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docs: resync reference, user-guide, developer-guide, and messaging pages against code (#17738)

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Broad drift audit against origin/main (b52b63396).

Reference pages (most user-visible drift):
- slash-commands: add /busy, /curator, /footer, /indicator, /redraw, /steer
  that were missing; drop non-existent /terminal-setup; fix /q footnote
  (resolves to /queue, not /quit); extend CLI-only list with all 24
  CLI-only commands in the registry
- cli-commands: add dedicated sections for hermes curator / fallback /
  hooks (new subcommands not previously documented); remove stale
  hermes honcho standalone section (the plugin registers dynamically
  via hermes memory); list curator/fallback/hooks in top-level table;
  fix completion to include fish
- toolsets-reference: document the real 52-toolset count; split browser
  vs browser-cdp; add discord / discord_admin / spotify / yuanbao;
  correct hermes-cli tool count from 36 to 38; fix misleading claim
  that hermes-homeassistant adds tools (it's identical to hermes-cli)
- tools-reference: bump tool count 55 -> 68; add 7 Spotify, 5 Yuanbao,
  2 Discord toolsets; move browser_cdp/browser_dialog to their own
  browser-cdp toolset section
- environment-variables: add 40+ user-facing HERMES_* vars that were
  undocumented (--yolo, --accept-hooks, --ignore-*, inference model
  override, agent/stream/checkpoint timeouts, OAuth trace, per-platform
  batch tuning for Telegram/Discord/Matrix/Feishu/WeCom, cron knobs,
  gateway restart/connect timeouts); dedupe the Cron Scheduler section;
  replace stale QQ_SANDBOX with QQ_PORTAL_HOST

User-guide (top level):
- cli.md: compression preserves last 20 turns, not 4 (protect_last_n: 20)
- configuration.md: display.platforms is the canonical per-platform
  override key; tool_progress_overrides is deprecated and auto-migrated
- profiles.md: model.default is the config key, not model.model
- sessions.md: CLI/TUI session IDs use 6-char hex, gateway uses 8
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md: destructive-command list now matches
  _DESTRUCTIVE_PATTERNS (adds rmdir, cp, install, dd)
- docker.md: the container runs as non-root hermes (UID 10000) via
  gosu; fix install command (uv pip); add missing --insecure on the
  dashboard compose example (required for non-loopback bind)
- security.md: systemctl danger pattern also matches 'restart'
- index.md: built-in tool count 47 -> 68
- integrations/index.md: 6 STT providers, 8 memory providers
- integrations/providers.md: drop fictional dashscope/qwen aliases

Features:
- overview.md: 9 image models (not 8), 9 TTS providers (not 5),
  8 memory providers (Supermemory was missing)
- tool-gateway.md: 9 image models
- tools.md: extend common-toolsets list with search / messaging /
  spotify / discord / debugging / safe
- fallback-providers.md: add 6 real providers from PROVIDER_REGISTRY
  (lmstudio, kimi-coding-cn, stepfun, alibaba-coding-plan,
  tencent-tokenhub, azure-foundry)
- plugins.md: Available Hooks table now includes on_session_finalize,
  on_session_reset, subagent_stop
- built-in-plugins.md: add the 7 bundled plugins the page didn't
  mention (spotify, google_meet, three image_gen providers, two
  dashboard examples)
- web-dashboard.md: add --insecure and --tui flags
- cron.md: hermes cron create takes positional schedule/prompt, not
  flags

Messaging:
- telegram.md: TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_SECRET is now REQUIRED when
  TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL is set (gateway refuses to start without it
  per GHSA-3vpc-7q5r-276h). Biggest user-visible drift in the batch.
- discord.md: HERMES_DISCORD_TEXT_BATCH_SPLIT_DELAY_SECONDS default
  is 2.0, not 0.1
- dingtalk.md: document DINGTALK_REQUIRE_MENTION /
  FREE_RESPONSE_CHATS / MENTION_PATTERNS / HOME_CHANNEL /
  ALLOW_ALL_USERS that the adapter supports
- bluebubbles.md: drop fictional BLUEBUBBLES_SEND_READ_RECEIPTS env
  var; the setting lives in platforms.bluebubbles.extra only
- qqbot.md: drop dead QQ_SANDBOX; add real QQ_PORTAL_HOST and
  QQ_GROUP_ALLOWED_USERS
- wecom-callback.md: replace 'hermes gateway start' (service-only)
  with 'hermes gateway' for first-time setup

