when-managing-multiple-repos-use-github-multi-repo

# GitHub Multi-Repository Management Skill ## Overview Orchestrate complex operations across multiple related GitHub repositories with intelligent agent coordination. This skill enables consistent architecture enforcement, synchronized dependency updates, cross-repo refactoring, and coordinated releases for microservices, multi-package ecosystems, and distributed system architectures. ## When to Use This Skill Activate this skill when managing microservices architectures spanning multiple repositories, coordinating changes across frontend/backend/infrastructure repos, migrating from monorepo to multi-repo structure, propagating breaking changes across dependent repositories, maintaining consistent coding standards across teams, synchronizing releases for multi-package systems, or enforcing architectural patterns across an organization. Use for both small-scale coordination (2-5 repos) and large-scale orchestration (10+ repositories), one-time migrations or ongoing maintenance, and establishing governance for multi-repo ecosystems. ## Agent Coordination Architecture ### Swarm Topology Initialize a **hierarchical topology** with a coordinator agent managing specialized worker agents. Hierarchical structure enables centralized decision-making for consistency while delegating specialized tasks to expert agents. ```bash # Initialize hierarchical swarm for multi-repo coordination npx claude-flow@alpha swarm init --topology hierarchical --max-agents 8 --strategy adaptive ``...