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List all active agents

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How it fires

How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/list

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What this command does when you run it.

List all active agents

Command definition

list.md
name: list
description: List all active agents
aliases: [ls]
type: command

Agent List Command

List all active agents in the Claude Flow system with filtering options.

Usage

npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list [options]
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent ls [options]  # Alias

Options

| Option | Short | Description | Default | |--------|-------|-------------|---------| | `--all` | `-a` | Include inactive/terminated agents | false | | `--type` | `-t` | Filter by agent type | All | | `--status` | `-s` | Filter by status (active, idle, terminated) | active | | `--format` | | Output format (table, json) | table |

Examples

# List all active agents
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list

# List all agents including inactive
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list --all

# Filter by type
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list -t coder

# Filter by status
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list -s idle

# JSON output for scripting
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list --format json

# Combined filters
npx @claude-flow/cli@latest agent list -t researcher -s active

Output

Active Agents

+--------------------+-----------+--------+----------+---------------+
| ID                 | Type      | Status | Created  | Last Activity |
+--------------------+-----------+--------+----------+---------------+
| coder-lx7m9k2      | coder     | active | 10:30:15 | 10:45:23      |
| researcher-abc123  | researcher| idle   | 09:15:00 | 10:20:45      |
| tester-def456      | tester    | active | 11:00:00 | 11:12:30      |
+--------------------+-----------+--------+----------+---------------+

Total: 3 agents

JSON Output

{
  "agents": [
    {
      "id": "coder-lx7m9k2",
      "agentType": "coder",
      "status": "active",
      "createdAt": "2026-01-08T10:30:15.000Z",
      "lastActivityAt": "2026-01-08T10:45:23.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "total": 3
}

Status Values

| Status | Description | |--------|-------------| | `active` | Agent is currently executing tasks | | `idle` | Agent is waiting for tasks | | `terminated` | Agent has been stopped |

Agent Type Categories

Use `--type` with any of the 87 agent types:

  • Core: `coder`, `reviewer`, `tester`, `planner`, `researcher`
  • V3: `security-architect`, `memory-specialist`, `performance-engineer`
  • Swarm: `hierarchical-coordinator`, `mesh-coordinator`, `adaptive-coordinator`
  • Consensus: `byzantine-coordinator`, `raft-manager`, `gossip-coordinator`
  • GitHub: `pr-manager`, `code-review-swarm`, `release-manager`
  • SPARC: `sparc-coordinator`, `specification`, `architecture`
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