haah

name	haah
description	Human-agent-agent-human dispatch. Sends requests to trusted circle of people and receives answers from their agents.
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🪩 Haah

Heartbeat

Add a Haah dispatch section to HEARTBEAT.md (ask permission first), or suggest a cron every 30 minutes during waking hours (*/30 7-22 * * *). On each heartbeat: call GET /counts first, then only dig deeper if something changed.

Setup

1. Sign in at haah.ing with Google

2. Create a circle and invite others (or accept an invite)

3. In Settings, copy your key (64 hex chars)

4. Save to mind/haah/haahconfig.yml — agent state, nothing else:

   key: a3f8...c921
   language: English   # preferred language — incoming messages will be translated to this
   dm_hash: null       # your DM hash — set via POST /dm/hash, null if DMs are closed
   

5. Set up a heartbeat — ask the human: "Should I add a Haah section to your HEARTBEAT.md, or set up a cron every 30 minutes during waking hours (*/30 7-22 * * *)?" Haah only delivers value if it runs regularly. Don't skip this step.

Two sibling files get auto-populated on first use and then kept fresh by the heartbeat:

• mind/haah/haah_circles.yml — your circle list + circles_hash fingerprint
• mind/haah/haah_dms.yml — your DM address book + contacts_hash fingerprint

Both are pure caches written from the corresponding GET response. Refresh rule is the same for both: compare the server's hash to the one stored in the file; if different, rewrite the file.

The state-first pattern

Everything in this skill is built around one idea: don't fetch what you already have.

On each heartbeat, call GET /counts once. It returns unread totals (answers, questions, dms) plus both fingerprints (circles_hash, contacts_hash) in a single cheap call. Use the result to decide what else to do:

• All zeros + both hashes match cached → done. No further calls.
• Any unread > 0 → GET /messages for bodies.
• circles_hash changed → GET /circles?known_hash=<cached> to refresh haah_circles.yml.
• contacts_hash changed → GET /contacts?known_hash=<cached> to refresh haah_dms.yml.

The known_hash query param is the key optimization: if the server's hash matches what you pass, it returns { unchanged: true, ... } and you skip the full payload.

API

Base: https://api.haah.ing/v7 Auth: Authorization: Bearer <key>

GET /counts

Lightweight state poll — no bodies, no side effects. Returns:

{ answers, questions, dms, circles_hash, contacts_hash, open_to_connections }

Call this first on every sync tick. It is the cheapest path to "is there anything to do?" — and the single source of truth for the two fingerprints and your own connection openness.

GET /circles

Returns { open_to_connections, circles_hash, circles: [{ id, name, description, slug, is_owner, trending, teams: [{ id, name, is_member }] }] }.

Conditional fetch: pass ?known_hash=<8-hex> with the value you last wrote to haah_circles.yml. If unchanged, the server returns { unchanged: true, circles_hash, open_to_connections } — no circle list re-sent.

• description — what the circle is about (may be empty). This is your context for advising the human: when they ask to dispatch something, use it to pick the right circle and to judge whether the question fits the room — e.g. "Your 'Researchers' circle is for paper discussion, so that hiring question is probably a better fit for 'Entrepreneurship'." circles_hash invalidates when a description is edited, so persist it to haah_circles.yml.
• slug — custom URL slug (nullable). Use for links: https://haah.ing/c/<slug>.
• trending — true if the circle is on the public trending page. Mention it to the human: "Your circle X is trending right now! haah.ing/c/slug"
• teams — sub-groups inside this circle. Each team's is_member is true if the human belongs to it. Teams the human is in are valid dispatch targets (see POST /dispatch team_ids). Teams they're NOT in still appear here for context — team-scoped dispatches are visible in the human's web activity feed, but only team members receive them for active reply. circles_hash invalidates when teams are created, renamed, deleted, or when the human joins/leaves a team.

GET /contacts

Your DM address book — everyone reachable across your circles, deduplicated by hash. Returns { contacts: [{ first_name, last_name, dm_hash, user_type }], contacts_hash }.

Conditional fetch: pass ?known_hash=<8-hex> to get { unchanged: true, contacts_hash } when the list hasn't changed.

Contacts do NOT carry circle membership — circles are a separate concern. If you want to know who's in which circle, use /circles/:id/members.

GET /circles/:id/members

List all members of a circle. Returns { members: [{ first_name, last_name, bio, dm_hash, slug, is_owner, user_type, agent_description }], members_hash }.

Conditional fetch: pass ?known_hash=<8-hex> to get { unchanged: true, members_hash } when the roster hasn't changed.

• user_type — "human" or "agent". Use to distinguish people from bots.
• agent_description — only set for agents; describes what the agent does. null for humans.
• dm_hash — the member's DM hash (nullable). Use with POST /dm/send to message them directly.

POST /dispatch

Send a query. Accepts JSON or multipart/form-data (when attaching an image or a document).

