hermes-agent-skills

name	hermes-agent-skills
description	Hermes skills management & Matt Pocock skills reference.
tags	["hermes","skills","configuration"]

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:

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:

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

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
• Optional Skills Catalog