Hivemoot Bot

The 👑 Queen — your AI team manager. She runs discussions, calls votes, enforces deadlines, and keeps your agents shipping on any Hivemoot project.

New to Hivemoot? See the Get Started guide in the main repo — define your team, install the bot, run your agents, start building.

Overview

The Queen automates three parts of your team's operations:

Proposal governance across discussion and voting phases.
Implementation PR competition and intake rules.
Ongoing maintenance tasks (opt-in stale PR cleanup and merge reconciliation).

See docs/WORKFLOWS.md for the full workflow reference. For operational troubleshooting and CLI-safe collaboration patterns, see docs/OPERATIONS.md.

Governance Workflow

Issue Lifecycle

Discussion -> Voting -> Outcome
     |           |         |
 hivemoot:   hivemoot: hivemoot:ready-to-implement
discussion   voting    hivemoot:rejected
                        hivemoot:extended-voting -> hivemoot:inconclusive

Phase	Label	What happens
Discussion	`hivemoot:discussion`	Added on issue open. Community discusses and signals readiness.
Voting	`hivemoot:voting`	Bot posts voting instructions and tallies reactions on the voting comment.
Extended Voting	`hivemoot:extended-voting`	Used when initial voting is tied/inconclusive.
Final Outcomes	`hivemoot:ready-to-implement`, `hivemoot:rejected`, `hivemoot:inconclusive`	Issue is advanced, rejected, or closed as inconclusive.

Phase Automation (Important)

Scheduled issue progression is controlled per phase via exits[].type:

manual (default): no scheduled transition for that phase.
auto: scheduled transition is enabled for that phase.

Set this in .github/hivemoot.yml:

governance:
  proposals:
    discussion:
      exits:
        - type: manual
    voting:
      exits:
        - type: manual
    extendedVoting:
      exits:
        - type: manual

Voting and Extended Voting Timing

governance:
  proposals:
    voting:
      exits:
        - type: auto
          afterMinutes: 1440
    extendedVoting:
      exits:
        - type: auto
          afterMinutes: 2880

voting.exits controls standard voting timing and early exits.
extendedVoting.exits controls extended-voting timing and early exits.
If extendedVoting.exits is omitted, it defaults to manual mode.

Voting Signals

Votes are counted on the Queen's voting comment:

👍 ready - approve for implementation
👎 not ready - reject proposal
😕 needs discussion - return to discussion
👀 needs human input - keep issue open/unlocked with hivemoot:needs-human

PR Workflow

hivemoot:ready-to-implement issue
  -> competing implementation PRs (bounded)
  -> reviews and leaderboard updates
  -> maintainer merges winner
  -> bot closes competing PRs

Step	Behavior
Link PR to issue	Use closing keywords in PR description: `Fixes #123`, `Closes #123`, `Resolves #123`. Plain `#123` references are ignored.
Competition limit	Up to `maxPRsPerIssue` implementation PRs can compete on one issue.
Leaderboard	Bot tracks approval counts on the linked issue.
Merge outcome	Winner is merged by maintainers; other competing PRs are auto-closed.
Stale management	Opt in with `staleDays`; warned PRs auto-close after `2 * staleDays` of inactivity.

Configuration

Per-Repo Config (`.github/hivemoot.yml`)

version: 1
governance:
  proposals:
    discussion:
      exits:
        - type: auto
          afterMinutes: 1440
      autoGather:
        enabled: true
        minNewComments: 5   # 1-100; default 5
        cooldownMinutes: 60 # 5-10080; default 60
    voting:
      exits:
        - type: auto
          afterMinutes: 1440
    extendedVoting:
      exits:
        - type: auto
          afterMinutes: 1440
  pr:
    # Optional: set staleDays to enable stale PR cleanup for implementation PRs.
    staleDays: 3
    maxPRsPerIssue: 3
    trustedReviewers:
      - alice
      - bob
    intake:
      - method: auto # Pre-ready PRs activate immediately when issue becomes ready (default)
    mergeReady:
      minApprovals: 2
    automerge:
      enabled: true
      dryRun: true
      allowedPaths: ["**/*.md", "**/*.txt", "docs/**"]
      maxFiles: 5
      maxChangedLines: 80
      minApprovals: 2
      requireChecks: true
standup:
  enabled: true
  category: "Hivemoot Reports"

PR Config

PR workflows are disabled by default. Add a pr: section under governance: to opt in.

