hive.colony-progress-tracker SKILL.md skillA
hive.colony-progress-tracker from aden-hive/hive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.colony-progress-tracker@git:20260501.12ffaccPins git:20260501.12ffacc 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/_default_skills/colony-progress-tracker/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260501.12ffacc, committed May 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 15, 2026
- Size
- 4,678 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11,113
- License
- Apache-2.0
Claim tasks, record step progress, and verify SOP gates in the colony SQLite queue. Applies when your spawn message includes a db_path field.
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
## Operational Protocol: Colony Progress Tracker
**Applies when** your spawn message has `db_path:` and `colony_id:` fields. The DB is your durable working memory — tells you what's done, what to skip, which SOP gates you owe.
Access via `terminal_exec` running `sqlite3 "<db_path>" "..."`. Tables: `tasks` (queue), `steps` (per-task decomposition), `sop_checklist` (hard gates).
### Claim: assigned task (check this FIRST)
If your spawn message includes a `task_id:` field, the queen pre-assigned a specific row to you. Claim that row by id — **do not** use the generic next-pending pattern below:
```bash
sqlite3 "<db_path>" <<'SQL'
UPDATE tasks SET status='claimed', worker_id='<worker-id>',
claim_token=lower(hex(randomblob(8))),
claimed_at=datetime('now'), updated_at=datetime('now')
WHERE id='<task_id>' AND status='pending'
RETURNING id, goal, payload;
SQL
```
Empty output → another worker raced you or the row is already done. Stop and report. Non-empty → that row is yours, proceed to "Load the plan".
### Claim: next pending (fallback when no task_id is assigned)
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aden-hive/hive/hive.colony-progress-tracker@sha256:5cc320255b244e80The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260501.12ffacc, 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 4 versions of this file, between Apr 15, 2026 and May 1, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260501.12ffacc latest | 2026-05-01 | 12ffacc | 4,678 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260417.803337e | 2026-04-17 | 803337e | 4,685 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260416.446844b | 2026-04-16 | 446844b | 4,662 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260415.79c5d43 | 2026-04-15 | 79c5d43 | 3,846 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4678 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
aden-hive/hive · 11,113 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ynu6hhtwwtgi27vk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aden-hive/hive/hive.colony-progress-tracker GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5cc320255b244e8074d7077ac184daa86b7fcb134422cab11d41378be9791080
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.