hermes-agent/website/docs/reference
Teknium 328223576b
feat(skills+terminal): make bundled skill scripts runnable out of the box (#13384)
* feat(skills): inject absolute skill dir and expand ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} templates

When a skill loads, the activation message now exposes the absolute
skill directory and substitutes ${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} /
${HERMES_SESSION_ID} tokens in the SKILL.md body, so skills with
bundled scripts can instruct the agent to run them by absolute path
without an extra skill_view round-trip.

Also adds opt-in inline-shell expansion: !`cmd` snippets in SKILL.md
are pre-executed (with the skill directory as CWD) and their stdout is
inlined into the message before the agent reads it. Off by default —
enable via skills.inline_shell in config.yaml — because any snippet
runs on the host without approval.

Changes:
- agent/skill_commands.py: template substitution, inline-shell
  expansion, absolute skill-dir header, supporting-files list now
  shows both relative and absolute forms.
- hermes_cli/config.py: new skills.template_vars,
  skills.inline_shell, skills.inline_shell_timeout knobs.
- tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py: coverage for header, both
  template tokens (present and missing session id), template_vars
  disable, inline-shell default-off, enabled, CWD, and timeout.
- website/docs/developer-guide/creating-skills.md: documents the
  template tokens, the absolute-path header, and the opt-in inline
  shell with its security caveat.

Validation: tests/agent/ 1591 passed (includes 9 new tests).
E2E: loaded a real skill in an isolated HERMES_HOME; confirmed
${HERMES_SKILL_DIR} resolves to the absolute path, ${HERMES_SESSION_ID}
resolves to the passed task_id, !`date` runs when opt-in is set, and
stays literal when it isn't.

* feat(terminal): source ~/.bashrc (and user-listed init files) into session snapshot

bash login shells don't source ~/.bashrc, so tools that install themselves
there — nvm, asdf, pyenv, cargo, custom PATH exports — stay invisible to
the environment snapshot Hermes builds once per session.  Under systemd
or any context with a minimal parent env, that surfaces as
'node: command not found' in the terminal tool even though the binary
is reachable from every interactive shell on the machine.

Changes:
- tools/environments/local.py: before the login-shell snapshot bootstrap
  runs, prepend guarded 'source <file>' lines for each resolved init
  file.  Missing files are skipped, each source is wrapped with a
  '[ -r ... ] && . ... || true' guard so a broken rc can't abort the
  bootstrap.
- hermes_cli/config.py: new terminal.shell_init_files (explicit list,
  supports ~ and ${VAR}) and terminal.auto_source_bashrc (default on)
  knobs.  When shell_init_files is set it takes precedence; when it's
  empty and auto_source_bashrc is on, ~/.bashrc gets auto-sourced.
- tests/tools/test_local_shell_init.py: 10 tests covering the resolver
  (auto-bashrc, missing file, explicit override, ~/${VAR} expansion,
  opt-out) and the prelude builder (quoting, guarded sourcing), plus
  a real-LocalEnvironment snapshot test that confirms exports in the
  init file land in subsequent commands' environment.
- website/docs/reference/faq.md: documents the fix in Troubleshooting,
  including the zsh-user pattern of sourcing ~/.zshrc or nvm.sh
  directly via shell_init_files.

Validation: 10/10 new tests pass; tests/tools/test_local_*.py 40/40
pass; tests/agent/ 1591/1591 pass; tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py
50/50 pass.  E2E in an isolated HERMES_HOME: confirmed that a fake
~/.bashrc setting a marker var and PATH addition shows up in a real
LocalEnvironment().execute() call, that auto_source_bashrc=false
suppresses it, that an explicit shell_init_files entry wins over the
auto default, and that a missing bashrc is silently skipped.
2026-04-21 00:39:19 -07:00
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_category_.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00
cli-commands.md docs: correctness audit — fix wrong values, add missing coverage (#11972) 2026-04-18 01:45:48 -07:00
environment-variables.md fix(config): add stale timeout settings 2026-04-20 00:52:50 -07:00
faq.md feat(skills+terminal): make bundled skill scripts runnable out of the box (#13384) 2026-04-21 00:39:19 -07:00
mcp-config-reference.md docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix 9 HIGH, 20+ MEDIUM gaps (#4087) 2026-03-30 17:15:21 -07:00
optional-skills-catalog.md fix(docs): unbreak docs-site-checks — ascii-guard diagram + MDX <1% (#12984) 2026-04-20 04:29:02 -07:00
profile-commands.md docs: clarify profiles vs workspaces 2026-04-19 02:00:46 -07:00
skills-catalog.md feat(skills): consolidate find-nearby into maps as a single location skill 2026-04-19 05:19:22 -07:00
slash-commands.md docs: correctness audit — fix wrong values, add missing coverage (#11972) 2026-04-18 01:45:48 -07:00
tools-reference.md feat(browser): add browser_cdp raw DevTools Protocol passthrough (#12369) 2026-04-19 00:03:10 -07:00
toolsets-reference.md feat(browser): add browser_cdp raw DevTools Protocol passthrough (#12369) 2026-04-19 00:03:10 -07:00