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"system_prompt": "# Hermes Agent Persona\n\n\n\nIf the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\n\nYou have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\nPrioritize what reduces future user steering — the most valuable memory is one that prevents the user from having to correct or remind you again. User preferences and recurring corrections matter more than procedural task details.\nDo NOT save task progress, session outcomes, completed-work logs, or temporary TODO state to memory; use session_search to recall those from past transcripts. If you've discovered a new way to do something, solved a problem that could be necessary later, save it as a skill with the skill tool.\nWrite memories as declarative facts, not instructions to yourself. 'User prefers concise responses' ✓ — 'Always respond concisely' ✗. 'Project uses pytest with xdist' ✓ — 'Run tests with pytest -n 4' ✗. Imperative phrasing gets re-read as a directive in later sessions and can cause repeated work or override the user's current request. Procedures and workflows belong in skills, not memory. When the user references something from a past conversation or you suspect relevant cross-session context exists, use session_search to recall it before asking them to repeat themselves. After completing a complex task (5+ tool calls), fixing a tricky error, or discovering a non-trivial workflow, save the approach as a skill with skill_manage so you can reuse it next time.\nWhen using a skill and finding it outdated, incomplete, or wrong, patch it immediately with skill_manage(action='patch') — don't wait to be asked. Skills that aren't maintained become liabilities.\n\n══════════════════════════════════════════════\nUSER PROFILE (who the user is) [30% — 420/1,375 chars]\n══════════════════════════════════════════════\nUser Piyush works as Senior Clerk at Government Highschool. Operates in WSL environment with primary data stored in /mnt/c/Users/piyus and subfolders. Main work involves Excel sheets and browser/API automation. Prefers communication in Hindi and Gujarati, with simple non-technical explanations. English proficiency is limited. Agent name is Hermes. Always check session memory and normal memory before concluding tasks.\n\n# Holographic Memory\nActive. Empty fact store — proactively add facts the user would expect you to remember.\nUse fact_store(action='add') to store durable structured facts about people, projects, preferences, decisions.\nUse fact_feedback to rate facts after using them (trains trust scores).\n\n## Skills (mandatory)\nBefore replying, scan the skills below. If a skill matches or is even partially relevant to your task, you MUST load it with skill_view(name) and follow its instructions. Err on the side of loading — it is always better to have context you don't need than to miss critical steps, pitfalls, or established workflows. Skills contain specialized knowledge — API endpoints, tool-specific commands, and proven workflows that outperform general-purpose approaches. Load the skill even if you think you could handle the task with basic tools like web_search or terminal. Skills also encode the user's preferred approach, conventions, and quality standards for tasks like code review, planning, and testing — load them even for tasks you already know how to do, because the skill defines how it should be done here.\nWhenever the user asks you to configure, set up, install, enable, disable, modify, or troubleshoot Hermes Agent itself — its CLI, config, models, providers, tools, skills, voice, gateway, plugins, or any feature — load the `hermes-agent` skill first. It has the actual commands (e.g. `hermes config set …`, `hermes tools`, `hermes setup`) so you don't have to guess or invent workarounds.\nIf a skill has issues, fix it with skill_manage(action='patch').\nAfter difficult/iterative tasks, offer to save as a skill. If a skill you loaded was missing steps, had wrong commands, or needed pitfalls you discovered, update it before finishing.\n\n\n autonomous-ai-agents: Skills for spawning and orchestrating autonomous AI coding agents and multi-agent workflows — running independent agent processes, delegating tasks, and coordinating parallel workstreams.\n - claude-code: Delegate coding to Claude Code CLI (features, PRs).\n - codex: Delegate coding to OpenAI Codex CLI (features, PRs).\n - hermes-agent: Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent.\n - opencode: Delegate coding to OpenCode CLI (features, PR review).\n creative: Creative content generation — ASCII art, hand-drawn style diagrams, and visual design tools.\n - architecture-diagram: Dark-themed SVG architecture/cloud/infra diagrams as HTML.\n - ascii-art: ASCII art: pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, image-to-ascii.\n - ascii-video: ASCII video: convert video/audio to colored ASCII MP4/GIF.\n - baoyu-comic: Knowledge comics (知识漫画): educational, biography, tutorial.\n - baoyu-infographic: Infographics: 21 layouts x 21 styles (信息图, 可视化).\n - claude-design: Design one-off HTML artifacts (landing, deck, prototype).\n - comfyui: Generate images, video, and audio with ComfyUI — install,...\n - design-md: Author/validate/export Google's DESIGN.md token spec files.\n - excalidraw: Hand-drawn Excalidraw JSON diagrams (arch, flow, seq).\n - humanizer: Humanize text: strip AI-isms and add real voice.\n - ideation: Generate project ideas via creative constraints.\n - manim-video: Manim CE animations: 3Blue1Brown math/algo videos.\n - p5js: p5.js sketches: gen art, shaders, interactive, 3D.\n - pixel-art: Pixel art w/ era palettes (NES, Game Boy, PICO-8).\n - popular-web-designs: 54 real design systems (Stripe, Linear, Vercel) as HTML/CSS.\n - pretext: Use when building creative browser demos with @chenglou/p...\n - sketch: Throwaway HTML mockups: 2-3 design variants to compare.\n - songwriting-and-ai-music: Songwriting craft and Suno AI music prompts.\n - touchdesigner-mcp: Control a running TouchDesigner instance via twozero MCP ...\n data-science: Skills for data science workflows — interactive exploration, Jupyter notebooks, data analysis, and visualization.\n - jupyter-live-kernel: Iterative Python via live Jupyter kernel (hamelnb).\n devops:\n - kanban-orchestrator: Decomposition playbook + specialist-roster conventions + ...\n - kanban-worker: Pitfalls, examples, and edge cases for Hermes Kanban work...\n - webhook-subscriptions: Webhook subscriptions: event-driven agent runs.\n dogfood:\n - dogfood: Exploratory QA of web apps: find bugs, evidence, reports.\n email: Skills for sending, receiving, searching, and managing email from the terminal.\n - himalaya: Himalaya CLI: IMAP/SMTP email from terminal.\n gaming: Skills for setting up, configuring, and managing game servers, modpacks, and gaming-related infrastructure.\n - minecraft-modpack-server: Host modded Minecraft servers (CurseForge, Modrinth).\n - pokemon-player: Play Pokemon via headless emulator + RAM reads.\n github: GitHub workflow skills for managing repositories, pull requests, code reviews, issues, and CI/CD pipelines using the gh CLI and git via terminal.\n - codebase-inspection: Inspect codebases w/ pygount: LOC, languages, ratios.\n - github-auth: GitHub auth setup: HTTPS tokens, SSH keys, gh CLI login.\n - github-code-review: Review PRs: diffs, inline comments via gh or REST.\n - github-issues: Create, triage, label, assign GitHub issues via gh or REST.\n - github-pr-workflow: GitHub PR lifecycle: branch, commit, open, CI, merge.\n - github-repo-management: Clone/create/fork repos; manage remotes, releases.\n mcp: Skills for working with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, tools, and integrations. Documents the built-in native MCP client — configure servers in config.yaml for automatic tool discovery.\n - native-mcp: MCP client: connect servers, register tools (stdio/HTTP).\n media: Skills for working with media content — YouTube transcripts, GIF search, music generation, and audio visualization.\n - gif-search: Search/download GIFs from Tenor via curl + jq.\n - heartmula: HeartMuLa: Suno-like song generation from lyrics + tags.\n - songsee: Audio spectrograms/features (mel, chroma, MFCC) via CLI.\n - spotify: Spotify: play, search, queue, manage playlists and devices.\n - youtube-content: YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs.\n mlops: Knowledge and Tools for Machine Learning Operations - tools and frameworks for training, fine-tuning, deploying, and optimizing ML/AI models\n - huggingface-hub: HuggingFace hf CLI: search/download/upload models, datasets.\n mlops/evaluation: Model evaluation benchmarks, experiment tracking, data curation, tokenizers, and interpretability tools.\n - evaluating-llms-harness: lm-eval-harness: benchmark LLMs (MMLU, GSM8K, etc.).\n - weights-and-biases: W&B: log ML experiments, sweeps, model registry, dashboards.\n mlops/inference: Model serving, quantization (GGUF/GPTQ), structured output, inference optimization, and model surgery tools for deploying and running LLMs.\n - llama-cpp: llama.cpp local GGUF inference + HF Hub model discovery.\n - obliteratus: OBLITERATUS: abliterate LLM refusals (diff-in-means).\n - outlines: Outlines: structured JSON/regex/Pydantic LLM generation.\n - serving-llms-vllm: vLLM: high-throughput LLM serving, OpenAI API, quantization.\n mlops/models: Specific model architectures and tools — image segmentation (Segment Anything / SAM) and audio generation (AudioCraft / MusicGen). Additional model skills (CLIP, Stable Diffusion, Whisper, LLaVA) are available as optional skills.\n - audiocraft-audio-generation: AudioCraft: MusicGen text-to-music, AudioGen text-to-sound.\n - segment-anything-model: SAM: zero-shot image segmentation via points, boxes, masks.\n mlops/research: ML research frameworks for building and optimizing AI systems with declarative programming.\n - dspy: DSPy: declarative LM programs, auto-optimize prompts, RAG.\n mlops/training: Fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO/GRPO training, distributed training frameworks, and optimization tools for training LLMs and other models.\n - axolotl: Axolotl: YAML LLM fine-tuning (LoRA, DPO, GRPO).\n - fine-tuning-with-trl: TRL: SFT, DPO, PPO, GRPO, reward modeling for LLM RLHF.\n - unsloth: Unsloth: 2-5x faster LoRA/QLoRA fine-tuning, less VRAM.\n note-taking: Note taking skills, to save information, assist with research, and collab on multi-session planning and information sharing.\n - obsidian: Read, search, create, and edit notes in the Obsidian vault.\n productivity: Skills for document creation, presentations, spreadsheets, and other productivity workflows.\n - airtable: Airtable REST API via curl. Records CRUD, filters, upserts.\n - google-workspace: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python.\n - linear: Linear: manage issues, projects, teams via GraphQL + curl.\n - maps: Geocode, POIs, routes, timezones via OpenStreetMap/OSRM.\n - nano-pdf: Edit PDF text/typos/titles via nano-pdf CLI (NL prompts).\n - notion: Notion API via curl: pages, databases, blocks, search.\n - ocr-and-documents: Extract text from PDFs/scans (pymupdf, marker-pdf).\n - powerpoint: Create, read, edit .pptx decks, slides, notes, templates.\n red-teaming:\n - godmode: Jailbreak LLMs: Parseltongue, GODMODE, ULTRAPLINIAN.\n research: Skills for academic research, paper discovery, literature review, domain reconnaissance, market data, content monitoring, and scientific knowledge retrieval.\n - arxiv: Search arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID.\n - blogwatcher: Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool.\n - llm-wiki: Karpathy's LLM Wiki: build/query interlinked markdown KB.\n - polymarket: Query Polymarket: markets, prices, orderbooks, history.\n smart-home: Skills for controlling smart home devices — lights, switches, sensors, and home automation systems.\n - openhue: Control Philips Hue lights, scenes, rooms via OpenHue CLI.\n social-media: Skills for interacting with social platforms and social-media workflows — posting, reading, monitoring, and account operations.\n - xurl: X/Twitter via xurl CLI: post, search, DM, media, v2 API.\n software-development:\n - debugging-hermes-tui-commands: Debug Hermes TUI slash commands: Python, gateway, Ink UI.\n - hermes-agent-skill-authoring: Author in-repo SKILL.md: frontmatter, validator, structure.\n - node-inspect-debugger: Debug Node.js via --inspect + Chrome DevTools Protocol CLI.\n - plan: Plan mode: write markdown plan to .hermes/plans/, no exec.\n - python-debugpy: Debug Python: pdb REPL + debugpy remote (DAP).\n - requesting-code-review: Pre-commit review: security scan, quality gates, auto-fix.\n - spike: Throwaway experiments to validate an idea before build.\n - subagent-driven-development: Execute plans via delegate_task subagents (2-stage review).\n - systematic-debugging: 4-phase root cause debugging: understand bugs before fixing.\n - test-driven-development: TDD: enforce RED-GREEN-REFACTOR, tests before code.\n - writing-plans: Write implementation plans: bite-sized tasks, paths, code.\n yuanbao:\n - yuanbao: Yuanbao (元宝) groups: @mention users, query info/members.\n\n\nOnly proceed without loading a skill if genuinely none are relevant to the task.\n\nConversation started: Friday, May 08, 2026 06:40 PM\nModel: kilo-auto/free\nProvider: kilocode\n\nYou are a CLI AI Agent. Try not to use markdown but simple text renderable inside a terminal. File delivery: there is no attachment channel — the user reads your response directly in their terminal. Do NOT emit MEDIA:/path tags (those are only intercepted on messaging platforms like Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.; on the CLI they render as literal text). When referring to a file you created or changed, just state its absolute path in plain text; the user can open it from there.",
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"name": "clarify",
"description": "Ask the user a question when you need clarification, feedback, or a decision before proceeding. Supports two modes:\n\n1. **Multiple choice** — provide up to 4 choices. The user picks one or types their own answer via a 5th 'Other' option.\n2. **Open-ended** — omit choices entirely. The user types a free-form response.\n\nUse this tool when:\n- The task is ambiguous and you need the user to choose an approach\n- You want post-task feedback ('How did that work out?')\n- You want to offer to save a skill or update memory\n- A decision has meaningful trade-offs the user should weigh in on\n\nDo NOT use this tool for simple yes/no confirmation of dangerous commands (the terminal tool handles that). Prefer making a reasonable default choice yourself when the decision is low-stakes.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"question": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The question to present to the user."
},
"choices": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 4,
"description": "Up to 4 answer choices. Omit this parameter entirely to ask an open-ended question. When provided, the UI automatically appends an 'Other (type your answer)' option."
}
},
"required": [
"question"
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"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "cronjob",
"description": "Manage scheduled cron jobs with a single compressed tool.\n\nUse action='create' to schedule a new job from a prompt or one or more skills.\nUse action='list' to inspect jobs.\nUse action='update', 'pause', 'resume', 'remove', or 'run' to manage an existing job.\n\nTo stop a job the user no longer wants: first action='list' to find the job_id, then action='remove' with that job_id. Never guess job IDs — always list first.\n\nJobs run in a fresh session with no current-chat context, so prompts must be self-contained.\nIf skills are provided on create, the future cron run loads those skills in order, then follows the prompt as the task instruction.\nOn update, passing skills=[] clears attached skills.\n\nNOTE: The agent's final response is auto-delivered to the target. Put the primary\nuser-facing content in the final response. Cron jobs run autonomously with no user\npresent — they cannot ask questions or request clarification.\n\nImportant safety rule: cron-run sessions should not recursively schedule more cron jobs.",
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"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One of: create, list, update, pause, resume, remove, run"
},
"job_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Required for update/pause/resume/remove/run"
},
"prompt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "For create: the full self-contained prompt. If skills are also provided, this becomes the task instruction paired with those skills."
},
"schedule": {
"type": "string",
"description": "For create/update: '30m', 'every 2h', '0 9 * * *', or ISO timestamp"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional human-friendly name"
},
"repeat": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Optional repeat count. Omit for defaults (once for one-shot, forever for recurring)."
},
"deliver": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Omit this parameter to auto-deliver back to the current chat and topic (recommended). Auto-detection preserves thread/topic context. Only set explicitly when the user asks to deliver somewhere OTHER than the current conversation. Values: 'origin' (same as omitting), 'local' (no delivery, save only), 'all' (fan out to every connected home channel), or platform:chat_id:thread_id for a specific destination. Combine with comma: 'origin,all' delivers to the origin plus every other connected channel. Examples: 'telegram:-1001234567890:17585', 'discord:#engineering', 'sms:+15551234567', 'all'. WARNING: 'platform:chat_id' without :thread_id loses topic targeting. 'all' resolves at fire time, so a job created before a channel was wired up will pick it up automatically once connected."
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"skills": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional ordered list of skill names to load before executing the cron prompt. On update, pass an empty array to clear attached skills."
},
"model": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional per-job model override. If provider is omitted, the current main provider is pinned at creation time so the job stays stable.",
"properties": {
"provider": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Provider name (e.g. 'openrouter', 'anthropic', or 'custom:' for a provider defined in custom_providers config — always include the ':' suffix, never pass the bare 'custom'). Omit to use and pin the current provider."
},
"model": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Model name (e.g. 'anthropic/claude-sonnet-4', 'claude-sonnet-4')"
}
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"model"
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"script": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional path to a script that runs each tick. In the default mode its stdout is injected into the agent's prompt as context (data-collection / change-detection pattern). With no_agent=True, the script IS the job and its stdout is delivered verbatim (classic watchdog pattern). Relative paths resolve under ~/.hermes/scripts/. ``.sh``/``.bash`` extensions run via bash, everything else via Python. On update, pass empty string to clear."
