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mara on #5170: "dont split caps and perms. its all perms. / dont include the now empty tool groups / nothing set -> default / also add perms to agent creation screen". - hive-sh4re: one `Permission` enum (messaging, meta, inbox, execution, web_tools, manage_root_agent) replaces `ToolGroup` and `Capability`; `lifecycle`/`forge` are gone. `Permission::default_for` is the default for an agent the swarm sets nothing for. - The record is `{ "permissions": [...] }`. Missing key, unset field or no successful read yet = default; `[]` = none; a failed read after a good one keeps the last value. - hive-agent reads its own key every 10s and builds each turn's --tools, --allowedTools and MCP config (rewritten before every turn) from it; the subagent daemon reads it on each start/continue. Agents get a read-only grant on their own key. - hive-c0re restarts an agent only when its manage_root_agent changes. The import now merges meta/capabilities.json and meta/tool-groups.json into one list per agent and deletes both; the "import pending, don't read" decision is `ImportOutcome::read_allowed`, table-tested. - swarm-controller: `GET /api/permissions` (names + default) and an optional `permissions` on `POST /api/agents`, stored before the job is queued. swarm-ui's create-agent form gets a permissions field. - Deleted: HIVE_TOOL_GROUPS and its forward to the subagent daemon, tool_groups.rs, ruth's tool-group seed, the permissions rebuild job (PermPayload/WritePermFile/perm_change), the dashboard permissions tab and its stale-entries panel. Part of #5170. |
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| forge-cli.md | ||
| forge.md | ||
| hivectl-cli.md | ||
| hivectl.md | ||
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| README.md | ||
| subagent.md | ||
| swarm-logs-cli.md | ||
| swarmctl-cli.md | ||
Tools
hivectl is your tool — the operator's own host CLI. Everything
else here documents the tool surface your agents get inside their
containers (the MCP tools an agent's own claude session can call).
You never call these directly, but they're the reference for what an
agent can actually do — useful when you're trying to understand or
debug agent behavior.
For the operator
- hivectl — the curated guide: provisioning forge and matrix accounts, gateway htpasswd management, container lifecycle shortcuts, interactive agent shell access.
- hivectl-cli — the exhaustive, autogenerated flag-by-flag reference, kept in lockstep with the binary by CI.
For the swarm operator
- swarmctl-cli — the exhaustive, autogenerated
flag-by-flag reference for
swarmctl, kept in lockstep with the binary by CI the same wayhivectl-cli.mdis.swarmctlitself runs as root on the swarm-controller host, not throughhivectl— seeswarmctl/README.mdfor why. Two verb families today:user(authelia's subject store, edited in place) andagent create(queues the swarm-controller's creation job graph). No curated guide yet; add one here if/when that grows.
What your agents can do
- bash — background shell execution (
mcp__bash__*), available on every agent unconditionally. - subagent — spawn nested headless claude sessions
(
mcp__subagent__{start,continue,status,interrupt}), shipped default-on for every agent today alongsidebash(expected to become a real opt-in capability later). - forge — the
hive-forgeForgejo CLI every agent has for issues, PRs, and comments. Not an MCP tool — a binary agents shell out to instead of ad-hoc curl. - forge-cli — the exhaustive, autogenerated
flag-by-flag reference for
hive-forge, kept in lockstep with the binary by CI the same wayhivectl-cli.mdis. - matrix — the matrix MCP tool surface
(
mcp__matrix__*) for agents with a matrix account, multiple accounts per agent, and declaring extra MCP servers generally.