# hivemind-goals

This skill tracks team goals and parked tasks through the hivemind CLI, so they stay visible to the whole team instead of sitting in local files.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1635
- Author: activeloopai
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/activeloopai/hivemind/tree/HEAD/harnesses/hermes/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/activeloopai-hivemind-goals

## What it does

The skill hands the agent a set of `hivemind goal` commands: create a goal, list them, close one, change its status. Mention a goal, an objective or a "remind me to" item and the agent runs the CLI and reports back the `goal_id`. From there the goal is visible to the team in Deeplake.

Parked tasks get their own path. When a side task shows up mid-session, the skill stores it with enough context to resume cold: a "Start here" line, files, branch, run command and the reason. The whole package goes in as one double-quoted argument, so newlines survive. On resume, the agent pulls the full package with `hivemind goal get <goal_id>` and picks up where it left off.

One hard limit: on the Hermes runtime goals must go through the shell CLI. Writing files under `~/.deeplake/memory/goal/...` lands on the local filesystem and never reaches the shared `hivemind_goals` table, so teammates will not see those goals. The `hivemind-memory` skill describes a different memory layout and does not apply here.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind-goals -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/hivemind-goals/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind-goals -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind-goals -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install activeloopai/hivemind hivemind-goals
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind-goals -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/activeloopai/hivemind --path harnesses/hermes/skills/hivemind-goals
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add activeloopai/hivemind --skill hivemind-goals -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/activeloopai/hivemind/tree/HEAD/harnesses/hermes/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create a team goal and get its `goal_id`
- park a side task with context for later
- close a goal or move it to in progress
- list your own goals from the terminal
- resume a parked task from the right file

## Example prompts
- add a goal: finish the billing migration
- remind me later to add rate-limiting to the webhook handler
- let's pick up the webhook task

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: hivemind-goals
description: Create, track and update team goals in Hivemind via the `hivemind` CLI. Use whenever the user mentions a goal, objective, target, milestone, or asks to track progress on something measurable. ALSO use when the user says "task", "todo", "work item", "remind me to", "fix X", or any actionable work item — the goal system replaced the legacy `hivemind tasks` CLI and now covers both objectives and tasks.
allowed-tools: terminal
---

# Hivemind Goals — CLI only (Hermes)

⚠️  **CRITICAL: On this runtime (Hermes), you MUST use the `hivemind` shell CLI for goals. DO NOT use `write_file` on `~/.deeplake/memory/goal/...` paths — those writes go to the local filesystem and never reach the team-shared `hivemind_goals` table. Other team members will NOT see them.**

The hivemind-memory skill describes a generic memory layout — it does NOT apply to goals. For goals, use the CLI below.

## Commands (invoke via terminal tool)

```
hivemind goal add "<text>"                                  # create goal, prints goal_id
hivemind goal list [--mine|--all]                           # list (default --mine)
hivemind goal done <goal_id>                                # mark closed
hivemind goal progress <goal_id> <opened|in_progress|closed>
```

## Workflow when the user expresses a goal

1. `hivemind goal add "<short description>"` — capture stdout, that's the `goal_id` (UUID).
2. Tell the user the goal_id and that it is now team-visible in Deeplake.

## Capture a task for later (with resumable context)

When the user **parks a tangential task** mid-session — "save this for later", "remind me to …", "don't let me forget …", "let's do X later" — store enough **context to resume cold** later, not just a one-liner. Tag it `--agent capture` so parked side-tasks are separable from hand-made goals:

```
hivemind goal add --agent capture "Add rate-limiting to the webhook handler

Start here: add a per-IP token bucket on the handler entry path
Files: src/webhook/handler.ts:120-160, src/webhook/limits.ts
Branch: feat/webhook-hardening
Run: pnpm test webhook
Why: bursty clients hammer the endpoint; defer until retry-backoff lands"
```

Line 1 is the label (what `goal list` shows). Fill `Start here / Files / Branch / Run / Why` from the conversation; `Start here:` matters most. Pass the whole package as **one double-quoted argument** so the newlines are preserved.

## Resume a parked task (automatic context transfer)

When the user says "let's work on that task / goal" or "pick up the `<X>` task":

1. `hivemind goal list --mine` — match the user's reference to a `goal_id`.
2. `hivemind goal get <goal_id>` — prints the **full** package (`goal list` shows only the first line, so always use `goal get`). Read it as your working context.
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