Agent skill

Hivemind

by activeloopai in activeloopai/hivemind

Global team and org memory powered by Activeloop. An agent skill from activeloopai/hivemind.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Hivemind

skills CLI
$ npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install activeloopai/hivemind hivemind --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/activeloopai/hivemind.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/harnesses/openclaw/skills .claude/skills/hivemind && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
hivemind
GitHub stars
1.6k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
565 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Global team and org memory powered by Activeloop. An agent skill from activeloopai/hivemind.

  • Works in 2 steps: Your built-in memory — personal… → Hivemind global memory — global memory…
  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Memory Structure, How to Search, Organization Management and Skill Management (skillify), plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Hivemind is an agent skill from activeloopai/hivemind. Global team and org memory powered by Activeloop. ALWAYS check BOTH built-in memory AND Hivemind memory when recalling information.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering. The repository describes itself as: Hivemind turns your traces into reusable skills across agents. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/hivemind”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): hivemind_search, hivemind_read, hivemind_index

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Your built-in memory — personal per-project notes from the host agent
  2. Hivemind global memory — global memory shared across all sessions, users, and agents in the org, accessed via the tools below

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e054fb1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • hivemind_search
    • hivemind_read
    • hivemind_index

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hivemind loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 565 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~35
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from activeloopai/hivemind at commit e054fb1, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© activeloopai). 565 words, ~1,202 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hivemind/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
hivemind
description
Global team and org memory powered by Activeloop. ALWAYS check BOTH built-in memory AND Hivemind memory when recalling information.
allowed-tools
hivemind_search, hivemind_read, hivemind_index

Hivemind Memory

You have TWO memory sources. ALWAYS check BOTH when the user asks you to recall, remember, or look up ANY information:

  1. Your built-in memory — personal per-project notes from the host agent
  2. Hivemind global memory — global memory shared across all sessions, users, and agents in the org, accessed via the tools below

Memory Structure

/index.md                           ← START HERE — table of all sessions
/summaries/
  <username>/
    <session-id>.md                 ← AI-generated wiki summary per session
/sessions/
  <username>/
    <user_org_ws_slug>.jsonl        ← raw session data
  1. First: call hivemind_index() — table of all sessions with dates, projects, descriptions
  2. If you need details: call hivemind_read("/summaries/<username>/<session>.md")
  3. If you need raw data: call hivemind_read("/sessions/<username>/<file>.jsonl")
  4. Keyword search: call hivemind_search("keyword") — substring search across both summaries and sessions, returns path:line hits

Do NOT jump straight to reading raw JSONL files. Always start with hivemind_index and summaries.

Organization Management

  • /hivemind_login — sign in via device flow
  • /hivemind_capture — toggle capture on/off (off = no data sent)
  • /hivemind_whoami — show current org and workspace
  • /hivemind_orgs — list organizations
  • /hivemind_switch_org <name-or-id> — switch organization
  • /hivemind_workspaces — list workspaces
  • /hivemind_switch_workspace <id> — switch workspace
  • /hivemind_version — show installed version and check npm for updates
  • /hivemind_update — shows how to install (ask the agent, or run hivemind update in your terminal)
  • /hivemind_autoupdate [on|off] — toggle the agent-facing update nudge (on by default: when a newer version is available, the agent is prompted to install it via exec if you ask to update)

Skill Management (skillify)

Hivemind also mines reusable Claude skills from agent sessions and stores them in a per-org Deeplake table. Openclaw itself doesn't run sessions to mine, but you can pull skills others have already mined for the user. These run in the user's terminal (the openclaw plugin does not register them as /hivemind_* commands):

  • hivemind skillify — show scope/team/install + per-project state
  • hivemind skillify pull — sync skills for the current project from the org table
  • hivemind skillify pull --user <email> — only that author's skills
  • hivemind skillify pull --users a,b,c — multiple authors (CSV)
  • hivemind skillify pull --all-users — explicit "no author filter"
  • hivemind skillify pull --to project|global — install location (<cwd>/.claude/skills/ vs ~/.claude/skills/)
  • hivemind skillify pull --dry-run — preview without touching disk
  • hivemind skillify pull --force — overwrite local (creates .bak)
  • hivemind skillify pull <skill-name> — pull only that one skill (combines with --user)
  • hivemind skillify push <skill-name> — upload a local skill to the org table (inverse of pull; re-push lands a new version)
  • hivemind skillify push --from project|global — which local skills dir to read (default: project)
  • hivemind skillify push --dry-run — preview without writing to the org table
  • hivemind skillify unpull — remove every skill previously installed by pull
  • hivemind skillify unpull --user <email> — remove only that author's pulls
  • hivemind skillify unpull --not-mine — remove all pulls except your own
  • hivemind skillify unpull --dry-run — preview without touching disk
  • hivemind skillify scope <me|team> — set sharing scope for new skills
  • hivemind skillify install <project|global> — default install location
  • hivemind skillify team add|remove|list <name> — manage team list
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If the user asks to "pull skills from X", "share skills with the team", or similar, suggest the matching hivemind skillify command. Run hivemind skillify --help for the full reference.

Limits

Do NOT delegate to subagents when reading Hivemind memory. If a tool call returns empty after 2 attempts, skip it and move on. Report what you found rather than exhaustively retrying.

Getting Started

After installing the plugin:

  1. Run /hivemind_login to authenticate
  2. Run /hivemind_setup to enable the memory tools in your openclaw allowlist (one-time, per install)
  3. Start using memory — ask questions, the agent automatically captures and searches

Sharing memory

Multiple agents share memory when users are in the same Activeloop organization.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in harnesses/openclaw/skills of activeloopai/hivemind.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e054fb1

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in activeloopai/hivemind, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Hivemind

What does Hivemind do?

Global team and org memory powered by Activeloop. An agent skill from activeloopai/hivemind. Hivemind is an agent skill from activeloopai/hivemind. Global team and org memory powered by Activeloop.

When should I use Hivemind?

Hivemind fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Hivemind in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (harnesses/openclaw/skills in activeloopai/hivemind) into .claude/skills/hivemind in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hivemind in Codex?

Run `npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (harnesses/openclaw/skills in activeloopai/hivemind) into .agents/skills/hivemind in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hivemind in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hivemind, .gemini/skills/hivemind, .github/skills/hivemind and .opencode/skills/hivemind in your project.

What does Hivemind need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hivemind is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: hivemind_search, hivemind_read, hivemind_index.

Does Hivemind access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hivemind safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Hivemind use?

Hivemind is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hivemind use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Hivemind?

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Who maintains Hivemind?

activeloopai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in activeloopai/hivemind, which has 1,622 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

Source: activeloopai/hivemind on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.