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Teknium
6e5c49bdc4 refactor(kanban-orchestrator): drop hardcoded specialist roster, add Step-0 profile discovery
The skill enumerated 8 specialist profile names (researcher, analyst,
writer, reviewer, backend-eng, frontend-eng, ops, pm) as "the standard
roster" and told orchestrators to "assume these exist." Almost no real
Hermes setup matches that fleet — single-profile setups, Docker-worker
setups, and curated-team setups all violate it — so following the skill
literally produced cards assigned to non-existent profiles, which the
dispatcher silently failed to spawn (no autocorrect, no fallback, just
sits in `ready` forever).

Changes:

- Drop the standard-specialist-roster table.
- Add a "Profiles are user-configured — not a fixed roster" section at
  the top with a Step 0 that prescribes `hermes profile list` (or asking
  the user) before fanning out. Cache the result in working memory.
- Rewrite the worked task-graph example with placeholder names
  (<profile-A>, <profile-B>, <profile-C>) so the structure is still
  teachable but doesn't invite copy-paste of role names that may not
  exist.
- Reframe the "If no specialist fits" anti-temptation rule: don't
  invent profile names; ask the user.
- Add a "Inventing profile names that doesn't exist" entry to Pitfalls.
- Bump skill version 2.0.0 → 3.0.0 (semantic break: previous behavior
  promised a roster the skill no longer enumerates).
- Update website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md to drop the
  matching "(researcher, writer, analyst, backend-eng, reviewer, ops)"
  line and explain the discovery prompt instead.
- Re-run website/scripts/generate-skill-docs.py to refresh the
  auto-generated skill page + catalog.

Closes #21131 in spirit — addresses the same hardcoded-names footgun
@yehuosi flagged, with a different shape than their PR (delete the
roster rather than replace each name with placeholder, since the
roster table was the load-bearing footgun and the worked example is
salvageable with placeholder profile names).

Co-authored-by: yehuosi <yehuosi@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-10 12:59:11 -07:00
Eric Litovsky
236cbe16b6 feat(kanban): add orchestrator board tools 2026-05-10 05:58:44 -07:00
Teknium
252d68fd45
docs: deep audit — fix stale config keys, missing commands, and registry drift (#22784)
* docs: deep audit — fix stale config keys, missing commands, and registry drift

Cross-checked ~80 high-impact docs pages (getting-started, reference, top-level
user-guide, user-guide/features) against the live registries:

  hermes_cli/commands.py    COMMAND_REGISTRY (slash commands)
  hermes_cli/auth.py        PROVIDER_REGISTRY (providers)
  hermes_cli/config.py      DEFAULT_CONFIG (config keys)
  toolsets.py               TOOLSETS (toolsets)
  tools/registry.py         get_all_tool_names() (tools)
  python -m hermes_cli.main <subcmd> --help (CLI args)

reference/
- cli-commands.md: drop duplicate hermes fallback row + duplicate section,
  add stepfun/lmstudio to --provider enum, expand auth/mcp/curator subcommand
  lists to match --help output (status/logout/spotify, login, archive/prune/
  list-archived).
- slash-commands.md: add missing /sessions and /reload-skills entries +
  correct the cross-platform Notes line.
- tools-reference.md: drop bogus '68 tools' headline, drop fictional
  'browser-cdp toolset' (these tools live in 'browser' and are runtime-gated),
  add missing 'kanban' and 'video' toolset sections, fix MCP example to use
  the real mcp_<server>_<tool> prefix.
- toolsets-reference.md: list browser_cdp/browser_dialog inside the 'browser'
  row, add missing 'kanban' and 'video' toolset rows, drop the stale
  '38 tools' count for hermes-cli.
- profile-commands.md: add missing install/update/info subcommands, document
  fish completion.
- environment-variables.md: dedupe GMI_API_KEY/GMI_BASE_URL rows (kept the
  one with the correct gmi-serving.com default).
- faq.md: Anthropic/Google/OpenAI examples — direct providers exist (not just
  via OpenRouter), refresh the OpenAI model list.

