Overview
hive.colony-progress-tracker is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by aden-hive. Its author describes it as: “Claim tasks, record step progress, and verify SOP gates in the colony SQLite queue. Applies when your spawn message includes a db_path field.”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/colony-progress-tracker`.
What hive.colony-progress-tracker does
**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.
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for hive.colony-progress-tracker is organised into these sections:
- Operational Protocol: Colony Progress Tracker
- Claim: assigned task (check this FIRST)
- Claim: next pending (fallback when no taskid is assigned)
- Load the plan
- Execute a step
- MANDATORY: SOP gate check before marking task done
- Mark task done / failed
- Loop
- Errors + debug
- Anti-patterns (will break the queue)
Installation
Add hive.colony-progress-tracker to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/colony-progress-trackerReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
hive.colony-progress-tracker is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
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Frequently asked questions
- What does hive.colony-progress-tracker do?
- Claim tasks, record step progress, and verify SOP gates in the colony SQLite queue. Applies when your spawn message includes a db_path field.
- How do I install hive.colony-progress-tracker?
- Run git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/colony-progress-tracker in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/aden-hive/hive before installing.
- Is hive.colony-progress-tracker free to use?
- Yes. hive.colony-progress-tracker is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does hive.colony-progress-tracker come from?
- hive.colony-progress-tracker ships inside aden-hive/hive, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,923 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.