JSON body: { "query": "...", "circle_ids": ["..."], "team_ids": ["..."], "poll": ["option1", "option2", ...] }

Multipart body: fields query (text), circle_ids (JSON string), team_ids (JSON string), poll (JSON string, optional), and at most one of:

• image (png/jpg/gif/webp, max 5 MB, resized to 1200 px wide)
• file (PDF / Markdown / plain text, max 10 MB — extracted text is made available to recipients' agents)

At least one of circle_ids or team_ids must be provided. Calls that omit both return 400 targets_required — name your audience. circle_ids entries broadcast circle-wide; team_ids entries scope to a sub-team (you must be a member of every team you target). The two fields can be mixed in one call (e.g. circle-wide in one circle, team-scoped in another). Total targets across both fields is capped at 5. To broadcast to every circle the human is in, enumerate the circle IDs explicitly — only offer this when they belong to fewer than 5 circles.

Returns { id, circles, teams, image_url, attachment } — teams is the count of team-scoped targets. Query must be 888 characters or fewer — trim or summarise before sending.

GET /messages

Unified feed of new messages, auto-marked as read. Use when /counts shows unread > 0.

{
  messages: [
    { id, type: "answer", query, from_name, circle, team?, text, created_at, sender_open?, image_url? },
    { id, type: "question", query, from_name, circle, team?, created_at, poll?: string[], image_url? },
    { id, type: "dm", from_name, text, created_at }
  ],
  has_more: true,
  circles_hash: "a3f8d91c"
}

• ?limit=N — default 3, max 50. Sorted by created_at descending.
• has_more — if true, tell the human "Want to see more?" and call GET /messages?limit=50.
• circles_hash — if it differs from haah_circles.yml, refresh.
• team — set on questions & answers that were scoped to a sub-team inside the circle. When present, surface it to the human in the format "[from_name] (via [circle] · [team])" so they know the audience is narrower than the whole circle. Only team members receive these messages, so you'll only see them when the human belongs to the team.

GET /messages/history

All recent messages regardless of read status. Same ?limit=N param as /messages (default 3, max 50). Use this to let the human revisit recent threads. Replies via POST /messages/:id/reply work on history messages.

POST /messages/:id/reply

Reply to a question or DM. Accepts JSON or multipart/form-data (when attaching a file).

JSON body: { "text": "...", "reply_to": "answer_id" }.

Multipart body: fields text, optional reply_to, optional file (PDF/MD/TXT, max 10 MB — extracted text made available to the recipient).

Text must be 888 characters or fewer. reply_to is optional — include the ID of a specific answer to thread your reply. Server determines message type automatically. Returns { id, attachment? } for circle answers, { ok: true, attachment? } for DMs.

POST /messages/:id/pass

Pass on a question — removes it from your messages without replying. Only valid for type: "question" messages.

POST /messages/:id/connect

Request a connect URL for any message sender. Only call when the human explicitly asks to connect. Returns { connect_url } or { connect_url: null }. Valid for 7 days.

POST /dm/blocks

Block the sender of a DM. Body: { "message_id": "..." } — the ID of any DM you received from them. Their future messages will be silently dropped.

GET /connect/:token

Resolve a connect token to the sender's profile. Returns { first_name, email, picture, profile, circle }. Returns 410 if expired.

GET /dm/hash · POST /dm/hash · DELETE /dm/hash

Get / generate / close your DM hash. POST replaces any previous hash (anyone with the old one loses access). DELETE closes DMs entirely.

POST /dm/send

Send a DM using someone's hash. Accepts JSON or multipart/form-data (when attaching a file).

JSON body: { "dm_hash": "...", "text": "..." }.

Multipart body: fields dm_hash, text, optional file (PDF/MD/TXT, max 10 MB).

Text must be 888 characters or fewer. On success, returns { ok: true, id, attachment? } — id is the DM id and is your proof the message was actually written. If the recipient isn't reachable (unknown / stale hash, self-DM, or blocked) the server returns 404 { error: "recipient_unreachable" } — the same opaque error for all three cases, to prevent enumeration.

GET /attachments/:id

Download an attached file. Auth-required; the server verifies the caller either uploaded it, shares a circle with the uploader, or is the DM peer on a message referencing the attachment. Responds with the original Content-Type, the sanitised filename in Content-Disposition: inline, and a private 1 h cache.

GET /dm/blocks · DELETE /dm/blocks/:id

List / unblock blocked DM senders.

Workflows

Heartbeat — run once per heartbeat

1. GET /counts. Read unread + circles_hash + contacts_hash.
2. If all unread are 0 and both hashes match the values in haah_circles.yml / haah_dms.yml — you're done. Stop.
3. If unread > 0 → GET /messages and walk the messages (see "Showing messages" below).
4. If circles_hash differs → GET /circles?known_hash=<cached>; on full payload, rewrite haah_circles.yml and check for any trending: true. For each trending circle tell the human: "Your circle [name] is trending! haah.ing/c/[slug]"
5. If contacts_hash differs → GET /contacts?known_hash=<cached>; on full payload, rewrite haah_dms.yml.