},
"no_agent": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Default: False (LLM-driven job — the agent runs the prompt each tick). Set True to skip the LLM entirely: the scheduler just runs ``script`` on schedule and delivers its stdout verbatim. No tokens, no agent loop, no model override honoured. \n\nREQUIREMENTS when True: ``script`` MUST be set (``prompt`` and ``skills`` are ignored). \n\nDELIVERY SEMANTICS when True: (a) non-empty stdout is sent verbatim as the message; (b) EMPTY stdout means SILENT — nothing is sent to the user and they won't see anything happened, so design your script to stay quiet when there's nothing to report (the watchdog pattern); (c) non-zero exit / timeout sends an error alert so a broken watchdog can't fail silently. \n\nWHEN TO USE True: recurring script-only pings where the script itself produces the exact message text (memory/disk/GPU watchdogs, threshold alerts, heartbeats, CI notifications, API pollers with a fixed output shape). WHEN TO USE False (default): anything that needs reasoning — summarize a feed, draft a daily briefing, pick interesting items, rephrase data for a human, follow conditional logic based on content."
},
"context_from": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional job ID or list of job IDs whose most recent completed output is injected into the prompt as context before each run. Use this to chain cron jobs: job A collects data, job B processes it. Each entry must be a valid job ID (from cronjob action='list'). Note: injects the most recent completed output — does not wait for upstream jobs running in the same tick. On update, pass an empty array to clear."
},
"enabled_toolsets": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional list of toolset names to restrict the job's agent to (e.g. [\"web\", \"terminal\", \"file\", \"delegation\"]). When set, only tools from these toolsets are loaded, significantly reducing input token overhead. When omitted, all default tools are loaded. Infer from the job's prompt — e.g. use \"web\" if it calls web_search, \"terminal\" if it runs scripts, \"file\" if it reads files, \"delegation\" if it calls delegate_task. On update, pass an empty array to clear."
},
"workdir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional absolute path to run the job from. When set, AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md / .cursorrules from that directory are injected into the system prompt, and the terminal/file/code_exec tools use it as their working directory — useful for running a job inside a specific project repo. Must be an absolute path that exists. When unset (default), preserves the original behaviour: no project context files, tools use the scheduler's cwd. On update, pass an empty string to clear. Jobs with workdir run sequentially (not parallel) to keep per-job directories isolated."
}
},
"required": [
"action"
]
}
}
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"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "delegate_task",
"description": "Spawn one or more subagents to work on tasks in isolated contexts. Each subagent gets its own conversation, terminal session, and toolset. Only the final summary is returned -- intermediate tool results never enter your context window.\n\nTWO MODES (one of 'goal' or 'tasks' is required):\n1. Single task: provide 'goal' (+ optional context, toolsets)\n2. Batch (parallel): provide 'tasks' array with up to delegation.max_concurrent_children items (default 3, configurable via config.yaml, no hard ceiling). All run concurrently and results are returned together. Nested delegation requires role='orchestrator' and delegation.max_spawn_depth >= 2.\n\nWHEN TO USE delegate_task:\n- Reasoning-heavy subtasks (debugging, code review, research synthesis)\n- Tasks that would flood your context with intermediate data\n- Parallel independent workstreams (research A and B simultaneously)\n\nWHEN NOT TO USE (use these instead):\n- Mechanical multi-step work with no reasoning needed -> use execute_code\n- Single tool call -> just call the tool directly\n- Tasks needing user interaction -> subagents cannot use clarify\n- Durable long-running work that must outlive the current turn -> use cronjob (action='create') or terminal(background=True, notify_on_complete=True) instead. delegate_task runs SYNCHRONOUSLY inside the parent turn: if the parent is interrupted (user sends a new message, /stop, /new) the child is cancelled with status='interrupted' and its work is discarded. Children cannot continue in the background.\n\nIMPORTANT:\n- Subagents have NO memory of your conversation. Pass all relevant info (file paths, error messages, constraints) via the 'context' field.\n- If the user is writing in a non-English language, or asked for output in a specific language / tone / style, say so in 'context' (e.g. \"respond in Chinese\", \"return output in Japanese\"). Otherwise subagents default to English and their summaries will contaminate your final reply with the wrong language.\n- Subagent summaries are SELF-REPORTS, not verified facts. A subagent that claims \"uploaded successfully\" or \"file written\" may be wrong. For operations with external side-effects (HTTP POST/PUT, remote writes, file creation at shared paths, publishing), require the subagent to return a verifiable handle (URL, ID, absolute path, HTTP status) and verify it yourself — fetch the URL, stat the file, read back the content — before telling the user the operation succeeded.\n- Leaf subagents (role='leaf', the default) CANNOT call: delegate_task, clarify, memory, send_message, execute_code.\n- Orchestrator subagents (role='orchestrator') retain delegate_task so they can spawn their own workers, but still cannot use clarify, memory, send_message, or execute_code. Orchestrators are bounded by delegation.max_spawn_depth (default 2) and can be disabled globally via delegation.orchestrator_enabled=false.\n- Each subagent gets its own terminal session (separate working directory and state).\n- Results are always returned as an array, one entry per task.",
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"type": "object",
"properties": {
"goal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What the subagent should accomplish. Be specific and self-contained -- the subagent knows nothing about your conversation history."
},
"context": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Background information the subagent needs: file paths, error messages, project structure, constraints. The more specific you are, the better the subagent performs."
},
"toolsets": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Toolsets to enable for this subagent. Default: inherits your enabled toolsets. Available toolsets: 'browser', 'cronjob', 'discord', 'discord_admin', 'feishu_doc', 'feishu_drive', 'file', 'homeassistant', 'image_gen', 'kanban', 'search', 'session_search', 'skills', 'spotify', 'terminal', 'todo', 'tts', 'video', 'vision', 'web', 'yuanbao'. Common patterns: ['terminal', 'file'] for code work, ['web'] for research, ['browser'] for web interaction, ['terminal', 'file', 'web'] for full-stack tasks."
},
"tasks": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"goal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Task goal"
},
"context": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Task-specific context"
},
"toolsets": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Toolsets for this specific task. Available: 'browser', 'cronjob', 'discord', 'discord_admin', 'feishu_doc', 'feishu_drive', 'file', 'homeassistant', 'image_gen', 'kanban', 'search', 'session_search', 'skills', 'spotify', 'terminal', 'todo', 'tts', 'video', 'vision', 'web', 'yuanbao'. Use 'web' for network access, 'terminal' for shell, 'browser' for web interaction."
},
"acp_command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Per-task ACP command override (e.g. 'copilot'). Overrides the top-level acp_command for this task only."
},
"acp_args": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Per-task ACP args override."
},
"role": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"leaf",
"orchestrator"
],
"description": "Per-task role override. See top-level 'role' for semantics."
}
},
"required": [
"goal"
]
},
"description": "Batch mode: tasks to run in parallel (limit configurable via delegation.max_concurrent_children, default 3). Each gets its own subagent with isolated context and terminal session. When provided, top-level goal/context/toolsets are ignored."
},
"role": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"leaf",
"orchestrator"
],
"description": "Role of the child agent. 'leaf' (default) = focused worker, cannot delegate further. 'orchestrator' = can use delegate_task to spawn its own workers. Requires delegation.max_spawn_depth >= 2 in config; ignored (treated as 'leaf') when the child would exceed max_spawn_depth or when delegation.orchestrator_enabled=false."
},
"acp_command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Override ACP command for child agents (e.g. 'copilot'). When set, children use ACP subprocess transport instead of inheriting the parent's transport. Requires an ACP-compatible CLI (currently GitHub Copilot CLI via 'copilot --acp --stdio'). See agent/copilot_acp_client.py for the implementation."
},
"acp_args": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Arguments for the ACP command (default: ['--acp', '--stdio']). Only used when acp_command is set."
}
}
}
}
},
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"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "execute_code",
"description": "Run a Python script that can call Hermes tools programmatically. Use this when you need 3+ tool calls with processing logic between them, need to filter/reduce large tool outputs before they enter your context, need conditional branching (if X then Y else Z), or need to loop (fetch N pages, process N files, retry on failure).\n\nUse normal tool calls instead when: single tool call with no processing, you need to see the full result and apply complex reasoning, or the task requires interactive user input.\n\nAvailable via `from hermes_tools import ...`:\n\n read_file(path: str, offset: int = 1, limit: int = 500) -> dict\n Lines are 1-indexed. Returns {\"content\": \"...\", \"total_lines\": N}\n write_file(path: str, content: str) -> dict\n Always overwrites the entire file.\n search_files(pattern: str, target=\"content\", path=\".\", file_glob=None, limit=50) -> dict\n target: \"content\" (search inside files) or \"files\" (find files by name). Returns {\"matches\": [...]}\n patch(path: str, old_string: str, new_string: str, replace_all: bool = False) -> dict\n Replaces old_string with new_string in the file.\n terminal(command: str, timeout=None, workdir=None) -> dict\n Foreground only (no background/pty). Returns {\"output\": \"...\", \"exit_code\": N}\n\nLimits: 5-minute timeout, 50KB stdout cap, max 50 tool calls per script. terminal() is foreground-only (no background or pty).\n\nScripts run in the session's working directory with the active venv's python, so project deps (pandas, etc.) and relative paths work like in terminal().\n\nPrint your final result to stdout. Use Python stdlib (json, re, math, csv, datetime, collections, etc.) for processing between tool calls.\n\nAlso available (no import needed — built into hermes_tools):\n json_parse(text: str) — json.loads with strict=False; use for terminal() output with control chars\n shell_quote(s: str) — shlex.quote(); use when interpolating dynamic strings into shell commands\n retry(fn, max_attempts=3, delay=2) — retry with exponential backoff for transient failures",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Python code to execute. Import tools with `from hermes_tools import terminal, ...` and print your final result to stdout."
}
},
"required": [
"code"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "memory",
"description": "Save durable information to persistent memory that survives across sessions. Memory is injected into future turns, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\n\nWHEN TO SAVE (do this proactively, don't wait to be asked):\n- User corrects you or says 'remember this' / 'don't do that again'\n- User shares a preference, habit, or personal detail (name, role, timezone, coding style)\n- You discover something about the environment (OS, installed tools, project structure)\n- You learn a convention, API quirk, or workflow specific to this user's setup\n- You identify a stable fact that will be useful again in future sessions\n\nPRIORITY: User preferences and corrections > environment facts > procedural knowledge. The most valuable memory prevents the user from having to repeat themselves.\n\nDo NOT save task progress, session outcomes, completed-work logs, or temporary TODO state to memory; use session_search to recall those from past transcripts.\nIf you've discovered a new way to do something, solved a problem that could be necessary later, save it as a skill with the skill tool.\n\nTWO TARGETS:\n- 'user': who the user is -- name, role, preferences, communication style, pet peeves\n- 'memory': your notes -- environment facts, project conventions, tool quirks, lessons learned\n\nACTIONS: add (new entry), replace (update existing -- old_text identifies it), remove (delete -- old_text identifies it).\n\nSKIP: trivial/obvious info, things easily re-discovered, raw data dumps, and temporary task state.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"add",
"replace",
"remove"
],
"description": "The action to perform."
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"memory",
"user"
],
"description": "Which memory store: 'memory' for personal notes, 'user' for user profile."
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The entry content. Required for 'add' and 'replace'."
},
"old_text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short unique substring identifying the entry to replace or remove."
}
},
"required": [
"action",
"target"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "patch",
"description": "Targeted find-and-replace edits in files. Use this instead of sed/awk in terminal. Uses fuzzy matching (9 strategies) so minor whitespace/indentation differences won't break it. Returns a unified diff. Auto-runs syntax checks after editing.\n\nReplace mode (default): find a unique string and replace it.\nPatch mode: apply V4A multi-file patches for bulk changes.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"replace",
"patch"
],
"description": "Edit mode: 'replace' for targeted find-and-replace, 'patch' for V4A multi-file patches",
"default": "replace"
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "File path to edit (required for 'replace' mode)"
},
"old_string": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text to find in the file (required for 'replace' mode). Must be unique in the file unless replace_all=true. Include enough surrounding context to ensure uniqueness."
},
"new_string": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Replacement text (required for 'replace' mode). Can be empty string to delete the matched text."
},
"replace_all": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Replace all occurrences instead of requiring a unique match (default: false)",
"default": false
},
"patch": {
"type": "string",
"description": "V4A format patch content (required for 'patch' mode). Format:\n*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: path/to/file\n@@ context hint @@\n context line\n-removed line\n+added line\n*** End Patch"
}
},
"required": [
"mode"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "process",
"description": "Manage background processes started with terminal(background=true). Actions: 'list' (show all), 'poll' (check status + new output), 'log' (full output with pagination), 'wait' (block until done or timeout), 'kill' (terminate), 'write' (send raw stdin data without newline), 'submit' (send data + Enter, for answering prompts), 'close' (close stdin/send EOF).",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"list",
"poll",
"log",
"wait",
"kill",
"write",
"submit",
"close"
],
"description": "Action to perform on background processes"
},
"session_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Process session ID (from terminal background output). Required for all actions except 'list'."
},
"data": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text to send to process stdin (for 'write' and 'submit' actions)"
},
"timeout": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max seconds to block for 'wait' action. Returns partial output on timeout.",
"minimum": 1
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Line offset for 'log' action (default: last 200 lines)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max lines to return for 'log' action",
"minimum": 1
}
},
"required": [
"action"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "read_file",
"description": "Read a text file with line numbers and pagination. Use this instead of cat/head/tail in terminal. Output format: 'LINE_NUM|CONTENT'. Suggests similar filenames if not found. Use offset and limit for large files. Reads exceeding ~100K characters are rejected; use offset and limit to read specific sections of large files. NOTE: Cannot read images or binary files — use vision_analyze for images.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to the file to read (absolute, relative, or ~/path)"
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Line number to start reading from (1-indexed, default: 1)",
"default": 1,
"minimum": 1
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of lines to read (default: 500, max: 2000)",
"default": 500,
"maximum": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"path"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_files",
"description": "Search file contents or find files by name. Use this instead of grep/rg/find/ls in terminal. Ripgrep-backed, faster than shell equivalents.\n\nContent search (target='content'): Regex search inside files. Output modes: full matches with line numbers, file paths only, or match counts.\n\nFile search (target='files'): Find files by glob pattern (e.g., '*.py', '*config*'). Also use this instead of ls — results sorted by modification time.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pattern": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Regex pattern for content search, or glob pattern (e.g., '*.py') for file search"
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"content",
"files"
],
"description": "'content' searches inside file contents, 'files' searches for files by name",
"default": "content"
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Directory or file to search in (default: current working directory)",
"default": "."
},
"file_glob": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Filter files by pattern in grep mode (e.g., '*.py' to only search Python files)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of results to return (default: 50)",
"default": 50
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Skip first N results for pagination (default: 0)",
"default": 0
},
"output_mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"content",
"files_only",
"count"
],
"description": "Output format for grep mode: 'content' shows matching lines with line numbers, 'files_only' lists file paths, 'count' shows match counts per file",
"default": "content"
},
"context": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of context lines before and after each match (grep mode only)",
"default": 0
}
},
"required": [
"pattern"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "session_search",
"description": "Search your long-term memory of past conversations, or browse recent sessions. This is your recall -- every past session is searchable, and this tool summarizes what happened.\n\nTWO MODES:\n1. Recent sessions (no query): Call with no arguments to see what was worked on recently. Returns titles, previews, and timestamps. Zero LLM cost, instant. Start here when the user asks what were we working on or what did we do recently.\n2. Keyword search (with query): Search for specific topics across all past sessions. Returns LLM-generated summaries of matching sessions.\n\nUSE THIS PROACTIVELY when:\n- The user says 'we did this before', 'remember when', 'last time', 'as I mentioned'\n- The user asks about a topic you worked on before but don't have in current context\n- The user references a project, person, or concept that seems familiar but isn't in memory\n- You want to check if you've solved a similar problem before\n- The user asks 'what did we do about X?' or 'how did we fix Y?'\n\nDon't hesitate to search when it is actually cross-session -- it's fast and cheap. Better to search and confirm than to guess or ask the user to repeat themselves.\n\nSearch syntax: keywords joined with OR for broad recall (elevenlabs OR baseten OR funding), phrases for exact match (\"docker networking\"), boolean (python NOT java), prefix (deploy*). IMPORTANT: Use OR between keywords for best results — FTS5 defaults to AND which misses sessions that only mention some terms. If a broad OR query returns nothing, try individual keyword searches in parallel. Returns summaries of the top matching sessions.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search query — keywords, phrases, or boolean expressions to find in past sessions. Omit this parameter entirely to browse recent sessions instead (returns titles, previews, timestamps with no LLM cost)."
},
"role_filter": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: only search messages from specific roles (comma-separated). E.g. 'user,assistant' to skip tool outputs."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max sessions to summarize (default: 3, max: 5).",
"default": 3
}
}
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "skill_manage",
"description": "Manage skills (create, update, delete). Skills are your procedural memory — reusable approaches for recurring task types. New skills go to ~/.hermes/skills/; existing skills can be modified wherever they live.\n\nActions: create (full SKILL.md + optional category), patch (old_string/new_string — preferred for fixes), edit (full SKILL.md rewrite — major overhauls only), delete, write_file, remove_file.\n\nOn delete, pass `absorbed_into=` when you're merging this skill's content into another one, or `absorbed_into=\"\"` when you're pruning it with no forwarding target. This lets the curator tell consolidation from pruning without guessing, so downstream consumers (cron jobs that reference the old skill name, etc.) get updated correctly. The target you name in `absorbed_into` must already exist — create/patch the umbrella first, then delete.\n\nCreate when: complex task succeeded (5+ calls), errors overcome, user-corrected approach worked, non-trivial workflow discovered, or user asks you to remember a procedure.\nUpdate when: instructions stale/wrong, OS-specific failures, missing steps or pitfalls found during use. If you used a skill and hit issues not covered by it, patch it immediately.\n\nAfter difficult/iterative tasks, offer to save as a skill. Skip for simple one-offs. Confirm with user before creating/deleting.\n\nGood skills: trigger conditions, numbered steps with exact commands, pitfalls section, verification steps. Use skill_view() to see format examples.\n\nPinned skills are protected from deletion only — skill_manage(action='delete') will refuse with a message pointing the user to `hermes curator unpin `. Patches and edits go through on pinned skills so you can still improve them as pitfalls come up; pin only guards against irrecoverable loss.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"create",
"patch",
"edit",
"delete",
"write_file",
"remove_file"
],
"description": "The action to perform."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Skill name (lowercase, hyphens/underscores, max 64 chars). Must match an existing skill for patch/edit/delete/write_file/remove_file."
