Delegation Readiness Doctor — Broken-State Roundtrip

Generated: 2026-04-22 19:32 CDT

Result

BROKEN_STATE_ROUNDTRIP_PROVED

Broken state induced

Temporary isolated HERMES_HOME was created under mktemp.
config.yaml inside that isolated home was set to:
- delegation.provider: minimax
- delegation.model: MiniMax-M2.7
MINIMAX_API_KEY and MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY were explicitly removed from the doctor subprocess environment so the readiness path had to fail on missing credentials instead of inheriting the real machine state.

Before repair — doctor output

◆ Delegation Readiness
  ⚠ Delegation blocked (Delegation provider 'minimax' resolved but has no API key. Set the appropriate environment variable or run 'hermes auth'.)
    → Set a working delegation.provider or delegation.base_url/api_key, or clear the override to inherit the parent runtime.

Canonical repair path

Clear the delegation override so subagents inherit the parent runtime.
Re-run python -m hermes_cli.main doctor.
Confirm ◆ Delegation Readiness flips from blocked to ready before trusting delegated work.

After repair — doctor output

◆ Delegation Readiness
  ✓ Delegation ready (no delegation override configured; subagents inherit the parent runtime when invoked from an active Hermes session)

Proof notes

The broken state was isolated to a temporary HERMES_HOME; the real ~/.hermes/config.yaml was not modified.
The ready state after repair was proved by replacing the isolated config with an empty config ({}), which removes the delegation override entirely.
Script used: starter-kits/delegation-readiness-doctor/scripts/prove-broken-state-roundtrip.sh

Live delegated run after repair

delegate_task completed successfully from the live ready environment after the broken-state roundtrip proof was generated.
Summary: Live delegation verified post-blocked-state roundtrip. Working directory: /Users/hermesmasteragent/.hermes/hermes-agent | Newest broken-state artifact: broken-state-roundtrip-2026-04-22T19-31-03-0500.md

Honest next move

Sync the work stream and CEO notes to point at this canonical roundtrip packet, then decide whether the MVP is ready to call shipped or needs one more packaging/launch artifact.

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