* feat(config): make tool output truncation limits configurable
Port from anomalyco/opencode#23770: expose a new `tool_output` config
section so users can tune the hardcoded truncation caps that apply to
terminal output and read_file pagination.
Three knobs under `tool_output`:
- max_bytes (default 50_000) — terminal stdout/stderr cap
- max_lines (default 2000) — read_file pagination cap
- max_line_length (default 2000) — per-line cap in line-numbered view
All three keep their existing hardcoded values as defaults, so behaviour
is unchanged when the section is absent. Power users on big-context
models can raise them; small-context local models can lower them.
Implementation:
- New `tools/tool_output_limits.py` reads the section with defensive
fallback (missing/invalid values → defaults, never raises).
- `tools/terminal_tool.py` MAX_OUTPUT_CHARS now comes from
get_max_bytes().
- `tools/file_operations.py` normalize_read_pagination() and
_add_line_numbers() now pull the limits at call time.
- `hermes_cli/config.py` DEFAULT_CONFIG gains the `tool_output` section
so `hermes setup` writes defaults into fresh configs.
- Docs page `user-guide/configuration.md` gains a "Tool Output
Truncation Limits" section with large-context and small-context
example configs.
Tests (18 new in tests/tools/test_tool_output_limits.py):
- Default resolution with missing / malformed / non-dict config.
- Full and partial user overrides.
- Coercion of bad values (None, negative, wrong type, str int).
- Shortcut accessors delegate correctly.
- DEFAULT_CONFIG exposes the section with the right defaults.
- Integration: normalize_read_pagination clamps to the configured
max_lines.
* feat(skills): add design-md skill for Google's DESIGN.md spec
Built-in skill under skills/creative/ that teaches the agent to author,
lint, diff, and export DESIGN.md files — Google's open-source
(Apache-2.0) format for describing a visual identity to coding agents.
Covers:
- YAML front matter + markdown body anatomy
- Full token schema (colors, typography, rounded, spacing, components)
- Canonical section order + duplicate-heading rejection
- Component property whitelist + variants-as-siblings pattern
- CLI workflow via 'npx @google/design.md' (lint/diff/export/spec)
- Lint rule reference including WCAG contrast checks
- Common YAML pitfalls (quoted hex, negative dimensions, dotted refs)
- Starter template at templates/starter.md
Package verified live on npm (@google/design.md@0.1.1).
* fix(skills/baoyu-comic): require absolute paths for curl -o downloads
When downloading generated images across several batches of image_generate
calls, relying on persistent-shell CWD is unsafe. The terminal tool's shell
can rotate (TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS expiry, a failed cd that leaves the
shell somewhere else), and 'curl -fsSL <url> -o relative.png' then silently
writes to the wrong directory with no error.
Update the skill's Step 7 Download step to require absolute -o paths (or
workdir= on the terminal tool) and add a matching pitfall entry referencing
the Apr 2026 incident where pages 06-09 of a 10-page comic landed at the
repo root instead of comic/<slug>/. The agent then spent several turns
claiming the files existed where they didn't.
* fix(skills/baoyu-comic): handle clarify timeouts correctly in Step 2
A clarify timeout returning 'Use your best judgement to make the choice
and proceed' is NOT user consent to default the entire Step 2 questionnaire.
It is a per-question default only. Add guidance at both instruction sites
(SKILL.md User Questions section, references/workflow.md Step 2 header)
telling the agent to:
1. Continue asking the remaining questions in the sequence after a
timeout — each question is an independent consent point.
2. Surface every defaulted choice in the next user-visible message
so the user can correct it when they return. An unreported default
is indistinguishable from never having asked.
Reported live Apr 2026: agent asked style question via clarify, got a
timeout response, and silently defaulted style + narrative focus +
audience + review flags in one pass. User only learned style had
defaulted to 'ohmsha' after the comic was fully generated.
Page prompts are written in Step 5 from the text descriptions in
characters/characters.md — the PNG sheet generated in Step 7.1
cannot be used to write them. Reposition the PNG as a human-facing
review artifact (and reference for later regenerations / manual
edits), and drop the confusing "Character sheet | Strategy" tables
since the embedding rule is uniform.