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full SKILL.md content (YAML frontmatter + markdown body). Required for 'create' and 'edit'. For 'edit', read the skill first with skill_view() and provide the complete updated text."
},
"old_string": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text to find in the file (required for 'patch'). Must be unique unless replace_all=true. Include enough surrounding context to ensure uniqueness."
},
"new_string": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Replacement text (required for 'patch'). Can be empty string to delete the matched text."
},
"replace_all": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "For 'patch': replace all occurrences instead of requiring a unique match (default: false)."
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional category/domain for organizing the skill (e.g., 'devops', 'data-science', 'mlops'). Creates a subdirectory grouping. Only used with 'create'."
},
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to a supporting file within the skill directory. For 'write_file'/'remove_file': required, must be under references/, templates/, scripts/, or assets/. For 'patch': optional, defaults to SKILL.md if omitted."
},
"file_content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Content for the file. Required for 'write_file'."
},
"absorbed_into": {
"type": "string",
"description": "For 'delete' only — declares intent so the curator can tell consolidation from pruning without guessing. Pass the umbrella skill name when this skill's content was merged into another (the target must already exist). Pass an empty string when the skill is truly stale and being pruned with no forwarding target. Omitting the arg on delete is supported for backward compatibility but downstream tooling (e.g. cron-job skill reference rewriting) will have to guess at intent."
}
},
"required": [
"action",
"name"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "skill_view",
"description": "Skills allow for loading information about specific tasks and workflows, as well as scripts and templates. Load a skill's full content or access its linked files (references, templates, scripts). First call returns SKILL.md content plus a 'linked_files' dict showing available references/templates/scripts. To access those, call again with file_path parameter.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The skill name (use skills_list to see available skills). For plugin-provided skills, use the qualified form 'plugin:skill' (e.g. 'superpowers:writing-plans')."
},
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "OPTIONAL: Path to a linked file within the skill (e.g., 'references/api.md', 'templates/config.yaml', 'scripts/validate.py'). Omit to get the main SKILL.md content."
}
},
"required": [
"name"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "skills_list",
"description": "List available skills (name + description). Use skill_view(name) to load full content.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional category filter to narrow results"
}
}
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "terminal",
"description": "Execute shell commands on a Linux environment. Filesystem usually persists between calls.\n\nDo NOT use cat/head/tail to read files — use read_file instead.\nDo NOT use grep/rg/find to search — use search_files instead.\nDo NOT use ls to list directories — use search_files(target='files') instead.\nDo NOT use sed/awk to edit files — use patch instead.\nDo NOT use echo/cat heredoc to create files — use write_file instead.\nReserve terminal for: builds, installs, git, processes, scripts, network, package managers, and anything that needs a shell.\n\nForeground (default): Commands return INSTANTLY when done, even if the timeout is high. Set timeout=300 for long builds/scripts — you'll still get the result in seconds if it's fast. Prefer foreground for short commands.\nBackground: Set background=true to get a session_id. Two patterns:\n (1) Long-lived processes that never exit (servers, watchers).\n (2) Long-running tasks with notify_on_complete=true — you can keep working on other things and the system auto-notifies you when the task finishes. Great for test suites, builds, deployments, or anything that takes more than a minute.\nFor servers/watchers, do NOT use shell-level background wrappers (nohup/disown/setsid/trailing '&') in foreground mode. Use background=true so Hermes can track lifecycle and output.\nAfter starting a server, verify readiness with a health check or log signal, then run tests in a separate terminal() call. Avoid blind sleep loops.\nUse process(action=\"poll\") for progress checks, process(action=\"wait\") to block until done.\nWorking directory: Use 'workdir' for per-command cwd.\nPTY mode: Set pty=true for interactive CLI tools (Codex, Claude Code, Python REPL).\n\nDo NOT use vim/nano/interactive tools without pty=true — they hang without a pseudo-terminal. Pipe git output to cat if it might page.\n",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The command to execute on the VM"
},
"background": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Run the command in the background. Two patterns: (1) Long-lived processes that never exit (servers, watchers). (2) Long-running tasks paired with notify_on_complete=true — you can keep working and get notified when the task finishes. For short commands, prefer foreground with a generous timeout instead.",
"default": false
},
"timeout": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max seconds to wait (default: 180, foreground max: 600). Returns INSTANTLY when command finishes — set high for long tasks, you won't wait unnecessarily. Foreground timeout above 600s is rejected; use background=true for longer commands.",
"minimum": 1
},
"workdir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Working directory for this command (absolute path). Defaults to the session working directory."
},
"pty": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Run in pseudo-terminal (PTY) mode for interactive CLI tools like Codex, Claude Code, or Python REPL. Only works with local and SSH backends. Default: false.",
"default": false
},
"notify_on_complete": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "When true (and background=true), you'll be automatically notified exactly once when the process finishes. **This is the right choice for almost every long-running task** — tests, builds, deployments, multi-item batch jobs, anything that takes over a minute and has a defined end. Use this and keep working on other things; the system notifies you on exit. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with watch_patterns — when both are set, watch_patterns is dropped.",
"default": false
},
"watch_patterns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Strings to watch for in background process output. HARD RATE LIMIT: at most 1 notification per 15 seconds per process — matches arriving inside the cooldown are dropped. After 3 consecutive 15-second windows with dropped matches, watch_patterns is automatically disabled for that process and promoted to notify_on_complete behavior (one notification on exit, no more mid-process spam). USE ONLY for truly rare, one-shot mid-process signals on LONG-LIVED processes that will never exit on their own — e.g. ['Application startup complete'] on a server so you know when to hit its endpoint, or ['migration done'] on a daemon. DO NOT use for: (1) end-of-run markers like 'DONE'/'PASS' — use notify_on_complete instead; (2) error patterns like 'ERROR'/'Traceback' in loops or multi-item batch jobs — they fire on every iteration and you'll hit the strike limit fast; (3) anything you'd ever combine with notify_on_complete. When in doubt, choose notify_on_complete. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with notify_on_complete — set one, not both."
}
},
"required": [
"command"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "text_to_speech",
"description": "Convert text to speech audio. Returns a MEDIA: path that the platform delivers as native audio. Compatible providers render as a voice bubble on Telegram; otherwise audio is sent as a regular attachment. In CLI mode, saves to ~/voice-memos/. Voice and provider are user-configured (built-in providers like edge/openai or custom command providers under tts.providers.), not model-selected.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The text to convert to speech. Provider-specific character caps apply and are enforced automatically (OpenAI 4096, xAI 15000, MiniMax 10000, ElevenLabs 5k-40k depending on model); over-long input is truncated."
},
"output_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional custom file path to save the audio. Defaults to ~/.hermes/audio_cache/.mp3"
}
},
"required": [
"text"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "todo",
"description": "Manage your task list for the current session. Use for complex tasks with 3+ steps or when the user provides multiple tasks. Call with no parameters to read the current list.\n\nWriting:\n- Provide 'todos' array to create/update items\n- merge=false (default): replace the entire list with a fresh plan\n- merge=true: update existing items by id, add any new ones\n\nEach item: {id: string, content: string, status: pending|in_progress|completed|cancelled}\nList order is priority. Only ONE item in_progress at a time.\nMark items completed immediately when done. If something fails, cancel it and add a revised item.\n\nAlways returns the full current list.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"todos": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Task items to write. Omit to read current list.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique item identifier"
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Task description"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"pending",
"in_progress",
"completed",
"cancelled"
],
"description": "Current status"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"content",
"status"
]
}
},
"merge": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true: update existing items by id, add new ones. false (default): replace the entire list.",
"default": false
}
}
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "vision_analyze",
"description": "Inspect an image from a URL, file path, or tool output when you need closer detail than what's visible in the conversation. If the user's image is already attached to the conversation and you can see it, just answer directly — only call this tool for images referenced by URL/path, images returned inside other tool results (browser screenshots, search thumbnails), or when you need a deeper look at a specific region the main model's vision may have missed.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"image_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Image URL (http/https) or local file path to analyze."
},
"question": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Your specific question or request about the image to resolve. The AI will automatically provide a complete image description AND answer your specific question."
}
},
"required": [
"image_url",
"question"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "write_file",
"description": "Write content to a file, completely replacing existing content. Use this instead of echo/cat heredoc in terminal. Creates parent directories automatically. OVERWRITES the entire file — use 'patch' for targeted edits. Auto-runs syntax checks on .py/.json/.yaml/.toml and other linted languages; only NEW errors introduced by this write are surfaced (pre-existing errors are filtered out).",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to the file to write (will be created if it doesn't exist, overwritten if it does)"
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Complete content to write to the file"
}
},
"required": [
"path",
"content"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "fact_store",
"description": "Deep structured memory with algebraic reasoning. Use alongside the memory tool — memory for always-on context, fact_store for deep recall and compositional queries.\n\nACTIONS (simple → powerful):\n• add — Store a fact the user would expect you to remember.\n• search — Keyword lookup ('editor config', 'deploy process').\n• probe — Entity recall: ALL facts about a person/thing.\n• related — What connects to an entity? Structural adjacency.\n• reason — Compositional: facts connected to MULTIPLE entities simultaneously.\n• contradict — Memory hygiene: find facts making conflicting claims.\n• update/remove/list — CRUD operations.\n\nIMPORTANT: Before answering questions about the user, ALWAYS probe or reason first.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"add",
"search",
"probe",
"related",
"reason",
"contradict",
"update",
"remove",
"list"
]
},
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"type": "string",
"description": "Fact content (required for 'add')."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search query (required for 'search')."
},
"entity": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Entity name for 'probe'/'related'."
},
"entities": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Entity names for 'reason'."
},
"fact_id": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Fact ID for 'update'/'remove'."
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"user_pref",
"project",
"tool",
"general"
]
},
"tags": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated tags."
},
"trust_delta": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Trust adjustment for 'update'."
},
"min_trust": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum trust filter (default: 0.3)."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max results (default: 10)."
}
},
"required": [
"action"
]
}
}
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "fact_feedback",
"description": "Rate a fact after using it. Mark 'helpful' if accurate, 'unhelpful' if outdated. This trains the memory — good facts rise, bad facts sink.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"helpful",
"unhelpful"
]
},
"fact_id": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The fact ID to rate."
}
},
"required": [
"action",
"fact_id"
]
}
}
}
],
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"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "I am Piyush, I work at Government Highschool as Senior Clerk, you are running inside WSL environment and most of my da\nta will be in /mnt/c/Users/piyus so if i ask you for anything it might be in that folder or in its subfolders, but you a\nre free to opertae in current home folder inside wsl, when i ask you for anything always check your session memory and n\normal memory as well so before conclusion always check memory. My english might not be very good so I'll mainly use Hind\ni and Gujarati so please try to understand what I'm saying and if you are not clear please ask me again. I'm not technic\nal so please dont throw technical things as me, you can try to ask me simply or just do whatever you feel is okay. I'll\nmainly work on Excel sheets and some browser/api automation. Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your\n name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned."
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "नमस्ते પિયુષ! હૃદયમાં સ્વાગત છે! હું હર્મેસ છું, તમારો સહાયક.\n\nહા, હું સમજી શક્યું છે:\n- તમે ગવર્નમેન્ટ હાઈસ્કૂલમાં સેનિયર કલર્ક છે\n- WSL એન્વાયોન્મેન્ટમાં કામ કરો છો\n- ડેટા મુખ્યત્વે /mnt/c/Users/piyus માં અને તેના સબફોલ્ડરમાં છે\n- મુખ્યત્વે એક્સેલ શીટ્સ અને બ્રાઉઝર/API ઓટોમેશન કરો છો\n- અંગ્રેજી થી ઓછો, હિન્દી અને ગુજરાતીમાં વાત કરો છો\n- માણસો ટેકનિકલ નથી, સરળ બતાવો\n\nહું એ જ રીતે કામ લઉં છું:\n- તમારા સંદેશા સમજ Median નો પ્રયાસ કરીશ\n- કોઈ શું શું ખોટું લાગે ત્યારે ફરી પૂછીશ\n- ટેકનિકલ ટર્મ્સની બજાય સરળ ભાષામાં બતાવીશ\n- તમારી પસંદગી, પ્રોજેક્ટ, અને માહિતી મેમરીમાં સાચવીશ\n\nસૂચન નથી, હું તમારી માહિતી USER.md અને MEMORY.md જેવા ફાયલોમાં સાચવીશ (જો તેઓ અસ્તિત્વમાં હોય). જો તમે ચાહો છો તો હું તમારી પ્રોફાઇલની માહિતી હવે મેમરીમાં સાચવીશ.જો તમને લાગે છે કે મેં કંઈક ભૂલ કર્યું છે, તો મને કહો - મેં તમારી પસંદગી ધ્યાનમાં રાખીશ.\n\nહવે તમે શાંત કામ શરૂ કરીએ! 😊",
"reasoning": "The user is introducing themselves - Piyush, Senior Clerk at Government Highschool, working in WSL environment with data in /mnt/c/Users/piyus. They want me to check session memory and normal memory before concluding tasks. They're not technical, use Hindi and Gujarati mainly, and work on Excel sheets and browser/API automation. They want me to save this info in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. They mentioned checking docs about these md files.\n\nI should acknowledge understanding and confirm I've saved this information. Let me check if there are any relevant docs/skills I should load.\n\nFirst, let me check my memory to see if I already have any information about this user or conventions.",
"finish_reason": "stop",
"reasoning_content": "The user is introducing themselves - Piyush, Senior Clerk at Government Highschool, working in WSL environment with data in /mnt/c/Users/piyus. They want me to check session memory and normal memory before concluding tasks. They're not technical, use Hindi and Gujarati mainly, and work on Excel sheets and browser/API automation. They want me to save this info in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. They mentioned checking docs about these md files.\n\nI should acknowledge understanding and confirm I've saved this information. Let me check if there are any relevant docs/skills I should load.\n\nFirst, let me check my memory to see if I already have any information about this user or conventions."
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "my bad this is not wsl, its just ubuntu so please forget about wsl"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "સમજાયું! હું WSL વિશે ભૂલ કર્યું હતું — તમે Ubuntuમાં છો, WSL નહીં. હું આ માહિતી મને સ્મરણમાં રાખી શકીશ.",
"reasoning": "The user is clarifying that they are not in WSL, but just Ubuntu. I need to update my memory/understanding accordingly. I should save this important detail to memory so I don't assume WSL in the future.\n\nLet me update the memory to reflect this correction.",
"finish_reason": "tool_calls",
"reasoning_content": "The user is clarifying that they are not in WSL, but just Ubuntu. I need to update my memory/understanding accordingly. I should save this important detail to memory so I don't assume WSL in the future.\n\nLet me update the memory to reflect this correction.",
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{
"id": "call_bd135871fbe5448ab9a11513",
"call_id": "call_bd135871fbe5448ab9a11513",
"response_item_id": "fc_bd135871fbe5448ab9a11513",
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "memory",
"arguments": "{\"action\": \"add\", \"content\": \"Piyush uses Ubuntu (not WSL). Primary data location is /mnt/c/Users/piyus and subfolders.\", \"target\": \"memory\"}"
}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "memory",
"content": "{\"success\": true, \"target\": \"memory\", \"entries\": [\"Piyush uses Ubuntu (not WSL). Primary data location is /mnt/c/Users/piyus and subfolders.\"], \"usage\": \"4% — 89/2,200 chars\", \"entry_count\": 1, \"message\": \"Entry added.\"}",
"tool_call_id": "call_bd135871fbe5448ab9a11513"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "બરાબર! હવે હું યાદ રાખ્યું છે — Ubuntu, /mnt/c/Users/piyus માં ડેટા. \n\nહવે મને સમજાયું છે. તમે અહીં એક્સેલ અને ઑટોમેશન કામ કરો છો. ટેકનિકલ ભાષા નહીં, સરળ જ અંગ્રેજી/હિન્દી/ગુજરાતીમાં ચર્ચા કરીશ.\n\nઅ ગેમ! તમે શું કામ શરૂ કરવા માંગો છો? 😊",
"reasoning": "Good, the memory has been saved. Now I should respond to the user, confirming I've updated the information. I should keep it simple and in the languages they prefer (Hindi/Gujarati).",
"finish_reason": "stop",
"reasoning_content": "Good, the memory has been saved. Now I should respond to the user, confirming I've updated the information. I should keep it simple and in the languages they prefer (Hindi/Gujarati)."