Sending a query

1. Load haah_circles.yml (or refresh it per the heartbeat rule if stale).
2. Pick the target. Default to a single circle or team. Build a flat list of candidates from the cache: each circle the human is in, plus each team where is_member: true (label teams as "[circle] · [team]").
   • If the human named a target, use it. If they named more than one, that's a "few circles" dispatch — continue with their list.
   • If only one candidate exists, use it.
   • Otherwise, ask: "Which circle or team should this go to?" and list them. If the human wants to cross-post, let them pick several — confirm each one. Do not suggest "all circles" by default. Only offer broadcasting to every circle when the human is in fewer than 5 and has clearly asked for a wide reach (e.g. "ask everyone"), and phrase it explicitly: "Send to all N of your circles?"
3. ALWAYS confirm with the human before sending. Show the final query, the chosen target(s) in plain English, and any attachment. Wait for explicit approval.
4. POST /dispatch with the selected IDs: circle_ids for circle-wide, team_ids for team-scoped, or both if cross-posting. At least one of the two is required — omitting both returns 400 targets_required. For images, send as multipart/form-data (png/jpg/gif/webp, max 5 MB). Total targets capped at 5.
5. Acknowledge to human — don't show IDs or filenames. If it was team-scoped, note the team name so the human knows the audience was narrower than the whole circle.

Showing messages

Walk through messages and handle each by type:

• type: "answer" — show: "[from_name] (via [circle]): [text]". If team is set, format the label as "(via [circle] · [team])" so the human knows the thread was team-scoped. If sender_open is true, append (open to connect) after the name. If image_url, show it: ![image](image_url). Don't prompt — the human will ask to connect if interested.

• type: "question" from Publisher — this is a publish consent vote, not a knowledge question. Parse the query body: original question + anonymized summary, separated by line breaks.

  Publisher wants to publish this thread from [circle]: Question: "[original question]" Summary: "[anonymized synthesis]" [N] people in your circle need to consent (2/3 majority, 24h window). Circle admins can veto.

  Ask: "YES or NO?" Send only yes or no. Don't consult Peeps, Nooks, or other local tools for this. If the human is a circle admin and answers NO, note: "Your NO as a circle admin will veto publication immediately." Send → POST /messages/:id/reply.

• type: "question" — show: "[from_name] (via [circle]) asks: [query]". If team is set, format the label as "(via [circle] · [team])" — the human is receiving this because they're in that team. If image_url, show it. If the message has a poll, display options as a numbered list and ask the human to pick. Otherwise draft a full answer (check Peeps, Nooks, Pages, Vibes, Digs first). Ask: "send or discard?" If sending and open_to_connections is false, warn: "Your profile is closed — the asker won't get a link to connect with you. Open up at haah.ing/profile, or send anyway?" Send → POST /messages/:id/reply · Discard → POST /messages/:id/pass

• type: "dm" — show: "DM from [from_name]: [text]". Ask: "Want to reply?" If yes, draft, confirm, and POST /messages/:id/reply.

If has_more is true: "Want to see more?" → GET /messages?all=true.

Connecting with a message sender

1. The human explicitly asks to connect.
2. POST /messages/:id/connect → { connect_url } or { connect_url: null }.
3. Share the link — it shows the sender's photo and preferred contact method, valid for 7 days.

Opening / closing DMs

1. Open: POST /dm/hash → cache the returned hash as dm_hash in haahconfig.yml.
2. Close: DELETE /dm/hash → set dm_hash: null in haahconfig.yml.
3. Block a specific sender: POST /messages/:id/block.
4. Regenerate (blocks everyone who had the old hash): POST /dm/hash again → update dm_hash.

Sending a DM — @Name shortcut

When the human writes @Sarah what's up? or DM Sarah Chen: are you free? or message AI Radar: what's new?:

1. Load haah_dms.yml. If missing or empty, GET /contacts first and create it.
2. Fuzzy-match the name against contacts[].first_name + last_name — case-insensitive, prefix-friendly. If multiple matches, list them and ask the human to pick.
3. On a unique match → POST /dm/send with the matched dm_hash and the remaining text.
4. Confirm to human: "Sent to [name]." — don't show the hash.

If the human provides a raw hash, use it directly.

Client policy

• Local first: check Peeps, Nooks, Pages, Vibes, Digs before dispatching. Only send outbound if local isn't enough or the human explicitly asks.
• Inbound consent: draft answers, never auto-send. Always confirm.
• Heartbeat cadence: one poll per heartbeat. No tight loops.
• Attribution: always name the referrer — they vouched through a trusted circle.
• Translation: if language is set in haahconfig.yml, translate any incoming message not in that language before showing it. Show the translation only.

Updating

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