- Remove PDF merge feature and scripts/ directory (no pdf-lib dep)
- Correct image_generate docs: prompt-only, returns URL; add
curl download step after every call
- Downgrade reference images to text-based trait extraction
(style/palette/scene); character sheet is agent-facing reference
- Unify source file naming on source-{slug}.md across SKILL.md
and workflow.md
Port the upstream baoyu-comic skill to Hermes' tool ecosystem, matching
the earlier baoyu-infographic adaptation:
- metadata namespace openclaw -> hermes (+ tags, homepage)
- drop EXTEND.md preferences system (references/config/ removed,
workflow Step 1.1 removed)
- user prompts via clarify (one question at a time) instead of
AskUserQuestion batches
- image generation via image_generate instead of baoyu-imagine, with
aspect-ratio mapping to landscape/portrait/square
- Windows/PowerShell/WSL shell snippets dropped
- file I/O referenced via Hermes write_file/read_file tools
- CLI-style --flags converted to natural-language options and
user-intent cues (skill matching has no slash command trigger)
Add PORT_NOTES.md documenting the adaptations and a sync procedure.
Art-style/tone/layout reference files are preserved verbatim from
upstream v1.56.1.
Three additive conventions inspired by github.com/atomicmemory/llm-wiki-compiler:
- Paragraph-level provenance: `^[raw/articles/source.md]` markers on pages synthesizing 3+ sources, so readers can trace individual claims without re-reading full source files.
- Raw source content hashing: `sha256:` in raw/ frontmatter enables re-ingest drift detection — skip unchanged sources, flag changed ones.
- Optional `confidence` and `contested` frontmatter fields let lint surface weak or disputed claims without re-reading every page's prose.
Lint gains two new checks (quality signals, source drift) and one expanded check (contradictions now surfaces frontmatter-flagged pages).
Also adds a Related Tools section pointing users who want batch/scheduled compilation at llm-wiki-compiler (Obsidian-compatible, works on the same vault).
All additions are opt-in — existing wikis need no migration. Skill version 2.0.0 -> 2.1.0.
- Description truncated to 60 chars in system prompt (extract_skill_description),
so the 500-char HF workflow description never reached the agent; shortened to
'llama.cpp local GGUF inference + HF Hub model discovery.' (56 chars).
- Restore llama-cpp-python section (basic, chat+stream, embeddings,
Llama.from_pretrained) and frontmatter dependencies entry.
- Fix broken 'Authorization: Bearer ***' curl line (missing closing quote;
llama-server doesn't require auth by default).
xurl v1.1.0 added an optional USERNAME positional to `xurl auth oauth2`
that skips the `/2/users/me` lookup, which has been returning 403/UsernameNotFound
for many devs. Documents the workaround in both setup (step 5) and
troubleshooting.
Reported by @itechnologynet.
Small follow-up inspired by stale PR #2421 (@poojandpatel).
- bakery now searches both shop=bakery AND amenity=bakery in one Overpass
query so indie bakeries tagged either way are returned. Reproduces #2421's
Lawrenceville, NJ test case (The Gingered Peach, WildFlour Bakery).
- Adds tourism=guest_house and tourism=camp_site as first-class categories.
- CATEGORY_TAGS entries can now be a list of (key, value) tuples; new
_tags_for() normaliser + tag_pairs= kwarg on build_overpass_nearby/bbox
union the results in one query. Old single-tuple call sites unchanged
(back-compat preserved).
- SKILL.md: 44 → 46 categories, list updated.
- Setup step 5: add --app my-app to xurl auth oauth2 so token binds to the correct app
- Setup step 6: add xurl auth default my-app to set the named app as default
- Add pitfall callout explaining the empty 'default' profile trap
- Agent Workflow step 2: detect when default app has no oauth2 tokens
- Add Troubleshooting table with common xurl issues (auth errors, unauthorized_client, enrollment, credits, media upload, dashboard UI bug)
- Bump to v1.1.0
Community report by @0xHarryWeb3
Smart model routing (auto-routing short/simple turns to a cheap model
across providers) was opt-in and disabled by default. This removes the
feature wholesale: the routing module, its config keys, docs, tests, and
the orchestration scaffolding it required in cli.py / gateway/run.py /
cron/scheduler.py.
