feat: config structure validation — detect malformed YAML at startup (#5426)

Add validate_config_structure() that catches common config.yaml mistakes:
- custom_providers as dict instead of list (missing '-' in YAML)
- fallback_model accidentally nested inside another section
- custom_providers entries missing required fields (name, base_url)
- Missing model section when custom_providers is configured
- Root-level keys that look like misplaced custom_providers fields

Surface these diagnostics at three levels:
1. Startup: print_config_warnings() runs at CLI and gateway module load,
   so users see issues before hitting cryptic errors
2. Error time: 'Unknown provider' errors in auth.py and model_switch.py
   now include config diagnostics with fix suggestions
3. Doctor: 'hermes doctor' shows a Config Structure section with all
   issues and fix hints

Also adds a warning log in runtime_provider.py when custom_providers
is a dict (previously returned None silently).

Motivated by a Discord user who had malformed custom_providers YAML
and got only 'Unknown Provider' with no guidance on what was wrong.

17 new tests covering all validation paths.
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@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import os
import re
from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
from hermes_cli import auth as auth_mod
from agent.credential_pool import CredentialPool, PooledCredential, get_custom_provider_pool_key, load_pool
from hermes_cli.auth import (
@ -258,6 +261,12 @@ def _get_named_custom_provider(requested_provider: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, An
config = load_config()
custom_providers = config.get("custom_providers")
if not isinstance(custom_providers, list):
if isinstance(custom_providers, dict):
logger.warning(
"custom_providers in config.yaml is a dict, not a list. "
"Each entry must be prefixed with '-' in YAML. "
"Run 'hermes doctor' for details."
)
return None
for entry in custom_providers: