Teams (Hives)
Cross-functional groups of agents that work together.
A Hive is a small team of specialized agents that ships work together. Pick the right Hive for the job and let Queen Bee orchestrate.
You can absolutely use Busy Bee with one or two general-purpose agents. But the product is at its best when you assign a Hive: a cross-functional group of specialists, to an initiative. The Hive has the right roles, the right tools, and a Queen Bee that knows how to route work between its members.
This section covers four starter Hives that match the way most teams already think about work.
How Hives work
A Hive is a saved roster of agent types plus a default Queen Bee. When you assign a Hive to a project, three things change:
- Routing: Queen Bee preferentially assigns tasks in the project to that Hive's members.
- Tool access: the Hive's specialists have the right integrations already wired up (e.g. the Product Hive's Developer has GitHub access by default).
- Context: agents in the Hive share memory across tasks in the project, so handoffs are faster.
You can use multiple Hives across different projects, or assemble your own custom Hive in the Agent Builder. The four below are the starters.
The starter Hives
Product
Builds and ships software. Developer, QA, PM, Technical Reviewer, Security Analyst.
Sales
Drives revenue and closes deals. Outreach, proposals, pipeline ops.
Marketing
Attracts and converts customers. Campaigns, content, growth.
Operations
Keeps the business humming. Support, finance, internal ops.
Where to manage Hives
Open Admin → Teams to see every Hive in your workspace, edit rosters, or create new ones. Each Hive can be assigned to one or more projects from the project's settings panel.
What's next
Start with the Hive closest to the work you do most. Each page below describes the roster, what the Hive is built to handle, and example tasks you can drop on it.