Introduction
SwarmClaw is a self-hosted AI agent runtime and control plane. It gives you one place to run agents, connect multiple model providers, delegate work across agents and CLI backends, automate recurring work, manage long-term context, and bridge your agents into external systems.
Inspired by OpenClaw.
Features
- 18 built-in providers: Claude Code CLI, Codex CLI, OpenCode CLI, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq, Together, Mistral, xAI, Fireworks, Nebius, DeepInfra, Ollama, and OpenClaw, plus compatible custom endpoints.
- Agent builder: personalities, system prompts, tool selection, runtime skills, OpenClaw routing, gateway preferences, and MCP integrations.
- Delegation: agent-to-agent delegation plus CLI delegation to Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and other configured backends.
- Projects and goals: durable project scope, goal hierarchy, linked agents/tasks/schedules, and shared operating context.
- Tasks and schedules: queue work, model dependencies, archive and restore schedules, and review run history from operational surfaces.
- Structured Sessions: bounded multi-agent runs with templates, durable event history, artifacts, and optional live rooms.
- Connectors and Inbox: connect chat platforms, keep external sender threads isolated, and review connector conversations outside the main chat surface.
- Memory and knowledge: long-term memory, shared knowledge sources, knowledge grounding, citations, hygiene, and source lifecycle management.
- MCP servers and extensions: inject external MCP tools into agents and install external extensions for hooks, UI, providers, or connectors.
- Autonomy and activity: estops, incidents, reflections, audits, usage rollups, and background daemon controls.
Core Model
| Surface | Best For |
|---|---|
| Direct chat | open-ended work with one agent |
| Chatroom | persistent free-form multi-agent collaboration |
| Structured Session | bounded runs with outputs, operator controls, and completion |
| Task | concrete queued work with ownership, dependencies, and retry history |
| Project | durable scope that groups agents, tasks, schedules, and goals |
| Inbox | isolated external sender conversations from connectors |
| Memory | durable recall tied to agents, chats, and learned behavior |
| Knowledge | shared sources, ingestion, grounding, and citations across the workspace |
What Changed Recently
v1.3.5adds knowledge grounding, citation persistence, knowledge source lifecycle management, and hygiene automation.- Structured orchestration now lives under Structured Sessions on top of the
ProtocolRunruntime. - The old Plugins surface is now Extensions.
- Older workspace metaphors are no longer the primary product model; current workflows center on projects, tasks, structured sessions, autonomy, connectors, and knowledge.
Security Warning
SwarmClaw can run shell commands, edit files, use browsers, call external APIs, and spend wallet funds depending on which tools you enable. Treat it like a powerful local runtime, not a toy demo.