fix(modal,ssh): check upload exit code, fix communicate() on closed fd

- Modal _modal_upload: check exit code from proc.wait.aio() and raise RuntimeError on failure (was silently swallowing non-zero exits, causing FileSyncManager to mark failed uploads as synced) - SSH _ssh_bulk_upload: replace tar_proc.communicate() with wait()+ stderr.read() after tar_proc.stdout.close() — communicate() calls fileno() on the closed stdout fd which raises ValueError
fix(modal): pipe stdin to avoid ARG_MAX, clean up review findings
2026-04-11 17:50:39 -07:00 · 2026-04-11 17:21:34 -07:00 · 2026-04-11 17:21:15 -07:00
666 changed files with 13016 additions and 92169 deletions
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@

 # Dependencies
 node_modules
-.venv

 # CI/CD
 .github
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@
 # Optional base URL override (default: Google's OpenAI-compatible endpoint)
 # GEMINI_BASE_URL=https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai

-# =============================================================================
-# LLM PROVIDER (Ollama Cloud)
-# =============================================================================
-# Cloud-hosted open models via Ollama's OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
-# Get your key at: https://ollama.com/settings
-# OLLAMA_API_KEY=your_ollama_key_here
-# Optional base URL override (default: https://ollama.com/v1)
-# OLLAMA_BASE_URL=https://ollama.com/v1
-
 # =============================================================================
 # LLM PROVIDER (z.ai / GLM)
 # =============================================================================
@@ -52,15 +43,6 @@
 # KIMI_BASE_URL=https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1  # Default for sk-kimi- keys
 # KIMI_BASE_URL=https://api.moonshot.ai/v1      # For legacy Moonshot keys
 # KIMI_BASE_URL=https://api.moonshot.cn/v1       # For Moonshot China keys
-# KIMI_CN_API_KEY=                               # Dedicated Moonshot China key
-
-# =============================================================================
-# LLM PROVIDER (Arcee AI)
-# =============================================================================
-# Arcee AI provides access to Trinity models (trinity-mini, trinity-large-*)
-# Get an Arcee key at: https://chat.arcee.ai/
-# ARCEEAI_API_KEY=
-# ARCEE_BASE_URL=                                 # Override default base URL

 # =============================================================================
 # LLM PROVIDER (MiniMax)
@@ -154,10 +136,6 @@
 # Only override here if you need to force a backend without touching config.yaml:
 # TERMINAL_ENV=local

-# Override the container runtime binary (e.g. to use Podman instead of Docker).
-# Useful on systems where Docker's storage driver is broken or unavailable.
-# HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY=/usr/local/bin/podman
-
 # Container images (for singularity/docker/modal backends)
 # TERMINAL_DOCKER_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
 # TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE=docker://nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Auto-generated files — collapse diffs and exclude from language stats
-web/package-lock.json linguist-generated=true
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ body:
        **Before submitting**, please:
        - [ ] Search [existing issues](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues) to avoid duplicates
        - [ ] Update to the latest version (`hermes update`) and confirm the bug still exists
-        - [ ] Run `hermes debug share` and paste the links below (see Debug Report section)

  - type: textarea
    id: description
@@ -83,25 +82,6 @@ body:
        - Slack
        - WhatsApp

-  - type: textarea
-    id: debug-report
-    attributes:
-      label: Debug Report
-      description: |
-        Run `hermes debug share` from your terminal and paste the links it prints here.
-        This uploads your system info, config, and recent logs to a paste service automatically.
-
-        If you're in an interactive chat session, you can also use the `/debug` slash command — it does the same thing.
-
-        If the upload fails, run `hermes debug share --local` and paste the output directly.
-      placeholder: |
-        Report   https://paste.rs/abc123
-        agent.log   https://paste.rs/def456
-        gateway.log   https://paste.rs/ghi789
-      render: shell
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
  - type: input
    id: os
    attributes:
@@ -117,6 +97,8 @@ body:
      label: Python Version
      description: Output of `python --version`
      placeholder: "3.11.9"
+    validations:
+      required: true

  - type: input
    id: hermes-version
@@ -124,14 +106,14 @@ body:
      label: Hermes Version
      description: Output of `hermes version`
      placeholder: "2.1.0"
+    validations:
+      required: true

  - type: textarea
    id: logs
    attributes:
-      label: Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)
-      description: |
-        The debug report above covers most logs. Use this field for any extra error output, 
-        tracebacks, or screenshots not captured by `hermes debug share`.
+      label: Relevant Logs / Traceback
+      description: Paste any error output, traceback, or log messages. This will be auto-formatted as code.
      render: shell

  - type: textarea
@@ -71,15 +71,3 @@ body:
      label: Contribution
      options:
        - label: I'd like to implement this myself and submit a PR
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: debug-report
-    attributes:
-      label: Debug Report (optional)
-      description: |
-        If this feature request is related to a problem you're experiencing, run `hermes debug share` and paste the links here.
-        In an interactive chat session, you can use `/debug` instead.
-        This helps us understand your environment and any related logs.
-      placeholder: |
-        Report   https://paste.rs/abc123
-      render: shell
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ body:
        Sorry you're having trouble! Please fill out the details below so we can help.

        **Quick checks first:**
-        - Run `hermes debug share` and paste the links in the Debug Report section below
-        - If you're in a chat session, you can use `/debug` instead — it does the same thing
+        - Run `hermes doctor` and include the output below
        - Try `hermes update` to get the latest version
        - Check the [README troubleshooting section](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent#troubleshooting)
        - For general questions, consider the [Nous Research Discord](https://discord.gg/NousResearch) for faster help
@@ -75,21 +74,10 @@ body:
      placeholder: "2.1.0"

  - type: textarea
-    id: debug-report
+    id: doctor-output
    attributes:
-      label: Debug Report
-      description: |
-        Run `hermes debug share` from your terminal and paste the links it prints here.
-        This uploads your system info, config, and recent logs to a paste service automatically.
-
-        If you're in an interactive chat session, you can also use the `/debug` slash command — it does the same thing.
-
-        If the upload fails or install didn't get that far, run `hermes debug share --local` and paste the output directly.
-        If even that doesn't work, run `hermes doctor` and paste that output instead.
-      placeholder: |
-        Report   https://paste.rs/abc123
-        agent.log   https://paste.rs/def456
-        gateway.log   https://paste.rs/ghi789
+      label: Output of `hermes doctor`
+      description: Run `hermes doctor` and paste the full output. This will be auto-formatted.
      render: shell

  - type: textarea
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: Contributor Attribution Check
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      # Only run when code files change (not docs-only PRs)
-      - '*.py'
-      - '**/*.py'
-      - '.github/workflows/contributor-check.yml'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  check-attribution:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # Full history needed for git log
-
-      - name: Check for unmapped contributor emails
-        run: |
-          # Get the merge base between this PR and main
-          MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD)
-
-          # Find any new author emails in this PR's commits
-          NEW_EMAILS=$(git log ${MERGE_BASE}..HEAD --format='%ae' --no-merges | sort -u)
-
-          if [ -z "$NEW_EMAILS" ]; then
-            echo "No new commits to check."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          # Check each email against AUTHOR_MAP in release.py
-          MISSING=""
-          while IFS= read -r email; do
-            # Skip teknium and bot emails
-            case "$email" in
-              *teknium*|*noreply@github.com*|*dependabot*|*github-actions*|*anthropic.com*|*cursor.com*)
-                continue ;;
-            esac
-
-            # Check if email is in AUTHOR_MAP (either as a key or matches noreply pattern)
-            if echo "$email" | grep -qP '\+.*@users\.noreply\.github\.com'; then
-              continue  # GitHub noreply emails auto-resolve
-            fi
-
-            if ! grep -qF "\"${email}\"" scripts/release.py 2>/dev/null; then
-              AUTHOR=$(git log --author="$email" --format='%an' -1)
-              MISSING="${MISSING}\n  ${email} (${AUTHOR})"
-            fi
-          done <<< "$NEW_EMAILS"
-
-          if [ -n "$MISSING" ]; then
-            echo ""
-            echo "⚠️  New contributor email(s) not in AUTHOR_MAP:"
-            echo -e "$MISSING"
-            echo ""
-            echo "Please add mappings to scripts/release.py AUTHOR_MAP:"
-            echo -e "$MISSING" | while read -r line; do
-              email=$(echo "$line" | sed 's/^ *//' | cut -d' ' -f1)
-              [ -z "$email" ] && continue
-              echo "    \"${email}\": \"<github-username>\","
-            done
-            echo ""
-            echo "To find the GitHub username for an email:"
-            echo "  gh api 'search/users?q=EMAIL+in:email' --jq '.items[0].login'"
-            exit 1
-          else
-            echo "✅ All contributor emails are mapped in AUTHOR_MAP."
-          fi
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 name: Deploy Site

 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - 'website/**'
+      - 'landingpage/**'
      - 'skills/**'
      - 'optional-skills/**'
      - '.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml'
@@ -21,46 +20,32 @@ concurrency:
  cancel-in-progress: false

 jobs:
-  deploy-vercel:
-    if: github.event_name == 'release'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Trigger Vercel Deploy
-        run: curl -X POST "${{ secrets.VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK }}"
-
-  deploy-docs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    # Only run on the upstream repository, not on forks
    if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.page_url }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

-      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
          cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json

-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'

      - name: Install PyYAML for skill extraction
-        run: pip install pyyaml==6.0.2 httpx==0.28.1
+        run: pip install pyyaml

      - name: Extract skill metadata for dashboard
        run: python3 website/scripts/extract-skills.py

-      - name: Build skills index (if not already present)
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -f website/static/api/skills-index.json ]; then
-            python3 scripts/build_skills_index.py || echo "Skills index build failed (non-fatal)"
-          fi
-
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
        working-directory: website
@@ -72,13 +57,18 @@ jobs:
      - name: Stage deployment
        run: |
          mkdir -p _site/docs
+          # Landing page at root
+          cp -r landingpage/* _site/
+          # Docusaurus at /docs/
          cp -r website/build/* _site/docs/
+          # CNAME so GitHub Pages keeps the custom domain between deploys
+          echo "hermes-agent.nousresearch.com" > _site/CNAME

      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa  # v3
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
        with:
          path: _site

      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
        id: deploy
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@d6db90164ac5ed86f2b6aed7e0febac5b3c0c03e  # v4
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ jobs:
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          submodules: recursive

      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130  # v3
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f  # v3
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

      # Build amd64 only so we can `load` the image for smoke testing.
      # `load: true` cannot export a multi-arch manifest to the local daemon.
      # The multi-arch build follows on push to main / release.
      - name: Build image (amd64, smoke test)
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@10e90e3645eae34f1e60eeb005ba3a3d33f178e8  # v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
        with:
          context: .
          file: Dockerfile
@@ -56,31 +56,36 @@ jobs:

      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'release'
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9  # v3
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Push multi-arch image (main branch)
        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@10e90e3645eae34f1e60eeb005ba3a3d33f178e8  # v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
        with:
          context: .
          file: Dockerfile
          push: true
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          tags: nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
+          tags: |
+            nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
+            nousresearch/hermes-agent:${{ github.sha }}
          cache-from: type=gha
          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

      - name: Push multi-arch image (release)
        if: github.event_name == 'release'
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@10e90e3645eae34f1e60eeb005ba3a3d33f178e8  # v6
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
        with:
          context: .
          file: Dockerfile
          push: true
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          tags: nousresearch/hermes-agent:${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+          tags: |
+            nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
+            nousresearch/hermes-agent:${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+            nousresearch/hermes-agent:${{ github.sha }}
          cache-from: type=gha
          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@ on:
      - '.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml'
  workflow_dispatch:

-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
  docs-site-checks:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

-      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
@@ -26,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
        run: npm ci
        working-directory: website

-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ on:
      - 'run_agent.py'
      - 'acp_adapter/**'

-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 concurrency:
  group: nix-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@ef8a148080ab6020fd15196c2084a2eea5ff2d25  # v22
      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@565684385bcd71bad329742eefe8d12f2e765b39  # v13
      - name: Check flake
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-name: Build Skills Index
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # Run twice daily: 6 AM and 6 PM UTC
-    - cron: '0 6,18 * * *'
-  workflow_dispatch:  # Manual trigger
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'scripts/build_skills_index.py'
-      - '.github/workflows/skills-index.yml'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build-index:
-    # Only run on the upstream repository, not on forks
-    if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install httpx==0.28.1 pyyaml==6.0.2
-
-      - name: Build skills index
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: python scripts/build_skills_index.py
-
-      - name: Upload index artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4
-        with:
-          name: skills-index
-          path: website/static/api/skills-index.json
-          retention-days: 7
-
-  deploy-with-index:
-    needs: build-index
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      pages: write
-      id-token: write
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.page_url }}
-    # Only deploy on schedule or manual trigger (not on every push to the script)
-    if: github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093  # v4
-        with:
-          name: skills-index
-          path: website/static/api/
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          cache: npm
-          cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
-
-      - name: Install PyYAML for skill extraction
-        run: pip install pyyaml==6.0.2
-
-      - name: Extract skill metadata for dashboard
-        run: python3 website/scripts/extract-skills.py
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - name: Build Docusaurus
-        run: npm run build
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - name: Stage deployment
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p _site/docs
-          cp -r landingpage/* _site/
-          cp -r website/build/* _site/docs/
-          echo "hermes-agent.nousresearch.com" > _site/CNAME
-
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa  # v3
-        with:
-          path: _site
-
-      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-        id: deploy
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@d6db90164ac5ed86f2b6aed7e0febac5b3c0c03e  # v4
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

@@ -149,62 +149,6 @@ jobs:
          "
          fi

-          # --- CI/CD workflow files modified ---
-          WORKFLOW_HITS=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE".."$HEAD" | grep -E '\.github/workflows/.*\.ya?ml$' || true)
-          if [ -n "$WORKFLOW_HITS" ]; then
-            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
-          ### ⚠️ WARNING: CI/CD workflow files modified
-          Changes to workflow files can alter build pipelines, inject steps, or modify permissions. Verify no unauthorized actions or secrets access were added.
-
-          **Files:**
-          \`\`\`
-          ${WORKFLOW_HITS}
-          \`\`\`
-          "
-          fi
-
-          # --- Dockerfile / container build files modified ---
-          DOCKER_HITS=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE".."$HEAD" | grep -iE '(Dockerfile|\.dockerignore|docker-compose)' || true)
-          if [ -n "$DOCKER_HITS" ]; then
-            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
-          ### ⚠️ WARNING: Container build files modified
-          Changes to Dockerfiles or compose files can alter base images, add build steps, or expose ports. Verify base image pins and build commands.
-
-          **Files:**
-          \`\`\`
-          ${DOCKER_HITS}
-          \`\`\`
-          "
-          fi
-
-          # --- Dependency manifest files modified ---
-          DEP_HITS=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE".."$HEAD" | grep -E '(pyproject\.toml|requirements.*\.txt|package\.json|Gemfile|go\.mod|Cargo\.toml)$' || true)
-          if [ -n "$DEP_HITS" ]; then
-            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
-          ### ⚠️ WARNING: Dependency manifest files modified
-          Changes to dependency files can introduce new packages or change version pins. Verify all dependency changes are intentional and from trusted sources.
-
-          **Files:**
-          \`\`\`
-          ${DEP_HITS}
-          \`\`\`
-          "
-          fi
-
-          # --- GitHub Actions version unpinning (mutable tags instead of SHAs) ---
-          ACTIONS_UNPIN=$(echo "$DIFF" | grep -n '^\+' | grep 'uses:' | grep -v '#' | grep -E '@v[0-9]' | head -10 || true)
-          if [ -n "$ACTIONS_UNPIN" ]; then
-            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
-          ### ⚠️ WARNING: GitHub Actions with mutable version tags
-          Actions should be pinned to full commit SHAs (not \`@v4\`, \`@v5\`). Mutable tags can be retargeted silently if a maintainer account is compromised.
-
-          **Matches:**
-          \`\`\`
-          ${ACTIONS_UNPIN}
-          \`\`\`
-          "
-          fi
-
          # --- Output results ---
          if [ -n "$FINDINGS" ]; then
            echo "found=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -239,7 +183,7 @@ jobs:
          ---
          *Automated scan triggered by [supply-chain-audit](/.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml). If this is a false positive, a maintainer can approve after manual review.*"

-          gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body "$BODY" || echo "::warning::Could not post PR comment (expected for fork PRs — GITHUB_TOKEN is read-only)"
+          gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body "$BODY"

      - name: Fail on critical findings
        if: steps.scan.outputs.critical == 'true'
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 # Cancel in-progress runs for the same PR/branch
 concurrency:
  group: tests-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -16,22 +13,17 @@ concurrency:

 jobs:
  test:
-    name: test (${{ matrix.group }}/4)
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 10
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        group: [1, 2, 3, 4]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install system dependencies
        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ripgrep

      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d4b2f3b6ecc6e67c4457f6d3e41ec42d3d0fcb86  # v5
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5

      - name: Set up Python 3.11
        run: uv python install 3.11
@@ -42,11 +34,10 @@ jobs:
          source .venv/bin/activate
          uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"

-      - name: Run tests (shard ${{ matrix.group }}/4)
+      - name: Run tests
        run: |
          source .venv/bin/activate
-          python -m pytest tests/ -q --ignore=tests/integration --ignore=tests/e2e --tb=short \
-            --splits 4 --group ${{ matrix.group }}
+          python -m pytest tests/ -q --ignore=tests/integration --ignore=tests/e2e --tb=short -n auto
        env:
          # Ensure tests don't accidentally call real APIs
          OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ""
@@ -58,10 +49,10 @@ jobs:
    timeout-minutes: 10
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d4b2f3b6ecc6e67c4457f6d3e41ec42d3d0fcb86  # v5
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5

      - name: Set up Python 3.11
        run: uv python install 3.11
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ ignored/
 .worktrees/
 environments/benchmarks/evals/

