Agentica Spawn Skill
Use this skill after user selects an Agentica pattern.
When to Use
- After agentica-orchestrator prompts user for pattern selection
- When user explicitly requests a multi-agent pattern (swarm, hierarchical, etc.)
- When implementing complex tasks that benefit from parallel agent execution
- For research tasks requiring multiple perspectives (use Swarm)
- For implementation tasks requiring coordination (use Hierarchical)
- For iterative refinement (use Generator/Critic)
- For high-stakes validation (use Jury)
Pattern Selection to Spawn Method
Swarm (Research/Explore)
Hierarchical (Build/Implement)
Generator/Critic (Iterate/Refine)
Jury (Validate/Verify)
Environment Variables
All spawned agents receive:
SWARM_ID: Unique identifier for this swarm runAGENT_ROLE: Role within the pattern (coordinator, specialist, etc.)PATTERN_TYPE: Which pattern is running


