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.
* refactor: remove browser_close tool — auto-cleanup handles it
The browser_close tool was called in only 9% of browser sessions (13/144
navigations across 66 sessions), always redundantly — cleanup_browser()
already runs via _cleanup_task_resources() at conversation end, and the
background inactivity reaper catches anything else.
Removing it saves one tool schema slot in every browser-enabled API call.
Also fixes a latent bug: cleanup_browser() now handles Camofox sessions
too (previously only Browserbase). Camofox sessions were never auto-cleaned
per-task because they live in a separate dict from _active_sessions.
Files changed (13):
- tools/browser_tool.py: remove function, schema, registry entry; add
camofox cleanup to cleanup_browser()
- toolsets.py, model_tools.py, prompt_builder.py, display.py,
acp_adapter/tools.py: remove browser_close from all tool lists
- tests/: remove browser_close test, update toolset assertion
- docs/skills: remove all browser_close references
* fix: repeat browser_scroll 5x per call for meaningful page movement
Most backends scroll ~100px per call — barely visible on a typical
viewport. Repeating 5x gives ~500px (~half a viewport), making each
scroll tool call actually useful.
Backend-agnostic approach: works across all 7+ browser backends without
needing to configure each one's scroll amount individually. Breaks
early on error for the agent-browser path.
* feat: auto-return compact snapshot from browser_navigate
Every browser session starts with navigate → snapshot. Now navigate
returns the compact accessibility tree snapshot inline, saving one
tool call per browser task.
The snapshot captures the full page DOM (not viewport-limited), so
scroll position doesn't affect it. browser_snapshot remains available
for refreshing after interactions or getting full=true content.
Both Browserbase and Camofox paths auto-snapshot. If the snapshot
fails for any reason, navigation still succeeds — the snapshot is
a bonus, not a requirement.
Schema descriptions updated to guide models: navigate mentions it
returns a snapshot, snapshot mentions it's for refresh/full content.
* refactor: slim cronjob tool schema — consolidate model/provider, drop unused params
Session data (151 calls across 67 sessions) showed several schema
properties were never used by models. Consolidated and cleaned up:
Removed from schema (still work via backend/CLI):
- skill (singular): use skills array instead
- reason: pause-only, unnecessary
- include_disabled: now defaults to true
- base_url: extreme edge case, zero usage
- provider (standalone): merged into model object
Consolidated:
- model + provider → single 'model' object with {model, provider} fields.
If provider is omitted, the current main provider is pinned at creation
time so the job stays stable even if the user changes their default.
Kept:
- script: useful data collection feature
- skills array: standard interface for skill loading
Schema shrinks from 14 to 10 properties. All backend functionality
preserved — the Python function signature and handler lambda still
accept every parameter.
* fix: remove mixture_of_agents from core toolsets — opt-in only via hermes tools
MoA was in _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS and composite toolsets (hermes-cli,
hermes-messaging, safe), which meant it appeared in every session
for anyone with OPENROUTER_API_KEY set. The _DEFAULT_OFF_TOOLSETS
gate only works after running 'hermes tools' explicitly.
Now MoA only appears when a user explicitly enables it via
'hermes tools'. The moa toolset definition and check_fn remain
unchanged — it just needs to be opted into.
Add geometry mobjects, movement/creation animations, and LaTeX
environments to the skill's reference docs. All verified against
Manim CE v0.20.1.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace Hyaxia/blogwatcher with JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli fork which adds:
- Docker support with BLOGWATCHER_DB env var for persistent storage
- SQL injection prevention
- SSRF protection (blocks private IPs/metadata endpoints)
- HTML scraping fallback when RSS unavailable
- OPML import from Feedly/Inoreader/NewsBlur
- Category filtering for articles
- Direct binary downloads (no Go required)
- Migration guide from original blogwatcher
Binary name changed: blogwatcher -> blogwatcher-cli
Community contribution by Ao (JulienTant).
Closes discussion about Docker compatibility.
- avoid hard-coded ~/.hermes paths in the setup and API shorthands
- prefer HERMES_HOME with a sane default to /Users/peteradams/.hermes
- keep the examples aligned with profile-aware Hermes installs
- fall back to adding the repo root to sys.path when hermes_constants is not importable
- fixes direct execution of setup.py and google_api.py from the repo checkout
- keeps the upstream PR scoped to the google-workspace compatibility fix
Adds obsidian-headless (npm) setup guide to the Obsidian Integration
section — Node 22+, ob login, sync-create-remote, sync-setup, systemd
service for continuous background sync. Covers the full headless
workflow for agents running on servers syncing to Obsidian desktop on
other devices.
Skills can now declare config.yaml settings via metadata.hermes.config
in their SKILL.md frontmatter. Values are stored under skills.config.*
namespace, prompted during hermes config migrate, shown in hermes config
show, and injected into the skill context at load time.
