# hyperhive — claude entry point

Hey claude. This is your starting page. The detailed docs live in
[`docs/`](docs/) and are written for humans + you both — read them
when you need depth on a subsystem. This file is the index +
scratchpad.

- High-level project intro: **[README.md](README.md)**.
- Open work + backlog: **[TODO.md](TODO.md)**.

## File map

```
hive-c0re/         host daemon + CLI (one binary, subcommand-dispatched)
  src/main.rs           clap setup; serve / spawn / kill / rebuild / list /
                         pending / approve / deny / destroy [--purge] /
                         request-spawn; periodic vacuum tasks
  src/server.rs         host admin socket (HostRequest → dispatch)
  src/client.rs         admin-socket client
  src/manager_server.rs manager-privileged socket (ManagerRequest)
  src/agent_server.rs   per-sub-agent socket listener (long-poll Recv)
  src/broker.rs         sqlite Message store + broadcast channel for SSE +
                         hourly vacuum of delivered>30d
  src/approvals.rs      sqlite Approval queue + kinds
  src/operator_questions.rs  sqlite question queue backing `ask_operator`
  src/events_vacuum.rs  host-side hourly sweep of every agent's
                         /state/hyperhive-events.sqlite
  src/crash_watch.rs    poll every 10s; fire HelperEvent::ContainerCrash
                         when a previously-running container disappears
                         without an operator-initiated transient
  src/coordinator.rs    shared state (broker/approvals/questions/transient/
                         sockets) + tombstone enumeration + kick_agent
  src/actions.rs        approve/deny/destroy (transient-aware)
  src/auto_update.rs    startup rebuild scan + ensure_manager
  src/lifecycle.rs      `nixos-container` shellouts, per-agent flake generator
  src/dashboard.rs      axum HTTP: static shell + /api/state JSON + actions
                         + journald viewer + bind-with-retry (SO_REUSEADDR)
  assets/               index.html, dashboard.css, app.js (include_str!)

hive-ag3nt/        in-container harness crate; produces TWO binaries
  src/lib.rs            re-exports + DEFAULT_SOCKET, DEFAULT_WEB_PORT
  src/client.rs         generic JSON-line request/response over unix socket
  src/web_ui.rs         per-container axum HTTP page (incl /api/cancel,
                         /api/compact, /api/model, /events/history)
  src/events.rs         LiveEvent + broadcast Bus + sqlite-backed history
                         (/state/hyperhive-events.sqlite) + TurnState +
                         model selection (persisted at /state/hyperhive-model)
  src/turn.rs           claude --print + stream-json pump; --compact retry
  src/mcp.rs            embedded MCP server (rmcp): AgentServer + ManagerServer
  src/login.rs          probe /root/.claude/ for a valid session
  src/login_session.rs  drives `claude auth login` over stdio pipes
  src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs sub-agent main (Serve + Mcp subcommands)
  src/bin/hive-m1nd.rs  manager main (Serve + Mcp subcommands)
  assets/               index.html, agent.css, app.js (include_str!)
  prompts/              static role/tools/settings for claude (include_str!):
                          agent.md  — sub-agent system prompt
                          manager.md — manager system prompt
                          claude-settings.json — --settings JSON

hive-sh4re/        wire types (HostRequest/Response, AgentRequest/Response,
                   ManagerRequest/Response, Message, Approval, HelperEvent)

nix/
  modules/hive-c0re.nix         systemd service + firewall + git wiring
  templates/harness-base.nix    shared scaffolding for sub-agents + manager
  templates/agent-base.nix      sub-agent nixosConfiguration
  templates/manager.nix         manager nixosConfiguration

docs/
  conventions.md       naming, identity=socket, async forms, commit style
  gotchas.md           NixOS / nspawn lessons learned the hard way
  web-ui.md            dashboard + per-agent page layouts and endpoints
  turn-loop.md         claude invocation, wake prompt, MCP tool surface
  approvals.md         approval flow, manager policy, helper events
  persistence.md       sqlite dbs, retention, state dir layout
```

## Reading paths

Pick the doc that matches your task. None depend on the others —
read them à la carte.

- **"What does the dashboard look like?"** →
  [`docs/web-ui.md`](docs/web-ui.md).
- **"How does claude get its prompt and what tools does it have?"** →
  [`docs/turn-loop.md`](docs/turn-loop.md).
- **"How do config changes flow from manager to operator to
  container?"** → [`docs/approvals.md`](docs/approvals.md).
- **"What state survives destroy / purge / restart?"** →
  [`docs/persistence.md`](docs/persistence.md).
- **"Naming, commit style, wire protocol, the `data-async`
  pattern."** → [`docs/conventions.md`](docs/conventions.md).
- **"Why does the nspawn flag look like that?"** →
  [`docs/gotchas.md`](docs/gotchas.md).

