hermes-agent/website
Siddharth Balyan cab814af15
feat(nix): container-aware CLI — auto-route into managed container (#7543)
* feat(nix): container-aware CLI — auto-route all subcommands into managed container

When container.enable = true, the host `hermes` CLI transparently execs
every subcommand into the managed Docker/Podman container. A symlink
bridge (~/.hermes -> /var/lib/hermes/.hermes) unifies state between host
and container so sessions, config, and memories are shared.

CLI changes:
- Global routing before subcommand dispatch (all commands forwarded)
- docker exec with -u exec_user, env passthrough (TERM, COLORTERM,
  LANG, LC_ALL), TTY-aware flags
- Retry with spinner on failure (TTY: 5s, non-TTY: 10s silent)
- Hard fail instead of silent fallback
- HERMES_DEV=1 env var bypasses routing for development
- No routing messages (invisible to user)

NixOS module changes:
- container.hostUsers option: lists users who get ~/.hermes symlink
  and automatic hermes group membership
- Activation script creates symlink bridge (with backup of existing
  ~/.hermes dirs), writes exec_user to .container-mode
- Cleanup on disable: removes symlinks + .container-mode + stops service
- Warning when hostUsers set without addToSystemPackages

* fix: address review — reuse sudo var, add chown -h on symlink update

- hermes_cli/main.py: reuse the existing `sudo` variable instead of
  redundant `shutil.which("sudo")` call that could return None
- nix/nixosModules.nix: add missing `chown -h` when updating an
  existing symlink target so ownership stays consistent with the
  fresh-create and backup-replace branches

* fix: address remaining review items from cursor bugbot

- hermes_cli/main.py: move container routing BEFORE parse_args() so
  --help, unrecognised flags, and all subcommands are forwarded
  transparently into the container instead of being intercepted by
  argparse on the host (high severity)

- nix/nixosModules.nix: resolve home dirs via
  config.users.users.${user}.home instead of hardcoding /home/${user},
  supporting users with custom home directories (medium severity)

- nix/nixosModules.nix: gate hostUsers group membership on
  container.enable so setting hostUsers without container mode doesn't
  silently add users to the hermes group (low severity)

* fix: simplify container routing — execvp, no retries, let it crash

- Replace subprocess.run retry loop with os.execvp (no idle parent process)
- Extract _probe_container helper for sudo detection with 15s timeout
- Narrow exception handling: FileNotFoundError only in get_container_exec_info,
  catch TimeoutExpired specifically, remove silent except Exception: pass
- Collapse needs_sudo + sudo into single sudo_path variable
- Simplify NixOS symlink creation from 4 branches to 2
- Gate NixOS sudoers hint with "On NixOS:" prefix
- Full test rewrite: 18 tests covering execvp, sudo probe, timeout, permissions

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Co-authored-by: Hermes Agent <hermes@nousresearch.com>
2026-04-12 05:17:46 +05:30
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docs feat(nix): container-aware CLI — auto-route into managed container (#7543) 2026-04-12 05:17:46 +05:30
scripts feat(website): add skills browse and search page to docs (#4500) 2026-04-02 10:47:38 -07:00
src feat(website): add skills browse and search page to docs (#4500) 2026-04-02 10:47:38 -07:00
static docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
.gitignore chore: gitignore generated skills.json 2026-04-02 10:48:15 -07:00
docusaurus.config.ts feat(website): add skills browse and search page to docs (#4500) 2026-04-02 10:47:38 -07:00
package-lock.json docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
package.json docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
README.md docs: replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists, add linting note 2026-03-21 17:58:30 -07:00
sidebars.ts docs: add platform adapter developer guide + WeCom Callback docs (#7969) 2026-04-11 15:50:54 -07:00
tsconfig.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

yarn build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Deployment

Using SSH:

USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

Not using SSH:

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> yarn deploy

If you are using GitHub pages for hosting, this command is a convenient way to build the website and push to the gh-pages branch.

Diagram Linting

CI runs ascii-guard to lint docs for ASCII box diagrams. Use Mermaid (````mermaid`) or plain lists/tables instead of ASCII boxes to avoid CI failures.