-# Web UI build output
-hermes_cli/web_dist/
-
 # Release script temp files
 .release_notes.md
 mini-swe-agent/
@@ -61,4 +58,3 @@ mini-swe-agent/
 # Nix
 .direnv/
 result
-website/static/api/skills-index.json
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-# .mailmap — canonical author mapping for git shortlog / git log / GitHub
-# Format: Canonical Name <canonical@email> <commit@email>
-# See: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap
-#
-# This maps commit emails to GitHub noreply addresses so that:
-# 1. `git shortlog -sn` shows deduplicated contributor counts
-# 2. GitHub's contributor graph can attribute commits correctly
-# 3. Contributors with personal/work emails get proper credit
-#
-# When adding entries: use the contributor's GitHub noreply email as canonical
-# so GitHub can link commits to their profile.
-
-# === Teknium (multiple emails) ===
-Teknium <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com> <teknium1@gmail.com>
-Teknium <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com> <teknium@nousresearch.com>
-
-# === Contributors — personal/work emails mapped to GitHub noreply ===
-# Format: Canonical Name <GH-noreply> <commit-email>
-
-# Verified via GH API email search
-luyao618 <364939526@qq.com> <364939526@qq.com>
-ethernet8023 <arilotter@gmail.com> <arilotter@gmail.com>
-nicoloboschi <boschi1997@gmail.com> <boschi1997@gmail.com>
-cherifya <chef.ya@gmail.com> <chef.ya@gmail.com>
-BongSuCHOI <chlqhdtn98@gmail.com> <chlqhdtn98@gmail.com>
-dsocolobsky <dsocolobsky@gmail.com> <dsocolobsky@gmail.com>
-pefontana <fontana.pedro93@gmail.com> <fontana.pedro93@gmail.com>
-Helmi <frank@helmschrott.de> <frank@helmschrott.de>
-hata1234 <hata1234@gmail.com> <hata1234@gmail.com>
-
-# Verified via PR investigation / salvage PR bodies
-DeployFaith <agents@kylefrench.dev> <agents@kylefrench.dev>
-flobo3 <floptopbot33@gmail.com> <floptopbot33@gmail.com>
-gaixianggeng <gaixg94@gmail.com> <gaixg94@gmail.com>
-KUSH42 <xush@xush.org> <xush@xush.org>
-konsisumer <der@konsi.org> <der@konsi.org>
-WorldInnovationsDepartment <vorvul.danylo@gmail.com> <vorvul.danylo@gmail.com>
-m0n5t3r <iacobs@m0n5t3r.info> <iacobs@m0n5t3r.info>
-sprmn24 <oncuevtv@gmail.com> <oncuevtv@gmail.com>
-fancydirty <fancydirty@gmail.com> <fancydirty@gmail.com>
-fxfitz <francis.x.fitzpatrick@gmail.com> <francis.x.fitzpatrick@gmail.com>
-limars874 <limars874@gmail.com> <limars874@gmail.com>
-AaronWong1999 <aaronwong1999@icloud.com> <aaronwong1999@icloud.com>
-dippwho <dipp.who@gmail.com> <dipp.who@gmail.com>
-duerzy <duerzy@gmail.com> <duerzy@gmail.com>
-geoffwellman <geoff.wellman@gmail.com> <geoff.wellman@gmail.com>
-hcshen0111 <shenhaocheng19990111@gmail.com> <shenhaocheng19990111@gmail.com>
-jamesarch <han.shan@live.cn> <han.shan@live.cn>
-stephenschoettler <stephenschoettler@gmail.com> <stephenschoettler@gmail.com>
-Tranquil-Flow <tranquil_flow@protonmail.com> <tranquil_flow@protonmail.com>
-Dusk1e <yusufalweshdemir@gmail.com> <yusufalweshdemir@gmail.com>
-Awsh1 <ysfalweshcan@gmail.com> <ysfalweshcan@gmail.com>
-WAXLYY <ysfwaxlycan@gmail.com> <ysfwaxlycan@gmail.com>
-donrhmexe <don.rhm@gmail.com> <don.rhm@gmail.com>
-hqhq1025 <1506751656@qq.com> <1506751656@qq.com>
-BlackishGreen33 <s5460703@gmail.com> <s5460703@gmail.com>
-tomqiaozc <zqiao@microsoft.com> <zqiao@microsoft.com>
-MagicRay1217 <mingjwan@microsoft.com> <mingjwan@microsoft.com>
-aaronagent <1115117931@qq.com> <1115117931@qq.com>
-YoungYang963 <young@YoungdeMacBook-Pro.local> <young@YoungdeMacBook-Pro.local>
-LongOddCode <haolong@microsoft.com> <haolong@microsoft.com>
-Cafexss <coffeemjj@gmail.com> <coffeemjj@gmail.com>
-Cygra <sjtuwbh@gmail.com> <sjtuwbh@gmail.com>
-DomGrieco <dgrieco@redhat.com> <dgrieco@redhat.com>
-
-# Duplicate email mapping (same person, multiple emails)
-Sertug17 <104278804+Sertug17@users.noreply.github.com> <srhtsrht17@gmail.com>
-yyovil <birdiegyal@gmail.com> <tanishq231003@gmail.com>
-DomGrieco <dgrieco@redhat.com> <dgrieco@redhat.com>
-dsocolobsky <dsocolobsky@gmail.com> <dylan.socolobsky@lambdaclass.com>
-olafthiele <programming@olafthiele.com> <olafthiele@gmail.com>
-
-# Verified via git display name matching GH contributor username
-cokemine <aptx4561@gmail.com> <aptx4561@gmail.com>
-dalianmao000 <dalianmao0107@gmail.com> <dalianmao0107@gmail.com>
-emozilla <emozilla@nousresearch.com> <emozilla@nousresearch.com>
-jjovalle99 <juan.ovalle@mistral.ai> <juan.ovalle@mistral.ai>
-kagura-agent <kagura.chen28@gmail.com> <kagura.chen28@gmail.com>
-spniyant <niyant@spicefi.xyz> <niyant@spicefi.xyz>
-olafthiele <programming@olafthiele.com> <programming@olafthiele.com>
-r266-tech <r2668940489@gmail.com> <r2668940489@gmail.com>
-xingkongliang <tianliangjay@gmail.com> <tianliangjay@gmail.com>
-win4r <win4r@outlook.com> <win4r@outlook.com>
-zhouboli <zhouboli@gmail.com> <zhouboli@gmail.com>
-yongtenglei <yongtenglei@gmail.com> <yongtenglei@gmail.com>
-
-# Nous Research team
-benbarclay <ben@nousresearch.com> <ben@nousresearch.com>
-jquesnelle <jonny@nousresearch.com> <jonny@nousresearch.com>
-
-# GH contributor list verified
-spideystreet <dhicham.pro@gmail.com> <dhicham.pro@gmail.com>
-dorukardahan <dorukardahan@hotmail.com> <dorukardahan@hotmail.com>
-MustafaKara7 <karamusti912@gmail.com> <karamusti912@gmail.com>
-Hmbown <hmbown@gmail.com> <hmbown@gmail.com>
-kamil-gwozdz <kamil@gwozdz.me> <kamil@gwozdz.me>
-kira-ariaki <kira@ariaki.me> <kira@ariaki.me>
-knopki <knopki@duck.com> <knopki@duck.com>
-Unayung <unayung@gmail.com> <unayung@gmail.com>
-SeeYangZhi <yangzhi.see@gmail.com> <yangzhi.see@gmail.com>
-Julientalbot <julien.talbot@ergonomia.re> <julien.talbot@ergonomia.re>
-lesterli <lisicheng168@gmail.com> <lisicheng168@gmail.com>
-JiayuuWang <jiayuw794@gmail.com> <jiayuw794@gmail.com>
-tesseracttars-creator <tesseracttars@gmail.com> <tesseracttars@gmail.com>
-xinbenlv <zzn+pa@zzn.im> <zzn+pa@zzn.im>
-SaulJWu <saul.jj.wu@gmail.com> <saul.jj.wu@gmail.com>
-angelos <angelos@oikos.lan.home.malaiwah.com> <angelos@oikos.lan.home.malaiwah.com>
-MestreY0d4-Uninter <241404605+MestreY0d4-Uninter@users.noreply.github.com> <MestreY0d4-Uninter@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ source venv/bin/activate  # ALWAYS activate before running Python
 ```
 hermes-agent/
 ├── run_agent.py          # AIAgent class — core conversation loop
-├── model_tools.py        # Tool orchestration, discover_builtin_tools(), handle_function_call()
+├── model_tools.py        # Tool orchestration, _discover_tools(), handle_function_call()
 ├── toolsets.py           # Toolset definitions, _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS list
 ├── cli.py                # HermesCLI class — interactive CLI orchestrator
 ├── hermes_state.py       # SessionDB — SQLite session store (FTS5 search)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ hermes-agent/
 ├── gateway/              # Messaging platform gateway
 │   ├── run.py            # Main loop, slash commands, message dispatch
 │   ├── session.py        # SessionStore — conversation persistence
-│   └── platforms/        # Adapters: telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, homeassistant, signal, qqbot
+│   └── platforms/        # Adapters: telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, homeassistant, signal
 ├── acp_adapter/          # ACP server (VS Code / Zed / JetBrains integration)
 ├── cron/                 # Scheduler (jobs.py, scheduler.py)
 ├── environments/         # RL training environments (Atropos)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ if canonical == "mycommand":

 ## Adding New Tools

-Requires changes in **2 files**:
+Requires changes in **3 files**:

 **1. Create `tools/your_tool.py`:**
 ```python
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ registry.register(
 )
 ```

-**2. Add to `toolsets.py`** — either `_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` (all platforms) or a new toolset.
+**2. Add import** in `model_tools.py` `_discover_tools()` list.

-Auto-discovery: any `tools/*.py` file with a top-level `registry.register()` call is imported automatically — no manual import list to maintain.
+**3. Add to `toolsets.py`** — either `_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` (all platforms) or a new toolset.

 The registry handles schema collection, dispatch, availability checking, and error wrapping. All handlers MUST return a JSON string.

@@ -458,45 +458,13 @@ def profile_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch):

 ## Testing

-**ALWAYS use `scripts/run_tests.sh`** — do not call `pytest` directly. The script enforces
-hermetic environment parity with CI (unset credential vars, TZ=UTC, LANG=C.UTF-8,
-4 xdist workers matching GHA ubuntu-latest). Direct `pytest` on a 16+ core
-developer machine with API keys set diverges from CI in ways that have caused
-multiple "works locally, fails in CI" incidents (and the reverse).
-
-```bash
-scripts/run_tests.sh                                  # full suite, CI-parity
-scripts/run_tests.sh tests/gateway/                   # one directory
-scripts/run_tests.sh tests/agent/test_foo.py::test_x  # one test
-scripts/run_tests.sh -v --tb=long                     # pass-through pytest flags
-```
-
-### Why the wrapper (and why the old "just call pytest" doesn't work)
-
-Five real sources of local-vs-CI drift the script closes:
-
-| | Without wrapper | With wrapper |
-|---|---|---|
-| Provider API keys | Whatever is in your env (auto-detects pool) | All `*_API_KEY`/`*_TOKEN`/etc. unset |
-| HOME / `~/.hermes/` | Your real config+auth.json | Temp dir per test |
-| Timezone | Local TZ (PDT etc.) | UTC |
-| Locale | Whatever is set | C.UTF-8 |
-| xdist workers | `-n auto` = all cores (20+ on a workstation) | `-n 4` matching CI |
-
-`tests/conftest.py` also enforces points 1-4 as an autouse fixture so ANY pytest
-invocation (including IDE integrations) gets hermetic behavior — but the wrapper
-is belt-and-suspenders.
-
-### Running without the wrapper (only if you must)
-
-If you can't use the wrapper (e.g. on Windows or inside an IDE that shells
-pytest directly), at minimum activate the venv and pass `-n 4`:
-
 ```bash
 source venv/bin/activate
-python -m pytest tests/ -q -n 4
+python -m pytest tests/ -q          # Full suite (~3000 tests, ~3 min)
+python -m pytest tests/test_model_tools.py -q   # Toolset resolution
+python -m pytest tests/test_cli_init.py -q       # CLI config loading
+python -m pytest tests/gateway/ -q               # Gateway tests
+python -m pytest tests/tools/ -q                 # Tool-level tests
 ```

-Worker count above 4 will surface test-ordering flakes that CI never sees.
-
 Always run the full suite before pushing changes.
@@ -1,44 +1,27 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.6-python3.13-trixie@sha256:b3c543b6c4f23a5f2df22866bd7857e5d304b67a564f4feab6ac22044dde719b AS uv_source
-FROM tianon/gosu:1.19-trixie@sha256:3b176695959c71e123eb390d427efc665eeb561b1540e82679c15e992006b8b9 AS gosu_source
 FROM debian:13.4

 # Disable Python stdout buffering to ensure logs are printed immediately
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

-# Store Playwright browsers outside the volume mount so the build-time
-# install survives the /opt/data volume overlay at runtime.
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/opt/hermes/.playwright
-
 # Install system dependencies in one layer, clear APT cache
 RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        build-essential nodejs npm python3 ripgrep ffmpeg gcc python3-dev libffi-dev procps git && \
+        build-essential nodejs npm python3 python3-pip ripgrep ffmpeg gcc python3-dev libffi-dev procps && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

-# Non-root user for runtime; UID can be overridden via HERMES_UID at runtime
-RUN useradd -u 10000 -m -d /opt/data hermes
-
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=gosu_source /gosu /usr/local/bin/
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=uv_source /usr/local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uvx /usr/local/bin/
-
 COPY . /opt/hermes
 WORKDIR /opt/hermes

-# Install Node dependencies and Playwright as root (--with-deps needs apt)
-RUN npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && \
+# Install Python and Node dependencies in one layer, no cache
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv --break-system-packages && \
+    uv pip install --system --break-system-packages --no-cache -e ".[all]" && \
+    npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && \
    npx playwright install --with-deps chromium --only-shell && \
    cd /opt/hermes/scripts/whatsapp-bridge && \
    npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && \
    npm cache clean --force

-# Hand ownership to hermes user, then install Python deps in a virtualenv
-RUN chown -R hermes:hermes /opt/hermes
-USER hermes
-
-RUN uv venv && \
-    uv pip install --no-cache-dir -e ".[all]"
-
-USER root
+WORKDIR /opt/hermes
 RUN chmod +x /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh

 ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@

 **The self-improving AI agent built by [Nous Research](https://nousresearch.com).** It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS, a GPU cluster, or serverless infrastructure that costs nearly nothing when idle. It's not tied to your laptop — talk to it from Telegram while it works on a cloud VM.

-Use any model you want — [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com), [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) (200+ models), [Xiaomi MiMo](https://platform.xiaomimimo.com), [z.ai/GLM](https://z.ai), [Kimi/Moonshot](https://platform.moonshot.ai), [MiniMax](https://www.minimax.io), [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co), OpenAI, or your own endpoint. Switch with `hermes model` — no code changes, no lock-in.
+Use any model you want — [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com), [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) (200+ models), [z.ai/GLM](https://z.ai), [Kimi/Moonshot](https://platform.moonshot.ai), [MiniMax](https://www.minimax.io), OpenAI, or your own endpoint. Switch with `hermes model` — no code changes, no lock-in.

 <table>
 <tr><td><b>A real terminal interface</b></td><td>Full TUI with multiline editing, slash-command autocomplete, conversation history, interrupt-and-redirect, and streaming tool output.</td></tr>
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ python -m pytest tests/ -q
 - 📚 [Skills Hub](https://agentskills.io)
 - 🐛 [Issues](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues)
 - 💡 [Discussions](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/discussions)
- 🔌 [HermesClaw](https://github.com/AaronWong1999/hermesclaw) — Community WeChat bridge: Run Hermes Agent and OpenClaw on the same WeChat account.

 ---

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent v0.10.0 (v2026.4.16)
-
-**Release Date:** April 16, 2026
-
-> The Tool Gateway release — paid Nous Portal subscribers can now use web search, image generation, text-to-speech, and browser automation through their existing subscription with zero additional API keys.
-
---
-
-## ✨ Highlights
-
- **Nous Tool Gateway** — Paid [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com) subscribers now get automatic access to **web search** (Firecrawl), **image generation** (FAL / FLUX 2 Pro), **text-to-speech** (OpenAI TTS), and **browser automation** (Browser Use) through their existing subscription. No separate API keys needed — just run `hermes model`, select Nous Portal, and pick which tools to enable. Per-tool opt-in via `use_gateway` config, full integration with `hermes tools` and `hermes status`, and the runtime correctly prefers the gateway even when direct API keys exist. Replaces the old hidden `HERMES_ENABLE_NOUS_MANAGED_TOOLS` env var with clean subscription-based detection. ([#11206](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/11206), based on work by @jquesnelle; docs: [#11208](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/11208))
-
---
-
-## 🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements
-
-This release includes 180+ commits with numerous bug fixes, platform improvements, and reliability enhancements across the agent core, gateway, CLI, and tool system. Full details will be published in the v0.11.0 changelog.
-
---
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
- **@jquesnelle** (emozilla) — Original Tool Gateway implementation ([#10799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/10799)), salvaged and shipped in this release
-
---
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.4.13...v2026.4.16](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.4.13...v2026.4.16)
@@ -1,329 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent v0.9.0 (v2026.4.13)
-
-**Release Date:** April 13, 2026
-**Since v0.8.0:** 487 commits · 269 merged PRs · 167 resolved issues · 493 files changed · 63,281 insertions · 24 contributors
-
-> The everywhere release — Hermes goes mobile with Termux/Android, adds iMessage and WeChat, ships Fast Mode for OpenAI and Anthropic, introduces background process monitoring, launches a local web dashboard for managing your agent, and delivers the deepest security hardening pass yet across 16 supported platforms.
-
---
-
-## ✨ Highlights
-
- **Local Web Dashboard** — A new browser-based dashboard for managing your Hermes Agent locally. Configure settings, monitor sessions, browse skills, and manage your gateway — all from a clean web interface without touching config files or the terminal. The easiest way to get started with Hermes.
-
- **Fast Mode (`/fast`)** — Priority processing for OpenAI and Anthropic models. Toggle `/fast` to route through priority queues for significantly lower latency on supported models (GPT-5.4, Codex, Claude). Expands across all OpenAI Priority Processing models and Anthropic's fast tier. ([#6875](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6875), [#6960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6960), [#7037](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7037))
-
- **iMessage via BlueBubbles** — Full iMessage integration through BlueBubbles, bringing Hermes to Apple's messaging ecosystem. Auto-webhook registration, setup wizard integration, and crash resilience. ([#6437](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6437), [#6460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6460), [#6494](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6494))
-
- **WeChat (Weixin) & WeCom Callback Mode** — Native WeChat support via iLink Bot API and a new WeCom callback-mode adapter for self-built enterprise apps. Streaming cursor, media uploads, markdown link handling, and atomic state persistence. Hermes now covers the Chinese messaging ecosystem end-to-end. ([#7166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7166), [#7943](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7943))
-
- **Termux / Android Support** — Run Hermes natively on Android via Termux. Adapted install paths, TUI optimizations for mobile screens, voice backend support, and the `/image` command work on-device. ([#6834](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6834))
-
- **Background Process Monitoring (`watch_patterns`)** — Set patterns to watch for in background process output and get notified in real-time when they match. Monitor for errors, wait for specific events ("listening on port"), or watch build logs — all without polling. ([#7635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7635))
-
- **Native xAI & Xiaomi MiMo Providers** — First-class provider support for xAI (Grok) and Xiaomi MiMo, with direct API access, model catalogs, and setup wizard integration. Plus Qwen OAuth with portal request support. ([#7372](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7372), [#7855](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7855))
-
- **Pluggable Context Engine** — Context management is now a pluggable slot via `hermes plugins`. Swap in custom context engines that control what the agent sees each turn — filtering, summarization, or domain-specific context injection. ([#7464](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7464))
-
- **Unified Proxy Support** — SOCKS proxy, `DISCORD_PROXY`, and system proxy auto-detection across all gateway platforms. Hermes behind corporate firewalls just works. ([#6814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6814))
-
- **Comprehensive Security Hardening** — Path traversal protection in checkpoint manager, shell injection neutralization in sandbox writes, SSRF redirect guards in Slack image uploads, Twilio webhook signature validation (SMS RCE fix), API server auth enforcement, git argument injection prevention, and approval button authorization. ([#7933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7933), [#7944](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7944), [#7940](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7940), [#7151](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7151), [#7156](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7156))
-
- **`hermes backup` & `hermes import`** — Full backup and restore of your Hermes configuration, sessions, skills, and memory. Migrate between machines or create snapshots before major changes. ([#7997](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7997))
-
- **16 Supported Platforms** — With BlueBubbles (iMessage) and WeChat joining Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Matrix, Email, SMS, DingTalk, Feishu, WeCom, Mattermost, Home Assistant, and Webhooks, Hermes now runs on 16 messaging platforms out of the box.
-
- **`/debug` & `hermes debug share`** — New debugging toolkit: `/debug` slash command across all platforms for quick diagnostics, plus `hermes debug share` to upload a full debug report to a pastebin for easy sharing when troubleshooting. ([#8681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8681))
-
---
-
-## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
-
-### Provider & Model Support
- **Native xAI (Grok) provider** with direct API access and model catalog ([#7372](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7372))
- **Xiaomi MiMo as first-class provider** — setup wizard, model catalog, empty response recovery ([#7855](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7855))
- **Qwen OAuth provider** with portal request support ([#6282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6282))
- **Fast Mode** — `/fast` toggle for OpenAI Priority Processing + Anthropic fast tier ([#6875](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6875), [#6960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6960), [#7037](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7037))
- **Structured API error classification** for smart failover decisions ([#6514](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6514))
- **Rate limit header capture** shown in `/usage` ([#6541](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6541))
- **API server model name** derived from profile name ([#6857](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6857))
- **Custom providers** now included in `/model` listings and resolution ([#7088](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7088))
- **Fallback provider activation** on repeated empty responses with user-visible status ([#7505](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7505))
- **OpenRouter variant tags** (`:free`, `:extended`, `:fast`) preserved during model switch ([#6383](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6383))
- **Credential exhaustion TTL** reduced from 24 hours to 1 hour ([#6504](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6504))
- **OAuth credential lifecycle** hardening — stale pool keys, auth.json sync, Codex CLI race fixes ([#6874](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6874))
- Empty response recovery for reasoning models (MiMo, Qwen, GLM) ([#8609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8609))
- MiniMax context lengths, thinking guard, endpoint corrections ([#6082](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6082), [#7126](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7126))
- Z.AI endpoint auto-detect via probe and cache ([#5763](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5763))
-
-### Agent Loop & Conversation
- **Pluggable context engine slot** via `hermes plugins` ([#7464](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7464))
- **Background process monitoring** — `watch_patterns` for real-time output alerts ([#7635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7635))
- **Improved context compression** — higher limits, tool tracking, degradation warnings, token-budget tail protection ([#6395](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6395), [#6453](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6453))
- **`/compress <focus>`** — guided compression with a focus topic ([#8017](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8017))
- **Tiered context pressure warnings** with gateway dedup ([#6411](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6411))
- **Staged inactivity warning** before timeout escalation ([#6387](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6387))
- **Prevent agent from stopping mid-task** — compression floor, budget overhaul, activity tracking ([#7983](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7983))
- **Propagate child activity to parent** during `delegate_task` ([#7295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7295))
- **Truncated streaming tool call detection** before execution ([#6847](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6847))
- Empty response retry (3 attempts with nudge) ([#6488](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6488))
- Adaptive streaming backoff + cursor strip to prevent message truncation ([#7683](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7683))
- Compression uses live session model instead of stale persisted config ([#8258](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8258))
- Strip `<thought>` tags from Gemma 4 responses ([#8562](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8562))
- Prevent `<think>` in prose from suppressing response output ([#6968](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6968))
- Turn-exit diagnostic logging to agent loop ([#6549](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6549))
- Scope tool interrupt signal per-thread to prevent cross-session leaks ([#7930](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7930))
-
-### Memory & Sessions
- **Hindsight memory plugin** — feature parity, setup wizard, config improvements — @nicoloboschi ([#6428](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6428))
- **Honcho** — opt-in `initOnSessionStart` for tools mode — @Kathie-yu ([#6995](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6995))
- Orphan children instead of cascade-deleting in prune/delete ([#6513](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6513))
- Doctor command only checks the active memory provider ([#6285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6285))
-
---
-
-## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
-
-### New Platforms
- **BlueBubbles (iMessage)** — full adapter with auto-webhook registration, setup wizard, and crash resilience ([#6437](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6437), [#6460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6460), [#6494](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6494), [#7107](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7107))
- **Weixin (WeChat)** — native support via iLink Bot API with streaming, media uploads, markdown links ([#7166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7166), [#8665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8665))
- **WeCom Callback Mode** — self-built enterprise app adapter with atomic state persistence ([#7943](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7943), [#7928](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7928))
-
-### Discord
- **Allowed channels whitelist** config — @jarvis-phw ([#7044](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7044))
- **Forum channel topic inheritance** in thread sessions — @hermes-agent-dhabibi ([#6377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6377))
- **DISCORD_REPLY_TO_MODE** setting ([#6333](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6333))
- Accept `.log` attachments, raise document size limit — @kira-ariaki ([#6467](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6467))
- Decouple readiness from slash sync ([#8016](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8016))
-
-### Slack
- **Consolidated Slack improvements** — 7 community PRs salvaged into one ([#6809](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6809))
- Handle assistant thread lifecycle events ([#6433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6433))
-
-### Matrix
- **Migrated from matrix-nio to mautrix-python** ([#7518](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7518))
- SQLite crypto store replacing pickle (fixes E2EE decryption) — @alt-glitch ([#7981](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7981))
- Cross-signing recovery key verification for E2EE migration ([#8282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8282))
- DM mention threads + group chat events for Feishu ([#7423](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7423))
-
-### Gateway Core
- **Unified proxy support** — SOCKS, DISCORD_PROXY, multi-platform with macOS auto-detection ([#6814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6814))
- **Inbound text batching** for Discord, Matrix, WeCom + adaptive delay ([#6979](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6979))
- **Surface natural mid-turn assistant messages** in chat platforms ([#7978](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7978))
- **WSL-aware gateway** with smart systemd detection ([#7510](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7510))
- **All missing platforms added to setup wizard** ([#7949](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7949))
- **Per-platform `tool_progress` overrides** ([#6348](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6348))
- **Configurable 'still working' notification interval** ([#8572](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8572))
- `/model` switch persists across messages ([#7081](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7081))
- `/usage` shows rate limits, cost, and token details between turns ([#7038](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7038))
- Drain in-flight work before restart ([#7503](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7503))
- Don't evict cached agent on failed runs — prevents MCP restart loop ([#7539](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7539))
- Replace `os.environ` session state with `contextvars` ([#7454](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7454))
- Derive channel directory platforms from enum instead of hardcoded list ([#7450](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7450))
- Validate image downloads before caching (cross-platform) ([#7125](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7125))
- Cross-platform webhook delivery for all platforms ([#7095](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7095))
- Cron Discord thread_id delivery support ([#7106](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7106))
- Feishu QR-based bot onboarding ([#8570](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8570))
- Gateway status scoped to active profile ([#7951](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7951))
- Prevent background process notifications from triggering false pairing requests ([#6434](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6434))
-
---
-
-## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
-
-### Interactive CLI
- **Termux / Android support** — adapted install paths, TUI, voice, `/image` ([#6834](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6834))
- **Native `/model` picker modal** for provider → model selection ([#8003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8003))
- **Live per-tool elapsed timer** restored in TUI spinner ([#7359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7359))
- **Stacked tool progress scrollback** in TUI ([#8201](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8201))
- **Random tips on new session start** (CLI + gateway, 279 tips) ([#8225](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8225), [#8237](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8237))
- **`hermes dump`** — copy-pasteable setup summary for debugging ([#6550](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6550))
- **`hermes backup` / `hermes import`** — full config backup and restore ([#7997](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7997))
- **WSL environment hint** in system prompt ([#8285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8285))
- **Profile creation UX** — seed SOUL.md + credential warning ([#8553](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8553))
- Shell-aware sudo detection, empty password support ([#6517](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6517))
- Flush stdin after curses/terminal menus to prevent escape sequence leakage ([#7167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7167))
- Handle broken stdin in prompt_toolkit startup ([#8560](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8560))
-
-### Setup & Configuration
- **Per-platform display verbosity** configuration ([#8006](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8006))
- **Component-separated logging** with session context and filtering ([#7991](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7991))
- **`network.force_ipv4`** config to fix IPv6 timeout issues ([#8196](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8196))
- **Standardize message whitespace and JSON formatting** ([#7988](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7988))
- **Rebrand OpenClaw → Hermes** during migration ([#8210](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8210))
- Config.yaml takes priority over env vars for auxiliary settings ([#7889](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7889))
- Harden setup provider flows + live OpenRouter catalog refresh ([#7078](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7078))
- Normalize reasoning effort ordering across all surfaces ([#6804](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6804))
- Remove dead `LLM_MODEL` env var + migration to clear stale entries ([#6543](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6543))
- Remove `/prompt` slash command — prefix expansion footgun ([#6752](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6752))
- `HERMES_HOME_MODE` env var to override permissions — @ygd58 ([#6993](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6993))
- Fall back to default model when model config is empty ([#8303](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8303))
- Warn when compression model context is too small ([#7894](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7894))
-
---
-
-## 🔧 Tool System
-
-### Environments & Execution
- **Unified spawn-per-call execution layer** for environments ([#6343](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6343))
- **Unified file sync** with mtime tracking, deletion, and transactional state ([#7087](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7087))
- **Persistent sandbox envs** survive between turns ([#6412](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6412))
- **Bulk file sync** via tar pipe for SSH/Modal backends — @alt-glitch ([#8014](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8014))
- **Daytona** — bulk upload, config bridge, silent disk cap ([#7538](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7538))
- Foreground timeout cap to prevent session deadlocks ([#7082](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7082))
- Guard invalid command values ([#6417](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6417))
-
-### MCP
- **`hermes mcp add --env` and `--preset`** support ([#7970](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7970))
- Combine `content` and `structuredContent` when both present ([#7118](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7118))
- MCP tool name deconfliction fixes ([#7654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7654))
-
-### Browser
- Browser hardening — dead code removal, caching, scroll perf, security, thread safety ([#7354](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7354))
- `/browser connect` auto-launch uses dedicated Chrome profile dir ([#6821](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6821))
- Reap orphaned browser sessions on startup ([#7931](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7931))
-
-### Voice & Vision
- **Voxtral TTS provider** (Mistral AI) ([#7653](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7653))
- **TTS speed support** for Edge TTS, OpenAI TTS, MiniMax ([#8666](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8666))
- **Vision auto-resize** for oversized images, raise limit to 20 MB, retry-on-failure ([#7883](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7883), [#7902](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7902))