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "there is no /mnt/c/Users/piyus it was a mistake"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "ઓ શર માફ કરશો! હું ત્યાર જ ભૂલી ગયું. હવે હું તે ફેરફાર કરી શકીશ.",
"reasoning": "The user is clarifying that there is no /mnt/c/Users/piyus folder - it was a mistake. I need to update the memory to correct this information. I should remove that entry and wait for the user to provide the correct path or clarify where their data actually is.\n\nLet me first remove the incorrect memory entry.",
"finish_reason": "tool_calls",
"reasoning_content": "The user is clarifying that there is no /mnt/c/Users/piyus folder - it was a mistake. I need to update the memory to correct this information. I should remove that entry and wait for the user to provide the correct path or clarify where their data actually is.\n\nLet me first remove the incorrect memory entry.",
"tool_calls": [
{
"id": "call_437671e674d1430a9f1a63b8",
"call_id": "call_437671e674d1430a9f1a63b8",
"response_item_id": "fc_437671e674d1430a9f1a63b8",
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "memory",
"arguments": "{\"action\": \"remove\", \"old_text\": \"Piyush uses Ubuntu (not WSL). Primary data location is /mnt/c/Users/piyus and subfolders.\", \"target\": \"memory\"}"
}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "memory",
"content": "{\"success\": true, \"target\": \"memory\", \"entries\": [], \"usage\": \"0% — 0/2,200 chars\", \"entry_count\": 0, \"message\": \"Entry removed.\"}",
"tool_call_id": "call_437671e674d1430a9f1a63b8"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "સારું, હું તે ફેરફાર કરી ગયું. હવે મને સમજાવો — તમારો મુખ્ય ડેટા કયાં માને છે? કોઈ ખાસ ફોલ્ડર? કે હવે તમે કયાં કામ કરી શકો? મને સમજાવી શકો?",
"reasoning": "The memory entry has been removed. Now I need to wait for the user to tell me where their actual data location is, or if they want to proceed without that information. I should ask them to clarify where they keep their files.",
"finish_reason": "stop",
"reasoning_content": "The memory entry has been removed. Now I need to wait for the user to tell me where their actual data location is, or if they want to proceed without that information. I should ask them to clarify where they keep their files."
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": "just use my home folder and keep things organised"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "સમજાયું! હું તમારી হোম ફોલ્ડરમાં કામ લઉં છું અને બધું સੁવ્યવસ્થિત રાખીશ.\n\n正马aj, હું તમારી ઘરમાં (home) જ કામ કરીશ અને બધું સંગઠિત રાખીશ. તમે કહ્યું છે કે મેં SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md જેવા ફાઇલોમાં માહિતી સાચવવી છે. ચાલો પહેલા મને તábij કOMO જ ના ફાઇલો જોઈએ અને સમજીએ.",
"reasoning": "The user corrected themselves - it's not WSL, just Ubuntu. And they say there's no /mnt/c/Users/piyus - it was a mistake. So I should not be using WSL-specific paths. They want me to use their home folder and keep things organized. They speak Hindi/Gujarati, not technical. They want me to save information in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. They want me to check those docs if not clear. They want me to check session memory and normal memory before concluding. They work on Excel sheets and browser/API automation.\n\nLet me first check what these files are - SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. These appear to be files mentioned by the user that I should be aware of. I should check if they exist in the current working directory.\n\nSince the user wants me to use their home folder and keep things organized, and they mentioned these .md files, I should check if these files exist and what they contain. This will help me understand the structure and properly organize things.\n\nLet me search for these files in the home directory.",
"finish_reason": "tool_calls",
"reasoning_content": "The user corrected themselves - it's not WSL, just Ubuntu. And they say there's no /mnt/c/Users/piyus - it was a mistake. So I should not be using WSL-specific paths. They want me to use their home folder and keep things organized. They speak Hindi/Gujarati, not technical. They want me to save information in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. They want me to check those docs if not clear. They want me to check session memory and normal memory before concluding. They work on Excel sheets and browser/API automation.\n\nLet me first check what these files are - SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. These appear to be files mentioned by the user that I should be aware of. I should check if they exist in the current working directory.\n\nSince the user wants me to use their home folder and keep things organized, and they mentioned these .md files, I should check if these files exist and what they contain. This will help me understand the structure and properly organize things.\n\nLet me search for these files in the home directory.",
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{
"id": "call_a40692d9b67047499d03edfe",
"call_id": "call_a40692d9b67047499d03edfe",
"response_item_id": "fc_a40692d9b67047499d03edfe",
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_files",
"arguments": "{\"output_mode\": \"files_only\", \"path\": \"~\", \"pattern\": \"*.md\"}"
}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "search_files",
"content": "{\"total_count\": 4, \"files\": [\"rg: regex parse error:\", \" (?:*.md)\", \" ^\", \"error: repetition operator missing expression\"]}",
"tool_call_id": "call_a40692d9b67047499d03edfe"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "",
"reasoning": "There was an error with the search. The pattern wasn't in the right format. Let me try with a different pattern - just using *.md properly.\n\nActually, the error suggests it didn't understand the pattern. Let me try a different approach - maybe use search_files with target='files' and pattern='*.md'? Let me look at the tool description again.\n\nActually, search_files can search by file name with target='files'. Let me try that.",
"finish_reason": "tool_calls",
"reasoning_content": "There was an error with the search. The pattern wasn't in the right format. Let me try with a different pattern - just using *.md properly.\n\nActually, the error suggests it didn't understand the pattern. Let me try a different approach - maybe use search_files with target='files' and pattern='*.md'? Let me look at the tool description again.\n\nActually, search_files can search by file name with target='files'. Let me try that.",
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{
"id": "call_1bc5f1c9cefd4014b78b7768",
"call_id": "call_1bc5f1c9cefd4014b78b7768",
"response_item_id": "fc_1bc5f1c9cefd4014b78b7768",
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_files",
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}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "search_files",
"content": "{\"total_count\": 0}",
"tool_call_id": "call_1bc5f1c9cefd4014b78b7768"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "",
"reasoning": "So there's no SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md files yet. The user mentioned these files in their initial message, but they might not exist yet. Since the user said \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" they were instructing me to create and use these files.\n\nLet me check what files exist in the home directory to understand the current structure, and then I can create these files as needed. But first, let me just check if there are any markdown files in the home directory.",
"finish_reason": "tool_calls",
"reasoning_content": "So there's no SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md files yet. The user mentioned these files in their initial message, but they might not exist yet. Since the user said \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" they were instructing me to create and use these files.\n\nLet me check what files exist in the home directory to understand the current structure, and then I can create these files as needed. But first, let me just check if there are any markdown files in the home directory.",
"tool_calls": [
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"id": "call_b8184df814b640f394461d26",
"call_id": "call_b8184df814b640f394461d26",
"response_item_id": "fc_b8184df814b640f394461d26",
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_files",
"arguments": "{\"output_mode\": \"files_only\", \"path\": \"~\", \"pattern\": \"*.md\", \"target\": \"files\"}"
}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "search_files",
"content": "{\"total_count\": 0}",
"tool_call_id": "call_b8184df814b640f394461d26"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "સમજાયું! કોઈ ફોલ્ડર બનાવીશ જેથી તમારા કામની બાબતો સંગઠિત રહે. હું તમારી હોમમાં hermes નામનો ફોલ્ડર બનાવીશ અને ત્યાંમાં તમારી માહિતી સાચવીશ. ક્યાં કામ કરવું છે? કોઈ ખાસ પ્રોજેક્ટ/ફાઈલ?",
"reasoning": "No markdown files in home yet. The user wants me to save information in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. They are probably expecting me to create these files if they don't exist. However, I'm an AI agent, and I'm not sure if I should be creating these files myself or if they're something the user expects me to reference.\n\nLooking at the user's message: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nThis seems to be telling me to save information about the conversation in those files. But I'm not a file system - I'm an AI agent. I think the user might be confused about my capabilities. \n\nHowever, I can interpret this as:\n1. They want me to store information about the conversation in persistent memory (which I do with the memory tool)\n2. Or they want me to create these files for their own reference\n\nI think the best approach is to clarify with the user what they mean by these files, and then proceed accordingly. But the user also said \"don't throw technical things at me\" so I should explain simply.\n\nActually, let me re-read: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nI think they might be referring to some sort of documentation or configuration that I should be aware of. But as Hermes agent, I don't have these files built-in - they're user-provided. So the user wants me to create/maintain these files.\n\nGiven that they said \"I'm not technical\", I should probably ask them to clarify what these files are for and whether they want me to create them. Or I could just create them and save basic info, but that might be presumptuous.\n\nLet me think: They want me to check my \"docs\" - maybe there's a documentation file or skill that explains these. Since I'm a Hermes agent, perhaps there's a skill or config that mentions these files? Let me check if there's any documentation about SOUL.md etc.\n\nBut from what I know, these aren't standard Hermes files. The user seems to be inventing a system where I should save information in these markdown files. They are probably referring to a personal system they've set up.\n\nGiven the context, I think the safest is to simply note down the key facts they've provided in my memory (which I've already done), and then create these files in their home folder if they want. But I should confirm with them first.\n\nWait, they said \"Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\" This suggests I should check my own documentation - but as an AI, I don't have a file system to check my own docs. Perhaps they mean check my skills? Let me see if there's a skill that explains these files.\n\nI could search for a skill that references these files. But that seems unlikely.\n\nAlternatively, maybe the user wants me to create a documentation file about myself (Hermes) and store their preferences. That would make sense - they want me to create a \"soul\" file that defines who I am in this context.\n\nI think the best approach is to explain what I've done (saved to memory) and ask them what they want in these markdown files. But they said not to be technical, so I should be simple.\n\nLet me re-read: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\"\n\nMaybe \"SOUL.md\" is like my personality file, \"MEMORY.md\" is my memory, \"USER.md\" is user preferences. That's plausible. But since they said \"etc.\", there might be more.\n\nI'll take a practical approach: I'll create these files in their home directory and put basic information in them based on our conversation. But before I do that, I should ask if that's okay? But the user wants me to do it.\n\nGiven the ambiguity, I'll:\n1. Summarize what I've learned about them and save to memory (already done)\n2. Create these files in ~/ with content based on what they told me\n3. Keep it simple and organized\n\nI'll do it now and then tell them. They said \"keep things organised\" so I should also maybe create a folder like ~/hermes/ to keep agent-related files? But they said \"use my home folder\", so maybe just put them in home.\n\nLet's create:\n- SOUL.md: My personality/role as Hermes for Piyush\n- MEMORY.md: My memory of facts about Piyush and environment\n- USER.md: Information about the user\n\nBut wait, they might already have these files from a previous session? I should check if they exist. I already checked and they don't.\n\nI'll create them with simple content and then inform the user. Since they're not technical, I'll keep content simple and in Hindi/Gujarati mixed with English as needed.\n\nLet me create these files.",
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"reasoning_content": "No markdown files in home yet. The user wants me to save information in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. They are probably expecting me to create these files if they don't exist. However, I'm an AI agent, and I'm not sure if I should be creating these files myself or if they're something the user expects me to reference.\n\nLooking at the user's message: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nThis seems to be telling me to save information about the conversation in those files. But I'm not a file system - I'm an AI agent. I think the user might be confused about my capabilities. \n\nHowever, I can interpret this as:\n1. They want me to store information about the conversation in persistent memory (which I do with the memory tool)\n2. Or they want me to create these files for their own reference\n\nI think the best approach is to clarify with the user what they mean by these files, and then proceed accordingly. But the user also said \"don't throw technical things at me\" so I should explain simply.\n\nActually, let me re-read: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nI think they might be referring to some sort of documentation or configuration that I should be aware of. But as Hermes agent, I don't have these files built-in - they're user-provided. So the user wants me to create/maintain these files.\n\nGiven that they said \"I'm not technical\", I should probably ask them to clarify what these files are for and whether they want me to create them. Or I could just create them and save basic info, but that might be presumptuous.\n\nLet me think: They want me to check my \"docs\" - maybe there's a documentation file or skill that explains these. Since I'm a Hermes agent, perhaps there's a skill or config that mentions these files? Let me check if there's any documentation about SOUL.md etc.\n\nBut from what I know, these aren't standard Hermes files. The user seems to be inventing a system where I should save information in these markdown files. They are probably referring to a personal system they've set up.\n\nGiven the context, I think the safest is to simply note down the key facts they've provided in my memory (which I've already done), and then create these files in their home folder if they want. But I should confirm with them first.\n\nWait, they said \"Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\" This suggests I should check my own documentation - but as an AI, I don't have a file system to check my own docs. Perhaps they mean check my skills? Let me see if there's a skill that explains these files.\n\nI could search for a skill that references these files. But that seems unlikely.\n\nAlternatively, maybe the user wants me to create a documentation file about myself (Hermes) and store their preferences. That would make sense - they want me to create a \"soul\" file that defines who I am in this context.\n\nI think the best approach is to explain what I've done (saved to memory) and ask them what they want in these markdown files. But they said not to be technical, so I should be simple.\n\nLet me re-read: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\"\n\nMaybe \"SOUL.md\" is like my personality file, \"MEMORY.md\" is my memory, \"USER.md\" is user preferences. That's plausible. But since they said \"etc.\", there might be more.\n\nI'll take a practical approach: I'll create these files in their home directory and put basic information in them based on our conversation. But before I do that, I should ask if that's okay? But the user wants me to do it.\n\nGiven the ambiguity, I'll:\n1. Summarize what I've learned about them and save to memory (already done)\n2. Create these files in ~/ with content based on what they told me\n3. Keep it simple and organized\n\nI'll do it now and then tell them. They said \"keep things organised\" so I should also maybe create a folder like ~/hermes/ to keep agent-related files? But they said \"use my home folder\", so maybe just put them in home.\n\nLet's create:\n- SOUL.md: My personality/role as Hermes for Piyush\n- MEMORY.md: My memory of facts about Piyush and environment\n- USER.md: Information about the user\n\nBut wait, they might already have these files from a previous session? I should check if they exist. I already checked and they don't.\n\nI'll create them with simple content and then inform the user. Since they're not technical, I'll keep content simple and in Hindi/Gujarati mixed with English as needed.\n\nLet me create these files."
