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-# hive-c0re
-
-The unprivileged host daemon (runs as `hive-core`). Owns the sqlite
-broker, the approval/question/schedule queues, the generic job-DAG
-queue, container lifecycle, gateway/forge/matrix provisioning,
-per-container stats, and the axum operator dashboard. Largest crate in
-the workspace — bin-only, no separate lib.
-
-## When to use it
-
-Host-level, cross-container orchestration: spawning/rebuilding/
-destroying agent containers, the approval flow, dashboard-visible
-state, provisioning per-agent forge/matrix/gateway accounts. Agent-side
-behavior (turn loop, MCP tools) lives in `hive-agent`/`hive-agent-mcp`
-instead — this daemon only talks to agents over the socket wire types
-in `hive-sh4re`.
-
-## Shape
-
-Cohesive clusters live in directory submodules, each re-exported at
-the crate root (`crate::broker::…` keeps resolving regardless of which
-subdirectory a module actually lives in). One line each — read the
-module's own `//!` doc-comment for real detail, don't expect this file
-to track it:
-
-- **`dashboard/`** — the operator dashboard (containers, approvals,
-  schedules, questions, logs, topology).
-- **`job_queue/`** — the job-DAG queue + desired-state reconciliation
-  (`docs/coordinator.md`).
-- **`lifecycle/`** — `nixos-container` lifecycle + per-agent config
-  flake generation.
-- **`stores/`** — sqlite-backed stores (broker, queues, audit, power).
-- **`workers/`** — background sweeps (crash watch, scheduled prompts,
-  auto-update, knowledge sync).
-- **`agent_config/`** — per-agent registries (tool groups,
-  capabilities, resource limits, topology).
-- **`stats/`** — dashboard metrics aggregation + OTEL export.
-- **`socket_server/`** — the unix-socket request server shared by
-  per-agent + manager sockets.
-- **`forge/`** — optional Forgejo wiring (`docs/forge.md`).
-- **`coordinator.rs`** — top-level wiring for `serve`.
-- **`meta.rs`**, **`migrate.rs`** — the meta flake + schema/state
-  migrations.
-- **`matrix.rs`**, **`gateway_nginx.rs`**, **`webhook_secret.rs`**,
-  **`priv_client.rs`** — matrix provisioning, gateway vhosts, webhook
-  secrets, and the `hive-priv` client respectively.
-
-See the top-level `CLAUDE.md`/`docs/` index for the full reading-path
-map.
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-# hive-forge
-
-Typed CLI wrapper around the in-cluster Forgejo's REST API — issues,
-PRs, comments, labels, reviews, CI status, attachments, triage.
-Replaces the old bash-script wrapper so agents and operators get
-consistent error handling, exit codes, and JSON shapes. This is the
-**only supported path** to the forge from inside an agent container;
-never `curl` it directly.
-
-Reads credentials from the environment (`HIVE_FORGE_URL`,
-`HIVE_FORGE_REPO`, `HYPERHIVE_STATE_DIR`); `-f/--forge <label>`
-retargets a dashboard-provisioned external forge account instead.
-
-## When to use it
-
-Reach for this crate when adding or changing a forge verb — it's the
-single place issue/PR/comment/CI logic lives for every agent and
-`hivectl`. Adding a *tool* an agent's claude session calls is
-`hive-agent-mcp` wrapping a shellout to this binary, not new logic
-here.
-
-## Shape
-
-- **`verbs/`** — one module per subcommand (clap `Args` + `run`).
-- **`client.rs`** — the Forgejo client wrapper + token loading.
-- **`notify.rs`** — the read-before-comment guard, backed by forge's
-  own notification read-state (no local mirror to drift).
-- **`body.rs`** — shared `--body`/`--body-file`/stdin resolution.
-
-Full verb reference: `docs/tools/forge.md`.
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-# hivectl
-
-The operator-facing host CLI. A thin client for the `hive-c0re`
-daemon — speaks the host admin socket protocol (`hive-host-sock`) and
-does not link the daemon crate. Container lifecycle, the approval
-queue, and provisioning verbs all forward to the daemon and need it
-running; a few (`wg`/`peer-config`, `choom`) work off local host state
-instead.
-
-## When to use it
-
-Reach for this crate when adding an operator-run host command — agents
-talk to the daemon over their own MCP tool surface
-(`hive-agent-mcp`), not this binary. `hivectl` is what a human operator
-(or a host-side script) runs.
-
-## Shape
-
-One module per subcommand family; `main.rs` is just the clap parse +
-dispatch:
-
-- **`agents.rs`** — container lifecycle (spawn/kill/rebuild/restart/…).
-- **`approvals.rs`** — the config/init-config/meta-input approval queue.
-- **`dag_progress.rs`** — rebuild-queue progress rendering.
-- **`power.rs`** — restart/start/stop at the container level.
-- **`choom.rs`** — drop into an interactive claude session in a
-  container.
-- **`forge.rs`**, **`matrix.rs`**, **`github.rs`**, **`gateway.rs`** —
-  per-integration account/token provisioning.
-- **`wg.rs`** — WireGuard mesh helpers.
-- **`subvol.rs`** — btrfs state-subvolume ops.
-- **`quota.rs`**, **`util.rs`**, **`completions.rs`**, **`open.rs`** —
-  shared helpers, shell completions, browser-open.
-
-Full verb reference: `docs/tools/hivectl.md`.