* feat(skills): add fitness-nutrition skill to optional-skills
Cherry-picked from PR #9177 by @haileymarshall.
Adds a fitness and nutrition skill for gym-goers and health-conscious users:
- Exercise search via wger API (690+ exercises, free, no auth)
- Nutrition lookup via USDA FoodData Central (380K+ foods, DEMO_KEY fallback)
- Offline body composition calculators (BMI, TDEE, 1RM, macros, body fat %)
- Pure stdlib Python, no pip dependencies
Changes from original PR:
- Moved from skills/ to optional-skills/health/ (correct location)
- Fixed BMR formula in FORMULAS.md (removed confusing -5+10, now just +5)
- Fixed author attribution to match PR submitter
- Marked USDA_API_KEY as optional (DEMO_KEY works without signup)
Also adds optional env var support to the skill readiness checker:
- New 'optional: true' field in required_environment_variables entries
- Optional vars are preserved in metadata but don't block skill readiness
- Optional vars skip the CLI capture prompt flow
- Skills with only optional missing vars show as 'available' not 'setup_needed'
* docs: add automation templates gallery and comparison post
- New docs page: guides/automation-templates.md with 15+ ready-to-use
automation recipes covering development workflow, devops, research,
GitHub events, and business operations
- Comparison post (hermes-already-has-routines.md) showing Hermes has
had schedule/webhook/API triggers since March 2026
- Added automation-templates to sidebar navigation
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Co-authored-by: haileymarshall <haileymarshall@users.noreply.github.com>
Add ctx.register_skill() API so plugins can ship SKILL.md files under
a 'plugin:skill' namespace, preventing name collisions with built-in
Hermes skills. skill_view() detects the ':' separator and routes to
the plugin registry while bare names continue through the existing
flat-tree scan unchanged.
Key additions:
- agent/skill_utils: parse_qualified_name(), is_valid_namespace()
- hermes_cli/plugins: PluginContext.register_skill(), PluginManager
skill registry (find/list/remove)
- tools/skills_tool: qualified name dispatch in skill_view(),
_serve_plugin_skill() with full guards (disabled, platform,
injection scan), bundle context banner with sibling listing,
stale registry self-heal
- Hoisted _INJECTION_PATTERNS to module level (dedup)
- Updated skill_view schema description
Based on PR #9334 by N0nb0at. Lean P1 salvage — omits autogen shim
(P2) for a simpler first merge.
Closes#8422
- Add rebrand_text() that replaces OpenClaw, Open Claw, Open-Claw,
ClawdBot, and MoltBot with Hermes (case-insensitive, word-boundary)
- Apply rebranding to memory entries (MEMORY.md, USER.md, daily memory)
- Apply rebranding to SOUL.md and workspace instructions via new
transform parameter on copy_file()
- Fix moldbot -> moltbot typo across codebase (claw.py, migration
script, docs, tests)
- Add unit tests for rebrand_text and integration tests for memory
and soul migration rebranding
hermes claw migrate now always shows a full dry-run preview before
making any changes. The user reviews what would be imported, then
confirms to proceed. --dry-run stops after the preview. --yes skips
the confirmation prompt.
This matches the existing setup wizard flow (_offer_openclaw_migration)
which already did preview-then-confirm.
Docs updated across both docs/migration/openclaw.md and
website/docs/guides/migrate-from-openclaw.md to reflect:
- New preview-first UX flow
- workspace-main/ fallback paths
- accounts.default channel token layout
- TTS edge/microsoft rename
- openclaw.json env sub-object as API key source
- Hyphenated provider API types
- Matrix accessToken field
- SecretRef file/exec warnings
- Skills session restart note
- WhatsApp re-pairing note
- Archive cleanup step
Add streaming timeout documentation to three pages:
- guides/local-llm-on-mac.md: New 'Timeouts' section with table of all
three timeouts, their defaults, local auto-adjustments, and env var
overrides
- reference/faq.md: Tip box in the local models FAQ section
- user-guide/configuration.md: 'Streaming Timeouts' subsection under
the agent config section
Follow-up to #6967.
Comprehensive guide covering:
- llama.cpp and MLX (omlx) setup on Apple Silicon
- Model selection and memory optimization (quantized KV cache)
- Real benchmarks on M5 Max comparing both backends
- Hermes connection instructions
Cherry-picked from PR #2590.
Updates the plugin build guide and features page to reflect the
interactive env var prompting added in PR #5470. Documents the rich
manifest format (name/description/url/secret) alongside the simple
string format.