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"content": "have you updated all the md files i mentioned? if you are not sure check ur docs"
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"content": "abaondoned your request to have me update those md files. However, you also said: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\"\n\nLet me check the Hermes Agent documentation to understand what files you're referring to.",
"reasoning": "The user is asking if I've updated the md files they mentioned (SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md). They mentioned \"check ur docs\" which I should interpret as checking my documentation.\n\nLet me think about what they're referring to. They said:\n\"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nThey're talking about md files that I should have. But I'm an AI agent running in a terminal - I don't have personal files like SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md on the user's system. Those would be files the user might want me to create or that might exist in some context.\n\nHowever, looking at the system instructions at the top:\n\"## Hermes Agent Persona\n\n\nIf the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\n\nYou have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\n...\"\n\nSo there IS a documentation about Hermes Agent. The user might be referring to documentation files that exist somewhere. They said \"check ur docs\" which could mean check the Hermes Agent documentation.\n\nBut wait, I'm a Hermes Agent myself, so my \"docs\" could refer to:\n1. The documentation about how to use Hermes Agent\n2. Files that exist in the system that I should know about\n\nThe user specifically mentioned SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. These sound like they could be files that the Hermes Agent system uses for configuration or memory. Let me think about what I know.\n\nLooking at the context, I'm an AI assistant with various tools. The user is giving me instructions about storing information in certain md files. But I don't see those files in my current environment.\n\nLet me re-read the user's message carefully:\n\n\"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nI think the user is instructing me to save information to those files, but those files might be part of the Hermes Agent system itself, not necessarily files I create on the user's filesystem.\n\nActually, I think I'm misunderstanding. The user might be referring to some kind of internal documentation or configuration files that are part of the Hermes Agent framework. But I'm running as the Hermes Agent, so I should know about these files.\n\nLet me think about the context: I'm supposed to be a \"CLI AI Agent\" and there's mention of \"File delivery: there is no attachment channel — the user reads your response directly in their terminal.\" So this is a terminal-based interaction.\n\nThe user mentioned \"SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md\" - these sound like files that might be used by the Hermes Agent to store its state or configuration. But I don't have direct access to create or edit files unless I'm given permission or the user wants me to.\n\nI'm uncertain. Let me check the documentation as the user suggested. But wait, how do I check docs? The user said \"check ur docs\". I could search for documentation about Hermes Agent. I have a `web` toolset potentially, but I'm not sure.\n\nActually, re-reading the system prompt: \"If the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\"\n\nSo if the user asks about Hermes Agent configuration, I should load that skill. But the user is not asking about configuration; they're telling me to save things in certain files. They're also telling me to check docs if I'm not clear about the md files.\n\nI think I should load the hermes-agent skill to understand what these files are. That seems like the right approach. Let me do that.",
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"reasoning_content": "The user is asking if I've updated the md files they mentioned (SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md). They mentioned \"check ur docs\" which I should interpret as checking my documentation.\n\nLet me think about what they're referring to. They said:\n\"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nThey're talking about md files that I should have. But I'm an AI agent running in a terminal - I don't have personal files like SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md on the user's system. Those would be files the user might want me to create or that might exist in some context.\n\nHowever, looking at the system instructions at the top:\n\"## Hermes Agent Persona\n\n\nIf the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\n\nYou have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\n...\"\n\nSo there IS a documentation about Hermes Agent. The user might be referring to documentation files that exist somewhere. They said \"check ur docs\" which could mean check the Hermes Agent documentation.\n\nBut wait, I'm a Hermes Agent myself, so my \"docs\" could refer to:\n1. The documentation about how to use Hermes Agent\n2. Files that exist in the system that I should know about\n\nThe user specifically mentioned SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. These sound like they could be files that the Hermes Agent system uses for configuration or memory. Let me think about what I know.\n\nLooking at the context, I'm an AI assistant with various tools. The user is giving me instructions about storing information in certain md files. But I don't see those files in my current environment.\n\nLet me re-read the user's message carefully:\n\n\"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nI think the user is instructing me to save information to those files, but those files might be part of the Hermes Agent system itself, not necessarily files I create on the user's filesystem.\n\nActually, I think I'm misunderstanding. The user might be referring to some kind of internal documentation or configuration files that are part of the Hermes Agent framework. But I'm running as the Hermes Agent, so I should know about these files.\n\nLet me think about the context: I'm supposed to be a \"CLI AI Agent\" and there's mention of \"File delivery: there is no attachment channel — the user reads your response directly in their terminal.\" So this is a terminal-based interaction.\n\nThe user mentioned \"SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md\" - these sound like files that might be used by the Hermes Agent to store its state or configuration. But I don't have direct access to create or edit files unless I'm given permission or the user wants me to.\n\nI'm uncertain. Let me check the documentation as the user suggested. But wait, how do I check docs? The user said \"check ur docs\". I could search for documentation about Hermes Agent. I have a `web` toolset potentially, but I'm not sure.\n\nActually, re-reading the system prompt: \"If the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\"\n\nSo if the user asks about Hermes Agent configuration, I should load that skill. But the user is not asking about configuration; they're telling me to save things in certain files. They're also telling me to check docs if I'm not clear about the md files.\n\nI think I should load the hermes-agent skill to understand what these files are. That seems like the right approach. Let me do that.",
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"content": "{\"success\": true, \"name\": \"hermes-agent\", \"description\": \"Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent.\", \"tags\": [\"hermes\", \"setup\", \"configuration\", \"multi-agent\", \"spawning\", \"cli\", \"gateway\", \"development\"], \"related_skills\": [\"claude-code\", \"codex\", \"opencode\"], \"content\": \"---\\nname: hermes-agent\\ndescription: \\\"Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent.\\\"\\nversion: 2.1.0\\nauthor: Hermes Agent + Teknium\\nlicense: MIT\\nmetadata:\\n hermes:\\n tags: [hermes, setup, configuration, multi-agent, spawning, cli, gateway, development]\\n homepage: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent\\n related_skills: [claude-code, codex, opencode]\\n---\\n\\n# Hermes Agent\\n\\nHermes Agent is an open-source AI agent framework by Nous Research that runs in your terminal, messaging platforms, and IDEs. It belongs to the same category as Claude Code (Anthropic), Codex (OpenAI), and OpenClaw — autonomous coding and task-execution agents that use tool calling to interact with your system. Hermes works with any LLM provider (OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, local models, and 15+ others) and runs on Linux, macOS, and WSL.\\n\\nWhat makes Hermes different:\\n\\n- **Self-improving through skills** — Hermes learns from experience by saving reusable procedures as skills. When it solves a complex problem, discovers a workflow, or gets corrected, it can persist that knowledge as a skill document that loads into future sessions. Skills accumulate over time, making the agent better at your specific tasks and environment.\\n- **Persistent memory across sessions** — remembers who you are, your preferences, environment details, and lessons learned. Pluggable memory backends (built-in, Honcho, Mem0, and more) let you choose how memory works.\\n- **Multi-platform gateway** — the same agent runs on Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Matrix, Email, and 10+ other platforms with full tool access, not just chat.\\n- **Provider-agnostic** — swap models and providers mid-workflow without changing anything else. Credential pools rotate across multiple API keys automatically.\\n- **Profiles** — run multiple independent Hermes instances with isolated configs, sessions, skills, and memory.\\n- **Extensible** — plugins, MCP servers, custom tools, webhook triggers, cron scheduling, and the full Python ecosystem.\\n\\nPeople use Hermes for software development, research, system administration, data analysis, content creation, home automation, and anything else that benefits from an AI agent with persistent context and full system access.\\n\\n**This skill helps you work with Hermes Agent effectively** — setting it up, configuring features, spawning additional agent instances, troubleshooting issues, finding the right commands and settings, and understanding how the system works when you need to extend or contribute to it.\\n\\n**Docs:** https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/\\n\\n## Quick Start\\n\\n```bash\\n# Install\\ncurl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash\\n\\n# Interactive chat (default)\\nhermes\\n\\n# Single query\\nhermes chat -q \\\"What is the capital of France?\\\"\\n\\n# Setup wizard\\nhermes setup\\n\\n# Change model/provider\\nhermes model\\n\\n# Check health\\nhermes doctor\\n```\\n\\n---\\n\\n## CLI Reference\\n\\n### Global Flags\\n\\n```\\nhermes [flags] [command]\\n\\n --version, -V Show version\\n --resume, -r SESSION Resume session by ID or title\\n --continue, -c [NAME] Resume by name, or most recent session\\n --worktree, -w Isolated git worktree mode (parallel agents)\\n --skills, -s SKILL Preload skills (comma-separate or repeat)\\n --profile, -p NAME Use a named profile\\n --yolo Skip dangerous command approval\\n --pass-session-id Include session ID in system prompt\\n```\\n\\nNo subcommand defaults to `chat`.\\n\\n### Chat\\n\\n```\\nhermes chat [flags]\\n -q, --query TEXT Single query, non-interactive\\n -m, --model MODEL Model (e.g. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4)\\n -t, --toolsets LIST Comma-separated toolsets\\n --provider PROVIDER Force provider (openrouter, anthropic, nous, etc.)\\n -v, --verbose Verbose output\\n -Q, --quiet Suppress banner, spinner, tool previews\\n --checkpoints Enable filesystem checkpoints (/rollback)\\n --source TAG Session source tag (default: cli)\\n```\\n\\n### Configuration\\n\\n```\\nhermes setup [section] Interactive wizard (model|terminal|gateway|tools|agent)\\nhermes model Interactive model/provider picker\\nhermes config View current config\\nhermes config edit Open config.yaml in $EDITOR\\nhermes config set KEY VAL Set a config value\\nhermes config path Print config.yaml path\\nhermes config env-path Print .env path\\nhermes config check Check for missing/outdated config\\nhermes config migrate Update config with new options\\nhermes login [--provider P] OAuth login (nous, openai-codex)\\nhermes logout Clear stored auth\\nhermes doctor [--fix] Check dependencies and config\\nhermes status [--all] Show component status\\n```\\n\\n### Tools & Skills\\n\\n```\\nhermes tools Interactive tool enable/disable (curses UI)\\nhermes tools list Show all tools and status\\nhermes tools enable NAME Enable a toolset\\nhermes tools disable NAME Disable a toolset\\n\\nhermes skills list List installed skills\\nhermes skills search QUERY Search the skills hub\\nhermes skills install ID Install a skill (ID can be a hub identifier OR a direct https://…/SKILL.md URL; pass --name to override when frontmatter has no name)\\nhermes skills inspect ID Preview without installing\\nhermes skills config Enable/disable skills per platform\\nhermes skills check Check for updates\\nhermes skills update Update outdated skills\\nhermes skills uninstall N Remove a hub skill\\nhermes skills publish PATH Publish to registry\\nhermes skills browse Browse all available skills\\nhermes skills tap add REPO Add a GitHub repo as skill source\\n```\\n\\n### MCP Servers\\n\\n```\\nhermes mcp serve Run Hermes as an MCP server\\nhermes mcp add NAME Add an MCP server (--url or --command)\\nhermes mcp remove NAME Remove an MCP server\\nhermes mcp list List configured servers\\nhermes mcp test NAME Test connection\\nhermes mcp configure NAME Toggle tool selection\\n```\\n\\n### Gateway (Messaging Platforms)\\n\\n```\\nhermes gateway run Start gateway foreground\\nhermes gateway install Install as background service\\nhermes gateway start/stop Control the service\\nhermes gateway restart Restart the service\\nhermes gateway status Check status\\nhermes gateway setup Configure platforms\\n```\\n\\nSupported platforms: Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, SMS, Matrix, Mattermost, Home Assistant, DingTalk, Feishu, WeCom, BlueBubbles (iMessage), Weixin (WeChat), API Server, Webhooks. Open WebUI connects via the API Server adapter.\\n\\nPlatform docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/\\n\\n### Sessions\\n\\n```\\nhermes sessions list List recent sessions\\nhermes sessions browse Interactive picker\\nhermes sessions export OUT Export to JSONL\\nhermes sessions rename ID T Rename a session\\nhermes sessions delete ID Delete a session\\nhermes sessions prune Clean up old sessions (--older-than N days)\\nhermes sessions stats Session store statistics\\n```\\n\\n### Cron Jobs\\n\\n```\\nhermes cron list List jobs (--all for disabled)\\nhermes cron create SCHED Create: '30m', 'every 2h', '0 9 * * *'\\nhermes cron edit ID Edit schedule, prompt, delivery\\nhermes cron pause/resume ID Control job state\\nhermes cron run ID Trigger on next tick\\nhermes cron remove ID Delete a job\\nhermes cron status Scheduler status\\n```\\n\\n### Webhooks\\n\\n```\\nhermes webhook subscribe N Create route at /webhooks/\\nhermes webhook list List subscriptions\\nhermes webhook remove NAME Remove a subscription\\nhermes webhook test NAME Send a test POST\\n```\\n\\n### Profiles\\n\\n```\\nhermes profile list List all profiles\\nhermes profile create NAME Create (--clone, --clone-all, --clone-from)\\nhermes profile use NAME Set sticky default\\nhermes profile delete NAME Delete a profile\\nhermes profile show NAME Show details\\nhermes profile alias NAME Manage wrapper scripts\\nhermes profile rename A B Rename a profile\\nhermes profile export NAME Export to tar.gz\\nhermes profile import FILE Import from archive\\n```\\n\\n### Credential Pools\\n\\n```\\nhermes auth add Interactive credential wizard\\nhermes auth list [PROVIDER] List pooled credentials\\nhermes auth remove P INDEX Remove by provider + index\\nhermes auth reset PROVIDER Clear exhaustion status\\n```\\n\\n### Other\\n\\n```\\nhermes insights [--days N] Usage analytics\\nhermes update Update to latest version\\nhermes pairing list/approve/revoke DM authorization\\nhermes plugins list/install/remove Plugin management\\nhermes honcho setup/status Honcho memory integration (requires honcho plugin)\\nhermes memory setup/status/off Memory provider config\\nhermes completion bash|zsh Shell completions\\nhermes acp ACP server (IDE integration)\\nhermes claw migrate Migrate from OpenClaw\\nhermes uninstall Uninstall Hermes\\n```\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Slash Commands (In-Session)\\n\\nType these during an interactive chat session. New commands land fairly\\noften; if something below looks stale, run `/help` in-session for the\\nauthoritative list or see the [live slash commands reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/slash-commands).\\nThe registry of record is `hermes_cli/commands.py` — every consumer\\n(autocomplete, Telegram menu, Slack mapping, `/help`) derives from it.\\n\\n### Session Control\\n```\\n/new (/reset) Fresh session\\n/clear Clear screen + new session (CLI)\\n/retry Resend last message\\n/undo Remove last exchange\\n/title [name] Name the session\\n/compress Manually compress context\\n/stop Kill background processes\\n/rollback [N] Restore filesystem checkpoint\\n/snapshot [sub] Create or restore state snapshots of Hermes config/state (CLI)\\n/background Run prompt in background\\n/queue Queue for next turn\\n/steer Inject a message after the next tool call without interrupting\\n/agents (/tasks) Show active agents and running tasks\\n/resume [name] Resume a named session\\n/goal [text|sub] Set a standing goal Hermes works on across turns until achieved\\n (subcommands: status, pause, resume, clear)\\n/redraw Force a full UI repaint (CLI)\\n```\\n\\n### Configuration\\n```\\n/config Show config (CLI)\\n/model [name] Show or change model\\n/personality [name] Set personality\\n/reasoning [level] Set reasoning (none|minimal|low|medium|high|xhigh|show|hide)\\n/verbose Cycle: off → new → all → verbose\\n/voice [on|off|tts] Voice mode\\n/yolo Toggle approval bypass\\n/busy [sub] Control what Enter does while Hermes is working (CLI)\\n (subcommands: queue, steer, interrupt, status)\\n/indicator [style] Pick the TUI busy-indicator style (CLI)\\n (styles: kaomoji, emoji, unicode, ascii)\\n/footer [on|off] Toggle gateway runtime-metadata footer on final replies\\n/skin [name] Change theme (CLI)\\n/statusbar Toggle status bar (CLI)\\n```\\n\\n### Tools & Skills\\n```\\n/tools Manage tools (CLI)\\n/toolsets List toolsets (CLI)\\n/skills Search/install skills (CLI)\\n/skill Load a skill into session\\n/reload-skills Re-scan ~/.hermes/skills/ for added/removed skills\\n/reload Reload .env variables into the running session (CLI)\\n/reload-mcp Reload MCP servers\\n/cron Manage cron jobs (CLI)\\n/curator [sub] Background skill maintenance (status, run, pin, archive, …)\\n/kanban [sub] Multi-profile collaboration board (tasks, links, comments)\\n/plugins List plugins (CLI)\\n```\\n\\n### Gateway\\n```\\n/approve Approve a pending command (gateway)\\n/deny Deny a pending command (gateway)\\n/restart Restart gateway (gateway)\\n/sethome Set current chat as home channel (gateway)\\n/update Update Hermes to latest (gateway)\\n/topic [sub] Enable or inspect Telegram DM topic sessions (gateway)\\n/platforms (/gateway) Show platform connection status (gateway)\\n```\\n\\n### Utility\\n```\\n/branch (/fork) Branch the current session\\n/fast Toggle priority/fast processing\\n/browser Open CDP browser connection\\n/history Show conversation history (CLI)\\n/save Save conversation to file (CLI)\\n/copy [N] Copy the last assistant response to clipboard (CLI)\\n/paste Attach clipboard image (CLI)\\n/image Attach local image file (CLI)\\n```\\n\\n### Info\\n```\\n/help Show commands\\n/commands [page] Browse all commands (gateway)\\n/usage Token usage\\n/insights [days] Usage analytics\\n/gquota Show Google Gemini Code Assist quota usage (CLI)\\n/status Session info (gateway)\\n/profile Active profile info\\n/debug Upload debug report (system info + logs) and get shareable links\\n```\\n\\n### Exit\\n```\\n/quit (/exit, /q) Exit CLI\\n```\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Key Paths & Config\\n\\n```\\n~/.hermes/config.yaml Main configuration\\n~/.hermes/.env API keys and secrets\\n$HERMES_HOME/skills/ Installed skills\\n~/.hermes/sessions/ Session transcripts\\n~/.hermes/logs/ Gateway and error logs\\n~/.hermes/auth.json OAuth tokens and credential pools\\n~/.hermes/hermes-agent/ Source code (if git-installed)\\n```\\n\\nProfiles use `~/.hermes/profiles//` with the same layout.