1. A system comprising: at least one computing device configured to coordinate a collaborative response to an event using a capabilities-aware hive network by performing actions including: prompting a plurality of users to register with the capabilities-aware hive network, the prompting including requesting the plurality of users to provide information about individual capabilities for response to the event; compiling the information from the plurality of users about individual capabilities for response to the event; obtaining data indicating occurrence of the event, and in response to obtaining the data indicating occurrence of the event, identifying and prioritizing individual user actions in response to the event based upon the information about the individual capabilities for response to the event; and providing user-specific instructions to the plurality of users to perform the individual user actions to respond to the event, wherein the user-specific instructions are sent to the plurality of users via the capabilities-aware hive network, and wherein the user-specific instructions are not common to other users in the plurality of users.