- STT provider-model mismatch fix (whisper-1 vs faster-whisper) ([#7113](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7113))
-
-### Other Tools
- **`hermes dump`** command for setup summary ([#6550](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6550))
- TODO store enforces ID uniqueness during replace operations ([#7986](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7986))
- List all available toolsets in `delegate_task` schema description ([#8231](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8231))
- API server: tool progress as custom SSE event to prevent model corruption ([#7500](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7500))
- API server: share one Docker container across all conversations ([#7127](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7127))
-
---
-
-## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
-
- **Centralized skills index + tree cache** — eliminates rate-limit failures on install ([#8575](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8575))
- **More aggressive skill loading instructions** in system prompt (v3) ([#8209](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8209), [#8286](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8286))
- **Google Workspace skill** migrated to GWS CLI backend ([#6788](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6788))
- **Creative divergence strategies** skill — @SHL0MS ([#6882](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6882))
- **Creative ideation** — constraint-driven project generation — @SHL0MS ([#7555](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7555))
- Parallelize skills browse/search to prevent hanging ([#7301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7301))
- Read name from SKILL.md frontmatter in skills_sync ([#7623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7623))
-
---
-
-## 🔒 Security & Reliability
-
-### Security Hardening
- **Twilio webhook signature validation** — SMS RCE fix ([#7933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7933))
- **Shell injection neutralization** in `_write_to_sandbox` via path quoting ([#7940](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7940))
- **Git argument injection** and path traversal prevention in checkpoint manager ([#7944](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7944))
- **SSRF redirect bypass** in Slack image uploads + base.py cache helpers ([#7151](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7151))
- **Path traversal, credential gate, DANGEROUS_PATTERNS gaps** ([#7156](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7156))
- **API bind guard** — enforce `API_SERVER_KEY` for non-loopback binding ([#7455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7455))
- **Approval button authorization** — require auth for session continuation — @Cafexss ([#6930](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6930))
- Path boundary enforcement in skill manager operations ([#7156](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7156))
- DingTalk/API webhook URL origin validation, header injection rejection ([#7455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7455))
-
-### Reliability
- **Contextual error diagnostics** for invalid API responses ([#8565](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8565))
- **Prevent 400 format errors** from triggering compression loop on Codex ([#6751](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6751))
- **Don't halve context_length** on output-cap-too-large errors — @KUSH42 ([#6664](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6664))
- **Recover primary client** on OpenAI transport errors ([#7108](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7108))
- **Credential pool rotation** on billing-classified 400s ([#7112](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7112))
- **Auto-increase stream read timeout** for local LLM providers ([#6967](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6967))
- **Fall back to default certs** when CA bundle path doesn't exist ([#7352](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7352))
- **Disambiguate usage-limit patterns** in error classifier — @sprmn24 ([#6836](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6836))
- Harden cron script timeout and provider recovery ([#7079](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7079))
- Gateway interrupt detection resilient to monitor task failures ([#8208](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8208))
- Prevent unwanted session auto-reset after graceful gateway restarts ([#8299](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8299))
- Prevent duplicate update prompt spam in gateway watcher ([#8343](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8343))
- Deduplicate reasoning items in Responses API input ([#7946](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7946))
-
-### Infrastructure
- **Multi-arch Docker image** — amd64 + arm64 ([#6124](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6124))
- **Docker runs as non-root user** with virtualenv — @benbarclay contributing ([#8226](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8226))
- **Use `uv`** for Docker dependency resolution to fix resolution-too-deep ([#6965](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6965))
- **Container-aware Nix CLI** — auto-route into managed container — @alt-glitch ([#7543](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7543))
- **Nix shared-state permission model** for interactive CLI users — @alt-glitch ([#6796](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6796))
- **Per-profile subprocess HOME isolation** ([#7357](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7357))
- Profile paths fixed in Docker — profiles go to mounted volume ([#7170](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7170))
- Docker container gateway pathway hardened ([#8614](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8614))
- Enable unbuffered stdout for live Docker logs ([#6749](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6749))
- Install procps in Docker image — @HiddenPuppy ([#7032](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7032))
- Shallow git clone for faster installation — @sosyz ([#8396](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8396))
- `hermes update` always reset on stash conflict ([#7010](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7010))
- Write update exit code before gateway restart (cgroup kill race) ([#8288](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8288))
- Nix: `setupSecrets` optional, tirith runtime dep — @devorun, @ethernet8023 ([#6261](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6261), [#6721](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6721))
- launchd stop uses `bootout` so `KeepAlive` doesn't respawn ([#7119](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7119))
-
---
-
-## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
-
- Fix: `/model` switch not persisting across gateway messages ([#7081](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7081))
- Fix: session-scoped gateway model overrides ignored — @Hygaard ([#7662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7662))
- Fix: compaction model context length ignoring config — 3 related issues ([#8258](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8258), [#8107](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8107))
- Fix: OpenCode.ai context window resolved to 128K instead of 1M ([#6472](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6472))
- Fix: Codex fallback auth-store lookup — @cherifya ([#6462](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6462))
- Fix: duplicate completion notifications when process killed ([#7124](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7124))
- Fix: agent daemon thread prevents orphan CLI processes on tab close ([#8557](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8557))
- Fix: stale image attachment on text paste and voice input ([#7077](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7077))
- Fix: DM thread session seeding causing cross-thread contamination ([#7084](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7084))
- Fix: OpenClaw migration shows dry-run preview before executing ([#6769](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6769))
- Fix: auth errors misclassified as retryable — @kuishou68 ([#7027](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7027))
- Fix: Copilot-Integration-Id header missing ([#7083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7083))
- Fix: ACP session capabilities — @luyao618 ([#6985](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6985))
- Fix: ACP PromptResponse usage from top-level fields ([#7086](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7086))
- Fix: several failing/flaky tests on main — @dsocolobsky ([#6777](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6777))
- Fix: backup marker filenames — @sprmn24 ([#8600](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/8600))
- Fix: `NoneType` in fast_mode check — @0xbyt4 ([#7350](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7350))
- Fix: missing imports in uninstall.py — @JiayuuWang ([#7034](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7034))
-
---
-
-## 📚 Documentation
-
- Platform adapter developer guide + WeCom Callback docs ([#7969](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7969))
- Cron troubleshooting guide ([#7122](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7122))
- Streaming timeout auto-detection for local LLMs ([#6990](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6990))
- Tool-use enforcement documentation expanded ([#7984](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7984))
- BlueBubbles pairing instructions ([#6548](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6548))
- Telegram proxy support section ([#6348](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6348))
- `hermes dump` and `hermes logs` CLI reference ([#6552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6552))
- `tool_progress_overrides` configuration reference ([#6364](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6364))
- Compression model context length warning docs ([#7879](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7879))
-
---
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
-**269 merged PRs** from **24 contributors** across **487 commits**.
-
-### Community Contributors
- **@alt-glitch** (6 PRs) — Nix container-aware CLI, shared-state permissions, Matrix SQLite crypto store, bulk SSH/Modal file sync, Matrix mautrix compat
- **@SHL0MS** (2 PRs) — Creative divergence strategies skill, creative ideation skill
- **@sprmn24** (2 PRs) — Error classifier disambiguation, backup marker fix
- **@nicoloboschi** — Hindsight memory plugin feature parity
- **@Hygaard** — Session-scoped gateway model override fix
- **@jarvis-phw** — Discord allowed_channels whitelist
- **@Kathie-yu** — Honcho initOnSessionStart for tools mode
- **@hermes-agent-dhabibi** — Discord forum channel topic inheritance
- **@kira-ariaki** — Discord .log attachments and size limit
- **@cherifya** — Codex fallback auth-store lookup
- **@Cafexss** — Security: auth for session continuation
- **@KUSH42** — Compaction context_length fix
- **@kuishou68** — Auth error retryable classification fix
- **@luyao618** — ACP session capabilities
- **@ygd58** — HERMES_HOME_MODE env var override
- **@0xbyt4** — Fast mode NoneType fix
- **@JiayuuWang** — CLI uninstall import fix
- **@HiddenPuppy** — Docker procps installation
- **@dsocolobsky** — Test suite fixes
- **@bobashopcashier** (1 PR) — Graceful gateway drain before restart (salvaged into #7503 from #7290)
- **@benbarclay** — Docker image tag simplification
- **@sosyz** — Shallow git clone for faster install
- **@devorun** — Nix setupSecrets optional
- **@ethernet8023** — Nix tirith runtime dep
-
---
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.4.8...v2026.4.13](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.4.8...v2026.4.13)
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent Security Policy
-
-This document outlines the security protocols, trust model, and deployment hardening guidelines for the **Hermes Agent** project.
-
-## 1. Vulnerability Reporting
-
-Hermes Agent does **not** operate a bug bounty program. Security issues should be reported via [GitHub Security Advisories (GHSA)](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/security/advisories/new) or by emailing **security@nousresearch.com**. Do not open public issues for security vulnerabilities.
-
-### Required Submission Details
- **Title & Severity:** Concise description and CVSS score/rating.
- **Affected Component:** Exact file path and line range (e.g., `tools/approval.py:120-145`).
- **Environment:** Output of `hermes version`, commit SHA, OS, and Python version.
- **Reproduction:** Step-by-step Proof-of-Concept (PoC) against `main` or the latest release.
- **Impact:** Explanation of what trust boundary was crossed.
-
---
-
-## 2. Trust Model
-
-The core assumption is that Hermes is a **personal agent** with one trusted operator.
-
-### Operator & Session Trust
- **Single Tenant:** The system protects the operator from LLM actions, not from malicious co-tenants. Multi-user isolation must happen at the OS/host level.
- **Gateway Security:** Authorized callers (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.) receive equal trust. Session keys are used for routing, not as authorization boundaries.
- **Execution:** Defaults to `terminal.backend: local` (direct host execution). Container isolation (Docker, Modal, Daytona) is opt-in for sandboxing.
-
-### Dangerous Command Approval
-The approval system (`tools/approval.py`) is a core security boundary. Terminal commands, file operations, and other potentially destructive actions are gated behind explicit user confirmation before execution. The approval mode is configurable via `approvals.mode` in `config.yaml`:
- `"on"` (default) — prompts the user to approve dangerous commands.
- `"auto"` — auto-approves after a configurable delay.
- `"off"` — disables the gate entirely (break-glass; see Section 3).
-
-### Output Redaction
-`agent/redact.py` strips secret-like patterns (API keys, tokens, credentials) from all display output before it reaches the terminal or gateway platform. This prevents accidental credential leakage in chat logs, tool previews, and response text. Redaction operates on the display layer only — underlying values remain intact for internal agent operations.
-
-### Skills vs. MCP Servers
- **Installed Skills:** High trust. Equivalent to local host code; skills can read environment variables and run arbitrary commands.
- **MCP Servers:** Lower trust. MCP subprocesses receive a filtered environment (`_build_safe_env()` in `tools/mcp_tool.py`) — only safe baseline variables (`PATH`, `HOME`, `XDG_*`) plus variables explicitly declared in the server's `env` config block are passed through. Host credentials are stripped by default. Additionally, packages invoked via `npx`/`uvx` are checked against the OSV malware database before spawning.
-
-### Code Execution Sandbox
-The `execute_code` tool (`tools/code_execution_tool.py`) runs LLM-generated Python scripts in a child process with API keys and tokens stripped from the environment to prevent credential exfiltration. Only environment variables explicitly declared by loaded skills (via `env_passthrough`) or by the user in `config.yaml` (`terminal.env_passthrough`) are passed through. The child accesses Hermes tools via RPC, not direct API calls.
-
-### Subagents
- **No recursive delegation:** The `delegate_task` tool is disabled for child agents.
- **Depth limit:** `MAX_DEPTH = 2` — parent (depth 0) can spawn a child (depth 1); grandchildren are rejected.
- **Memory isolation:** Subagents run with `skip_memory=True` and do not have access to the parent's persistent memory provider. The parent receives only the task prompt and final response as an observation.
-
---
-
-## 3. Out of Scope (Non-Vulnerabilities)
-
-The following scenarios are **not** considered security breaches:
- **Prompt Injection:** Unless it results in a concrete bypass of the approval system, toolset restrictions, or container sandbox.
- **Public Exposure:** Deploying the gateway to the public internet without external authentication or network protection.
- **Trusted State Access:** Reports that require pre-existing write access to `~/.hermes/`, `.env`, or `config.yaml` (these are operator-owned files).
- **Default Behavior:** Host-level command execution when `terminal.backend` is set to `local` — this is the documented default, not a vulnerability.
- **Configuration Trade-offs:** Intentional break-glass settings such as `approvals.mode: "off"` or `terminal.backend: local` in production.
- **Tool-level read/access restrictions:** The agent has unrestricted shell access via the `terminal` tool by design. Reports that a specific tool (e.g., `read_file`) can access a resource are not vulnerabilities if the same access is available through `terminal`. Tool-level deny lists only constitute a meaningful security boundary when paired with equivalent restrictions on the terminal side (as with write operations, where `WRITE_DENIED_PATHS` is paired with the dangerous command approval system).
-
---
-
-## 4. Deployment Hardening & Best Practices
-
-### Filesystem & Network
- **Production sandboxing:** Use container backends (`docker`, `modal`, `daytona`) instead of `local` for untrusted workloads.
- **File permissions:** Run as non-root (the Docker image uses UID 10000); protect credentials with `chmod 600 ~/.hermes/.env` on local installs.
- **Network exposure:** Do not expose the gateway or API server to the public internet without VPN, Tailscale, or firewall protection. SSRF protection is enabled by default across all gateway platform adapters (Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix, Mattermost, etc.) with redirect validation. Note: the local terminal backend does not apply SSRF filtering, as it operates within the trusted operator's environment.
-
-### Skills & Supply Chain
- **Skill installation:** Review Skills Guard reports (`tools/skills_guard.py`) before installing third-party skills. The audit log at `~/.hermes/skills/.hub/audit.log` tracks every install and removal.
- **MCP safety:** OSV malware checking runs automatically for `npx`/`uvx` packages before MCP server processes are spawned.
- **CI/CD:** GitHub Actions are pinned to full commit SHAs. The `supply-chain-audit.yml` workflow blocks PRs containing `.pth` files or suspicious `base64`+`exec` patterns.
-
-### Credential Storage
- API keys and tokens belong exclusively in `~/.hermes/.env` — never in `config.yaml` or checked into version control.
- The credential pool system (`agent/credential_pool.py`) handles key rotation and fallback. Credentials are resolved from environment variables, not stored in plaintext databases.
-
---
-
-## 5. Disclosure Process
-
- **Coordinated Disclosure:** 90-day window or until a fix is released, whichever comes first.
- **Communication:** All updates occur via the GHSA thread or email correspondence with security@nousresearch.com.
- **Credits:** Reporters are credited in release notes unless anonymity is requested.
@@ -28,45 +28,19 @@ except ImportError:
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

 THINKING_BUDGET = {"xhigh": 32000, "high": 16000, "medium": 8000, "low": 4000}
-# Hermes effort → Anthropic adaptive-thinking effort (output_config.effort).
-# Anthropic exposes 5 levels on 4.7+: low, medium, high, xhigh, max.
-# Opus/Sonnet 4.6 only expose 4 levels: low, medium, high, max — no xhigh.
-# We preserve xhigh as xhigh on 4.7+ (the recommended default for coding/
-# agentic work) and downgrade it to max on pre-4.7 adaptive models (which
-# is the strongest level they accept).  "minimal" is a legacy alias that
-# maps to low on every model.  See:
-# https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/migration-guide
 ADAPTIVE_EFFORT_MAP = {
-    "max":     "max",
-    "xhigh":   "xhigh",
-    "high":    "high",
-    "medium":  "medium",
-    "low":     "low",
+    "xhigh": "max",
+    "high": "high",
+    "medium": "medium",
+    "low": "low",
    "minimal": "low",
 }

-# Models that accept the "xhigh" output_config.effort level.  Opus 4.7 added
-# xhigh as a distinct level between high and max; older adaptive-thinking
-# models (4.6) reject it with a 400.  Keep this substring list in sync with
-# the Anthropic migration guide as new model families ship.
-_XHIGH_EFFORT_SUBSTRINGS = ("4-7", "4.7")
-
-# Models where extended thinking is deprecated/removed (4.6+ behavior: adaptive
-# is the only supported mode; 4.7 additionally forbids manual thinking entirely
-# and drops temperature/top_p/top_k).
-_ADAPTIVE_THINKING_SUBSTRINGS = ("4-6", "4.6", "4-7", "4.7")
-
-# Models where temperature/top_p/top_k return 400 if set to non-default values.
-# This is the Opus 4.7 contract; future 4.x+ models are expected to follow it.
-_NO_SAMPLING_PARAMS_SUBSTRINGS = ("4-7", "4.7")
-
 # ── Max output token limits per Anthropic model ───────────────────────
 # Source: Anthropic docs + Cline model catalog.  Anthropic's API requires
 # max_tokens as a mandatory field.  Previously we hardcoded 16384, which
 # starves thinking-enabled models (thinking tokens count toward the limit).
 _ANTHROPIC_OUTPUT_LIMITS = {
-    # Claude 4.7
-    "claude-opus-4-7":   128_000,
    # Claude 4.6
    "claude-opus-4-6":   128_000,
    "claude-sonnet-4-6":  64_000,
@@ -117,37 +91,11 @@ def _get_anthropic_max_output(model: str) -> int:


 def _supports_adaptive_thinking(model: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True for Claude 4.6+ models that support adaptive thinking."""
-    return any(v in model for v in _ADAPTIVE_THINKING_SUBSTRINGS)
+    """Return True for Claude 4.6 models that support adaptive thinking."""
+    return any(v in model for v in ("4-6", "4.6"))


-def _supports_xhigh_effort(model: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True for models that accept the 'xhigh' adaptive effort level.
-
-    Opus 4.7 introduced xhigh as a distinct level between high and max.
-    Pre-4.7 adaptive models (Opus/Sonnet 4.6) only accept low/medium/high/max
-    and reject xhigh with an HTTP 400. Callers should downgrade xhigh→max
-    when this returns False.
-    """
-    return any(v in model for v in _XHIGH_EFFORT_SUBSTRINGS)
-
-
-def _forbids_sampling_params(model: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True for models that 400 on any non-default temperature/top_p/top_k.
-
-    Opus 4.7 explicitly rejects sampling parameters; later Claude releases are
-    expected to follow suit.  Callers should omit these fields entirely rather
-    than passing zero/default values (the API rejects anything non-null).
-    """
-    return any(v in model for v in _NO_SAMPLING_PARAMS_SUBSTRINGS)
-
-
-# Beta headers for enhanced features (sent with ALL auth types).
-# As of Opus 4.7 (2026-04-16), both of these are GA on Claude 4.6+ — the
-# beta headers are still accepted (harmless no-op) but not required. Kept
-# here so older Claude (4.5, 4.1) + third-party Anthropic-compat endpoints
-# that still gate on the headers continue to get the enhanced features.
-# Migration guide: remove these if you no longer support ≤4.5 models.
+# Beta headers for enhanced features (sent with ALL auth types)
 _COMMON_BETAS = [
    "interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14",
    "fine-grained-tool-streaming-2025-05-14",
@@ -350,33 +298,6 @@ def build_anthropic_client(api_key: str, base_url: str = None):
    return _anthropic_sdk.Anthropic(**kwargs)


-def build_anthropic_bedrock_client(region: str):
-    """Create an AnthropicBedrock client for Bedrock Claude models.
-
-    Uses the Anthropic SDK's native Bedrock adapter, which provides full
-    Claude feature parity: prompt caching, thinking budgets, adaptive
-    thinking, fast mode — features not available via the Converse API.
-
-    Auth uses the boto3 default credential chain (IAM roles, SSO, env vars).
-    """
-    if _anthropic_sdk is None:
-        raise ImportError(
-            "The 'anthropic' package is required for the Bedrock provider. "
-            "Install it with: pip install 'anthropic>=0.39.0'"
-        )
-    if not hasattr(_anthropic_sdk, "AnthropicBedrock"):
-        raise ImportError(
-            "anthropic.AnthropicBedrock not available. "
-            "Upgrade with: pip install 'anthropic>=0.39.0'"
-        )
-    from httpx import Timeout
-
-    return _anthropic_sdk.AnthropicBedrock(
-        aws_region=region,
-        timeout=Timeout(timeout=900.0, connect=10.0),
-    )
-
-
 def read_claude_code_credentials() -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
    """Read refreshable Claude Code OAuth credentials from ~/.claude/.credentials.json.

@@ -1309,10 +1230,9 @@ def build_anthropic_kwargs(
    When *base_url* points to a third-party Anthropic-compatible endpoint,
    thinking block signatures are stripped (they are Anthropic-proprietary).

-    When *fast_mode* is True, adds ``extra_body["speed"] = "fast"`` and the
-    fast-mode beta header for ~2.5x faster output throughput on Opus 4.6.
-    Currently only supported on native Anthropic endpoints (not third-party
-    compatible ones).
+    When *fast_mode* is True, adds ``speed: "fast"`` and the fast-mode beta
+    header for ~2.5x faster output throughput on Opus 4.6.  Currently only
+    supported on native Anthropic endpoints (not third-party compatible ones).
    """
    system, anthropic_messages = convert_messages_to_anthropic(messages, base_url=base_url)
    anthropic_tools = convert_tools_to_anthropic(tools) if tools else []
@@ -1393,31 +1313,18 @@ def build_anthropic_kwargs(
            kwargs["tool_choice"] = {"type": "tool", "name": tool_choice}

    # Map reasoning_config to Anthropic's thinking parameter.
-    # Claude 4.6+ models use adaptive thinking + output_config.effort.
+    # Claude 4.6 models use adaptive thinking + output_config.effort.
    # Older models use manual thinking with budget_tokens.
    # MiniMax Anthropic-compat endpoints support thinking (manual mode only,
    # not adaptive).  Haiku does NOT support extended thinking — skip entirely.
-    #
-    # On 4.7+ the `thinking.display` field defaults to "omitted", which
-    # silently hides reasoning text that Hermes surfaces in its CLI. We
-    # request "summarized" so the reasoning blocks stay populated — matching
-    # 4.6 behavior and preserving the activity-feed UX during long tool runs.
    if reasoning_config and isinstance(reasoning_config, dict):
        if reasoning_config.get("enabled") is not False and "haiku" not in model.lower():
            effort = str(reasoning_config.get("effort", "medium")).lower()
            budget = THINKING_BUDGET.get(effort, 8000)
            if _supports_adaptive_thinking(model):
-                kwargs["thinking"] = {
-                    "type": "adaptive",
-                    "display": "summarized",
-                }
-                adaptive_effort = ADAPTIVE_EFFORT_MAP.get(effort, "medium")
-                # Downgrade xhigh→max on models that don't list xhigh as a
-                # supported level (Opus/Sonnet 4.6). Opus 4.7+ keeps xhigh.
-                if adaptive_effort == "xhigh" and not _supports_xhigh_effort(model):
-                    adaptive_effort = "max"
+                kwargs["thinking"] = {"type": "adaptive"}
                kwargs["output_config"] = {
-                    "effort": adaptive_effort,
+                    "effort": ADAPTIVE_EFFORT_MAP.get(effort, "medium")
                }
            else:
                kwargs["thinking"] = {"type": "enabled", "budget_tokens": budget}
@@ -1425,21 +1332,12 @@ def build_anthropic_kwargs(
                kwargs["temperature"] = 1
                kwargs["max_tokens"] = max(effective_max_tokens, budget + 4096)

-    # ── Strip sampling params on 4.7+ ─────────────────────────────────
-    # Opus 4.7 rejects any non-default temperature/top_p/top_k with a 400.
-    # Callers (auxiliary_client, flush_memories, etc.) may set these for
-    # older models; drop them here as a safety net so upstream 4.6 → 4.7
-    # migrations don't require coordinated edits everywhere.
-    if _forbids_sampling_params(model):
-        for _sampling_key in ("temperature", "top_p", "top_k"):
-            kwargs.pop(_sampling_key, None)
-
    # ── Fast mode (Opus 4.6 only) ────────────────────────────────────
-    # Adds extra_body.speed="fast" + the fast-mode beta header for ~2.5x
-    # output speed. Only for native Anthropic endpoints — third-party
-    # providers would reject the unknown beta header and speed parameter.
+    # Adds speed:"fast" + the fast-mode beta header for ~2.5x output speed.
+    # Only for native Anthropic endpoints — third-party providers would
+    # reject the unknown beta header and speed parameter.
    if fast_mode and not _is_third_party_anthropic_endpoint(base_url):
-        kwargs.setdefault("extra_body", {})["speed"] = "fast"
+        kwargs["speed"] = "fast"
        # Build extra_headers with ALL applicable betas (the per-request
        # extra_headers override the client-level anthropic-beta header).
        betas = list(_common_betas_for_base_url(base_url))
@@ -1491,20 +1389,12 @@ def normalize_anthropic_response(
                )
            )

-    # Map Anthropic stop_reason to OpenAI finish_reason.
-    # Newer stop reasons added in Claude 4.5+ / 4.7:
-    #   - refusal: the model declined to answer (cyber safeguards, CSAM, etc.)
-    #   - model_context_window_exceeded: hit context limit (not max_tokens)
-    # Both need distinct handling upstream — a refusal should surface to the
-    # user with a clear message, and a context-window overflow should trigger
-    # compression/truncation rather than be treated as normal end-of-turn.
+    # Map Anthropic stop_reason to OpenAI finish_reason
    stop_reason_map = {
        "end_turn": "stop",
        "tool_use": "tool_calls",
        "max_tokens": "length",
        "stop_sequence": "stop",
-        "refusal": "content_filter",
-        "model_context_window_exceeded": "length",
    }
    finish_reason = stop_reason_map.get(response.stop_reason, "stop")

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Per-task overrides are configured in config.yaml under the ``auxiliary:`` sectio
 (e.g. ``auxiliary.vision.provider``, ``auxiliary.compression.model``).
 Default "auto" follows the chains above.

+Legacy env var overrides (AUXILIARY_{TASK}_PROVIDER, AUXILIARY_{TASK}_MODEL,
+AUXILIARY_{TASK}_BASE_URL, etc.) are still read as a backward-compat fallback
+but config.yaml takes priority.  New configuration should always use config.yaml.
+
 Payment / credit exhaustion fallback:
  When a resolved provider returns HTTP 402 or a credit-related error,
  call_llm() automatically retries with the next available provider in the
@@ -58,17 +62,12 @@ _PROVIDER_ALIASES = {
    "google": "gemini",
    "google-gemini": "gemini",
    "google-ai-studio": "gemini",
-    "x-ai": "xai",
-    "x.ai": "xai",
-    "grok": "xai",
    "glm": "zai",
    "z-ai": "zai",
    "z.ai": "zai",
    "zhipu": "zai",
    "kimi": "kimi-coding",
    "moonshot": "kimi-coding",
-    "kimi-cn": "kimi-coding-cn",
-    "moonshot-cn": "kimi-coding-cn",
    "minimax-china": "minimax-cn",
    "minimax_cn": "minimax-cn",
    "claude": "anthropic",
@@ -76,13 +75,13 @@ _PROVIDER_ALIASES = {
 }


-def _normalize_aux_provider(provider: Optional[str]) -> str:
+def _normalize_aux_provider(provider: Optional[str], *, for_vision: bool = False) -> str:
    normalized = (provider or "auto").strip().lower()
    if normalized.startswith("custom:"):
        suffix = normalized.split(":", 1)[1].strip()
        if not suffix:
            return "custom"
-        normalized = suffix
+        normalized = suffix if not for_vision else "custom"
    if normalized == "codex":
        return "openai-codex"
    if normalized == "main":
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ _API_KEY_PROVIDER_AUX_MODELS: Dict[str, str] = {
    "gemini": "gemini-3-flash-preview",
    "zai": "glm-4.5-flash",
    "kimi-coding": "kimi-k2-turbo-preview",
-    "kimi-coding-cn": "kimi-k2-turbo-preview",
    "minimax": "MiniMax-M2.7",
    "minimax-cn": "MiniMax-M2.7",
    "anthropic": "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ _API_KEY_PROVIDER_AUX_MODELS: Dict[str, str] = {
    "opencode-zen": "gemini-3-flash",
    "opencode-go": "glm-5",
    "kilocode": "google/gemini-3-flash-preview",
-    "ollama-cloud": "nemotron-3-nano:30b",
 }

 # Vision-specific model overrides for direct providers.
@@ -116,7 +113,6 @@ _API_KEY_PROVIDER_AUX_MODELS: Dict[str, str] = {
 # "exotic provider" branch checks this before falling back to the main model.
 _PROVIDER_VISION_MODELS: Dict[str, str] = {
    "xiaomi": "mimo-v2-omni",
-    "zai": "glm-5v-turbo",
 }

 # OpenRouter app attribution headers
@@ -518,13 +514,8 @@ class _AnthropicCompletionsAdapter:
            tool_choice=normalized_tool_choice,
            is_oauth=self._is_oauth,
        )
-        # Opus 4.7+ rejects any non-default temperature/top_p/top_k; only set
-        # temperature for models that still accept it. build_anthropic_kwargs
-        # additionally strips these keys as a safety net — keep both layers.
        if temperature is not None:
-            from agent.anthropic_adapter import _forbids_sampling_params
-            if not _forbids_sampling_params(model):
-                anthropic_kwargs["temperature"] = temperature
+            anthropic_kwargs["temperature"] = temperature

        response = self._client.messages.create(**anthropic_kwargs)
        assistant_message, finish_reason = normalize_anthropic_response(response)
@@ -762,6 +753,30 @@ def _resolve_api_key_provider() -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:

 # ── Provider resolution helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────

+def _get_auxiliary_provider(task: str = "") -> str:
+    """Read the provider override for a specific auxiliary task.
+
+    Checks AUXILIARY_{TASK}_PROVIDER first (e.g. AUXILIARY_VISION_PROVIDER),
+    then CONTEXT_{TASK}_PROVIDER (for the compression section's summary_provider),
+    then falls back to "auto".  Returns one of: "auto", "openrouter", "nous", "main".
+    """
+    if task:
+        for prefix in ("AUXILIARY_", "CONTEXT_"):
+            val = os.getenv(f"{prefix}{task.upper()}_PROVIDER", "").strip().lower()
+            if val and val != "auto":
+                return val
+    return "auto"
+
+
+def _get_auxiliary_env_override(task: str, suffix: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Read an auxiliary env override from AUXILIARY_* or CONTEXT_* prefixes."""
+    if not task:
+        return None
+    for prefix in ("AUXILIARY_", "CONTEXT_"):
+        val = os.getenv(f"{prefix}{task.upper()}_{suffix}", "").strip()
+        if val:
+            return val
+    return None


 def _try_openrouter() -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
@@ -784,21 +799,6 @@ def _try_openrouter() -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:


 def _try_nous(vision: bool = False) -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
-    # Check cross-session rate limit guard before attempting Nous —
-    # if another session already recorded a 429, skip Nous entirely
-    # to avoid piling more requests onto the tapped RPH bucket.
-    try:
-        from agent.nous_rate_guard import nous_rate_limit_remaining
-        _remaining = nous_rate_limit_remaining()
-        if _remaining is not None and _remaining > 0:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Auxiliary: skipping Nous Portal (rate-limited, resets in %.0fs)",
-                _remaining,
-            )
-            return None, None
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
    nous = _read_nous_auth()
    if not nous:
        return None, None
@@ -923,51 +923,6 @@ def _current_custom_base_url() -> str:
    return custom_base or ""


-def _validate_proxy_env_urls() -> None:
-    """Fail fast with a clear error when proxy env vars have malformed URLs.
-
-    Common cause: shell config (e.g. .zshrc) with a typo like
-    ``export HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:6153export NEXT_VAR=...``
-    which concatenates 'export' into the port number.  Without this
-    check the OpenAI/httpx client raises a cryptic ``Invalid port``
-    error that doesn't name the offending env var.
-    """
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-    for key in ("HTTPS_PROXY", "HTTP_PROXY", "ALL_PROXY",
-                "https_proxy", "http_proxy", "all_proxy"):
-        value = str(os.environ.get(key) or "").strip()
-        if not value:
-            continue
-        try:
-            parsed = urlparse(value)
-            if parsed.scheme:
-                _ = parsed.port          # raises ValueError for e.g. '6153export'
-        except ValueError as exc:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                f"Malformed proxy environment variable {key}={value!r}. "
-                "Fix or unset your proxy settings and try again."
-            ) from exc
-
-
-def _validate_base_url(base_url: str) -> None:
-    """Reject obviously broken custom endpoint URLs before they reach httpx."""
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-    candidate = str(base_url or "").strip()
-    if not candidate or candidate.startswith("acp://"):
-        return
-    try:
-        parsed = urlparse(candidate)
-        if parsed.scheme in {"http", "https"}:
-            _ = parsed.port              # raises ValueError for malformed ports
-    except ValueError as exc:
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            f"Malformed custom endpoint URL: {candidate!r}. "
-            "Run `hermes setup` or `hermes model` and enter a valid http(s) base URL."
-        ) from exc
-
-
 def _try_custom_endpoint() -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
    runtime = _resolve_custom_runtime()
    if len(runtime) == 2:
@@ -1066,23 +1021,6 @@ _AUTO_PROVIDER_LABELS = {

 _AGGREGATOR_PROVIDERS = frozenset({"openrouter", "nous"})

-_MAIN_RUNTIME_FIELDS = ("provider", "model", "base_url", "api_key", "api_mode")
-
-
-def _normalize_main_runtime(main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, str]:
-    """Return a sanitized copy of a live main-runtime override."""
-    if not isinstance(main_runtime, dict):
-        return {}
-    normalized: Dict[str, str] = {}
-    for field in _MAIN_RUNTIME_FIELDS:
-        value = main_runtime.get(field)
-        if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
-            normalized[field] = value.strip()
-    provider = normalized.get("provider")
-    if provider:
-        normalized["provider"] = provider.lower()
-    return normalized
-

 def _get_provider_chain() -> List[tuple]:
    """Return the ordered provider detection chain.
@@ -1192,7 +1130,7 @@ def _try_payment_fallback(
    return None, None, ""


-def _resolve_auto(main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
+def _resolve_auto() -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
    """Full auto-detection chain.

    Priority:
@@ -1204,12 +1142,6 @@ def _resolve_auto(main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Tuple[Option
    """
    global auxiliary_is_nous, _stale_base_url_warned
    auxiliary_is_nous = False  # Reset — _try_nous() will set True if it wins
-    runtime = _normalize_main_runtime(main_runtime)
-    runtime_provider = runtime.get("provider", "")
-    runtime_model = runtime.get("model", "")
-    runtime_base_url = runtime.get("base_url", "")
-    runtime_api_key = runtime.get("api_key", "")
-    runtime_api_mode = runtime.get("api_mode", "")

    # ── Warn once if OPENAI_BASE_URL is set but config.yaml uses a named
    #    provider (not 'custom').  This catches the common "env poisoning"
@@ -1217,7 +1149,7 @@ def _resolve_auto(main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Tuple[Option
    #    old OPENAI_BASE_URL lingers in ~/.hermes/.env. ──
    if not _stale_base_url_warned:
        _env_base = os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL", "").strip()
-        _cfg_provider = runtime_provider or _read_main_provider()
+        _cfg_provider = _read_main_provider()
        if (_env_base and _cfg_provider
                and _cfg_provider != "custom"
                and not _cfg_provider.startswith("custom:")):
@@ -1231,25 +1163,12 @@ def _resolve_auto(main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> Tuple[Option
            _stale_base_url_warned = True

    # ── Step 1: non-aggregator main provider → use main model directly ──
-    main_provider = runtime_provider or _read_main_provider()
-    main_model = runtime_model or _read_main_model()
+    main_provider = _read_main_provider()
+    main_model = _read_main_model()
    if (main_provider and main_model
            and main_provider not in _AGGREGATOR_PROVIDERS
            and main_provider not in ("auto", "")):
-        resolved_provider = main_provider
-        explicit_base_url = None
-        explicit_api_key = None
-        if runtime_base_url and (main_provider == "custom" or main_provider.startswith("custom:")):
-            resolved_provider = "custom"
-            explicit_base_url = runtime_base_url
-            explicit_api_key = runtime_api_key or None
-        client, resolved = resolve_provider_client(
-            resolved_provider,
-            main_model,
-            explicit_base_url=explicit_base_url,
-            explicit_api_key=explicit_api_key,
-            api_mode=runtime_api_mode or None,
-        )
+        client, resolved = resolve_provider_client(main_provider, main_model)
        if client is not None:
            logger.info("Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider %s (%s)",
                        main_provider, resolved or main_model)
@@ -1293,12 +1212,6 @@ def _to_async_client(sync_client, model: str):
        return AsyncCodexAuxiliaryClient(sync_client), model
    if isinstance(sync_client, AnthropicAuxiliaryClient):
        return AsyncAnthropicAuxiliaryClient(sync_client), model
-    try:
-        from agent.copilot_acp_client import CopilotACPClient
-        if isinstance(sync_client, CopilotACPClient):
-            return sync_client, model
-    except ImportError:
-        pass

    async_kwargs = {
        "api_key": sync_client.api_key,
@@ -1336,7 +1249,6 @@ def resolve_provider_client(
    explicit_base_url: str = None,
    explicit_api_key: str = None,
    api_mode: str = None,
-    main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
 ) -> Tuple[Optional[Any], Optional[str]]:
    """Central router: given a provider name and optional model, return a
    configured client with the correct auth, base URL, and API format.
@@ -1368,7 +1280,6 @@ def resolve_provider_client(
    Returns:
        (client, resolved_model) or (None, None) if auth is unavailable.
    """
-    _validate_proxy_env_urls()
    # Normalise aliases
    provider = _normalize_aux_provider(provider)

@@ -1408,7 +1319,7 @@ def resolve_provider_client(

    # ── Auto: try all providers in priority order ────────────────────
    if provider == "auto":
-        client, resolved = _resolve_auto(main_runtime=main_runtime)
+        client, resolved = _resolve_auto()
        if client is None:
            return None, None
        # When auto-detection lands on a non-OpenRouter provider (e.g. a
@@ -1518,14 +1429,10 @@ def resolve_provider_client(
        custom_entry = _get_named_custom_provider(provider)
        if custom_entry:
            custom_base = custom_entry.get("base_url", "").strip()
-            custom_key = custom_entry.get("api_key", "").strip()
-            custom_key_env = custom_entry.get("key_env", "").strip()
-            if not custom_key and custom_key_env:
-                custom_key = os.getenv(custom_key_env, "").strip()
-            custom_key = custom_key or "no-key-required"
+            custom_key = custom_entry.get("api_key", "").strip() or "no-key-required"
            if custom_base:
                final_model = _normalize_resolved_model(
-                    model or custom_entry.get("model") or _read_main_model() or "gpt-4o-mini",
+                    model or _read_main_model() or "gpt-4o-mini",
                    provider,
                )
                client = OpenAI(api_key=custom_key, base_url=custom_base)
@@ -1544,11 +1451,7 @@ def resolve_provider_client(

    # ── API-key providers from PROVIDER_REGISTRY ─────────────────────
    try:
-        from hermes_cli.auth import (
-            PROVIDER_REGISTRY,
-            resolve_api_key_provider_credentials,
-            resolve_external_process_provider_credentials,
-        )
+        from hermes_cli.auth import PROVIDER_REGISTRY, resolve_api_key_provider_credentials
    except ImportError:
        logger.debug("hermes_cli.auth not available for provider %s", provider)
        return None, None
@@ -1622,41 +1525,6 @@ def resolve_provider_client(
        return (_to_async_client(client, final_model) if async_mode
                else (client, final_model))

-    if pconfig.auth_type == "external_process":
-        creds = resolve_external_process_provider_credentials(provider)
-        final_model = _normalize_resolved_model(model or _read_main_model(), provider)
-        if provider == "copilot-acp":
-            api_key = str(creds.get("api_key", "")).strip()
-            base_url = str(creds.get("base_url", "")).strip()
-            command = str(creds.get("command", "")).strip() or None
-            args = list(creds.get("args") or [])
-            if not final_model:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "resolve_provider_client: copilot-acp requested but no model "
-                    "was provided or configured"
-                )
-                return None, None
-            if not api_key or not base_url:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "resolve_provider_client: copilot-acp requested but external "
-                    "process credentials are incomplete"
-                )
-                return None, None
-            from agent.copilot_acp_client import CopilotACPClient
-
-            client = CopilotACPClient(
-                api_key=api_key,
-                base_url=base_url,
-                command=command,
-                args=args,
-            )
-            logger.debug("resolve_provider_client: %s (%s)", provider, final_model)
-            return (_to_async_client(client, final_model) if async_mode
-                    else (client, final_model))
-        logger.warning("resolve_provider_client: external-process provider %s not "
-                       "directly supported", provider)
-        return None, None
-
    elif pconfig.auth_type in ("oauth_device_code", "oauth_external"):
        # OAuth providers — route through their specific try functions
        if provider == "nous":
@@ -1675,19 +1543,15 @@ def resolve_provider_client(

 # ── Public API ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

-def get_text_auxiliary_client(
-    task: str = "",
-    *,
-    main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-) -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
+def get_text_auxiliary_client(task: str = "") -> Tuple[Optional[OpenAI], Optional[str]]:
    """Return (client, default_model_slug) for text-only auxiliary tasks.

    Args:
        task: Optional task name ("compression", "web_extract") to check
              for a task-specific provider override.

-    Callers may override the returned model via config.yaml
-    (e.g. auxiliary.compression.model, auxiliary.web_extract.model).
+    Callers may override the returned model with a per-task env var
+    (e.g. CONTEXT_COMPRESSION_MODEL, AUXILIARY_WEB_EXTRACT_MODEL).
    """
    provider, model, base_url, api_key, api_mode = _resolve_task_provider_model(task or None)
    return resolve_provider_client(
@@ -1696,11 +1560,10 @@ def get_text_auxiliary_client(
        explicit_base_url=base_url,
        explicit_api_key=api_key,
        api_mode=api_mode,
-        main_runtime=main_runtime,
    )


-def get_async_text_auxiliary_client(task: str = "", *, main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None):
+def get_async_text_auxiliary_client(task: str = ""):
    """Return (async_client, model_slug) for async consumers.

    For standard providers returns (AsyncOpenAI, model). For Codex returns
@@ -1715,7 +1578,6 @@ def get_async_text_auxiliary_client(task: str = "", *, main_runtime: Optional[Di
        explicit_base_url=base_url,
        explicit_api_key=api_key,
        api_mode=api_mode,
-        main_runtime=main_runtime,
    )


@@ -1726,7 +1588,7 @@ _VISION_AUTO_PROVIDER_ORDER = (


 def _normalize_vision_provider(provider: Optional[str]) -> str:
-    return _normalize_aux_provider(provider)
+    return _normalize_aux_provider(provider, for_vision=True)


 def _resolve_strict_vision_backend(provider: str) -> Tuple[Optional[Any], Optional[str]]:
@@ -1809,7 +1671,6 @@ def resolve_vision_provider_client(
            async_mode=async_mode,
            explicit_base_url=resolved_base_url,
            explicit_api_key=resolved_api_key,
-            api_mode=resolved_api_mode,
        )
        if client is None:
            return "custom", None, None
@@ -1834,8 +1695,7 @@ def resolve_vision_provider_client(
                # Use provider-specific vision model if available, otherwise main model.
                vision_model = _PROVIDER_VISION_MODELS.get(main_provider, main_model)
                rpc_client, rpc_model = resolve_provider_client(
-                    main_provider, vision_model,
-                    api_mode=resolved_api_mode)
+                    main_provider, vision_model)
                if rpc_client is not None:
                    logger.info(
                        "Vision auto-detect: using active provider %s (%s)",
@@ -1859,8 +1719,7 @@ def resolve_vision_provider_client(
        sync_client, default_model = _resolve_strict_vision_backend(requested)
        return _finalize(requested, sync_client, default_model)

-    client, final_model = _get_cached_client(requested, resolved_model, async_mode,
-                                             api_mode=resolved_api_mode)
+    client, final_model = _get_cached_client(requested, resolved_model, async_mode)
    if client is None:
        return requested, None, None
    return requested, client, final_model
@@ -1905,15 +1764,9 @@ def auxiliary_max_tokens_param(value: int) -> dict:
 # Every auxiliary LLM consumer should use these instead of manually
 # constructing clients and calling .chat.completions.create().

-# Client cache: (provider, async_mode, base_url, api_key, api_mode, runtime_key) -> (client, default_model, loop)
-# NOTE: loop identity is NOT part of the key.  On async cache hits we check
-# whether the cached loop is the *current* loop; if not, the stale entry is
-# replaced in-place.  This bounds cache growth to one entry per unique
-# provider config rather than one per (config × event-loop), which previously
-# caused unbounded fd accumulation in long-running gateway processes (#10200).
+# Client cache: (provider, async_mode, base_url, api_key) -> (client, default_model)
 _client_cache: Dict[tuple, tuple] = {}
 _client_cache_lock = threading.Lock()
-_CLIENT_CACHE_MAX_SIZE = 64  # safety belt — evict oldest when exceeded


 def neuter_async_httpx_del() -> None:
@@ -2039,56 +1892,43 @@ def _get_cached_client(
    base_url: str = None,
    api_key: str = None,
    api_mode: str = None,
-    main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
 ) -> Tuple[Optional[Any], Optional[str]]:
    """Get or create a cached client for the given provider.

    Async clients (AsyncOpenAI) use httpx.AsyncClient internally, which
    binds to the event loop that was current when the client was created.
    Using such a client on a *different* loop causes deadlocks or
-    RuntimeError.  To prevent cross-loop issues, the cache validates on
-    every async hit that the cached loop is the *current, open* loop.
-    If the loop changed (e.g. a new gateway worker-thread loop), the stale
-    entry is replaced in-place rather than creating an additional entry.
-
-    This keeps cache size bounded to one entry per unique provider config,
-    preventing the fd-exhaustion that previously occurred in long-running
-    gateways where recycled worker threads created unbounded entries (#10200).
+    RuntimeError.  To prevent cross-loop issues (especially in gateway
+    mode where _run_async() may spawn fresh loops in worker threads), the
+    cache key for async clients includes the current event loop's identity
+    so each loop gets its own client instance.
    """
-    # Resolve the current event loop for async clients so we can validate
-    # cached entries.  Loop identity is NOT in the cache key — instead we
-    # check at hit time whether the cached loop is still current and open.
-    # This prevents unbounded cache growth from recycled worker-thread loops
-    # while still guaranteeing we never reuse a client on the wrong loop
-    # (which causes deadlocks, see #2681).
+    # Include loop identity for async clients to prevent cross-loop reuse.
+    # httpx.AsyncClient (inside AsyncOpenAI) is bound to the loop where it
+    # was created — reusing it on a different loop causes deadlocks (#2681).
+    loop_id = 0
    current_loop = None
    if async_mode:
        try:
            import asyncio as _aio
            current_loop = _aio.get_event_loop()
+            loop_id = id(current_loop)
        except RuntimeError:
            pass
-    runtime = _normalize_main_runtime(main_runtime)
-    runtime_key = tuple(runtime.get(field, "") for field in _MAIN_RUNTIME_FIELDS) if provider == "auto" else ()
-    cache_key = (provider, async_mode, base_url or "", api_key or "", api_mode or "", runtime_key)
+    cache_key = (provider, async_mode, base_url or "", api_key or "", api_mode or "", loop_id)
    with _client_cache_lock:
        if cache_key in _client_cache:
            cached_client, cached_default, cached_loop = _client_cache[cache_key]
            if async_mode:
-                # Validate: the cached client must be bound to the CURRENT,
-                # OPEN loop.  If the loop changed or was closed, the httpx
-                # transport inside is dead — force-close and replace.
-                loop_ok = (
-                    cached_loop is not None
-                    and cached_loop is current_loop
-                    and not cached_loop.is_closed()
-                )
-                if loop_ok:
+                # A cached async client whose loop has been closed will raise
+                # "Event loop is closed" when httpx tries to clean up its
+                # transport.  Discard the stale client and create a fresh one.
+                if cached_loop is not None and cached_loop.is_closed():
+                    _force_close_async_httpx(cached_client)
+                    del _client_cache[cache_key]
+                else:
                    effective = _compat_model(cached_client, model, cached_default)
                    return cached_client, effective
-                # Stale — evict and fall through to create a new client.
-                _force_close_async_httpx(cached_client)
-                del _client_cache[cache_key]
            else:
                effective = _compat_model(cached_client, model, cached_default)
                return cached_client, effective
@@ -2100,7 +1940,6 @@ def _get_cached_client(
        explicit_base_url=base_url,
        explicit_api_key=api_key,
        api_mode=api_mode,
-        main_runtime=runtime,
    )
    if client is not None:
        # For async clients, remember which loop they were created on so we
@@ -2108,12 +1947,6 @@ def _get_cached_client(
        bound_loop = current_loop
        with _client_cache_lock:
            if cache_key not in _client_cache:
-                # Safety belt: if the cache has grown beyond the max, evict
-                # the oldest entries (FIFO — dict preserves insertion order).
-                while len(_client_cache) >= _CLIENT_CACHE_MAX_SIZE:
-                    evict_key, evict_entry = next(iter(_client_cache.items()))
-                    _force_close_async_httpx(evict_entry[0])
-                    del _client_cache[evict_key]
                _client_cache[cache_key] = (client, default_model, bound_loop)
            else:
                client, default_model, _ = _client_cache[cache_key]
@@ -2131,8 +1964,9 @@ def _resolve_task_provider_model(

    Priority:
      1. Explicit provider/model/base_url/api_key args (always win)
-      2. Config file (auxiliary.{task}.provider/model/base_url)
-      3. "auto" (full auto-detection chain)
+      2. Config file (auxiliary.{task}.* or compression.*)
+      3. Env var overrides (backward-compat: AUXILIARY_{TASK}_*, CONTEXT_{TASK}_*)
+      4. "auto" (full auto-detection chain)

    Returns (provider, model, base_url, api_key, api_mode) where model may
    be None (use provider default). When base_url is set, provider is forced
@@ -2163,8 +1997,22 @@ def _resolve_task_provider_model(
        cfg_api_key = str(task_config.get("api_key", "")).strip() or None
        cfg_api_mode = str(task_config.get("api_mode", "")).strip() or None

-    resolved_model = model or cfg_model
-    resolved_api_mode = cfg_api_mode
+        # Backwards compat: compression section has its own keys.
+        # The auxiliary.compression defaults to provider="auto", so treat
+        # both None and "auto" as "not explicitly configured".
+        if task == "compression" and (not cfg_provider or cfg_provider == "auto"):
+            comp = config.get("compression", {}) if isinstance(config, dict) else {}
+            if isinstance(comp, dict):
+                cfg_provider = comp.get("summary_provider", "").strip() or None
+                cfg_model = cfg_model or comp.get("summary_model", "").strip() or None
+                _sbu = comp.get("summary_base_url") or ""
+                cfg_base_url = cfg_base_url or _sbu.strip() or None
+
+    # Env vars are backward-compat fallback only — config.yaml is primary.
+    env_model = _get_auxiliary_env_override(task, "MODEL") if task else None
+    env_api_mode = _get_auxiliary_env_override(task, "API_MODE") if task else None
+    resolved_model = model or cfg_model or env_model
+    resolved_api_mode = cfg_api_mode or env_api_mode

    if base_url:
        return "custom", resolved_model, base_url, api_key, resolved_api_mode
@@ -2178,6 +2026,17 @@ def _resolve_task_provider_model(
        if cfg_provider and cfg_provider != "auto":
            return cfg_provider, resolved_model, None, None, resolved_api_mode

+        # Env vars are backward-compat fallback for users who haven't
+        # migrated to config.yaml yet.
+        env_base_url = _get_auxiliary_env_override(task, "BASE_URL")
+        env_api_key = _get_auxiliary_env_override(task, "API_KEY")
+        if env_base_url:
+            return "custom", resolved_model, env_base_url, env_api_key, resolved_api_mode
+
+        env_provider = _get_auxiliary_provider(task)
+        if env_provider != "auto":
+            return env_provider, resolved_model, None, None, resolved_api_mode
+
        return "auto", resolved_model, None, None, resolved_api_mode

    return "auto", resolved_model, None, None, resolved_api_mode
@@ -2206,75 +2065,6 @@ def _get_task_timeout(task: str, default: float = _DEFAULT_AUX_TIMEOUT) -> float
    return default


-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Anthropic-compatible endpoint detection + image block conversion
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Providers that use Anthropic-compatible endpoints (via OpenAI SDK wrapper).
-# Their image content blocks must use Anthropic format, not OpenAI format.
-_ANTHROPIC_COMPAT_PROVIDERS = frozenset({"minimax", "minimax-cn"})
-
-
-def _is_anthropic_compat_endpoint(provider: str, base_url: str) -> bool:
-    """Detect if an endpoint expects Anthropic-format content blocks.
-
-    Returns True for known Anthropic-compatible providers (MiniMax) and
-    any endpoint whose URL contains ``/anthropic`` in the path.
-    """
-    if provider in _ANTHROPIC_COMPAT_PROVIDERS:
-        return True
-    url_lower = (base_url or "").lower()
-    return "/anthropic" in url_lower
-
-
-def _convert_openai_images_to_anthropic(messages: list) -> list:
-    """Convert OpenAI ``image_url`` content blocks to Anthropic ``image`` blocks.
-
-    Only touches messages that have list-type content with ``image_url`` blocks;
-    plain text messages pass through unchanged.
-    """
-    converted = []
-    for msg in messages:
-        content = msg.get("content")
-        if not isinstance(content, list):
-            converted.append(msg)
-            continue
-        new_content = []
-        changed = False
-        for block in content:
-            if block.get("type") == "image_url":
-                image_url_val = (block.get("image_url") or {}).get("url", "")
-                if image_url_val.startswith("data:"):
-                    # Parse data URI: data:<media_type>;base64,<data>
-                    header, _, b64data = image_url_val.partition(",")
-                    media_type = "image/png"
-                    if ":" in header and ";" in header:
-                        media_type = header.split(":", 1)[1].split(";", 1)[0]
-                    new_content.append({
-                        "type": "image",
-                        "source": {
-                            "type": "base64",
-                            "media_type": media_type,
-                            "data": b64data,
-                        },
-                    })
-                else:
-                    # URL-based image
-                    new_content.append({
-                        "type": "image",
-                        "source": {
-                            "type": "url",
-                            "url": image_url_val,
-                        },
-                    })
-                changed = True
-            else:
-                new_content.append(block)
-        converted.append({**msg, "content": new_content} if changed else msg)
-    return converted
-
-
-
 def _build_call_kwargs(
    provider: str,
    model: str,
@@ -2293,15 +2083,6 @@ def _build_call_kwargs(
        "timeout": timeout,
    }

-    # Opus 4.7+ rejects any non-default temperature/top_p/top_k — silently
-    # drop here so auxiliary callers that hardcode temperature (e.g. 0.3 on
-    # flush_memories, 0 on structured-JSON extraction) don't 400 the moment
-    # the aux model is flipped to 4.7.
-    if temperature is not None:
-        from agent.anthropic_adapter import _forbids_sampling_params
-        if _forbids_sampling_params(model):
-            temperature = None
-
    if temperature is not None:
        kwargs["temperature"] = temperature

@@ -2368,7 +2149,6 @@ def call_llm(
    model: str = None,
    base_url: str = None,
    api_key: str = None,
-    main_runtime: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
    messages: list,
    temperature: float = None,
    max_tokens: int = None,
@@ -2405,10 +2185,10 @@ def call_llm(

    if task == "vision":
        effective_provider, client, final_model = resolve_vision_provider_client(
-            provider=resolved_provider if resolved_provider != "auto" else provider,
-            model=resolved_model or model,
-            base_url=resolved_base_url or base_url,
-            api_key=resolved_api_key or api_key,
+            provider=provider,
+            model=model,
+            base_url=base_url,
+            api_key=api_key,
            async_mode=False,
        )
        if client is None and resolved_provider != "auto" and not resolved_base_url:
@@ -2434,7 +2214,6 @@ def call_llm(
            base_url=resolved_base_url,
            api_key=resolved_api_key,
            api_mode=resolved_api_mode,
-            main_runtime=main_runtime,
        )
        if client is None:
            # When the user explicitly chose a non-OpenRouter provider but no
@@ -2455,7 +2234,7 @@ def call_llm(
            if not resolved_base_url:
                logger.info("Auxiliary %s: provider %s unavailable, trying auto-detection chain",
                            task or "call", resolved_provider)
-                client, final_model = _get_cached_client("auto", main_runtime=main_runtime)
+                client, final_model = _get_cached_client("auto")
        if client is None:
            raise RuntimeError(
                f"No LLM provider configured for task={task} provider={resolved_provider}. "
@@ -2476,11 +2255,6 @@ def call_llm(
        tools=tools, timeout=effective_timeout, extra_body=extra_body,
        base_url=resolved_base_url)

-    # Convert image blocks for Anthropic-compatible endpoints (e.g. MiniMax)
-    _client_base = str(getattr(client, "base_url", "") or "")
-    if _is_anthropic_compat_endpoint(resolved_provider, _client_base):
-        kwargs["messages"] = _convert_openai_images_to_anthropic(kwargs["messages"])
-
    # Handle max_tokens vs max_completion_tokens retry, then payment fallback.
    try:
        return _validate_llm_response(
@@ -2557,9 +2331,9 @@ def extract_content_or_reasoning(response) -> str:
    if content:
        # Strip inline think/reasoning blocks (mirrors _strip_think_blocks)
        cleaned = re.sub(
-            r"<(?:think|thinking|reasoning|thought|REASONING_SCRATCHPAD)>"
+            r"<(?:think|thinking|reasoning|REASONING_SCRATCHPAD)>"
            r".*?"
-            r"</(?:think|thinking|reasoning|thought|REASONING_SCRATCHPAD)>",
+            r"</(?:think|thinking|reasoning|REASONING_SCRATCHPAD)>",
            "", content, flags=re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE,
        ).strip()
        if cleaned:
@@ -2613,10 +2387,10 @@ async def async_call_llm(

    if task == "vision":
        effective_provider, client, final_model = resolve_vision_provider_client(
-            provider=resolved_provider if resolved_provider != "auto" else provider,
-            model=resolved_model or model,
-            base_url=resolved_base_url or base_url,
-            api_key=resolved_api_key or api_key,
+            provider=provider,
+            model=model,
+            base_url=base_url,
+            api_key=api_key,
            async_mode=True,
        )
        if client is None and resolved_provider != "auto" and not resolved_base_url:
@@ -2669,11 +2443,6 @@ async def async_call_llm(
        tools=tools, timeout=effective_timeout, extra_body=extra_body,
        base_url=resolved_base_url)

-    # Convert image blocks for Anthropic-compatible endpoints (e.g. MiniMax)
-    _client_base = str(getattr(client, "base_url", "") or "")
-    if _is_anthropic_compat_endpoint(resolved_provider, _client_base):
-        kwargs["messages"] = _convert_openai_images_to_anthropic(kwargs["messages"])
-
    try:
        return _validate_llm_response(
            await client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ Self-contained class with its own OpenAI client for summarization.
 Uses auxiliary model (cheap/fast) to summarize middle turns while
 protecting head and tail context.

-Improvements over v2:
-  - Structured summary template with Resolved/Pending question tracking
-  - Summarizer preamble: "Do not respond to any questions" (from OpenCode)
-  - Handoff framing: "different assistant" (from Codex) to create separation
-  - "Remaining Work" replaces "Next Steps" to avoid reading as active instructions
-  - Clear separator when summary merges into tail message
+Improvements over v1:
+  - Structured summary template (Goal, Progress, Decisions, Files, Next Steps)
  - Iterative summary updates (preserves info across multiple compactions)
  - Token-budget tail protection instead of fixed message count
  - Tool output pruning before LLM summarization (cheap pre-pass)
@@ -17,10 +13,7 @@ Improvements over v2:
  - Richer tool call/result detail in summarizer input
 """

-import hashlib
-import json
 import logging
-import re
 import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional

@@ -35,16 +28,12 @@ from agent.model_metadata import (
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

 SUMMARY_PREFIX = (
-    "[CONTEXT COMPACTION — REFERENCE ONLY] Earlier turns were compacted "
-    "into the summary below. This is a handoff from a previous context "
-    "window — treat it as background reference, NOT as active instructions. "
-    "Do NOT answer questions or fulfill requests mentioned in this summary; "
-    "they were already addressed. "
-    "Your current task is identified in the '## Active Task' section of the "
-    "summary — resume exactly from there. "
-    "Respond ONLY to the latest user message "
-    "that appears AFTER this summary. The current session state (files, "
-    "config, etc.) may reflect work described here — avoid repeating it:"
+    "[CONTEXT COMPACTION] Earlier turns in this conversation were compacted "
+    "to save context space. The summary below describes work that was "
+    "already completed, and the current session state may still reflect "
+    "that work (for example, files may already be changed). Use the summary "
+    "and the current state to continue from where things left off, and "
+    "avoid repeating work:"
 )
 LEGACY_SUMMARY_PREFIX = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]:"

@@ -63,128 +52,6 @@ _CHARS_PER_TOKEN = 4
 _SUMMARY_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_SECONDS = 600


-def _summarize_tool_result(tool_name: str, tool_args: str, tool_content: str) -> str:
-    """Create an informative 1-line summary of a tool call + result.
-
-    Used during the pre-compression pruning pass to replace large tool
-    outputs with a short but useful description of what the tool did,
-    rather than a generic placeholder that carries zero information.
-
-    Returns strings like::
-
-        [terminal] ran `npm test` -> exit 0, 47 lines output
-        [read_file] read config.py from line 1 (1,200 chars)
-        [search_files] content search for 'compress' in agent/ -> 12 matches
-    """
-    try:
-        args = json.loads(tool_args) if tool_args else {}
-    except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-        args = {}
-
-    content = tool_content or ""
-    content_len = len(content)
-    line_count = content.count("\n") + 1 if content.strip() else 0
-
-    if tool_name == "terminal":
-        cmd = args.get("command", "")
-        if len(cmd) > 80:
-            cmd = cmd[:77] + "..."
-        exit_match = re.search(r'"exit_code"\s*:\s*(-?\d+)', content)
-        exit_code = exit_match.group(1) if exit_match else "?"
-        return f"[terminal] ran `{cmd}` -> exit {exit_code}, {line_count} lines output"
-
-    if tool_name == "read_file":
-        path = args.get("path", "?")
-        offset = args.get("offset", 1)
-        return f"[read_file] read {path} from line {offset} ({content_len:,} chars)"
-
-    if tool_name == "write_file":
-        path = args.get("path", "?")
-        written_lines = args.get("content", "").count("\n") + 1 if args.get("content") else "?"
-        return f"[write_file] wrote to {path} ({written_lines} lines)"
-
-    if tool_name == "search_files":
-        pattern = args.get("pattern", "?")
-        path = args.get("path", ".")
-        target = args.get("target", "content")
-        match_count = re.search(r'"total_count"\s*:\s*(\d+)', content)
-        count = match_count.group(1) if match_count else "?"
-        return f"[search_files] {target} search for '{pattern}' in {path} -> {count} matches"
-
-    if tool_name == "patch":
-        path = args.get("path", "?")
-        mode = args.get("mode", "replace")
-        return f"[patch] {mode} in {path} ({content_len:,} chars result)"
-
-    if tool_name in ("browser_navigate", "browser_click", "browser_snapshot",
-                     "browser_type", "browser_scroll", "browser_vision"):
-        url = args.get("url", "")
-        ref = args.get("ref", "")
-        detail = f" {url}" if url else (f" ref={ref}" if ref else "")
-        return f"[{tool_name}]{detail} ({content_len:,} chars)"
-
-    if tool_name == "web_search":
-        query = args.get("query", "?")
-        return f"[web_search] query='{query}' ({content_len:,} chars result)"
-
-    if tool_name == "web_extract":
-        urls = args.get("urls", [])
-        url_desc = urls[0] if isinstance(urls, list) and urls else "?"
-        if isinstance(urls, list) and len(urls) > 1:
-            url_desc += f" (+{len(urls) - 1} more)"
-        return f"[web_extract] {url_desc} ({content_len:,} chars)"
-
-    if tool_name == "delegate_task":
-        goal = args.get("goal", "")
-        if len(goal) > 60:
-            goal = goal[:57] + "..."
-        return f"[delegate_task] '{goal}' ({content_len:,} chars result)"
-
-    if tool_name == "execute_code":
-        code_preview = (args.get("code") or "")[:60].replace("\n", " ")
-        if len(args.get("code", "")) > 60:
-            code_preview += "..."
-        return f"[execute_code] `{code_preview}` ({line_count} lines output)"
-
-    if tool_name in ("skill_view", "skills_list", "skill_manage"):
-        name = args.get("name", "?")
-        return f"[{tool_name}] name={name} ({content_len:,} chars)"
-
-    if tool_name == "vision_analyze":
-        question = args.get("question", "")[:50]
-        return f"[vision_analyze] '{question}' ({content_len:,} chars)"
-
-    if tool_name == "memory":
-        action = args.get("action", "?")
-        target = args.get("target", "?")
-        return f"[memory] {action} on {target}"
-
-    if tool_name == "todo":
-        return "[todo] updated task list"
-
-    if tool_name == "clarify":
-        return "[clarify] asked user a question"
-
-    if tool_name == "text_to_speech":
-        return f"[text_to_speech] generated audio ({content_len:,} chars)"
-
-    if tool_name == "cronjob":
-        action = args.get("action", "?")
-        return f"[cronjob] {action}"
-
-    if tool_name == "process":
-        action = args.get("action", "?")
-        sid = args.get("session_id", "?")
-        return f"[process] {action} session={sid}"
-
-    # Generic fallback
-    first_arg = ""
-    for k, v in list(args.items())[:2]:
-        sv = str(v)[:40]
-        first_arg += f" {k}={sv}"
-    return f"[{tool_name}]{first_arg} ({content_len:,} chars result)"
-
-
 class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
    """Default context engine — compresses conversation context via lossy summarization.

@@ -206,8 +73,6 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        self._context_probed = False
        self._context_probe_persistable = False
        self._previous_summary = None
-        self._last_compression_savings_pct = 100.0
-        self._ineffective_compression_count = 0

    def update_model(
        self,
@@ -216,14 +81,12 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        base_url: str = "",
        api_key: str = "",
        provider: str = "",
-        api_mode: str = "",
    ) -> None:
        """Update model info after a model switch or fallback activation."""
        self.model = model
        self.base_url = base_url
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.provider = provider
-        self.api_mode = api_mode
        self.context_length = context_length
        self.threshold_tokens = max(
            int(context_length * self.threshold_percent),
@@ -243,13 +106,11 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        api_key: str = "",
        config_context_length: int | None = None,
        provider: str = "",
-        api_mode: str = "",
    ):
        self.model = model
        self.base_url = base_url
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.provider = provider
-        self.api_mode = api_mode
        self.threshold_percent = threshold_percent
        self.protect_first_n = protect_first_n
        self.protect_last_n = protect_last_n
@@ -297,9 +158,6 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):

        # Stores the previous compaction summary for iterative updates
        self._previous_summary: Optional[str] = None
-        # Anti-thrashing: track whether last compression was effective
-        self._last_compression_savings_pct: float = 100.0
-        self._ineffective_compression_count: int = 0
        self._summary_failure_cooldown_until: float = 0.0

    def update_from_response(self, usage: Dict[str, Any]):
@@ -308,26 +166,9 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        self.last_completion_tokens = usage.get("completion_tokens", 0)

    def should_compress(self, prompt_tokens: int = None) -> bool:
-        """Check if context exceeds the compression threshold.
-
-        Includes anti-thrashing protection: if the last two compressions
-        each saved less than 10%, skip compression to avoid infinite loops
-        where each pass removes only 1-2 messages.
-        """
+        """Check if context exceeds the compression threshold."""
        tokens = prompt_tokens if prompt_tokens is not None else self.last_prompt_tokens
-        if tokens < self.threshold_tokens:
-            return False
-        # Anti-thrashing: back off if recent compressions were ineffective
-        if self._ineffective_compression_count >= 2:
-            if not self.quiet_mode:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Compression skipped — last %d compressions saved <10%% each. "
-                    "Consider /new to start a fresh session, or /compress <topic> "
-                    "for focused compression.",
-                    self._ineffective_compression_count,
-                )
-            return False
-        return True
+        return tokens >= self.threshold_tokens

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Tool output pruning (cheap pre-pass, no LLM call)
@@ -337,16 +178,7 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], protect_tail_count: int,
        protect_tail_tokens: int | None = None,
    ) -> tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], int]:
-        """Replace old tool result contents with informative 1-line summaries.
-
-        Instead of a generic placeholder, generates a summary like::
-
-            [terminal] ran `npm test` -> exit 0, 47 lines output
-            [read_file] read config.py from line 1 (3,400 chars)
-
-        Also deduplicates identical tool results (e.g. reading the same file
-        5x keeps only the newest full copy) and truncates large tool_call
-        arguments in assistant messages outside the protected tail.
+        """Replace old tool result contents with a short placeholder.

        Walks backward from the end, protecting the most recent messages that
        fall within ``protect_tail_tokens`` (when provided) OR the last
@@ -362,22 +194,6 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        result = [m.copy() for m in messages]
        pruned = 0

-        # Build index: tool_call_id -> (tool_name, arguments_json)
-        call_id_to_tool: Dict[str, tuple] = {}
-        for msg in result:
-            if msg.get("role") == "assistant":
-                for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
-                    if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                        cid = tc.get("id", "")
-                        fn = tc.get("function", {})
-                        call_id_to_tool[cid] = (fn.get("name", "unknown"), fn.get("arguments", ""))
-                    else:
-                        cid = getattr(tc, "id", "") or ""
-                        fn = getattr(tc, "function", None)
-                        name = getattr(fn, "name", "unknown") if fn else "unknown"
-                        args_str = getattr(fn, "arguments", "") if fn else ""
-                        call_id_to_tool[cid] = (name, args_str)
-
        # Determine the prune boundary
        if protect_tail_tokens is not None and protect_tail_tokens > 0:
            # Token-budget approach: walk backward accumulating tokens
@@ -386,8 +202,7 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
            min_protect = min(protect_tail_count, len(result) - 1)
            for i in range(len(result) - 1, -1, -1):
                msg = result[i]
-                raw_content = msg.get("content") or ""
-                content_len = sum(len(p.get("text", "")) for p in raw_content) if isinstance(raw_content, list) else len(raw_content)
+                content_len = len(msg.get("content") or "")
                msg_tokens = content_len // _CHARS_PER_TOKEN + 10
                for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
                    if isinstance(tc, dict):
@@ -402,69 +217,18 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        else:
            prune_boundary = len(result) - protect_tail_count

-        # Pass 1: Deduplicate identical tool results.
-        # When the same file is read multiple times, keep only the most recent
-        # full copy and replace older duplicates with a back-reference.
-        content_hashes: dict = {}  # hash -> (index, tool_call_id)
-        for i in range(len(result) - 1, -1, -1):
-            msg = result[i]
-            if msg.get("role") != "tool":
-                continue
-            content = msg.get("content") or ""
-            # Skip multimodal content (list of content blocks)
-            if isinstance(content, list):
-                continue
-            if len(content) < 200:
-                continue
-            h = hashlib.md5(content.encode("utf-8", errors="replace")).hexdigest()[:12]
-            if h in content_hashes:
-                # This is an older duplicate — replace with back-reference
-                result[i] = {**msg, "content": "[Duplicate tool output — same content as a more recent call]"}
-                pruned += 1
-            else:
-                content_hashes[h] = (i, msg.get("tool_call_id", "?"))
-
-        # Pass 2: Replace old tool results with informative summaries
        for i in range(prune_boundary):
            msg = result[i]
            if msg.get("role") != "tool":
                continue
            content = msg.get("content", "")
-            # Skip multimodal content (list of content blocks)
-            if isinstance(content, list):
-                continue
            if not content or content == _PRUNED_TOOL_PLACEHOLDER:
                continue
-            # Skip already-deduplicated or previously-summarized results
-            if content.startswith("[Duplicate tool output"):
-                continue
            # Only prune if the content is substantial (>200 chars)
            if len(content) > 200:
-                call_id = msg.get("tool_call_id", "")
-                tool_name, tool_args = call_id_to_tool.get(call_id, ("unknown", ""))
-                summary = _summarize_tool_result(tool_name, tool_args, content)
-                result[i] = {**msg, "content": summary}
+                result[i] = {**msg, "content": _PRUNED_TOOL_PLACEHOLDER}
                pruned += 1

-        # Pass 3: Truncate large tool_call arguments in assistant messages
-        # outside the protected tail. write_file with 50KB content, for
-        # example, survives pruning entirely without this.
-        for i in range(prune_boundary):
-            msg = result[i]
-            if msg.get("role") != "assistant" or not msg.get("tool_calls"):
-                continue
-            new_tcs = []
-            modified = False
-            for tc in msg["tool_calls"]:
-                if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                    args = tc.get("function", {}).get("arguments", "")
-                    if len(args) > 500:
-                        tc = {**tc, "function": {**tc["function"], "arguments": args[:200] + "...[truncated]"}}
-                        modified = True
-                new_tcs.append(tc)
-            if modified:
-                result[i] = {**msg, "tool_calls": new_tcs}
-
        return result, pruned

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -542,20 +306,13 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):

        return "\n\n".join(parts)

-    def _generate_summary(self, turns_to_summarize: List[Dict[str, Any]], focus_topic: str = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    def _generate_summary(self, turns_to_summarize: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[str]:
        """Generate a structured summary of conversation turns.

-        Uses a structured template (Goal, Progress, Decisions, Resolved/Pending
-        Questions, Files, Remaining Work) with explicit preamble telling the
-        summarizer not to answer questions.  When a previous summary exists,
+        Uses a structured template (Goal, Progress, Decisions, Files, Next Steps)
+        inspired by Pi-mono and OpenCode. When a previous summary exists,
        generates an iterative update instead of summarizing from scratch.

-        Args:
-            focus_topic: Optional focus string for guided compression.  When
-                provided, the summariser prioritises preserving information
-                related to this topic and is more aggressive about compressing
-                everything else.  Inspired by Claude Code's ``/compact``.
-
        Returns None if all attempts fail — the caller should drop
        the middle turns without a summary rather than inject a useless
        placeholder.
@@ -571,83 +328,9 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
        summary_budget = self._compute_summary_budget(turns_to_summarize)
        content_to_summarize = self._serialize_for_summary(turns_to_summarize)

-        # Preamble shared by both first-compaction and iterative-update prompts.
-        # Inspired by OpenCode's "do not respond to any questions" instruction
-        # and Codex's "another language model" framing.
-        _summarizer_preamble = (
-            "You are a summarization agent creating a context checkpoint. "
-            "Your output will be injected as reference material for a DIFFERENT "
-            "assistant that continues the conversation. "
-            "Do NOT respond to any questions or requests in the conversation — "
-            "only output the structured summary. "
-            "Do NOT include any preamble, greeting, or prefix."
-        )
-
-        # Shared structured template (used by both paths).
-        _template_sections = f"""## Active Task
-[THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIELD. Copy the user's most recent request or
-task assignment verbatim — the exact words they used. If multiple tasks
-were requested and only some are done, list only the ones NOT yet completed.
-The next assistant must pick up exactly here. Example:
-"User asked: 'Now refactor the auth module to use JWT instead of sessions'"
-If no outstanding task exists, write "None."]
-
-## Goal
-[What the user is trying to accomplish overall]
-
-## Constraints & Preferences
-[User preferences, coding style, constraints, important decisions]
-
-## Completed Actions
-[Numbered list of concrete actions taken — include tool used, target, and outcome.
-Format each as: N. ACTION target — outcome [tool: name]
-Example:
-1. READ config.py:45 — found `==` should be `!=` [tool: read_file]
-2. PATCH config.py:45 — changed `==` to `!=` [tool: patch]
-3. TEST `pytest tests/` — 3/50 failed: test_parse, test_validate, test_edge [tool: terminal]
-Be specific with file paths, commands, line numbers, and results.]
-
-## Active State
-[Current working state — include:
- Working directory and branch (if applicable)
- Modified/created files with brief note on each
- Test status (X/Y passing)
- Any running processes or servers
- Environment details that matter]
-
-## In Progress
-[Work currently underway — what was being done when compaction fired]
-
-## Blocked
-[Any blockers, errors, or issues not yet resolved. Include exact error messages.]
-
-## Key Decisions
-[Important technical decisions and WHY they were made]
-
-## Resolved Questions
-[Questions the user asked that were ALREADY answered — include the answer so the next assistant does not re-answer them]
-
-## Pending User Asks
-[Questions or requests from the user that have NOT yet been answered or fulfilled. If none, write "None."]
-
-## Relevant Files
-[Files read, modified, or created — with brief note on each]
-
-## Remaining Work
-[What remains to be done — framed as context, not instructions]
-
-## Critical Context
-[Any specific values, error messages, configuration details, or data that would be lost without explicit preservation]
-
-Target ~{summary_budget} tokens. Be CONCRETE — include file paths, command outputs, error messages, line numbers, and specific values. Avoid vague descriptions like "made some changes" — say exactly what changed.
-
-Write only the summary body. Do not include any preamble or prefix."""
-
        if self._previous_summary:
            # Iterative update: preserve existing info, add new progress
-            prompt = f"""{_summarizer_preamble}
-
-You are updating a context compaction summary. A previous compaction produced the summary below. New conversation turns have occurred since then and need to be incorporated.
+            prompt = f"""You are updating a context compaction summary. A previous compaction produced the summary below. New conversation turns have occurred since then and need to be incorporated.

 PREVIOUS SUMMARY:
 {self._previous_summary}
@@ -655,42 +338,87 @@ PREVIOUS SUMMARY:
 NEW TURNS TO INCORPORATE:
 {content_to_summarize}

-Update the summary using this exact structure. PRESERVE all existing information that is still relevant. ADD new completed actions to the numbered list (continue numbering). Move items from "In Progress" to "Completed Actions" when done. Move answered questions to "Resolved Questions". Update "Active State" to reflect current state. Remove information only if it is clearly obsolete. CRITICAL: Update "## Active Task" to reflect the user's most recent unfulfilled request — this is the most important field for task continuity.
+Update the summary using this exact structure. PRESERVE all existing information that is still relevant. ADD new progress. Move items from "In Progress" to "Done" when completed. Remove information only if it is clearly obsolete.

-{_template_sections}"""
+## Goal
+[What the user is trying to accomplish — preserve from previous summary, update if goal evolved]
+
+## Constraints & Preferences
+[User preferences, coding style, constraints, important decisions — accumulate across compactions]
+
+## Progress
+### Done
+[Completed work — include specific file paths, commands run, results obtained]
+### In Progress
+[Work currently underway]
+### Blocked
+[Any blockers or issues encountered]
+
+## Key Decisions
+[Important technical decisions and why they were made]
+
+## Relevant Files
+[Files read, modified, or created — with brief note on each. Accumulate across compactions.]
+
+## Next Steps
+[What needs to happen next to continue the work]
+
+## Critical Context
+[Any specific values, error messages, configuration details, or data that would be lost without explicit preservation]
+
+## Tools & Patterns
+[Which tools were used, how they were used effectively, and any tool-specific discoveries. Accumulate across compactions.]
+
+Target ~{summary_budget} tokens. Be specific — include file paths, command outputs, error messages, and concrete values rather than vague descriptions.
+
+Write only the summary body. Do not include any preamble or prefix."""
        else:
            # First compaction: summarize from scratch
-            prompt = f"""{_summarizer_preamble}
-
-Create a structured handoff summary for a different assistant that will continue this conversation after earlier turns are compacted. The next assistant should be able to understand what happened without re-reading the original turns.
+            prompt = f"""Create a structured handoff summary for a later assistant that will continue this conversation after earlier turns are compacted.

 TURNS TO SUMMARIZE:
 {content_to_summarize}

 Use this exact structure:

-{_template_sections}"""
+## Goal
+[What the user is trying to accomplish]

-        # Inject focus topic guidance when the user provides one via /compress <focus>.
-        # This goes at the end of the prompt so it takes precedence.
-        if focus_topic:
-            prompt += f"""
+## Constraints & Preferences
+[User preferences, coding style, constraints, important decisions]

-FOCUS TOPIC: "{focus_topic}"
-The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all information related to the focus topic above. For content related to "{focus_topic}", include full detail — exact values, file paths, command outputs, error messages, and decisions. For content NOT related to the focus topic, summarise more aggressively (brief one-liners or omit if truly irrelevant). The focus topic sections should receive roughly 60-70% of the summary token budget."""
+## Progress
+### Done
+[Completed work — include specific file paths, commands run, results obtained]
+### In Progress
+[Work currently underway]
+### Blocked
+[Any blockers or issues encountered]
+
+## Key Decisions
+[Important technical decisions and why they were made]
+
+## Relevant Files
+[Files read, modified, or created — with brief note on each]
+
+## Next Steps
+[What needs to happen next to continue the work]
+
+## Critical Context
+[Any specific values, error messages, configuration details, or data that would be lost without explicit preservation]
+
+## Tools & Patterns
+[Which tools were used, how they were used effectively, and any tool-specific discoveries (e.g., preferred flags, working invocations, successful command patterns)]
+
+Target ~{summary_budget} tokens. Be specific — include file paths, command outputs, error messages, and concrete values rather than vague descriptions. The goal is to prevent the next assistant from repeating work or losing important details.
+
+Write only the summary body. Do not include any preamble or prefix."""

        try:
            call_kwargs = {
                "task": "compression",
-                "main_runtime": {
-                    "model": self.model,
-                    "provider": self.provider,
-                    "base_url": self.base_url,
-                    "api_key": self.api_key,
-                    "api_mode": self.api_mode,
-                },
                "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
-                "max_tokens": int(summary_budget * 1.3),
+                "max_tokens": summary_budget * 2,
                # timeout resolved from auxiliary.compression.timeout config by call_llm
            }
            if self.summary_model:
@@ -704,10 +432,8 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
            # Store for iterative updates on next compaction
            self._previous_summary = summary
            self._summary_failure_cooldown_until = 0.0
-            self._summary_model_fallen_back = False
            return self._with_summary_prefix(summary)
        except RuntimeError:
-            # No provider configured — long cooldown, unlikely to self-resolve
            self._summary_failure_cooldown_until = time.monotonic() + _SUMMARY_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_SECONDS
            logging.warning("Context compression: no provider available for "
                            "summary. Middle turns will be dropped without summary "
@@ -715,42 +441,12 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
                            _SUMMARY_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_SECONDS)
            return None
        except Exception as e:
-            # If the summary model is different from the main model and the
-            # error looks permanent (model not found, 503, 404), fall back to
-            # using the main model instead of entering cooldown that leaves
-            # context growing unbounded.  (#8620 sub-issue 4)
-            _status = getattr(e, "status_code", None) or getattr(getattr(e, "response", None), "status_code", None)
-            _err_str = str(e).lower()
-            _is_model_not_found = (
-                _status in (404, 503)
-                or "model_not_found" in _err_str
-                or "does not exist" in _err_str
-                or "no available channel" in _err_str
-            )
-            if (
-                _is_model_not_found
-                and self.summary_model
-                and self.summary_model != self.model
-                and not getattr(self, "_summary_model_fallen_back", False)
-            ):
-                self._summary_model_fallen_back = True
-                logging.warning(
-                    "Summary model '%s' not available (%s). "
-                    "Falling back to main model '%s' for compression.",
-                    self.summary_model, e, self.model,
-                )
-                self.summary_model = ""  # empty = use main model
-                self._summary_failure_cooldown_until = 0.0  # no cooldown
-                return self._generate_summary(messages, summary_budget)  # retry immediately
-
-            # Transient errors (timeout, rate limit, network) — shorter cooldown
-            _transient_cooldown = 60
-            self._summary_failure_cooldown_until = time.monotonic() + _transient_cooldown
+            self._summary_failure_cooldown_until = time.monotonic() + _SUMMARY_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_SECONDS
            logging.warning(
                "Failed to generate context summary: %s. "
                "Further summary attempts paused for %d seconds.",
                e,
-                _transient_cooldown,
+                _SUMMARY_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_SECONDS,
            )
            return None

@@ -873,62 +569,6 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
    # Tail protection by token budget
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------

-    def _find_last_user_message_idx(
-        self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], head_end: int
-    ) -> int:
-        """Return the index of the last user-role message at or after *head_end*, or -1."""
-        for i in range(len(messages) - 1, head_end - 1, -1):
-            if messages[i].get("role") == "user":
-                return i
-        return -1
-
-    def _ensure_last_user_message_in_tail(
-        self,
-        messages: List[Dict[str, Any]],
-        cut_idx: int,
-        head_end: int,
-    ) -> int:
-        """Guarantee the most recent user message is in the protected tail.
-
-        Context compressor bug (#10896): ``_align_boundary_backward`` can pull
-        ``cut_idx`` past a user message when it tries to keep tool_call/result
-        groups together.  If the last user message ends up in the *compressed*
-        middle region the LLM summariser writes it into "Pending User Asks",
-        but ``SUMMARY_PREFIX`` tells the next model to respond only to user
-        messages *after* the summary — so the task effectively disappears from
-        the active context, causing the agent to stall, repeat completed work,
-        or silently drop the user's latest request.
-
-        Fix: if the last user-role message is not already in the tail
-        (``messages[cut_idx:]``), walk ``cut_idx`` back to include it.  We
-        then re-align backward one more time to avoid splitting any
-        tool_call/result group that immediately precedes the user message.
-        """
-        last_user_idx = self._find_last_user_message_idx(messages, head_end)
-        if last_user_idx < 0:
-            # No user message found beyond head — nothing to anchor.
-            return cut_idx
-
-        if last_user_idx >= cut_idx:
-            # Already in the tail; nothing to do.
-            return cut_idx
-
-        # The last user message is in the middle (compressed) region.
-        # Pull cut_idx back to it directly — a user message is already a
-        # clean boundary (no tool_call/result splitting risk), so there is no
-        # need to call _align_boundary_backward here; doing so would
-        # unnecessarily pull the cut further back into the preceding
-        # assistant + tool_calls group.
-        if not self.quiet_mode:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Anchoring tail cut to last user message at index %d "
-                "(was %d) to prevent active-task loss after compression",
-                last_user_idx,
-                cut_idx,
-            )
-        # Safety: never go back into the head region.
-        return max(last_user_idx, head_end + 1)
-
    def _find_tail_cut_by_tokens(
        self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], head_end: int,
        token_budget: int | None = None,
@@ -946,8 +586,7 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
        read, etc.).  If even the minimum 3 messages exceed 1.5x the budget
        the cut is placed right after the head so compression still runs.

-        Never cuts inside a tool_call/result group.  Always ensures the most
-        recent user message is in the tail (see ``_ensure_last_user_message_in_tail``).
+        Never cuts inside a tool_call/result group.
        """
        if token_budget is None:
            token_budget = self.tail_token_budget
@@ -986,17 +625,13 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
        # Align to avoid splitting tool groups
        cut_idx = self._align_boundary_backward(messages, cut_idx)

-        # Ensure the most recent user message is always in the tail so the
-        # active task is never lost to compression (fixes #10896).
-        cut_idx = self._ensure_last_user_message_in_tail(messages, cut_idx, head_end)
-
        return max(cut_idx, head_end + 1)

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Main compression entry point
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------

-    def compress(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], current_tokens: int = None, focus_topic: str = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    def compress(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], current_tokens: int = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
        """Compress conversation messages by summarizing middle turns.

        Algorithm:
@@ -1008,12 +643,6 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio

        After compression, orphaned tool_call / tool_result pairs are cleaned
        up so the API never receives mismatched IDs.
-
-        Args:
-            focus_topic: Optional focus string for guided compression.  When
-                provided, the summariser will prioritise preserving information
-                related to this topic and be more aggressive about compressing
-                everything else.  Inspired by Claude Code's ``/compact``.
        """
        n_messages = len(messages)
        # Only need head + 3 tail messages minimum (token budget decides the real tail size)
@@ -1071,17 +700,17 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
            )

        # Phase 3: Generate structured summary
-        summary = self._generate_summary(turns_to_summarize, focus_topic=focus_topic)
+        summary = self._generate_summary(turns_to_summarize)

        # Phase 4: Assemble compressed message list
        compressed = []
        for i in range(compress_start):
            msg = messages[i].copy()
-            if i == 0 and msg.get("role") == "system":
-                existing = msg.get("content") or ""
-                _compression_note = "[Note: Some earlier conversation turns have been compacted into a handoff summary to preserve context space. The current session state may still reflect earlier work, so build on that summary and state rather than re-doing work.]"
-                if _compression_note not in existing:
-                    msg["content"] = existing + "\n\n" + _compression_note
+            if i == 0 and msg.get("role") == "system" and self.compression_count == 0:
+                msg["content"] = (
+                    (msg.get("content") or "")
+                    + "\n\n[Note: Some earlier conversation turns have been compacted into a handoff summary to preserve context space. The current session state may still reflect earlier work, so build on that summary and state rather than re-doing work.]"
+                )
            compressed.append(msg)

        # If LLM summary failed, insert a static fallback so the model
@@ -1126,12 +755,7 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
            msg = messages[i].copy()
            if _merge_summary_into_tail and i == compress_end:
                original = msg.get("content") or ""
-                msg["content"] = (
-                    summary
-                    + "\n\n--- END OF CONTEXT SUMMARY — "
-                    "respond to the message below, not the summary above ---\n\n"
-                    + original
-                )
+                msg["content"] = summary + "\n\n" + original
                _merge_summary_into_tail = False
            compressed.append(msg)

@@ -1139,24 +763,14 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio

        compressed = self._sanitize_tool_pairs(compressed)

-        new_estimate = estimate_messages_tokens_rough(compressed)
-        saved_estimate = display_tokens - new_estimate
-
-        # Anti-thrashing: track compression effectiveness
-        savings_pct = (saved_estimate / display_tokens * 100) if display_tokens > 0 else 0
-        self._last_compression_savings_pct = savings_pct
-        if savings_pct < 10:
-            self._ineffective_compression_count += 1
-        else:
-            self._ineffective_compression_count = 0
-
        if not self.quiet_mode:
+            new_estimate = estimate_messages_tokens_rough(compressed)
+            saved_estimate = display_tokens - new_estimate
            logger.info(
-                "Compressed: %d -> %d messages (~%d tokens saved, %.0f%%)",
+                "Compressed: %d -> %d messages (~%d tokens saved)",
                n_messages,
                len(compressed),
                saved_estimate,
-                savings_pct,
            )
            logger.info("Compression #%d complete", self.compression_count)

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Lifecycle:
 """

 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, Dict, List
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional


 class ContextEngine(ABC):
@@ -313,25 +313,9 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
            tools=tools,
            tool_choice=tool_choice,
        )
-        # Normalise timeout: run_agent.py may pass an httpx.Timeout object
-        # (used natively by the OpenAI SDK) rather than a plain float.
-        if timeout is None:
-            _effective_timeout = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
-        elif isinstance(timeout, (int, float)):
-            _effective_timeout = float(timeout)
-        else:
-            # httpx.Timeout or similar — pick the largest component so the
-            # subprocess has enough wall-clock time for the full response.
-            _candidates = [
-                getattr(timeout, attr, None)
-                for attr in ("read", "write", "connect", "pool", "timeout")
-            ]
-            _numeric = [float(v) for v in _candidates if isinstance(v, (int, float))]
-            _effective_timeout = max(_numeric) if _numeric else _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
-
        response_text, reasoning_text = self._run_prompt(
            prompt_text,
-            timeout_seconds=_effective_timeout,
+            timeout_seconds=float(timeout or _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS),
        )

        tool_calls, cleaned_text = _extract_tool_calls_from_text(response_text)
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import hermes_cli.auth as auth_mod
 from hermes_cli.auth import (
    CODEX_ACCESS_TOKEN_REFRESH_SKEW_SECONDS,
    DEFAULT_AGENT_KEY_MIN_TTL_SECONDS,
+    KIMI_CODE_BASE_URL,
    PROVIDER_REGISTRY,
    _auth_store_lock,
    _codex_access_token_is_expiring,
    _decode_jwt_claims,
    _import_codex_cli_tokens,
-    _write_codex_cli_tokens,
    _load_auth_store,
    _load_provider_state,
    _resolve_kimi_base_url,
@@ -288,14 +288,6 @@ def _iter_custom_providers(config: Optional[dict] = None):
        return
    custom_providers = config.get("custom_providers")
    if not isinstance(custom_providers, list):
-        # Fall back to the v12+ providers dict via the compatibility layer
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.config import get_compatible_custom_providers
-
-            custom_providers = get_compatible_custom_providers(config)
-        except Exception:
-            return
-    if not custom_providers:
        return
    for entry in custom_providers:
        if not isinstance(entry, dict):
@@ -701,14 +693,6 @@ class CredentialPool:
                        self._replace_entry(synced, updated)
                        self._persist()
                        self._sync_device_code_entry_to_auth_store(updated)
-                        try:
-                            _write_codex_cli_tokens(
-                                updated.access_token,
-                                updated.refresh_token,
-                                last_refresh=updated.last_refresh,
-                            )
-                        except Exception as wexc:
-                            logger.debug("Failed to write refreshed Codex tokens to CLI file (retry): %s", wexc)
                        return updated
                    except Exception as retry_exc:
                        logger.debug("Codex retry refresh also failed: %s", retry_exc)
@@ -734,17 +718,6 @@ class CredentialPool:
        # _seed_from_singletons() on the next load_pool() sees fresh state
        # instead of re-seeding stale/consumed tokens.
        self._sync_device_code_entry_to_auth_store(updated)
-        # Write refreshed tokens back to ~/.codex/auth.json so Codex CLI
-        # and VS Code don't hit "refresh_token_reused" on their next refresh.
-        if self.provider == "openai-codex":
-            try:
-                _write_codex_cli_tokens(
-                    updated.access_token,
-                    updated.refresh_token,
-                    last_refresh=updated.last_refresh,
-                )
-            except Exception as wexc:
-                logger.debug("Failed to write refreshed Codex tokens to CLI file: %s", wexc)
        return updated

    def _entry_needs_refresh(self, entry: PooledCredential) -> bool:
@@ -1152,94 +1125,9 @@ def _seed_from_singletons(provider: str, entries: List[PooledCredential]) -> Tup
                },
            )

-    elif provider == "copilot":
-        # Copilot tokens are resolved dynamically via `gh auth token` or
-        # env vars (COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN / GH_TOKEN).  They don't live in
-        # the auth store or credential pool, so we resolve them here.
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.copilot_auth import resolve_copilot_token
-            token, source = resolve_copilot_token()
-            if token:
-                source_name = "gh_cli" if "gh" in source.lower() else f"env:{source}"
-                active_sources.add(source_name)
-                pconfig = PROVIDER_REGISTRY.get(provider)
-                changed |= _upsert_entry(
-                    entries,
-                    provider,
-                    source_name,
-                    {
-                        "source": source_name,
-                        "auth_type": AUTH_TYPE_API_KEY,
-                        "access_token": token,
-                        "base_url": pconfig.inference_base_url if pconfig else "",
-                        "label": source,
-                    },
-                )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.debug("Copilot token seed failed: %s", exc)
