refactor(env): use shared Hermes dotenv loader

hermes_cli/doctor.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import importlib.util
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from hermes_cli.config import get_project_root, get_hermes_home, get_env_path
+from hermes_cli.env_loader import load_hermes_dotenv
 from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
 
 PROJECT_ROOT = get_project_root()
@@ -19,15 +20,8 @@ HERMES_HOME = get_hermes_home()
 _DHH = display_hermes_home()  # user-facing display path (e.g. ~/.hermes or ~/.hermes/profiles/coder)
 
 # Load environment variables from ~/.hermes/.env so API key checks work
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 _env_path = get_env_path()
-if _env_path.exists():
-    try:
-        load_dotenv(_env_path, encoding="utf-8")
-    except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        load_dotenv(_env_path, encoding="latin-1")
-# Also try project .env as dev fallback
-load_dotenv(PROJECT_ROOT / ".env", override=False, encoding="utf-8")
+load_hermes_dotenv(hermes_home=_env_path.parent, project_env=PROJECT_ROOT / ".env")
 
 from hermes_cli.colors import Colors, color
 from hermes_cli.models import _HERMES_USER_AGENT

hermes_cli/dump.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from hermes_cli.config import get_hermes_home, get_env_path, get_project_root, load_config
+from hermes_cli.env_loader import load_hermes_dotenv
 from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
 
 
@@ -195,15 +196,11 @@ def run_dump(args):
     show_keys = getattr(args, "show_keys", False)
 
     # Load env from .env file so key checks work
-    from dotenv import load_dotenv
     env_path = get_env_path()
-    if env_path.exists():
-        try:
-            load_dotenv(env_path, encoding="utf-8")
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            load_dotenv(env_path, encoding="latin-1")
-    # Also try project .env as dev fallback
-    load_dotenv(get_project_root() / ".env", override=False, encoding="utf-8")
+    load_hermes_dotenv(
+        hermes_home=env_path.parent,
+        project_env=get_project_root() / ".env",
+    )
 
     project_root = get_project_root()
     hermes_home = get_hermes_home()

scripts/discord-voice-doctor.py

@@ -176,9 +176,12 @@ def check_env_vars():
 
     # Load .env
     try:
-        from dotenv import load_dotenv
-        if ENV_FILE.exists():
-            load_dotenv(ENV_FILE)
+        from hermes_cli.env_loader import load_hermes_dotenv
+
+        load_hermes_dotenv(
+            hermes_home=ENV_FILE.parent,
+            project_env=PROJECT_ROOT / ".env",
+        )
     except ImportError:
         pass