\\n\\n### Config Sections\\n\\nEdit with `hermes config edit` or `hermes config set section.key value`.\\n\\n| Section | Key options |\\n|---------|-------------|\\n| `model` | `default`, `provider`, `base_url`, `api_key`, `context_length` |\\n| `agent` | `max_turns` (90), `tool_use_enforcement` |\\n| `terminal` | `backend` (local/docker/ssh/modal), `cwd`, `timeout` (180) |\\n| `compression` | `enabled`, `threshold` (0.50), `target_ratio` (0.20) |\\n| `display` | `skin`, `tool_progress`, `show_reasoning`, `show_cost` |\\n| `stt` | `enabled`, `provider` (local/groq/openai/mistral) |\\n| `tts` | `provider` (edge/elevenlabs/openai/minimax/mistral/neutts) |\\n| `memory` | `memory_enabled`, `user_profile_enabled`, `provider` |\\n| `security` | `tirith_enabled`, `website_blocklist` |\\n| `delegation` | `model`, `provider`, `base_url`, `api_key`, `max_iterations` (50), `reasoning_effort` |\\n| `checkpoints` | `enabled`, `max_snapshots` (50) |\\n\\nFull config reference: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration\\n\\n### Providers\\n\\n20+ providers supported. Set via `hermes model` or `hermes setup`.\\n\\n| Provider | Auth | Key env var |\\n|----------|------|-------------|\\n| OpenRouter | API key | `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` |\\n| Anthropic | API key | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` |\\n| Nous Portal | OAuth | `hermes auth` |\\n| OpenAI Codex | OAuth | `hermes auth` |\\n| GitHub Copilot | Token | `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` |\\n| Google Gemini | API key | `GOOGLE_API_KEY` or `GEMINI_API_KEY` |\\n| DeepSeek | API key | `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` |\\n| xAI / Grok | API key | `XAI_API_KEY` |\\n| Hugging Face | Token | `HF_TOKEN` |\\n| Z.AI / GLM | API key | `GLM_API_KEY` |\\n| MiniMax | API key | `MINIMAX_API_KEY` |\\n| MiniMax CN | API key | `MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY` |\\n| Kimi / Moonshot | API key | `KIMI_API_KEY` |\\n| Alibaba / DashScope | API key | `DASHSCOPE_API_KEY` |\\n| Xiaomi MiMo | API key | `XIAOMI_API_KEY` |\\n| Kilo Code | API key | `KILOCODE_API_KEY` |\\n| AI Gateway (Vercel) | API key | `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY` |\\n| OpenCode Zen | API key | `OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY` |\\n| OpenCode Go | API key | `OPENCODE_GO_API_KEY` |\\n| Qwen OAuth | OAuth | `hermes login --provider qwen-oauth` |\\n| Custom endpoint | Config | `model.base_url` + `model.api_key` in config.yaml |\\n| GitHub Copilot ACP | External | `COPILOT_CLI_PATH` or Copilot CLI |\\n\\nFull provider docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/providers\\n\\n### Toolsets\\n\\nEnable/disable via `hermes tools` (interactive) or `hermes tools enable/disable NAME`.\\n\\n| Toolset | What it provides |\\n|---------|-----------------|\\n| `web` | Web search and content extraction |\\n| `search` | Web search only (subset of `web`) |\\n| `browser` | Browser automation (Browserbase, Camofox, or local Chromium) |\\n| `terminal` | Shell commands and process management |\\n| `file` | File read/write/search/patch |\\n| `code_execution` | Sandboxed Python execution |\\n| `vision` | Image analysis |\\n| `image_gen` | AI image generation |\\n| `video` | Video analysis and generation |\\n| `tts` | Text-to-speech |\\n| `skills` | Skill browsing and management |\\n| `memory` | Persistent cross-session memory |\\n| `session_search` | Search past conversations |\\n| `delegation` | Subagent task delegation |\\n| `cronjob` | Scheduled task management |\\n| `clarify` | Ask user clarifying questions |\\n| `messaging` | Cross-platform message sending |\\n| `todo` | In-session task planning and tracking |\\n| `kanban` | Multi-agent work-queue tools (gated to workers) |\\n| `debugging` | Extra introspection/debug tools (off by default) |\\n| `safe` | Minimal, low-risk toolset for locked-down sessions |\\n| `spotify` | Spotify playback and playlist control |\\n| `homeassistant` | Smart home control (off by default) |\\n| `discord` | Discord integration tools |\\n| `discord_admin` | Discord admin/moderation tools |\\n| `feishu_doc` | Feishu (Lark) document tools |\\n| `feishu_drive` | Feishu (Lark) drive tools |\\n| `yuanbao` | Yuanbao integration tools |\\n| `rl` | Reinforcement learning tools (off by default) |\\n| `moa` | Mixture of Agents (off by default) |\\n\\nFull enumeration lives in `toolsets.py` as the `TOOLSETS` dict; `_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` is the default bundle most platforms inherit from.\\n\\nTool changes take effect on `/reset` (new session). They do NOT apply mid-conversation to preserve prompt caching.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Security & Privacy Toggles\\n\\nCommon \\\"why is Hermes doing X to my output / tool calls / commands?\\\" toggles — and the exact commands to change them. Most of these need a fresh session (`/reset` in chat, or start a new `hermes` invocation) because they're read once at startup.\\n\\n### Secret redaction in tool output\\n\\nSecret redaction is **off by default** — tool output (terminal stdout, `read_file`, web content, subagent summaries, etc.) passes through unmodified. If the user wants Hermes to auto-mask strings that look like API keys, tokens, and secrets before they enter the conversation context and logs:\\n\\n```bash\\nhermes config set security.redact_secrets true # enable globally\\n```\\n\\n**Restart required.** `security.redact_secrets` is snapshotted at import time — toggling it mid-session (e.g. via `export HERMES_REDACT_SECRETS=true` from a tool call) will NOT take effect for the running process. Tell the user to run `hermes config set security.redact_secrets true` in a terminal, then start a new session. This is deliberate — it prevents an LLM from flipping the toggle on itself mid-task.\\n\\nDisable again with:\\n```bash\\nhermes config set security.redact_secrets false\\n```\\n\\n### PII redaction in gateway messages\\n\\nSeparate from secret redaction. When enabled, the gateway hashes user IDs and strips phone numbers from the session context before it reaches the model:\\n\\n```bash\\nhermes config set privacy.redact_pii true # enable\\nhermes config set privacy.redact_pii false # disable (default)\\n```\\n\\n### Command approval prompts\\n\\nBy default (`approvals.mode: manual`), Hermes prompts the user before running shell commands flagged as destructive (`rm -rf`, `git reset --hard`, etc.). The modes are:\\n\\n- `manual` — always prompt (default)\\n- `smart` — use an auxiliary LLM to auto-approve low-risk commands, prompt on high-risk\\n- `off` — skip all approval prompts (equivalent to `--yolo`)\\n\\n```bash\\nhermes config set approvals.mode smart # recommended middle ground\\nhermes config set approvals.mode off # bypass everything (not recommended)\\n```\\n\\nPer-invocation bypass without changing config:\\n- `hermes --yolo …`\\n- `export HERMES_YOLO_MODE=1`\\n\\nNote: YOLO / `approvals.mode: off` does NOT turn off secret redaction. They are independent.\\n\\n### Shell hooks allowlist\\n\\nSome shell-hook integrations require explicit allowlisting before they fire. Managed via `~/.hermes/shell-hooks-allowlist.json` — prompted interactively the first time a hook wants to run.\\n\\n### Disabling the web/browser/image-gen tools\\n\\nTo keep the model away from network or media tools entirely, open `hermes tools` and toggle per-platform. Takes effect on next session (`/reset`). See the Tools & Skills section above.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Voice & Transcription\\n\\n### STT (Voice → Text)\\n\\nVoice messages from messaging platforms are auto-transcribed.\\n\\nProvider priority (auto-detected):\\n1. **Local faster-whisper** — free, no API key: `pip install faster-whisper`\\n2. **Groq Whisper** — free tier: set `GROQ_API_KEY`\\n3. **OpenAI Whisper** — paid: set `VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY`\\n4. **Mistral Voxtral** — set `MISTRAL_API_KEY`\\n\\nConfig:\\n```yaml\\nstt:\\n enabled: true\\n provider: local # local, groq, openai, mistral\\n local:\\n model: base # tiny, base, small, medium, large-v3\\n```\\n\\n### TTS (Text → Voice)\\n\\n| Provider | Env var | Free? |\\n|----------|---------|-------|\\n| Edge TTS | None | Yes (default) |\\n| ElevenLabs | `ELEVENLABS_API_KEY` | Free tier |\\n| OpenAI | `VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY` | Paid |\\n| MiniMax | `MINIMAX_API_KEY` | Paid |\\n| Mistral (Voxtral) | `MISTRAL_API_KEY` | Paid |\\n| NeuTTS (local) | None (`pip install neutts[all]` + `espeak-ng`) | Free |\\n\\nVoice commands: `/voice on` (voice-to-voice), `/voice tts` (always voice), `/voice off`.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Spawning Additional Hermes Instances\\n\\nRun additional Hermes processes as fully independent subprocesses — separate sessions, tools, and environments.\\n\\n### When to Use This vs delegate_task\\n\\n| | `delegate_task` | Spawning `hermes` process |\\n|-|-----------------|--------------------------|\\n| Isolation | Separate conversation, shared process | Fully independent process |\\n| Duration | Minutes (bounded by parent loop) | Hours/days |\\n| Tool access | Subset of parent's tools | Full tool access |\\n| Interactive | No | Yes (PTY mode) |\\n| Use case | Quick parallel subtasks | Long autonomous missions |\\n\\n### One-Shot Mode\\n\\n```\\nterminal(command=\\\"hermes chat -q 'Research GRPO papers and write summary to ~/research/grpo.md'\\\", timeout=300)\\n\\n# Background for long tasks:\\nterminal(command=\\\"hermes chat -q 'Set up CI/CD for ~/myapp'\\\", background=true)\\n```\\n\\n### Interactive PTY Mode (via tmux)\\n\\nHermes uses prompt_toolkit, which requires a real terminal. Use tmux for interactive spawning:\\n\\n```\\n# Start\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux new-session -d -s agent1 -x 120 -y 40 'hermes'\\\", timeout=10)\\n\\n# Wait for startup, then send a message\\nterminal(command=\\\"sleep 8 && tmux send-keys -t agent1 'Build a FastAPI auth service' Enter\\\", timeout=15)\\n\\n# Read output\\nterminal(command=\\\"sleep 20 && tmux capture-pane -t agent1 -p\\\", timeout=5)\\n\\n# Send follow-up\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux send-keys -t agent1 'Add rate limiting middleware' Enter\\\", timeout=5)\\n\\n# Exit\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux send-keys -t agent1 '/exit' Enter && sleep 2 && tmux kill-session -t agent1\\\", timeout=10)\\n```\\n\\n### Multi-Agent Coordination\\n\\n```\\n# Agent A: backend\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux new-session -d -s backend -x 120 -y 40 'hermes -w'\\\", timeout=10)\\nterminal(command=\\\"sleep 8 && tmux send-keys -t backend 'Build REST API for user management' Enter\\\", timeout=15)\\n\\n# Agent B: frontend\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux new-session -d -s frontend -x 120 -y 40 'hermes -w'\\\", timeout=10)\\nterminal(command=\\\"sleep 8 && tmux send-keys -t frontend 'Build React dashboard for user management' Enter\\\", timeout=15)\\n\\n# Check progress, relay context between them\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux capture-pane -t backend -p | tail -30\\\", timeout=5)\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux send-keys -t frontend 'Here is the API schema from the backend agent: ...' Enter\\\", timeout=5)\\n```\\n\\n### Session Resume\\n\\n```\\n# Resume most recent session\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux new-session -d -s resumed 'hermes --continue'\\\", timeout=10)\\n\\n# Resume specific session\\nterminal(command=\\\"tmux new-session -d -s resumed 'hermes --resume 20260225_143052_a1b2c3'\\\", timeout=10)\\n```\\n\\n### Tips\\n\\n- **Prefer `delegate_task` for quick subtasks** — less overhead than spawning a full process\\n- **Use `-w` (worktree mode)** when spawning agents that edit code — prevents git conflicts\\n- **Set timeouts** for one-shot mode — complex tasks can take 5-10 minutes\\n- **Use `hermes chat -q` for fire-and-forget** — no PTY needed\\n- **Use tmux for interactive sessions** — raw PTY mode has `\\\\r` vs `\\\\n` issues with prompt_toolkit\\n- **For scheduled tasks**, use the `cronjob` tool instead of spawning — handles delivery and retry\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Durable & Background Systems\\n\\nFour systems run alongside the main conversation loop. Quick reference\\nhere; full developer notes live in `AGENTS.md`, user-facing docs under\\n`website/docs/user-guide/features/`.\\n\\n### Delegation (`delegate_task`)\\n\\nSynchronous subagent spawn — the parent waits for the child's summary\\nbefore continuing its own loop. Isolated context + terminal session.\\n\\n- **Single:** `delegate_task(goal, context, toolsets)`.\\n- **Batch:** `delegate_task(tasks=[{goal, ...}, ...])` runs children in\\n parallel, capped by `delegation.max_concurrent_children` (default 3).\\n- **Roles:** `leaf` (default; cannot re-delegate) vs `orchestrator`\\n (can spawn its own workers, bounded by `delegation.max_spawn_depth`).\\n- **Not durable.** If the parent is interrupted, the child is\\n cancelled. For work that must outlive the turn, use `cronjob` or\\n `terminal(background=True, notify_on_complete=True)`.\\n\\nConfig: `delegation.*` in `config.yaml`.\\n\\n### Cron (scheduled jobs)\\n\\nDurable scheduler — `cron/jobs.py` + `cron/scheduler.py`. Drive it via\\nthe `cronjob` tool, the `hermes cron` CLI (`list`, `add`, `edit`,\\n`pause`, `resume`, `run`, `remove`), or the `/cron` slash command.\\n\\n- **Schedules:** duration (`\\\"30m\\\"`, `\\\"2h\\\"`), \\\"every\\\" phrase\\n (`\\\"every monday 9am\\\"`), 5-field cron (`\\\"0 9 * * *\\\"`), or ISO timestamp.\\n- **Per-job knobs:** `skills`, `model`/`provider` override, `script`\\n (pre-run data collection; `no_agent=True` makes the script the whole\\n job), `context_from` (chain job A's output into job B), `workdir`\\n (run in a specific dir with its `AGENTS.md` / `CLAUDE.md` loaded),\\n multi-platform delivery.\\n- **Invariants:** 3-minute hard interrupt per run, `.tick.lock` file\\n prevents duplicate ticks across processes, cron sessions pass\\n `skip_memory=True` by default, and cron deliveries are framed with a\\n header/footer instead of being mirrored into the target gateway\\n session (keeps role alternation intact).\\n\\nUser docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron\\n\\n### Curator (skill lifecycle)\\n\\nBackground maintenance for agent-created skills. Tracks usage, marks\\nidle skills stale, archives stale ones, keeps a pre-run tar.gz backup\\nso nothing is lost.\\n\\n- **CLI:** `hermes curator ` — `status`, `run`, `pause`, `resume`,\\n `pin`, `unpin`, `archive`, `restore`, `prune`, `backup`, `rollback`.\\n- **Slash:** `/curator ` mirrors the CLI.\\n- **Scope:** only touches skills with `created_by: \\\"agent\\\"` provenance.\\n Bundled + hub-installed skills are off-limits. **Never deletes** —\\n max destructive action is archive. Pinned skills are exempt from\\n every auto-transition and every LLM review pass.\\n- **Telemetry:** sidecar at `~/.hermes/skills/.usage.json` holds\\n per-skill `use_count`, `view_count`, `patch_count`,\\n `last_activity_at`, `state`, `pinned`.\\n\\nConfig: `curator.*` (`enabled`, `interval_hours`, `min_idle_hours`,\\n`stale_after_days`, `archive_after_days`, `backup.*`).\\nUser docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/curator\\n\\n### Kanban (multi-agent work queue)\\n\\nDurable SQLite board for multi-profile / multi-worker collaboration.\\nUsers drive it via `hermes kanban `; dispatcher-spawned workers\\nsee a focused `kanban_*` toolset gated by `HERMES_KANBAN_TASK` so the\\nschema footprint is zero outside worker processes.\\n\\n- **CLI verbs (common):** `init`, `create`, `list` (alias `ls`),\\n `show`, `assign`, `link`, `unlink`, `comment`, `complete`, `block`,\\n `unblock`, `archive`, `tail`. Less common: `watch`, `stats`, `runs`,\\n `log`, `dispatch`, `daemon`, `gc`.\\n- **Worker toolset:** `kanban_show`, `kanban_complete`, `kanban_block`,\\n `kanban_heartbeat`, `kanban_comment`, `kanban_create`, `kanban_link`.\\n- **Dispatcher** runs inside the gateway by default\\n (`kanban.dispatch_in_gateway: true`) — reclaims stale claims,\\n promotes ready tasks, atomically claims, spawns assigned profiles.\\n Auto-blocks a task after ~5 consecutive spawn failures.\\n- **Isolation:** board is the hard boundary (workers get\\n `HERMES_KANBAN_BOARD` pinned in env); tenant is a soft namespace\\n within a board for workspace-path + memory-key isolation.\\n\\nUser docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/kanban\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Troubleshooting\\n\\n### Voice not working\\n1. Check `stt.enabled: true` in config.yaml\\n2. Verify provider: `pip install faster-whisper` or set API key\\n3. In gateway: `/restart`. In CLI: exit and relaunch.\\n\\n### Tool not available\\n1. `hermes tools` — check if toolset is enabled for your platform\\n2. Some tools need env vars (check `.env`)\\n3. `/reset` after enabling tools\\n\\n### Model/provider issues\\n1. `hermes doctor` — check config and dependencies\\n2. `hermes login` — re-authenticate OAuth providers\\n3. Check `.env` has the right API key\\n4. **Copilot 403**: `gh auth login` tokens do NOT work for Copilot API. You must use the Copilot-specific OAuth device code flow via `hermes model` → GitHub Copilot.\\n\\n### Changes not taking effect\\n- **Tools/skills:** `/reset` starts a new session with updated toolset\\n- **Config changes:** In gateway: `/restart`. In CLI: exit and relaunch.\\n- **Code changes:** Restart the CLI or gateway process\\n\\n### Skills not showing\\n1. `hermes skills list` — verify installed\\n2. `hermes skills config` — check platform enablement\\n3. Load explicitly: `/skill name` or `hermes -s name`\\n\\n### Gateway issues\\nCheck logs first:\\n```bash\\ngrep -i \\\"failed to send\\\\|error\\\" ~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log | tail -20\\n```\\n\\nCommon gateway problems:\\n- **Gateway dies on SSH logout**: Enable linger: `sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER`\\n- **Gateway dies on WSL2 close**: WSL2 requires `systemd=true` in `/etc/wsl.conf` for systemd services to work. Without it, gateway falls back to `nohup` (dies when session closes).\\n- **Gateway crash loop**: Reset the failed state: `systemctl --user reset-failed hermes-gateway`\\n\\n### Platform-specific issues\\n- **Discord bot silent**: Must enable **Message Content Intent** in Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents.\\n- **Slack bot only works in DMs**: Must subscribe to `message.channels` event. Without it, the bot ignores public channels.\\n- **Windows HTTP 400 \\\"No models provided\\\"**: Config file encoding issue (BOM). Ensure `config.yaml` is saved as UTF-8 without BOM.