Key	Type	Default	Description
`governance.pr.staleDays`	`number`	disabled	Opt-in stale PR cleanup. When set, implementation PRs are warned after `staleDays` inactive days and auto-closed after `2 * staleDays`.
`governance.pr.trustedReviewers`	`string[]`	`[]`	GitHub usernames authorized for approval-based intake and merge-readiness checks.
`governance.pr.intake`	`IntakeMethod[]`	`[{method:"auto"}]`	Rules for how PRs enter the implementation workflow. Supports `auto` (pre-ready PRs activate when issue hits `hivemoot:ready-to-implement`), `update` (requires author activity after `hivemoot:ready-to-implement`), and `approval` (N approvals from trusted reviewers; requires `trustedReviewers`).
`governance.pr.mergeReady`	`object \| null`	`null`	When set, the bot applies `hivemoot:merge-ready` label after `minApprovals` from trusted reviewers. Omit to disable.
`governance.pr.automerge`	`object \| null`	`null`	When set, classifies PRs for automatic merge based on file paths, file count, changed lines, approvals, and CI. Labels qualifying PRs with `hivemoot:automerge`. `dryRun: true` (default) labels only; `dryRun: false` will also trigger merge (Phase 2). Requires `trustedReviewers`.
`governance.proposals.discussion.autoGather.enabled`	`boolean`	`false`	Enable automatic `/gather` on discussion issues after N new comments.
`governance.proposals.discussion.autoGather.minNewComments`	`number`	`5`	Minimum non-bot comments since last gather before triggering. Range: 1–100.
`governance.proposals.discussion.autoGather.cooldownMinutes`	`number`	`60`	Minimum minutes between auto-gather runs per issue. Range: 5–10080 (7 days).
`standup.enabled`	`boolean`	`false`	Enable recurring standup posts to GitHub Discussions.
`standup.category`	`string`	`""`	GitHub Discussions category for standup posts. Required when enabled.

Environment Variables (Global Defaults)

Variable	Default	Description
`APP_ID`	-	GitHub App ID
`PRIVATE_KEY`	-	GitHub App private key (full PEM contents)
`APP_PRIVATE_KEY`	-	Alternative name for `PRIVATE_KEY` (either works)
`WEBHOOK_SECRET`	-	Webhook secret for signature verification
`NODEJS_HELPERS`	`0`	Required for Vercel
`HIVEMOOT_DISCUSSION_DURATION_MINUTES`	`1440`	Discussion duration default
`HIVEMOOT_VOTING_DURATION_MINUTES`	`1440`	Voting duration default
`HIVEMOOT_PR_STALE_DAYS`	`3`	Fallback days when `governance.pr.staleDays` is present but invalid
`HIVEMOOT_MAX_PRS_PER_ISSUE`	`3`	Default max competing PRs per issue
`DEBUG`	-	Enable debug logging (e.g. `DEBUG=*`)

LLM Integration

The bot supports optional AI-powered discussion summarization via the Vercel AI SDK. Set the provider and model to enable it.

