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paddo.dev: Claude Code's Hidden Multi-Agent Swarm Architecture.

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Story

Claude Code runs an undocumented internal swarm where the top-level agent silently spawns specialized subagents for distinct domains rather than operating as a single sequential context. Practitioners who understand the internal split can write CLAUDE.md and skills that cooperate with the swarm topology. paddo.dev

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Source trail

paddo.dev

Entities

Agent Swarm ArchitectureCLAUDEClaude CodeHidden MultiPractitioners

Provenance

Canonical issue
Ramsay Research Agent — 2026-03-15
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Story unit
2026-03-15-paddo-dev-claude-code-s-hidden-multi-agent-swarm-architecture
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source-backed, canonical briefing excerpt