g-skl-platform-hermes

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name: g-skl-platform-hermes description: Authoritative reference for Hermes Agent (Nous Research — self-improving CLI + Telegram/Discord/Slack gateway) customization in gald3r projects. Covers ~/.hermes/ config (config.yaml/.env), AGENTS.md-native instruction loading (auto-injected with SOUL.md/CLAUDE.md/.cursorrules), agentskills.io SKILL.md skills (the gald3r distribution opportunity), delegate_task subagents, MCP (mcp_servers), the native config.yaml hooks: surface (17+ events, pre_tool_call blocking), and gald3r install verification. crawl_max_age_days: 14 vault_doc_path: research/platforms/hermes/ vault_docs_url: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs docs_url: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs docs_url_secondary:

• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration
• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/skills
• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/creating-skills
• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/hooks
• https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md
• https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/mcp
• https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent last_doc_scan: 2026-06-20 capability_status: hooks: "✅ native — config.yaml hooks: shell-hook block (JSON-stdin, 17+ events incl. on_session_start/pre_tool_call); pre_tool_call blocks via {action:block}; non-blocking on hook error (verify firing)" rules: "✅ AGENTS.md + SOUL.md auto-injected into system prompt + ~/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md + USER.md — advisory, hardenable via a pre_tool_call hook" skills: "✅ agentskills.io SKILL.md folder-per-skill in ~/.hermes/skills/// — gald3r g-skl-* directly portable (only name+description required); distribute via taps" commands: "⚠️ partial — built-in slash commands + every skill is /skill-name; NO user command-file primitive" agents: "✅ native subagents via delegate_task (goal or batch tasks:[...]; delegation.max_concurrent_children/max_spawn_depth); no declared agent file → deliver g-agnt-* as Skills" mcp: "✅ native — mcp_servers: in ~/.hermes/config.yaml (stdio command/args/env OR HTTP url/headers; .[mcp] extra)" token_budget: low subsystem_memberships: [PLATFORM_INTEGRATION]

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g-skl-platform-hermes

Activate for: setting up gald3r with Hermes Agent (Nous Research CLI / gateway), authoring or porting skills onto Hermes, wiring MCP via ~/.hermes/config.yaml, shipping AGENTS.md as the instruction surface, or verifying the Hermes gald3r install.

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Full 9-section breakdown + evidence URLs in PLATFORM_SPEC.md (this folder). Status: ✅ near-full parity — Hermes natively supports Skills, Rules/memory, MCP, and Hooks (plus delegate_task subagents and an AGENTS.md-native instruction file). Commands are the only partial primitive (skills-as-/skill-name, no command-file primitive). Headline: Hermes Skills use the agentskills.io SKILL.md standard gald3r already ships, so gald3r skills are directly portable — distribute them as a Hermes tap. (Re-verified 2026-06-20 against github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent + hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs — corrects an earlier pass that wrongly marked Hooks absent.)

1. Platform Overview

Hermes Agent — Nous Research's self-improving, channel-native agent. A CLI plus a multi-platform gateway (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email). Distinctive traits: an autonomous learning loop that writes its own skills from experience, persistent cross-session memory, and isolated subagents (the delegate_task model — single goal or batch tasks:[...]). All state lives under ~/.hermes/ ($HERMES_HOME; %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes on native Windows).

2. Config Layout

~/.hermes/                          ← all state (or $HERMES_HOME)
├── config.yaml                     ← settings: model, toolsets, memory, compression, mcp_servers:
├── .env                            ← secrets only (API keys, bot tokens)
├── auth.json                       ← OAuth provider creds
├── SOUL.md                         ← persona (system-prompt slot #1, auto-loaded)
├── memories/ MEMORY.md, USER.md    ← persistent memory (auto-loaded)
└── skills/ <category>/<name>/SKILL.md   ← Agent Skills (agentskills.io) → /<name>

<project-root>/
└── AGENTS.md                       ← auto-injected into system prompt (NATIVE; also .hermes.md/CLAUDE.md/.cursorrules)

No .hermes/ project tree — config is user-global; project influence is via the auto-injected context files only. Skills distribute as taps (hermes skills publish / hermes skills tap add owner/repo).