Plugin context from pre_llm_call hooks was injected into the system
prompt, breaking the prompt cache prefix every turn when content
changed (typical for memory plugins). Now all plugin context goes
into the current turn's user message — the system prompt stays
identical across turns, preserving cached tokens.
The system prompt is reserved for Hermes internals. Plugins
contribute context alongside the user's input.
Also adds comprehensive documentation for all 6 plugin hooks:
pre_tool_call, post_tool_call, pre_llm_call, post_llm_call,
on_session_start, on_session_end — each with full callback
signatures, parameter tables, firing conditions, and examples.
Supersedes #5138 which identified the same cache-busting bug
and proposed an uncached system suffix approach. This fix goes
further by removing system prompt injection entirely.
Co-identified-by: OutThisLife (PR #5138)
Major reorganization of the documentation site for better discoverability
and navigation. 94 pages across 8 top-level sections (was 5).
Structural changes:
- Promote Features from 3-level-deep subcategory to top-level section
with new Overview hub page categorizing all 26 feature pages
- Promote Messaging Platforms from User Guide subcategory to top-level
section, add platform comparison matrix (13 platforms x 7 features)
- Create new Integrations section with hub page, grouping MCP, ACP,
API Server, Honcho, Provider Routing, Fallback Providers
- Extract AI provider content (626 lines) from configuration.md into
dedicated integrations/providers.md — configuration.md drops from
1803 to 1178 lines
- Subcategorize Developer Guide into Architecture, Extending, Internals
- Rename "User Guide" to "Using Hermes" for top-level items
Orphan fixes (7 pages now reachable via sidebar):
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md added to Guides
- sms.md added to Messaging Platforms
- context-references.md added to Features > Core
- plugins.md added to Features > Core
- git-worktrees.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints-and-rollback.md added to Using Hermes
- checkpoints.md (30-line stub) deleted, superseded by
checkpoints-and-rollback.md (203 lines)
New files:
- integrations/index.md — Integrations hub page
- integrations/providers.md — AI provider setup (extracted)
- user-guide/features/overview.md — Features hub page
Broken link fixes:
- quickstart.md, faq.md: update context-length-detection anchors
- configuration.md: update checkpoints link
- overview.md: fix checkpoint link path
Docusaurus build verified clean (zero broken links/anchors).
Salvage of PR #2173 (hanai) and PR #3432 (timknip).
Injects PATH, VIRTUAL_ENV, and HERMES_HOME into the macOS launchd plist so gateway subprocesses find user-installed tools (node, ffmpeg, etc.). Matches systemd unit parity with venv/bin, node_modules/.bin, and resolved node dir in PATH. Includes 7 new tests and docs updates across 4 pages.
Co-Authored-By: Han <ihanai1991@gmail.com>
Co-Authored-By: timknip <timknip@users.noreply.github.com>
The plugin system defined six lifecycle hooks but only pre_tool_call and
post_tool_call were invoked. This activates the remaining four so that
external plugins (e.g. memory systems) can hook into the conversation
loop without touching core code.
Hook semantics:
- on_session_start: fires once when a new session is created
- pre_llm_call: fires once per turn before the tool-calling loop;
plugins can return {"context": "..."} to inject into the ephemeral
system prompt (not cached, not persisted)
- post_llm_call: fires once per turn after the loop completes, with
user_message and assistant_response for sync/storage
- on_session_end: fires at the end of every run_conversation call
invoke_hook() now returns a list of non-None callback return values,
enabling pre_llm_call context injection while remaining backward
compatible (existing hooks that return None are unaffected).
Salvaged from PR #2823.
Co-authored-by: Nicolò Boschi <boschi1997@gmail.com>
zsh interprets square brackets as glob patterns, so
`pip install hermes-agent[voice]` fails with 'no matches found'.
Quote all pip install commands with extras across 5 docs pages (12 instances).
Reported by OFumik0OP.
Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot #1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.
Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree
Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
The standard install already includes MCP via .[all]. For users who
need to add it separately, the correct command is:
cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent && uv pip install -e ".[mcp]"
The venv is created by uv, so bare 'pip' isn't available. All four
occurrences across 3 docs pages updated.
Add a hands-on guide for using voice mode with Hermes, fix and expand the main voice-mode docs, surface /voice in messaging docs, and improve discoverability from the homepage and learning path.
Document the new global-only SOUL behavior, add a dedicated use guide, update personality/context/config docs, and fix docs language that still described cwd-local SOUL loading.
Expand the MCP feature docs with filtering and capability-aware registration details, add a practical 'Use MCP with Hermes' tutorial, add a config reference page, and wire the new docs into the sidebar and landing page.
