🐛 fix(stt): declare local initial prompt default

hermes_cli/config.py

@@ -2325,6 +2325,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
         "local": {
             "model": "base",  # tiny, base, small, medium, large-v3
             "language": "",  # auto-detect by default; set to "en", "es", "fr", etc. to force
+            "initial_prompt": "",
         },
         "openai": {
             "model": "whisper-1",  # whisper-1, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, gpt-4o-transcribe

tests/tools/test_transcription.py

@@ -122,6 +122,27 @@ class TestValidateAudioFile:
         assert "too large" in result["error"]
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Config resolution
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestLoadSttConfig:
+
+    def test_merges_default_local_initial_prompt(self, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
+        (tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
+            "stt:\n  local:\n    model: small\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+
+        from tools.transcription_tools import _load_stt_config
+        local_config = _load_stt_config()["local"]
+
+        assert local_config["model"] == "small"
+        assert local_config["initial_prompt"] == ""
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Local transcription
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------