diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e505921b..03443d9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -237,29 +237,6 @@ version = "1.5.1"
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- "zeroize",
-]
-
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- "fs_extra",
- "pkg-config",
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 [[package]]
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- "jobserver",
- "libc",
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- "memchr",
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 [[package]]
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- "proptest",
- "serde_core",
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -966,12 +910,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1167,7 +1105,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "bytes",
  "futures",
- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
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  "soft_assert",
@@ -1188,12 +1126,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-
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@@ -1473,7 +1405,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
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@@ -1525,7 +1457,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "petgraph",
  "problem_details",
- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1555,7 +1487,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "clap",
  "forgejo-api",
- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
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  "time",
@@ -1572,7 +1504,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
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  "serde",
@@ -1582,17 +1514,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "clap",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry-otlp",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
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-
 [[package]]
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- "combine",
- "jni-macros",
- "jni-sys",
- "log",
- "simd_cesu8",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "walkdir",
- "windows-link",
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-
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- "simd_cesu8",
- "syn",
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-[[package]]
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-dependencies = [
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- "libc",
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -2415,7 +2277,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
  "ruma",
  "serde",
  "serde_html_form",
@@ -2708,7 +2570,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "http",
  "rand 0.8.6",
- "reqwest 0.12.28",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
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-dependencies = [
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- "futures-sink",
- "js-sys",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "tracing",
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-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.32.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5683015d09e2df236ef005b17f6f196f0d5f6313c4fa43a7b6a53b52776e4331"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "http",
- "opentelemetry",
- "reqwest 0.13.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.32.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9966929966d17620d7c316c643ba62631826e10021409357772d5eea84f62c35"
-dependencies = [
- "http",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry-http",
- "opentelemetry-proto",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "reqwest 0.13.4",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.32.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56d658ba1faf63f7b9c492cfbe6e0ec365440a16132d3270c1065f7b33f1b638"
-dependencies = [
- "base64",
- "const-hex",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.32.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b59f80e1ac4d5ff7a2db8fb6c80badb7f0f3f858211fba08dd9aaec750894f9"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-util",
- "opentelemetry",
- "percent-encoding",
- "portable-atomic",
- "rand 0.9.4",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -3046,21 +2834,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proptest"
-version = "1.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b45fcc2344c680f5025fe57779faef368840d0bd1f42f216291f0dc4ace4744"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "num-traits",
- "rand 0.9.4",
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
- "rand_xorshift",
- "regex-syntax",
- "unarray",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.13.5"
@@ -3068,17 +2841,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2796faa41db3ec313a31f7624d9286acf277b52de526150b7e69f3debf891ee5"
 dependencies = [
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- "prost-derive 0.13.5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.14.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "528ac67416ff8646872a3c02cad9cc4ee5dc9f9540c9b10771855c95cb2e5ae1"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "prost-derive 0.14.4",
+ "prost-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3094,19 +2857,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.14.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b570b25f7617e43d59005d0990ccb79e950a423952cea19671b7a876da390adf"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.14.0",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -3151,7 +2901,6 @@ version = "0.11.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "434b42fec591c96ef50e21e886936e66d3cc3f737104fdb9b737c40ffb94c098"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
  "bytes",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "lru-slab",
@@ -3278,15 +3027,6 @@ version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "63b8176103e19a2643978565ca18b50549f6101881c443590420e4dc998a3c69"
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "513962919efc330f829edb2535844d1b912b0fbe2ca165d613e4e8788bb05a5a"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.9.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -3416,43 +3156,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.13.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "219c5811de6525e5416c7d5d53bb656d3afdbc6c5af816e0802bcfa42dbdc1c3"
-dependencies = [
- "base64",
- "bytes",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls",
- "hyper-util",
- "js-sys",
- "log",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "quinn",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-pki-types",
- "rustls-platform-verifier",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls",
- "tower",
- "tower-http",
- "tower-service",
- "url",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
- "web-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -3754,7 +3457,6 @@ version = "0.23.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ef86cd5876211988985292b91c96a8f2d298df24e75989a43a3c73f2d4d8168b"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
  "once_cell",