getting-started/
- installation.md: PortableGit (not MinGit) is what the Windows installer
  fetches; document the 32-bit MinGit fallback.
- installation.md / termux.md: installer prefers .[termux-all] then falls
  back to .[termux].
- nix-setup.md: Python 3.12 (not 3.11), Node.js 22 (not 20); fix invalid
  'nix flake update --flake' invocation.
- updating.md: 'hermes backup restore --state pre-update' doesn't exist —
  point at the snapshot/quick-snapshot flow; correct config key
  'updates.pre_update_backup' (was 'update.backup').

user-guide/
- configuration.md: api_max_retries default 3 (not 2); display.runtime_footer
  is the real key (not display.runtime_metadata_footer); checkpoints defaults
  enabled=false / max_snapshots=20 (not true / 50).
- configuring-models.md: 'hermes model list' / 'hermes model set ...' don't
  exist — hermes model is interactive only.
- tui.md: busy_indicator -> tui_status_indicator with values
  kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii (not kawaii|minimal|dots|wings|none).
- security.md: SSH backend keys (TERMINAL_SSH_HOST/USER/KEY) live in .env,
  not config.yaml.
- windows-wsl-quickstart.md: there is no 'hermes api' subcommand — the
  OpenAI-compatible API server runs inside hermes gateway.

user-guide/features/
- computer-use.md: approvals.mode (not security.approval_level); fix broken
  ./browser-use.md link to ./browser.md.
- fallback-providers.md: top-level fallback_providers (not
  model.fallback_providers); the picker is subcommand-based, not modal.
- api-server.md: API_SERVER_* are env vars — write to per-profile .env,
  not 'hermes config set' which targets YAML.
- web-search.md: drop web_crawl as a registered tool (it isn't); deep-crawl
  modes are exposed through web_extract.
- kanban.md: failure_limit default is 2, not '~5'.
- plugins.md: drop hard-coded '33 providers' count.
- honcho.md: fix unclosed quote in echo HONCHO_API_KEY snippet; document
  that 'hermes honcho' subcommand is gated on memory.provider=honcho;
  reconcile subcommand list with actual --help output.
- memory-providers.md: legacy 'hermes honcho setup' redirect documented.

Verified via 'npm run build' — site builds cleanly; broken-link count went
from 149 to 146 (no regressions, fixed a few in passing).

* docs: round 2 audit fixes + regenerate skill catalogs

Follow-up to the previous commit on this branch:

Round 2 manual fixes:
- quickstart.md: KIMI_CODING_API_KEY mentioned alongside KIMI_API_KEY;
  voice-mode and ACP install commands rewritten — bare 'pip install ...'
  doesn't work for curl-installed setups (no pip on PATH, not in repo
  dir); replaced with 'cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent && uv pip install -e
  ".[voice]"'. ACP already ships in [all] so the curl install includes it.
- cli.md / configuration.md: 'auxiliary.compression.model' shown as
  'google/gemini-3-flash-preview' (the doc's own claimed default);
  actual default is empty (= use main model). Reworded as 'leave empty
  (default) or pin a cheap model'.
- built-in-plugins.md: added the bundled 'kanban/dashboard' plugin row
  that was missing from the table.

Regenerated skill catalogs:
- ran website/scripts/generate-skill-docs.py to refresh all 163 per-skill
  pages and both reference catalogs (skills-catalog.md,
  optional-skills-catalog.md). This adds the entries that were genuinely
  missing — productivity/teams-meeting-pipeline (bundled),
  optional/finance/* (entire category — 7 skills:
  3-statement-model, comps-analysis, dcf-model, excel-author, lbo-model,
  merger-model, pptx-author), creative/hyperframes,
  creative/kanban-video-orchestrator, devops/watchers,
  productivity/shop-app, research/searxng-search,
  apple/macos-computer-use — and rewrites every other per-skill page from
  the current SKILL.md. Most diffs are tiny (one line of refreshed
  metadata).

Validation:
- 'npm run build' succeeded.
- Broken-link count moved 146 -> 155 — the +9 are zh-Hans translation
  shells that lag every newly-added skill page (pre-existing pattern).
  No regressions on any en/ page.
2026-05-09 13:19:51 -07:00
Teknium
24d48ffb82
feat(kanban): add specify — auxiliary LLM fleshes out triage tasks (#21435)
* feat(kanban): add `specify` — auxiliary LLM fleshes out triage tasks

The Triage column shipped with a placeholder 'a specifier will flesh
out the spec', but the specifier itself was never built. This wires
it up as a dedicated CLI verb.