3. gald3r Integration

Cheapest install: ship AGENTS.md + distribute gald3r skills as a Hermes tap. Hermes auto-injects AGENTS.md (no CLAUDE.md shim, no migration step) — fold g-rl-* rules into it. For hard enforcement, wire g-hk-* logic into the config.yaml hooks: block: SessionStart .gald3r/ injection onto on_session_start, PreToolUse guardrails onto pre_tool_call (return {"action":"block",…} to gate). Publish g-skl-*/SKILL.md to a repo and hermes skills tap add <repo> — they index and surface as /<name> natively. Wire MCP via mcp_servers: in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. Optionally add a gald3r SOUL.md persona.

Verify

Test-Path $HOME/.hermes/config.yaml                          # main config (mcp_servers: AND hooks: live here)
Test-Path AGENTS.md                                          # auto-injected instruction surface
Test-Path $HOME/.hermes/skills                               # skills tree (g-skl-*/SKILL.md)
Test-Path $HOME/.hermes/SOUL.md                              # if shipping the gald3r persona
Select-String -Path $HOME/.hermes/config.yaml -Pattern '^hooks:'   # confirm the gald3r hooks: block is wired
# Confirm a gald3r skill resolves: run /skills in the Hermes CLI and look for the g-skl-* entries

4. Common Pitfalls

• Hooks live in config.yaml, not a hooks dir — g-hk-* logic wires into the hooks: block as shell commands (JSON-stdin); pre_tool_call can hard-block via {"action":"block",…}. Caveat: hook failures are swallowed (non-blocking-on-error), so enforce only via an explicit block action, and verify the hook actually fires (some builds report missed firings).
• Instruction file is AGENTS.md-native (auto-injected with SOUL.md/CLAUDE.md/.cursorrules). Ship AGENTS.md; do not assume a .hermes/ project config tree exists.
• Skills need only name+description — version/author/license/platforms/metadata.hermes.* are optional/recommended; a baseline gald3r SKILL.md loads as-is (adding the three is distribution polish, not a requirement).
• Commands = skills only — there is no user-authored command-file primitive; every skill is a /skill-name. Distribute/update via taps, not a .hermes/commands/ dir.
• Subagents aren't declared — spawned via delegate_task (goal/tasks:[...]), no g-agnt-* file mapping; deliver agent behaviors as Skills.
• Gateway surfaces — in Telegram/Discord/Slack prefer summarized status (or --json/--toon) over wide TASKS.md markdown tables (they truncate in chat).

5. Capability Summary

Feature	Status	Notes
Hooks (g-hk-*.ps1)	✅	native config.yaml hooks: shell hooks (JSON-stdin, 17+ events incl. on_session_start/pre_tool_call); pre_tool_call blocks via {action:block}; non-blocking on hook error
Skills (g-skl-*/SKILL.md)	✅	agentskills.io standard; ~/.hermes/skills/<cat>/<name>/SKILL.md; /skill-name; directly portable (only name+description required) → distribute as a tap
Agents (g-agnt-*)	✅	native subagents via delegate_task (goal/batch tasks:[...]; delegation.* bounds); no declared agent file → deliver as Skills
Commands (@g-*)	⚠️	built-in slash set + every skill = /skill-name; no command-file primitive
Rules (g-rl-*)	✅	AGENTS.md + SOUL.md auto-injected + ~/.hermes/memories/; advisory, hardenable via a pre_tool_call hook
MCP	✅	mcp_servers: in ~/.hermes/config.yaml (stdio command/args/env OR HTTP url/headers); .[mcp] extra

Distribution opportunity: gald3r's SKILL.md artifacts are the agentskills.io standard Hermes uses — publish them as a tap for native one-command install onto Hermes.

Full assessment + evidence in PLATFORM_SPEC.md. Re-verify on the next @g-platform-scan-docs hermes (crawl_max_age_days: 14). Correct docs host: hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs + github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent (the prior https://hermes.dev stub URL was wrong).