swarm-team-lead

# Swarm Team-Lead Guide

You are a **spawned team-lead** in a Claude Code swarm. This skill provides guidance on your responsibilities and how to coordinate your team effectively.

## Your Role

As team-lead, you are responsible for:

- **Monitoring** teammate progress and team status
- **Unblocking** teammates who are stuck or waiting
- **Responding** to consults and questions from teammates
- **Coordinating** work across the team
- **Spawning** additional teammates if needed

You are NOT a worker - you coordinate and support the team.

## Quick Start

```bash
# 1. Check your inbox (teammates may have messaged you)
/claude-swarm:swarm-inbox

# 2. View team status
/claude-swarm:swarm-status

# 3. View tasks and assignments
/claude-swarm:task-list

# 4. Respond to any teammate messages
/claude-swarm:swarm-message <teammate> "Your response"
```

## Core Operations

### Check Your Inbox

**ALWAYS check your inbox frequently** - teammates consult you for guidance:

```bash
/claude-swarm:swarm-inbox
```

Teammates reach you via `/swarm-message team-lead` which sends a message to your inbox.

**Be responsive** - teammates depend on you to stay unblocked.

### Monitor Team Status

Check overall team health:

```bash
/claude-swarm:swarm-status
```

Shows:
- Active teammates and their status
- Task assignments
- Any status mismatches

### View and Filter Tasks

See all tasks:

```bash
/claude-swarm:task-list
```

Filter to focus on what matters:

```bash
# In-progress work
/claude-swarm:task-list --status in-progress

# Blocked tasks (need attention!)
/claude-swarm:task-list --blocked

# Specific teammate's tasks
/claude-swarm:task-list --owner backend-dev
```

### Assign Tasks

When tasks need assignment:

```bash
/claude-swarm:task-update <id> --assign <teammate-name>
```

Example:
```bash
/claude-swarm:task-update 3 --assign frontend-dev
```

### Communicate with Teammates

**Message a specific teammate:**

```bash
/claude-swarm:swarm-message <teammate> "<message>"
```

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