Your first run

Boot the swarm

swarm boot

Loads all 357 agent identities from config/swarm-compact.yaml.

Run a single-layer task

swarm run "Draft a tier-1 support macro for password reset" --layer support --budget 2

Default fan-out selects one agent per role with a hard cap (SWARM_LAYER_MAX_AGENTS, default 16).

Inspect the run

swarm inspect <run_id>

Shows RunState: steps, costs, approvals, and cancel flag.

Resume or cancel

swarm resume <run_id>
swarm cancel <run_id>

Cancel persists cancel_requested on the checkpoint so a new process can honor it.

Simulate without keys

swarm run "test" --simulate

Explicit simulation. The runtime does not silently succeed without credentials.