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Vive — AI skill for Claude Code

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Smart MCP harness for AI agents — auto-memory, context compression, and task orchestration in a single daemon.

How to install Vive

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open wess/vive and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Vive does

Smart MCP harness for AI agents — auto-memory, context compression, and task orchestration in a single daemon.

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README

Vive

A smart harness server for AI agent orchestration. Manages context, memory, and task routing so agents stay focused and token-efficient.

What It Does

Vive sits between AI clients and model providers as invisible infrastructure. Once set up, it automatically:

Remembers decisions — detects and persists project decisions across sessions
Tracks file changes — knows what was created and modified
Injects context — at session start, surfaces relevant memories so you never re-explain
Manages tasks — create, run, cancel, and monitor tasks with execution strategies
Orchestrates agents — register agents, assign tasks, handoff context between them
Shows you what's happening — live ncurses TUI dashboard with 5 panels

Quick Start

Install (macOS and Linux)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wess/vive/main/install.sh | sh
vive init

Install and configure Claude Code in one shot:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wess/vive/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --setup

Options: `--version vX.Y.Z`, `--prefix /path`, `--no-deps`. Run with `--help` for details.

Homebrew

brew install wess/tap/vive
vive init

Build From Source

Requires a C compiler, [Goose](https://github.com/wess/goose), and `sqlite3` + `cjson` + `ncurses`:

goose build           # ./build/debug/vive
goose build --release
goose install
vive init --global    # enable for all projects

How It Works

Seamless Integration

`vive init` configures everything in one shot:

Registers Vive as an MCP server (Claude Code can call all 17 tools directly)
Installs hooks that automatically capture events:
- UserPromptSubmit — stores prompts, detects decisions
- PostToolUse — tracks file changes, build commands
- SessionStart — injects relevant context as a system reminder + updates CLAUDE.md
- Stop — creates session summary, prunes expired memories
Creates a /vive slash