hive.terminal-tools-foundations SKILL.md skillA

hive.terminal-tools-foundations from aden-hive/hive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.terminal-tools-foundations@v1.0

Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
aden-hive/hive
Path
core/framework/skills/_preset_skills/terminal-tools-foundations/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
v1.0, committed Sep 14, 2026
First version recorded
May 1, 2026
Size
10,921 bytes
Repository stars
11,142
License
Apache-2.0

Required when terminal_* tools are available. Explains foreground execution, outer collect_result handles, promoted job IDs and their retrieval/cancellation, deadlines, output retention, platform shell selection, and structured editing when enabled.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# terminal-tools — foundations

These tools provide command execution, background jobs, log streaming, filesystem search, and optional PTY sessions. POSIX uses bash for shell commands; Windows selects Git Bash, PowerShell, then cmd. Inspect `shell_kind` in results.

## Tool preference (read first)

Use `search_tools(query="inventory")` before describing capabilities. It reports this session's loaded, searchable, disabled, and configured-but-unavailable tools. Load searchable tools by exact name. An absent schema alone does not prove a capability is missing; configuration does not prove credentials or connectivity work. Terminal tools and coding file tools default to the injected session workdir; an explicit absolute path overrides it.

- **Reading files** → use `read_file` before `edit_file` when the coding tools are enabled; it records file state for the stale-edit guard. Otherwise use a command appropriate to `shell_kind`.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.terminal-tools-foundations@sha256:d8b0908848731142

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 1, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026, about one every 68 days.

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v1.02026-05-01 0c6f0f8 8,285 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10921 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

aden-hive/hive · 11,142 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_giiy4gt3eewnvafl
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aden-hive/hive/hive.terminal-tools-foundations
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d8b0908848731142b89fc7f01a5f33cdb030208b16b3140fe48447c3546b08e1

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