The secret sauce: Intelligent background processing that recovers from Claude usage limits.
Voice-activated automation with 95+ tools, natural language scheduling, and adaptive retry logic.
npm install -g @calmhive/calmhive-cli
Core features that make development faster
Never lose work to rate limits. Automatic exponential backoff keeps your tasks running.
Say "hey friend" to activate. Control Claude with natural speech commands.
Run long tasks in the background while you focus on other work. Multi-iteration support.
Monitor all your sessions in one place with our terminal UI. Vim-style navigation included.
Optional access to 95+ tools when you need them. Sequential thinking, GitHub, and more.
Schedule tasks with "daily at 9am" or "every Monday". Natural language to cron conversion.
5 built-in templates for bug-fix, feature development, refactoring, testing, and optimization.
Real-time progress monitoring for AFk sessions with iteration summaries and milestones.
MIT licensed. Contribute, customize, and extend as needed for your workflow.
$ calmhive tui
┌─ Active Sessions ─────────────┐
│ afk-abc123: refactor (23/50) │
│ afk-def456: add tests (5/10) │
│ afk-xyz789: docs (complete) │
└─ j/k: navigate | Enter: logs ┘$ calmhive voice
🎙️ Voice mode activated
Say "hey friend" to start...
> "hey friend, refactor the auth system"
🐝 Got it! Starting refactor...$ calmhive afk "big task" --iterations 20
🐝 Starting AFk session...
Session: afk-12345678
☕ Sleep prevention enabled
Running in background...┌─ Session Details ────────────┐
│ ID: afk-abc123 │
│ Task: refactor auth system │
│ Progress: ████████░░ 45% │
│ Logs: Press Enter to view │
│ Stop: Press 's' │
└──────────────────────────────┘TUI Keyboard Shortcuts:
j/k - Move up/down
gg - Jump to top
G - Jump to bottom
/ - Search sessions
q - Quit TUI┌─ Real-time Status ──────────┐
│ ● afk-123: Running... │
│ └─ Iteration 15/30 │
│ └─ Processing file.js │
│ └─ ETA: ~12 minutes │
└──────────────────────────────┘⚠️ Rate limit at iteration 10
⏳ Waiting 60s...
⏳ Waiting 120s...
✅ Resumed automatically!
No manual intervention needed⚠️ Context limit approaching
🗜️ Auto-compressing...
✅ Compressed successfully!
Continuing seamlessly...$ calmhive afk tail abc-123
📜 Live logs streaming...
[14:23:15] Processing auth.js
[14:23:18] Found 3 issues
[14:23:21] Applying fixes...$ calmhive afk cleanup 3
🧹 Cleaning old sessions...
Removed: 8 sessions (120MB)
Active sessions preserved$ calmhive a "fix bug" # afk
$ calmhive c -c # continue
$ calmhive t # tui
$ calmhive v # voice
🐝 Save keystrokes!☕ Caffeinate active (PID: 12345)
Mac stays awake for AFk
Perfect for overnight tasks
Auto-disabled when done$ calmhive c -c # Continue from AFk
🐝 What did you accomplish overnight?
✅ Refactored auth system (12/20)
✅ Added TypeScript types (complete)
✅ Fixed 8 test failures (complete)
⏸️ Paused at API documentation🎙️ "Start an AFk session to analyze
the database performance issues in
the user service and create a detailed
optimization report with 15 iterations"
🐝 Starting AFk: performance analysis...
Session ID: afk-perf-analysisSearch: /auth
┌─ Filtered Sessions (2/5) ───────┐
│ ● afk-auth-fix: Running (12/20)│
│ ○ auth-tests: Complete │
│ │
│ ESC: Clear | Enter: Select │
└────────────────────────────────┘⚠️ Error at iteration 8/20
🔄 Auto-retry in 30s...
🔄 Retry attempt 1 of 3...
✅ Recovered! Continuing from 8/20
No manual intervention needed$ calmhive config install
📋 Installing enhanced CLAUDE.md...