`hermes kanban specify <id>` calls the auxiliary LLM (configured under
`auxiliary.triage_specifier`) to expand a rough one-liner into a
concrete spec — tightened title plus a body with Goal / Approach /
Acceptance criteria / Out-of-scope sections — then atomically flips
`status: triage -> todo` and recomputes ready so parent-free tasks
go straight to the dispatcher on the same tick.

Surface:

  hermes kanban specify <task_id>               # single task
  hermes kanban specify --all [--tenant T]      # sweep triage column
  hermes kanban specify ... --author NAME       # audit-comment author
  hermes kanban specify ... --json              # one JSON line per task

Design choices:

  - Parent gating is preserved. specify_triage_task flips to 'todo',
    then recompute_ready promotes to 'ready' only when parents are
    done — same rule as a normal parent-gated todo.
  - No daemon, no background watcher. Every invocation is explicit —
    keeps cost predictable and doesn't fight the dispatcher loop.
  - Response parse is lenient: strict JSON preferred, markdown-fence
    tolerated, raw-body fallback on malformed JSON so the LLM can't
    strand a task in triage.
  - All failure modes (no aux client, API error, task moved out of
    triage mid-call) return SpecifyOutcome(ok=False, reason=...) so
    --all continues past individual failures.

Changes:

  hermes_cli/kanban_db.py    + specify_triage_task()
  hermes_cli/kanban_specify.py  NEW (~220 LOC — prompt, parse, call)
  hermes_cli/kanban.py       + specify subcommand + _cmd_specify
  hermes_cli/config.py       + auxiliary.triage_specifier task slot
  website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md  specify + config notes
  website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md      CLI reference entry
  tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_specify_db.py    NEW (10 tests)
  tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_specify.py       NEW (20 tests)

Validation: 30/30 targeted tests pass. E2E: triage task -> specify ->
ends in 'ready' with events [created, specified, promoted] and the
audit comment recorded under the configured author.

* feat(kanban): wire specifier into dashboard and gateway slash

Follow-ups to the initial PR #21435 — closes the two gaps I'd left as
post-merge: dashboard button and first-class gateway surface.

Dashboard (plugins/kanban/dashboard/)
  - POST /tasks/:id/specify  NEW endpoint. Thin wrapper around
    kanban_specify.specify_task(). Returns the CLI outcome shape
    ({ok, task_id, reason, new_title}); ok=false with a human reason
    is a 200, not a 4xx, so the UI can render it inline without
    treating 'no aux client configured' as a crash.
  - Runs sync in FastAPI's threadpool because the LLM call can take
    tens of seconds on reasoning models.
  - Pins HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD around the specify call so the module's
    argless kb.connect() lands on the right board.
  - dist/index.js: doSpecify callback threaded through the drawer →
    TaskDetail → StatusActions prop chain.  Specify button appears
    ONLY when task.status === 'triage' (elsewhere the backend would
    reject anyway — hide the button to keep the action row clean).
    Busy state (Specifying…) + inline success/error banner under the
    button using the response.reason text.
  - dist/style.css: tiny hermes-kanban-msg-ok / -err classes using
    existing --color vars so themes reskin cleanly.

Gateway slash (/kanban specify)
  - Already works via the existing run_slash → build_parser →
    kanban_command pipeline. No code change needed — slash commands
    inherit the argparse tree automatically. Added coverage:
    test_run_slash_specify_end_to_end (create --triage, specify, verify
    promotion + retitle) and test_run_slash_specify_help_is_reachable.

Tests
  - tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py: 3 new tests for the
    REST endpoint — happy path, non-triage rejection as ok=false 200,
    missing aux client as ok=false 200.
  - tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py: 2 new slash-surface tests.

Docs
  - website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md: dashboard action row
    description mentions  Specify + all three surfaces. REST table
    gains /tasks/:id/specify. Slash examples include /kanban specify.

Validation: 340/340 targeted tests pass. E2E via TestClient: create a
triage task over REST → POST /specify with mocked aux client → task
moves to 'ready' column on /board with new title and body applied.
2026-05-07 13:04:41 -07:00
Teknium
49c3c2e0d3
docs(kanban): fix worker skill setup instructions too (#20960)
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Follow-up to #20958. The worker skill section had the same stale
'hermes skills install devops/kanban-worker' command — kanban-worker
is also bundled, so that command fails with 'Could not fetch from any
source.'

