hivectl
The operator-facing host CLI. A thin client for the hive-c0re
daemon — speaks the host admin socket protocol (hive-host-sock) and
does not link the daemon crate. Container lifecycle, the approval
queue, and provisioning verbs all forward to the daemon and need it
running; a few (wg/peer-config, choom) work off local host state
instead.
When to use it
Reach for this crate when adding an operator-run host command — agents
talk to the daemon over their own MCP tool surface
(hive-agent-mcp), not this binary. hivectl is what a human operator
(or a host-side script) runs.
Shape
One module per subcommand family; main.rs is just the clap parse +
dispatch:
agents.rs— container lifecycle (start/stop/create/kill/rebuild/restart/…).approvals.rs— the config/init-config/meta-input approval queue.dag_progress.rs— rebuild-queue progress rendering.power.rs— restart/start/stop at the container level.choom.rs— drop into an interactive claude session in a container.forge.rs,matrix.rs,github.rs,gateway.rs— per-integration account/token provisioning.wg.rs— WireGuard mesh helpers.subvol.rs— btrfs state-subvolume ops.quota.rs,util.rs,completions.rs,open.rs— shared helpers, shell completions, browser-open.
Full verb reference: docs/tools/hivectl.md.