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Teknium
ea86714cc0
docs(profiles): full user guide for profile distributions (#22017)
PR #20831 shipped the feature with a terse reference page. This adds a
proper user guide — ~570 lines of what/why/when/how with use-case
walkthroughs, lifecycle coverage from author through installer through
update, and recipe snippets for common workflows.

New page: website/docs/user-guide/profile-distributions.md

Sections:

* What this means — the before/after, side-by-side
* Why git, not tarballs or a custom format
* When to use a distribution (personal, team, community, product) and
  when NOT to (local backup, sharing credentials, sharing memories)
* The lifecycle — dedicated walkthroughs for authors (publish in 4 steps)
  and installers (install, check, update, remove)
* Use cases: personal sync, team internal bot, community publish,
  commercial product, ephemeral ops agent
* Recipes: pin a version, compare installed vs. latest, preserve local
  customizations through updates, force clean reinstall, fork-and-customize,
  test before pushing
* What is NEVER in a distribution (the user-owned exclude list verbatim)
* Security and trust model — what you are trusting, why cron is not
  auto-scheduled, the browser-extension analogy

Cross-linking:

* Added to sidebar under Getting Started, right after user-guide/profiles.
* Existing Profiles page ends with a Sharing profiles as distributions
  teaser that links here.
* The Distribution section of the reference page gets an admonition
  pointing newcomers here first. The reference stays as a CLI-flag
  lookup for people who already know what they want.

Validation:

* ascii-guard lint --exclude-code-blocks docs -> 0 errors.
* All internal links resolve to real pages.
2026-05-08 11:13:45 -07:00
Teknium
f209a35859
feat(profile): shareable profile distributions via git (#20831)
* feat(profile): shareable profile distributions (pack/install/update/info)

Closes #20456.

Turns a profile into a portable, versioned artifact. Packs SOUL.md, config,
skills, cron, and an env-var manifest into a tar.gz that others can install
from a local path, URL, or git repo. Updates re-pull the distribution while
preserving user data (memories, sessions, auth.json, .env) and the user's
config.yaml overrides.

New subcommands (under hermes profile, no parallel tree):
  hermes profile pack    <name> [-o FILE]
  hermes profile install <source> [--name N] [--alias] [--force] [-y]
  hermes profile update  <name> [--force-config] [-y]
  hermes profile info    <name>

Manifest (distribution.yaml at the profile root): name, version,
hermes_requires, author, env_requires, distribution_owned.

Security:
  - Installer shows manifest + env-var requirements before mutating disk;
    confirmation required unless -y.
  - auth.json and .env are never packed (same exclude set as profile export).
  - Cron jobs are packed but NOT auto-scheduled — user is pointed at
    'hermes -p <name> cron list' to review.
  - Archive extraction rejects path traversal (../ members).
  - Alias creation is opt-in via --alias.

Update semantics:
  - Distribution-owned paths (SOUL.md, skills/, cron/, mcp.json, manifest):
    replaced from the new archive.
  - config.yaml: preserved by default; --force-config to overwrite.
  - User-owned paths (memories/, sessions/, auth.json, .env, state.db*,
    logs/, workspace/, plans/, home/, *_cache/, local/): never touched.

Version pin:
  hermes_requires accepts >=, <=, ==, !=, >, < or a bare version (treated
  as >=). Install fails with a clear error when the running Hermes version
  doesn't satisfy the spec.

Sources supported by 'install':
  - Local .tar.gz / .tgz archive
  - Local directory
  - HTTP(S) URL pointing to a .tar.gz (uses httpx, already a dep)
  - Git URL (github.com/user/repo, https://..., git@..., ssh://, git://)

Tests: 43 new unit tests (manifest parsing, version checks, env template,
pack/install/update round-trip, config-preservation, security).
E2E validated via real CLI invocations against an isolated HERMES_HOME
covering pack, install with confirmation, update preservation, update
--force-config, decline-preview, duplicate-install rejection, and
version-requirement rejection.

* refactor(profile-dist): git-only — drop tar.gz/HTTP transports and pack

Scope-cut on top of the original distribution PR: a profile distribution
is now exclusively a git repository (or a local directory during
development). The tar.gz / HTTP archive transports and the matching
`hermes profile pack` subcommand have been removed.

Why:
* GitHub tags, branches, and commits are already the right versioning
  primitive. Tag pushes do for us what 'pack + upload' did.
* `hermes profile export` / `import` already cover local backup and
  restore; they are not a distribution format and stay untouched.
* One transport means one install/update code path, one doc page,
  and one mental model. The extra source types doubled the surface
  for no real user win — GitHub auto-attaches release tarballs, and
  `git bundle` / `git clone --mirror` cover the airgap case.