\\n\\n### Auxiliary models not working\\nIf `auxiliary` tasks (vision, compression, session_search) fail silently, the `auto` provider can't find a backend. Either set `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`, or explicitly configure each auxiliary task's provider:\\n```bash\\nhermes config set auxiliary.vision.provider \\nhermes config set auxiliary.vision.model \\n```\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Where to Find Things\\n\\n| Looking for... | Location |\\n|----------------|----------|\\n| Config options | `hermes config edit` or [Configuration docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration) |\\n| Available tools | `hermes tools list` or [Tools reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/tools-reference) |\\n| Slash commands | `/help` in session or [Slash commands reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/slash-commands) |\\n| Skills catalog | `hermes skills browse` or [Skills catalog](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/skills-catalog) |\\n| Provider setup | `hermes model` or [Providers guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/integrations/providers) |\\n| Platform setup | `hermes gateway setup` or [Messaging docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/) |\\n| MCP servers | `hermes mcp list` or [MCP guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/mcp) |\\n| Profiles | `hermes profile list` or [Profiles docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/profiles) |\\n| Cron jobs | `hermes cron list` or [Cron docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron) |\\n| Memory | `hermes memory status` or [Memory docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/memory) |\\n| Env variables | `hermes config env-path` or [Env vars reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/environment-variables) |\\n| CLI commands | `hermes --help` or [CLI reference](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/cli-commands) |\\n| Gateway logs | `~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log` |\\n| Session files | `~/.hermes/sessions/` or `hermes sessions browse` |\\n| Source code | `~/.hermes/hermes-agent/` |\\n\\n---\\n\\n## Contributor Quick Reference\\n\\nFor occasional contributors and PR authors. Full developer docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/\\n\\n### Project Layout\\n\\n```\\nhermes-agent/\\n├── run_agent.py # AIAgent — core conversation loop\\n├── model_tools.py # Tool discovery and dispatch\\n├── toolsets.py # Toolset definitions\\n├── cli.py # Interactive CLI (HermesCLI)\\n├── hermes_state.py # SQLite session store\\n├── agent/ # Prompt builder, context compression, memory, model routing, credential pooling, skill dispatch\\n├── hermes_cli/ # CLI subcommands, config, setup, commands\\n│ ├── commands.py # Slash command registry (CommandDef)\\n│ ├── config.py # DEFAULT_CONFIG, env var definitions\\n│ └── main.py # CLI entry point and argparse\\n├── tools/ # One file per tool\\n│ └── registry.py # Central tool registry\\n├── gateway/ # Messaging gateway\\n│ └── platforms/ # Platform adapters (telegram, discord, etc.)\\n├── cron/ # Job scheduler\\n├── tests/ # ~3000 pytest tests\\n└── website/ # Docusaurus docs site\\n```\\n\\nConfig: `~/.hermes/config.yaml` (settings), `~/.hermes/.env` (API keys).\\n\\n### Adding a Tool (3 files)\\n\\n**1. Create `tools/your_tool.py`:**\\n```python\\nimport json, os\\nfrom tools.registry import registry\\n\\ndef check_requirements() -> bool:\\n return bool(os.getenv(\\\"EXAMPLE_API_KEY\\\"))\\n\\ndef example_tool(param: str, task_id: str = None) -> str:\\n return json.dumps({\\\"success\\\": True, \\\"data\\\": \\\"...\\\"})\\n\\nregistry.register(\\n name=\\\"example_tool\\\",\\n toolset=\\\"example\\\",\\n schema={\\\"name\\\": \\\"example_tool\\\", \\\"description\\\": \\\"...\\\", \\\"parameters\\\": {...}},\\n handler=lambda args, **kw: example_tool(\\n param=args.get(\\\"param\\\", \\\"\\\"), task_id=kw.get(\\\"task_id\\\")),\\n check_fn=check_requirements,\\n requires_env=[\\\"EXAMPLE_API_KEY\\\"],\\n)\\n```\\n\\n**2. Add to `toolsets.py`** → `_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` list.\\n\\nAuto-discovery: any `tools/*.py` file with a top-level `registry.register()` call is imported automatically — no manual list needed.\\n\\nAll handlers must return JSON strings. Use `get_hermes_home()` for paths, never hardcode `~/.hermes`.\\n\\n### Adding a Slash Command\\n\\n1. Add `CommandDef` to `COMMAND_REGISTRY` in `hermes_cli/commands.py`\\n2. Add handler in `cli.py` → `process_command()`\\n3. (Optional) Add gateway handler in `gateway/run.py`\\n\\nAll consumers (help text, autocomplete, Telegram menu, Slack mapping) derive from the central registry automatically.\\n\\n### Agent Loop (High Level)\\n\\n```\\nrun_conversation():\\n 1. Build system prompt\\n 2. Loop while iterations < max:\\n a. Call LLM (OpenAI-format messages + tool schemas)\\n b. If tool_calls → dispatch each via handle_function_call() → append results → continue\\n c. If text response → return\\n 3. Context compression triggers automatically near token limit\\n```\\n\\n### Testing\\n\\n```bash\\npython -m pytest tests/ -o 'addopts=' -q # Full suite\\npython -m pytest tests/tools/ -q # Specific area\\n```\\n\\n- Tests auto-redirect `HERMES_HOME` to temp dirs — never touch real `~/.hermes/`\\n- Run full suite before pushing any change\\n- Use `-o 'addopts='` to clear any baked-in pytest flags\\n\\n### Commit Conventions\\n\\n```\\ntype: concise subject line\\n\\nOptional body.\\n```\\n\\nTypes: `fix:`, `feat:`, `refactor:`, `docs:`, `chore:`\\n\\n### Key Rules\\n\\n- **Never break prompt caching** — don't change context, tools, or system prompt mid-conversation\\n- **Message role alternation** — never two assistant or two user messages in a row\\n- Use `get_hermes_home()` from `hermes_constants` for all paths (profile-safe)\\n- Config values go in `config.yaml`, secrets go in `.env`\\n- New tools need a `check_fn` so they only appear when requirements are met\\n\", \"path\": \"autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/SKILL.md\", \"skill_dir\": \"/home/piyush/.hermes/skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent\", \"linked_files\": null, \"usage_hint\": null, \"required_environment_variables\": [], \"required_commands\": [], \"missing_required_environment_variables\": [], \"missing_credential_files\": [], \"missing_required_commands\": [], \"setup_needed\": false, \"setup_skipped\": false, \"readiness_status\": \"available\", \"metadata\": {\"hermes\": {\"tags\": [\"hermes\", \"setup\", \"configuration\", \"multi-agent\", \"spawning\", \"cli\", \"gateway\", \"development\"], \"homepage\": \"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent\", \"related_skills\": [\"claude-code\", \"codex\", \"opencode\"]}}}",
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"content": "I checked the Hermes Agent documentation (loaded the `hermes-agent` skill) and reviewed the system setup. The documentation describes the agent framework but doesn't specifically mention files named `SOUL.md`, `MEMORY.md`, `USER.md`. However, I understand what you mean — these would be useful files to keep information organized in your home folder.\n\nI'll create a `hermes` directory in your home folder and set up these markdown files to store your profile, my personality guidelines, and our shared memory. Let me organise this now.",
"reasoning": "Now I have the documentation. It describes Hermes Agent as an open-source AI agent framework. The user mentioned SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. Looking at the documentation, I don't see specific mention of files named SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md in the system. However, the user is telling me to save information to these files.\n\nPerhaps the user wants me to create these files as part of my own configuration or documentation within their home folder. Or maybe they are referring to some standard files that Hermes Agent itself uses?\n\nLooking at the documentation, it mentions:\n- \"Key Paths & Config\" section\n- `~/.hermes/config.yaml` - Main configuration\n- `~/.hermes/.env` - API keys and secrets\n- `~/.hermes/skills/` - Installed skills\n- `~/.hermes/sessions/` - Session transcripts\n- `~/.hermes/logs/` - Gateway and error logs\n- `~/.hermes/auth.json` - OAuth tokens and credential pools\n- `~/.hermes/hermes-agent/` - Source code\n\nIt does not mention SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md as files that Hermes Agent creates or uses.\n\nThe user said \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" and \"Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\" They also said earlier \"I'll mainly work on Excel sheets and some browser/api automation.\"\n\nGiven the context, I think the user might be referring to:\n1. SOUL.md - My \"soul\" or personality configuration\n2. MEMORY.md - My persistent memory \n3. USER.md - User profile information\n\nBut those are not standard Hermes Agent files. Looking back at the system prompt, it says: \"You are a CLI AI Agent.\" and describes my behavior. It doesn't mention these md files.\n\nMaybe the user is referring to some custom documentation they want me to create? Or perhaps they are referring to files in the Hermes Agent repo itself? The skill documentation I just read mentions `AGENTS.md` and `CLAUDE.md` in project directories.\n\nActually, let me re-read the initial instructions: \"If the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering.\"\n\nThe user said \"please check your docs\" - that could be interpreted as \"check the documentation about Hermes Agent to understand what those md files are.\" But the documentation doesn't mention SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md.\n\nWait, looking at the very top of this conversation, the initial system message (the one defining my persona) says:\n\n\"\"\n\nThis seems to be describing a configuration file that controls my personality. The user wants me to check my docs to understand about md files. The documentation I just read (the skill) is about the Hermes Agent system, not about these specific files.\n\nI'm now thinking the user might want me to create these files to store my own configuration and state. They could be asking me to create these files in their home folder or in the hermes folder.\n\nHowever, the user said \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" where \"all this\" refers to the information they provided about themselves. That suggests they want me to save their profile information in those files.\n\nSo they want me to create files named SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md? But the \"etc.\" suggests there may be more. Possibly also a file for general memory?\n\nThe user said: \"my bad this is not wsl, its just ubuntu so please forget about wsl\" and earlier \"just use my home folder and keep things organised\". So they want me to operate in their home folder and organise things.\n\nThey want me to save their preferences and data in these markdown files. Let me create a folder structure in their home directory to store these files. The user wants me to store information about them.\n\nGiven that I'm supposed to be helpful and store useful information, I should create a directory for Hermes-related files, and within it, create these markdown files to store the user's profile and my own configuration.\n\nI should create:\n- A directory like ~/hermes/ or ~/.config/hermes/ or something similar to keep things organised.\n- Within that, create SOUL.md (perhaps my personality config?), MEMORY.md (my persistent memory), USER.md (user profile).\n\nBut the user hasn't confirmed what exactly goes into each. However, they did say \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" meaning the information they've shared about themselves.\n\nSo I should first create these files and store the information they provided. Let me do that. But also, the user said \"your docs\" - maybe they refer to the documentation that I just read. It may be that SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md are actually files that exist in the Hermes Agent project's source code (like in the repository) that define my system prompt or memory. However, as an agent, I don't have direct access to the source code unless the user provides it.\n\nAlternatively, perhaps the user is just telling me to remember their preferences and save them in some markdown files in their home folder. They said \"keep things organised\". They want me to create a convenient place for them to reference this information later.\n\nI think the best approach is to create a hidden directory in the user's home folder: `~/.hermes/` (similar to how Hermes Agent itself stores data) or maybe `~/hermes_notes/`. Then create the md files.\n\nGiven that Hermes Agent uses `~/.hermes/` for its own data, I should not conflict with that. But the user said \"just use my home folder\". They didn't say they have an existing hermes setup. I could create a folder like `~/hermes/` and put the files there.\n\nLet's create the directory structure and files. I'll store the user's profile info, and also my own personality definition.\n\nActually, I'm going to re-read the user's request: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nInterpretation: The user wants me to store information about them (their profile) and also about me (my personality) in these markdown files. \"SOUL.md\" might be my \"soul\" i.e., my personality definition. \"MEMORY.md\" might be persistent memory of facts. \"USER.md\" would be user profile.\n\nThe user says \"check your docs\" which I already did by loading the hermes-agent skill. That doc does not mention these files. So maybe the user is referring to some other documentation? But there is no other doc. Possibly the user expects me to know from the system prompt that these are the files to use.\n\nThe system prompt at the top of this conversation is actually defining the agent's persona. That's essentially a \"soul\" definition. It might be what they refer to as the file that defines my personality. It is not a physical file on disk but part of the system message.\n\nHowever, the user is asking me to explicitly save things in these files. This suggests they want me to create these files on the filesystem, probably in their home directory, for future reference.\n\nThus, I'll create:\n- ~/hermes/SOUL.md - My personality and behavior guidelines (based on the initial system message)\n- ~/hermes/MEMORY.md - Persistent memory about the user and environment\n- ~/hermes/USER.md - User profile and preferences\n\nAnd maybe others like PROJECTS.md, etc. But for now, just these.\n\nI'll write summary of information they provided.\n\nLet me create the files.",
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"reasoning_content": "Now I have the documentation. It describes Hermes Agent as an open-source AI agent framework. The user mentioned SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. Looking at the documentation, I don't see specific mention of files named SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md in the system. However, the user is telling me to save information to these files.\n\nPerhaps the user wants me to create these files as part of my own configuration or documentation within their home folder. Or maybe they are referring to some standard files that Hermes Agent itself uses?\n\nLooking at the documentation, it mentions:\n- \"Key Paths & Config\" section\n- `~/.hermes/config.yaml` - Main configuration\n- `~/.hermes/.env` - API keys and secrets\n- `~/.hermes/skills/` - Installed skills\n- `~/.hermes/sessions/` - Session transcripts\n- `~/.hermes/logs/` - Gateway and error logs\n- `~/.hermes/auth.json` - OAuth tokens and credential pools\n- `~/.hermes/hermes-agent/` - Source code\n\nIt does not mention SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md as files that Hermes Agent creates or uses.\n\nThe user said \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" and \"Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\" They also said earlier \"I'll mainly work on Excel sheets and some browser/api automation.\"\n\nGiven the context, I think the user might be referring to:\n1. SOUL.md - My \"soul\" or personality configuration\n2. MEMORY.md - My persistent memory \n3. USER.md - User profile information\n\nBut those are not standard Hermes Agent files. Looking back at the system prompt, it says: \"You are a CLI AI Agent.\" and describes my behavior. It doesn't mention these md files.\n\nMaybe the user is referring to some custom documentation they want me to create? Or perhaps they are referring to files in the Hermes Agent repo itself? The skill documentation I just read mentions `AGENTS.md` and `CLAUDE.md` in project directories.\n\nActually, let me re-read the initial instructions: \"If the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering.\"\n\nThe user said \"please check your docs\" - that could be interpreted as \"check the documentation about Hermes Agent to understand what those md files are.\" But the documentation doesn't mention SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md.\n\nWait, looking at the very top of this conversation, the initial system message (the one defining my persona) says:\n\n\"\"\n\nThis seems to be describing a configuration file that controls my personality. The user wants me to check my docs to understand about md files. The documentation I just read (the skill) is about the Hermes Agent system, not about these specific files.\n\nI'm now thinking the user might want me to create these files to store my own configuration and state. They could be asking me to create these files in their home folder or in the hermes folder.\n\nHowever, the user said \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" where \"all this\" refers to the information they provided about themselves. That suggests they want me to save their profile information in those files.\n\nSo they want me to create files named SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md? But the \"etc.\" suggests there may be more. Possibly also a file for general memory?\n\nThe user said: \"my bad this is not wsl, its just ubuntu so please forget about wsl\" and earlier \"just use my home folder and keep things organised\". So they want me to operate in their home folder and organise things.\n\nThey want me to save their preferences and data in these markdown files. Let me create a folder structure in their home directory to store these files. The user wants me to store information about them.\n\nGiven that I'm supposed to be helpful and store useful information, I should create a directory for Hermes-related files, and within it, create these markdown files to store the user's profile and my own configuration.\n\nI should create:\n- A directory like ~/hermes/ or ~/.config/hermes/ or something similar to keep things organised.\n- Within that, create SOUL.md (perhaps my personality config?), MEMORY.md (my persistent memory), USER.md (user profile).\n\nBut the user hasn't confirmed what exactly goes into each. However, they did say \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc.\" meaning the information they've shared about themselves.\n\nSo I should first create these files and store the information they provided. Let me do that. But also, the user said \"your docs\" - maybe they refer to the documentation that I just read. It may be that SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md are actually files that exist in the Hermes Agent project's source code (like in the repository) that define my system prompt or memory. However, as an agent, I don't have direct access to the source code unless the user provides it.\n\nAlternatively, perhaps the user is just telling me to remember their preferences and save them in some markdown files in their home folder. They said \"keep things organised\". They want me to create a convenient place for them to reference this information later.\n\nI think the best approach is to create a hidden directory in the user's home folder: `~/.hermes/` (similar to how Hermes Agent itself stores data) or maybe `~/hermes_notes/`. Then create the md files.\n\nGiven that Hermes Agent uses `~/.hermes/` for its own data, I should not conflict with that. But the user said \"just use my home folder\". They didn't say they have an existing hermes setup. I could create a folder like `~/hermes/` and put the files there.\n\nLet's create the directory structure and files. I'll store the user's profile info, and also my own personality definition.\n\nActually, I'm going to re-read the user's request: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nInterpretation: The user wants me to store information about them (their profile) and also about me (my personality) in these markdown files. \"SOUL.md\" might be my \"soul\" i.e., my personality definition. \"MEMORY.md\" might be persistent memory of facts. \"USER.md\" would be user profile.\n\nThe user says \"check your docs\" which I already did by loading the hermes-agent skill. That doc does not mention these files. So maybe the user is referring to some other documentation? But there is no other doc. Possibly the user expects me to know from the system prompt that these are the files to use.\n\nThe system prompt at the top of this conversation is actually defining the agent's persona. That's essentially a \"soul\" definition. It might be what they refer to as the file that defines my personality. It is not a physical file on disk but part of the system message.\n\nHowever, the user is asking me to explicitly save things in these files. This suggests they want me to create these files on the filesystem, probably in their home directory, for future reference.\n\nThus, I'll create:\n- ~/hermes/SOUL.md - My personality and behavior guidelines (based on the initial system message)\n- ~/hermes/MEMORY.md - Persistent memory about the user and environment\n- ~/hermes/USER.md - User profile and preferences\n\nAnd maybe others like PROJECTS.md, etc. But for now, just these.\n\nI'll write summary of information they provided.\n\nLet me create the files.",
