[External Plugin]: copilot-swarm

[wjgoarxiv]

Plugin name

copilot-swarm

Short description

Evidence-gated software delivery governance for GitHub Copilot CLI, built on native task, /fleet, and /tasks surfaces. Adds durable goals, machine-verifiable receipts, workspace-freshness checks, completion gates, and independent review without replacing Copilot's scheduler.

GitHub repository

wjgoarxiv/copilot-swarm

Plugin path inside the repository

No response

Ref to review

v0.1.3

Commit SHA to review

183dd8c91c05e1e0e9fbf3cb7c11074e50e56155

Version

0.1.3

License identifier

MIT

Author name

wjgoarxiv

Author URL

https://github.com/wjgoarxiv

Homepage URL

https://github.com/wjgoarxiv/copilot-swarm#readme

Keywords

copilot-cli
evidence
verification
governance
workflow
agents

Additional notes for reviewers

This revision directly addresses the previous rejection feedback. Copilot-swarm no longer ships or registers a custom dispatcher or MCP server. Delegation uses Copilot CLI's native model-callable task tool, /fleet parallel mode, and /tasks oversight/cancellation surfaces.

The plugin's differentiated scope is the verification and governance layer around those native capabilities: durable goal state, machine-generated verify and artifact receipts, tracked-workspace freshness checks, root-agent completion continuation, explicit plan/execute/review gates, and independent verification. Free-text evidence cannot pass a criterion, and the plugin does not claim to provide its own scheduler.

Validation on GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.70:

• 178 tests passed.
• Scanner passed across tracked, packable, and tarball surfaces.
• The 46-file package payload contains no custom MCP dispatcher or local evidence state.
• An isolated install loaded copilot-swarm v0.1.2 with five skills; v0.1.3 adds
  only the validated reference-link fix required by the intake quality gate.
• An isolated task-only session completed one native task subagent call with no custom MCP server loaded.
• Every bundled skill reference is reachable from its SKILL.md through a
  Markdown link, including csw-plan/references/full-workflow.md.

The Awesome Copilot compatible manifest is .github/plugin/plugin.json. Immutable review source: tag v0.1.3, commit 183dd8c91c05e1e0e9fbf3cb7c11074e50e56155.

Submission checklist

• The plugin lives in a public GitHub repository.
• The ref and/or sha I provided is immutable (release tag and/or full 40-character commit SHA), not a branch.
• This submission follows this repository's contribution, security, and responsible AI policies.
• This plugin is not already listed in the Awesome Copilot marketplace.

[github-actions]

✅ External plugin intake passed

This submission passed automated intake validation and quality checks and is ready for maintainer review.

• Plugin: copilot-swarm
• Repository: https://github.com/wjgoarxiv/copilot-swarm
• Ref: v0.1.3
• SHA: 183dd8c91c05e1e0e9fbf3cb7c11074e50e56155

Quality gate summary

Gate	Status
vally lint	pass
install smoke test	pass

• vally lint: pass
• install smoke test: pass
• overall: pass

vally lint output

✅ csw-loop (3/3 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.
    ✓ [orphan-files] No orphan files found across 1 skill(s).
        ✓ orphan-files: No references/ directory found — no orphans possible.
✅ csw-plan (3/3 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.
    ✓ [orphan-files] No orphan files found across 1 skill(s).
        ✓ orphan-files: All 1 file(s) in references/ are reachable from SKILL.md.
✅ csw-review (3/3 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.
    ✓ [orphan-files] No orphan files found across 1 skill(s).
        ✓ orphan-files: No references/ directory found — no orphans possible.
✅ csw-work (3/3 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.
    ✓ [orphan-files] No orphan files found across 1 skill(s).
        ✓ orphan-files: No references/ directory found — no orphans possible.
✅ swarm (3/3 checks passed)
    ✓ [spec-compliance] All 1 skill(s) are spec-compliant.
        ✓ spec-compliance: All spec checks passed.
    ✓ [valid-refs] All file references across 1 skill(s) are valid.
        ✓ valid-refs: All file references resolve to existing files within the skill directory.
    ✓ [orphan-files] No orphan files found across 1 skill(s).
        ✓ orphan-files: No references/ directory found — no orphans possible.

5 skill(s) linted, 5 passed

Install smoke test output

Install smoke test succeeded. Verified /tmp/external-plugin-quality-oTuPDE/copilot-home/.copilot/installed-plugins/external-plugin-intake/copilot-swarm/.github/plugin/plugin.json.

Canonical external.json payload

{
  "name": "copilot-swarm",
  "description": "Evidence-gated software delivery governance for GitHub Copilot CLI, built on native `task`, `/fleet`, and `/tasks` surfaces. Adds durable goals, machine-verifiable receipts, workspace-freshness checks, completion gates, and independent review without replacing Copilot's scheduler.",
  "version": "0.1.3",
  "author": {
    "name": "wjgoarxiv",
    "url": "https://github.com/wjgoarxiv"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/wjgoarxiv/copilot-swarm",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/wjgoarxiv/copilot-swarm#readme",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "copilot-cli",
    "evidence",
    "verification",
    "governance",
    "workflow",
    "agents"
  ],
  "source": {
    "source": "github",
    "repo": "wjgoarxiv/copilot-swarm",
    "ref": "v0.1.3",
    "sha": "183dd8c91c05e1e0e9fbf3cb7c11074e50e56155"
  }
}

View workflow run

[aaronpowell]

/reject Copilot has subagents built in via the use of /fork in a way that provides oversight and control.

[github-actions]

❌ External plugin rejected

A maintainer rejected copilot-swarm, and the submission issue has been closed.

Reason

Copilot has subagents built in via the use of /fork in a way that provides oversight and control.

If you address the feedback, edit this issue with the updated details and have the issue author or a maintainer comment /rerun-intake to re-run automated intake.

[github-actions]

🟡 Contributor Reputation Check: MEDIUM risk

Check	Risk
Profile	MEDIUM
Credential audit	NONE

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[wjgoarxiv]

/rerun-intake