diff --git a/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md
index 6b929a408d5..95606d36709 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
   echo "AUTH_METHOD=gh"
 elif [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
   echo "AUTH_METHOD=curl"
-elif [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
-  export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+elif _hermes_env="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/.env"; [ -f "$_hermes_env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env"; then
+  export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
   echo "AUTH_METHOD=curl"
 elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
   export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
diff --git a/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh b/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh
index 043c6b5551b..47b3ff98c5c 100755
--- a/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh
+++ b/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null 2>&1; then
     GH_USER=$(gh api user --jq '.login' 2>/dev/null)
 elif [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
     GH_AUTH_METHOD="curl"
-elif [ -f "$HOME/.hermes/.env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$HOME/.hermes/.env" 2>/dev/null; then
-    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$HOME/.hermes/.env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+elif _hermes_env="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/.env"; [ -f "$_hermes_env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" 2>/dev/null; then
+    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
     if [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
         GH_AUTH_METHOD="curl"
     fi
diff --git a/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md
index 3b50ac45279..b5830923512 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
 else
   AUTH="git"
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
-      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    if _hermes_env="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/.env"; [ -f "$_hermes_env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env"; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
     elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
       GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
     fi
diff --git a/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md
index 338074f885c..bded118a10a 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
 else
   AUTH="git"
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
-      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    if _hermes_env="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/.env"; [ -f "$_hermes_env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env"; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
     elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
       GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
     fi
diff --git a/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md
index 0b02eca3d1e..69eb21183d3 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ else
   AUTH="git"
   # Ensure we have a token for API calls
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
-      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    if _hermes_env="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/.env"; [ -f "$_hermes_env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env"; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
     elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
       GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
     fi
diff --git a/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md
index 0ba049e2787..1026ce36e49 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
 else
   AUTH="git"
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
-      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    if _hermes_env="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/.env"; [ -f "$_hermes_env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env"; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$_hermes_env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
     elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
       GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
     fi