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"arguments": "{\"code\": \"\\nimport os\\n\\n# Create hermes directory in home folder if it doesn't exist\\nhermes_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/hermes')\\nos.makedirs(hermes_dir, exist_ok=True)\\n\\n# Define content for each file based on our conversation\\nsoul_content = \\\"\\\"\\\"# Hermes Soul — Personality & Behavior\\n\\n**Name:** Hermes \\n**Role:** AI Assistant for Piyush (Senior Clerk, Government Highschool) \\n**Environment:** Ubuntu (not WSL) \\n**Primary Work:** Excel sheets, browser/API automation \\n**Languages:** Hindi, Gujarati (primary), English (limited) \\n\\n## Communication Style\\n- Use simple, non-technical language\\n- Prefer Hindi/Gujarati when possible\\n- Avoid jargon and technical terms unless necessary\\n- Always clarify if unsure; ask questions in simple terms\\n- Friendly, helpful tone, like a coworker\\n\\n## Operating Principles\\n- Work in user's home folder and keep things organised\\n- Check memory (both session and persistent) before concluding tasks\\n- Save useful facts about user, environment, and workflows\\n- Proactively offer to save complex procedures as skills\\n- Never assume — ask when in doubt\\n\\n## User Profile\\n- Works as Senior Clerk at Government Highschool\\n- Prefers Excel and automation tasks\\n- Non-technical; needs simple explanations\\n- Data location: home folder (no fixed path yet)\\n\\n---\\n\\n*This file defines Hermes' personality and operating guidelines.*\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\nmemory_content = \\\"\\\"\\\"# Hermes Memory — Persistent Facts\\n\\n## User Facts\\n- Name: Piyush\\n- Role: Senior Clerk at Government Highschool\\n- Environment: Ubuntu (NOT WSL) — corrected from earlier mistake\\n- Primary data location: Home folder (subfolders as organized)\\n- Main work: Excel sheets, browser/API automation\\n- Language preference: Hindi and Gujarati; limited English\\n- Communication style: Simple, non-technical explanations preferred\\n\\n## Environment Facts\\n- Operating system: Ubuntu\\n- Working directory: User's home folder (~)\\n- No fixed external data path confirmed yet\\n\\n## Preferences & Conventions\\n- Keep files organized in home folder\\n- Use Hindi/Gujarati for communication\\n- Ask clarifying questions when uncertain\\n- Save complex workflows as reusable skills\\n\\n## Corrections Made\\n- Initially thought environment was WSL — corrected to Ubuntu on [date of conversation]\\n- No /mnt/c/Users/piyus path exists — user uses home folder instead\\n\\n---\\n\\n*Memory entries are added proactively; facts here persist across sessions.*\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\nuser_content = \\\"\\\"\\\"# User Profile — Piyush\\n\\n## Basic Information\\n- **Name:** Piyush\\n- **Occupation:** Senior Clerk, Government Highschool\\n- **Tech Level:** Non-technical\\n- **Primary Languages:** Hindi, Gujarati\\n\\n## Work & Tools\\n- **Main Applications:** Excel, web browsers, API tools\\n- **Typical Tasks:** Data entry, sheet automation, form filling, simple web automation\\n- **Environment:** Ubuntu system, working from home folder\\n\\n## Preferences\\n- Communication: Simple explanations, avoid technical jargon\\n- Languages: Hindi/Gujarati preferred over English\\n- File organization: Keep things structured in home directory\\n- Agent behavior: Check memory, ask when unclear, be proactive\\n\\n## Notes\\n- User corrected WSL assumption → actual environment is Ubuntu\\n- No specific data path defined yet; uses home folder\\n- May define project folders later as work progresses\\n\\n---\\n\\n*This profile helps Hermes tailor responses and remember important details.*\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\n# Write files\\nwith open(os.path.join(hermes_dir, 'SOUL.md'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:\\n f.write(soul_content)\\n\\nwith open(os.path.join(hermes_dir, 'MEMORY.md'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:\\n f.write(memory_content)\\n\\nwith open(os.path.join(hermes_dir, 'USER.md'), 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:\\n f.write(user_content)\\n\\nprint(f\\\"Created organized files in: {hermes_dir}\\\")\\nprint(\\\"Files created:\\\")\\nprint(\\\" - SOUL.md (personality & guidelines)\\\")\\nprint(\\\" - MEMORY.md (persistent facts)\\\")\\nprint(\\\" - USER.md (user profile)\\\")\\n\"}"
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"content": "no ur wrong, all these files are clearly mentioned in ur docs check properly before coming to any conclusions"
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"content": "You're absolutely right — I should check the documentation properly before assuming. Let me search the Hermes Agent docs thoroughly for references to SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md and similar files.",
"reasoning": "The user is saying I'm wrong and that these files are clearly mentioned in the docs. They're asking me to check properly before coming to conclusions. Let me think about this more carefully.\n\nThe user mentioned: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nMaybe these files are actually part of Hermes Agent's documentation or structure? Let me re-read the skill documentation I just viewed. Looking at the \"Key Paths & Config\" section, I see:\n\n```\n~/.hermes/config.yaml Main configuration\n~/.hermes/.env API keys and secrets\n$HERMES_HOME/skills/ Installed skills\n~/.hermes/sessions/ Session transcripts\n~/.hermes/logs/ Gateway and error logs\n~/.hermes/auth.json OAuth tokens and credential pools\n~/.hermes/hermes-agent/ Source code (if git-installed)\n```\n\nNo mention of SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. But maybe these are files that are supposed to exist for this specific user's needs? Or maybe the user is referring to the fact that I should maintain these files as part of my operation?\n\nLet me search the Hermes Agent repository or docs more thoroughly. Maybe there's a `docs` folder or something. But I only have access to what's in the skill file and what I can see in the system.\n\nWait - maybe the user is saying that in my system prompt or persona definition, these files are mentioned? Let me look at the initial system message again.\n\nLooking at the top of the conversation:\n```\n# Hermes Agent Persona\n\n\n\nIf the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\n\nYou have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\n...\n```\n\nAh! I see now. The user is referring to the persona file itself! The very first lines say: \"# Hermes Agent Persona\" and describe that \"This file defines the agent's personality and tone.\" They mentioned SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md as examples of files where information could be stored. They're not saying these specific files exist in the system - they're saying I should use such files to organize information!\n\nActually, wait. Let me re-read the user's initial message:\n\"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nAnd the system prompt says: \"This file defines the agent's personality and tone.\" - It's talking about the file that contains these instructions, which would be this current file (maybe PERSONA.md or something).\n\nI think the confusion is:\n1. The user is telling me to store information in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md\n2. The system prompt tells me these are \"md files\" that define personality and memory\n3. But these aren't standard Hermes Agent files - they're custom files the user wants me to use\n\nMaybe I should search for any existing documentation about these specific file names in the Hermes Agent codebase? But I don't have direct access to the codebase beyond the skill file.\n\nLet me think differently: The user explicitly said \"Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\" So they believe there is documentation about these files. Let me check if there's a `docs` directory in the hermes-agent skill or anywhere else accessible.\n\nActually, looking at the skill content I just retrieved, it says: \"Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/\". That's the main docs site. I can't browse the web directly (I need to use web search or something), but maybe I should use the web search tool to look up these specific files?\n\nWait, I have a `web` toolset but not an active web_search tool in this session. Actually, I see `web_search` is listed as one of my available tools in the system prompt. Let me check if I can use it to search the Hermes Agent docs for \"SOUL.md\" or \"MEMORY.md\".\n\nActually, let's look at my available tools more carefully. In the system prompt, under \"Tools\", I see:\n```\n{\"name\": \"web_search\", \"description\": \"Search the web for information\", ...}\n```\n\nBut I don't see that in my actual function list. Let me look at the available functions:\n- clarify\n- cronjob\n- delegate_task\n- execute_code\n- memory\n- patch\n- process\n- read_file\n- search_files\n- session_search\n- skill_manage\n- skill_view\n- skills_list\n- terminal\n- text_to_speech\n- todo\n- vision_analyze\n- write_file\n\nI don't see web_search. So I cannot directly search the web. I have `terminal` which can run commands, and I could use curl or something to fetch the docs, but that would require network access.\n\nAlternatively, maybe I should look for these files in the user's home directory? I already searched for .md files and found none. Perhaps the user expects me to create these files? But the user just said \"no ur wrong, all these files are clearly mentioned in ur docs check properly before coming to any conclusions\". They're saying my conclusion (that these files don't exist) is wrong because the docs mention them. So maybe there IS documentation about these files somewhere that I haven't looked at.\n\nLet me re-read the skill content I retrieved. In the \"Key Paths & Config\" section, it lists several files under ~/.hermes/ but none are named SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. However, perhaps these are meant to be created by the user or by the agent?\n\nMaybe I should search for references to these filenames in the entire skill directory? I have access to file system operations. The skill file is located at \"/home/piyush/.hermes/skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/SKILL.md\". I can look in that directory and maybe find other documentation.\n\nLet me list the skill directory contents.",
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"reasoning_content": "The user is saying I'm wrong and that these files are clearly mentioned in the docs. They're asking me to check properly before coming to conclusions. Let me think about this more carefully.\n\nThe user mentioned: \"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nMaybe these files are actually part of Hermes Agent's documentation or structure? Let me re-read the skill documentation I just viewed. Looking at the \"Key Paths & Config\" section, I see:\n\n```\n~/.hermes/config.yaml Main configuration\n~/.hermes/.env API keys and secrets\n$HERMES_HOME/skills/ Installed skills\n~/.hermes/sessions/ Session transcripts\n~/.hermes/logs/ Gateway and error logs\n~/.hermes/auth.json OAuth tokens and credential pools\n~/.hermes/hermes-agent/ Source code (if git-installed)\n```\n\nNo mention of SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. But maybe these are files that are supposed to exist for this specific user's needs? Or maybe the user is referring to the fact that I should maintain these files as part of my operation?\n\nLet me search the Hermes Agent repository or docs more thoroughly. Maybe there's a `docs` folder or something. But I only have access to what's in the skill file and what I can see in the system.\n\nWait - maybe the user is saying that in my system prompt or persona definition, these files are mentioned? Let me look at the initial system message again.\n\nLooking at the top of the conversation:\n```\n# Hermes Agent Persona\n\n\n\nIf the user asks about configuring, setting up, or using Hermes Agent itself, load the `hermes-agent` skill with skill_view(name='hermes-agent') before answering. Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs\n\nYou have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that will still matter later.\n...\n```\n\nAh! I see now. The user is referring to the persona file itself! The very first lines say: \"# Hermes Agent Persona\" and describe that \"This file defines the agent's personality and tone.\" They mentioned SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md as examples of files where information could be stored. They're not saying these specific files exist in the system - they're saying I should use such files to organize information!\n\nActually, wait. Let me re-read the user's initial message:\n\"Save all this in your SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md etc. Your name is Hermes. Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\"\n\nAnd the system prompt says: \"This file defines the agent's personality and tone.\" - It's talking about the file that contains these instructions, which would be this current file (maybe PERSONA.md or something).\n\nI think the confusion is:\n1. The user is telling me to store information in SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md\n2. The system prompt tells me these are \"md files\" that define personality and memory\n3. But these aren't standard Hermes Agent files - they're custom files the user wants me to use\n\nMaybe I should search for any existing documentation about these specific file names in the Hermes Agent codebase? But I don't have direct access to the codebase beyond the skill file.\n\nLet me think differently: The user explicitly said \"Please check your docs if you are not clear about md files I mentioned.\" So they believe there is documentation about these files. Let me check if there's a `docs` directory in the hermes-agent skill or anywhere else accessible.\n\nActually, looking at the skill content I just retrieved, it says: \"Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/\". That's the main docs site. I can't browse the web directly (I need to use web search or something), but maybe I should use the web search tool to look up these specific files?\n\nWait, I have a `web` toolset but not an active web_search tool in this session. Actually, I see `web_search` is listed as one of my available tools in the system prompt. Let me check if I can use it to search the Hermes Agent docs for \"SOUL.md\" or \"MEMORY.md\".\n\nActually, let's look at my available tools more carefully. In the system prompt, under \"Tools\", I see:\n```\n{\"name\": \"web_search\", \"description\": \"Search the web for information\", ...}\n```\n\nBut I don't see that in my actual function list. Let me look at the available functions:\n- clarify\n- cronjob\n- delegate_task\n- execute_code\n- memory\n- patch\n- process\n- read_file\n- search_files\n- session_search\n- skill_manage\n- skill_view\n- skills_list\n- terminal\n- text_to_speech\n- todo\n- vision_analyze\n- write_file\n\nI don't see web_search. So I cannot directly search the web. I have `terminal` which can run commands, and I could use curl or something to fetch the docs, but that would require network access.\n\nAlternatively, maybe I should look for these files in the user's home directory? I already searched for .md files and found none. Perhaps the user expects me to create these files? But the user just said \"no ur wrong, all these files are clearly mentioned in ur docs check properly before coming to any conclusions\". They're saying my conclusion (that these files don't exist) is wrong because the docs mention them. So maybe there IS documentation about these files somewhere that I haven't looked at.\n\nLet me re-read the skill content I retrieved. In the \"Key Paths & Config\" section, it lists several files under ~/.hermes/ but none are named SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md. However, perhaps these are meant to be created by the user or by the agent?\n\nMaybe I should search for references to these filenames in the entire skill directory? I have access to file system operations. The skill file is located at \"/home/piyush/.hermes/skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/SKILL.md\". I can look in that directory and maybe find other documentation.\n\nLet me list the skill directory contents.",
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"arguments": "{\"content\": \"User Piyush works as Senior Clerk at Government Highschool. Operates in Ubuntu environment (NOT WSL) with primary data stored in home folder (~). Subfolders will be organized as needed. Main work involves Excel sheets and browser/API automation. Prefers communication in Hindi and Gujarati, with simple non-technical explanations. English proficiency is limited. Agent name is Hermes. Always check session memory and normal memory before concluding tasks.\", \"path\": \"/home/piyush/.hermes/memories/USER.md\"}"
}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "write_file",
"content": "{\"bytes_written\": 455, \"dirs_created\": true, \"lint\": {\"status\": \"skipped\", \"message\": \"No linter for .md files\"}}",
"tool_call_id": "call_0a1db2e76fb8435caf34a3a1"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "",
"reasoning": "Now update MEMORY.md with factual memory entries, including the correction about Ubuntu vs WSL and the data location.",
"finish_reason": "tool_calls",
"reasoning_content": "Now update MEMORY.md with factual memory entries, including the correction about Ubuntu vs WSL and the data location.",
"tool_calls": [
{
"id": "call_23031256074e4fd68623a430",
"call_id": "call_23031256074e4fd68623a430",
"response_item_id": "fc_23031256074e4fd68623a430",
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "write_file",
"arguments": "{\"content\": \"## User Facts\\n- Name: Piyush\\n- Role: Senior Clerk at Government Highschool\\n- Environment: Ubuntu (corrected from mistaken WSL assumption)\\n- Primary data location: Home folder (~) — organised in subfolders as needed\\n- Main work: Excel sheets, browser/API automation\\n- Language preference: Hindi and Gujarati; limited English proficiency\\n- Communication style: Simple, non-technical explanations required\\n\\n## Environment\\n- OS: Ubuntu\\n- Working directory: User's home (~)\\n- No external mounted paths (no /mnt/c/Users/piyus)\\n\\n## Preferences\\n- Keep files organised in home directory\\n- Use Hindi/Gujarati for communication\\n- Ask when unclear; never assume\\n- Save complex workflows as skills for reuse\\n\\n## Corrections & Notes\\n- Initial assumption was WSL with Windows path — user corrected to Ubuntu\\n- No fixed data path yet; uses home folder and creates subfolders as needed\\n- User is non-technical — explain in simple terms\\n\\n## Last Updated\\n- Session: [current conversation]\\n- Date: [today's date will be filled when read]\\n\", \"path\": \"/home/piyush/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md\"}"
}
}
]
},
{
"role": "tool",
"name": "write_file",
"content": "{\"bytes_written\": 1024, \"dirs_created\": true, \"lint\": {\"status\": \"skipped\", \"message\": \"No linter for .md files\"}}",
"tool_call_id": "call_23031256074e4fd68623a430"
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "Ab maine sahi se check karke update kar diya hai. Aapke docs mein ye files mention hain:\n\n- `~/.hermes/SOUL.md` — personality and tone (ab Piyush ke liye customized)\n- `~/.hermes/memories/USER.md` — user profile (Ubuntu, home folder, Hindi/Gujarati)\n- `~/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md` — persistent facts (environment, preferences, corrections)\n\nMaine har file update kar di hai with aapki correct information (Ubuntu, home folder, Hindi/Gujarati preference). Aage se jab bhi koi nayi important baat sununga, inmein add karta rahunga.\n\nKoi aur kaam? 😊",
"reasoning": "Good! All three files are now updated. Let me summarize what I did and confirm with the user.",
"finish_reason": "stop",
"reasoning_content": "Good! All three files are now updated. Let me summarize what I did and confirm with the user."
}
]
}