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atlas 433b294099 refactor(nix): swarm.peers becomes swarm.hives, a directory of every hive
One attrset describing every hive in the swarm including this one,
identical on every host, with hiveName selecting which entry is us.
"My peers" is derived (swarm.peerHives) rather than declared.

Every field in the old per-host peer list was intrinsic to the hive it
described, never to the pair -- so the list was a directory each host
kept its own copy of. Beyond the deduplication it removes a bug class:
two hosts could hold different endpoints for the same third hive with
nothing to detect the disagreement.

Drops the per-hive caCert. Trust inside a swarm derives from the swarm
root, which every hive chains to. What that genuinely removes is
trusting a hive whose root this swarm does not own -- a cross-swarm
problem that wants a mechanism of its own, not a field that happened to
work.

The matrix container's certificateFiles block goes with it and could
NOT be migrated: that list is read at build time and the swarm root is
a runtime file (its key must never enter the store), so there is no
build-time name to put there. caCert being a nix path was precisely
what made it the build-time distribution channel. Agents are unaffected
-- hive-tls folds the root into the hive trust bundle and the meta
renderer embeds that one file. Tracked separately.

Migration is an assertion plus warnings, not a rename: hives is peers
union {self}, and the set gains a member no existing config has written
down. A rename migrates a name and a default can re-root a meaning;
neither can conjure a new member. The warning explains, the self-entry
assertion stops the build.
2026-08-05 20:44:16 +02:00
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swarm refactor(nix): swarm.peers becomes swarm.hives, a directory of every hive 2026-08-05 20:44:16 +02:00
tools refactor(nix): swarm.peers becomes swarm.hives, a directory of every hive 2026-08-05 20:44:16 +02:00
turn-loop docs: stop implying matrix/bash/forge is a closed todo-producer list 2026-08-04 00:06:19 +02:00
web-ui refactor(nix): swarm.peers becomes swarm.hives, a directory of every hive 2026-08-05 20:44:16 +02:00
agent-hierarchy.md docs: a config change is a PR from a clone, not an edit in place 2026-08-04 22:40:22 +02:00
approvals.md docs: a config change is a PR from a clone, not an edit in place 2026-08-04 22:40:22 +02:00
boundary.md docs: move the socket-dir ownership rule to boundary.md 2026-08-04 01:00:48 +02:00
ci.md docs(ci): add a For operators section 2026-08-03 00:30:57 +02:00
conventions.md docs: name the swarm display name by its new path 2026-08-05 11:15:41 +02:00
coordinator.md wip(#3001): convert remaining unblocked call sites; sweep docs 2026-08-04 19:57:32 +02:00
forge.md feat(#2642): a github.com notification poller alongside the forge one 2026-07-31 17:23:18 +02:00
gateway.md refactor(nix): swarm.peers becomes swarm.hives, a directory of every hive 2026-08-05 20:44:16 +02:00
github.md docs(github): move impl detail below the operator-facing sections 2026-08-02 23:54:55 +02:00
gotchas.md feat(#2693): let the operator pin the claude-code every agent runs 2026-07-27 13:56:28 +02:00
knowledge.md docs: describe the knowledge-change broadcast in the sync-mechanism section 2026-08-02 03:13:04 +02:00
matrix.md docs: split swarm.md into a directory, starting with the services page 2026-08-05 18:07:04 +02:00
network.md docs: split swarm.md into a directory, starting with the services page 2026-08-05 18:07:04 +02:00
observability.md docs: name the swarm display name by its new path 2026-08-05 11:15:41 +02:00
persistence.md docs: a config change is a PR from a clone, not an edit in place 2026-08-04 22:40:22 +02:00
pr-review-gate.md docs: revise per review — no specific example, gate is per-repo config, soften auto-merge framing 2026-08-04 17:23:12 +02:00
README.md docs: split swarm.md into a directory, starting with the services page 2026-08-05 18:07:04 +02:00
security.md fix: declare the agent socket dir's owner in tmpfiles, not by chown after 2026-08-04 01:00:48 +02:00
setup.md hivectl: rename hivectl agents to hivectl agent <name> <verb> 2026-07-27 19:07:18 +02:00
snapshot-store.md refactor(nix): swarm.peers becomes swarm.hives, a directory of every hive 2026-08-05 20:44:16 +02:00
terminal-rendering.md refactor(#2416): remove the non-pr config-change flow (request_apply_commit / applycommit) 2026-07-15 21:03:52 +02:00
web-ui.md docs(web-ui): add an operator-facing README as the subdir landing page 2026-08-02 23:26:29 +02:00

hyperhive docs

Depth reference for hyperhive — the substrate, not the pitch (that's the top-level README / website). Every page here stands alone; pick the one matching your task rather than reading top to bottom. For the auto-generated NixOS options reference (every services.hyperhive.* / hyperhive.* option, host and agent), see the options site instead — this tree is prose, that one's generated straight from the module declarations.

Getting started

  • Bringing a fresh hive online?setup.md (first-run hivectl bootstrap).
  • What does the dashboard look like, and how do I use it?web-ui/ — the operator-facing starting point; its own sub-pages (shape, dashboard, agent, css-vars) go deeper into implementation.
  • What tools does an agent (or the operator) have available?tools/hivectl (yours) plus every agent's MCP tool surface (bash, forge, lifecycle, matrix, scheduling).

Dashboard & agent UI internals

Turn loop, config, approvals

  • How does claude get its prompt, and what tools does it have?turn-loop/ — the loop, binary shape, turn outcomes; sub-pages: claude-invocation, config, mcp.
  • How do config changes flow from manager to operator to container?approvals.md (two-step spawn, approval state machine, flake.lock validation).
  • What state survives destroy / purge / restart?persistence.md.

Trust boundary & security

  • What's the operator/agent trust boundary? What's a capability?boundary.md.
  • Agent trust model, prompt-injection threat model, credential isolation?security.md.
  • Who can do what to whom — agent hierarchy and privilege?agent-hierarchy.md.

Accounts & integrations

  • How do per-agent forge accounts work? What does forge_notify poll, and how does it format wake messages?forge.md (the hive's own Forgejo); tools/forge.md for the hive-forge CLI verbs agents actually call.
  • How does the matrix-tuwunel container work? Multiple accounts per agent?matrix.md (the homeserver); tools/matrix.md for the MCP tool surface and hyperhive.matrixAccounts.
  • How do I give an agent a GitHub account (gh + git push)? How is the PAT injected?github.md.
  • What does hivectl do? Provisioning, gateway users, container shells?tools/hivectl.md (the curated guide); tools/hivectl-cli.md for the exhaustive, auto-generated flag reference.

Networking & swarms

  • What nginx vhosts does the gateway serve? How does matrix discovery work?gateway.md.
  • How does DNS resolution work in agent containers? What's the bridge network for?network.md.
  • How do I connect two hives into a swarm?swarm/ (peer hives, TLS trust).
  • Where do agent snapshots go? How does the swarm's btrfs receive endpoint authenticate a pushing hive?snapshot-store.md.

Scheduler, CI, observability

  • How does the rebuild queue work? What are queue kinds and sources?coordinator.md.
  • How does the CI runner work? What's the auto-registration flow?ci.md.
  • How do I export Claude Code metrics (tokens, cost, tool calls) to Prometheus/Grafana?observability.md.

Process & conventions

  • Naming, commit style, wire protocol, the data-async pattern?conventions.md.
  • Why does the nspawn flag look like that?gotchas.md (bind mounts, conf flags, other NixOS/nspawn quirks).
  • What is /knowledge? How does the hive-wide knowledge repo sync, and how do I contribute a document?knowledge.md.