The /fast (Priority Processing / Anthropic fast mode) feature kept its
hooks into _resolve_turn_agent_config — those still build a route dict
and attach request_overrides when the model supports it; the route now
just always uses the session's primary model/provider rather than
running prompts through choose_cheap_model_route() first.
Also removed:
- DEFAULT_CONFIG['smart_model_routing'] block and matching commented-out
example sections in hermes_cli/config.py and cli-config.yaml.example
- _load_smart_model_routing() / self._smart_model_routing on GatewayRunner
- self._smart_model_routing / self._active_agent_route_signature on
HermesCLI (signature kept; just no longer initialised through the
smart-routing pipeline)
- route_label parameter on HermesCLI._init_agent (only set by smart
routing; never read elsewhere)
- 'Smart Model Routing' section in website/docs/integrations/providers.md
- tip in hermes_cli/tips.py
- entries in hermes_cli/dump.py + hermes_cli/web_server.py
- row in skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/SKILL.md
Tests:
- Deleted tests/agent/test_smart_model_routing.py
- Rewrote tests/agent/test_credential_pool_routing.py to target the
simplified _resolve_turn_agent_config directly (preserves credential
pool propagation + 429 rotation coverage)
- Dropped 'cheap model' test from test_cli_provider_resolution.py
- Dropped resolve_turn_route patches from cli + gateway test_fast_command
— they now exercise the real method end-to-end
- Removed _smart_model_routing stub assignments from gateway/cron test
helpers
Targeted suites: 74/74 in the directly affected test files;
tests/agent + tests/cron + tests/cli pass except 5 failures that
already exist on main (cron silent-delivery + alias quick-command).
find-nearby and the (new) maps optional skill both used OpenStreetMap's
Overpass + Nominatim to answer the same question — 'what's near this
location?' — so shipping both would be duplicate code for overlapping
capability. Consolidate into one active-by-default skill at
skills/productivity/maps/ that is a strict superset of find-nearby.
Moves + deletions:
- optional-skills/productivity/maps/ → skills/productivity/maps/ (active,
no install step needed)
- skills/leisure/find-nearby/ → DELETED (fully superseded)
Upgrades to maps_client.py so it covers everything find-nearby did:
- Overpass server failover — tries overpass-api.de then
overpass.kumi.systems so a single-mirror outage doesn't break the skill
(new overpass_query helper, used by both nearby and bbox)
- nearby now accepts --near "<address>" as a shortcut that auto-geocodes,
so one command replaces the old 'search → copy coords → nearby' chain
- nearby now accepts --category (repeatable) for multi-type queries in
one call (e.g. --category restaurant --category bar), results merged
and deduped by (osm_type, osm_id), sorted by distance, capped at --limit
- Each nearby result now includes maps_url (clickable Google Maps search
link) and directions_url (Google Maps directions from the search point
— only when a ref point is known)
- Promoted commonly-useful OSM tags to top-level fields on each result:
cuisine, hours (opening_hours), phone, website — instead of forcing
callers to dig into the raw tags dict
SKILL.md:
- Version bumped 1.1.0 → 1.2.0, description rewritten to lead with
capability surface
- New 'Working With Telegram Location Pins' section replacing
find-nearby's equivalent workflow
- metadata.hermes.supersedes: [find-nearby] so tooling can flag any
lingering references to the old skill
External references updated:
- optional-skills/productivity/telephony/SKILL.md — related_skills
find-nearby → maps
- website/docs/reference/skills-catalog.md — removed the (now-empty)
'leisure' section, added 'maps' row under productivity
- website/docs/user-guide/features/cron.md — find-nearby example
usages swapped to maps
- tests/tools/test_cronjob_tools.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_cron.py,
tests/cron/test_scheduler.py — fixture string values swapped
- cli.py:5290 — /cron help-hint example swapped
Not touched:
- RELEASE_v0.2.0.md — historical record, left intact
E2E-verified live (Nominatim + Overpass, one query each):
- nearby --near "Times Square" --category restaurant --category bar → 3 results,
sorted by distance, all with maps_url, directions_url, cuisine, phone, website
where OSM had the tags
All 111 targeted tests pass across tests/cron/, tests/tools/, tests/hermes_cli/.
