GitHub Multi-Repository Coordination Skill

Overview

Advanced multi-repository coordination system that combines swarm intelligence, package synchronization, and repository architecture optimization. This skill enables organization-wide automation, cross-project collaboration, and scalable repository management.

Core Capabilities

🔄 Multi-Repository Swarm Coordination

Cross-repository AI swarm orchestration for distributed development workflows.

📦 Package Synchronization

Intelligent dependency resolution and version alignment across multiple packages.

🏗️ Repository Architecture

Structure optimization and template management for scalable projects.

🔗 Integration Management

Cross-package integration testing and deployment coordination.

Quick Start

Initialize Multi-Repo Coordination

Basic swarm initialization

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo init
--repos "org$frontend,org$backend,org$shared"
--topology hierarchical

Advanced initialization with synchronization

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo init
--repos "org$frontend,org$backend,org$shared"
--topology mesh
--shared-memory
--sync-strategy eventual

Synchronize Packages

Synchronize package versions and dependencies

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo sync
--packages "claude-code-flow,ruv-swarm"
--align-versions
--update-docs

Optimize Architecture

Analyze and optimize repository structure

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo optimize
--analyze-structure
--suggest-improvements
--create-templates

Features

1. Cross-Repository Swarm Orchestration

Repository Discovery

// Auto-discover related repositories with gh CLI const REPOS = Bash(gh repo list my-organization --limit 100 \ --json name,description,languages,topics \ --jq '.[] | select(.languages | keys | contains(["TypeScript"]))')

// Analyze repository dependencies const DEPS = Bash(gh repo list my-organization --json name | \ jq -r '.[].name' | while read -r repo; do gh api repos$my-organization/$repo$contents$package.json \ --jq '.content' 2>$dev$null | base64 -d | jq '{name, dependencies}' done | jq -s '.')

// Initialize swarm with discovered repositories mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init({ topology: "hierarchical", maxAgents: 8, metadata: { repos: REPOS, dependencies: DEPS } })

Synchronized Operations

// Execute synchronized changes across repositories [Parallel Multi-Repo Operations]: // Spawn coordination agents Task("Repository Coordinator", "Coordinate changes across all repositories", "coordinator") Task("Dependency Analyzer", "Analyze cross-repo dependencies", "analyst") Task("Integration Tester", "Validate cross-repo changes", "tester")

// Get matching repositories Bash(gh repo list org --limit 100 --json name \ --jq '.[] | select(.name | test("-service$")) | .name' > $tmp$repos.txt)

// Execute task across repositories Bash(`cat $tmp$repos.txt | while read -r repo; do gh repo clone org/$repo /tmp/$repo -- --depth=1 cd /tmp/$repo

# Apply changes
npm update
npm test

# Create PR if successful
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  git checkout -b update-dependencies-$(date +%Y%m%d)
  git add -A
  git commit -m "chore: Update dependencies"
  git push origin HEAD
  gh pr create --title "Update dependencies" --body "Automated update" --label "dependencies"
fi

done`)

// Track all operations TodoWrite { todos: [ { id: "discover", content: "Discover all service repositories", status: "completed" }, { id: "update", content: "Update dependencies", status: "completed" }, { id: "test", content: "Run integration tests", status: "in_progress" }, { id: "pr", content: "Create pull requests", status: "pending" } ]}

2. Package Synchronization

Version Alignment

// Synchronize package dependencies and versions [Complete Package Sync]: // Initialize sync swarm mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init({ topology: "mesh", maxAgents: 5 })

// Spawn sync agents Task("Sync Coordinator", "Coordinate version alignment", "coordinator") Task("Dependency Analyzer", "Analyze dependencies", "analyst") Task("Integration Tester", "Validate synchronization", "tester")

// Read package states Read("$workspaces$ruv-FANN$claude-code-flow$claude-code-flow$package.json") Read("$workspaces$ruv-FANN$ruv-swarm$npm$package.json")

// Align versions using gh CLI Bash(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$git$refs \ -f ref='refs$heads$sync$package-alignment' \ -f sha=$(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$git$refs$heads$main --jq '.object.sha'))

// Update package.json files Bash(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$contents$package.json \ --method PUT \ -f message="feat: Align Node.js version requirements" \ -f branch="sync$package-alignment" \ -f content="$(cat aligned-package.json | base64)")

// Store sync state mcp__claude-flow__memory_usage({ action: "store", key: "sync$packages$status", value: { timestamp: Date.now(), packages_synced: ["claude-code-flow", "ruv-swarm"], status: "synchronized" } })

Documentation Synchronization

// Synchronize CLAUDE.md files across packages [Documentation Sync]: // Get source documentation Bash(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$contents$ruv-swarm/docs/CLAUDE.md \ --jq '.content' | base64 -d > $tmp$claude-source.md)

