chore: remove all remaining mini-swe-agent references

Complete cleanup after dropping the mini-swe-agent submodule (PR #2804):

- Remove MSWEA_SILENT_STARTUP and MSWEA_GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR env var
  settings from cli.py, run_agent.py, hermes_cli/main.py, doctor.py
- Remove mini-swe-agent health check from hermes doctor
- Remove 'minisweagent' from logger suppression lists
- Remove litellm/typer/platformdirs from requirements.txt
- Remove mini-swe-agent install steps from install.ps1 (Windows)
- Remove mini-swe-agent install steps from website docs
- Update all stale comments/docstrings referencing mini-swe-agent
  in terminal_tool.py, tools/__init__.py, code_execution_tool.py,
  environments/README.md, environments/agent_loop.py
- Remove mini_swe_runner from pyproject.toml py-modules
  (still exists as standalone script for RL training use)
- Shrink test_minisweagent_path.py to empty stub

The orphaned mini-swe-agent/ directory on disk needs manual removal:
  rm -rf mini-swe-agent/

cli.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from typing import List, Dict, Any, Optional
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Suppress startup messages for clean CLI experience
-os.environ["MSWEA_SILENT_STARTUP"] = "1"  # suppress mini-swe-agent startup noise if installed
 os.environ["HERMES_QUIET"] = "1"  # Our own modules
 
 import yaml
@@ -78,8 +77,6 @@ _hermes_home = Path(os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes"))
 _project_env = Path(__file__).parent / '.env'
 load_hermes_dotenv(hermes_home=_hermes_home, project_env=_project_env)
 
-# Point mini-swe-agent at ~/.hermes/ if installed (RL training use)
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR", str(_hermes_home))
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Configuration Loading
@@ -4444,7 +4441,7 @@ class HermesCLI:
                 logging.getLogger(noisy).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         else:
             logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
-            for quiet_logger in ('tools', 'minisweagent', 'run_agent', 'trajectory_compressor', 'cron', 'hermes_cli'):
+            for quiet_logger in ('tools', 'run_agent', 'trajectory_compressor', 'cron', 'hermes_cli'):
                 logging.getLogger(quiet_logger).setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
     def _show_insights(self, command: str = "/insights"):

environments/README.md

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Available methods:
 
 ### Patches (`patches.py`)
 
-**Problem**: Some hermes-agent tools use `asyncio.run()` internally (e.g., mini-swe-agent's Modal backend via SWE-ReX). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because `asyncio.run()` cannot be nested.
+**Problem**: Some hermes-agent tools use `asyncio.run()` internally (e.g., the Modal backend via SWE-ReX). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because `asyncio.run()` cannot be nested.
 
 **Solution**: `patches.py` monkey-patches `SwerexModalEnvironment` to use a dedicated background thread (`_AsyncWorker`) with its own event loop. The calling code sees the same sync interface, but internally the async work happens on a separate thread that doesn't conflict with Atropos's loop.
 

environments/agent_loop.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
 from model_tools import handle_function_call
 
 # Thread pool for running sync tool calls that internally use asyncio.run()
-# (e.g., mini-swe-agent's modal/docker/daytona backends). Running them in a separate
+# (e.g., the Modal/Docker/Daytona terminal backends). Running them in a separate
 # thread gives them a clean event loop so they don't deadlock inside Atropos's loop.
 # Size must be large enough for concurrent eval tasks (e.g., 89 TB2 tasks all
 # making tool calls). Too small = thread pool starvation, tasks queue for minutes.

hermes_cli/doctor.py

@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ if _env_path.exists():
 # Also try project .env as dev fallback
 load_dotenv(PROJECT_ROOT / ".env", override=False, encoding="utf-8")
 
-# Point mini-swe-agent at ~/.hermes/ so it shares our config
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR", str(HERMES_HOME))
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_SILENT_STARTUP", "1")
-
 from hermes_cli.colors import Colors, color
 from hermes_constants import OPENROUTER_MODELS_URL
 
@@ -618,18 +614,6 @@ def run_doctor(args):
     print()
     print(color("◆ Submodules", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD))
     
