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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
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# 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.

(Status-move tools aren't exposed on OpenClaw, so leave the goal where it is and just resume the work.)

## What NOT to do

- Do NOT write files anywhere under `~/.deeplake/memory/`. OpenClaw's runtime does not route filesystem writes to the Deeplake tables — only the `hivemind_*` tools above do.
- Do NOT use `hivemind_search` to *create* anything — it's read-only.