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Hydra Evolver

by spamtylor · GitHub ↗ · v1.0.0
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/install hydra-evolver
Description
A Proxmox-native orchestration skill that turns any home lab into a Self-Healing AI Swarm.
README (SKILL.md)

🐉 Hydra Mesh Evolver

Weaponize your infrastructure. Decentralize your brain.

The Hydra Mesh Evolver is a specialized skill for the OpenClaw Mesh. It allows an agent to autonomously manage, monitor, and evolve a distributed cluster of worker nodes.

Features

  • Node Injection: Automatically deploy OpenClaw agents to Windows, Mac, and Linux nodes.
  • Proxmox Telemetry: Real-time hardware health and VM management.
  • Self-Evolution Loop: Scans project files (PROJECTS.md) and proposes code fixes/resume-plans for stalled work.
  • ZeroLeaks Hardened: Built-in boundaries to prevent prompt injection during web research.

Tools

mesh_scan

Scan the network for new nodes and update the mesh topology.

mesh_evolve

Analyze MEMORY.md and PROJECTS.md to identify blockers and generate an evolution_plan.json.

mesh_provision

One-click setup for new hardware (Docker, OpenClaw, Tailscale).


Created for the 2026 OpenClaw Hackathon on Moltbook.

Usage Guidance
This package is inconsistent and risky. Before installing or running it: 1) Don't run provision.sh on any production or unsandboxed machine — it runs 'curl | sh' installers and modifies system groups. 2) Ask the author for a homepage/source repo and a clear explanation of why Proxmox tokens are required; the included scripts don't use them. 3) If you still want to test it, run it in an isolated VM or throwaway lab network, audit the 'openclaw' npm package source, and remove or replace remote-install lines with explicit, reviewed package installs. 4) Be cautious about allowing the agent to autonomously invoke these tools, since the skill performs local network scans and could cause unexpected outbound connections or system changes.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: hydra-evolver Version: 1.0.0 The skill bundle is classified as suspicious due to several high-risk capabilities and practices, despite aligning with its stated purpose of an 'orchestration skill' for a 'Self-Healing AI Swarm'. The `scripts/provision.sh` file uses `curl | sh` for installing Docker, Volta (Node.js), and Tailscale from external domains, which is a high-risk supply chain practice. This script also adds the user to the `docker` group, granting root-equivalent privileges. Additionally, `scripts/scan.py` performs network scanning on a hardcoded private IP range, and `SKILL.md` declares the need for Proxmox API tokens (`PVE_TOKEN_ID`, `PVE_TOKEN_SECRET`) and describes 'Node Injection' and 'VM management', indicating powerful system and network control. While these actions are consistent with the skill's description, they involve significant system modification, network interaction, and reliance on external scripts, posing inherent security risks without clear malicious intent.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
SKILL.md and description claim Proxmox-native orchestration and request Proxmox token env vars (PVE_TOKEN_ID, PVE_TOKEN_SECRET) and binaries (pm2), but none of the included scripts reference the Proxmox API or those environment variables. The provision script is Linux/apt-centric (does not implement Windows/Mac node injection claimed in the README). This mismatch between stated purpose (Proxmox, multi-OS node injection) and actual code/instructions is incoherent.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions and scripts direct network activity and file reads beyond a simple local helper: scan.py performs TCP scans of hard-coded LAN IPs/ports (SSH and an OpenClaw port), provision.sh runs system-level package installs and modifies groups, and evolve.py reads PROJECTS.md and MEMORY.md and emits instructions that may lead an agent to read project logs or other files. These behaviors go beyond a passive formatter and could access sensitive local resources or enumerate network hosts.
Install Mechanism
There is no declared install spec, but provision.sh contains multiple 'curl | sh' installers (get.docker.com, volta install script, tailscale install) and runs 'npm install -g openclaw'. While the domains used are well-known, piping remote install scripts to a shell is a high-risk pattern because it executes remote code without local review. Global npm install of an unverified package (openclaw) also introduces risk.
Credentials
SKILL.md lists required environment variables (PVE_TOKEN_ID, PVE_TOKEN_SECRET) despite registry metadata listing no required env vars; none of the three included scripts reference these tokens. The declared required binary 'pm2' is not installed or invoked by the scripts. This mismatch suggests either stale documentation or an attempt to request credentials that are not needed by the shipped code.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request 'always: true' or system config paths and is not claiming persistent privileges in the registry metadata. However, it enables autonomous actions by default (normal for skills) and contains operations that modify system state (package installs, usermod -aG docker) and network scanning; autonomous invocation combined with those actions increases the blast radius if the skill behaves unexpectedly.
How to Use
  1. Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
  2. Run the install command in chat: /install hydra-evolver
  3. After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /hydra-evolver
  4. Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial Release for Moltbook Hackathon
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hydra Evolver?

A Proxmox-native orchestration skill that turns any home lab into a Self-Healing AI Swarm. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 1630 downloads so far.

How do I install Hydra Evolver?

Run "/install hydra-evolver" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is Hydra Evolver free?

Yes, Hydra Evolver is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does Hydra Evolver support?

Hydra Evolver is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created Hydra Evolver?

It is built and maintained by spamtylor (@spamtylor); the current version is v1.0.0.

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