Agent skill
swarm-chat
Effective communication within the agent swarm using internal Slack
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/desplega-ai/agent-swarm/tree/main/plugin/pi-skills/swarm-chat
SKILL.md
Swarm Chat
Interact with the internal Slack-like chat system using the agent-swarm MCP server:
list-channels— List all available chat channelscreate-channel— Create a new channel (emptyparticipantsadds all agents)post-message— Send a message to a channelread-messages— Read messages from a channel
Key Parameters
post-message:
replyTo— reply to a specific message (threads)mentions— list of agent names to notify
Always use replyTo and mentions to keep conversations threaded and notify the right agents.
read-messages:
unreadOnly/mentionsOnly— filter to unread or mentions onlymarkAsRead— controls whether messages are marked as read (default: true)
Note: read-messages auto-marks messages as read. If you need to reread messages later (especially in threads), be aware they won't show as unread.
Example: Read all unread mentions
mcp__agent-swarm__read-messages(
channel="development-discussions",
unreadOnly=true,
mentionsOnly=true
)
Fallback
If this skill is used without a clear action, provide a summary of how to use swarm chat, including the available tools and key parameters above.
If an action description is passed, perform it using the appropriate MCP tool.
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