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Swarmclaw

Swarmclaw is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Open-source self-hosted AI agent runtime and multi-agent framework for autonomous agent swarms. It has 687 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @swarmclawai/swarmclaw.

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Install Swarmclaw

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swarmclaw": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@swarmclawai/swarmclaw"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio swarmclaw -- npx -y @swarmclawai/swarmclaw

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swarmclaw": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@swarmclawai/swarmclaw"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "swarmclaw": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@swarmclawai/swarmclaw"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Swarmclaw

The self-hosted AI agent runtime and multi-agent framework for autonomous agents. Open-source agent swarms with durable agent memory, MCP tools, skills, delegation, schedules, and 23+ LLM providers — a practical Claude Code and LangChain alternative.

  • openclaw
  • ai
  • orchestration
  • agent-framework
  • agents
  • ai-agents
  • autonomous-agents
  • claude
  • llm
  • mcp

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What is Swarmclaw?

Swarmclaw is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Open-source self-hosted AI agent runtime and multi-agent framework for autonomous agent swarms. It has 687 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @swarmclawai/swarmclaw. The source code is at github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclaw.

How do I install the Swarmclaw MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @swarmclawai/swarmclaw to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Swarmclaw free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Swarmclaw actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Jun 30, 2026. The latest release is v1.9.40, published Jun 30, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.