External services can now push plain-text notifications to a user's chat
via the webhook adapter without invoking the agent. Set deliver_only=true
on a route and the rendered prompt template becomes the literal message
body — dispatched directly to the configured target (Telegram, Discord,
Slack, GitHub PR comment, etc.).
Reuses all existing webhook infrastructure: HMAC-SHA256 signature
validation, per-route rate limiting, idempotency cache, body-size limits,
template rendering with dot-notation, home-channel fallback. No new HTTP
server, no new auth scheme, no new port.
Use cases: Supabase/Firebase webhooks → user notifications, monitoring
alert forwarding, inter-agent pings, background job completion alerts.
Changes:
- gateway/platforms/webhook.py: new _direct_deliver() helper + early
dispatch branch in _handle_webhook when deliver_only=true. Startup
validation rejects deliver_only with deliver=log.
- hermes_cli/main.py + hermes_cli/webhook.go: --deliver-only flag on
subscribe; list/show output marks direct-delivery routes.
- website/docs/user-guide/messaging/webhooks.md: new Direct Delivery
Mode section with config example, CLI example, response codes.
- skills/devops/webhook-subscriptions/SKILL.md: document --deliver-only
with use cases (bumped to v1.1.0).
- tests/gateway/test_webhook_deliver_only.py: 14 new tests covering
agent bypass, template rendering, status codes, HMAC still enforced,
idempotency still applies, rate limit still applies, startup
validation, and direct-deliver dispatch.
Validation: 78 webhook tests pass (64 existing + 14 new). E2E verified
with real aiohttp server + real urllib POST — agent not invoked, target
adapter.send() called with rendered template, duplicate delivery_id
suppressed.
Closes the gap identified in PR #12117 (thanks to @H1an1 / Antenna team)
without adding a second HTTP ingress server.
- Remove orphan skills/creative/touchdesigner/references/pitfalls.md
left over from the rename commit (git add-then-edit instead of git mv
meant the old file never got deleted).
- Honour $HERMES_HOME in setup.sh and SKILL.md setup invocation so
profile-aware installs work correctly.
- Fix troubleshooting.md config path to use $HERMES_HOME instead of
hardcoding ~/.hermes/.
- Add touchdesigner-mcp entries to skills-catalog.md and
optional-skills-catalog.md for parity with blender-mcp/meme-generation.
New skill: creative/touchdesigner — control a running TouchDesigner
instance via REST API. Build real-time visual networks programmatically.
Architecture:
Hermes Agent -> HTTP REST (curl) -> TD WebServer DAT -> TD Python env
Key features:
- Custom API handler (scripts/custom_api_handler.py) that creates a
self-contained WebServer DAT + callback in TD. More reliable than the
official mcp_webserver_base.tox which frequently fails module imports.
- Discovery-first workflow: never hardcode TD parameter names. Always
probe the running instance first since names change across versions.
- Persistent setup: save the TD project once with the API handler baked
in. TD auto-opens the last project on launch, so port 9981 is live
with zero manual steps after first-time setup.
- Works via curl in execute_code (no MCP dependency required).
- Optional MCP server config for touchdesigner-mcp-server npm package.
Skill structure (2823 lines total):
SKILL.md (209 lines) — setup, workflow, key rules, operator reference
references/pitfalls.md (276 lines) — 24 hard-won lessons
references/operators.md (239 lines) — all 6 operator families
references/network-patterns.md (589 lines) — audio-reactive, generative,
video processing, GLSL, instancing, live performance recipes
references/mcp-tools.md (501 lines) — 13 MCP tool schemas
references/python-api.md (443 lines) — TD Python scripting patterns
references/troubleshooting.md (274 lines) — connection diagnostics
scripts/custom_api_handler.py (140 lines) — REST API handler for TD
scripts/setup.sh (152 lines) — prerequisite checker
Tested on TouchDesigner 099 Non-Commercial (macOS/darwin).
Swap the social-media/xitter skill (third-party wrapper around
Infatoshi/x-cli) for a new social-media/xurl skill wrapping
xdevplatform/xurl — the official X API CLI from the X developer
platform team.