// Update target documentation Bash(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$contents$claude-code-flow/CLAUDE.md \ --method PUT \ -f message="docs: Synchronize CLAUDE.md" \ -f branch="sync$documentation" \ -f content="$(cat $tmp$claude-source.md | base64)")

// Track sync status mcp__claude-flow__memory_usage({ action: "store", key: "sync$documentation$status", value: { status: "synchronized", files: ["CLAUDE.md"] } })

Cross-Package Integration

// Coordinate feature implementation across packages [Cross-Package Feature]: // Push changes to all packages mcp__github__push_files({ branch: "feature$github-integration", files: [ { path: "claude-code-flow/.claude$commands$github$github-modes.md", content: "[GitHub modes documentation]" }, { path: "ruv-swarm$src$github-coordinator$hooks.js", content: "[GitHub coordination hooks]" } ], message: "feat: Add GitHub workflow integration" })

// Create coordinated PR Bash(`gh pr create
--title "Feature: GitHub Workflow Integration"
--body "## 🚀 GitHub Integration

Features

• ✅ Multi-repo coordination
• ✅ Package synchronization
• ✅ Architecture optimization

Testing

• Package dependency verification
• Integration tests
• Cross-package compatibility"`)

3. Repository Architecture

Structure Analysis

// Analyze and optimize repository structure [Architecture Analysis]: // Initialize architecture swarm mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init({ topology: "hierarchical", maxAgents: 6 })

// Spawn architecture agents Task("Senior Architect", "Analyze repository structure", "architect") Task("Structure Analyst", "Identify optimization opportunities", "analyst") Task("Performance Optimizer", "Optimize structure for scalability", "optimizer") Task("Best Practices Researcher", "Research architecture patterns", "researcher")

// Analyze current structures LS("$workspaces$ruv-FANN$claude-code-flow$claude-code-flow") LS("$workspaces$ruv-FANN$ruv-swarm$npm")

// Search for best practices Bash(gh search repos "language:javascript template architecture" \ --limit 10 \ --json fullName,description,stargazersCount \ --sort stars \ --order desc)

// Store analysis results mcp__claude-flow__memory_usage({ action: "store", key: "architecture$analysis$results", value: { repositories_analyzed: ["claude-code-flow", "ruv-swarm"], optimization_areas: ["structure", "workflows", "templates"], recommendations: ["standardize_structure", "improve_workflows"] } })

Template Creation

// Create standardized repository template [Template Creation]: // Create template repository mcp__github__create_repository({ name: "claude-project-template", description: "Standardized template for Claude Code projects", private: false, autoInit: true })

// Push template structure mcp__github__push_files({ repo: "claude-project-template", files: [ { path: ".claude$commands$github$github-modes.md", content: "[GitHub modes template]" }, { path: ".claude$config.json", content: JSON.stringify({ version: "1.0", mcp_servers: { "ruv-swarm": { command: "npx", args: ["ruv-swarm", "mcp", "start"] } } }) }, { path: "CLAUDE.md", content: "[Standardized CLAUDE.md]" }, { path: "package.json", content: JSON.stringify({ name: "claude-project-template", engines: { node: ">=20.0.0" }, dependencies: { "ruv-swarm": "^1.0.11" } }) } ], message: "feat: Create standardized template" })

Cross-Repository Standardization

// Synchronize structure across repositories [Structure Standardization]: const repositories = ["claude-code-flow", "ruv-swarm", "claude-extensions"]

// Update common files across all repositories repositories.forEach(repo => { mcp__github__create_or_update_file({ repo: "ruv-FANN", path: ${repo}/.github$workflows$integration.yml, content: name: Integration Tests on: [push, pull_request] jobs: test: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions$checkout@v3 - uses: actions$setup-node@v3 with: { node-version: '20' } - run: npm install && npm test, message: "ci: Standardize integration workflow", branch: "structure$standardization" }) })

4. Orchestration Workflows

Dependency Management

// Update dependencies across all repositories [Organization-Wide Dependency Update]: // Create tracking issue TRACKING_ISSUE=$(Bash(gh issue create \ --title "Dependency Update: typescript@5.0.0" \ --body "Tracking TypeScript update across all repositories" \ --label "dependencies,tracking" \ --json number -q .number))

// Find all TypeScript repositories TS_REPOS=$(Bash(gh repo list org --limit 100 --json name | \ jq -r '.[].name' | while read -r repo; do if gh api repos$org/$repo$contents$package.json 2>$dev$null | \ jq -r '.content' | base64 -d | grep -q '"typescript"'; then echo "$repo" fi done))

