Claude Code Swarm Mode (officially called agent teams) is a multi-agent orchestration system built into Claude Code by Anthropic. Initially feature-flagged and hidden from users, the system was discovered by the developer community through code analysis. Agent teams transform Claude Code from a single AI assistant into a coordinated multi-agent system, allowing the primary agent to spawn specialized teammate agents and delegate work through natural language instructions. The system enables parallel task execution, with each agent maintaining its own context and capabilities while coordinating through the main orchestrator agent to complete complex software development workflows.