Changes:
* hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py — removed pack_profile,
  _fetch_tar_archive (_http_fetch), _safe_extract, _archive_roots,
  _safe_parts, _find_dist_root, tarfile/io/urlparse imports. The
  new _stage_source has two arms: git URL → clone, local directory
  → use in place.
* hermes_cli/main.py — removed the 'pack' subparser and action
  handler. Install help text updated to match the reduced source list.
* tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py — rewritten around a
  local-directory staging fixture. The install/update/describe suites
  now build a distribution tree on disk directly and install from it,
  which is what a real git clone produces after .git is stripped.
  Dropped TestPack, TestFindDistRoot, and the tar-specific security
  test. New tests cover _looks_like_git_url, env_example emission,
  hermes_requires enforcement, and 'installer does not import
  credentials if an author mistakenly leaks them in the staging tree'.
* website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md — 'Distribution commands'
  section rewritten around git. Added a 'Publishing a distribution'
  section. export/import stay documented as local backup/restore.
* website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md — dropped 'pack' from the
  profile subcommand table.
* website/package.json — 'lint:diagrams' now passes
  --exclude-code-blocks to ascii-guard. Without it, markdown tables
  and box-drawing diagrams inside fenced code blocks were being
  misidentified as malformed ASCII boxes, blocking the PR's
  docs-site-checks CI with 8 false-positive errors.

Validation:
* Targeted suite: tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py —
  56/56 pass (down from 43 — reorganized to cover the new
  local-dir paths).
* Regression: test_profiles.py + test_profile_export_credentials.py
  102/102 still pass. export/import behaviour unchanged.
* Docs lint: ascii-guard lint --exclude-code-blocks docs returns
  0 errors (was 8 on the PR before the flag bump).
* E2E: ran the real `hermes profile install`/`info` against a
  local staging dir under an isolated HERMES_HOME — install writes
  SOUL.md + skills to the target profile, info reads the manifest
  back, a bogus source produces a clear error, and `hermes profile
  pack` is now rejected by argparse as expected.

* feat(profile-dist): distribution-aware list/show/delete + installed_at + env preview

Polish pass on top of the git-only scope cut. Five additions, all small,
wiring into existing commands rather than adding new surface.

1. `installed_at` timestamp on the manifest
   * Stamped automatically inside plan_install() on both fresh install
     and update — ISO-8601 UTC, seconds resolution.
   * Surfaced in `hermes profile info` as `Installed:    <ts>`.
   * Lets users tell "installed 6 months ago, needs update" from
     "installed yesterday" without guessing from file mtimes.

2. `hermes profile list` grows a `Distribution` column
   * Plain profiles: "—"
   * Distribution profiles: "<name>@<version>" (e.g. `telemetry@1.2.3`)
   * ProfileInfo gains three optional fields — distribution_name,
     distribution_version, distribution_source — populated by a new
     _read_distribution_meta() helper that swallows manifest read errors
     so a broken distribution.yaml in one profile can't break `list`
     for the others.

3. `hermes profile show` and `hermes profile delete` surface
   distribution provenance
   * show: `Distribution: name@version` + `Installed from: <source>`
     plus a pointer to `hermes profile info <name>` for the full
     manifest.
   * delete: same lines in the pre-confirmation preview, so a user
     deleting "telemetry" can see it came from
     `github.com/kyle/telemetry-distribution` before they type
     `telemetry` to confirm. No change to the confirmation gate itself —
     deletion semantics are identical to plain profiles.

4. Install preview checks env vars against the current environment
   * Replaces the "Env vars you'll need to set:" header with a simpler
     "Env vars:" block.
   * Each required var is labeled:
     - `✓ set` — already in `os.environ` OR present as a key in the
       target profile's existing .env (update case).
     - `needs setting` — required but not found in either place.
     - `—` — optional.
   * Mirrors pip's "Requirement already satisfied" UX: no unnecessary
     nagging about keys the user already has configured.

5. Docs: private distributions
   * New "Private distributions" section in
     website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md explaining that we
     shell out to the user's `git` binary, so SSH keys / credential
     helpers / GitHub CLI stored creds all work transparently. One
     paragraph, two examples.
   * `hermes profile info` section updated to mention `Installed:`.

Module-level hoist:
* `from datetime import datetime, timezone` was previously lazy-imported
  inside plan_install(). Hoisted to module scope so tests can monkeypatch
  `hermes_cli.profile_distribution.datetime` to freeze time.