// Update each repository Bash(`echo "$TS_REPOS" | while read -r repo; do gh repo clone org/$repo /tmp/$repo -- --depth=1 cd /tmp/$repo

npm install --save-dev typescript@5.0.0

if npm test; then
  git checkout -b update-typescript-5
  git add package.json package-lock.json
  git commit -m "chore: Update TypeScript to 5.0.0

Part of #$TRACKING_ISSUE"

  git push origin HEAD
  gh pr create \
    --title "Update TypeScript to 5.0.0" \
    --body "Updates TypeScript\n\nTracking: #$TRACKING_ISSUE" \
    --label "dependencies"
else
  gh issue comment $TRACKING_ISSUE \
    --body "❌ Failed to update $repo - tests failing"
fi

done`)

Refactoring Operations

// Coordinate large-scale refactoring [Cross-Repo Refactoring]: // Initialize refactoring swarm mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init({ topology: "mesh", maxAgents: 8 })

// Spawn specialized agents Task("Refactoring Coordinator", "Coordinate refactoring across repos", "coordinator") Task("Impact Analyzer", "Analyze refactoring impact", "analyst") Task("Code Transformer", "Apply refactoring changes", "coder") Task("Migration Guide Creator", "Create migration documentation", "documenter") Task("Integration Tester", "Validate refactored code", "tester")

// Execute refactoring mcp__claude-flow__task_orchestrate({ task: "Rename OldAPI to NewAPI across all repositories", strategy: "sequential", priority: "high" })

Security Updates

// Coordinate security patches [Security Patch Deployment]: // Scan all repositories Bash(gh repo list org --limit 100 --json name | jq -r '.[].name' | \ while read -r repo; do gh repo clone org/$repo /tmp/$repo -- --depth=1 cd /tmp/$repo npm audit --json > $tmp$audit-$repo.json done)

// Apply patches Bash(`for repo in $tmp$audit-*.json; do if [ $(jq '.vulnerabilities | length' $repo) -gt 0 ]; then cd /tmp/$(basename $repo .json | sed 's$audit-//') npm audit fix

  if npm test; then
    git checkout -b security$patch-$(date +%Y%m%d)
    git add -A
    git commit -m "security: Apply security patches"
    git push origin HEAD
    gh pr create --title "Security patches" --label "security"
  fi
fi

done`)

Configuration

Multi-Repo Config File

.swarm$multi-repo.yml

version: 1 organization: my-org

repositories:

• name: frontend url: github.com$my-org$frontend role: ui agents: [coder, designer, tester]

• name: backend url: github.com$my-org$backend role: api agents: [architect, coder, tester]

• name: shared url: github.com$my-org$shared role: library agents: [analyst, coder]

coordination: topology: hierarchical communication: webhook memory: redis:/$shared-memory

dependencies:

• from: frontend to: [backend, shared]
• from: backend to: [shared]

Repository Roles

{ "roles": { "ui": { "responsibilities": ["user-interface", "ux", "accessibility"], "default-agents": ["designer", "coder", "tester"] }, "api": { "responsibilities": ["endpoints", "business-logic", "data"], "default-agents": ["architect", "coder", "security"] }, "library": { "responsibilities": ["shared-code", "utilities", "types"], "default-agents": ["analyst", "coder", "documenter"] } } }

Communication Strategies

1. Webhook-Based Coordination

const { MultiRepoSwarm } = require('ruv-swarm');

const swarm = new MultiRepoSwarm({ webhook: { url: 'https:/$swarm-coordinator.example.com', secret: process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET } });

swarm.on('repo:update', async (event) => { await swarm.propagate(event, { to: event.dependencies, strategy: 'eventual-consistency' }); });

2. Event Streaming

Kafka configuration for real-time coordination

kafka: brokers: ['kafka1:9092', 'kafka2:9092'] topics: swarm-events: partitions: 10 replication: 3 swarm-memory: partitions: 5 replication: 3

Synchronization Patterns

1. Eventually Consistent

{ "sync": { "strategy": "eventual", "max-lag": "5m", "retry": { "attempts": 3, "backoff": "exponential" } } }

2. Strong Consistency

{ "sync": { "strategy": "strong", "consensus": "raft", "quorum": 0.51, "timeout": "30s" } }

3. Hybrid Approach

{ "sync": { "default": "eventual", "overrides": { "security-updates": "strong", "dependency-updates": "strong", "documentation": "eventual" } } }

Use Cases

1. Microservices Coordination

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo microservices
--services "auth,users,orders,payments"
--ensure-compatibility
--sync-contracts
--integration-tests

2. Library Updates

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo lib-update
--library "org$shared-lib"
--version "2.0.0"
--find-consumers
--update-imports
--run-tests

3. Organization-Wide Changes

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo org-policy
--policy "add-security-headers"
--repos "org/*"
--validate-compliance
--create-reports