Replace with bundled-skill verification + restore pattern, matching
the orchestrator section. Uses <your-worker-profile> placeholder since
assignees vary (researcher, writer, ops, linguist, reviewer, etc.)
rather than a single fixed 'worker' profile.
2026-05-06 18:40:30 -07:00
Gille
45cbf93899
docs(kanban): fix orchestrator skill setup instructions (#20958) 2026-05-06 18:14:30 -07:00
0xVox
5bd75c73ed docs(kanban): document handoff evidence metadata 2026-05-05 13:52:46 -07:00
Teknium
5ec6baa400
feat(kanban): multi-project boards — one install, many kanbans (#19653)
Adds first-class board support to kanban so users can separate unrelated
streams of work (projects, repos, domains) into isolated queues. Single-
project users stay on the 'default' board and see no UI change.

Isolation model
---------------
- Each board is a directory at `~/.hermes/kanban/boards/<slug>/` with
  its own `kanban.db`, `workspaces/`, and `logs/`. The 'default' board
  keeps its legacy path (`~/.hermes/kanban.db`) for back-compat — fresh
  installs and pre-boards users get zero migration.
- Workers spawned by the dispatcher have `HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD` pinned in
  their env alongside the existing `HERMES_KANBAN_DB` /
  `HERMES_KANBAN_WORKSPACES_ROOT` pins, so workers physically cannot see
  other boards' tasks.
- The gateway's single dispatcher loop now sweeps every board per tick;
  per-tick cost is a few extra filesystem stats.
- CAS concurrency guarantees are preserved per-board (each board is its
  own SQLite DB, same WAL+IMMEDIATE machinery as before).

CLI
---
  hermes kanban boards list|create|switch|show|rename|rm
  hermes kanban --board <slug> <any-subcommand>

Board resolution order: `--board` flag → `HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD` env →
`~/.hermes/kanban/current` file → `default`. Slug validation is strict:
lowercase alphanumerics + hyphens + underscores, 1-64 chars, starts with
alphanumeric. Uppercase is auto-downcased; slashes / dots / `..` /
control chars are rejected so boards can't name their way out of the
boards/ directory.

Passive discoverability: when more than one board exists, `hermes kanban
list` prints a one-line header ("Board: foo (2 other boards …)") so
users who stumble across multi-project never have to hunt for the
feature. Invisible for single-board installs.

Dashboard
---------
- New `BoardSwitcher` component at the top of the Kanban tab: dropdown
  with all boards + task counts, `+ New board` button, `Archive`
  button (non-default only). Hidden entirely when only `default` exists
  and is empty — single-project users never see it.
- New `NewBoardDialog` modal: slug / display name / description / icon
  + "switch to this board after creating" checkbox.
- Selected board persists to `localStorage` so browser users don't
  shift the CLI's active board out from under a terminal they left open.
- New `?board=<slug>` query param on every existing endpoint plus a
  new `/boards` CRUD surface (`GET /boards`, `POST /boards`,
  `PATCH /boards/<slug>`, `DELETE /boards/<slug>`,
  `POST /boards/<slug>/switch`).
- Events WebSocket is pinned to a board at connection time; switching
  opens a fresh WS against the new board.

Also fixes a pre-existing bug in the plugin's tenant / assignee
filters: the SDK's `Select` uses `onValueChange(value)`, not
native `onChange(event)`, so those filters silently didn't work.
New `selectChangeHandler` helper wires both signatures.

Tests
-----
49 new tests in `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_boards.py` covering:
slug validation (valid / invalid / auto-downcase), path resolution
(default = legacy path, named = `boards/<slug>/`, env var override),
current-board resolution chain (env > file > default), board CRUD +
archive / hard-delete, per-board connection isolation (tasks don't
leak), worker spawn env injection (`HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD`,
`HERMES_KANBAN_DB`, `HERMES_KANBAN_WORKSPACES_ROOT` all point at the
right board), and end-to-end CLI surface.

Regression surface: all 264 pre-existing kanban tests continue to pass.