Tests (+7):
* TestInstalledAtStamp.test_install_stamps_installed_at — format check
  (4-digit year, 'T', +00:00 suffix).
* TestInstalledAtStamp.test_update_refreshes_installed_at — freezes
  datetime.now() to 2099-01-01 and confirms update writes a new stamp.
* TestProfileInfoDistribution.test_installed_distribution_shows_in_list
  — ProfileInfo.distribution_{name,version,source} populated after install.
* TestProfileInfoDistribution.test_plain_profile_has_no_distribution_fields
  — plain profiles have None.
* TestProfileInfoDistribution.test_malformed_manifest_does_not_break_list
  — broken distribution.yaml in one profile doesn't break list_profiles().

Validation:
* 163/163 tests pass (56 distribution + 102 profile regression +
  5 new from this commit — up from 158).
* docs-lint: 0 errors.
* E2E verified: install preview shows ✓/needs-setting per env var,
  `profile list` shows Distribution column, `profile show` + `delete`
  preview mentions source URL, `info` shows Installed: timestamp.

* fix(profile-dist): clean errors + warn when overwriting plain profiles

Two small polish fixes found during collision sweeps of the PR:

1. ValueError from validate_profile_name now caught cleanly
   * A distribution.yaml whose 'name' field can't be used as a profile
     identifier (spaces, path traversal, etc.) raises ValueError from
     hermes_cli.profiles.validate_profile_name, which was escaping as a
     raw Python traceback from 'hermes profile install/update/info'.
   * Broadened the except clause in all three handlers to catch
     (DistributionError, ValueError) — users now see:
       Error: Invalid profile name '../../etc/passwd'. Must match
              [a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,63}
     instead of a stack trace.

2. Install preview distinguishes plain profile overwrite from
   distribution re-install
   * When plan.target_dir exists and IS a distribution (has
     distribution.yaml), preview still shows the mild
       (profile exists — will overwrite distribution-owned files only)
   * When plan.target_dir exists but is a HAND-BUILT plain profile (no
     distribution.yaml), preview now shows a loud warning:
       ⚠ Profile exists but is NOT a distribution.  Installing here will
         overwrite its SOUL.md, skills/, cron/, and mcp.json.
         Your memories, sessions, auth.json, and .env will be preserved,
         but any hand-edits to distribution-owned files will be lost.
   * Users who type 'hermes profile install foo --force' against a
     profile they hand-built now see what they're signing up for. User
     data is still safe (memories, sessions, auth, .env are in
     USER_OWNED_EXCLUDE), but custom SOUL/skills get stomped.

Tests (+2):
* TestErrorSurfaces.test_bad_profile_name_raises_valueerror_not_traceback
* TestErrorSurfaces.test_path_traversal_name_rejected

Validation:
* 165/165 tests pass (was 163).
* E2E: bad manifest names produce 'Error: Invalid profile name ...'
  with no traceback; installing over a plain profile shows the warning;
  re-installing over an existing distribution shows the normal
  overwrite message.
* Bad HTTPS URLs still produce 'Error: git clone failed: ...' — git
  itself generates a clean enough message that no wrapper is needed.
* 'install .' works correctly from any cwd.

* fix(profiles): reject reserved names at validate time

Before: `hermes profile create hermes` / `profile install` / `profile rename`
all silently accepted reserved names like `hermes`, `test`, `tmp`, `root`,
`sudo`. The profile directory was created; only alias creation failed (via
check_alias_collision), leaving a confusingly-named profile on disk — e.g.
`~/.hermes/profiles/hermes/` sitting next to `~/.hermes/` itself.

The reserved set already exists (_RESERVED_NAMES, introduced alongside alias
collision detection). This commit moves the check up one layer to
validate_profile_name so every entry point — create, install, import,
rename, dashboard web API — shares the same gate.

The error message points the user at the cause without being cryptic:
  Error: Profile name 'hermes' is reserved — it collides with either the
  Hermes installation itself or a common system binary.  Pick a different
  name.

`default` continues to pass through (it's a special alias for ~/.hermes).
_HERMES_SUBCOMMANDS (`chat`, `model`, `gateway`, etc.) stays at
alias-collision time only — those are fine as bare profile names with
`--no-alias`.

Tests (+5): test_reserved_names_rejected parametrized over the full
_RESERVED_NAMES set, matching the existing pattern in TestValidateProfileName.

No existing test uses a reserved name as a profile identifier (greppped
create_profile("hermes|test|tmp|root|sudo") — zero hits).

