creation can reserve role-like names, so use a unique member name and address the teammate by the actual name returned by `Agent` or listed in `~/.claude/teams/{team-name}/config.json`.

## Phase 3: Initial Setup
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