Why:
- xurl is officially maintained by the X dev platform team
- OAuth 2.0 PKCE with auto-refresh + multi-app / multi-user support
(vs. xitter's 5-env-var OAuth 1.0a + single account)
- Credentials stored in ~/.xurl managed by xurl itself — no manual
env var juggling for users
- Substantially larger API surface: DMs, follows, blocks, mutes,
media upload, streaming, and raw v2 endpoint access
- Ships stronger agent-safety guardrails (forbidden-flag list,
no --verbose in agent mode, never-read-~/.xurl rule)
Adaptation:
- Ported the openclaw SKILL.md (which the xdevplatform team seeded)
to Hermes frontmatter conventions (prerequisites.commands, platforms,
metadata.hermes.tags/homepage) — dropped openclaw-specific metadata
- Added a Hermes-oriented one-time user setup section so the agent
knows to direct the user to run auth commands themselves, never
execute them with inline secrets
- Preserved the mandatory secret-safety rules verbatim
- Attribution block credits xdevplatform, openclaw, and the Hermes
port
Docs: updated website/docs/reference/skills-catalog.md to replace
the xitter row with xurl.
Three tightly-scoped built-in skill consolidations to reduce redundancy in
the available_skills listing injected into every system prompt:
1. gguf-quantization → llama-cpp (merged)
GGUF is llama.cpp's format; two skills covered the same toolchain. The
merged llama-cpp skill keeps the full K-quant table + imatrix workflow
from gguf and the ROCm/benchmarks/supported-models sections from the
original llama-cpp. All 5 reference files preserved.
2. grpo-rl-training → fine-tuning-with-trl (folded in)
GRPO isn't a framework, it's a trainer inside TRL. Moved the 17KB
deep-dive SKILL.md to references/grpo-training.md and the working
template to templates/basic_grpo_training.py. TRL's GRPO workflow
section now points to both. Atropos skill's related_skills updated.
3. guidance → optional-skills/mlops/
Dropped from built-in. Outlines (still built-in) covers the same
structured-generation ground with wider adoption. Listed in the
optional catalog for users who specifically want Guidance.
Net: 3 fewer built-in skill lines in every system prompt, zero content
loss. Contributor authorship preserved via git rename detection.
Previous pass assumed both skills would always be loaded together, so
each description pointed at the other ('use concept-diagrams instead').
That breaks when only one skill is active — the agent reads 'use the
other skill' and there is no other skill.
Now each skill's description and scope section is fully self-contained:
- States what it's best suited for
- Lists subjects where a more specialized skill (if available) would be
a better fit, naming them only as 'consider X if available'
- Explicitly offers itself as a general SVG diagram fallback when no
more specialized skill exists
An agent loading either skill alone gets unambiguous guidance; an
agent with both loaded still gets useful routing via the 'consider X
if available' hints and the related_skills metadata.
Both skills generate SVG system diagrams, but for very different subjects
and aesthetics. The old descriptions didn't make the split clear, so an
agent loading either one couldn't confidently pick.
Changes:
- Rewrote both frontmatter descriptions to state the scope up front plus
an explicit 'for X, use the other skill instead' pointer.
- Added a symmetric 'When to use this skill vs <other>' decision table
to the top of each SKILL.md body, so the guidance is visible whether
the agent is reading frontmatter or full content.
- Added architecture-diagram <-> concept-diagrams to each other's
related_skills metadata.
Rule of thumb baked into both skills:
software/cloud infra -> architecture-diagram
physical / scientific / educational -> concept-diagrams
llm-wiki was the only shipped skill using metadata.hermes.config, which
caused 'hermes update' and 'hermes config migrate' to prompt for a wiki
directory on every run — even for users who have never touched the skill
— because 'enabled' is opt-out (all shipped skills count as enabled unless
explicitly disabled). Declining the prompt didn't persist anything, so
the nag fired again on every update.
Switch llm-wiki to the env var + runtime default pattern that obsidian and
google-workspace already use: WIKI_PATH env var, default $HOME/wiki. No
prompting infrastructure, no config.yaml touch, no nag loop.