Developer-guide:
- architecture.md: refresh tool/toolset counts (61/52), terminal
  backend count (7), line counts for run_agent.py (~13.7k), cli.py
  (~11.5k), main.py (~10.4k), setup.py (~3.5k), gateway/run.py
  (~12.2k), mcp_tool.py (~3.1k); add yuanbao adapter, bump platform
  adapter count 18 -> 20
- agent-loop.md: run_agent.py line count 10.7k -> 13.7k
- tools-runtime.md: add vercel_sandbox backend
- adding-tools.md: remove stale 'Discovery import added to
  model_tools.py' checklist item (registry auto-discovery)
- adding-platform-adapters.md: mark send_typing / get_chat_info as
  concrete base methods; only connect/disconnect/send are abstract
- acp-internals.md: ACP sessions now persist to SessionDB
  (~/.hermes/state.db); acp.run_agent call uses
  use_unstable_protocol=True
- cron-internals.md: gateway runs scheduler in a dedicated background
  thread via _start_cron_ticker, not on a maintenance cycle; locking
  is cross-process via fcntl.flock (Unix) / msvcrt.locking (Windows)
- gateway-internals.md: gateway/run.py ~12k lines
- provider-runtime.md: cron DOES support fallback (run_job reads
  fallback_providers from config)
- session-storage.md: SCHEMA_VERSION = 11 (not 9); add migrations
  10 and 11 (trigram FTS, inline-mode FTS5 re-index); add
  api_call_count column to Sessions DDL; document messages_fts_trigram
  and state_meta in the architecture tree
- context-compression-and-caching.md: remove the obsolete 'context
  pressure warnings' section (warnings were removed for causing
  models to give up early)
- context-engine-plugin.md: compress() signature now includes
  focus_topic param
- extending-the-cli.md: _build_tui_layout_children signature now
  includes model_picker_widget; add to default layout

Also fixed three pre-existing broken links/anchors the build warned
about (docker.md -> api-server.md, yuanbao.md -> cron-jobs.md and
tips#background-tasks, nix-setup.md -> #container-aware-cli).

Regenerated per-skill pages via website/scripts/generate-skill-docs.py
so catalog tables and sidebar are consistent with current SKILL.md
frontmatter.