-    # mini-swe-agent (terminal tool backend)
-    mini_swe_dir = PROJECT_ROOT / "mini-swe-agent"
-    if mini_swe_dir.exists() and (mini_swe_dir / "pyproject.toml").exists():
-        try:
-            __import__("minisweagent")
-            check_ok("mini-swe-agent", "(terminal backend)")
-        except ImportError:
-            check_warn("mini-swe-agent found but not installed", "(run: uv pip install -e ./mini-swe-agent)")
-            issues.append("Install mini-swe-agent: uv pip install -e ./mini-swe-agent")
-    else:
-        check_warn("mini-swe-agent not found", "(run: git submodule update --init --recursive)")
-    
     # tinker-atropos (RL training backend)
     tinker_dir = PROJECT_ROOT / "tinker-atropos"
     if tinker_dir.exists() and (tinker_dir / "pyproject.toml").exists():

hermes_cli/main.py

@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ from hermes_cli.config import get_hermes_home
 from hermes_cli.env_loader import load_hermes_dotenv
 load_hermes_dotenv(project_env=PROJECT_ROOT / '.env')
 
-# Point mini-swe-agent at ~/.hermes/ so it shares our config
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR", str(get_hermes_home()))
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_SILENT_STARTUP", "1")
 
 import logging
 import time as _time

pyproject.toml

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ hermes-agent = "run_agent:main"
 hermes-acp = "acp_adapter.entry:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-py-modules = ["run_agent", "model_tools", "toolsets", "batch_runner", "trajectory_compressor", "toolset_distributions", "cli", "hermes_constants", "hermes_state", "hermes_time", "mini_swe_runner", "rl_cli", "utils"]
+py-modules = ["run_agent", "model_tools", "toolsets", "batch_runner", "trajectory_compressor", "toolset_distributions", "cli", "hermes_constants", "hermes_state", "hermes_time", "rl_cli", "utils"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["agent", "tools", "tools.*", "hermes_cli", "gateway", "gateway.*", "cron", "honcho_integration", "acp_adapter"]

requirements.txt

@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ parallel-web>=0.4.2
 # Image generation
 fal-client
 
-# mini-swe-agent dependencies (for terminal tool)
-# Note: Install mini-swe-agent itself with: pip install -e ./mini-swe-agent
-litellm>=1.75.5
-typer
-platformdirs
-
 # Text-to-speech (Edge TTS is free, no API key needed)
 edge-tts
 

run_agent.py

@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ if _loaded_env_paths:
 else:
     logger.info("No .env file found. Using system environment variables.")
 
-# Point mini-swe-agent at ~/.hermes/ if installed (RL training use)
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR", str(_hermes_home))
-os.environ.setdefault("MSWEA_SILENT_STARTUP", "1")
 
 # Import our tool system
 from model_tools import get_tool_definitions, handle_function_call, check_toolset_requirements
@@ -661,7 +658,7 @@ class AIAgent:
                 # INFO/WARNING messages just clutter it.
                 for quiet_logger in [
                     'tools',               # all tools.* (terminal, browser, web, file, etc.)
-                    'minisweagent',         # mini-swe-agent execution backend
+                    
                     'run_agent',            # agent runner internals
                     'trajectory_compressor',
                     'cron',                 # scheduler (only relevant in daemon mode)

scripts/install.ps1

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ function Install-Repository {
     git -c windows.appendAtomically=false config windows.appendAtomically false 2>$null
 
     # Ensure submodules are initialized and updated
-    Write-Info "Initializing submodules (mini-swe-agent, tinker-atropos)..."
+    Write-Info "Initializing submodules..."
     git -c windows.appendAtomically=false submodule update --init --recursive 2>$null
     if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
         Write-Warn "Submodule init failed (terminal/RL tools may need manual setup)"
@@ -559,19 +559,7 @@ function Install-Dependencies {
     
     Write-Success "Main package installed"
     
-    # Install submodules
-    Write-Info "Installing mini-swe-agent (terminal tool backend)..."
-    if (Test-Path "mini-swe-agent\pyproject.toml") {
-        try {
-            & $UvCmd pip install -e ".\mini-swe-agent" 2>&1 | Out-Null
-            Write-Success "mini-swe-agent installed"
-        } catch {
-            Write-Warn "mini-swe-agent install failed (terminal tools may not work)"
-        }
-    } else {
-        Write-Warn "mini-swe-agent not found (run: git submodule update --init)"
-    }
-    
+    # Install optional submodules
     Write-Info "Installing tinker-atropos (RL training backend)..."
     if (Test-Path "tinker-atropos\pyproject.toml") {
         try {

tests/test_minisweagent_path.py

@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-"""Tests for minisweagent_path.py — REMOVED.
-
-minisweagent_path.py was removed as part of dropping the mini-swe-agent
-dependency. These tests are no longer applicable.
-"""
+# This file intentionally left empty.
+# minisweagent_path.py was removed — see PR #2804.

