Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @lilyjazz/hive-mind
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install hive-mind
Version History
v1.0.0Feb 21, 2026 - Version note by skill developer:
v1.0.0: Official release
What This Skill Does
Hive Mind is a shared key-value store that syncs agent settings and user preferences across multiple agents using a TiDB Zero database. It supports both user-provided credentials and auto-provisioned ephemeral databases as a fallback.
Unlike in-memory or file-based config, preferences survive restarts and are accessible to any agent that shares the same database connection.
When to use it
- Syncing a preferred theme across desktop and mobile agents
- Persisting user timezone settings through container restarts
- Sharing team-wide configuration across multiple AI agents
- Storing and retrieving agent preferences without a custom backend
- Maintaining settings after clean reinstalls
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: Set my timezone preference to UTC and retrieve it later
AGENT
- 1Runs python run.py --action set --key "user.timezone" --value "UTC" to store the preference
- 2Connects to TiDB Zero using TIDB_* credentials or auto-provisions an ephemeral database
- 3Confirms the key-value pair is written
- 4Runs python run.py --action get --key "user.timezone" to retrieve the stored value
- 5Returns the value to the user
OUTPUT
user.timezone = UTC
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.
TIDB_HOST environment variableTIDB_PORT environment variableTIDB_USER environment variableTIDB_PASSWORD environment variableTiDB Zero serverless cluster account