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| `TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME` | Display name for the Telegram home channel |
| `TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL` | Public HTTPS URL for webhook mode (enables webhook instead of polling) |
| `TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_PORT` | Local listen port for webhook server (default: `8443`) |
| `TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_SECRET` | Secret token for verifying updates come from Telegram |
| `TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_SECRET` | Secret token Telegram echoes back in each update for verification. **Required whenever `TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL` is set** — the gateway refuses to start without it (GHSA-3vpc-7q5r-276h). Generate with `openssl rand -hex 32`. |
| `TELEGRAM_REACTIONS` | Enable emoji reactions on messages during processing (default: `false`) |
| `TELEGRAM_REPLY_TO_MODE` | Reply-reference behavior: `off`, `first` (default), or `all`. Matches the Discord pattern. |
| `TELEGRAM_IGNORED_THREADS` | Comma-separated Telegram forum topic/thread IDs where the bot never responds |
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| `QQ_ALLOW_ALL_USERS` | Allow all users (`true`/`false`, overrides `QQ_ALLOWED_USERS`) |
| `QQBOT_HOME_CHANNEL` | QQ user/group openID for cron delivery and notifications |
| `QQBOT_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME` | Display name for the QQ home channel |
| `QQ_SANDBOX` | Route QQ Bot to the sandbox gateway for development testing (`true`/`false`). Use with a sandbox app credential from [q.qq.com](https://q.qq.com). |
| `QQ_PORTAL_HOST` | Override the QQ portal host (set to `sandbox.q.qq.com` to route through the sandbox gateway; default: `q.qq.com`). |
| `MATTERMOST_URL` | Mattermost server URL (e.g. `https://mm.example.com`) |
| `MATTERMOST_TOKEN` | Bot token or personal access token for Mattermost |
| `MATTERMOST_ALLOWED_USERS` | Comma-separated Mattermost user IDs allowed to message the bot |
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| `GATEWAY_ALLOWED_USERS` | Comma-separated user IDs allowed across all platforms |
| `GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS` | Allow all users without allowlists (`true`/`false`, default: `false`) |
### Advanced Messaging Tuning
Advanced per-platform knobs for throttling the outbound message batcher. Most users never need to touch these; defaults are set to respect each platform's rate limits without feeling sluggish.
| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_TEXT_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` | Grace window before flushing a queued Telegram text chunk (default: `0.6`). |
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_TEXT_BATCH_SPLIT_DELAY_SECONDS` | Delay between split chunks when a single Telegram message exceeds the length limit (default: `2.0`). |
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_MEDIA_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` | Grace window before flushing queued Telegram media (default: `0.6`). |
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_FOLLOWUP_GRACE_SECONDS` | Delay before sending a follow-up after the agent finishes, to avoid racing the last stream chunk. |
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_HTTP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT` / `_READ_TIMEOUT` / `_WRITE_TIMEOUT` / `_POOL_TIMEOUT` | Override the underlying `python-telegram-bot` HTTP timeouts (seconds). |
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_HTTP_POOL_SIZE` | Max concurrent HTTP connections to the Telegram API. |
| `HERMES_TELEGRAM_DISABLE_FALLBACK_IPS` | Disable the hard-coded Cloudflare fallback IPs used when DNS fails (`true`/`false`). |
| `HERMES_DISCORD_TEXT_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` | Grace window before flushing a queued Discord text chunk (default: `0.6`). |
| `HERMES_DISCORD_TEXT_BATCH_SPLIT_DELAY_SECONDS` | Delay between split chunks when a Discord message exceeds the length limit (default: `2.0`). |
| `HERMES_MATRIX_TEXT_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` / `_SPLIT_DELAY_SECONDS` | Matrix equivalents of the Telegram batch knobs. |
| `HERMES_FEISHU_TEXT_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` / `_SPLIT_DELAY_SECONDS` / `_MAX_CHARS` / `_MAX_MESSAGES` | Feishu batcher tuning — delay, split delay, max chars per message, max messages per batch. |
| `HERMES_FEISHU_MEDIA_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` | Feishu media flush delay. |
| `HERMES_FEISHU_DEDUP_CACHE_SIZE` | Size of the Feishu webhook dedup cache (default: `1024`). |
| `HERMES_WECOM_TEXT_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS` / `_SPLIT_DELAY_SECONDS` | WeCom batcher tuning. |
| `HERMES_VISION_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT` | Timeout in seconds for downloading an image before handing it to vision models (default: `30`). |
| `HERMES_RESTART_DRAIN_TIMEOUT` | Gateway: seconds to wait for active runs to drain on `/restart` before forcing the restart (default: `900`). |
| `HERMES_GATEWAY_PLATFORM_CONNECT_TIMEOUT` | Per-platform connect timeout during gateway startup (seconds). |
| `HERMES_GATEWAY_BUSY_INPUT_MODE` | Default gateway busy-input behavior: `queue`, `steer`, or `interrupt`. Can be overridden per chat with `/busy`. |
| `HERMES_CRON_TIMEOUT` | Inactivity timeout for cron job agent runs in seconds (default: `600`). The agent can run indefinitely while actively calling tools or receiving stream tokens — this only triggers when idle. Set to `0` for unlimited. |
| `HERMES_CRON_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT` | Timeout for pre-run scripts attached to cron jobs in seconds (default: `120`). Override for scripts that need longer execution (e.g., randomized delays for anti-bot timing). Also configurable via `cron.script_timeout_seconds` in `config.yaml`. |
| `HERMES_CRON_MAX_PARALLEL` | Max cron jobs run in parallel per tick (default: `4`). |
## Agent Behavior
| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `HERMES_MAX_ITERATIONS` | Max tool-calling iterations per conversation (default: 90) |
| `HERMES_INFERENCE_MODEL` | Override model name at process level (takes priority over `config.yaml` for the session). Also settable via `-m`/`--model` flag. |
