A Hive AI agent skill and a modern CLI (built for the AI age)

I know ...I’m terrible at posting consistently, and it’s been a long time since my last post. Yesterday someone pointed out it’s been over 2 years (thanks Hive account@livinguktaiwan 🙏). About time to fix that 😊

Going forward the focus will be on what I’m building and working on. Hopefully the words will come easier.

A command‑line wrapper for power users and agents

The original idea was to create a skill so AI agents could interact with the Hive blockchain. After a couple attempts it became obvious the existing tools weren’t ideal for automation, so I started from the bottom: a new wrapper around hive-tx (huge kudos to Hive account@mahdiyari) that could be a solid foundation for agent workflows.

A few hours later we had a working prototype for hive‑tx‑cli, a clean command‑line wrapper around Hive’s APIs. "We" here is me + OpenCode + Codex. Codex 5.2 got stuck near the finish line, so I swapped to Kimi 2.5 to close it out.

The agent skill built on top

Once the CLI was usable, we wrapped it into an AI agent skill (link). A skill is essentially a set of instructions (mostly Markdown) that teaches an agent how to interact with an external system, a tool or a specific domain.

This part is mostly an AI task with light guidance from me. We used the popular skill‑creator (yep, there’s a skill to create a skill).

Thanks to this, the agent can inspect chain data, publish content, and automate workflows without ever touching the network directly.
Seeing it in action:

Install:

npx skills add https://github.com/asgarth/skills --skill hive

Or simply download the folder and copy the files in the correct location for the agent you use.

Skill repo: https://github.com/asgarth/skills/tree/main/skills/hive

🤖 The rest of the post is AI‑generated. A recap of how to use the CLI and some tech details. 🤖

Why this new CLI exists

Hive already has powerful APIs, but workflows are fragmented. I wanted a tool that:

• Queries accounts, blocks, posts, and raw endpoints in seconds
• Broadcasts votes, comments, posts, transfers, and custom JSON
• Uploads images to Hive image hosters
• Keeps secrets safe with locked‑down local config (600 permissions) or env variables
• Works great in automation and agent workflows

What’s under the hood (highlights)

A few things we intentionally engineered:

• Interactive configuration with safe defaults and explicit key scopes (posting vs active)
• Raw RPC access for power users (you’re not boxed into a limited DSL)
• Environment variable overrides for CI/automation workflows
• Modern Node.js 22 + TypeScript for correctness and maintainability
• Extensible command structure that won’t fight you when you add new ops

Install:

npm install -g @peakd/hive-tx-cli
# or
pnpm add -g @peakd/hive-tx-cli

Quick taste:

hive config
hive status
hive account peakd
hive vote --author <author> --permlink <permlink> --weight 100

Repository: https://github.com/asgarth/hive-tx-cli

Credits where it’s due

This project is powered by hive‑tx, the excellent underlying library by Hive account@mahdiyari.
Repository: https://github.com/mahdiyari/hive-tx

What’s next

• Expand CLI command coverage
• Add more guided "agent‑friendly" recipes
• Keep reducing friction between Hive power‑users and autonomous tooling

If you’re building on Hive or experimenting with agent workflows, give it a spin. Feedback and PRs are welcome.