lukemcqueen/hermes-cortex

agent-health-monitoring

Cross-server agent health monitoring using binary status vectors — deploy health endpoints on each agent, poll from orchestrator, alert on state transitions.

langfuse-observability

Wire a self-hosted Langfuse instance to Hermes Agent — generate API keys, configure env vars, enable the bundled plugin, install SDK, and verify traces flow.

enforcement-change-safety

Use before enforcement code changes or shared-repo commits.

change-checklist

Mandatory pre-ship verification before calling end_change(). Covers Phase 0 survey, test, multi-OS, multi-role, docs, final verification, and reflexion. Every governance cycle must run this before closing.

survey-before-action

Mandatory pre-flight checklist before creating or modifying any file. Prevents redundant work by systematically checking for existing resources first. Includes repo-specific pre-flight (git search, Hermes boundary, deploy verification — formerly…

task-start

MANDATORY first action for every task. Bundles the complete pre-task sequence into one reference. Load this BEFORE any other tool call — it prescribes the exact sequence that follows.

omarchy-nvim

Install omarchy-nvim (LazyVim) user-local without sudo.

wan-reachability-probing

Test port reachability from internet via external probes.

tls-cert-preflight

Use when validating TLS certs before deploying an endpoint.

gbrain-maintenance

Manage gbrain knowledge brain lifecycle — autopilot daemon, sync, dream cycle, service control, and cron integration.

session-start-discipline

Restore cross-session todos, enforce skill-loading discipline at session start

tls-certificate-verification

Verify TLS cert/key pairs before trusting a deploy.

cwr-export-debug

Debug why CWR exports produce zero songs — trace the full export pipeline from UI → controller → job → engine → batch exporter, checking each layer for silent drop points.

kaesa-brand-marketing

Full brand marketing skill for KAESA (@kaesa.co) — sustainable fashion bags by Korean-American founders Amy & Luke in Seoul. Faith-driven, eco-conscious, building in public. Voice strategy, social media, content calendars, copy templates, email sequences,…

alembic-enum-double-create

Use when alembic fails DuplicateObject enum on fresh DB.

cwr-file-processing

CISAC CWR (Common Works Registration) file processing for music copyright societies. Covers export generation (Rails + Python), ACK response handling, validation (structural + custom rules + field-level), share calculations, pub_share conversion, and ACK file…

reasoning-patterns

Select and apply reasoning patterns for any task — Plan-Execute-Verify, ReAct, Reflexion, or Tree of Thoughts. Loaded at session start to choose the right thinking strategy.

fleet-commands

Send operational commands to fleet agents via the PGMQ bus — message format, delivery verification, bus_access expectations, schema-validated EXEC payloads, and cleanup.

llm-cost-optimization

Cut LLM API spend: cache-hit rate, thinking mode, telemetry.

upstream-fix-watchdog

Watch upstream for a bug fix to land; silent until fixed.

agent-contract

Core execution contract: real work, honest results, verified outputs, minimal changes. The fundamental ruleset for coding agents. Triggers: 'agent rules', 'execution rules', 'do not simulate', 'agent contract', 'how should you behave'

orch-skill-lifecycle

Unified daily skill lifecycle pipeline — collects lessons, evaluates quality, and upgrades skills/SOUL.md. Replaces skill-miner, harvest-lessons, skill-triage, soul-refinement, and agent-weekly-loop-eval.

deploy-load-verification

Use when a config change isn't live — verify what loaded.

shared-repo-push-gates

Shared-repo push blocked? Know the gates that block you.

cron-cost-tracking

SQLite-backed per-run token usage and cost tracking for Hermes cron jobs. Deploys cost_store.py and patches scheduler.py / cronjob_tools.py.

dhh-rails-reviewer

Use for brutally honest DHH-style Rails code review.

dhh-rails-style

Use when writing Ruby/Rails code in DHH/37signals style.

cron-format-standard

Standard three-phase output format for ALL LLM-driven cron jobs. Uses concrete examples — not annotated placeholders. Crons follow this by matching the structure line for line. Includes the full workflow for agents to apply, commit, push, and deploy.

hermes-cortex

Install, configure, and maintain Hermes Cortex — the observability and knowledge layer for Hermes Agent (Ollama, mycortex, Langfuse, Cortex Dashboard, nginx, systemd/launchd services, Hermes plugins, offline code assistant, offline content auto-update).

hermes-agent-regression-triage

Use when hermes-agent breaks after update; audit+pin.

pdf-template-match

Use when matching a PDF to a reference PDF's layout.

offline-knowledge

Offline knowledge cascade — query local content (web-cache, kiwix ZIM, mycortex) without internet. Perfect for travel, remote areas, or saving API costs.

ci-pipeline-hardening

Fix CI gates: bounded subsets, parity, coverage baselines.

cortex-preflight

Hermes Cortex supporting pre-flight checks — supplements Hermes default survey-before-action with repo-specific checks: git search, Hermes boundary, deployment verification.

cron-agent-identity

Diagnose which agent/profile a Hermes cron session runs as.

cross-agent-handoff-delivery

Verify a cross-agent handoff is usable, not just delivered.

dev-port-conflict

Diagnose and clear an orphaned server holding a dev port.

doc-vs-implementation-audit

Refresh public docs against the live codebase and scrub PII.

docker-test-isolation-harness

Isolated throwaway containers for Docker test runs.

doctor-warning-resolution

Use when fixing cortex-doctor naming/cron drift warnings.