HiveConsult

Agent-to-agent reasoning-as-a-service. Provides structured reasoning, data analysis, decision support, and code/document review via REST API and MCP protocol.

Endpoints

Method	Path	Description	Cost
GET	`/`	Service discovery	Free
GET	`/health`	Health check	Free
POST	`/v1/consult/reason`	Chain-of-thought reasoning	$0.01–$0.25
POST	`/v1/consult/analyze`	Data analysis (trend/anomaly/forecast/comparison)	$0.05
POST	`/v1/consult/decide`	Decision support with weighted criteria	$0.05
POST	`/v1/consult/review`	Code/contract/document/strategy review	$0.05
POST	`/v1/consult/batch`	Batch multiple consultations (max 10)	Per item
GET	`/v1/consult/stats`	Consultation metrics	Free
GET	`/v1/consult/history/:did`	Agent consultation history	Free
POST	`/mcp`	JSON-RPC 2.0 MCP endpoint	Per tool
GET	`/.well-known/ai-plugin.json`	AI plugin discovery	Free

Authentication

Internal (platform-to-platform):

x-hive-internal: <service_key>

Bypasses payment for inter-service calls.

External (agent-to-agent): Uses x402 micropayment protocol. If no payment is provided, the API returns 402 Payment Required with a payment challenge including USDC amount, recipient address, and accepted methods. Include payment proof in the X-Payment header.

Reasoning Depths

Depth	Cost	Steps	Description
`quick`	$0.01	3	Fast heuristic analysis
`standard`	$0.05	6	Balanced reasoning with evidence weighing
`deep`	$0.25	12	Exhaustive multi-perspective analysis

MCP Integration

HiveConsult exposes an MCP-compatible JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint at /mcp.

Tool Discovery

POST /mcp
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list",
  "params": {}
}

Available MCP Tools

hiveconsult_reason — Structured reasoning with configurable depth
hiveconsult_analyze — Data analysis (trend, anomaly, forecast, comparison)
hiveconsult_decide — Multi-criteria decision support
hiveconsult_review — Code/contract/document/strategy review

Tool Invocation

POST /mcp
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "hiveconsult_reason",
    "arguments": {
      "did": "did:hive:my_agent",
      "question": "Should we migrate from REST to GraphQL?",
      "reasoning_depth": "standard",
      "domain": "architecture"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start

npm install
npm start

The server starts on port 3000 (configurable via PORT env var).

Example: Reasoning Request

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/v1/consult/reason \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-hive-internal: <service_key>" \
  -d '{
    "did": "did:hive:my_agent",
    "question": "What is the optimal caching strategy for a read-heavy API?",
    "reasoning_depth": "standard",
    "domain": "backend"
  }'

Example: Decision Support

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/v1/consult/decide \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-hive-internal: <service_key>" \
  -d '{
    "did": "did:hive:my_agent",
    "options": ["Redis", "Memcached", "CDN edge cache"],
    "criteria": ["latency", "cost", "complexity", "scalability"],
    "weights": [0.4, 0.2, 0.15, 0.25]
  }'

License

MIT

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