Changes:
- skills/research/llm-wiki/SKILL.md: remove metadata.hermes.config,
document WIKI_PATH env var in the Wiki Location section, update the
orientation snippet and initialization guidance.
- Docs: replace llm-wiki's wiki.path examples with a generic 'myplugin.path'
placeholder across configuration.md, features/skills.md, and
creating-skills.md so users don't try to set skills.config.wiki.path
expecting llm-wiki to use it.
- skills-catalog.md: mention WIKI_PATH instead of skills.config.wiki.path.
E2E verified: discover_all_skill_config_vars() and get_missing_skill_config_vars()
both return 0 entries after this change, so the prompt branch in migrate_config()
no longer fires.
The metadata.hermes.config feature stays in place for third-party skills
that genuinely need structured config, but built-ins now prefer env vars.
* fix: show correct env var name in provider API key error (#9506)
The error message for missing provider API keys dynamically built
the env var name as PROVIDER_API_KEY (e.g. ALIBABA_API_KEY), but
some providers use different names (alibaba uses DASHSCOPE_API_KEY).
Users following the error message set the wrong variable.
Fix: look up the actual env var from PROVIDER_REGISTRY before
building the error. Falls back to the dynamic name if the registry
lookup fails.
Closes#9506
* fix: five HERMES_HOME profile-isolation leaks (#5947)
Bug A: Thread session_title from session_db to memory provider init kwargs
so honcho can derive chat-scoped session keys instead of falling back to
cwd-based naming that merges all gateway users into one session.
Bug B: Replace 14 hardcoded ~/.hermes/skills/ paths across 10 skill files
with HERMES_HOME-aware alternatives (${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes} in
shell, os.environ.get('HERMES_HOME', ...) in Python).
Bug C: install.sh now respects HERMES_HOME env var and adds --hermes-home
flag. Previously --dir only set INSTALL_DIR while HERMES_HOME was always
hardcoded to $HOME/.hermes.
Bug D: Remove hardcoded ~/.hermes/honcho.json fallback in resolve_config_path().
Non-default profiles no longer silently inherit the default profile's honcho
config. Falls through to ~/.honcho/config.json (global) instead.
Bug E: Guard _edit_skill, _patch_skill, _delete_skill, _write_file, and
_remove_file against writing to skills found in external_dirs. Skills
outside the local SKILLS_DIR are now read-only from the agent's perspective.
Closes#5947
Adds --from flag to gmail send and gmail reply commands, allowing agents
to customize the From header display name when sharing the same email
account. Usage: --from '"Agent Name" <user@example.com>'
Also syncs repo google_api.py with the deployed standalone implementation
(replaces outdated gws_bridge thin wrapper), adds dedicated docs page
under Features > Skills, and updates sidebar navigation.
Requested by community user @Maxime44.
Port of Cocoon AI's architecture-diagram-generator (MIT) as a Hermes skill.
Generates professional dark-themed system architecture diagrams as standalone
HTML/SVG files. Self-contained output, no dependencies.
- SKILL.md with design system specs, color palette, layout rules
- HTML template with all component types, arrow styles, legend examples
- Fits alongside excalidraw in creative/ category
Source: https://github.com/Cocoon-AI/architecture-diagram-generator
PR #4654 replaced ml-paper-writing with research-paper-writing, preserving
the writing philosophy and reference files but dropping the dedicated
'Sources Behind This Guidance' attribution table from the SKILL.md body.
Re-adds:
- The researcher attribution table (Nanda, Farquhar, Gopen & Swan, Lipton,
Steinhardt, Perez, Karpathy) with affiliations and links to SKILL.md
- Orchestra Research credit as original compiler of the writing philosophy
- 'Origin & Attribution' section in sources.md documenting the full chain:
Nanda blog → Orchestra skill → teknium integration → SHL0MS expansion
Generate project ideas through creative constraints. Constraint + direction
= creativity.
