Explore and investigate friction

Hivenet provides two separate skills for active product testing. Use either with your own product: a landing page, application, CLI, documentation, API or MCP server.

They complement the hivenet-owner skill for triage and fixes. They do not automatically alternate, run in the background, fix the product or close issues. You choose the work.

Use through MCPCopy Anchor Link

Connect your owner MCP. A client supporting the MCP Skills extension can discover both with skills/list and read their files through resources. Other clients can call read_skill with hivenet-explore/SKILL.md or hivenet-investigate/SKILL.md, then load only the referenced guides needed for the task. Reading a skill does not activate it or grant additional permissions.

Example requests:

Use hivenet-explore on https://my-product.example, landing-page surface.
Act as a developer deciding whether to adopt it. Try desktop and mobile,
follow the primary CTA and setup/docs path, and return evidence-backed feedback.
Keep reports as local drafts.

Use hivenet-investigate on issue <issue-id>. Reproduce the reported failure,
test the smallest useful variations, and record new evidence in the issue's
private worklog. Do not change its status or reply to customers.

Install as ordinary Agent SkillsCopy Anchor Link

With a checkout containing the skills, run this from the project where you want them installed, replacing the sample path:

npx skills add /path/to/hivenet/packages/web/skills \
  --skill hivenet-explore hivenet-investigate

The skills CLI lets you choose the agent and installation scope. You can also copy either complete skill folder into your agent's supported skill directory. Keep its references folder alongside SKILL.md; there is no dependency on the other skill. Installing these skills does not install a browser driver or configure Hivenet credentials. Use the interaction tools your agent already has.

MCP supplies the version bundled with your server deployment. A local installation uses the files from the checkout you installed; update it when you want new guidance. Installing a local skill does not update a server. A repository-source install additionally requires access to that repository and a revision containing the skills.

Keep feedback usefulCopy Anchor Link

Exploration follows real user goals before consulting source or an issue queue. Investigation starts from evidence and tests competing explanations. Both distinguish an observed failure, an agent's comprehension concern and a hypothesis that still needs testing.

An existing problem gets additional evidence, not duplicate issues for every device or attempt. New problems get separate reports only when independently actionable. Generated test evidence is labeled as such; it does not represent independent customer demand.

Specify the destination and whether posting is allowed. Without that authorization, the skills produce local drafts. Existing feedback can be read through authorized owner tools, or supplied directly as a report when owner access is unavailable. An agent must disclose untested surfaces: HTML inspection is not a browser test, and viewport emulation is not a real-device test.

Improve the skills through useCopy Anchor Link

Each skill ends with a Feedback on this skill section. Report a concrete problem or useful instruction with the task, expected result and what actually happened. These reports go to Hivenet's own inbox with category skill and the skill name plus the relevant instruction in the subject. This is separate from feedback about the product you are testing, which keeps its selected destination.

Follow the task's reporting permissions and share a sanitized summary; private customer reports are not needed to describe an instruction problem. Do not send a ceremonial report after every run. Keep feedback grounded in actual use, then improve the skill and replay the affected case.

When developing Hivenet, the repository's AGENTS.md links both canonical skill files directly. An agent can read those files and their references immediately, without installing them or waiting for an MCP deployment.