## Quick reminders

- **Commit before test.** Stage and commit when work *looks*
  ready, then run validation. Failures get a follow-up commit
  rather than an amend.
- **Commit messages: short, lowercase, no `Co-Authored-By`
  trailer.** Imperative mood.
- **`rebuild` is the reconcile verb.** Anything that changes
  per-container state on the host should be re-applied there so
  the dashboard's `↻ R3BU1LD` is sufficient to recover.
- **Identity = socket.** No auth tokens — the socket path
  identifies the principal.
- **Actions are factored** between admin socket and dashboard via
  `actions.rs` and `dashboard.rs::lifecycle_action`, so the two
  surfaces never drift.

## Scratchpad

In-flight or recent context that hasn't earned a section yet.
Prune freely.

- **In flight:** meta-flake overhaul. Each agent's applied
  repo becomes a tiny module-only flake (`nixosModules.default
  = import ./agent.nix`); `agent.nix` is just a NixOS module
  function `{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }: { ... }` — no
  extendModules, no hyperhive input visible to the manager.
  A single hive-c0re-owned repo at `/var/lib/hyperhive/meta/`
  declares one input per agent (pointing at that agent's
  applied repo via `git+file://`) and one
  `nixosConfigurations.<n>` output per agent, wrapping
  `inputs.agent-<n>.nixosModules.default` with the identity
  + `HIVE_PORT` / `HIVE_LABEL` / `HIVE_DASHBOARD_PORT`
  injection that today's per-agent `setup_applied` does
  inline. Containers run against `meta#<n>` instead of
  `applied/<n>#default`. Every approval that lands does
  `nix flake lock --update-input agent-<n>` in meta and
  commits the lock — meta's git log is the system-wide
  deploy audit trail; per-agent tags stay as before for
  inside-baseball state.
- **Companion change:** the manager's `/agents/<n>/config/`
  (proposed) gets `applied` pre-configured as a git remote
  pointing at `/applied/<n>/.git` (the RO bind already
  there). `git fetch applied` / `git show
  applied/refs/tags/deployed/<id>` / `git rebase
  applied/main` etc. all just work from inside the
  manager. The manager additionally gets `/meta` RO-bound,
  so `git -C /meta log --oneline` and
  `cat /meta/flake.lock` answer "what's actually deployed
  across the swarm right now."
- **Auto-migration on startup:** new phase before
  `auto_update::run` rewrites each existing
  `applied/<n>/flake.nix` to the module-only shape +
  relocates `deployed/0`, adds the `applied` remote to each
  proposed repo, bootstraps the meta repo from the agent
  list if missing, and `nixos-container update`s every
  container to point at `meta#<n>` (no fs wipe, no
  re-login). Idempotent; `HIVE_SKIP_META_MIGRATION=1`
  defers it.
- **Just landed (prior overhaul still in place):** tag-driven
  config-apply. Two-repo split (proposed = manager RW,
  applied = core-only); `request_apply_commit` fetches the
  manager's commit into applied and pins it as
  `proposal/<id>`; approve / deny / build walk through tags
  on the same commit; `applied/main` only fast-forwards on
  `deployed/`. `failed/` + `denied/` are annotated. See
  `docs/approvals.md` for the state machine.
- **Recent (since last compaction):** inline +/- diffs on
  Write/Edit, send full body via collapsed details, operator
  cancel + ttl on questions, deny-with-reason, dashboard
  back-link + last-turn timing + model chip, per-agent inbox
  view, bind-retry + SO_REUSEADDR, journald viewer,
  agent.nix viewer, server-side TurnState, recv(wait_seconds)
  max 180s, runtime /model switch + persistence to /state,
  crash watcher + ContainerCrash / NeedsLogin / LoggedIn /
  NeedsUpdate events, manager `update` tool, pure-hash
  agent_web_port + collision banner + spawn/rebuild preflight,
  browser notifications, focus-preserving refresh, generalised
  <details data-restore-key> survival, prompt-on-submit pattern.
- **Open threads:** custom per-agent MCP tools (groundwork for
  moving bitburner-agent into hyperhive), two-step spawn,
  per-agent send allow-list, telemetry/charts, notes
  compaction, unprivileged containers, Bash allow-list,
  xterm.js. **Known bug** (in TODO.md): question id=5 was
  queued but didn't render — likely a `pending()` row-decode
  error swallowed by `unwrap_or_default`; investigate by curl
  /api/state | jq '.questions' + browser console.