tools/__init__.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This package contains all the specific tool implementations for the Hermes Agent
 Each module provides specialized functionality for different capabilities:
 
 - web_tools: Web search, content extraction, and crawling
-- terminal_tool: Command execution using mini-swe-agent (local/docker/modal/daytona backends)
+- terminal_tool: Command execution (local/docker/modal/daytona/ssh/singularity backends)
 - vision_tools: Image analysis and understanding
 - mixture_of_agents_tool: Multi-model collaborative reasoning
 - image_generation_tool: Text-to-image generation with upscaling
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from .web_tools import (
     check_firecrawl_api_key
 )
 
-# Primary terminal tool (mini-swe-agent backend: local/docker/singularity/modal/daytona)
+# Primary terminal tool (local/docker/singularity/modal/daytona/ssh)
 from .terminal_tool import (
     terminal_tool,
     check_terminal_requirements,
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'web_extract_tool',
     'web_crawl_tool',
     'check_firecrawl_api_key',
-    # Terminal tools (mini-swe-agent backend)
+    # Terminal tools
     'terminal_tool',
     'check_terminal_requirements',
     'cleanup_vm',

tools/code_execution_tool.py

@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def execute_code(
         child_env["HERMES_RPC_SOCKET"] = sock_path
         child_env["PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE"] = "1"
         # Ensure the hermes-agent root is importable in the sandbox so
-        # modules like minisweagent_path are available to child scripts.
+        # repo-root modules are available to child scripts.
         _hermes_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
         _existing_pp = child_env.get("PYTHONPATH", "")
         child_env["PYTHONPATH"] = _hermes_root + (os.pathsep + _existing_pp if _existing_pp else "")

tools/terminal_tool.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-Terminal Tool Module (mini-swe-agent backend)
+Terminal Tool Module
 
-A terminal tool that executes commands using mini-swe-agent's execution environments.
+A terminal tool that executes commands in local, Docker, Modal, SSH, Singularity, and Daytona environments.
 Supports local execution, Docker containers, and Modal cloud sandboxes.
 
 Environment Selection (via TERMINAL_ENV environment variable):
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def _create_environment(env_type: str, image: str, cwd: str, timeout: int,
                         task_id: str = "default",
                         host_cwd: str = None):
     """
-    Create an execution environment from mini-swe-agent.
+    Create an execution environment for sandboxed command execution.
     
     Args:
         env_type: One of "local", "docker", "singularity", "modal", "daytona", "ssh"
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ def terminal_tool(
     pty: bool = False,
 ) -> str:
     """
-    Execute a command using mini-swe-agent's execution environments.
+    Execute a command in the configured terminal environment.
 
     Args:
         command: The command to execute
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ def terminal_tool(
                         return json.dumps({
                             "output": "",
                             "exit_code": -1,
-                            "error": f"Terminal tool disabled: mini-swe-agent not available ({e})",
+                            "error": f"Terminal tool disabled: environment creation failed ({e})",
                             "status": "disabled"
                         }, ensure_ascii=False)
 
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     print("\n✅ All requirements met!")
     print("\nAvailable Tool:")
-    print("  - terminal_tool: Execute commands using mini-swe-agent environments")
+    print("  - terminal_tool: Execute commands in sandboxed environments")
 
     print("\nUsage Examples:")
     print("  # Execute a command")

website/docs/developer-guide/contributing.md

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export VIRTUAL_ENV="$(pwd)/venv"
 
 # Install with all extras (messaging, cron, CLI menus, dev tools)
 uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
-uv pip install -e "./mini-swe-agent"
 uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
 
 # Optional: browser tools

website/docs/getting-started/installation.md

@@ -132,13 +132,10 @@ You can combine extras: `uv pip install -e ".[messaging,cron]"`
 
 </details>
 
-### Step 4: Install Submodule Packages
+### Step 4: Install Optional Submodules (if needed)
 
 ```bash
-# Terminal tool backend (required for terminal/command-execution)
-uv pip install -e "./mini-swe-agent"
-
-# RL training backend
+# RL training backend (optional)
 uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
 ```
 
@@ -238,7 +235,6 @@ export VIRTUAL_ENV="$(pwd)/venv"
 
 # Install everything
 uv pip install -e ".[all]"
-uv pip install -e "./mini-swe-agent"
 uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
 npm install  # optional, for browser tools and WhatsApp
 

website/docs/getting-started/updating.md

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ git submodule update --init --recursive
 
 # Reinstall (picks up new dependencies)
 uv pip install -e ".[all]"
-uv pip install -e "./mini-swe-agent"
 uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
 
 # Check for new config options