hermes-agent-skills

# Hermes Agent — Skills & Configuration Hub skill for Hermes Agent skill management and configuration. ## Skills Overview Hermes has two skill tiers: ### Bundled Skills (active by default) Ship in `~/.hermes/skills/` on install. ### Optional Skills (install explicitly) Ship under `optional-skills/` but NOT active by default. Install with: ```bash hermes skills install <name> ``` ## Key Optional Skills ### Productivity & Learning | Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | `memento-flashcards` | Spaced-repetition flashcards. Create cards, chat with flashcards, grade free-text, generate quizzes from YouTube. | | `teach` | Cross-session teaching workspace: MISSION.md, HTML lessons, learning-records, glossary. From Matt Pocock. | | `grill-me` | User-invoked grilling: interviewed relentlessly about a plan until every decision branch resolved. From Matt Pocock. | | `grilling` | Model-invoked grilling loop (underlying `grill-me`). From Matt Pocock. | | `handoff` | Compact conversation into handoff doc for another agent. From Matt Pocock. | ### AI Agent Gateways | Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | `antigravity-cli` | Operate Antigravity CLI (agy): plugins, auth, sandbox. | | `blackbox` | Delegate coding to Blackbox AI multi-model CLI. | | `grok` | Delegate coding to xAI Grok Build CLI. | | `openhands` | Delegate coding to OpenHands CLI (model-agnostic). | | `honcho` | Configure Honcho memory for Hermes. | ### Creative | Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | `heartmula` | Suno-like song generation from lyrics + tags. | | `hyperframes` | Render MP4/WebM from HTML compositions. | | `creative-ideation` | Generate ideas via named creative methods. | | `concept-diagrams` | Flat educational SVG visuals as HTML. | ### Research | Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | `duckduckgo-search` | Free keyless web/news/image search. | | `parallel-cli` | Agent-native web search and deep research. | | `searxng-search` | Meta-search aggregating 70+ engines. | ### Blockchain | Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | `solana` | Query Solana wallets, tokens, txs, NFTs. | | `evm` | Read-only EVM client across 8 chains. | ### Security | Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | `web-pentest` | Authorized web app pen testing. | | `oss-forensics` | GitHub repo supply chain forensics. | ## Matt Pocock Skills Install from GitHub: ```bash hermes skills tap add mattpocock/skills hermes skills install teach hermes skills install grill-me ``` See `references/matt-pocock-skills.md` for full details. ## Skill Management Commands ```bash hermes skills list # List all available skills hermes skills browse # Interactive browser hermes skills search QUERY # Search by keyword hermes skills inspect ID # View skill details hermes skills install ID # Install optional skill hermes skills tap add REPO # Add GitHub repo as skill source hermes bundles # List skill bundles ``` ## Writing Great Skills See `references/skill-writing-guide.md` for expanded guidance. Key principles: - **Predictability over output** — same process every run - **Leading words** — recruit model priors with compact concepts - **Information hierarchy** — steps in SKILL.md, reference in `references/` - **Progressive disclosure** — push detailed content behind context pointers ## Related Skills - `writing-great-skills` — skill writing reference (bundled) ## Full Catalogs - [Bundled Skills Catalog](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/skills-catalog) - [Optional Skills Catalog](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/optional-skills-catalog)