# TODO Pick anything from here when relevant. Cross-cutting design notes live in [CLAUDE.md](CLAUDE.md); high-level project intro in [README.md](README.md). ## Security - **Unprivileged containers (userns mapping).** Today the nspawn container runs as a fully privileged root. Goal: `PrivateUsersChown=yes` (or the nixos-container equivalent) so uid 0 inside maps to an unprivileged uid on the host, and a container-root compromise lands the attacker on an ordinary user account, not the host's root. Requires per-agent state dirs to be chown'd to that uid on the host side. - **Bash command allow-list.** Replace the blanket `Bash` allow with a pattern allow-list (`Bash(git *)`, `Bash(nix build .*)`, etc.) per claude-code's `--allowedTools` extended grammar. Likely lives in `agent.nix` so each agent can scope its own shell surface. ## Per-agent settings - **Model override.** Hard-coded to `haiku` in the turn loop right now. Surface as a per-agent override: operator via dashboard, manager via `request_apply_commit` setting an attr on the agent's flake (most natural place since the flake already carries per-agent env/identity). ## UI / UX - **Per-agent UI substance.** Show last N inbox messages, last turn timing, link back to dashboard. - **xterm.js terminal** embedded per-agent, attached to a PTY exposed by the harness. Pairs well with the unprivileged-container work — would let the operator drop into the container without `nixos-container root-login`. ## Manager → operator question channel - **TTL / cancel on `ask_operator`.** Questions today block forever; the manager turn stays alive until the operator answers. Add a per-question `ttl_seconds` (or a dashboard "cancel" button that resolves the question with a sentinel answer) so a long-idle question can time out and let the manager fall back. Wire the timeout into `OperatorQuestions::wait_answered` and surface remaining-time on the dashboard. ## Loop substance - **Notes compaction.** `/state/` is bind-mounted persistently and agents are told (in the system prompt) to keep `/state/notes.md` for durable knowledge — but we don't currently nudge them to compact when notes grow. Bitburner-agent's pattern: a short-lived secondary claude session that takes the existing notes + a "compact this" prompt and rewrites them in place. Add when the notes start bloating. ## Lifecycle / reliability - **Bounded broker.** Cap rows per recipient or auto-vacuum delivered messages older than a threshold. sqlite is growing unbounded. - **Container crash events.** Watch `container@*.service` via D-Bus, push `HelperEvent::ContainerCrash` to the manager's inbox so the manager can react (restart, escalate, etc.). - **`destroy --purge`.** Today `destroy` keeps state by design; add an opt-in flag (CLI + dashboard) to also wipe `/var/lib/hyperhive/agents//` and `/var/lib/hyperhive/applied//`. ## Cleanup / docs - **Debug-only sub-commands.** `hive-ag3nt send/recv` and the analogous `hive-m1nd send/recv/...` exist only for ops debugging. Move them into a hidden `debug` sub-command to declutter `--help`, or drop entirely.