# hivemind-goals

This skill creates team goals in Hivemind, finds existing entries, and saves deferred work with context for later. Use it to keep measurable goals and tasks in shared memory.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1638
- 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/openclaw/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hivemind-goals-2

## What it does

The skill works through Hivemind tools. `hivemind_goal_add` creates a goal; `hivemind_search`, `hivemind_read`, and `hivemind_index` locate existing entries, read their contents, or list what is in memory. Search first when you want to check for a similar goal before adding another.

For a task set aside until later, the instructions recommend saving the first action, relevant files, branch, run command, and reason alongside its description. The agent can retrieve that record and resume from the saved starting point. New goals begin with status `opened` and are visible to the team. OpenClaw does not expose status-change tools, so resumed goals stay in that state. Use the `hivemind_*` tools to store records; writing under `~/.deeplake/memory/` does not send data to Deeplake tables.

## 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/openclaw/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/openclaw/skills/hivemind-goals/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create a team goal in Hivemind
- check whether a similar goal already exists
- save a deferred task with details needed to resume
- find and read a previously saved goal

## Example prompts
- Add a team goal in Hivemind to finish the API migration.
- Check whether a database migration goal already exists, then show me its contents.
- Save this task for later: add request limiting to the webhook handler, including the first action and relevant files.

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---
name: hivemind-goals
description: Create, track, and read team goals via Hivemind from openclaw. 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: hivemind_search, hivemind_read, hivemind_index, hivemind_goal_add
---

# Hivemind Goals (openclaw)

OpenClaw exposes purpose-built tools for goals. Use them directly — do NOT try to write files via the host filesystem.

## Tools

- `hivemind_goal_add({ text })` — create a new goal. Returns `goal_id` (UUID). Status starts at `opened`.
- `hivemind_search({ query })` — search Hivemind shared memory (summaries + sessions). Use this when the user asks "what's already there" before creating a duplicate.
- `hivemind_read({ path })` — read the full content of a specific Hivemind path.
- `hivemind_index({})` — list everything in memory.

## Workflow when the user expresses a goal

1. (Optional) `hivemind_search` first to surface any existing related goal.
2. `hivemind_goal_add({ text: "<short description>" })` — capture the returned `goal_id`.
3. Confirm to the user with the goal_id and that the goal is team-visible.

## 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. Put the full package in the `text` of `hivemind_goal_add`:

```
hivemind_goal_add({ text:
  "Add rate-limiting to the webhook handler\n\n" +
  "Start here: add a per-IP token bucket on the handler entry path\n" +
  "Files: src/webhook/handler.ts:120-160, src/webhook/limits.ts\n" +
  "Branch: feat/webhook-hardening\n" +
  "Run: pnpm test webhook\n" +
  "Why: bursty clients hammer the endpoint; defer until retry-backoff lands" })
```

Line 1 is the label. Fill `Start here / Files / Branch / Run / Why` from the conversation; `Start here:` (the concrete first action) matters most. (OpenClaw's `hivemind_goal_add` has no provenance flag, so the row is tagged `manual` — that's fine; the context is what matters.)

## 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_search({ query: "<topic>" })` or `hivemind_index({})` to locate the parked goal, then `hivemind_read({ path: "memory/goal/<owner>/opened/<goal_id>.md" })` to pull the **full** context package back.
2. Read it as your working context and begin from `Start here:` using the `Files` / `Branch` / `Run` lines — continue as if the context was never lost.
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