1
Install the app
Download the build for your platform and install it. See
Installation for per-platform details and system requirements.
2
Sign in
Open OpenHive and sign in with your account. The app needs to reach OpenHive Cloud
to authenticate — you cannot use the app while signed out.
3
Wait for the first-run setup
The very first launch prepares the local agent runtime on your machine. This is a
one-time step per profile and can take several minutes. Later launches start
immediately.
4
Pick a playbook
A fresh workspace opens a Welcome to OpenHive walkthrough. Rather than starting
from a blank page, pick a proven playbook — for example Lead Generation or
Outbound BDR — and OpenHive creates a colony already configured to run it.You can also type a task directly into the home screen prompt box:
“Describe a task for the hive…”. Type
/ in that box to attach a skill to the
request.5
Watch the colony run
The colony opens its own chat view. Agents report progress as they work, and pause
to ask you for a decision when a step needs human judgment — approving a target
list, or confirming a campaign before it launches.
Next steps
Understand colonies
What a colony is and how work is divided inside it.
Add your own model keys
Bring your own Anthropic, DeepSeek, Groq, Moonshot, or OpenRouter key.