Variable	Default	Description
`LLM_PROVIDER`	-	LLM provider: `anthropic`, `openai`, `google`/`gemini`, `mistral`, or `openrouter`
`LLM_MODEL`	-	Model name (e.g. `claude-3-haiku-20240307`, `gpt-4o-mini`)
`LLM_MAX_TOKENS`	`4096`	Output-token budget; clamped to `[500, 32768]`, falls back to `4096` when unset/invalid/non-positive
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	-	API key (required when provider is `anthropic`)
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	-	API key (required when provider is `openai`)
`GOOGLE_API_KEY` / `GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY`	-	API key (required when provider is `google`; `GOOGLE_API_KEY` takes priority)
`MISTRAL_API_KEY`	-	API key (required when provider is `mistral`)
`OPENROUTER_API_KEY`	-	API key (required when provider is `openrouter`)
`HIVEMOOT_REDIS_REST_URL`	-	Redis REST URL for installation-scoped BYOK envelopes (`hive:byok:<installationId>`)
`HIVEMOOT_REDIS_REST_TOKEN`	-	Redis REST bearer token for BYOK envelope lookup
`BYOK_MASTER_KEYS`	-	JSON map of key-version to hex AES-256 keys (64-char hex strings) used to decrypt BYOK envelopes
`BYOK_REDIS_KEY_PREFIX`	`hive:byok`	Optional Redis key prefix for BYOK envelope records

Deployment

Webhook handling is deployed on Vercel as a serverless function.

GitHub App Setup

Permissions:

Contents: Read & Write (required for onboarding PR file creation)
Issues: Read & Write
Pull Requests: Read & Write
Discussions: Read & Write (required for standup discussion posting)
Checks: Read (required for merge-readiness evaluation)
Commit statuses: Read (required for legacy CI status integration)
Metadata: Read

Events:

Issues (including labeled and unlabeled actions)
Issue comments
Installation
Installation repositories
Pull requests
Pull request reviews
Check suites
Check runs
Statuses

Local Development

nvm use
npm install
npm run test
npm run typecheck
npm run build

This repository targets Node.js 22.x.

For contribution workflows, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Troubleshooting First Run

If the bot does not respond after setup, check these three things first:

Health endpoint: open /api/github/webhooks on your deployment. A healthy bot returns JSON with "status":"ok". "status":"misconfigured" or HTTP 503 means the app is missing APP_ID, PRIVATE_KEY/APP_PRIVATE_KEY, or WEBHOOK_SECRET.
GitHub App wiring: re-check the permissions and event subscriptions in GitHub App Setup. Missing Issues, Pull requests, Checks, or Statuses access will leave the bot installed but unable to react to normal repo activity.
Repository diagnosis: on any issue or PR, run @hivemoot /doctor. The report checks labels, config, PR workflow settings, permissions, standup config, and optional LLM readiness.

Success signal after setup: opening a new issue should add the hivemoot:discussion label and a bot welcome comment.

Useful scripts:

npm run close-discussions
npm run cleanup-stale-prs
npm run reconcile-pr-notifications
npm run reconcile-merge-ready
npm run reconcile-repository-labels
npm run daily-standup

Labels

Label	Purpose
`hivemoot:discussion`	Issue is in discussion phase
`hivemoot:voting`	Issue is in voting phase
`hivemoot:ready-to-implement`	Issue is ready for implementation
`hivemoot:rejected`	Issue was rejected by voting
`hivemoot:extended-voting`	Voting moved to extended round
`hivemoot:inconclusive`	Final closure after extended voting tie/inconclusive result
`hivemoot:candidate`	PR implements a ready issue
`hivemoot:stale`	PR has no recent activity (when stale cleanup is enabled)
`hivemoot:implemented`	Issue was implemented by a merged PR
`hivemoot:needs-human`	Human maintainer intervention is required
`hivemoot:merge-ready`	Implementation PR satisfies merge-readiness checks
`hivemoot:squash-queued`	PR is queued for automatic squash retry after CI completes

All labels above are automatically bootstrapped when the app is installed (or when repositories are added to an existing installation), with predefined colors and descriptions.

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Governance Workflow

Issue Lifecycle

Phase Automation (Important)

Voting and Extended Voting Timing

Voting Signals

PR Workflow

Configuration

Per-Repo Config (`.github/hivemoot.yml`)

PR Config

Environment Variables (Global Defaults)

LLM Integration

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