> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fetchhive.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Build durable Hive Agents that plan, execute, verify, repeat, and compose long-running work from the dashboard or public API

Hive Agents are dashboard-built agents for larger objectives that need planning, source context, verification, retries, final-response composition, and budget guardrails.

A Hive Agent is a reusable blueprint. Each **Start Run** creates a new run with its own objective, sources, status, trace, costs, nodes, and final response. The runtime may take minutes or days depending on the task.

Use a chat Agent when you need one assistant you can test and invoke from code. Use a Workflow when you need a fixed sequence of steps. Use a Hive Agent when you want Fetch Hive to break one objective into work nodes, execute them with tools, verify the outputs, repeat weak work until it passes or reaches your limits, and compose the verified work into one final response.

Hive Agents can be started from the dashboard or invoked from code. Public API invocation starts an async run; inspect progress, costs, traces, and final responses in Hive Agent logs.

## What you'll find here

* [Creating and Configuring](./creating-and-configuring) - Create a Hive Agent, configure stage agents, repeat settings, budget settings, and tools
* [Running Tasks](./running-tasks) - Start a run with an objective and optional sources
* [Invoke from Code](./invoke-from-code) - Start an async Hive Agent run with the public API
* [Budget Approval](./budget-approval) - Review paused runs that need more budget before they continue
* [Notifications](./notifications) - Email and Telegram alerts for budget pauses and finished runs
* [Testing and Iteration](./testing-and-iteration) - Tune runs by reading verifier feedback and completion outcomes
* [Logs](./logs) - Inspect Hive Agent run history, traces, node output, and partial results
* [Troubleshooting](./troubleshooting) - Fix common setup, source, budget, and trace issues