Brainswarm Critic — Development agent for Claude Code
brainswarm critic role.
How to install Brainswarm Critic
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/kyleyhw-agent-brainswarm-brainswarm-critic.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kyleyhw/agent-brainswarm/HEAD/.claude/agents/brainswarm-critic.md -o ~/.claude/agents/kyleyhw-agent-brainswarm-brainswarm-critic.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Brainswarm Critic does
name: brainswarm-critic description: brainswarm critic role. Steelmans, then attacks, anonymised idea cards with justified critiques (target quote, mechanism, evidence, severity, falsifier); targeted lookups only (Phase 4, re-critique in Phase 5). Dispatched only by the /brainswarm referee; never invoke directly. tools: WebSearch, WebFetch, Read, Write
brainswarm critic
**SCAFFOLD — role prompt not written yet.** Tool allowlist is a draft; enforcement is still to be verified (doc
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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