SwarmForge
SwarmForge is a Python SDK for authoring, running, exposing, and evaluating single-agent and multi-agent systems. You define the swarm graph in Python, keep runtime state explicit, and reuse the same orchestration model in direct SDK flows, FastAPI services, and evaluation pipelines.
Why SwarmForge
- Build graph-based agent systems with explicit nodes, handoffs, tools, and shared state.
- Run swarms directly in Python with streamed runtime events and persisted checkpoints.
- Expose the same runtime through FastAPI for stateless or session-backed HTTP flows.
- Use OpenAI-compatible providers such as OpenRouter, Gemini, and OpenAI.
- Score routing, tool usage, checkpoints, and final state with transport-agnostic evaluation helpers.
Choose an integration surface
| Surface | Main entrypoints | Use when |
|---|---|---|
| SDK runtime | SwarmDefinition, SwarmSession, process_swarm_stream(...) |
You want direct Python control over orchestration, state, and tool execution. |
| FastAPI transport | create_fastapi_app(...), create_swarm_app(...) |
You want HTTP endpoints on top of the same runtime model. |
| Evaluation | build_graph_snapshot(...), evaluate_scenario_artifacts(...) |
You want to score runtime behavior in SDK or FastAPI tests. |
Installation
SwarmForge requires Python 3.11+.
Install the SDK:
pip install swarmforge
Install the FastAPI transport too:
pip install "swarmforge[api]"
The documentation in this repository tracks the current main branch. If you are using a released package from PyPI, prefer the docs that match that version or tag.
Configure a model provider
Provider-backed examples and local API runs load a nearby .env automatically. Start from the repository example file:
cp .env.example .env
Set:
MODEL_PROVIDERLLM_MODEL- the matching provider API key such as
OPENROUTER_API_KEY,GEMINI_API_KEY,GOOGLE_API_KEY, orOPENAI_API_KEY - optional for OpenRouter:
OPENROUTER_FALLBACK_MODELS(comma-separated model slugs)
Example .env values:
MODEL_PROVIDER=openrouter
LLM_MODEL=openrouter/auto
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-...
OPENROUTER_FALLBACK_MODELS=openai/gpt-4o-mini,anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet
MODEL_PROVIDER=gemini
LLM_MODEL=gemini-3-flash-preview
GEMINI_API_KEY=...
Quick start: run a swarm in Python
This example defines a single-node swarm and runs it with the default provider-backed turn runner.
import asyncio
import json
from swarmforge.env import require_env_vars
from swarmforge.evaluation.provider import ModelConfig
from swarmforge.swarm import (
InMemorySessionStore,
SwarmDefinition,
SwarmNode,
SwarmSession,
build_turn_runner,
process_swarm_stream,
)
swarm = SwarmDefinition(
id="assistant",
name="Assistant Swarm",
nodes=[
SwarmNode(
id="assistant",
node_key="assistant",
name="Assistant",
system_prompt="You are a concise assistant.",
is_entry_node=True,
)
],
)
async def main():
require_env_vars("MODEL_PROVIDER", "LLM_MODEL")
session = SwarmSession(id="session-1", swarm=swarm)
store = InMemorySessionStore()
turn_runner = build_turn_runner(ModelConfig())
async for event in process_swarm_stream(
session,
"Give me a concise summary of SwarmForge.",
store=store,
turn_runner=turn_runner,
):
print(json.dumps(event, indent=2))
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
Use session state when you want to inject application facts into the runtime:
session = SwarmSession(
id="session-1",
swarm=swarm,
global_variables={"account_id": "ACME-991", "priority": "high"},
)
Quick start: expose the runtime with FastAPI
SwarmForge supports two FastAPI shapes:
create_fastapi_app(...)when the client sends swarm JSON at request timecreate_swarm_app(...)when your backend defines the swarm in Python once and exposes a fixed route surface
Installed-package server:
uvicorn swarmforge.api.fastapi:create_fastapi_app --factory --reload
Code-defined swarm server:
from swarmforge.api import create_swarm_app
from swarmforge.evaluation.provider import ModelConfig
app = create_swarm_app(swarm, default_model_config=ModelConfig())
Both FastAPI factories use the same runtime model as process_swarm_stream(...), including sessions, handoffs, tools, checkpoints, and state updates.
Quick start: score runtime behavior
SwarmForge evaluation helpers work on runtime artifacts, so the same scoring flow applies to SDK runs and FastAPI runs.
from swarmforge.evaluation import build_graph_snapshot, evaluate_scenario_artifacts
graph_snapshot = build_graph_snapshot(swarm)
result = evaluate_scenario_artifacts(
graph_snapshot,
scenario_seed,
event_log=events,
checkpoints=checkpoints,
)
print(result["overall_score"])
Use this flow when you want to score routing, state updates, tool usage, minimum turns, and agent coverage.
Documentation
| Goal | Guide |
|---|---|
| Install and orient yourself | Getting Started |
| Build a first single-agent swarm | Create Your First Agent |
| Build a routed multi-agent swarm | Create Your First Multi-Agent Swarm |
| Compile and validate swarm definitions | Authoring |
| Build a conversational prompt-builder flow | Agent Builder |
| Understand orchestration, sessions, tools, and state | Orchestration |
| Configure hosted model providers | Providers |
| Add an HTTP layer with FastAPI | FastAPI |
| Evaluate SDK and FastAPI runs | Evaluation |
| Browse runnable examples | Examples |
Examples
The repository includes runnable reference flows under examples/, including:
- build_support_swarm.py
- run_support_swarm.py
- evaluate_support_swarm.py
- fastapi_authoring_server.py
- fastapi_server.py
- fastapi_swarm.py
Project status
SwarmForge 3.0.0 is available on PyPI. The package is still classified as Alpha, so expect the API to keep improving as the runtime and transport layers evolve.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for local development, docs work, demo UI, and release instructions.
License
Released under the MIT License.
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