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title Chapter 6: Plugin SDK and Extensibility Patterns
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Chapter 6: Plugin SDK and Extensibility Patterns

Welcome to Chapter 6: Plugin SDK and Extensibility Patterns. In this part of Claude Flow Tutorial: Multi-Agent Orchestration, MCP Tooling, and V3 Module Architecture, you will build an intuitive mental model first, then move into concrete implementation details and practical production tradeoffs.

This chapter covers plugin-based extension patterns for tools, hooks, workers, providers, and security helpers.

Learning Goals

  • create extension boundaries with plugin builders and registries
  • separate tool-only, hook-only, and worker extensions cleanly
  • apply security utilities when exposing new commands or paths
  • standardize extension review before production rollout

Extension Baseline

Start with narrow plugin scope, enforce input/path validation, and gate rollout with integration tests. Prefer explicit lifecycle ownership for each plugin to prevent hidden coupling.

Source References

Summary

You can now extend Claude Flow with better modularity and lower operational risk.

Next: Chapter 7: Testing, Migration, and Upgrade Strategy

Source Code Walkthrough

v3/swarm.config.ts

The getActiveAgentsForPhase function in v3/swarm.config.ts handles a key part of this chapter's functionality:

}

export function getActiveAgentsForPhase(phaseId: PhaseId): string[] {
  const phase = getPhaseConfig(phaseId);
  if (!phase) return [];

  const agents: string[] = [];
  for (const domain of phase.activeDomains) {
    agents.push(...getAgentsByDomain(domain));
  }

  return [...new Set(agents)];
}

export function createCustomConfig(overrides: Partial<V3SwarmConfig>): V3SwarmConfig {
  return {
    ...defaultSwarmConfig,
    ...overrides,
    performance: {
      ...defaultSwarmConfig.performance,
      ...overrides.performance
    },
    github: {
      ...defaultSwarmConfig.github,
      ...overrides.github
    },
    logging: {
      ...defaultSwarmConfig.logging,
      ...overrides.logging
    }
  };
}

This function is important because it defines how Claude Flow Tutorial: Multi-Agent Orchestration, MCP Tooling, and V3 Module Architecture implements the patterns covered in this chapter.

How These Components Connect

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    A[getActiveAgentsForPhase]
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