A small, contained hive
One team. One vendor. One stack.
- Number of agents involved
- one
- Vendors and stacks in play
- one
- Audit and disclosure expectations
- light
Early practice · Clear roles
A scoring standard for hives that work.
Hives are the systems people and software build together to do work. Some hives function well. Some do not. We offer one way to recognise where your hive stands today, drawing together what other standards already say where they touch hives. Look around, score your own practice, or ask us a question.
What is a hive?
A hive is a system of people and AI-agents working together to do real work — writing code, reviewing changes, deploying services, answering questions. Hives can be small, with one team and one tool, or large, with many agents across many vendors. Some run for an afternoon, some for years. We help you measure how well yours runs.
What this is, in a sentence
This site does not rank you against your peers. It helps you describe your own practice in honest terms — and points to where other standards you may already follow already touch parts of it.
Two hives, side by side
The simplest way to see what shape changes is to look at two contrasting hives at once. Smaller and contained on the left; larger and audited on the right. Same model, different things to pay attention to.
A larger, audited hive
Multiple agents. Multiple vendors. An audited domain.
- Number of agents involved
- several
- Vendors and stacks in play
- mixed
- Audit and disclosure expectations
- heavy
Established practice · Documented decisions
Where would you like to look first?
Read the model
What it measures, how it is laid out, and where it touches the standards your auditors already use.
See all hive-types
Nine common shapes a hive can take, each described in plain language so you can recognise yours.
Take the 15-min self-score
Ten to fifteen minutes of plain questions. No signup. You get a short profile back.
Ask us a question
Something on the site unclear, or your situation does not look like the examples? Send a short message.
If this is not what you are looking for, that is fair. Take a moment, then come back if you want.