Core skill (SKILL.md, 147 lines):
- 15 curated constraints across 3 categories: developers, makers, anyone
- Developer-focused prompts: 'solve your own itch', 'the CLI tool that
should exist', 'automate the annoying thing', 'nothing new except glue'
- Matching table: maps user mood/intent to appropriate constraints
- Complete worked example with 3 concrete project ideas
- Output format for consistent, actionable idea presentation
Extended library (references/full-prompt-library.md, 110 lines):
- 30+ additional constraints: communication, screens, philosophy,
transformation, identity, scale, starting points
Constraint approach inspired by wttdotm.com/prompts.html. Adapted for
software development and general-purpose ideation.
Adds opt-in creative thinking frameworks to ascii-video, p5js, and
manim-video skills, based on Lluminate (joelsimon.net/lluminate).
Only engaged when the user explicitly asks for creative, experimental,
or unconventional output. Straightforward requests are unaffected.
Each skill gets 2-3 strategies matched to its domain:
- ascii-video: Forced Connections, Conceptual Blending, Oblique Strategies
- p5js: Conceptual Blending, SCAMPER, Distance Association
- manim-video: SCAMPER, Assumption Reversal
Strategies sourced from creativity research (Boden, Eno, de Bono,
Koestler, Fauconnier & Turner, Osborn), formalized for LLM prompting
by Lluminate.
Migrate the google-workspace skill from custom Python API wrappers
(google-api-python-client) to Google's official Rust CLI gws
(googleworkspace/cli). Add gws_bridge.py for headless-compatible
token refresh. Fix partial OAuth scope handling.
Co-authored-by: spideystreet <dhicham.pro@gmail.com>
Cherry-picked from PR #6713
/pr <anything> silently resolved to /prompt via the shortest-match
tiebreaker in prefix expansion, permanently overwriting the system
prompt and persisting to config. The command's functionality (setting
agent.system_prompt) is available via config.yaml and /personality
covers the common use case.
Removes: CommandDef, dispatch branch, _handle_prompt_command handler,
docs references, and updates subcommand extraction test.
Comprehensive cleanup across 80 files based on automated (ruff, pyflakes, vulture)
and manual analysis of the entire codebase.
Changes by category:
Unused imports removed (~95 across 55 files):
- Removed genuinely unused imports from all major subsystems
- agent/, hermes_cli/, tools/, gateway/, plugins/, cron/
- Includes imports in try/except blocks that were truly unused
(vs availability checks which were left alone)
Unused variables removed (~25):
- Removed dead variables: connected, inner, channels, last_exc,
source, new_server_names, verify, pconfig, default_terminal,
result, pending_handled, temperature, loop
- Dropped unused argparse subparser assignments in hermes_cli/main.py
(12 instances of add_parser() where result was never used)
Dead code removed:
- run_agent.py: Removed dead ternary (None if False else None) and
surrounding unreachable branch in identity fallback
- run_agent.py: Removed write-only attribute _last_reported_tool
- hermes_cli/providers.py: Removed dead @property decorator on
module-level function (decorator has no effect outside a class)
- gateway/run.py: Removed unused MCP config load before reconnect
- gateway/platforms/slack.py: Removed dead SessionSource construction
Undefined name bugs fixed (would cause NameError at runtime):
- batch_runner.py: Added missing logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
- tools/environments/daytona.py: Added missing Dict and Path imports
Unnecessary global statements removed (14):
- tools/terminal_tool.py: 5 functions declared global for dicts
they only mutated via .pop()/[key]=value (no rebinding)
- tools/browser_tool.py: cleanup thread loop only reads flag
- tools/rl_training_tool.py: 4 functions only do dict mutations
- tools/mcp_oauth.py: only reads the global
- hermes_time.py: only reads cached values
Inefficient patterns fixed:
- startswith/endswith tuple form: 15 instances of
x.startswith('a') or x.startswith('b') consolidated to
x.startswith(('a', 'b'))
- len(x)==0 / len(x)>0: 13 instances replaced with pythonic
truthiness checks (not x / bool(x))
- in dict.keys(): 5 instances simplified to in dict
- Redefined unused name: removed duplicate _strip_mdv2 import in
send_message_tool.py
Other fixes:
- hermes_cli/doctor.py: Replaced undefined logger.debug() with pass
- hermes_cli/config.py: Consolidated chained .endswith() calls
Test results: 3934 passed, 17 failed (all pre-existing on main),
19 skipped. Zero regressions.
