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# Great CTO

[Agent orchestration](/software-factories/category/agent-orchestration.md) Open source

[Visit website ](https://greatcto.systems/)[View on GitHub](https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto)

Runs Claude Code as a pipeline of 70 specialist agents with an independent checker and spending caps.

## Overview

Great CTO runs Claude Code as a pipeline of 70 specialist agents, with an independent checker reviewing the output and spending caps to limit cost.

The tool is free and open source under the MIT license. There is no pricing; users pay for their own model tokens.

## Features

* Runs Claude Code as a pipeline of 70 specialist agents.
* Adds an independent checker to the pipeline.
* Enforces spending caps.
* Users pay for their own model tokens.

## Details

* Website

  [greatcto.systems](https://greatcto.systems/)

* Company

  Great CTO

* Category

  [Agent orchestration](/software-factories/category/agent-orchestration.md)

* Source

  Open source

* Repository

  * [github.com/avelikiy/great_cto](https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto) · 103 stars

* License

  MIT

* Commercial offering

  None found

* Topics

  * [Multi-agent systems](/software-factories/?tag=multi-agent)
  * [Works with your agents](/software-factories/?tag=bring-your-own-agent)
  * [Observability & cost tracking](/software-factories/?tag=observability)

* Listed

  October 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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