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feat(skills): support external skill directories via config (#3678)
Add skills.external_dirs config option — a list of additional directories
to scan for skills alongside ~/.hermes/skills/. External dirs are read-only:
skill creation/editing always writes to the local dir. Local skills take
precedence when names collide.

This lets users share skills across tools/agents without copying them into
Hermes's own directory (e.g. ~/.agents/skills, /shared/team-skills).

Changes:
- agent/skill_utils.py: add get_external_skills_dirs() and get_all_skills_dirs()
- agent/prompt_builder.py: scan external dirs in build_skills_system_prompt()
- tools/skills_tool.py: _find_all_skills() and skill_view() search external dirs;
  security check recognizes configured external dirs as trusted
- agent/skill_commands.py: /skill slash commands discover external skills
- hermes_cli/config.py: add skills.external_dirs to DEFAULT_CONFIG
- cli-config.yaml.example: document the option
- tests/agent/test_external_skills.py: 11 tests covering discovery, precedence,
  deduplication, and skill_view for external skills

Requested by community member primco.
2026-03-29 00:33:30 -07:00
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features feat(skills): support external skill directories via config (#3678) 2026-03-29 00:33:30 -07:00
messaging feat(mattermost): configurable mention behavior — respond without @mention (#3664) 2026-03-28 22:17:43 -07:00
skills feat: add godmode jailbreaking skill + docs (#3157) 2026-03-26 01:37:18 -07:00
_category_.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00
checkpoints-and-rollback.md docs: update checkpoint/rollback docs for new features 2026-03-16 04:56:22 -07:00
cli.md feat: config-gated /verbose command for messaging gateway (#3262) 2026-03-26 14:41:04 -07:00
configuration.md docs: comprehensive docs audit — fix 12 stale/missing items across 10 pages (#3618) 2026-03-28 15:26:35 -07:00
docker.md feat(docker): add Docker container for the agent (salvage #1841) (#3668) 2026-03-28 22:21:48 -07:00
git-worktrees.md docs: fix stale and incorrect documentation across 18 files 2026-03-24 07:53:07 -07:00
security.md docs: document credential file passthrough and env var forwarding for remote backends (#3677) 2026-03-29 00:16:34 -07:00
sessions.md docs: document 9 previously undocumented features 2026-03-24 08:56:21 -07:00