ovos-solver-hivemind-plugin 0.0.5a1

A question solver plugin for OVOS

ovos-solver-hivemind-plugin

Exposes a HiveMind connection as an OVOS solver plugin.

A solver plugin is a Q&A backend: given a question, return a spoken answer. This plugin sends the question to a remote HiveMind hub, waits for the hub's speak responses, and returns them as the answer. Any application that uses OVOS solvers can use a HiveMind hub as its answering backend.

Use cases:

• Route questions from an app to a remote OVOS/HiveMind hub.
• Expose HiveMind to any OpenAI-compatible UI via ovos-persona-server.
• Integrate HiveMind/OVOS as one solver in a Mixture of Solvers (MoS).

Install

pip install ovos-solver-hivemind-plugin

Quickstart

1. Register a client on the HiveMind hub

On the machine running hivemind-core:

hivemind-core add-client
# note the Access Key and Password

2. Set the identity on the client device

hivemind-client set-identity \
  --key <access_key> \
  --password <password> \
  --host <hub_ip> --port 5678 --siteid solver

Verify:

hivemind-client test-identity
# should print: == Identity successfully connected to HiveMind!

3. Use the solver

from ovos_hivemind_solver import HiveMindSolver

solver = HiveMindSolver(config={"autoconnect": True})
print(solver.spoken_answer("what is the speed of light?"))

Or connect manually:

solver = HiveMindSolver()
solver.connect()   # uses the identity file
print(solver.spoken_answer("what is the capital of France?"))

Configuration

Key	Type	Default	Description
autoconnect	bool	false	Connect to HiveMind automatically at construction time.
useragent	string	"ovos-hivemind-solver"	User-agent string sent to the hub.
site_id	string	value from identity file	Site ID for the HiveMind connection.
lang	string	"en-us"	Default language when none is in context.

Connection credentials (host, port, key, password) come from the identity file set with hivemind-client set-identity. They cannot be passed inline.

Using with ovos-persona

Add it as a solver in a persona JSON file:

{
  "name": "HiveMind",
  "solvers": [
    {
      "module": "ovos-solver-hivemind-plugin",
      "ovos-solver-hivemind-plugin": {
        "autoconnect": true
      }
    }
  ]
}

Using with ovos-persona-server

Start ovos-persona-server with a persona that includes this solver. Any OpenAI-compatible client can then query HiveMind via the persona server's REST API.

Documentation

• docs/solver_integration.md — how the solver integrates with the OVOS solver framework.
• docs/configuration.md — full configuration reference.

Credits

This work was sponsored by VisioLab, part of Royal Dutch Visio — the research and education center for assistive technology for blind and visually impaired people.

License

Apache 2.0.