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -3785,40 +3487,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-platform-verifier"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26d1e2536ce4f35f4846aa13bff16bd0ff40157cdb14cc056c7b14ba41233ba0"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation 0.10.1",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "jni",
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-native-certs",
- "rustls-platform-verifier-android",
- "rustls-webpki",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-platform-verifier-android"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f87165f0995f63a9fbeea62b64d10b4d9d8e78ec6d7d51fb2125fda7bb36788f"
-
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "untrusted",
@@ -3836,15 +3510,6 @@ version = "1.0.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9774ba4a74de5f7b1c1451ed6cd5285a32eddb5cccb8cc655a4e50009e06477f"
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.0.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -4097,22 +3762,6 @@ version = "0.3.9"
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 checksum = "703d5c7ef118737c72f1af64ad2f6f8c5e1921f818cdcb97b8fe6fc69bf66214"
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94f90157bb87cddf702797c5dadfa0be7d266cdf49e22da2fcaa32eff75b2c33"
-dependencies = [
- "rustc_version",
- "simdutf8",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -4703,12 +4352,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-time",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eaea85b334db583fe3274d12b4cd1880032beab409c0d774be044d4480ab9a94"
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -4842,7 +4485,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "hmac",
  "matrix-pickle",
- "prost 0.13.5",
+ "prost",
  "rand 0.8.6",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
@@ -4854,16 +4497,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "walkdir"
-version = "2.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "29790946404f91d9c5d06f9874efddea1dc06c5efe94541a7d6863108e3a5e4b"
-dependencies = [
- "same-file",
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -5019,15 +4652,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.0.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d46a5a140e6f7afeccd8eae97eff335163939eac8b929834875168b29b3d267"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls-pki-types",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -5059,15 +4683,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
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-[[package]]
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-version = "0.1.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c9b9238d..b06e72c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ members = [
   "hive-claude",
   "hive-forge",
   "hive-matrix-mcp",
-  "hive-metric",
   "hive-priv",
   "hive-sh4re",
 ]
diff --git a/docs/observability.md b/docs/observability.md
index c95d5d52..25e7e358 100644
--- a/docs/observability.md
+++ b/docs/observability.md
@@ -123,55 +123,7 @@ Every agent's export includes these resource attributes automatically:
 | `hive` | hive display name (`services.hyperhive.hiveName`) |
 | `swarm` | swarm display name (`services.hyperhive.swarmName`, if set) |
 
-Additional labels can be appended via `extraResourceAttributes` (see option
-reference above); custom per-data-point labels can be passed with
-`hive-metric --labels` (see below).
-
-## Agent-emitted custom metrics (`hive-metric`)
-
-Agents can push arbitrary labeled metrics to the same OTEL collector via the
-`hive-metric` CLI tool, available in every agent container when
-`services.hyperhive.otel.enable = true`.
-
-### Usage
-
-```text
-hive-metric <name> <value> [--type counter|gauge] [--labels key=value...]
-```
-
-- `<name>` — metric name (e.g. `tasks_completed`, `latency_ms`).
-- `<value>` — numeric value (f64; integers and floats both accepted).
-- `--type counter|gauge` — metric kind: `counter` (cumulative sum, default) or
-  `gauge` (instantaneous point-in-time value).
-- `--labels key=value` — extra per-data-point labels. May be repeated.
-  The resource labels (agent, hive, swarm, service.name) are inherited
-  automatically from `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` — do not re-specify them.
-
-### Examples
-
-```text
-# Counter: cumulative tasks finished (default type — no --type flag needed)
-hive-metric tasks_completed 1 --labels phase=scan
-
-# Gauge: current queue depth (absolute value — must use --type gauge)
-hive-metric queue_depth 17 --type gauge
-
-# Float gauge with multiple labels (instantaneous measurement)
-hive-metric api_latency_ms 142.5 --type gauge --labels model=sonnet --labels tier=api
-```
-
-### Error when OTEL is not configured
-
-When `services.hyperhive.otel.enable = false` (the default), the
-`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` env var is not set and `hive-metric` exits
-with an informative error message. No silently-dropped metrics.
-
-### Wire format
-
-`hive-metric` always uses **OTLP HTTP/JSON** (`application/json` POST to
-`$OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT/v1/metrics`), regardless of the
-`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL` setting. Auth headers from
-`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS` are forwarded verbatim.
+Additional labels can be appended via `extraResourceAttributes`.
 
 ## Metrics temporality
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a4b9e0e7..8aca61c7 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -141,16 +141,10 @@
             # (`hive-matrix-mcp` workspace member) — the
             # matrix-sdk-sqlite + rusqlite stack links against system
             # libsqlite3 by default.
-            # `cmake` builds `aws-lc-sys` (BoringSSL) from source — pulled in by
-            # the `rustls` (aws-lc-rs) crypto provider under the OTLP/reqwest
-            # stack in `hive-metric`. Without it the crane deps build fails on
-            # `cargo-package-reqwest-0.13.4`. Kept in the shared inputs since
-            # more metric/crypto deps are expected to land in the workspace.
             nativeBuildInputs = [
               pkgs.git
               pkgs.sqlite
               pkgs.pkg-config
-              pkgs.cmake
             ];
           }
         );
diff --git a/hive-metric/Cargo.toml b/hive-metric/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index d71614be..00000000
--- a/hive-metric/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "hive-metric"
-version.workspace = true
-edition.workspace = true
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "hive-metric"
-path = "src/main.rs"
-
-[dependencies]
-anyhow.workspace = true
-clap.workspace = true
-# OTEL SDK — only used by this crate, so kept local rather than in workspace.dependencies.
-opentelemetry = "0.32"
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.32", features = ["metrics"] }
-# Blocking (not async) reqwest client on purpose: the metrics SDK drives the
-# OTLP push from a `PeriodicReader` background thread that has no Tokio runtime,
-# so the async client panics there with "no reactor running". The blocking
-# client sends on that thread directly — and for a fire-and-forget CLI that
-# records one point then `shutdown()`s, a synchronous send is exactly right.
-opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.32", default-features = false, features = [
-  "metrics",
-  "http-json",
-  "reqwest-blocking-client",
-  "reqwest-rustls",
-] }
diff --git a/hive-metric/src/main.rs b/hive-metric/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 48e066eb..00000000
--- a/hive-metric/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-//! `hive-metric` — push a single labeled metric to the OTEL collector.
-//!
-//! Uses the OpenTelemetry Rust SDK with the OTLP HTTP/JSON exporter to emit
-//! metrics. Standard OTEL env vars are read automatically by the SDK:
-//!
-//! - `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` — collector URL (required)
-//! - `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS` — auth headers (`Key=Value,...`)
-//! - `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` — resource labels (`k=v,...`)
-//!
-//! The harness populates all of these per-agent when
-//! `services.hyperhive.otel.enable = true`.
-//!
-//! # Usage
-//! ```text
-//! hive-metric <name> <value> [--type counter|gauge] [--labels key=value...]
-//! ```
-
-use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
-use clap::Parser;
-use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
-use opentelemetry::metrics::MeterProvider;
-use opentelemetry_otlp::{Protocol, WithExportConfig};
-
-#[derive(Parser)]
-#[command(
-    name = "hive-metric",
-    about = "Push a labeled metric to the OTEL collector (requires services.hyperhive.otel.enable = true)",
-    // Let a leading-minus value parse as the `value` positional rather than
-    // being rejected as an unknown flag — negative gauges are legitimate
-    // (e.g. a delta), and it lets the counter-sign check below produce a clear
-    // domain error instead of clap's "unexpected argument '-1'".
-    allow_negative_numbers = true
-)]
-struct Cli {
-    /// Metric name (e.g. `tasks_completed`, `latency_ms`).
-    name: String,
-
-    /// Numeric value (f64). Floats and integers both accepted. Gauges may be
-    /// negative; counters must be >= 0 (they only increase).
-    value: f64,
-
-    /// Metric kind: `counter` (cumulative sum, default) or `gauge` (instantaneous value).
-    #[arg(long = "type", value_name = "TYPE", default_value = "counter")]
-    metric_type: MetricKind,
-
-    /// Extra label(s) as `key=value` pairs. May be repeated.
-    /// Resource labels (agent, hive, swarm) come from `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES`
-    /// automatically — do not re-specify them here.
-    #[arg(long, value_name = "KEY=VALUE")]
-    labels: Vec<String>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, clap::ValueEnum)]
-enum MetricKind {
-    /// Counter: monotonically increasing cumulative sum (default).
-    Counter,
-    /// Gauge: point-in-time instantaneous value.
-    Gauge,
-}
-
-fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let cli = Cli::parse();
-
-    // Fail early with a clear message when OTEL is not configured.
-    if std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT").is_err() {
-        bail!(
-            "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT not set — \
-             enable OTEL in NixOS config (services.hyperhive.otel.enable = true)"
-        );
-    }
-
-    let labels = parse_labels(&cli.labels)?;
-
-    // Counters are monotonically non-negative — the OTEL SDK silently drops a
-    // negative `add`, so a typo like `hive-metric tasks_done -1` would vanish
-    // with exit 0. Reject it loudly instead.
-    if matches!(cli.metric_type, MetricKind::Counter) && cli.value < 0.0 {
-        bail!(
-            "counter '{}' value must be >= 0 (got {}); counters only increase — \
-             use `--type gauge` for a value that can go down",
-            cli.name,
-            cli.value
-        );
-    }
-
-    let exporter = opentelemetry_otlp::MetricExporter::builder()
-        .with_http()
-        .with_protocol(Protocol::HttpJson)
-        .build()
-        .context("failed to build OTLP metric exporter")?;
-
-    // SDK automatically reads OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES for resource labels.
-    // The metrics SDK has no `with_simple_exporter` (that's a *traces*-only
-    // API) — a push exporter is always driven by a periodic reader. For this
-    // fire-and-forget CLI the timer never actually fires: we record one metric
-    // and immediately `shutdown()`, which force-flushes the pending export
-    // synchronously before returning. So there's no background-timer flush race
-    // in practice — the single point is exported exactly once on shutdown.
-    let provider = opentelemetry_sdk::metrics::SdkMeterProvider::builder()
-        .with_periodic_exporter(exporter)
-        .build();
-
-    let meter = provider.meter("hive-metric");
-
-    match cli.metric_type {
-        MetricKind::Counter => {
-            meter.f64_counter(cli.name).build().add(cli.value, &labels);
-        }
-        MetricKind::Gauge => {
-            meter.f64_gauge(cli.name).build().record(cli.value, &labels);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Flush pending metrics and shut down cleanly.
-    provider
-        .shutdown()
-        .context("failed to flush OTLP metrics")?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn parse_labels(args: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<KeyValue>> {
-    args.iter()
-        .map(|s| {
-            let (k, v) = s
-                .split_once('=')
-                .with_context(|| format!("--labels must be key=value, got {s:?}"))?;
-            Ok(KeyValue::new(k.trim().to_owned(), v.trim().to_owned()))
-        })
-        .collect()
-}