Live-tested via the dashboard: created 3 boards (default,
hermes-agent, atm10-server), created tasks on each via both CLI
(`--board <slug> create`) and dashboard (inline create on the Ready
column), confirmed zero cross-board leakage, confirmed `BoardSwitcher`
+ `NewBoardDialog` work end-to-end in the browser.
2026-05-04 04:42:38 -07:00
Teknium
986ec04048
docs: document /kanban slash command (#19584)
* docs: document /kanban slash command

The kanban user guide and slash-commands reference only mentioned the
/kanban slash command in passing. Add a proper section covering:

- CLI and gateway both expose the full hermes kanban surface via
  hermes_cli.kanban.run_slash (identical argument surface)
- Mid-run usage: /kanban bypasses the running-agent guard, so reads
  and writes land immediately while an agent is still in a turn
- Auto-subscribe on /kanban create from the gateway — originating
  chat is subscribed to terminal events, with a worked example
- Output truncation (~3800 chars) in messaging
- Autocomplete hint list vs full subcommand surface

Also adds /kanban rows to both slash-command tables (CLI + messaging)
in reference/slash-commands.md and moves it into the 'works in both'
notes bucket.

* docs(kanban): frame the model's tool surface as primary, CLI as the human surface

The kanban user guide and CLI reference read as if you drive the board
by running `hermes kanban` commands everywhere. In practice:

- **You** (human, scripts, cron, dashboard) use the `hermes kanban …`
  CLI, the `/kanban …` slash command, or the REST/dashboard.
- **Workers** spawned by the dispatcher use a dedicated `kanban_*`
  toolset (`kanban_show`, `kanban_complete`, `kanban_block`,
  `kanban_heartbeat`, `kanban_comment`, `kanban_create`,
  `kanban_link`) and never shell out to the CLI.

Changes to `user-guide/features/kanban.md`:

- New 'Two surfaces' intro distinguishes the two front doors up front.
- Quick-start section re-labelled so each step says who is running it
  (you vs. orchestrator vs. worker).
- 'How workers interact with the board' rewritten:
  - Lead with "Workers do not shell out to `hermes kanban`."
  - Tool table extended with required params.
  - Concrete worker-turn example (`kanban_show` → `kanban_heartbeat`
    → `kanban_complete`) and an orchestrator fan-out example
    (`kanban_create` x N with `parents=[...]`).
  - Moved 'Why tools not CLI' from a defensive aside to a clean
    follow-up section.
- 'Worker skill' section explicitly says the lifecycle is taught
  in tool calls, not CLI commands.
- 'Pinning extra skills' reordered — orchestrator tool form first
  (the usual case), human/CLI second, dashboard third.
- 'Orchestrator skill' now shows a canonical `kanban_create` /
  `kanban_link` / `kanban_complete` tool-call sequence instead of
  only describing what the skill teaches.
- CLI-command-reference heading now clarifies this is the human
  surface, with a cross-link to the tool-surface section.
- 'Runs — one row per attempt' structured-handoff example replaced:
  the primary example is now `kanban_complete(summary=..., metadata=...)`
  (what a worker actually does), with the CLI form retained as
  "when you, the human, need to close a task a worker can't."

Changes to `reference/cli-commands.md`:

- `hermes kanban` intro marks itself as the human / scripting surface
  and links out to the worker tool surface.
- Corrected `comment <id>` description — the next worker reads it via
  `kanban_show()`, not by running `hermes kanban show`.

* docs(kanban-tutorial): reframe worker actions as tool calls

Honest answer to Teknium's follow-up: no, the first pass missed the
tutorial. The four stories all showed `hermes kanban claim /
complete / block / unblock` as if the backend-dev, pm, and reviewer
personas were humans running CLI commands. In a real hermes kanban
run those agents are dispatcher-spawned workers driving the board
through the `kanban_*` tool surface.

