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atlas db0eb8829b hivectl, docs: choom is not root-only, and set-limits takes no agent name
Two unrelated changes landed correctly and left their prose behind, both
on operator-facing surfaces.

`hivectl agent <name> choom` gained a `hive-admin` path when hive-c0re
started shipping a polkit rule for `machinectl shell`. `choom.rs`
implements exactly that — `euid != 0 && !in_hive_admin_group()` — but
the `Choom` variant's clap doc comment still said "Requires root and a
running container", eight weeks on. That string is what
`choom --help` prints and what renders into the generated CLI
reference, so it is the sentence an operator actually reads, and it
tells a `hive-admin` member the command is not available to them.
`docs/turn-loop/mcp.md` carried the same staleness inside a
trust-boundary argument ("an operator (root) action"), where naming a
narrower reachable set than the real one is the wrong way to be wrong.

Dating it rather than asserting it: the acceptance landed 2026-09-07,
the doc string 2026-07-16.

Separately, `docs/tools/hivectl.md` states the agent-name hoist itself
("the name is hoisted onto the parent command, so none of the verbs
below repeat it") and its own example block obeys it, then twice writes
`set-limits sock --memory-max 8G` — the pre-hoist order. The generated
reference is unambiguous: `hivectl agent <NAME> <COMMAND>` versus
`hivectl agent set-limits [OPTIONS]`, with `quota set <SIZE>` nearby
showing that positionals do render when they exist. The costly one is a
complete command in backticks inside the paragraph explaining the
footgun it illustrates.

`docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md` is regenerated rather than hand-edited; the
diff against the committed copy is exactly one line.

Closes #4236.
2026-09-11 19:11:13 +02:00
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agent-lifecycle docs: name options by the path an operator can set, not by cfg.* 2026-09-11 13:32:24 +02:00
crates check-issue-refs: catch full forge issue URLs too, drop internal links from docs entirely 2026-09-09 21:15:28 +02:00
getting-started docs/setup: contract "cannot" in the KV-mount troubleshooting block 2026-09-11 00:55:03 +02:00
integrations docs: name options by the path an operator can set, not by cfg.* 2026-09-11 13:32:24 +02:00
networking docs: name options by the path an operator can set, not by cfg.* 2026-09-11 13:32:24 +02:00
process docs: name options by the path an operator can set, not by cfg.* 2026-09-11 13:32:24 +02:00
scheduler docs/observability: hive→swarm ingest auth shipped, stop calling it planned 2026-09-11 18:11:19 +02:00
swarm docs/sso: name Grafana as the exception, and say it is unconditional 2026-09-11 18:23:51 +02:00
tools hivectl, docs: choom is not root-only, and set-limits takes no agent name 2026-09-11 19:11:13 +02:00
trust-boundary docs/security: name all 34 PrivRequest variants, not 17 2026-09-11 17:41:25 +02:00
turn-loop hivectl, docs: choom is not root-only, and set-limits takes no agent name 2026-09-11 19:11:13 +02:00
web-ui docs: fix genuine Microsoft.Hyphens hits (redundant -ly adverb hyphens) 2026-09-10 15:49:53 +02:00
README.md check-issue-refs: catch full forge issue URLs too, drop internal links from docs entirely 2026-09-09 21:15:28 +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 autogenerated 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?getting-started/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, terminal-rendering) 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).

Agent lifecycle

Trust boundary & security

Accounts & integrations

  • How do per-agent forge accounts work? What does forge_notify poll, and how does it format wake messages?integrations/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?integrations/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's the PAT injected?integrations/github.md (operator content up top; the gh/git-push + notification-poller mechanics are in a collapsed "Implementation" section at the bottom).
  • What's /knowledge? How does the hive-wide knowledge repo sync, and how do I contribute a document?integrations/knowledge.md.
  • What does hivectl do? Provisioning, gateway users, container shells?tools/hivectl.md (the curated guide); tools/hivectl-cli.md for the exhaustive, autogenerated flag reference.

Networking & swarms

  • What nginx vhosts does the gateway serve? How does matrix discovery work?networking/gateway.md.
  • How does DNS resolution work in agent containers? What's the bridge network for?networking/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?networking/snapshot-store.md.

Scheduler, CI, observability

  • what's the job queue, as a general idea (not hive-c0re specifics)?scheduler/jobq.md — operator-facing, no implementation detail.
  • How does the rebuild queue work? What are the concrete step kinds, queue sources, scheduler internals?scheduler/coordinator.md.
  • How does the CI runner work? What's the autoregistration flow?scheduler/ci.md.
  • How do I export Claude Code metrics (tokens, cost, tool calls) to Prometheus/Grafana?scheduler/observability.md.

Crate reference

  • What does a specific Rust crate do, on its own terms?crates/ — every workspace crate's own README.md, one level up from source; the crate itself is still the source of truth, this is just a walkable mirror.

Process & conventions