Also adds the llm-wiki skill (Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern) as the first
skill to use the new config interface, declaring wiki.path.
Skill config interface (new):
- agent/skill_utils.py: extract_skill_config_vars(), discover_all_skill_config_vars(),
resolve_skill_config_values(), SKILL_CONFIG_PREFIX
- agent/skill_commands.py: _inject_skill_config() injects resolved values
into skill messages as [Skill config: ...] block
- hermes_cli/config.py: get_missing_skill_config_vars(), skill config
prompting in migrate_config(), Skill Settings in show_config()
LLM Wiki skill (skills/research/llm-wiki/SKILL.md):
- Three-layer architecture (raw sources, wiki pages, schema)
- Three operations (ingest, query, lint)
- Session orientation, page thresholds, tag taxonomy, update policy,
scaling guidance, log rotation, archiving workflow
Docs: creating-skills.md, configuration.md, skills.md, skills-catalog.md
Closes#5100
Manim's Pango text renderer produces broken kerning with proportional
fonts (Helvetica, Inter, SF Pro, Arial) at all sizes and resolutions.
Characters overlap and spacing is inconsistent. This is a fundamental
Pango limitation.
Changes:
- Recommend Menlo (monospace) as the default font for ALL text
- Proportional fonts only acceptable for large titles (>=48, short strings)
- Set minimum font_size=18 for readability
- Update all code examples to use MONO='Menlo' pattern
- Remove Inter/Helvetica/SF Pro from recommendations
Production pipeline for creating 3Blue1Brown-style animated videos
using Manim Community Edition. The agent handles the full workflow:
creative planning, Python code generation, rendering, scene stitching,
audio muxing, and iterative refinement.
Modes: concept explainers, equation derivations, algorithm
visualizations, data stories, architecture diagrams, paper explainers,
3D visualizations.
9 reference files, setup verification script, README.
All API references verified against ManimCommunity/manim source.
Expands the claude-code skill with content from official docs and community
cheat sheets that was missing from v2.0:
Slash commands: /cost, /btw, /plan, /loop, /batch, /security-review,
/resume, /effort (with auto level), /mcp, /release-notes, /voice details
Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+P (model), Alt+T (thinking), Alt+O (fast mode),
Ctrl+V (paste image), Ctrl+O (transcript), Ctrl+G (external editor)
Ultrathink keyword for max reasoning on a specific turn
Rules directory: .claude/rules/*.md and ~/.claude/rules/*.md
Auto-memory: ~/.claude/projects/<proj>/memory/ (25KB/200 lines limit)
Environment variables: CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL, MAX_THINKING_TOKENS,
CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER, CLAUDE_CODE_SUBPROCESS_ENV_SCRUB
MCP limits: 2KB tool desc cap, maxResultSizeChars 500K, transport types
Reorganized slash commands into Session/Development/Configuration groups
Reorganized keyboard shortcuts into Controls/Toggles/Multiline groups
Major rewrite of the claude-code orchestration skill from 94 to 460 lines.
Based on official docs research, community guides, and live experimentation.
Key additions:
- Two orchestration modes: Print mode (-p) vs Interactive PTY via tmux
- Detailed PTY dialog handling (trust + permissions bypass patterns)
- Print mode deep dive: JSON output, piped input, session resumption,
--json-schema, --bare mode for CI
- Complete flag reference (20+ flags organized by category)
- Interactive session patterns with tmux send-keys/capture-pane
- Claude's slash commands and keyboard shortcuts reference
- CLAUDE.md, hooks, custom subagents, MCP, custom commands docs
- Cost/performance tips (effort levels, budget caps, context mgmt)
- 10 specific pitfalls discovered through live testing
- 10 rules for Hermes agents orchestrating Claude Code
Clearer workflow with validation/chunking steps, expanded description
with trigger terms for better agent matching, tightened error handling.
Fixed stray pipe character in original PR diff.
Based on PR #4778 by fernandezbaptiste.
Co-authored-by: fernandezbaptiste <fernandezbaptiste@users.noreply.github.com>
The library removed the static get_transcript() method in v1.0.
Migrate to the new instance-based fetch() API and normalize
FetchedTranscriptSnippet objects back to dicts for compatibility
with the rest of the script.
The unified skill from PR #4332 was placed at a top-level
skills/hermes-agent/ directory, creating a redundant standalone
category. Move it to skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/
alongside claude-code, codex, and opencode where it belongs.
- composition.md: add text backdrop (gaussian dark mask behind glyphs) and
external layout oracle pattern (browser-based text layout → JSON → Python
renderer pipeline for obstacle-aware text reflow)
- shaders.md: add reverse vignette shader (center-darkening for text readability)
- troubleshooting.md: add diagnostic entries for text-over-busy-background
readability and kaleidoscope-destroys-text pitfall
