AI Agent tooling update: new CLI features and more capable Hive skill

In my latest post I said I’d post more often, so here we go with a proper update :)  ## What landed this week in `hive-tx-cli` This week we merged two PRs in `hive-tx-cli` (kudos to @jarvie and @hivetrending). Big step forward in terms of features and command line options.  The first PR (by @hivetrending) added support for publishing post with burn rewards and beneficiaries. The second one (by @jarvie) landed a few days later and brought in a lot of the missing command coverage. Publishing flows are now more polished, social/community actions are easier to run, and account-side operations are better represented. On top of that, query capabilities expanded in practical ways, especially around balance/RC/feed/replies and URL-based lookups. The repository README is also up to date with the latest changes. Repository: https://github.com/asgarth/hive-tx-cli ## A more capable `hive` skill With all the changes above, the `hive` skill needed a refresh to properly support all the new capabilities. The guidance is now clearer around posting vs active key usage, examples are more practical (including URL-based flows), and the publishing metadata section is more complete, especially for AI-assisted workflows. Troubleshooting notes were also tightened up so it behaves better in automation/script contexts. Skill path: https://github.com/asgarth/skills/tree/main/skills/hive ## New skill: `venice-ai` We also introduced a brand new `venice-ai` skill, and this one opens up a lot for media-heavy agent workflows. If you're not familiar with it, [Venice.ai](https://venice.ai) is one of the providers we use on PeakD for AI image generation. Check it out if you haven't tried it yet, it's free: https://peakd.com/ai 😉 It includes ready-to-use scripts and references for image generation, image editing/inpainting, upscaling/enhancement, background removal, and video generation with a quote/confirmation flow before spending. A follow-up update adjusted defaults so watermark-free output is the standard path in generation examples/scripts (with explicit opt-in behavior when needed), while keeping cost-effective model defaults. Skill path: https://github.com/asgarth/skills/tree/main/skills/venice-ai ## Quick examples ```bash # CLI hive publish --permlink my-post --title "My Post" --body-file ./post.md --metadata '{"app":"hive-tx-cli"}' hive vote --url https://peakd.com/@author/permlink --weight 100 --wait hive community subscribe hive-12345 # Skills npx skills add https://github.com/asgarth/skills --skill hive npx skills add https://github.com/asgarth/skills --skill venice-ai ``` ## Wrap-up Overall: the CLI got a substantial expansion this week, the `hive` skill now reflects that reality much better, and `venice-ai` gives us a clean, reusable media pipeline skill. If you’re building agent flows on Hive, this should remove a lot of repetitive setup and glue code.