Validation:
* 170/170 tests pass in the profile suites.
* E2E: `profile create hermes`, `profile install` with manifest
  name=hermes, and `profile install ... --name hermes` all produce the
  same clean `Error: Profile name 'hermes' is reserved ...` with rc=1
  and no traceback. Normal names (`mybot`) still work.
2026-05-08 10:04:32 -07:00
helix4u
b05d30418d docs: clarify profiles vs workspaces 2026-04-19 02:00:46 -07:00
Teknium
ba50fa3035
docs: fix 30+ inaccuracies across documentation (#9023)
Cross-referenced all docs pages against the actual codebase and fixed:

Reference docs (cli-commands.md, slash-commands.md, profile-commands.md):
- Fix: hermes web -> hermes dashboard (correct subparser name)
- Fix: Wrong provider list (removed deepseek, ai-gateway, opencode-zen,
  opencode-go, alibaba; added gemini)
- Fix: Missing tts in hermes setup section choices
- Add: Missing --image flag for hermes chat
- Add: Missing --component flag for hermes logs
- Add: Missing CLI commands: debug, backup, import
- Fix: /status incorrectly marked as messaging-only (available everywhere)
- Fix: /statusbar moved from Session to Configuration category
- Add: Missing slash commands: /fast, /snapshot, /image, /debug
- Add: Missing /restart from messaging commands table
- Fix: /compress description to match COMMAND_REGISTRY
- Add: --no-alias flag to profile create docs

Configuration docs (configuration.md, environment-variables.md):
- Fix: Vision timeout default 30s -> 120s
- Fix: TTS providers missing minimax and mistral
- Fix: STT providers missing mistral
- Fix: TTS openai base_url shown with wrong default
- Fix: Compression config showing stale summary_model/provider/base_url
  keys (migrated out in config v17) -> target_ratio/protect_last_n

Getting-started docs:
- Fix: Redundant faster-whisper install (already in voice extra)
- Fix: Messaging extra description missing Slack

Developer guide:
- Fix: architecture.md tool count 48 -> 47, toolset count 40 -> 19
- Fix: run_agent.py line count 9,200 -> 10,700
- Fix: cli.py line count 8,500 -> 10,000
- Fix: main.py line count 5,500 -> 6,000
- Fix: gateway/run.py line count 7,500 -> 9,000
- Fix: Browser tools count 11 -> 10
- Fix: Platform adapter count 15 -> 18 (add wecom_callback, api_server)
- Fix: agent-loop.md wrong budget sharing (not shared, independent)
- Fix: agent-loop.md non-existent _get_budget_warning() reference
- Fix: context-compression-and-caching.md non-existent function name
- Fix: toolsets-reference.md safe toolset includes mixture_of_agents (it doesn't)
- Fix: toolsets-reference.md hermes-cli tool count 38 -> 36

Guides:
- Fix: automate-with-cron.md claims daily at 9am is valid (it's not)
- Fix: delegation-patterns.md Max 3 presented as hard cap (configurable)
- Fix: sessions.md group thread key format (shared by default, not per-user)
- Fix: cron-internals.md job ID format and JSON structure
2026-04-13 10:53:10 -07:00
Teknium
77a2aad771
docs: fix stale references across 8 doc pages
Audit found 24+ discrepancies between docs and code. Fixed:

HIGH severity:
- Remove honcho toolset from tools-reference, toolsets-reference, and tools.md
  (converted to memory provider plugin, not a built-in toolset)
- Add note that Honcho is available via plugin

MEDIUM severity:
- Add hermes memory command family to cli-commands.md (setup/status/off)
- Add --clone-all, --clone-from to profile create in cli-commands.md
- Add --max-turns option to hermes chat in cli-commands.md
- Add /btw slash command to slash-commands.md
- Fix profile show example output (remove nonexistent disk usage,
  add .env and SOUL.md status lines)
- Add missing hermes-webhook toolset to toolsets-reference.md
- Add 5 missing providers to fallback-providers.md table
- Add 7 missing providers to providers.md fallback list
- Fix outdated model examples: glm-4-plus→glm-5, moonshot-v1-auto→kimi-for-coding
2026-04-03 23:30:29 -07:00
Teknium
7e0c2c3ce3
docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix 9 HIGH, 20+ MEDIUM gaps (#4087)
Reference docs fixes:
- cli-commands.md: remove non-existent --provider alibaba, add hermes
  profile/completion/plugins/mcp to top-level table, add --profile/-p
  global flag, add --source chat option
- slash-commands.md: add /yolo and /commands, fix /q alias conflict
  (resolves to /queue not /quit), add missing aliases (/bg, /set-home,
  /reload_mcp, /gateway)
- toolsets-reference.md: fix hermes-api-server (not same as hermes-cli,
  omits clarify/send_message/text_to_speech)
- profile-commands.md: fix show name required not optional, --clone-from
  not --from, add --remove/--name to alias, fix alias path, fix export/
  import arg types, remove non-existent fish completion
- tools-reference.md: add EXA_API_KEY to web tools requires_env
- mcp-config-reference.md: add auth key for OAuth, tool name sanitization
- environment-variables.md: add EXA_API_KEY, update provider values
- plugins.md: remove non-existent ctx.register_command(), add
  ctx.inject_message()

