Released on 2025-06-02

⚡ Async Tool Support with Progress Updates

Hive developers can now build truly asynchronous tools that provide real-time progress updates to users. No more waiting in the dark for long-running operations!

For Developers:

  • Simple toggle to enable async mode for any tool
  • Webhook-based progress reporting system
  • Webhook URLs automatically provided in headers (MCPHive-Webhook and Ephor-Webhook)
  • Follow our progress update contract to send progress events seamlessly

For Users:

  • Real-time progress updates for long-running operations
  • Better visibility into what’s happening behind the scenes
  • No more guessing if your request is still processing
Any MCP client that supports progress updates will automatically receive real-time progress for all your async tools

📋 API Specification Downloads

Hive owners and contributors can now easily access and download their hive’s API specifications for better integration and documentation.

Available Formats:

  • JSON format for programmatic use
  • YAML format for human-readable documentation
  • Instant download from the hive management interface

🆕 New Productivity Hives

Workflowy Integration

Workflowy - Your favorite outlining tool, now AI-accessible!

Setup Instructions:

  1. Use your Workflowy username and password
  2. To create an app password for your account:
    • Click on Settings from your user menu
    • Click on Set Password
  3. Use this app password for secure authentication

Perfect for AI agents to help you organize thoughts, create outlines, and manage your knowledge structure.

Google Calendar (Enhanced)

Google Calendar - Completely redesigned calendar integration!

What You Get:

  • ✅ Single-click OAuth authentication
  • ✅ Well-defined tool set optimized for AI agent interaction
  • ✅ Comprehensive calendar management capabilities
  • ✅ Better reliability and performance
Important: We’ll be deprecating the previous Google Calendar hive next week. Please migrate to this new version for continued support.

🔮 Coming Soon

Insights Gathering Hive developers will soon be able to enable insight collection to understand how users interact with their tools. This data will help developers:

  • Improve tool descriptions and functionality
  • Understand common use patterns
  • Optimize their hives for better AI agent performance

All new hives are available for installation using our unified CLI: @mcp-hive/cli