✅ Backup created: ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md.bak
✅ Framework v11.0.0 installed
🐝 lets bee friends framework active$ calmhive afk "tests" -i 5 &
$ calmhive afk "docs" -i 8 &
$ calmhive tui
┌─ 2 Active Sessions ─────────┐
│ ● tests: Running (3/5) │
│ ● docs: Running (5/8) │
└──────────────────────────────┘$ calmhive schedule create "daily at 9am" \
"calmhive run 'analyze security logs'"
🐝 Creating schedule...
✅ Schedule created: daily-security-check
Cron: 0 9 * * *
Next: Tomorrow 9:00 AM
🚀 Scheduler daemon running$ calmhive template use bug-fix auth-issue
🐝 Using template: bug-fix
Variables: {{ISSUE}} = auth-issue
🚀 Starting AFk session (8 iterations)
Session: afk-bug-fix-auth-issue$ calmhive progress afk-123
📈 Progress Report: feature-dev
Iterations: 8/12 (67%)
✅ Authentication implemented
✅ Tests added and passing
🔄 Currently: API documentation
⏱️ ETA: ~15 minutesYour command center for managing all Claude sessions
🐝 Calmhive V3 Process Manager
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Sessions (↑/↓ navigate, Enter attach, s stop, r resume) │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ID │Type │Task │
│afk-42330755... │AFK │research the coolest animals and put them in a list │
│afk-38291047... │AFK │analyze security vulnerabilities in authentication │
│afk-91847362... │AFK │optimize database queries for user dashboard │
│afk-58392743... │AFK │debugging memory leaks in React components │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Commands: n:New s:Stop r:Resume l:Logs c:Cleanup q:Quit │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘┌─ Session: afk-research-animals ─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Task: research the coolest animals and put them in a list │
│ Status: ● Running │
│ Progress: ████████████░░░░░░░░ 60% (12/20 iterations) │
│ Current: Analyzing deep-sea creatures and their adaptations... │
│ ETA: ~8 minutes remaining │
│ Started: 2024-12-23 14:30:15 │
│ Last Update: 2024-12-23 14:45:32 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Commands: Enter:Logs s:Stop r:Resume Esc:Back │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘┌─ Live Logs: afk-security-audit ────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│[14:23:15] 🔍 Analyzing authentication endpoints... │
│[14:23:18] ✅ Found potential SQL injection vulnerability in login.php │
│[14:23:21] 🔧 Analyzing password hashing implementation... │
│[14:23:24] ⚠️ Weak password policy detected (min 6 chars) │
│[14:23:27] 🔍 Checking session management... │
│[14:23:30] ✅ Session tokens properly invalidated on logout │
│[14:23:33] 📊 Generating security recommendations... │
│[14:23:36] ● Iteration 8/15 complete │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Auto-scroll: ON │ Filter: [ ] │ Export: e │ Back: Esc │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Search: /database
┌─ Filtered Sessions (3/7) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ● afk-db-optimize: Running (15/25) - Query optimization analysis │
│ ○ afk-db-migration: Complete - Schema migration to v3.0 │
│ ○ afk-db-backup: Complete - Automated backup system implementation │
│ │
│ ESC: Clear filter | Enter: Select | ↑/↓: Navigate │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Available Filters:
• /running - Show only active sessions
• /complete - Show only finished sessions
• /error - Show sessions with errors
• /afk - Show only AFk sessions
• /today - Show sessions from todayj/k Move up/downgg Jump to topG Jump to bottom↑/↓ Arrow navigationEnter View logs/detailss Stop sessionr Resume sessionn New session/ Search sessionsl View logsc Cleanup old sessionsq Quit TUICalmhive works seamlessly with the broader Claude ecosystem
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Make sure you have Node.js 18+ and Claude CLI installed
node --version # Should be 18+
One command to enhance your Claude CLI
npm install -g @calmhive/calmhive-cli
Run your first command and see the difference
calmhive chat "hello world"