Changes:

- Setup intro now distinguishes the three surfaces up front
  (dashboard / CLI for you, `kanban_*` tools for workers) and
  establishes the convention: `bash` blocks are commands *you* run,
  `# worker tool calls` blocks are what the agent emits.
- Story 1 (solo dev schema): 'Claim the schema task, do the work,
  hand off' block replaced with the dispatcher spawning the
  backend-dev worker and a `kanban_show → kanban_heartbeat →
  kanban_complete` tool-call sequence. The 'On the CLI' `hermes
  kanban show / runs` block re-labelled as 'you peeking at the board'
  to keep it correct as a human inspection step.
- Story 2 (fleet farming): note about structured handoff updated
  from `--summary` / `--metadata` CLI flags to
  `kanban_complete(summary=..., metadata=...)` tool form.
- Story 3 (role pipeline): the big PM/engineer/reviewer block fully
  rewritten as three worker tool-call sequences — PM worker
  completes spec, engineer worker blocks, human/reviewer
  `hermes kanban unblock` (or `/kanban unblock`), engineer worker
  respawns and completes. The respawn-as-new-run mechanic is now
  explicit.
- Reviewer paragraph: `build_worker_context` replaced with
  `kanban_show()` — that's the tool that delivers the parent
  handoff to the model.
- Structured handoff section heading and body updated:
  `--summary`/`--metadata` → `summary`/`metadata` (tool params),
  with a note that the tool surface doesn't expose a bulk variant
  for the same reason the CLI refuses multi-task `complete`.

Story 4 (circuit breaker) unchanged — its workers fail to spawn,
so there are no tool calls to show; the `hermes kanban create` and
`hermes kanban runs` commands in it are correctly human-driven.
2026-05-04 03:05:34 -07:00
Teknium
c868425467
feat(kanban): durable multi-profile collaboration board (#17805)
Salvage of PR #16100 onto current main (after emozilla's #17514 fix
that unblocks plugin Pydantic body validation). History preserved on
the standing `feat/kanban-standing` branch; this squashes the 22
iterative commits into one clean landing.

What this lands:
- SQLite kernel (hermes_cli/kanban_db.py) — durable task board with
  tasks, task_links, task_runs, task_comments, task_events,
  kanban_notify_subs tables. WAL mode, atomic claim via CAS,
  tenant-namespaced, skills JSON array per task, max-runtime timeouts,
  worker heartbeats, idempotency keys, circuit breaker on repeated
  spawn failures, crash detection via /proc/<pid>/status, run history
  preserved across attempts.
- Dispatcher — runs inside the gateway by default
  (`kanban.dispatch_in_gateway: true`). Ticks every 60s, reclaims
  stale claims, promotes ready tasks, spawns `hermes -p <assignee>
  chat -q "work kanban task <id>"` with HERMES_KANBAN_TASK +
  HERMES_KANBAN_WORKSPACE env. Auto-loads `--skills kanban-worker`
  plus any per-task skills. Health telemetry warns on stuck ready
  queue.
- Structured tool surface (tools/kanban_tools.py) — 7 tools
  (kanban_show, kanban_complete, kanban_block, kanban_heartbeat,
  kanban_comment, kanban_create, kanban_link). Gated on
  HERMES_KANBAN_TASK via check_fn so zero schema footprint in normal
  sessions.
- System-prompt guidance (agent/prompt_builder.py KANBAN_GUIDANCE)
  injected only when kanban tools are active.
- Dashboard plugin (plugins/kanban/dashboard/) — Linear-style board
  UI: triage/todo/ready/running/blocked/done columns, drag-drop,
  inline create, task drawer with markdown, comments, run history,
  dependency editor, bulk ops, lanes-by-profile grouping, WS-driven
  live refresh. Matches active dashboard theme via CSS variables.
- CLI — `hermes kanban init|create|list|show|assign|link|unlink|
  claim|comment|complete|block|unblock|archive|tail|dispatch|context|
  init|gc|watch|stats|notify|log|heartbeat|runs|assignees` +
  `/kanban` slash in-session.
- Worker + orchestrator skills (skills/devops/kanban-worker +
  kanban-orchestrator) — pattern library for good summary/metadata
  shapes, retry diagnostics, block-reason examples, fan-out patterns.
- Per-task force-loaded skills — `--skill <name>` (repeatable),
  stored as JSON, threaded through to dispatcher argv as one
  `--skills X` pair per skill alongside the built-in kanban-worker.
  Dashboard + CLI + tool parity.
- Deprecation of standalone `hermes kanban daemon` — stub exits 2
  with migration guidance; `--force` escape hatch for headless hosts.
- Docs (website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md + kanban-tutorial.md)
  with 11 dashboard screenshots walking through four user stories
  (Solo Dev, Fleet Farming, Role Pipeline, Circuit Breaker).
- Tests (251 passing): kernel schema + migration + CAS atomicity,
  dispatcher logic, circuit breaker, crash detection, max-runtime
  timeouts, claim lifecycle, tenant isolation, idempotency keys, per-
  task skills round-trip + validation + dispatcher argv, tool surface
  (7 tools × round-trip + error paths), dashboard REST (CRUD + bulk
  + links + warnings), gateway-embedded dispatcher (config gate, env
  override, graceful shutdown), CLI deprecation stub, migration from
  legacy schemas.

