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Agent skill

Hive Mind

by ruvnet in ruvnet/ruflo

Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed coordination.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Hive Mind

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill hive-mind -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo hive-mind --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/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hive-mind .claude/skills/hive-mind && 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
hive-mind
GitHub stars
74k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~467 tokens
SKILL.md length
121 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
264
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed coordination.

  • Works in 4 steps: Use hierarchical for coding tasks… → Use raft consensus for consistency → Keep agent count under 8 for coordination → …
  • : distributed coordination
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When to Trigger, Topologies and Consensus Strategies, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls npx

What it does

Hive Mind is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo. Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed coordination. Queen-led hierarchical swarm management with multiple consensus strategies. Use when: distributed coordination, fault-tolerant operations, multi-agent consensus, collective decision making. Skip when: single-agent tasks, simple operations, local-only work.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 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 Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory…. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • : distributed coordination
  • Fault-tolerant operations
  • Multi-agent consensus
  • Collective decision making

Example prompts

  • “/hive-mind”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Use hierarchical for coding tasks (anti-drift)
  2. Use raft consensus for consistency
  3. Keep agent count under 8 for coordination
  4. Run frequent checkpoints

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6051f67. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Hive Mind loads about 467 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 121 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~467

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 ruvnet/ruflo at commit 6051f67, republished under its MIT licence (© ruvnet). 121 words, ~467 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/hive-mind/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
hive-mind
description
Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed coordination. Queen-led hierarchical swarm management with multiple consensus strategies. Use when: distributed coordination, fault-tolerant operations, multi-agent consensus, collective decision making. Skip when: single-agent tasks, simple operations, local-only work.

Hive-Mind Skill

Purpose

Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed swarm coordination.

When to Trigger

  • Multi-agent distributed tasks
  • Fault-tolerant operations needed
  • Collective decision making
  • Complex coordination patterns

Topologies

TopologyDescriptionUse Case
hierarchicalQueen controls workersDefault, anti-drift
meshFully connected peersResearch, exploration
hierarchical-meshHybridRecommended for complex
adaptiveDynamic based on loadAuto-scaling

Consensus Strategies

StrategyToleranceUse Case
byzantinef < n/3 faultyUntrusted environment
raftf < n/2 faultyLeader-based, consistent
gossipEventualLarge scale, availability
crdtConflict-freeConcurrent updates
quorumConfigurableTunable consistency

Commands

Initialize Hive-Mind
bash
npx claude-flow hive-mind init --topology hierarchical-mesh --consensus raft
Spawn Queen
bash
npx claude-flow hive-mind spawn --role queen --name coordinator
Check Consensus Status
bash
npx claude-flow hive-mind consensus --status
View Sessions
bash
npx claude-flow hive-mind sessions --active

Best Practices

  1. Use hierarchical for coding tasks (anti-drift)
  2. Use raft consensus for consistency
  3. Keep agent count under 8 for coordination
  4. Run frequent checkpoints

© ruvnet, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/hive-mind of ruvnet/ruflo.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6051f67

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in ruvnet/ruflo, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Hive Mind

What does Hive Mind do?

Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed coordination. Hive Mind is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo. Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus and distributed coordination.

When should I use Hive Mind?

Hive Mind fits situations like: : distributed coordination; fault-tolerant operations; multi-agent consensus; collective decision making.

How do I install Hive Mind in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill hive-mind -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/hive-mind in ruvnet/ruflo) into .claude/skills/hive-mind in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Hive Mind in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill hive-mind -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/hive-mind in ruvnet/ruflo) into .agents/skills/hive-mind in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Hive Mind 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 ruvnet/ruflo --skill hive-mind -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hive-mind, .gemini/skills/hive-mind, .github/skills/hive-mind and .opencode/skills/hive-mind in your project.

What does Hive Mind need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Hive Mind needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Hive Mind access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hive Mind 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 Hive Mind use?

Hive Mind is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Hive Mind use?

About 467 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 Hive Mind?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hive Mind: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Using Superpowers (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 296k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Hive Mind?

ruvnet (a GitHub user) maintains it in ruvnet/ruflo, which has 74,089 GitHub stars. The repository holds 264 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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