Architecture Patterns

Monorepo Structure

ruv-FANN/ ├── packages/ │ ├── claude-code-flow/ │ │ ├── src/ │ │ ├── .claude/ │ │ └── package.json │ ├── ruv-swarm/ │ │ ├── src/ │ │ ├── wasm/ │ │ └── package.json │ └── shared/ │ ├── types/ │ ├── utils/ │ └── config/ ├── tools/ │ ├── build/ │ ├── test/ │ └── deploy/ ├── docs/ │ ├── architecture/ │ ├── integration/ │ └── examples/ └── .github/ ├── workflows/ ├── templates/ └── actions/

Command Structure

.claude/ ├── commands/ │ ├── github/ │ │ ├── github-modes.md │ │ ├── pr-manager.md │ │ ├── issue-tracker.md │ │ └── sync-coordinator.md │ ├── sparc/ │ │ ├── sparc-modes.md │ │ ├── coder.md │ │ └── tester.md │ └── swarm/ │ ├── coordination.md │ └── orchestration.md ├── templates/ │ ├── issue.md │ ├── pr.md │ └── project.md └── config.json

Monitoring & Visualization

Multi-Repo Dashboard

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo dashboard
--port 3000
--metrics "agent-activity,task-progress,memory-usage"
--real-time

Dependency Graph

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo dep-graph
--format mermaid
--include-agents
--show-data-flow

Health Monitoring

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo health-check
--repos "org/*"
--check "connectivity,memory,agents"
--alert-on-issues

Best Practices

1. Repository Organization

• Clear repository roles and boundaries

• Consistent naming conventions

• Documented dependencies

• Shared configuration standards

2. Communication

• Use appropriate sync strategies

• Implement circuit breakers

• Monitor latency and failures

• Clear error propagation

3. Security

• Secure cross-repo authentication

• Encrypted communication channels

• Audit trail for all operations

• Principle of least privilege

4. Version Management

• Semantic versioning alignment

• Dependency compatibility validation

• Automated version bump coordination

5. Testing Integration

• Cross-package test validation

• Integration test automation

• Performance regression detection

Performance Optimization

Caching Strategy

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo cache-strategy
--analyze-patterns
--suggest-cache-layers
--implement-invalidation

Parallel Execution

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo parallel-optimize
--analyze-dependencies
--identify-parallelizable
--execute-optimal

Resource Pooling

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo resource-pool
--share-agents
--distribute-load
--monitor-usage

Troubleshooting

Connectivity Issues

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo diagnose-connectivity
--test-all-repos
--check-permissions
--verify-webhooks

Memory Synchronization

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo debug-memory
--check-consistency
--identify-conflicts
--repair-state

Performance Bottlenecks

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo perf-analysis
--profile-operations
--identify-bottlenecks
--suggest-optimizations

Advanced Features

1. Distributed Task Queue

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo queue
--backend redis
--workers 10
--priority-routing
--dead-letter-queue

2. Cross-Repo Testing

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo test
--setup-test-env
--link-services
--run-e2e
--tear-down

3. Monorepo Migration

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo to-monorepo
--analyze-repos
--suggest-structure
--preserve-history
--create-migration-prs

Examples

Full-Stack Application Update

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo fullstack-update
--frontend "org$web-app"
--backend "org$api-server"
--database "org$db-migrations"
--coordinate-deployment

Cross-Team Collaboration

npx claude-flow skill run github-multi-repo cross-team
--teams "frontend,backend,devops"
--task "implement-feature-x"
--assign-by-expertise
--track-progress

Metrics and Reporting

Sync Quality Metrics

• Package version alignment percentage

• Documentation consistency score

• Integration test success rate

• Synchronization completion time

Architecture Health Metrics

• Repository structure consistency score

• Documentation coverage percentage

• Cross-repository integration success rate

• Template adoption and usage statistics

Automated Reporting

• Weekly sync status reports

• Dependency drift detection

• Documentation divergence alerts

• Integration health monitoring

Integration Points

Related Skills

• github-workflow

• GitHub workflow automation

• github-pr

• Pull request management

• sparc-architect

• Architecture design

• sparc-optimizer

• Performance optimization

Related Commands

• $github sync-coordinator

• Cross-repo synchronization

• $github release-manager

• Coordinated releases

• $github repo-architect

• Repository optimization

• $sparc architect

• Detailed architecture design

Support and Resources

• Documentation: https:/$github.com$ruvnet$claude-flow

• Issues: https:/$github.com$ruvnet$claude-flow$issues

• Examples: .claude$examples$github-multi-repo/

Version: 1.0.0 Last Updated: 2025-10-19 Maintainer: Claude Flow Team