hermes-agent/website/docs/user-guide/features
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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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_category_.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00
acp.md docs: add ACP and internal systems implementation guides 2026-03-14 00:29:48 -07:00
api-server.md docs: comprehensive docs audit — fix 12 stale/missing items across 10 pages (#3618) 2026-03-28 15:26:35 -07:00
batch-processing.md docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
browser.md docs: comprehensive documentation update for recent features 2026-03-17 03:42:02 -07:00
checkpoints.md docs: update checkpoint/rollback docs for new features 2026-03-16 04:56:22 -07:00
code-execution.md feat: env var passthrough for skills and user config (#2807) 2026-03-24 08:19:34 -07:00
context-files.md docs: fix stale and incorrect documentation across 18 files 2026-03-24 07:53:07 -07:00
context-references.md docs: document 9 previously undocumented features 2026-03-24 08:56:21 -07:00
cron.md docs: clarify gateway service scopes (#1378) 2026-03-14 21:17:41 -07:00
delegation.md docs: fix stale and incorrect documentation across 18 files 2026-03-24 07:53:07 -07:00
fallback-providers.md docs: comprehensive docs audit — fix 12 stale/missing items across 10 pages (#3618) 2026-03-28 15:26:35 -07:00
honcho.md docs(honcho): add self-hosted / Docker configuration section 2026-03-22 05:03:17 -07:00
hooks.md docs: comprehensive docs audit — fix 12 stale/missing items across 10 pages (#3618) 2026-03-28 15:26:35 -07:00
image-generation.md docs: add 11 new pages + expand 4 existing pages (26 → 37 total) 2026-03-05 07:28:41 -08:00
mcp.md docs: fix MCP install commands — use uv, not bare pip 2026-03-18 03:14:58 -07:00
memory.md docs(honcho): rewrite Honcho Memory docs as full feature documentation 2026-03-10 16:49:14 -04:00
personality.md docs: document SOUL.md as primary agent identity (#1927) 2026-03-18 04:18:08 -07:00
plugins.md feat: activate plugin lifecycle hooks (pre/post_llm_call, session start/end) (#3542) 2026-03-28 11:14:54 -07:00
provider-routing.md docs: fallback providers + /background command documentation 2026-03-15 06:24:28 -07:00
rl-training.md docs: fix stale and incorrect documentation across 18 files 2026-03-24 07:53:07 -07:00
skills.md feat(skills): support external skill directories via config (#3678) 2026-03-29 00:33:30 -07:00
skins.md docs: expand Docusaurus coverage across CLI, tools, skills, and skins (#1232) 2026-03-13 21:34:41 -07:00
tools.md refactor: replace swe-rex with native Modal SDK for Modal backend (#3538) 2026-03-28 11:21:44 -07:00
tts.md docs: fix stale and incorrect documentation across 18 files 2026-03-24 07:53:07 -07:00
vision.md docs: add Vision & Image Paste guide with platform compatibility 2026-03-05 23:51:46 -08:00
voice-mode.md docs: quote pip install extras to fix zsh glob errors (#2815) 2026-03-24 09:25:01 -07:00