Installation

Installation

Squad Federation is a Claude Code plugin. Install it from the marketplace to enable federation skills in Copilot.

Prerequisites

Before installing, ensure you have:

• Squad CLI installed and initialized (squad init must be run in your project)
• Git 2.20 or later
• Node.js v20 or later
• Docker (optional, for observability dashboard)

The federation setup skill checks these automatically when you run it.

Installation Steps

1. Add the Marketplace

copilot plugin marketplace add lygav/vladi-plugins-marketplace

2. Install Squad Federation

copilot plugin install squad-federation-core@vladi-plugins-marketplace

3. Verify Installation

List your installed plugins:

copilot plugin list

You should see squad-federation-core in the output.

What You Get

The plugin provides these conversational skills:

• federation-setup - Creates federation configuration through guided questions
• team-onboarding - Onboards new teams with archetype discovery
• federation-orchestration - Launches teams, monitors progress, sends directives
• knowledge-lifecycle - Manages skill seeding, syncing, and learning graduation

You interact with these through natural language in Copilot. No manual script commands needed.

Next Steps

You’re ready to create your first federation. The setup skill will guide you through:

1. Federation description
2. Telemetry setup (optional observability dashboard)
3. Optional Teams notifications (meta-squad posts summaries to a channel)
4. Meta-squad casting
5. First team onboarding

Start here: Create your first federation

Troubleshooting

Plugin not found

Check the marketplace is registered:

copilot plugin marketplace list

If vladi-plugins-marketplace isn’t listed, add it again.

Prerequisites missing

The federation setup skill validates prerequisites and provides install instructions if anything is missing. You can also check manually:

squad --version    # Should be 1.2.0 or later
git --version      # Should be 2.20 or later
node --version     # Should be v20.0.0 or later
docker --version   # Optional, for dashboard

Can’t run squad init

Make sure you’re in a git repository. Squad requires git for agent coordination.

git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree

If false, initialize git first: git init