Limits reference - Hive Documentation

These are the limits Hive enforces today. Where a limit depends on your plan or your workspace’s configuration, the table says so. Plan allowances (seats, credits, included runs) are on Billing and plans.

Workflow graph

Limit	Value
Cards (trigger and steps) per workflow	50
Connections per workflow	100
Triggers per workflow	Exactly 1
Workflow name / description	120 / 500 characters
Step title / note / comment	120 / 500 / 500 characters
Prompt and message templates	4,000 characters
Pinned workflows per member	50
Members a workflow can be shared with	100

Steps

Step	Limit	Value
Hive agent	Max Steps (tool round trips)	1-25, default 3; capped by your deployment
Hive agent	Tools / read-only data sources	20 / 20
Parallel agents	Agents per step	2-5
Parallel agents	Connected accounts across the step	12
Saved agent	Inputs / sources / context / accounts mapped	50 / 20 / 20 / 20
Condition (AI)	Conditions per step	1-10
Condition (rule)	Comparison text	2,000 characters
Loop	Max iterations	1-500
Loop	Items at once with Parallel execution	5
Wait	Duration	1 second to 30 days
Wait	Until a value appears: timeout	Default 24 hours, up to 30 days; checked every 60 seconds
Output	Key	80 characters
Web search	Fixed query	1,000 characters
Web search / Generate image	Text read in Automatic mode	1,000 / 4,000 characters
Generate image	Sizes	`1024x1024`, `1536x1024`, `1024x1536`
Create PDF	Title / body	200 / 4,000 characters
Any retrying step	Attempts (including the first)	1-10, default 3
Retries	Wait between attempts	0.5 s doubling, at most 30 s

Runs

Limit	Value
Step executions recorded per run	500 (checked at deploy)
Run history page size	Up to 200, default 50
Unfinished runs listed at once	20
Cancel reason	500 characters
Failure notification recipients	20 per workflow
Failure cards per recipient	1 per workflow per hour
Monthly runs	Your plan’s execution allowance — see Billing and plans

Forms

Limit	Value
Fields per form	1-20
Form title / description / confirmation message	120 / 500 / 500 characters
Field key / label / placeholder	60 / 120 / 160 characters
Short text / long text / email answer	500 / 5,000 / 200 characters
Real submissions available to replay in a test	20
Public form token	20-200 characters
Public form requests per token	20 per minute
Public form requests per client IP	60 per minute
Public form request body	64 KiB

Workflow assistant

Limit	Value
Message length	10,000 characters
Files per message	3
Size per file	1 MB
Text read per file	20,000 characters
Conversations per workflow listed	50
Custom instructions	2,000 characters
Proposal summary	500 characters

Ask Hive

Limit	Value
Question length	2,000 characters
Connector `@` mentions per question	12
Files per upload	10
Active files per conversation	50
Size per file	50 MB
Citations per answer	20
Projects per member	100
Project instructions	4,000 characters
Skills per project / members per project	12 / 50
Models in a workspace allowlist	50

Agent Studio

Limit	Value
Base prompt	16,000 characters
Persona / objective	4,000 characters each
Inputs / knowledge bindings / connector bindings / skills	50 / 100 / 50 / 10
Conversation starters	12
Delegations / delegation depth	20 / 5
Run time budget	Up to 86,400 seconds
Model calls / action steps / external writes per run	Up to 100 / 100 / 50

Signals and approvals

Limit	Value
Signals per page	50 by default, up to 100
Search text	120 characters
Signals dismissed in one bulk action	200
Snooze length	5 minutes to 30 days
Mute length	Default 14 days, up to 90 days
Evidence readings per signal	6
Approval lifetime	7 days
Kill switch reason	280 characters

Integrations

Limit	Value
Incoming webhook body	64 KB
Items read per certified source per run	Set per source: for example 5,000 (100 per page, 50 pages) for GitHub issues, Slack, Notion and Jira; 1,000 for QuickBooks invoices; 10,000 for HubSpot deals

Runs and errors

How the 500-step budget is counted.

Public form API

Rate limits and errors in context.

Billing and plans

Seats, credits and run allowances.

Triggers and steps

Every step’s settings.

​Workflow graph

​Steps

​Runs

​Forms

​Workflow assistant

​Ask Hive

​Agent Studio

​Signals and approvals

​Integrations

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