| `HERMES_YOLO_MODE` | Set to `1` to bypass dangerous-command approval prompts. Equivalent to `--yolo`. |
| `HERMES_ACCEPT_HOOKS` | Auto-approve any unseen shell hooks declared in `config.yaml` without a TTY prompt. Equivalent to `--accept-hooks` or `hooks_auto_accept: true`. |
| `HERMES_IGNORE_USER_CONFIG` | Skip `~/.hermes/config.yaml` and use built-in defaults (credentials in `.env` still load). Equivalent to `--ignore-user-config`. |
| `HERMES_IGNORE_RULES` | Skip auto-injection of `AGENTS.md`, `SOUL.md`, `.cursorrules`, memory, and preloaded skills. Equivalent to `--ignore-rules`. |
| `HERMES_MD_NAMES` | Comma-separated list of rules-file names to auto-inject (default: `AGENTS.md,CLAUDE.md,.cursorrules,SOUL.md`). |
| `HERMES_TOOL_PROGRESS` | Deprecated compatibility variable for tool progress display. Prefer `display.tool_progress` in `config.yaml`. |
| `HERMES_TOOL_PROGRESS_MODE` | Deprecated compatibility variable for tool progress mode. Prefer `display.tool_progress` in `config.yaml`. |
| `HERMES_HUMAN_DELAY_MODE` | Response pacing: `off`/`natural`/`custom` |
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| `HERMES_API_CALL_STALE_TIMEOUT` | Non-streaming stale-call timeout in seconds (default: `300`). Auto-disabled for local providers when left unset. Also configurable via `providers.<id>.stale_timeout_seconds` or `providers.<id>.models.<model>.stale_timeout_seconds` in `config.yaml`. |
| `HERMES_STREAM_READ_TIMEOUT` | Streaming socket read timeout in seconds (default: `120`). Auto-increased to `HERMES_API_TIMEOUT` for local providers. Increase if local LLMs time out during long code generation. |
| `HERMES_STREAM_STALE_TIMEOUT` | Stale stream detection timeout in seconds (default: `180`). Auto-disabled for local providers. Triggers connection kill if no chunks arrive within this window. |
| `HERMES_STREAM_RETRIES` | Number of mid-stream reconnect attempts on transient network errors (default: `3`). |
| `HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT` | Gateway inactivity timeout for a running agent in seconds (default: `900`). Resets on every tool call and streamed token. Set to `0` to disable. |
| `HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT_WARNING` | Gateway: send a warning message after this many seconds of inactivity (default: 75% of `HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT`). |
| `HERMES_AGENT_NOTIFY_INTERVAL` | Gateway: interval in seconds between progress notifications on long-running agent turns. |
| `HERMES_CHECKPOINT_TIMEOUT` | Timeout for filesystem checkpoint creation in seconds (default: `30`). |
| `HERMES_EXEC_ASK` | Enable execution approval prompts in gateway mode (`true`/`false`) |
| `HERMES_ENABLE_PROJECT_PLUGINS` | Enable auto-discovery of repo-local plugins from `./.hermes/plugins/` (`true`/`false`, default: `false`) |
| `HERMES_BACKGROUND_NOTIFICATIONS` | Background process notification mode in gateway: `all` (default), `result`, `error`, `off` |
| `HERMES_EPHEMERAL_SYSTEM_PROMPT` | Ephemeral system prompt injected at API-call time (never persisted to sessions) |
| `HERMES_PREFILL_MESSAGES_FILE` | Path to a JSON file of ephemeral prefill messages injected at API-call time. |
| `HERMES_ALLOW_PRIVATE_URLS` | `true`/`false` — allow tools to fetch localhost/private-network URLs. Off by default in gateway mode. |
| `HERMES_REDACT_SECRETS` | `true`/`false` — control secret redaction in logs and shareable outputs (default: `true`). |
| `HERMES_WRITE_SAFE_ROOT` | Optional directory prefix that restricts `write_file`/`patch` writes; paths outside require approval. |
| `HERMES_DISABLE_FILE_STATE_GUARD` | Set to `1` to turn off the "file changed since you read it" guard on `patch`/`write_file`. |
| `HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` | Comma-separated override for the canonical core tool list (advanced; rarely needed). |
| `HERMES_BUNDLED_SKILLS` | Comma-separated override for the list of bundled skills loaded at startup. |
| `HERMES_OPTIONAL_SKILLS` | Comma-separated list of optional-skill names to auto-install on first run. |
| `HERMES_DEBUG_INTERRUPT` | Set to `1` to log detailed interrupt/cancel tracing to `agent.log`. |
| `HERMES_DUMP_REQUESTS` | Dump API request payloads to log files (`true`/`false`) |
| `HERMES_DUMP_REQUEST_STDOUT` | Dump API request payloads to stdout instead of log files. |
| `HERMES_OAUTH_TRACE` | Set to `1` to log OAuth token exchange and refresh attempts. Includes redacted timing info. |
| `HERMES_OAUTH_FILE` | Override the path used for OAuth credential storage (default: `~/.hermes/auth.json`). |
| `HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE` | Append additional guidance text to the system prompt for custom deployments. |
| `HERMES_AGENT_LOGO` | Override the ASCII banner logo at CLI startup. |
| `DELEGATION_MAX_CONCURRENT_CHILDREN` | Max parallel subagents per `delegate_task` batch (default: `3`, floor of 1, no ceiling). Also configurable via `delegation.max_concurrent_children` in `config.yaml` — the config value takes priority. |
## Interface
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| `HERMES_TUI_THEME` | Force the TUI color theme: `light`, `dark`, or a raw 6-character background hex (e.g. `ffffff` or `1a1a2e`). When unset, Hermes auto-detects using `COLORFGBG` and terminal background queries; this variable overrides detection on terminals (Ghostty, Warp, iTerm2, etc.) that don't set `COLORFGBG`. |
| `HERMES_INFERENCE_MODEL` | Force the model for `hermes -z` / `hermes chat` without mutating `config.yaml`. Pairs with `HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER`. Useful for scripted callers (sweeper, CI, batch runners) that need to override the default model per run. |
## Cron Scheduler
| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `HERMES_CRON_TIMEOUT` | Inactivity timeout for cron job agent runs in seconds (default: `600`). The agent can run indefinitely while actively calling tools or receiving stream tokens — this only triggers when idle. Set to `0` for unlimited. |
| `HERMES_CRON_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT` | Timeout for pre-run scripts attached to cron jobs in seconds (default: `120`). Override for scripts that need longer execution (e.g., randomized delays for anti-bot timing). Also configurable via `cron.script_timeout_seconds` in `config.yaml`. |
## Session Settings
| Variable | Description |