Gateway integration:
- GatewayRunner._kanban_dispatcher_watcher — new asyncio background
  task, symmetric with _kanban_notifier_watcher. Runs dispatch_once
  via asyncio.to_thread so SQLite WAL never blocks the loop. Sleeps
  in 1s slices for snappy shutdown. Respects HERMES_KANBAN_DISPATCH_IN_GATEWAY=0
  env override for debugging.
- Config: new `kanban` section in DEFAULT_CONFIG with
  `dispatch_in_gateway: true` (default) + `dispatch_interval_seconds: 60`.
  Additive — no \_config_version bump needed.

Forward-compat:
- workflow_template_id / current_step_key columns on tasks (v1 writes
  NULL; v2 will use them for routing).
- task_runs holds claim machinery (claim_lock, claim_expires,
  worker_pid, last_heartbeat_at) so multi-attempt history is first-
  class from day one.

Closes #16102.

Co-authored-by: emozilla <emozilla@nousresearch.com>
2026-04-30 13:36:47 -07:00
Teknium
06f81752ed
Revert "feat(kanban): durable multi-profile collaboration board (#16081)" (#16098)
This reverts commit 15937a6b46.
2026-04-26 08:29:37 -07:00
Teknium
15937a6b46
feat(kanban): durable multi-profile collaboration board (#16081)
New `hermes kanban` CLI subcommand + `/kanban` slash command + skills for
worker and orchestrator profiles. SQLite-backed task board
(~/.hermes/kanban.db) shared across all profiles on the host. Zero
changes to run_agent.py, no new core tools, no tool-schema bloat.

Motivation: delegate_task is a function call — sync fork/join, anonymous
subagent, no resumability, no human-in-the-loop. Kanban is the durable
shape needed for research triage, scheduled ops, digital twins,
engineering pipelines, and fleet work. They coexist (workers may call
delegate_task internally).

What this adds
- hermes_cli/kanban_db.py — schema, CAS claim, dependency resolution,
  dispatcher, workspace resolution, worker-context builder.
- hermes_cli/kanban.py — 15-verb CLI surface and shared run_slash()
  entry point used by both CLI and gateway.
- skills/devops/kanban-worker — how a profile should work a claimed task.
- skills/devops/kanban-orchestrator — "you are a dispatcher, not a
  worker" template with anti-temptation rules.
- /kanban slash command wired into cli.py and gateway/run.py. Bypasses
  the running-agent guard (board writes don't touch agent state), so
  /kanban unblock can free a stuck worker mid-conversation.
- Design spec at docs/hermes-kanban-v1-spec.pdf — comparative analysis
  vs Cline Kanban, Paperclip, NanoClaw, Gemini Enterprise; 8 patterns;
  4 user stories; implementation plan; concurrency correctness.
- Docs: website/docs/user-guide/features/kanban.md, CLI reference
  updated, sidebar entry added.

Architecture highlights
- Three planes: control (user + gateway), state (board + dispatcher),
  execution (pool of profile processes).
- Every worker is a full OS process, spawned as `hermes -p <profile>`.
  No in-process subagent swarms — solves NanoClaw's SDK-lifecycle
  failure class.
- Atomic claim via SQLite CAS in a BEGIN IMMEDIATE transaction; stale
  claims reclaimed 15 min after their TTL expires.
- Tenant namespacing via one nullable column — one specialist fleet
  can serve many businesses with data isolation by workspace path.

Tests: 60 targeted tests (schema, CAS atomicity, dependency resolution,
dispatcher, workspace kinds, tenancy, CLI + slash surface). All pass
hermetic via scripts/run_tests.sh.
2026-04-26 08:24:26 -07:00