hermes-agent/website/docs/user-guide/skills/bundled/software-development/software-development-plan.md
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Generates a full dedicated Docusaurus page for every one of the 132 skills
(73 bundled + 59 optional) under website/docs/user-guide/skills/{bundled,optional}/<category>/.
Each page carries the skill's description, metadata (version, author, license,
dependencies, platform gating, tags, related skills cross-linked to their own
pages), and the complete SKILL.md body that Hermes loads at runtime.

Previously the two catalog pages just listed skills with a one-line blurb and
no way to see what the skill actually did — users had to go read the source
repo. Now every skill has a browsable, searchable, cross-linked reference in
the docs.

- website/scripts/generate-skill-docs.py — generator that reads skills/ and
  optional-skills/, writes per-skill pages, regenerates both catalog indexes,
  and rewrites the Skills section of sidebars.ts. Handles MDX escaping
  (outside fenced code blocks: curly braces, unsafe HTML-ish tags) and
  rewrites relative references/*.md links to point at the GitHub source.
- website/docs/reference/skills-catalog.md — regenerated; each row links to
  the new dedicated page.
- website/docs/reference/optional-skills-catalog.md — same.
- website/sidebars.ts — Skills section now has Bundled / Optional subtrees
  with one nested category per skill folder.
- .github/workflows/{docs-site-checks,deploy-site}.yml — run the generator
  before docusaurus build so CI stays in sync with the source SKILL.md files.

Build verified locally with `npx docusaurus build`. Only remaining warnings
are pre-existing broken link/anchor issues in unrelated pages.
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Plan — Plan mode for Hermes — inspect context, write a markdown plan into the active workspace's ` Plan Plan mode for Hermes — inspect context, write a markdown plan into the active workspace's `

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Plan

Plan mode for Hermes — inspect context, write a markdown plan into the active workspace's .hermes/plans/ directory, and do not execute the work.

Skill metadata

Source Bundled (installed by default)
Path skills/software-development/plan
Version 1.0.0
Author Hermes Agent
License MIT
Tags planning, plan-mode, implementation, workflow
Related skills writing-plans, subagent-driven-development

Reference: full SKILL.md

:::info The following is the complete skill definition that Hermes loads when this skill is triggered. This is what the agent sees as instructions when the skill is active. :::

Plan Mode

Use this skill when the user wants a plan instead of execution.

Core behavior

For this turn, you are planning only.

  • Do not implement code.
  • Do not edit project files except the plan markdown file.
  • Do not run mutating terminal commands, commit, push, or perform external actions.
  • You may inspect the repo or other context with read-only commands/tools when needed.
  • Your deliverable is a markdown plan saved inside the active workspace under .hermes/plans/.

Output requirements

Write a markdown plan that is concrete and actionable.

Include, when relevant:

  • Goal
  • Current context / assumptions
  • Proposed approach
  • Step-by-step plan
  • Files likely to change
  • Tests / validation
  • Risks, tradeoffs, and open questions

If the task is code-related, include exact file paths, likely test targets, and verification steps.

Save location

Save the plan with write_file under:

  • .hermes/plans/YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS-<slug>.md

Treat that as relative to the active working directory / backend workspace. Hermes file tools are backend-aware, so using this relative path keeps the plan with the workspace on local, docker, ssh, modal, and daytona backends.

If the runtime provides a specific target path, use that exact path. If not, create a sensible timestamped filename yourself under .hermes/plans/.

Interaction style

  • If the request is clear enough, write the plan directly.
  • If no explicit instruction accompanies /plan, infer the task from the current conversation context.
  • If it is genuinely underspecified, ask a brief clarifying question instead of guessing.
  • After saving the plan, reply briefly with what you planned and the saved path.