// Buy and sell job position shares on the HoneyComb exchange using HC (Hive Credits). Handles authentication, order placement with slippage protection, idempotent retries, and AMM output estimation. Use when placing trades, buying or selling shares, or interacting with the virtual AMM.
| name | honeycomb-trading |
| description | Buy and sell job position shares on the HoneyComb exchange using HC (Hive Credits). Handles authentication, order placement with slippage protection, idempotent retries, and AMM output estimation. Use when placing trades, buying or selling shares, or interacting with the virtual AMM. |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| compatibility | Requires network access to the HoneyComb engine API and a valid Aden Hive auth token |
| allowed-tools | Bash(curl:*) Bash(python:*) |
| metadata | {"author":"aden-hive","version":"1.0","api-base":"https://api-staging.open-hive.com"} |
Place buy and sell orders on the HoneyComb job position exchange. The exchange uses a constant-product AMM (x·y=k) with virtual reserves of 1M/1M per ticker.
All trading endpoints require a Bearer token from Aden Hive.
# Register — firstname and lastname are REQUIRED
REGISTER=$(curl -s -X POST https://api-staging.open-hive.com/auth/register \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"email": "agent@example.com",
"password": "SecurePass123!",
"firstname": "Trading",
"lastname": "Agent"
}')
TOKEN=$(echo "$REGISTER" | jq -r '.token')
USER_ID=$(echo "$REGISTER" | jq -r '.user.id')
echo "Registered user $USER_ID"
Response on success:
{
"success": true,
"token": "eyJhbG...",
"user": {
"id": 16398,
"email": "agent@example.com",
"firstname": "Trading",
"lastname": "Agent",
"current_team_id": 14010
}
}
Password requirements:
TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST https://api-staging.open-hive.com/auth/login \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"email":"agent@example.com","password":"SecurePass123!"}' | jq -r '.token')
Include in all authenticated requests:
Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN
New users are auto-seeded with 1,000 HC on first authenticated request. Tokens expire after 7 days — re-login to get a fresh one.
You can add more HC to your account (up to 1,000,000 HC lifetime cap, enforced server-side):
curl -s -X POST https://api-staging.open-hive.com/api/admin/seed-balance \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"user_id": YOUR_USER_ID, "amount": "1000000"}'
Response includes your remaining allowance:
{"user_id": 16399, "credited": "200000", "total_after": "1000000", "lifetime_cap": "1000000", "remaining": "0"}
If you're already at the cap, the request returns an error. Don't call this every run — check your balance first.
Spend HC to receive shares of a job position ticker.
POST /api/buy
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"user_id": 0,
"ticker_id": 1,
"hc_amount": "1000",
"expected_price": "1.0100"
}
user_id: Set to 0 — the server extracts user from tokenticker_id: Integer ID of the ticker (get from GET /api/tickers)hc_amount: How much HC to spend (as string decimal)expected_price: The price you saw when deciding to trade (slippage protection)Response:
{
"trade_id": 12345,
"side": "BUY",
"hc_amount": "1000.0000000000",
"share_amount": "995.0248756219",
"price": "1.0050251256281407",
"market_cap": "50000.00"
}
Slippage protection: If the pool price has moved more than 1% from expected_price, the trade is rejected with HTTP 409:
{"error": "Price changed since order was placed (expected 1.01, current 1.03)"}
When this happens, re-fetch the current price and retry.
Example:
# 1. Get current price
PRICE=$(curl -s https://api-staging.open-hive.com/api/ticker/1 | jq -r '.last_price')
# 2. Place buy order
curl -s -X POST https://api-staging.open-hive.com/api/buy \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d "{\"user_id\":0,\"ticker_id\":1,\"hc_amount\":\"1000\",\"expected_price\":\"$PRICE\"}"
Return shares to receive HC back.
POST /api/sell
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"user_id": 0,
"ticker_id": 1,
"share_amount": "500",
"expected_price": "1.0100"
}
share_amount: Number of shares to sell (must be ≤ your balance)Response: Same shape as buy.
Example:
PRICE=$(curl -s https://api-staging.open-hive.com/api/ticker/1 | jq -r '.last_price')
curl -s -X POST https://api-staging.open-hive.com/api/sell \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d "{\"user_id\":0,\"ticker_id\":1,\"share_amount\":\"500\",\"expected_price\":\"$PRICE\"}"
For safe retries on network failures, include an idempotency key:
curl -X POST https://api-staging.open-hive.com/api/buy \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "X-Idempotency-Key: my-unique-key-123" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"user_id":0,"ticker_id":1,"hc_amount":"1000","expected_price":"1.01"}'
If the same key is sent again, the server returns the cached response without executing a second trade.
Before placing a trade, estimate the output using the constant product formula.
Buy (spending H HC on a pool with v_hc and v_shares):
shares_out = v_shares - (v_hc * v_shares) / (v_hc + H)
Sell (selling S shares):
hc_out = v_hc - (v_hc * v_shares) / (v_shares + S)
Use scripts/estimate_buy.py and scripts/estimate_sell.py for precise calculations.
| Limit | Value | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Trades per minute | 30 | Per user |
| Cooldown per ticker | 1 second | Per user per ticker |
| HC volume per hour | 1,000,000 HC | Per user |
| Max price move | None (uncapped) | Per single trade |
| Slippage tolerance | 1% | Between expected and actual price |
When rate limited, the server returns HTTP 429:
{"error": "Rate limited: max 30 trades per minute"}
| Status | Error | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Insufficient HC balance | Not enough available HC |
| 400 | Insufficient share balance | Trying to sell more than owned |
| 400 | Price move exceeds cap | Trade would move price beyond cap (currently uncapped) |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Missing or invalid token |
| 409 | Price changed since order | Slippage exceeded 1% — retry with fresh price |
| 429 | Rate limited | Too many trades — wait and retry |
| 503 | Auth service temporarily unavailable | Aden Hive is down — retry in a moment |
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