external-tool-coordination

Agent Building

Coordinate external AI tool integration (OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini) for cross-model adversarial review and delegated implementation.

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For cross-model adversarial review (writer reviewed by different model)
When delegating implementation to cheaper external models
For escalation chains across tools

Capabilities

Delegated Implementation - Send work units to external AI tools for implementation
Cross-Model Review - Implementation by Model A, adversarial review by Model B
Escalation Chains - Tool A -> Tool B -> Claude -> human
Cost Optimization - Route simpler tasks to cheaper models

Configuration

Requires .metaswarm/external-tools.yaml:

tools:
  - name: codex
    type: openai
    capabilities: [implement, review]
  - name: gemini
    type: google
    capabilities: [implement, review]
escalation:
  chain: [codex, gemini, claude, human]

Agents Used

agents/swarm-coordinator/ - Multi-tool orchestration

Tool Use

Invoke as part of: methodologies/metaswarm/metaswarm-swarm-coordinator