Feature docs additions:
- security.md: add /yolo mode, approval modes (manual/smart/off),
  configurable timeout, expanded dangerous patterns table
- cron.md: add wrap_response config, [SILENT] suppression
- mcp.md: add dynamic tool discovery, MCP sampling support
- cli.md: add Ctrl+Z suspend, busy_input_mode, tool_preview_length
- docker.md: add skills/credential file mounting

Messaging platform docs:
- telegram.md: add webhook mode, DoH fallback IPs
- slack.md: add multi-workspace OAuth support
- discord.md: add DISCORD_IGNORE_NO_MENTION
- matrix.md: add MSC3245 native voice messages
- feishu.md: expand from 129 to 365 lines (encrypt key, verification
  token, group policy, card actions, media, rate limiting, markdown,
  troubleshooting)
- wecom.md: expand from 86 to 264 lines (per-group allowlists, media,
  AES decryption, stream replies, reconnection, troubleshooting)

Configuration docs:
- quickstart.md: add DeepSeek, Copilot, Copilot ACP providers
- configuration.md: add DeepSeek provider, Exa web backend, terminal
  env_passthrough/images, browser.command_timeout, compression params,
  discord config, security/tirith config, timezone, auxiliary models

21 files changed, ~1000 lines added
2026-03-30 17:15:21 -07:00
Teknium
b151d5f7a7
docs: fix profile alias naming and improve quick start
The docs incorrectly showed aliases as 'hermes-work' when the actual
implementation creates 'work' (profile name directly, no prefix).

Rewrote the user guide to lead with the alias pattern:
  hermes profile create coder → coder chat, coder setup, etc.

Also clarified that the banner shows 'Profile: coder' and the prompt
shows 'coder ❯' when a non-default profile is active.

Fixed alias paths in command reference (hermes-work → work).
2026-03-29 10:51:51 -07:00
Teknium
f6db1b27ba
feat: add profiles — run multiple isolated Hermes instances (#3681)
Each profile is a fully independent HERMES_HOME with its own config,
API keys, memory, sessions, skills, gateway, cron, and state.db.

Core module: hermes_cli/profiles.py (~900 lines)
  - Profile CRUD: create, delete, list, show, rename
  - Three clone levels: blank, --clone (config), --clone-all (everything)
  - Export/import: tar.gz archive for backup and migration
  - Wrapper alias scripts (~/.local/bin/<name>)
  - Collision detection for alias names
  - Sticky default via ~/.hermes/active_profile
  - Skill seeding via subprocess (handles module-level caching)
  - Auto-stop gateway on delete with disable-before-stop for services
  - Tab completion generation for bash and zsh

CLI integration (hermes_cli/main.py):
  - _apply_profile_override(): pre-import -p/--profile flag + sticky default
  - Full 'hermes profile' subcommand: list, use, create, delete, show,
    alias, rename, export, import
  - 'hermes completion bash/zsh' command
  - Multi-profile skill sync in hermes update

Display (cli.py, banner.py, gateway/run.py):
  - CLI prompt: 'coder ❯' when using a non-default profile
  - Banner shows profile name
  - Gateway startup log includes profile name

Gateway safety:
  - Token locks: Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal (extends Telegram pattern)
  - Port conflict detection: API server, webhook adapter

Diagnostics (hermes_cli/doctor.py):
  - Profile health section: lists profiles, checks config, .env, aliases
  - Orphan alias detection: warns when wrapper points to deleted profile

Tests (tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py):
  - 71 automated tests covering: validation, CRUD, clone levels, rename,
    export/import, active profile, isolation, alias collision, completion
  - Full suite: 6760 passed, 0 new failures

Documentation:
  - website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md: full user guide (12 sections)
  - website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md: command reference (12 commands)
  - website/docs/reference/faq.md: 6 profile FAQ entries
  - website/sidebars.ts: navigation updated
2026-03-29 10:41:20 -07:00