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What gemini-swarm runs automatically, and when. A hook is a command Claude Code fires at a fixed moment, without you asking for it.

From plugin
gemini-swarm
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Claude Code

> /plugin marketplace add Vallykrie/gemini-swarm-skill
> /plugin install gemini-swarm@gemini-swarm-skill

What fires, and when

SessionStart

Fires once when a session begins, and again after a context compaction. It is where a plugin sets up its environment, or restores state the compaction dropped.

  • Matchesstartupbash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/check-update.sh"
Read hooks/hooks.json

Where it lives

  • hooks/check-update.shRunsGitHub
    Read the script
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    # check-update.sh — SessionStart hook: warn when a newer gemini-swarm plugin
    # version is published.
    #
    # Checks at most once per GEMINI_SWARM_UPDATE_TTL seconds (default: 86400).
    # Never fails the session: network or parse problems produce no output.
    # Set GEMINI_SWARM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 or GEMINI_SWARM_OFFLINE=1 to disable.
    
    set -u
    
    [ "${GEMINI_SWARM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK:-0}" = "1" ] && exit 0
    [ "${GEMINI_SWARM_OFFLINE:-0}" = "1" ] && exit 0
    
    PLUGIN_ROOT="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)}"
    MANIFEST_URL="${GEMINI_SWARM_MANIFEST_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vallykrie/gemini-swarm-skill/main/.claude-plugin/plugin.json}"
    CACHE_DIR="${GEMINI_SWARM_CACHE_DIR:-${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/gemini-swarm}"
    TTL="${GEMINI_SWARM_UPDATE_TTL:-86400}"
    LATEST="$CACHE_DIR/latest-version"
    
    # version_of FILE — the "version" field of a plugin manifest
    version_of() {
      sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*"version"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([0-9][0-9.]*\)".*/\1/p' "$1" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
    }
    
    # newer A B — succeed if dotted version A is greater than B
    newer() {
      awk -v a="$1" -v b="$2" 'BEGIN {
        n = split(a, x, "."); m = split(b, y, "."); if (m > n) n = m
        for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) { if (x[i] + 0 > y[i] + 0) exit 0; if (x[i] + 0 < y[i] + 0) exit 1 }
        exit 1 }'
    }
    
    installed="$(version_of "$PLUGIN_ROOT/.claude-plugin/plugin.json")"
    [ -n "$installed" ] || exit 0
    
    age=999999999
    if mtime="$(stat -c %Y "$LATEST" 2>/dev/null || stat -f %m "$LATEST" 2>/dev/null)"; then
      age=$(( $(date +%s) - mtime ))
    fi
    
    if [ "$age" -ge "$TTL" ] && command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 && mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR" 2>/dev/null; then
      tmp="$(mktemp "$CACHE_DIR/plugin.json.XXXXXX")" || exit 0
      if curl -fsSL --max-time 4 --max-filesize 16384 "$MANIFEST_URL" -o "$tmp" 2>/dev/null; then
        remote="$(version_of "$tmp")"
        [ -n "$remote" ] && printf '%s\n' "$remote" > "$LATEST"
      fi
      rm -f "$tmp"
    fi
    
    latest="$(head -n 1 "$LATEST" 2>/dev/null)"
    printf '%s' "$latest" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$' || exit 0
    newer "$latest" "$installed" || exit 0
    
    msg="gemini-swarm $latest is available (installed: $installed). Update with: claude plugin marketplace update gemini-swarm-skill && claude plugin update gemini-swarm@gemini-swarm-skill, then run /reload-plugins. Model choice already follows agy's live model list; the update brings new skill instructions."
    printf '{"systemMessage": "%s", "hookSpecificOutput": {"hookEventName": "SessionStart", "additionalContext": "%s"}}\n' "$msg" "$msg"
    

Read the script before you install anything that runs on your machine. This is the one part of a plugin that acts without being asked.

@vallykrie
Ships withgemini-swarm

Gemini does the writing. Your orchestrator plans and reviews. gemini-swarm is a Claude Code plugin/skill (portable to other harnesses) that makes Gemini the default writer for substantial work.

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Questions about the hooks in gemini-swarm.

Which coding agents can use the hooks in gemini-swarm?
The hooks in gemini-swarm install in Claude Code and Cursor: each runs Claude Code hooks from .claude/settings.json, so copy the hooks there.