-
-    elif provider == "qwen-oauth":
-        # Qwen OAuth tokens live in ~/.qwen/oauth_creds.json, written by
-        # the Qwen CLI (`qwen auth qwen-oauth`).  They aren't in the
-        # Hermes auth store or env vars, so resolve them here.
-        # Use refresh_if_expiring=False to avoid network calls during
-        # pool loading / provider discovery.
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.auth import resolve_qwen_runtime_credentials
-            creds = resolve_qwen_runtime_credentials(refresh_if_expiring=False)
-            token = creds.get("api_key", "")
-            if token:
-                source_name = creds.get("source", "qwen-cli")
-                active_sources.add(source_name)
-                changed |= _upsert_entry(
-                    entries,
-                    provider,
-                    source_name,
-                    {
-                        "source": source_name,
-                        "auth_type": AUTH_TYPE_OAUTH,
-                        "access_token": token,
-                        "expires_at_ms": creds.get("expires_at_ms"),
-                        "base_url": creds.get("base_url", ""),
-                        "label": creds.get("auth_file", source_name),
-                    },
-                )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.debug("Qwen OAuth token seed failed: %s", exc)
-
    elif provider == "openai-codex":
-        # Respect user suppression — `hermes auth remove openai-codex` marks
-        # the device_code source as suppressed so it won't be re-seeded from
-        # either the Hermes auth store or ~/.codex/auth.json.  Without this
-        # gate the removal is instantly undone on the next load_pool() call.
-        codex_suppressed = False
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.auth import is_source_suppressed
-            codex_suppressed = is_source_suppressed(provider, "device_code")
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-        if codex_suppressed:
-            return changed, active_sources
-
        state = _load_provider_state(auth_store, "openai-codex")
        tokens = state.get("tokens") if isinstance(state, dict) else None
-        # Fallback: import from Codex CLI (~/.codex/auth.json) if Hermes auth
-        # store has no tokens.  This mirrors resolve_codex_runtime_credentials()
-        # so that load_pool() and list_authenticated_providers() detect tokens
-        # that only exist in the Codex CLI shared file.
-        if not (isinstance(tokens, dict) and tokens.get("access_token")):
-            try:
-                from hermes_cli.auth import _import_codex_cli_tokens, _save_codex_tokens
-                cli_tokens = _import_codex_cli_tokens()
-                if cli_tokens:
-                    logger.info("Importing Codex CLI tokens into Hermes auth store.")
-                    _save_codex_tokens(cli_tokens)
-                    # Re-read state after import
-                    auth_store = _load_auth_store()
-                    state = _load_provider_state(auth_store, "openai-codex")
-                    tokens = state.get("tokens") if isinstance(state, dict) else None
-            except Exception as exc:
-                logger.debug("Codex CLI token import failed: %s", exc)
        if isinstance(tokens, dict) and tokens.get("access_token"):
            active_sources.add("device_code")
            changed |= _upsert_entry(
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ def _diff_ansi() -> dict[str, str]:
    return _diff_colors_cached


+def reset_diff_colors() -> None:
+    """Reset cached diff colors (call after /skin switch)."""
+    global _diff_colors_cached
+    _diff_colors_cached = None
+
+
 # Module-level helpers — each call resolves from the active skin lazily.
 def _diff_dim():   return _diff_ansi()["dim"]
 def _diff_file():  return _diff_ansi()["file"]
@@ -600,45 +606,6 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
        "analyzing", "computing", "synthesizing", "formulating", "brainstorming",
    ]

-    @classmethod
-    def get_waiting_faces(cls) -> list:
-        """Return waiting faces from the active skin, falling back to KAWAII_WAITING."""
-        try:
-            skin = _get_skin()
-            if skin:
-                faces = skin.spinner.get("waiting_faces", [])
-                if faces:
-                    return faces
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        return cls.KAWAII_WAITING
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_thinking_faces(cls) -> list:
-        """Return thinking faces from the active skin, falling back to KAWAII_THINKING."""
-        try:
-            skin = _get_skin()
-            if skin:
-                faces = skin.spinner.get("thinking_faces", [])
-                if faces:
-                    return faces
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        return cls.KAWAII_THINKING
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_thinking_verbs(cls) -> list:
-        """Return thinking verbs from the active skin, falling back to THINKING_VERBS."""
-        try:
-            skin = _get_skin()
-            if skin:
-                verbs = skin.spinner.get("thinking_verbs", [])
-                if verbs:
-                    return verbs
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        return cls.THINKING_VERBS
-
    def __init__(self, message: str = "", spinner_type: str = 'dots', print_fn=None):
        self.message = message
        self.spinner_frames = self.SPINNERS.get(spinner_type, self.SPINNERS['dots'])
@@ -993,4 +960,84 @@ def get_cute_tool_message(
 # Honcho session line (one-liner with clickable OSC 8 hyperlink)
 # =========================================================================

+_DIM = "\033[2m"
+_SKY_BLUE = "\033[38;5;117m"
+_ANSI_RESET = "\033[0m"

+
+# =========================================================================
+# Context pressure display (CLI user-facing warnings)
+# =========================================================================
+
+# ANSI color codes for context pressure tiers
+_CYAN = "\033[36m"
+_YELLOW = "\033[33m"
+_BOLD = "\033[1m"
+_DIM_ANSI = "\033[2m"
+
+# Bar characters
+_BAR_FILLED = "▰"
+_BAR_EMPTY = "▱"
+_BAR_WIDTH = 20
+
+
+def format_context_pressure(
+    compaction_progress: float,
+    threshold_tokens: int,
+    threshold_percent: float,
+    compression_enabled: bool = True,
+) -> str:
+    """Build a formatted context pressure line for CLI display.
+
+    The bar and percentage show progress toward the compaction threshold,
+    NOT the raw context window.  100% = compaction fires.
+
+    Args:
+        compaction_progress: How close to compaction (0.0–1.0, 1.0 = fires).
+        threshold_tokens: Compaction threshold in tokens.
+        threshold_percent: Compaction threshold as a fraction of context window.
+        compression_enabled: Whether auto-compression is active.
+    """
+    pct_int = min(int(compaction_progress * 100), 100)
+    filled = min(int(compaction_progress * _BAR_WIDTH), _BAR_WIDTH)
+    bar = _BAR_FILLED * filled + _BAR_EMPTY * (_BAR_WIDTH - filled)
+
+    threshold_k = f"{threshold_tokens // 1000}k" if threshold_tokens >= 1000 else str(threshold_tokens)
+    threshold_pct_int = int(threshold_percent * 100)
+
+    color = f"{_BOLD}{_YELLOW}"
+    icon = "⚠"
+    if compression_enabled:
+        hint = "compaction approaching"
+    else:
+        hint = "no auto-compaction"
+
+    return (
+        f"  {color}{icon} context {bar} {pct_int}% to compaction{_ANSI_RESET}"
+        f"  {_DIM_ANSI}{threshold_k} threshold ({threshold_pct_int}%) · {hint}{_ANSI_RESET}"
+    )
+
+
+def format_context_pressure_gateway(
+    compaction_progress: float,
+    threshold_percent: float,
+    compression_enabled: bool = True,
+) -> str:
+    """Build a plain-text context pressure notification for messaging platforms.
+
+    No ANSI — just Unicode and plain text suitable for Telegram/Discord/etc.
+    The percentage shows progress toward the compaction threshold.
+    """
+    pct_int = min(int(compaction_progress * 100), 100)
+    filled = min(int(compaction_progress * _BAR_WIDTH), _BAR_WIDTH)
+    bar = _BAR_FILLED * filled + _BAR_EMPTY * (_BAR_WIDTH - filled)
+
+    threshold_pct_int = int(threshold_percent * 100)
+
+    icon = "⚠️"
+    if compression_enabled:
+        hint = f"Context compaction approaching (threshold: {threshold_pct_int}% of window)."
+    else:
+        hint = "Auto-compaction is disabled — context may be truncated."
+
+    return f"{icon} Context: {bar} {pct_int}% to compaction\n{hint}"
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 import enum
 import logging
+import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional

@@ -112,10 +113,6 @@ _RATE_LIMIT_PATTERNS = [
    "please retry after",
    "resource_exhausted",
    "rate increased too quickly",  # Alibaba/DashScope throttling
-    # AWS Bedrock throttling
-    "throttlingexception",
-    "too many concurrent requests",
-    "servicequotaexceededexception",
 ]

 # Usage-limit patterns that need disambiguation (could be billing OR rate_limit)
@@ -160,26 +157,9 @@ _CONTEXT_OVERFLOW_PATTERNS = [
    "prompt exceeds max length",
    "max_tokens",
    "maximum number of tokens",
-    # vLLM / local inference server patterns
-    "exceeds the max_model_len",
-    "max_model_len",
-    "prompt length",             # "engine prompt length X exceeds"
-    "input is too long",
-    "maximum model length",
-    # Ollama patterns
-    "context length exceeded",
-    "truncating input",
-    # llama.cpp / llama-server patterns
-    "slot context",              # "slot context: N tokens, prompt N tokens"
-    "n_ctx_slot",
    # Chinese error messages (some providers return these)
    "超过最大长度",
    "上下文长度",
-    # AWS Bedrock Converse API error patterns
-    "input is too long",
-    "max input token",
-    "input token",
-    "exceeds the maximum number of input tokens",
 ]

 # Model not found patterns
@@ -1,764 +0,0 @@
-"""OpenAI-compatible facade that talks to Google's Cloud Code Assist backend.
-
-This adapter lets Hermes use the ``google-gemini-cli`` provider as if it were
-a standard OpenAI-shaped chat completion endpoint, while the underlying HTTP
-traffic goes to ``cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:{generateContent,
-streamGenerateContent}`` with a Bearer access token obtained via OAuth PKCE.
-
-Architecture
------------
- ``GeminiCloudCodeClient`` exposes ``.chat.completions.create(**kwargs)``
-  mirroring the subset of the OpenAI SDK that ``run_agent.py`` uses.
- Incoming OpenAI ``messages[]`` / ``tools[]`` / ``tool_choice`` are translated
-  to Gemini's native ``contents[]`` / ``tools[].functionDeclarations`` /
-  ``toolConfig`` / ``systemInstruction`` shape.
- The request body is wrapped ``{project, model, user_prompt_id, request}``
-  per Code Assist API expectations.
- Responses (``candidates[].content.parts[]``) are converted back to
-  OpenAI ``choices[0].message`` shape with ``content`` + ``tool_calls``.
- Streaming uses SSE (``?alt=sse``) and yields OpenAI-shaped delta chunks.
-
-Attribution
-----------
-Translation semantics follow jenslys/opencode-gemini-auth (MIT) and the public
-Gemini API docs. Request envelope shape
-(``{project, model, user_prompt_id, request}``) is documented nowhere; it is
-reverse-engineered from the opencode-gemini-auth and clawdbot implementations.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-import uuid
-from types import SimpleNamespace
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
-
-import httpx
-
-from agent import google_oauth
-from agent.google_code_assist import (
-    CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT,
-    FREE_TIER_ID,
-    CodeAssistError,
-    ProjectContext,
-    resolve_project_context,
-)
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Request translation: OpenAI → Gemini
-# =============================================================================
-
-_ROLE_MAP_OPENAI_TO_GEMINI = {
-    "user": "user",
-    "assistant": "model",
-    "system": "user",   # handled separately via systemInstruction
-    "tool": "user",     # functionResponse is wrapped in a user-role turn
-    "function": "user",
-}
-
-
-def _coerce_content_to_text(content: Any) -> str:
-    """OpenAI content may be str or a list of parts; reduce to plain text."""
-    if content is None:
-        return ""
-    if isinstance(content, str):
-        return content
-    if isinstance(content, list):
-        pieces: List[str] = []
-        for p in content:
-            if isinstance(p, str):
-                pieces.append(p)
-            elif isinstance(p, dict):
-                if p.get("type") == "text" and isinstance(p.get("text"), str):
-                    pieces.append(p["text"])
-                # Multimodal (image_url, etc.) — stub for now; log and skip
-                elif p.get("type") in ("image_url", "input_audio"):
-                    logger.debug("Dropping multimodal part (not yet supported): %s", p.get("type"))
-        return "\n".join(pieces)
-    return str(content)
-
-
-def _translate_tool_call_to_gemini(tool_call: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """OpenAI tool_call -> Gemini functionCall part."""
-    fn = tool_call.get("function") or {}
-    args_raw = fn.get("arguments", "")
-    try:
-        args = json.loads(args_raw) if isinstance(args_raw, str) and args_raw else {}
-    except json.JSONDecodeError:
-        args = {"_raw": args_raw}
-    if not isinstance(args, dict):
-        args = {"_value": args}
-    return {
-        "functionCall": {
-            "name": fn.get("name") or "",
-            "args": args,
-        },
-        # Sentinel signature — matches opencode-gemini-auth's approach.
-        # Without this, Code Assist rejects function calls that originated
-        # outside its own chain.
-        "thoughtSignature": "skip_thought_signature_validator",
-    }
-
-
-def _translate_tool_result_to_gemini(message: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """OpenAI tool-role message -> Gemini functionResponse part.
-
-    The function name isn't in the OpenAI tool message directly; it must be
-    passed via the assistant message that issued the call. For simplicity we
-    look up ``name`` on the message (OpenAI SDK copies it there) or on the
-    ``tool_call_id`` cross-reference.
-    """
-    name = str(message.get("name") or message.get("tool_call_id") or "tool")
-    content = _coerce_content_to_text(message.get("content"))
-    # Gemini expects the response as a dict under `response`. We wrap plain
-    # text in {"output": "..."}.
-    try:
-        parsed = json.loads(content) if content.strip().startswith(("{", "[")) else None
-    except json.JSONDecodeError:
-        parsed = None
-    response = parsed if isinstance(parsed, dict) else {"output": content}
-    return {
-        "functionResponse": {
-            "name": name,
-            "response": response,
-        },
-    }
-
-
-def _build_gemini_contents(
-    messages: List[Dict[str, Any]],
-) -> tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], Optional[Dict[str, Any]]]:
-    """Convert OpenAI messages[] to Gemini contents[] + systemInstruction."""
-    system_text_parts: List[str] = []
-    contents: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-
-    for msg in messages:
-        if not isinstance(msg, dict):
-            continue
-        role = str(msg.get("role") or "user")
-
-        if role == "system":
-            system_text_parts.append(_coerce_content_to_text(msg.get("content")))
-            continue
-
-        # Tool result message — emit a user-role turn with functionResponse
-        if role == "tool" or role == "function":
-            contents.append({
-                "role": "user",
-                "parts": [_translate_tool_result_to_gemini(msg)],
-            })
-            continue
-
-        gemini_role = _ROLE_MAP_OPENAI_TO_GEMINI.get(role, "user")
-        parts: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-
-        text = _coerce_content_to_text(msg.get("content"))
-        if text:
-            parts.append({"text": text})
-
-        # Assistant messages can carry tool_calls
-        tool_calls = msg.get("tool_calls") or []
-        if isinstance(tool_calls, list):
-            for tc in tool_calls:
-                if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                    parts.append(_translate_tool_call_to_gemini(tc))
-
-        if not parts:
-            # Gemini rejects empty parts; skip the turn entirely
-            continue
-
-        contents.append({"role": gemini_role, "parts": parts})
-
-    system_instruction: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
-    joined_system = "\n".join(p for p in system_text_parts if p).strip()
-    if joined_system:
-        system_instruction = {
-            "role": "system",
-            "parts": [{"text": joined_system}],
-        }
-
-    return contents, system_instruction
-
-
-def _translate_tools_to_gemini(tools: Any) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """OpenAI tools[] -> Gemini tools[].functionDeclarations[]."""
-    if not isinstance(tools, list) or not tools:
-        return []
-    declarations: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-    for t in tools:
-        if not isinstance(t, dict):
-            continue
-        fn = t.get("function") or {}
-        if not isinstance(fn, dict):
-            continue
-        name = fn.get("name")
-        if not name:
-            continue
-        decl = {"name": str(name)}
-        if fn.get("description"):
-            decl["description"] = str(fn["description"])
-        params = fn.get("parameters")
-        if isinstance(params, dict):
-            decl["parameters"] = params
-        declarations.append(decl)
-    if not declarations:
-        return []
-    return [{"functionDeclarations": declarations}]
-
-
-def _translate_tool_choice_to_gemini(tool_choice: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """OpenAI tool_choice -> Gemini toolConfig.functionCallingConfig."""
-    if tool_choice is None:
-        return None
-    if isinstance(tool_choice, str):
-        if tool_choice == "auto":
-            return {"functionCallingConfig": {"mode": "AUTO"}}
-        if tool_choice == "required":
-            return {"functionCallingConfig": {"mode": "ANY"}}
-        if tool_choice == "none":
-            return {"functionCallingConfig": {"mode": "NONE"}}
-    if isinstance(tool_choice, dict):
-        fn = tool_choice.get("function") or {}
-        name = fn.get("name")
-        if name:
-            return {
-                "functionCallingConfig": {
-                    "mode": "ANY",
-                    "allowedFunctionNames": [str(name)],
-                },
-            }
-    return None
-
-
-def _normalize_thinking_config(config: Any) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Accept thinkingBudget / thinkingLevel / includeThoughts (+ snake_case)."""
-    if not isinstance(config, dict) or not config:
-        return None
-    budget = config.get("thinkingBudget", config.get("thinking_budget"))
-    level = config.get("thinkingLevel", config.get("thinking_level"))
-    include = config.get("includeThoughts", config.get("include_thoughts"))
-    normalized: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-    if isinstance(budget, (int, float)):
-        normalized["thinkingBudget"] = int(budget)
-    if isinstance(level, str) and level.strip():
-        normalized["thinkingLevel"] = level.strip().lower()
-    if isinstance(include, bool):
-        normalized["includeThoughts"] = include
-    return normalized or None
-
-
-def build_gemini_request(
-    *,
-    messages: List[Dict[str, Any]],
-    tools: Any = None,
-    tool_choice: Any = None,
-    temperature: Optional[float] = None,
-    max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
-    top_p: Optional[float] = None,
-    stop: Any = None,
-    thinking_config: Any = None,
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Build the inner Gemini request body (goes inside ``request`` wrapper)."""
-    contents, system_instruction = _build_gemini_contents(messages)
-
-    body: Dict[str, Any] = {"contents": contents}
-    if system_instruction is not None:
-        body["systemInstruction"] = system_instruction
-
-    gemini_tools = _translate_tools_to_gemini(tools)
-    if gemini_tools:
-        body["tools"] = gemini_tools
-    tool_cfg = _translate_tool_choice_to_gemini(tool_choice)
-    if tool_cfg is not None:
-        body["toolConfig"] = tool_cfg
-
-    generation_config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-    if isinstance(temperature, (int, float)):
-        generation_config["temperature"] = float(temperature)
-    if isinstance(max_tokens, int) and max_tokens > 0:
-        generation_config["maxOutputTokens"] = max_tokens
-    if isinstance(top_p, (int, float)):
-        generation_config["topP"] = float(top_p)
-    if isinstance(stop, str) and stop:
-        generation_config["stopSequences"] = [stop]
-    elif isinstance(stop, list) and stop:
-        generation_config["stopSequences"] = [str(s) for s in stop if s]
-    normalized_thinking = _normalize_thinking_config(thinking_config)
-    if normalized_thinking:
-        generation_config["thinkingConfig"] = normalized_thinking
-    if generation_config:
-        body["generationConfig"] = generation_config
-
-    return body
-
-
-def wrap_code_assist_request(
-    *,
-    project_id: str,
-    model: str,
-    inner_request: Dict[str, Any],
-    user_prompt_id: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Wrap the inner Gemini request in the Code Assist envelope."""
-    return {
-        "project": project_id,
-        "model": model,
-        "user_prompt_id": user_prompt_id or str(uuid.uuid4()),
-        "request": inner_request,
-    }
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Response translation: Gemini → OpenAI
-# =============================================================================
-
-def _translate_gemini_response(
-    resp: Dict[str, Any],
-    model: str,
-) -> SimpleNamespace:
-    """Non-streaming Gemini response -> OpenAI-shaped SimpleNamespace.
-
-    Code Assist wraps the actual Gemini response inside ``response``, so we
-    unwrap it first if present.
-    """
-    inner = resp.get("response") if isinstance(resp.get("response"), dict) else resp
-
-    candidates = inner.get("candidates") or []
-    if not isinstance(candidates, list) or not candidates:
-        return _empty_response(model)
-
-    cand = candidates[0]
-    content_obj = cand.get("content") if isinstance(cand, dict) else {}
-    parts = content_obj.get("parts") if isinstance(content_obj, dict) else []
-
-    text_pieces: List[str] = []
-    reasoning_pieces: List[str] = []
-    tool_calls: List[SimpleNamespace] = []
-
-    for i, part in enumerate(parts or []):
-        if not isinstance(part, dict):
-            continue
-        # Thought parts are model's internal reasoning — surface as reasoning,
-        # don't mix into content.
-        if part.get("thought") is True:
-            if isinstance(part.get("text"), str):
-                reasoning_pieces.append(part["text"])
-            continue
-        if isinstance(part.get("text"), str):
-            text_pieces.append(part["text"])
-            continue
-        fc = part.get("functionCall")
-        if isinstance(fc, dict) and fc.get("name"):
-            try:
-                args_str = json.dumps(fc.get("args") or {}, ensure_ascii=False)
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                args_str = "{}"
-            tool_calls.append(SimpleNamespace(
-                id=f"call_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}",
-                type="function",
-                index=i,
-                function=SimpleNamespace(name=str(fc["name"]), arguments=args_str),
-            ))
-
-    finish_reason = "tool_calls" if tool_calls else _map_gemini_finish_reason(
-        str(cand.get("finishReason") or "")
-    )
-
-    usage_meta = inner.get("usageMetadata") or {}
-    usage = SimpleNamespace(
-        prompt_tokens=int(usage_meta.get("promptTokenCount") or 0),
-        completion_tokens=int(usage_meta.get("candidatesTokenCount") or 0),
-        total_tokens=int(usage_meta.get("totalTokenCount") or 0),
-        prompt_tokens_details=SimpleNamespace(
-            cached_tokens=int(usage_meta.get("cachedContentTokenCount") or 0),
-        ),
-    )
-
-    message = SimpleNamespace(
-        role="assistant",
-        content="".join(text_pieces) if text_pieces else None,
-        tool_calls=tool_calls or None,
-        reasoning="".join(reasoning_pieces) or None,
-        reasoning_content="".join(reasoning_pieces) or None,
-        reasoning_details=None,
-    )
-    choice = SimpleNamespace(
-        index=0,
-        message=message,
-        finish_reason=finish_reason,
-    )
-    return SimpleNamespace(
-        id=f"chatcmpl-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}",
-        object="chat.completion",
-        created=int(time.time()),
-        model=model,
-        choices=[choice],
-        usage=usage,
-    )
-
-
-def _empty_response(model: str) -> SimpleNamespace:
-    message = SimpleNamespace(
-        role="assistant", content="", tool_calls=None,
-        reasoning=None, reasoning_content=None, reasoning_details=None,
-    )
-    choice = SimpleNamespace(index=0, message=message, finish_reason="stop")
-    usage = SimpleNamespace(
-        prompt_tokens=0, completion_tokens=0, total_tokens=0,
-        prompt_tokens_details=SimpleNamespace(cached_tokens=0),
-    )
-    return SimpleNamespace(
-        id=f"chatcmpl-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}",
-        object="chat.completion",
-        created=int(time.time()),
-        model=model,
-        choices=[choice],
-        usage=usage,
-    )
-
-
-def _map_gemini_finish_reason(reason: str) -> str:
-    mapping = {
-        "STOP": "stop",
-        "MAX_TOKENS": "length",
-        "SAFETY": "content_filter",
-        "RECITATION": "content_filter",
-        "OTHER": "stop",
-    }
-    return mapping.get(reason.upper(), "stop")
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Streaming SSE iterator
-# =============================================================================
-
-class _GeminiStreamChunk(SimpleNamespace):
-    """Mimics an OpenAI ChatCompletionChunk with .choices[0].delta."""
-    pass
-
-
-def _make_stream_chunk(
-    *,
-    model: str,
-    content: str = "",
-    tool_call_delta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    finish_reason: Optional[str] = None,
-    reasoning: str = "",
-) -> _GeminiStreamChunk:
-    delta_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {"role": "assistant"}
-    if content:
-        delta_kwargs["content"] = content
-    if tool_call_delta is not None:
-        delta_kwargs["tool_calls"] = [SimpleNamespace(
-            index=tool_call_delta.get("index", 0),
-            id=tool_call_delta.get("id") or f"call_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}",
-            type="function",
-            function=SimpleNamespace(
-                name=tool_call_delta.get("name") or "",
-                arguments=tool_call_delta.get("arguments") or "",
-            ),
-        )]
-    if reasoning:
-        delta_kwargs["reasoning"] = reasoning
-        delta_kwargs["reasoning_content"] = reasoning
-    delta = SimpleNamespace(**delta_kwargs)
-    choice = SimpleNamespace(index=0, delta=delta, finish_reason=finish_reason)
-    return _GeminiStreamChunk(
-        id=f"chatcmpl-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}",
-        object="chat.completion.chunk",
-        created=int(time.time()),
-        model=model,
-        choices=[choice],
-        usage=None,
-    )
-
-
-def _iter_sse_events(response: httpx.Response) -> Iterator[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Parse Server-Sent Events from an httpx streaming response."""
-    buffer = ""
-    for chunk in response.iter_text():
-        if not chunk:
-            continue
-        buffer += chunk
-        while "\n" in buffer:
-            line, buffer = buffer.split("\n", 1)
-            line = line.rstrip("\r")
-            if not line:
-                continue
-            if line.startswith("data: "):
-                data = line[6:]
-                if data == "[DONE]":
-                    return
-                try:
-                    yield json.loads(data)
-                except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                    logger.debug("Non-JSON SSE line: %s", data[:200])
-
-
-def _translate_stream_event(
-    event: Dict[str, Any],
-    model: str,
-    tool_call_indices: Dict[str, int],
-) -> List[_GeminiStreamChunk]:
-    """Unwrap Code Assist envelope and emit OpenAI-shaped chunk(s)."""
-    inner = event.get("response") if isinstance(event.get("response"), dict) else event
-    candidates = inner.get("candidates") or []
-    if not candidates:
-        return []
-    cand = candidates[0]
-    if not isinstance(cand, dict):
-        return []
-
-    chunks: List[_GeminiStreamChunk] = []
-
-    content = cand.get("content") or {}
-    parts = content.get("parts") if isinstance(content, dict) else []
-    for part in parts or []:
-        if not isinstance(part, dict):
-            continue
-        if part.get("thought") is True and isinstance(part.get("text"), str):
-            chunks.append(_make_stream_chunk(
-                model=model, reasoning=part["text"],
-            ))
-            continue
-        if isinstance(part.get("text"), str) and part["text"]:
-            chunks.append(_make_stream_chunk(model=model, content=part["text"]))
-        fc = part.get("functionCall")
-        if isinstance(fc, dict) and fc.get("name"):
-            name = str(fc["name"])
-            idx = tool_call_indices.setdefault(name, len(tool_call_indices))
-            try:
-                args_str = json.dumps(fc.get("args") or {}, ensure_ascii=False)
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                args_str = "{}"
-            chunks.append(_make_stream_chunk(
-                model=model,
-                tool_call_delta={
-                    "index": idx,
-                    "name": name,
-                    "arguments": args_str,
-                },
-            ))
-
-    finish_reason_raw = str(cand.get("finishReason") or "")
-    if finish_reason_raw:
-        mapped = _map_gemini_finish_reason(finish_reason_raw)
-        if tool_call_indices:
-            mapped = "tool_calls"
-        chunks.append(_make_stream_chunk(model=model, finish_reason=mapped))
-    return chunks
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# GeminiCloudCodeClient — OpenAI-compatible facade
-# =============================================================================
-
-MARKER_BASE_URL = "cloudcode-pa://google"
-
-
-class _GeminiChatCompletions:
-    def __init__(self, client: "GeminiCloudCodeClient"):
-        self._client = client
-
-    def create(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
-        return self._client._create_chat_completion(**kwargs)
-
-
-class _GeminiChatNamespace:
-    def __init__(self, client: "GeminiCloudCodeClient"):
-        self.completions = _GeminiChatCompletions(client)
-
-
-class GeminiCloudCodeClient:
-    """Minimal OpenAI-SDK-compatible facade over Code Assist v1internal."""
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        *,
-        api_key: Optional[str] = None,
-        base_url: Optional[str] = None,
-        default_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-        project_id: str = "",
-        **_: Any,
-    ):
-        # `api_key` here is a dummy — real auth is the OAuth access token
-        # fetched on every call via agent.google_oauth.get_valid_access_token().
-        # We accept the kwarg for openai.OpenAI interface parity.
-        self.api_key = api_key or "google-oauth"
-        self.base_url = base_url or MARKER_BASE_URL
-        self._default_headers = dict(default_headers or {})
-        self._configured_project_id = project_id
-        self._project_context: Optional[ProjectContext] = None
-        self._project_context_lock = False  # simple single-thread guard
-        self.chat = _GeminiChatNamespace(self)
-        self.is_closed = False
-        self._http = httpx.Client(timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=15.0, read=600.0, write=30.0, pool=30.0))
-
-    def close(self) -> None:
-        self.is_closed = True
-        try:
-            self._http.close()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    # Implement the OpenAI SDK's context-manager-ish closure check
-    def __enter__(self):
-        return self
-
-    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        self.close()
-
-    def _ensure_project_context(self, access_token: str, model: str) -> ProjectContext:
-        """Lazily resolve and cache the project context for this client."""
-        if self._project_context is not None:
-            return self._project_context
-
-        env_project = google_oauth.resolve_project_id_from_env()
-        creds = google_oauth.load_credentials()
-        stored_project = creds.project_id if creds else ""
-
-        # Prefer what's already baked into the creds
-        if stored_project:
-            self._project_context = ProjectContext(
-                project_id=stored_project,
-                managed_project_id=creds.managed_project_id if creds else "",
-                tier_id="",
-                source="stored",
-            )
-            return self._project_context
-
-        ctx = resolve_project_context(
-            access_token,
-            configured_project_id=self._configured_project_id,
-            env_project_id=env_project,
-            user_agent_model=model,
-        )
-        # Persist discovered project back to the creds file so the next
-        # session doesn't re-run the discovery.
-        if ctx.project_id or ctx.managed_project_id:
-            google_oauth.update_project_ids(
-                project_id=ctx.project_id,
-                managed_project_id=ctx.managed_project_id,
-            )
-        self._project_context = ctx
-        return ctx
-
-    def _create_chat_completion(
-        self,
-        *,
-        model: str = "gemini-2.5-flash",
-        messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
-        stream: bool = False,
-        tools: Any = None,
-        tool_choice: Any = None,
-        temperature: Optional[float] = None,
-        max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
-        top_p: Optional[float] = None,
-        stop: Any = None,
-        extra_body: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        timeout: Any = None,
-        **_: Any,
-    ) -> Any:
-        access_token = google_oauth.get_valid_access_token()
-        ctx = self._ensure_project_context(access_token, model)
-
-        thinking_config = None
-        if isinstance(extra_body, dict):
-            thinking_config = extra_body.get("thinking_config") or extra_body.get("thinkingConfig")
-
-        inner = build_gemini_request(
-            messages=messages or [],
-            tools=tools,
-            tool_choice=tool_choice,
-            temperature=temperature,
-            max_tokens=max_tokens,
-            top_p=top_p,
-            stop=stop,
-            thinking_config=thinking_config,
-        )
-        wrapped = wrap_code_assist_request(
-            project_id=ctx.project_id,
-            model=model,
-            inner_request=inner,
-        )
-
-        headers = {
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            "Accept": "application/json",
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
-            "User-Agent": "hermes-agent (gemini-cli-compat)",
-            "X-Goog-Api-Client": "gl-python/hermes",
-            "x-activity-request-id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
-        }
-        headers.update(self._default_headers)
-
-        if stream:
-            return self._stream_completion(model=model, wrapped=wrapped, headers=headers)
-
-        url = f"{CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT}/v1internal:generateContent"
-        response = self._http.post(url, json=wrapped, headers=headers)
-        if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise _gemini_http_error(response)
-        try:
-            payload = response.json()
-        except ValueError as exc:
-            raise CodeAssistError(
-                f"Invalid JSON from Code Assist: {exc}",
-                code="code_assist_invalid_json",
-            ) from exc
-        return _translate_gemini_response(payload, model=model)
-
-    def _stream_completion(
-        self,
-        *,
-        model: str,
-        wrapped: Dict[str, Any],
-        headers: Dict[str, str],
-    ) -> Iterator[_GeminiStreamChunk]:
-        """Generator that yields OpenAI-shaped streaming chunks."""
-        url = f"{CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT}/v1internal:streamGenerateContent?alt=sse"
-        stream_headers = dict(headers)
-        stream_headers["Accept"] = "text/event-stream"
-
-        def _generator() -> Iterator[_GeminiStreamChunk]:
-            try:
-                with self._http.stream("POST", url, json=wrapped, headers=stream_headers) as response:
-                    if response.status_code != 200:
-                        # Materialize error body for better diagnostics
-                        response.read()
-                        raise _gemini_http_error(response)
-                    tool_call_indices: Dict[str, int] = {}
-                    for event in _iter_sse_events(response):
-                        for chunk in _translate_stream_event(event, model, tool_call_indices):
-                            yield chunk
-            except httpx.HTTPError as exc:
-                raise CodeAssistError(
-                    f"Streaming request failed: {exc}",
-                    code="code_assist_stream_error",
-                ) from exc
-
-        return _generator()
-
-
-def _gemini_http_error(response: httpx.Response) -> CodeAssistError:
-    status = response.status_code
-    try:
-        body = response.text[:500]
-    except Exception:
-        body = ""
-    # Let run_agent's retry logic see auth errors as rotatable via `api_key`
-    code = f"code_assist_http_{status}"
-    if status == 401:
-        code = "code_assist_unauthorized"
-    elif status == 429:
-        code = "code_assist_rate_limited"
-    return CodeAssistError(
-        f"Code Assist returned HTTP {status}: {body}",
-        code=code,
-    )
@@ -1,417 +0,0 @@
-"""Google Code Assist API client — project discovery, onboarding, quota.
-
-The Code Assist API powers Google's official gemini-cli. It sits at
-``cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com`` and provides:
-
- Free tier access (generous daily quota) for personal Google accounts
- Paid tier access via GCP projects with billing / Workspace / Standard / Enterprise
-
-This module handles the control-plane dance needed before inference:
-
-1. ``load_code_assist()`` — probe the user's account to learn what tier they're on
-   and whether a ``cloudaicompanionProject`` is already assigned.
-2. ``onboard_user()`` — if the user hasn't been onboarded yet (new account, fresh
-   free tier, etc.), call this with the chosen tier + project id. Supports LRO
-   polling for slow provisioning.
-3. ``retrieve_user_quota()`` — fetch the ``buckets[]`` array showing remaining
-   quota per model, used by the ``/gquota`` slash command.
-
-VPC-SC handling: enterprise accounts under a VPC Service Controls perimeter
-will get ``SECURITY_POLICY_VIOLATED`` on ``load_code_assist``. We catch this
-and force the account to ``standard-tier`` so the call chain still succeeds.
-
-Derived from opencode-gemini-auth (MIT) and clawdbot/extensions/google. The
-request/response shapes are specific to Google's internal Code Assist API,
-documented nowhere public — we copy them from the reference implementations.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-import urllib.error
-import urllib.parse
-import urllib.request
-import uuid
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Constants
-# =============================================================================
-
-CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT = "https://cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com"
-
-# Fallback endpoints tried when prod returns an error during project discovery
-FALLBACK_ENDPOINTS = [
-    "https://daily-cloudcode-pa.sandbox.googleapis.com",
-    "https://autopush-cloudcode-pa.sandbox.googleapis.com",
-]
-
-# Tier identifiers that Google's API uses
-FREE_TIER_ID = "free-tier"
-LEGACY_TIER_ID = "legacy-tier"
-STANDARD_TIER_ID = "standard-tier"
-
-# Default HTTP headers matching gemini-cli's fingerprint.
-# Google may reject unrecognized User-Agents on these internal endpoints.
-_GEMINI_CLI_USER_AGENT = "google-api-nodejs-client/9.15.1 (gzip)"
-_X_GOOG_API_CLIENT = "gl-node/24.0.0"
-_DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 30.0
-_ONBOARDING_POLL_ATTEMPTS = 12
-_ONBOARDING_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 5.0
-
-
-class CodeAssistError(RuntimeError):
-    def __init__(self, message: str, *, code: str = "code_assist_error") -> None:
-        super().__init__(message)
-        self.code = code
-
-
-class ProjectIdRequiredError(CodeAssistError):
-    def __init__(self, message: str = "GCP project id required for this tier") -> None:
-        super().__init__(message, code="code_assist_project_id_required")
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# HTTP primitive (auth via Bearer token passed per-call)
-# =============================================================================
-
-def _build_headers(access_token: str, *, user_agent_model: str = "") -> Dict[str, str]:
-    ua = _GEMINI_CLI_USER_AGENT
-    if user_agent_model:
-        ua = f"{ua} model/{user_agent_model}"
-    return {
-        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        "Accept": "application/json",
-        "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
-        "User-Agent": ua,
-        "X-Goog-Api-Client": _X_GOOG_API_CLIENT,
-        "x-activity-request-id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
-    }
-
-
-def _client_metadata() -> Dict[str, str]:
-    """Match Google's gemini-cli exactly — unrecognized metadata may be rejected."""
-    return {
-        "ideType": "IDE_UNSPECIFIED",
-        "platform": "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED",
-        "pluginType": "GEMINI",
-    }
-
-
-def _post_json(
-    url: str,
-    body: Dict[str, Any],
-    access_token: str,
-    *,
-    timeout: float = _DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-    user_agent_model: str = "",
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
-    request = urllib.request.Request(
-        url, data=data, method="POST",
-        headers=_build_headers(access_token, user_agent_model=user_agent_model),
-    )
-    try:
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=timeout) as response:
-            raw = response.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-            return json.loads(raw) if raw else {}
-    except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
-        detail = ""
-        try:
-            detail = exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        # Special case: VPC-SC violation should be distinguishable
-        if _is_vpc_sc_violation(detail):
-            raise CodeAssistError(
-                f"VPC-SC policy violation: {detail}",
-                code="code_assist_vpc_sc",
-            ) from exc
-        raise CodeAssistError(
-            f"Code Assist HTTP {exc.code}: {detail or exc.reason}",
-            code=f"code_assist_http_{exc.code}",
-        ) from exc
-    except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
-        raise CodeAssistError(
-            f"Code Assist request failed: {exc}",
-            code="code_assist_network_error",
-        ) from exc
-
-
-def _is_vpc_sc_violation(body: str) -> bool:
-    """Detect a VPC Service Controls violation from a response body."""
-    if not body:
-        return False
-    try:
-        parsed = json.loads(body)
-    except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
-        return "SECURITY_POLICY_VIOLATED" in body
-    # Walk the nested error structure Google uses
-    error = parsed.get("error") if isinstance(parsed, dict) else None
-    if not isinstance(error, dict):
-        return False
-    details = error.get("details") or []
-    if isinstance(details, list):
-        for item in details:
-            if isinstance(item, dict):
-                reason = item.get("reason") or ""
-                if reason == "SECURITY_POLICY_VIOLATED":
-                    return True
-    msg = str(error.get("message", ""))
-    return "SECURITY_POLICY_VIOLATED" in msg
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# load_code_assist — discovers current tier + assigned project
-# =============================================================================
-
-@dataclass
-class CodeAssistProjectInfo:
-    """Result from ``load_code_assist``."""
-    current_tier_id: str = ""
-    cloudaicompanion_project: str = ""   # Google-managed project (free tier)
-    allowed_tiers: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
-    raw: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
-
-
-def load_code_assist(
-    access_token: str,
-    *,
-    project_id: str = "",
-    user_agent_model: str = "",
-) -> CodeAssistProjectInfo:
-    """Call ``POST /v1internal:loadCodeAssist`` with prod → sandbox fallback.
-
-    Returns whatever tier + project info Google reports. On VPC-SC violations,
-    returns a synthetic ``standard-tier`` result so the chain can continue.
-    """
-    body: Dict[str, Any] = {
-        "metadata": {
-            "duetProject": project_id,
-            **_client_metadata(),
-        },
-    }
-    if project_id:
-        body["cloudaicompanionProject"] = project_id
-
-    endpoints = [CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT] + FALLBACK_ENDPOINTS
-    last_err: Optional[Exception] = None
-    for endpoint in endpoints:
-        url = f"{endpoint}/v1internal:loadCodeAssist"
-        try:
-            resp = _post_json(url, body, access_token, user_agent_model=user_agent_model)
-            return _parse_load_response(resp)
-        except CodeAssistError as exc:
-            if exc.code == "code_assist_vpc_sc":
-                logger.info("VPC-SC violation on %s — defaulting to standard-tier", endpoint)
-                return CodeAssistProjectInfo(
-                    current_tier_id=STANDARD_TIER_ID,
-                    cloudaicompanion_project=project_id,
-                )
-            last_err = exc
-            logger.warning("loadCodeAssist failed on %s: %s", endpoint, exc)
-            continue
-    if last_err:
-        raise last_err
-    return CodeAssistProjectInfo()
-
-
-def _parse_load_response(resp: Dict[str, Any]) -> CodeAssistProjectInfo:
-    current_tier = resp.get("currentTier") or {}
-    tier_id = str(current_tier.get("id") or "") if isinstance(current_tier, dict) else ""
-    project = str(resp.get("cloudaicompanionProject") or "")
-    allowed = resp.get("allowedTiers") or []
-    allowed_ids: List[str] = []
-    if isinstance(allowed, list):
-        for t in allowed:
-            if isinstance(t, dict):
-                tid = str(t.get("id") or "")
-                if tid:
-                    allowed_ids.append(tid)
-    return CodeAssistProjectInfo(
-        current_tier_id=tier_id,
-        cloudaicompanion_project=project,
-        allowed_tiers=allowed_ids,
-        raw=resp,
-    )
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# onboard_user — provisions a new user on a tier (with LRO polling)
-# =============================================================================
-
-def onboard_user(
-    access_token: str,
-    *,
-    tier_id: str,
-    project_id: str = "",
-    user_agent_model: str = "",
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Call ``POST /v1internal:onboardUser`` to provision the user.
-
-    For paid tiers, ``project_id`` is REQUIRED (raises ProjectIdRequiredError).
-    For free tiers, ``project_id`` is optional — Google will assign one.
-
-    Returns the final operation response. Polls ``/v1internal/<name>`` for up
-    to ``_ONBOARDING_POLL_ATTEMPTS`` × ``_ONBOARDING_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS``
-    (default: 12 × 5s = 1 min).
-    """
-    if tier_id != FREE_TIER_ID and tier_id != LEGACY_TIER_ID and not project_id:
-        raise ProjectIdRequiredError(
-            f"Tier {tier_id!r} requires a GCP project id. "
-            "Set HERMES_GEMINI_PROJECT_ID or GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT."
-        )
-
-    body: Dict[str, Any] = {
-        "tierId": tier_id,
-        "metadata": _client_metadata(),
-    }
-    if project_id:
-        body["cloudaicompanionProject"] = project_id
-
-    endpoint = CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT
-    url = f"{endpoint}/v1internal:onboardUser"
-    resp = _post_json(url, body, access_token, user_agent_model=user_agent_model)
-
-    # Poll if LRO (long-running operation)
-    if not resp.get("done"):
-        op_name = resp.get("name", "")
-        if not op_name:
-            return resp
-        for attempt in range(_ONBOARDING_POLL_ATTEMPTS):
-            time.sleep(_ONBOARDING_POLL_INTERVAL_SECONDS)
-            poll_url = f"{endpoint}/v1internal/{op_name}"
-            try:
-                poll_resp = _post_json(poll_url, {}, access_token, user_agent_model=user_agent_model)
-            except CodeAssistError as exc:
-                logger.warning("Onboarding poll attempt %d failed: %s", attempt + 1, exc)
-                continue
-            if poll_resp.get("done"):
-                return poll_resp
-        logger.warning("Onboarding did not complete within %d attempts", _ONBOARDING_POLL_ATTEMPTS)
-    return resp
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# retrieve_user_quota — for /gquota
-# =============================================================================
-
-@dataclass
-class QuotaBucket:
-    model_id: str
-    token_type: str = ""
-    remaining_fraction: float = 0.0
-    reset_time_iso: str = ""
-    raw: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
-
-
-def retrieve_user_quota(
-    access_token: str,
-    *,
-    project_id: str = "",
-    user_agent_model: str = "",
-) -> List[QuotaBucket]:
-    """Call ``POST /v1internal:retrieveUserQuota`` and parse ``buckets[]``."""
-    body: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-    if project_id:
-        body["project"] = project_id
-    url = f"{CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT}/v1internal:retrieveUserQuota"
-    resp = _post_json(url, body, access_token, user_agent_model=user_agent_model)
-    raw_buckets = resp.get("buckets") or []
-    buckets: List[QuotaBucket] = []
-    if not isinstance(raw_buckets, list):
-        return buckets
-    for b in raw_buckets:
-        if not isinstance(b, dict):
-            continue
-        buckets.append(QuotaBucket(
-            model_id=str(b.get("modelId") or ""),
-            token_type=str(b.get("tokenType") or ""),
-            remaining_fraction=float(b.get("remainingFraction") or 0.0),
-            reset_time_iso=str(b.get("resetTime") or ""),
-            raw=b,
-        ))
-    return buckets
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Project context resolution
-# =============================================================================
-
-@dataclass
-class ProjectContext:
-    """Resolved state for a given OAuth session."""
-    project_id: str = ""           # effective project id sent on requests
-    managed_project_id: str = ""   # Google-assigned project (free tier)
-    tier_id: str = ""
-    source: str = ""               # "env", "config", "discovered", "onboarded"
-
-
-def resolve_project_context(
-    access_token: str,
-    *,
-    configured_project_id: str = "",
-    env_project_id: str = "",
-    user_agent_model: str = "",
-) -> ProjectContext:
-    """Figure out what project id + tier to use for requests.
-
-    Priority:
-      1. If configured_project_id or env_project_id is set, use that directly
-         and short-circuit (no discovery needed).
-      2. Otherwise call loadCodeAssist to see what Google says.
-      3. If no tier assigned yet, onboard the user (free tier default).
-    """
-    # Short-circuit: caller provided a project id
-    if configured_project_id:
-        return ProjectContext(
-            project_id=configured_project_id,
-            tier_id=STANDARD_TIER_ID,  # assume paid since they specified one
-            source="config",
-        )
-    if env_project_id:
-        return ProjectContext(
-            project_id=env_project_id,
-            tier_id=STANDARD_TIER_ID,
-            source="env",
-        )
-
-    # Discover via loadCodeAssist
-    info = load_code_assist(access_token, user_agent_model=user_agent_model)
-
-    effective_project = info.cloudaicompanion_project
-    tier = info.current_tier_id
-
-    if not tier:
-        # User hasn't been onboarded — provision them on free tier
-        onboard_resp = onboard_user(
-            access_token,
-            tier_id=FREE_TIER_ID,
-            project_id="",
-            user_agent_model=user_agent_model,
-        )
-        # Re-parse from the onboard response
-        response_body = onboard_resp.get("response") or {}
-        if isinstance(response_body, dict):
-            effective_project = (
-                effective_project
-                or str(response_body.get("cloudaicompanionProject") or "")
-            )
-        tier = FREE_TIER_ID
-        source = "onboarded"
-    else:
-        source = "discovered"
-
-    return ProjectContext(
-        project_id=effective_project,
-        managed_project_id=effective_project if tier == FREE_TIER_ID else "",
-        tier_id=tier,
-        source=source,
-    )
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from agent.usage_pricing import (
    DEFAULT_PRICING,
    estimate_usage_cost,
    format_duration_compact,
+    get_pricing,
    has_known_pricing,
 )

@@ -634,7 +635,13 @@ class InsightsEngine:
        lines.append(f"  Sessions:          {o['total_sessions']:<12}  Messages:        {o['total_messages']:,}")
        lines.append(f"  Tool calls:        {o['total_tool_calls']:<12,}  User messages:   {o['user_messages']:,}")
        lines.append(f"  Input tokens:      {o['total_input_tokens']:<12,}  Output tokens:   {o['total_output_tokens']:,}")
-        lines.append(f"  Total tokens:      {o['total_tokens']:,}")
+        cache_total = o.get("total_cache_read_tokens", 0) + o.get("total_cache_write_tokens", 0)
+        if cache_total > 0:
+            lines.append(f"  Cache read:        {o['total_cache_read_tokens']:<12,}  Cache write:     {o['total_cache_write_tokens']:,}")
+        cost_str = f"${o['estimated_cost']:.2f}"
+        if o.get("models_without_pricing"):
+            cost_str += " *"
+        lines.append(f"  Total tokens:      {o['total_tokens']:<12,}  Est. cost:       {cost_str}")
        if o["total_hours"] > 0:
            lines.append(f"  Active time:       ~{_format_duration(o['total_hours'] * 3600):<11}  Avg session:     ~{_format_duration(o['avg_session_duration'])}")
        lines.append(f"  Avg msgs/session:  {o['avg_messages_per_session']:.1f}")
@@ -644,10 +651,16 @@ class InsightsEngine:
        if report["models"]:
            lines.append("  🤖 Models Used")
            lines.append("  " + "─" * 56)
-            lines.append(f"  {'Model':<30} {'Sessions':>8} {'Tokens':>12}")
+            lines.append(f"  {'Model':<30} {'Sessions':>8} {'Tokens':>12} {'Cost':>8}")
            for m in report["models"]:
                model_name = m["model"][:28]
-                lines.append(f"  {model_name:<30} {m['sessions']:>8} {m['total_tokens']:>12,}")
+                if m.get("has_pricing"):
+                    cost_cell = f"${m['cost']:>6.2f}"
+                else:
+                    cost_cell = "     N/A"
+                lines.append(f"  {model_name:<30} {m['sessions']:>8} {m['total_tokens']:>12,} {cost_cell}")
+            if o.get("models_without_pricing"):
+                lines.append("  * Cost N/A for custom/self-hosted models")
            lines.append("")

        # Platform breakdown
@@ -727,7 +740,15 @@ class InsightsEngine:

        # Overview
        lines.append(f"**Sessions:** {o['total_sessions']} | **Messages:** {o['total_messages']:,} | **Tool calls:** {o['total_tool_calls']:,}")
-        lines.append(f"**Tokens:** {o['total_tokens']:,} (in: {o['total_input_tokens']:,} / out: {o['total_output_tokens']:,})")
+        cache_total = o.get("total_cache_read_tokens", 0) + o.get("total_cache_write_tokens", 0)
+        if cache_total > 0:
+            lines.append(f"**Tokens:** {o['total_tokens']:,} (in: {o['total_input_tokens']:,} / out: {o['total_output_tokens']:,} / cache: {cache_total:,})")
+        else:
+            lines.append(f"**Tokens:** {o['total_tokens']:,} (in: {o['total_input_tokens']:,} / out: {o['total_output_tokens']:,})")
+        cost_note = ""
+        if o.get("models_without_pricing"):
+            cost_note = " _(excludes custom/self-hosted models)_"
+        lines.append(f"**Est. cost:** ${o['estimated_cost']:.2f}{cost_note}")
        if o["total_hours"] > 0:
            lines.append(f"**Active time:** ~{_format_duration(o['total_hours'] * 3600)} | **Avg session:** ~{_format_duration(o['avg_session_duration'])}")
        lines.append("")
@@ -736,7 +757,8 @@ class InsightsEngine:
        if report["models"]:
            lines.append("**🤖 Models:**")
            for m in report["models"][:5]:
-                lines.append(f"  {m['model'][:25]} — {m['sessions']} sessions, {m['total_tokens']:,} tokens")
+                cost_str = f"${m['cost']:.2f}" if m.get("has_pricing") else "N/A"
+                lines.append(f"  {m['model'][:25]} — {m['sessions']} sessions, {m['total_tokens']:,} tokens, {cost_str}")
            lines.append("")

        # Platforms (if multi-platform)
@@ -44,22 +44,11 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 _FENCE_TAG_RE = re.compile(r'</?\s*memory-context\s*>', re.IGNORECASE)
-_INTERNAL_CONTEXT_RE = re.compile(
-    r'<\s*memory-context\s*>[\s\S]*?</\s*memory-context\s*>',
-    re.IGNORECASE,
-)
-_INTERNAL_NOTE_RE = re.compile(
-    r'\[System note:\s*The following is recalled memory context,\s*NOT new user input\.\s*Treat as informational background data\.\]\s*',
-    re.IGNORECASE,
-)


 def sanitize_context(text: str) -> str:
-    """Strip fence tags, injected context blocks, and system notes from provider output."""
-    text = _INTERNAL_CONTEXT_RE.sub('', text)
-    text = _INTERNAL_NOTE_RE.sub('', text)
-    text = _FENCE_TAG_RE.sub('', text)
-    return text
+    """Strip fence-escape sequences from provider output."""
+    return _FENCE_TAG_RE.sub('', text)


 def build_memory_context_block(raw_context: str) -> str:
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ and run_agent.py for pre-flight context checks.
 """

 import logging
+import os
 import re
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,21 +24,17 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # are preserved so the full model name reaches cache lookups and server queries.
 _PROVIDER_PREFIXES: frozenset[str] = frozenset({
    "openrouter", "nous", "openai-codex", "copilot", "copilot-acp",
-    "gemini", "ollama-cloud", "zai", "kimi-coding", "kimi-coding-cn", "minimax", "minimax-cn", "anthropic", "deepseek",
+    "gemini", "zai", "kimi-coding", "minimax", "minimax-cn", "anthropic", "deepseek",
    "opencode-zen", "opencode-go", "ai-gateway", "kilocode", "alibaba",
    "qwen-oauth",
    "xiaomi",
-    "arcee",
    "custom", "local",
    # Common aliases
    "google", "google-gemini", "google-ai-studio",
    "glm", "z-ai", "z.ai", "zhipu", "github", "github-copilot",
-    "github-models", "kimi", "moonshot", "kimi-cn", "moonshot-cn", "claude", "deep-seek",
-    "ollama",
+    "github-models", "kimi", "moonshot", "claude", "deep-seek",
    "opencode", "zen", "go", "vercel", "kilo", "dashscope", "aliyun", "qwen",
    "mimo", "xiaomi-mimo",
-    "arcee-ai", "arceeai",
-    "xai", "x-ai", "x.ai", "grok",
    "qwen-portal",
 })

@@ -102,23 +99,15 @@ DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS = {
    # fuzzy-match collisions (e.g. "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" is a
    # substring of "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6").
    # OpenRouter-prefixed models resolve via OpenRouter live API or models.dev.
-    "claude-opus-4-7": 1000000,
-    "claude-opus-4.7": 1000000,
    "claude-opus-4-6": 1000000,
    "claude-sonnet-4-6": 1000000,
    "claude-opus-4.6": 1000000,
    "claude-sonnet-4.6": 1000000,
    # Catch-all for older Claude models (must sort after specific entries)
    "claude": 200000,
-    # OpenAI — GPT-5 family (most have 400k; specific overrides first)
-    # Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models
-    "gpt-5.4-nano": 400000,           # 400k (not 1.05M like full 5.4)
-    "gpt-5.4-mini": 400000,           # 400k (not 1.05M like full 5.4)
-    "gpt-5.4": 1050000,               # GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 Pro (1.05M context)
-    "gpt-5.3-codex-spark": 128000,    # Spark variant has reduced 128k context
-    "gpt-5.1-chat": 128000,           # Chat variant has 128k context
-    "gpt-5": 400000,                  # GPT-5.x base, mini, codex variants (400k)
+    # OpenAI
    "gpt-4.1": 1047576,
+    "gpt-5": 128000,
    "gpt-4": 128000,
    # Google
    "gemini": 1048576,
@@ -160,8 +149,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS = {
    "kimi": 262144,
    # Arcee
    "trinity": 262144,
-    # OpenRouter
-    "elephant": 262144,
    # Hugging Face Inference Providers — model IDs use org/name format
    "Qwen/Qwen3.5-397B-A17B": 131072,
    "Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B": 131072,
@@ -224,9 +211,7 @@ _URL_TO_PROVIDER: Dict[str, str] = {
    "api.anthropic.com": "anthropic",
    "api.z.ai": "zai",
    "api.moonshot.ai": "kimi-coding",
-    "api.moonshot.cn": "kimi-coding-cn",
    "api.kimi.com": "kimi-coding",
-    "api.arcee.ai": "arcee",
    "api.minimax": "minimax",
    "dashscope.aliyuncs.com": "alibaba",
    "dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com": "alibaba",
@@ -242,7 +227,6 @@ _URL_TO_PROVIDER: Dict[str, str] = {
    "api.x.ai": "xai",
    "api.xiaomimimo.com": "xiaomi",
    "xiaomimimo.com": "xiaomi",
-    "ollama.com": "ollama-cloud",
 }


@@ -791,12 +775,12 @@ def _query_local_context_length(model: str, base_url: str) -> Optional[int]:
                resp = client.post(f"{server_url}/api/show", json={"name": model})
                if resp.status_code == 200:
                    data = resp.json()
-                    # Prefer explicit num_ctx from Modelfile parameters: this is
-                    # the *runtime* context Ollama will actually allocate KV cache
-                    # for. The GGUF model_info.context_length is the training max,
-                    # which can be larger than num_ctx — using it here would let
-                    # Hermes grow conversations past the runtime limit and Ollama
-                    # would silently truncate. Matches query_ollama_num_ctx().
+                    # Check model_info for context length
+                    model_info = data.get("model_info", {})
+                    for key, value in model_info.items():
+                        if "context_length" in key and isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+                            return int(value)
+                    # Check parameters string for num_ctx
                    params = data.get("parameters", "")
                    if "num_ctx" in params:
                        for line in params.split("\n"):
@@ -807,11 +791,6 @@ def _query_local_context_length(model: str, base_url: str) -> Optional[int]:
                                        return int(parts[-1])
                                    except ValueError:
                                        pass
-                    # Fall back to GGUF model_info context_length (training max)
-                    model_info = data.get("model_info", {})
-                    for key, value in model_info.items():
-                        if "context_length" in key and isinstance(value, (int, float)):
-                            return int(value)

            # LM Studio native API: /api/v1/models returns max_context_length.
            # This is more reliable than the OpenAI-compat /v1/models which
@@ -1016,16 +995,6 @@ def get_model_context_length(
        if ctx:
            return ctx

-    # 4b. AWS Bedrock — use static context length table.
-    # Bedrock's ListFoundationModels doesn't expose context window sizes,
-    # so we maintain a curated table in bedrock_adapter.py.
-    if provider == "bedrock" or (base_url and "bedrock-runtime" in base_url):
-        try:
-            from agent.bedrock_adapter import get_bedrock_context_length
-            return get_bedrock_context_length(model)
-        except ImportError:
-            pass  # boto3 not installed — fall through to generic resolution
-
    # 5. Provider-aware lookups (before generic OpenRouter cache)
    # These are provider-specific and take priority over the generic OR cache,
    # since the same model can have different context limits per provider
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ Other modules should import the dataclasses and query functions from here
 rather than parsing the raw JSON themselves.
 """

+import difflib
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -142,11 +144,8 @@ class ProviderInfo:
 PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV: Dict[str, str] = {
    "openrouter": "openrouter",
    "anthropic": "anthropic",
-    "openai": "openai",
-    "openai-codex": "openai",
    "zai": "zai",
    "kimi-coding": "kimi-for-coding",
-    "kimi-coding-cn": "kimi-for-coding",
    "minimax": "minimax",
    "minimax-cn": "minimax-cn",
    "deepseek": "deepseek",
@@ -169,13 +168,19 @@ PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV: Dict[str, str] = {
    "togetherai": "togetherai",
    "perplexity": "perplexity",
    "cohere": "cohere",
-    "ollama-cloud": "ollama-cloud",
 }

 # Reverse mapping: models.dev → Hermes (built lazily)
 _MODELS_DEV_TO_PROVIDER: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None


+def _get_reverse_mapping() -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Return models.dev ID → Hermes provider ID mapping."""
+    global _MODELS_DEV_TO_PROVIDER
+    if _MODELS_DEV_TO_PROVIDER is None:
+        _MODELS_DEV_TO_PROVIDER = {v: k for k, v in PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV.items()}
+    return _MODELS_DEV_TO_PROVIDER
+

 def _get_cache_path() -> Path:
    """Return path to disk cache file."""
@@ -456,6 +461,93 @@ def list_agentic_models(provider: str) -> List[str]:
    return result


+def search_models_dev(
+    query: str, provider: str = None, limit: int = 5
+) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Fuzzy search across models.dev catalog. Returns matching model entries.
+
+    Args:
+        query: Search string to match against model IDs.
+        provider: Optional Hermes provider ID to restrict search scope.
+                  If None, searches across all providers in PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV.
+        limit: Maximum number of results to return.
+
+    Returns:
+        List of dicts, each containing 'provider', 'model_id', and the full
+        model 'entry' from models.dev.
+    """
+    data = fetch_models_dev()
+    if not data:
+        return []
+
+    # Build list of (provider_id, model_id, entry) candidates
+    candidates: List[tuple] = []
+
+    if provider is not None:
+        # Search only the specified provider
+        mdev_provider_id = PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV.get(provider)
+        if not mdev_provider_id:
+            return []
+        provider_data = data.get(mdev_provider_id, {})
+        if isinstance(provider_data, dict):
+            models = provider_data.get("models", {})
+            if isinstance(models, dict):
+                for mid, mdata in models.items():
+                    candidates.append((provider, mid, mdata))
+    else:
+        # Search across all mapped providers
+        for hermes_prov, mdev_prov in PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV.items():
+            provider_data = data.get(mdev_prov, {})
+            if isinstance(provider_data, dict):
+                models = provider_data.get("models", {})
+                if isinstance(models, dict):
+                    for mid, mdata in models.items():
+                        candidates.append((hermes_prov, mid, mdata))
+
+    if not candidates:
+        return []
+
+    # Use difflib for fuzzy matching — case-insensitive comparison
+    model_ids_lower = [c[1].lower() for c in candidates]
+    query_lower = query.lower()
+
+    # First try exact substring matches (more intuitive than pure edit-distance)
+    substring_matches = []
+    for prov, mid, mdata in candidates:
+        if query_lower in mid.lower():
+            substring_matches.append({"provider": prov, "model_id": mid, "entry": mdata})
+
+    # Then add difflib fuzzy matches for any remaining slots
+    fuzzy_ids = difflib.get_close_matches(
+        query_lower, model_ids_lower, n=limit * 2, cutoff=0.4
+    )
+
+    seen_ids: set = set()
+    results: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    # Prioritize substring matches
+    for match in substring_matches:
+        key = (match["provider"], match["model_id"])
+        if key not in seen_ids:
+            seen_ids.add(key)
+            results.append(match)
+            if len(results) >= limit:
+                return results
+
+    # Add fuzzy matches
+    for fid in fuzzy_ids:
+        # Find original-case candidates matching this lowered ID
+        for prov, mid, mdata in candidates:
+            if mid.lower() == fid:
+                key = (prov, mid)
+                if key not in seen_ids:
+                    seen_ids.add(key)
+                    results.append({"provider": prov, "model_id": mid, "entry": mdata})
+                    if len(results) >= limit:
+                        return results
+
+    return results
+

 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Rich dataclass constructors — parse raw models.dev JSON into dataclasses
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-"""Cross-session rate limit guard for Nous Portal.
-
-Writes rate limit state to a shared file so all sessions (CLI, gateway,
-cron, auxiliary) can check whether Nous Portal is currently rate-limited
-before making requests.  Prevents retry amplification when RPH is tapped.
-
-Each 429 from Nous triggers up to 9 API calls per conversation turn
-(3 SDK retries x 3 Hermes retries), and every one of those calls counts
-against RPH.  By recording the rate limit state on first 429 and checking
-it before subsequent attempts, we eliminate the amplification effect.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import tempfile
-import time
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-_STATE_SUBDIR = "rate_limits"
-_STATE_FILENAME = "nous.json"
-
-
-def _state_path() -> str:
-    """Return the path to the Nous rate limit state file."""
-    try:
-        from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
-        base = get_hermes_home()
-    except ImportError:
-        base = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".hermes")
-    return os.path.join(base, _STATE_SUBDIR, _STATE_FILENAME)
-
-
-def _parse_reset_seconds(headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]]) -> Optional[float]:
-    """Extract the best available reset-time estimate from response headers.
-
-    Priority:
-      1. x-ratelimit-reset-requests-1h  (hourly RPH window — most useful)
-      2. x-ratelimit-reset-requests     (per-minute RPM window)
-      3. retry-after                     (generic HTTP header)
-
-    Returns seconds-from-now, or None if no usable header found.
-    """
-    if not headers:
-        return None
-
-    lowered = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
-
-    for key in (
-        "x-ratelimit-reset-requests-1h",
-        "x-ratelimit-reset-requests",
-        "retry-after",
-    ):
-        raw = lowered.get(key)
-        if raw is not None:
-            try:
-                val = float(raw)
-                if val > 0:
-                    return val
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                pass
-
-    return None
-
-
-def record_nous_rate_limit(
-    *,
-    headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-    error_context: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    default_cooldown: float = 300.0,
-) -> None:
-    """Record that Nous Portal is rate-limited.
-
-    Parses the reset time from response headers or error context.
-    Falls back to ``default_cooldown`` (5 minutes) if no reset info
-    is available.  Writes to a shared file that all sessions can read.
-
-    Args:
-        headers: HTTP response headers from the 429 error.
-        error_context: Structured error context from _extract_api_error_context().
-        default_cooldown: Fallback cooldown in seconds when no header data.
-    """
-    now = time.time()
-    reset_at = None
-
-    # Try headers first (most accurate)
-    header_seconds = _parse_reset_seconds(headers)
-    if header_seconds is not None:
-        reset_at = now + header_seconds
-
-    # Try error_context reset_at (from body parsing)
-    if reset_at is None and isinstance(error_context, dict):
-        ctx_reset = error_context.get("reset_at")
-        if isinstance(ctx_reset, (int, float)) and ctx_reset > now:
-            reset_at = float(ctx_reset)
-
-    # Default cooldown
-    if reset_at is None:
-        reset_at = now + default_cooldown
-
-    path = _state_path()
-    try:
-        state_dir = os.path.dirname(path)
-        os.makedirs(state_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-        state = {
-            "reset_at": reset_at,
-            "recorded_at": now,
-            "reset_seconds": reset_at - now,
-        }
-
-        # Atomic write: write to temp file + rename
-        fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=state_dir, suffix=".tmp")
-        try:
-            with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
-                json.dump(state, f)
-            os.replace(tmp_path, path)
-        except Exception:
-            # Clean up temp file on failure
-            try:
-                os.unlink(tmp_path)
-            except OSError:
-                pass
-            raise
-
-        logger.info(
-            "Nous rate limit recorded: resets in %.0fs (at %.0f)",
-            reset_at - now, reset_at,
-        )
-    except Exception as exc:
-        logger.debug("Failed to write Nous rate limit state: %s", exc)
-
-
-def nous_rate_limit_remaining() -> Optional[float]:
-    """Check if Nous Portal is currently rate-limited.
-
-    Returns:
-        Seconds remaining until reset, or None if not rate-limited.
-    """
-    path = _state_path()
-    try:
-        with open(path) as f:
-            state = json.load(f)
-        reset_at = state.get("reset_at", 0)
-        remaining = reset_at - time.time()
-        if remaining > 0:
-            return remaining
-        # Expired — clean up
-        try:
-            os.unlink(path)
-        except OSError:
-            pass
-        return None
-    except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError, KeyError, TypeError):
-        return None
-
-
-def clear_nous_rate_limit() -> None:
-    """Clear the rate limit state (e.g., after a successful Nous request)."""
-    try:
-        os.unlink(_state_path())
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-    except OSError as exc:
-        logger.debug("Failed to clear Nous rate limit state: %s", exc)
-
-
-def format_remaining(seconds: float) -> str:
-    """Format seconds remaining into human-readable duration."""
-    s = max(0, int(seconds))
-    if s < 60:
-        return f"{s}s"
-    if s < 3600:
-        m, sec = divmod(s, 60)
-        return f"{m}m {sec}s" if sec else f"{m}m"
-    h, remainder = divmod(s, 3600)
-    m = remainder // 60
-    return f"{h}h {m}m" if m else f"{h}h"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import threading
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from pathlib import Path

-from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home, get_skills_dir, is_wsl
+from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home, get_skills_dir
 from typing import Optional

 from agent.skill_utils import (
@@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ PLATFORM_HINTS = {
    ),
    "telegram": (
        "You are on a text messaging communication platform, Telegram. "
-        "Standard markdown is automatically converted to Telegram format. "
-        "Supported: **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, ||spoiler||, "
-        "`inline code`, ```code blocks```, [links](url), and ## headers. "
+        "Please do not use markdown as it does not render. "
        "You can send media files natively: to deliver a file to the user, "
        "include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. Images "
        "(.png, .jpg, .webp) appear as photos, audio (.ogg) sends as voice "
@@ -366,56 +364,8 @@ PLATFORM_HINTS = {
        "documents. You can also include image URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they "
        "will be downloaded and sent as native media when possible."
    ),
-    "wecom": (
-        "You are on WeCom (企业微信 / Enterprise WeChat). Markdown formatting is supported. "
-        "You CAN send media files natively — to deliver a file to the user, include "
-        "MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. The file will be sent as a native "
-        "WeCom attachment: images (.jpg, .png, .webp) are sent as photos (up to 10 MB), "
-        "other files (.pdf, .docx, .xlsx, .md, .txt, etc.) arrive as downloadable documents "
-        "(up to 20 MB), and videos (.mp4) play inline. Voice messages are supported but "
-        "must be in AMR format — other audio formats are automatically sent as file attachments. "
-        "You can also include image URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be "
-        "downloaded and sent as native photos. Do NOT tell the user you lack file-sending "
-        "capability — use MEDIA: syntax whenever a file delivery is appropriate."
-    ),
-    "qqbot": (
-        "You are on QQ, a popular Chinese messaging platform. QQ supports markdown formatting "
-        "and emoji. You can send media files natively: include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in "
-        "your response. Images are sent as native photos, and other files arrive as downloadable "
-        "documents."
-    ),
 }

-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Environment hints — execution-environment awareness for the agent.
-# Unlike PLATFORM_HINTS (which describe the messaging channel), these describe
-# the machine/OS the agent's tools actually run on.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-WSL_ENVIRONMENT_HINT = (
-    "You are running inside WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). "
-    "The Windows host filesystem is mounted under /mnt/ — "
-    "/mnt/c/ is the C: drive, /mnt/d/ is D:, etc. "
-    "The user's Windows files are typically at "
-    "/mnt/c/Users/<username>/Desktop/, Documents/, Downloads/, etc. "
-    "When the user references Windows paths or desktop files, translate "
-    "to the /mnt/c/ equivalent. You can list /mnt/c/Users/ to discover "
-    "the Windows username if needed."
-)
-
-
-def build_environment_hints() -> str:
-    """Return environment-specific guidance for the system prompt.
-
-    Detects WSL, and can be extended for Termux, Docker, etc.
-    Returns an empty string when no special environment is detected.
-    """
-    hints: list[str] = []
-    if is_wsl():
-        hints.append(WSL_ENVIRONMENT_HINT)
-    return "\n\n".join(hints)
-
-
 CONTEXT_FILE_MAX_CHARS = 20_000
 CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_HEAD_RATIO = 0.7
 CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_TAIL_RATIO = 0.2
@@ -776,16 +726,8 @@ def build_skills_system_prompt(

        result = (
            "## Skills (mandatory)\n"
-            "Before 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.\n"
+            "Before replying, scan the skills below. If one clearly matches your task, "
+            "load it with skill_view(name) and follow its instructions. "
            "If a skill has issues, fix it with skill_manage(action='patch').\n"
            "After difficult/iterative tasks, offer to save as a skill. "
            "If a skill you loaded was missing steps, had wrong commands, or needed "
@@ -795,7 +737,7 @@ def build_skills_system_prompt(
            + "\n".join(index_lines) + "\n"
            "</available_skills>\n"
            "\n"
-            "Only proceed without loading a skill if genuinely none are relevant to the task."
+            "If none match, proceed normally without loading a skill."
        )

    # ── Store in LRU cache ────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional


@dataclass
@@ -93,17 +93,6 @@ _DB_CONNSTR_RE = re.compile(
    re.IGNORECASE,
 )

-# JWT tokens: header.payload[.signature] — always start with "eyJ" (base64 for "{")
-# Matches 1-part (header only), 2-part (header.payload), and full 3-part JWTs.
-_JWT_RE = re.compile(
-    r"eyJ[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}"           # Header (always starts with eyJ)
-    r"(?:\.[A-Za-z0-9_=-]{4,}){0,2}"   # Optional payload and/or signature
-)
-
-# Discord user/role mentions: <@123456789012345678> or <@!123456789012345678>
-# Snowflake IDs are 17-20 digit integers that resolve to specific Discord accounts.
-_DISCORD_MENTION_RE = re.compile(r"<@!?(\d{17,20})>")
-
 # E.164 phone numbers: +<country><number>, 7-15 digits
 # Negative lookahead prevents matching hex strings or identifiers
 _SIGNAL_PHONE_RE = re.compile(r"(\+[1-9]\d{6,14})(?![A-Za-z0-9])")
@@ -170,12 +159,6 @@ def redact_sensitive_text(text: str) -> str:
    # Database connection string passwords
    text = _DB_CONNSTR_RE.sub(lambda m: f"{m.group(1)}***{m.group(3)}", text)

-    # JWT tokens (eyJ... — base64-encoded JSON headers)
-    text = _JWT_RE.sub(lambda m: _mask_token(m.group(0)), text)
-
-    # Discord user/role mentions (<@snowflake_id>)
-    text = _DISCORD_MENTION_RE.sub(lambda m: f"<@{'!' if '!' in m.group(0) else ''}***>", text)
-
    # E.164 phone numbers (Signal, WhatsApp)
    def _redact_phone(m):
        phone = m.group(1)
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional

-from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

 _skill_commands: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
@@ -72,14 +70,7 @@ def _load_skill_payload(skill_identifier: str, task_id: str | None = None) -> tu
    skill_name = str(loaded_skill.get("name") or normalized)
    skill_path = str(loaded_skill.get("path") or "")
    skill_dir = None
-    # Prefer the absolute skill_dir returned by skill_view() — this is
-    # correct for both local and external skills.  Fall back to the old
-    # SKILLS_DIR-relative reconstruction only when skill_dir is absent
-    # (e.g. legacy skill_view responses).
-    abs_skill_dir = loaded_skill.get("skill_dir")
-    if abs_skill_dir:
-        skill_dir = Path(abs_skill_dir)
-    elif skill_path:
+    if skill_path:
        try:
            skill_dir = SKILLS_DIR / Path(skill_path).parent
        except Exception:
@@ -117,7 +108,7 @@ def _inject_skill_config(loaded_skill: dict[str, Any], parts: list[str]) -> None
        if not resolved:
            return

-        lines = ["", f"[Skill config (from {display_hermes_home()}/config.yaml):"]
+        lines = ["", "[Skill config (from ~/.hermes/config.yaml):"]
        for key, value in resolved.items():
            display_val = str(value) if value else "(not set)"
            lines.append(f"  {key} = {display_val}")
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Set, Tuple

 from hermes_constants import get_config_path, get_skills_dir

@@ -441,25 +441,3 @@ def iter_skill_index_files(skills_dir: Path, filename: str):
            matches.append(Path(root) / filename)
    for path in sorted(matches, key=lambda p: str(p.relative_to(skills_dir))):
        yield path
-
-
-# ── Namespace helpers for plugin-provided skills ───────────────────────────
-
-_NAMESPACE_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$")
-
-
-def parse_qualified_name(name: str) -> Tuple[Optional[str], str]:
-    """Split ``'namespace:skill-name'`` into ``(namespace, bare_name)``.
-
-    Returns ``(None, name)`` when there is no ``':'``.
-    """
-    if ":" not in name:
-        return None, name
-    return tuple(name.split(":", 1))  # type: ignore[return-value]
-
-
-def is_valid_namespace(candidate: Optional[str]) -> bool:
-    """Check whether *candidate* is a valid namespace (``[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+``)."""
-    if not candidate:
-        return False
-    return bool(_NAMESPACE_RE.match(candidate))
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def generate_title(user_message: str, assistant_response: str, timeout: float =

    try:
        response = call_llm(
-            task="title_generation",
+            task="compression",  # reuse compression task config (cheap/fast model)
            messages=messages,
            max_tokens=30,
            temperature=0.3,
@@ -284,80 +284,6 @@ _OFFICIAL_DOCS_PRICING: Dict[tuple[str, str], PricingEntry] = {
        source_url="https://ai.google.dev/pricing",
        pricing_version="google-pricing-2026-03-16",
    ),
-    # AWS Bedrock — pricing per the Bedrock pricing page.
-    # Bedrock charges the same per-token rates as the model provider but
-    # through AWS billing.  These are the on-demand prices (no commitment).
-    # Source: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "anthropic.claude-opus-4-6",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("15.00"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("75.00"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("3.00"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("15.00"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("3.00"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("15.00"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("0.80"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("4.00"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "amazon.nova-pro",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("0.80"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("3.20"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "amazon.nova-lite",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("0.06"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("0.24"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
-    (
-        "bedrock",
-        "amazon.nova-micro",
-    ): PricingEntry(
-        input_cost_per_million=Decimal("0.035"),
-        output_cost_per_million=Decimal("0.14"),
-        source="official_docs_snapshot",
-        source_url="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/",
-        pricing_version="bedrock-pricing-2026-04",
-    ),
 }


@@ -649,6 +575,25 @@ def has_known_pricing(
    return entry is not None


+def get_pricing(
+    model_name: str,
+    provider: Optional[str] = None,
+    base_url: Optional[str] = None,
+    api_key: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> Dict[str, float]:
+    """Backward-compatible thin wrapper for legacy callers.
+
+    Returns only non-cache input/output fields when a pricing entry exists.
+    Unknown routes return zeroes.
+    """
+    entry = get_pricing_entry(model_name, provider=provider, base_url=base_url, api_key=api_key)
+    if not entry:
+        return {"input": 0.0, "output": 0.0}
+    return {
+        "input": float(entry.input_cost_per_million or _ZERO),
+        "output": float(entry.output_cost_per_million or _ZERO),
+    }
+

 def format_duration_compact(seconds: float) -> str:
    if seconds < 60:
@@ -561,10 +561,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
            provider_sort (str): Sort providers by price/throughput/latency (optional)
            max_tokens (int): Maximum tokens for model responses (optional, uses model default if not set)
            reasoning_config (Dict): OpenRouter reasoning config override (e.g. {"effort": "none"} to disable thinking)
-            prefill_messages (List[Dict]): Messages to prepend as prefilled conversation context (few-shot priming).
-                NOTE: Anthropic Sonnet 4.6+ and Opus 4.6+ reject a trailing assistant-role prefill
-                (400 error).  For those models use output_config.format or structured-output
-                schemas instead.  Safe here for user-role priming and for older Claude / non-Claude models.
+            prefill_messages (List[Dict]): Messages to prepend as prefilled conversation context (few-shot priming)
            max_samples (int): Only process the first N samples from the dataset (optional, processes all if not set)
        """
        self.dataset_file = Path(dataset_file)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ model:
  #   "nous"         - Nous Portal OAuth (requires: hermes login)
  #   "nous-api"     - Nous Portal API key (requires: NOUS_API_KEY)
  #   "anthropic"    - Direct Anthropic API (requires: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
-  #   "openai-codex" - OpenAI Codex (requires: hermes auth)
+  #   "openai-codex" - OpenAI Codex (requires: hermes login --provider openai-codex)
  #   "copilot"      - GitHub Copilot / GitHub Models (requires: GITHUB_TOKEN)
  #   "gemini"      - Use Google AI Studio direct (requires: GOOGLE_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY)
  #   "zai"         - Use z.ai / ZhipuAI GLM models (requires: GLM_API_KEY)
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ model:
  #   "minimax-cn"   - MiniMax China (requires: MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY)
  #   "huggingface"  - Hugging Face Inference (requires: HF_TOKEN)
  #   "xiaomi"       - Xiaomi MiMo (requires: XIAOMI_API_KEY)
-  #   "arcee"        - Arcee AI Trinity models (requires: ARCEEAI_API_KEY)
-  #   "ollama-cloud" - Ollama Cloud (requires: OLLAMA_API_KEY — https://ollama.com/settings)
  #   "kilocode"     - KiloCode gateway (requires: KILOCODE_API_KEY)
  #   "ai-gateway"   - Vercel AI Gateway (requires: AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY)
  #
@@ -38,6 +36,12 @@ model:
  #     base_url: "http://localhost:1234/v1"
  #   No API key needed — local servers typically ignore auth.
  #
+  #   For Ollama Cloud (https://ollama.com/pricing):
+  #     provider: "custom"
+  #     base_url: "https://ollama.com/v1"
+  #   Set OLLAMA_API_KEY in .env — automatically picked up when base_url
+  #   points to ollama.com.
+  #
  # Can also be overridden with --provider flag or HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER env var.
  provider: "auto"
  
@@ -305,8 +309,15 @@ compression:
  # compression of older turns.
  protect_last_n: 20

-  # To pin a specific model/provider for compression summaries, use the
-  # auxiliary section below (auxiliary.compression.provider / model).
+  # Model to use for generating summaries (fast/cheap recommended)
+  # This model compresses the middle turns into a concise summary.
+  # IMPORTANT: it receives the full middle section of the conversation, so it
+  # MUST support a context length at least as large as your main model's.
+  summary_model: "google/gemini-3-flash-preview"
+  
+  # Provider for the summary model (default: "auto")
+  # Options: "auto", "openrouter", "nous", "main"
+  # summary_provider: "auto"

 # =============================================================================
 # Auxiliary Models (Advanced — Experimental)
@@ -332,7 +343,6 @@ compression:
 #   "openrouter" - Force OpenRouter (requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
 #   "nous"       - Force Nous Portal (requires: hermes login)
 #   "gemini"      - Force Google AI Studio direct (requires: GOOGLE_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY)
-#   "ollama-cloud" - Ollama Cloud (requires: OLLAMA_API_KEY)
 #   "codex"       - Force Codex OAuth (requires: hermes model → Codex).
 #                  Uses gpt-5.3-codex which supports vision.
 #   "main"       - Use your custom endpoint (OPENAI_BASE_URL + OPENAI_API_KEY).
@@ -519,7 +529,7 @@ agent:
 #   - A preset like "hermes-cli" or "hermes-telegram" (curated tool set)
 #   - A list of individual toolsets to compose your own (see list below)
 #
-# Supported platform keys: cli, telegram, discord, whatsapp, slack, qqbot
+# Supported platform keys: cli, telegram, discord, whatsapp, slack
 #
 # Examples:
 #
@@ -548,7 +558,6 @@ agent:
 #   slack:         hermes-slack          (same as telegram)
 #   signal:        hermes-signal         (same as telegram)
 #   homeassistant: hermes-homeassistant  (same as telegram)
-#   qqbot:            hermes-qqbot            (same as telegram)
 #
 platform_toolsets:
  cli: [hermes-cli]
@@ -558,19 +567,6 @@ platform_toolsets:
  slack: [hermes-slack]
  signal: [hermes-signal]
  homeassistant: [hermes-homeassistant]
-  qqbot: [hermes-qqbot]
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Gateway Platform Settings
-# =============================================================================
-# Optional per-platform messaging settings.
-# Platform-specific knobs live under `extra`.
-#
-# platforms:
-#   telegram:
-#     reply_to_mode: "first"  # off | first | all
-#     extra:
-#       disable_link_previews: false  # Set true to suppress Telegram URL previews in bot messages

 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Available toolsets (use these names in platform_toolsets or the toolsets list)
@@ -501,12 +501,6 @@ def update_job(job_id: str, updates: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]

        if schedule_changed:
            updated_schedule = updated["schedule"]
-            # The API may pass schedule as a raw string (e.g. "every 10m")
-            # instead of a pre-parsed dict.  Normalize it the same way
-            # create_job() does so downstream code can call .get() safely.
-            if isinstance(updated_schedule, str):
-                updated_schedule = parse_schedule(updated_schedule)
-                updated["schedule"] = updated_schedule
            updated["schedule_display"] = updates.get(
                "schedule_display",
                updated_schedule.get("display", updated.get("schedule_display")),
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ runs at a time if multiple processes overlap.

 import asyncio
 import concurrent.futures
-import contextvars
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ except ImportError:
    except ImportError:
        msvcrt = None
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Optional

 # Add parent directory to path for imports BEFORE repo-level imports.
 # Without this, standalone invocations (e.g. after `hermes update` reloads
@@ -46,28 +45,8 @@ _KNOWN_DELIVERY_PLATFORMS = frozenset({
    "telegram", "discord", "slack", "whatsapp", "signal",
    "matrix", "mattermost", "homeassistant", "dingtalk", "feishu",
    "wecom", "wecom_callback", "weixin", "sms", "email", "webhook", "bluebubbles",
-    "qqbot",
 })

-# Platforms that support a configured cron/notification home target, mapped to
-# the environment variable used by gateway setup/runtime config.
-_HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS = {
-    "matrix": "MATRIX_HOME_ROOM",
-    "telegram": "TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "discord": "DISCORD_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "slack": "SLACK_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "signal": "SIGNAL_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "mattermost": "MATTERMOST_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "sms": "SMS_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "email": "EMAIL_HOME_ADDRESS",
-    "dingtalk": "DINGTALK_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "feishu": "FEISHU_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "wecom": "WECOM_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "weixin": "WEIXIN_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "bluebubbles": "BLUEBUBBLES_HOME_CHANNEL",
-    "qqbot": "QQ_HOME_CHANNEL",
-}
-
 from cron.jobs import get_due_jobs, mark_job_run, save_job_output, advance_next_run

 # Sentinel: when a cron agent has nothing new to report, it can start its
@@ -95,23 +74,15 @@ def _resolve_origin(job: dict) -> Optional[dict]:
    return None


-def _get_home_target_chat_id(platform_name: str) -> str:
-    """Return the configured home target chat/room ID for a delivery platform."""
-    env_var = _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS.get(platform_name.lower())
-    if not env_var:
-        return ""
-    return os.getenv(env_var, "")
-
-
-def _resolve_single_delivery_target(job: dict, deliver_value: str) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Resolve one concrete auto-delivery target for a cron job."""
-
+def _resolve_delivery_target(job: dict) -> Optional[dict]:
+    """Resolve the concrete auto-delivery target for a cron job, if any."""
+    deliver = job.get("deliver", "local")
    origin = _resolve_origin(job)

-    if deliver_value == "local":
+    if deliver == "local":
        return None

-    if deliver_value == "origin":
+    if deliver == "origin":
        if origin:
            return {
                "platform": origin["platform"],
@@ -120,8 +91,8 @@ def _resolve_single_delivery_target(job: dict, deliver_value: str) -> Optional[d
            }
        # Origin missing (e.g. job created via API/script) — try each
        # platform's home channel as a fallback instead of silently dropping.
-        for platform_name in _HOME_TARGET_ENV_VARS:
-            chat_id = _get_home_target_chat_id(platform_name)
+        for platform_name in ("matrix", "telegram", "discord", "slack", "bluebubbles"):
+            chat_id = os.getenv(f"{platform_name.upper()}_HOME_CHANNEL", "")
            if chat_id:
                logger.info(
                    "Job '%s' has deliver=origin but no origin; falling back to %s home channel",
@@ -135,8 +106,8 @@ def _resolve_single_delivery_target(job: dict, deliver_value: str) -> Optional[d
                }
        return None

-    if ":" in deliver_value:
-        platform_name, rest = deliver_value.split(":", 1)
+    if ":" in deliver:
+        platform_name, rest = deliver.split(":", 1)
        platform_key = platform_name.lower()

        from tools.send_message_tool import _parse_target_ref
@@ -166,7 +137,7 @@ def _resolve_single_delivery_target(job: dict, deliver_value: str) -> Optional[d
            "thread_id": thread_id,
        }

-    platform_name = deliver_value
+    platform_name = deliver
    if origin and origin.get("platform") == platform_name:
        return {
            "platform": platform_name,
@@ -176,7 +147,7 @@ def _resolve_single_delivery_target(job: dict, deliver_value: str) -> Optional[d

    if platform_name.lower() not in _KNOWN_DELIVERY_PLATFORMS:
        return None
-    chat_id = _get_home_target_chat_id(platform_name)
+    chat_id = os.getenv(f"{platform_name.upper()}_HOME_CHANNEL", "")
    if not chat_id:
        return None

@@ -187,30 +158,6 @@ def _resolve_single_delivery_target(job: dict, deliver_value: str) -> Optional[d
    }


-def _resolve_delivery_targets(job: dict) -> List[dict]:
-    """Resolve all concrete auto-delivery targets for a cron job (supports comma-separated deliver)."""
-    deliver = job.get("deliver", "local")
-    if deliver == "local":
-        return []
-    parts = [p.strip() for p in str(deliver).split(",") if p.strip()]
-    seen = set()
-    targets = []
-    for part in parts:
-        target = _resolve_single_delivery_target(job, part)
-        if target:
-            key = (target["platform"].lower(), str(target["chat_id"]), target.get("thread_id"))
-            if key not in seen:
-                seen.add(key)
-                targets.append(target)
-    return targets
-
-
-def _resolve_delivery_target(job: dict) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Resolve the concrete auto-delivery target for a cron job, if any."""
-    targets = _resolve_delivery_targets(job)
-    return targets[0] if targets else None
-
-
 # Media extension sets — keep in sync with gateway/platforms/base.py:_process_message_background
 _AUDIO_EXTS = frozenset({'.ogg', '.opus', '.mp3', '.wav', '.m4a'})
 _VIDEO_EXTS = frozenset({'.mp4', '.mov', '.avi', '.mkv', '.webm', '.3gp'})
@@ -251,7 +198,7 @@ def _send_media_via_adapter(adapter, chat_id: str, media_files: list, metadata:

 def _deliver_result(job: dict, content: str, adapters=None, loop=None) -> Optional[str]:
    """
-    Deliver job output to the configured target(s) (origin chat, specific platform, etc.).
+    Deliver job output to the configured target (origin chat, specific platform, etc.).

    When ``adapters`` and ``loop`` are provided (gateway is running), tries to
    use the live adapter first — this supports E2EE rooms (e.g. Matrix) where
@@ -260,14 +207,18 @@ def _deliver_result(job: dict, content: str, adapters=None, loop=None) -> Option

    Returns None on success, or an error string on failure.
    """
-    targets = _resolve_delivery_targets(job)
-    if not targets:
+    target = _resolve_delivery_target(job)
+    if not target:
        if job.get("deliver", "local") != "local":
            msg = f"no delivery target resolved for deliver={job.get('deliver', 'local')}"
            logger.warning("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
            return msg
        return None  # local-only jobs don't deliver — not a failure

+    platform_name = target["platform"]
+    chat_id = target["chat_id"]
+    thread_id = target.get("thread_id")
+
    from tools.send_message_tool import _send_to_platform
    from gateway.config import load_gateway_config, Platform

@@ -288,8 +239,25 @@ def _deliver_result(job: dict, content: str, adapters=None, loop=None) -> Option
        "email": Platform.EMAIL,
        "sms": Platform.SMS,
        "bluebubbles": Platform.BLUEBUBBLES,
-        "qqbot": Platform.QQBOT,
    }
+    platform = platform_map.get(platform_name.lower())
+    if not platform:
+        msg = f"unknown platform '{platform_name}'"
+        logger.warning("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
+        return msg
+
+    try:
+        config = load_gateway_config()
+    except Exception as e:
+        msg = f"failed to load gateway config: {e}"
+        logger.error("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
+        return msg
+
+    pconfig = config.platforms.get(platform)
+    if not pconfig or not pconfig.enabled:
+        msg = f"platform '{platform_name}' not configured/enabled"
+        logger.warning("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
+        return msg

    # Optionally wrap the content with a header/footer so the user knows this
    # is a cron delivery.  Wrapping is on by default; set cron.wrap_response: false
@@ -303,13 +271,11 @@ def _deliver_result(job: dict, content: str, adapters=None, loop=None) -> Option

    if wrap_response:
        task_name = job.get("name", job["id"])
-        job_id = job.get("id", "")
        delivery_content = (
            f"Cronjob Response: {task_name}\n"
-            f"(job_id: {job_id})\n"
            f"-------------\n\n"
            f"{content}\n\n"
-            f"To stop or manage this job, send me a new message (e.g. \"stop reminder {task_name}\")."
+            f"Note: The agent cannot see this message, and therefore cannot respond to it."
        )
    else:
        delivery_content = content
@@ -318,117 +284,67 @@ def _deliver_result(job: dict, content: str, adapters=None, loop=None) -> Option
    from gateway.platforms.base import BasePlatformAdapter
    media_files, cleaned_delivery_content = BasePlatformAdapter.extract_media(delivery_content)

+    # Prefer the live adapter when the gateway is running — this supports E2EE
+    # rooms (e.g. Matrix) where the standalone HTTP path cannot encrypt.
+    runtime_adapter = (adapters or {}).get(platform)
+    if runtime_adapter is not None and loop is not None and getattr(loop, "is_running", lambda: False)():
+        send_metadata = {"thread_id": thread_id} if thread_id else None
+        try:
+            # Send cleaned text (MEDIA tags stripped) — not the raw content
+            text_to_send = cleaned_delivery_content.strip()
+            adapter_ok = True
+            if text_to_send:
+                future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                    runtime_adapter.send(chat_id, text_to_send, metadata=send_metadata),
+                    loop,
+                )
+                send_result = future.result(timeout=60)
+                if send_result and not getattr(send_result, "success", True):
+                    err = getattr(send_result, "error", "unknown")
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Job '%s': live adapter send to %s:%s failed (%s), falling back to standalone",
+                        job["id"], platform_name, chat_id, err,
+                    )
+                    adapter_ok = False  # fall through to standalone path
+
+            # Send extracted media files as native attachments via the live adapter
+            if adapter_ok and media_files:
+                _send_media_via_adapter(runtime_adapter, chat_id, media_files, send_metadata, loop, job)
+
+            if adapter_ok:
+                logger.info("Job '%s': delivered to %s:%s via live adapter", job["id"], platform_name, chat_id)
+                return None
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Job '%s': live adapter delivery to %s:%s failed (%s), falling back to standalone",
+                job["id"], platform_name, chat_id, e,
+            )
+
+    # Standalone path: run the async send in a fresh event loop (safe from any thread)
+    coro = _send_to_platform(platform, pconfig, chat_id, cleaned_delivery_content, thread_id=thread_id, media_files=media_files)
    try:
-        config = load_gateway_config()
+        result = asyncio.run(coro)
+    except RuntimeError:
+        # asyncio.run() checks for a running loop before awaiting the coroutine;
+        # when it raises, the original coro was never started — close it to
+        # prevent "coroutine was never awaited" RuntimeWarning, then retry in a
+        # fresh thread that has no running loop.
+        coro.close()
+        import concurrent.futures
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
+            future = pool.submit(asyncio.run, _send_to_platform(platform, pconfig, chat_id, cleaned_delivery_content, thread_id=thread_id, media_files=media_files))
+            result = future.result(timeout=30)
    except Exception as e:
-        msg = f"failed to load gateway config: {e}"
+        msg = f"delivery to {platform_name}:{chat_id} failed: {e}"
        logger.error("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
        return msg

-    delivery_errors = []
+    if result and result.get("error"):
+        msg = f"delivery error: {result['error']}"
+        logger.error("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
+        return msg

-    for target in targets:
-        platform_name = target["platform"]
-        chat_id = target["chat_id"]
-        thread_id = target.get("thread_id")
-
-        # Diagnostic: log thread_id for topic-aware delivery debugging
-        origin = job.get("origin") or {}
-        origin_thread = origin.get("thread_id")
-        if origin_thread and not thread_id:
-            logger.warning(
-                "Job '%s': origin has thread_id=%s but delivery target lost it "
-                "(deliver=%s, target=%s)",
-                job["id"], origin_thread, job.get("deliver", "local"), target,
-            )
-        elif thread_id:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Job '%s': delivering to %s:%s thread_id=%s",
-                job["id"], platform_name, chat_id, thread_id,
-            )
-
-        platform = platform_map.get(platform_name.lower())
-        if not platform:
-            msg = f"unknown platform '{platform_name}'"
-            logger.warning("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
-            delivery_errors.append(msg)
-            continue
-
-        # Prefer the live adapter when the gateway is running — this supports E2EE
-        # rooms (e.g. Matrix) where the standalone HTTP path cannot encrypt.
-        runtime_adapter = (adapters or {}).get(platform)
-        delivered = False
-        if runtime_adapter is not None and loop is not None and getattr(loop, "is_running", lambda: False)():
-            send_metadata = {"thread_id": thread_id} if thread_id else None
-            try:
-                # Send cleaned text (MEDIA tags stripped) — not the raw content
-                text_to_send = cleaned_delivery_content.strip()
-                adapter_ok = True
-                if text_to_send:
-                    future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
-                        runtime_adapter.send(chat_id, text_to_send, metadata=send_metadata),
-                        loop,
-                    )
-                    send_result = future.result(timeout=60)
-                    if send_result and not getattr(send_result, "success", True):
-                        err = getattr(send_result, "error", "unknown")
-                        logger.warning(
-                            "Job '%s': live adapter send to %s:%s failed (%s), falling back to standalone",
-                            job["id"], platform_name, chat_id, err,
-                        )
-                        adapter_ok = False  # fall through to standalone path
-
-                # Send extracted media files as native attachments via the live adapter
-                if adapter_ok and media_files:
-                    _send_media_via_adapter(runtime_adapter, chat_id, media_files, send_metadata, loop, job)
-
-                if adapter_ok:
-                    logger.info("Job '%s': delivered to %s:%s via live adapter", job["id"], platform_name, chat_id)
-                    delivered = True
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Job '%s': live adapter delivery to %s:%s failed (%s), falling back to standalone",
-                    job["id"], platform_name, chat_id, e,
-                )
-
-        if not delivered:
-            pconfig = config.platforms.get(platform)
-            if not pconfig or not pconfig.enabled:
-                msg = f"platform '{platform_name}' not configured/enabled"
-                logger.warning("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
-                delivery_errors.append(msg)
-                continue
-
-            # Standalone path: run the async send in a fresh event loop (safe from any thread)
-            coro = _send_to_platform(platform, pconfig, chat_id, cleaned_delivery_content, thread_id=thread_id, media_files=media_files)
-            try:
-                result = asyncio.run(coro)
-            except RuntimeError:
-                # asyncio.run() checks for a running loop before awaiting the coroutine;
-                # when it raises, the original coro was never started — close it to
-                # prevent "coroutine was never awaited" RuntimeWarning, then retry in a
-                # fresh thread that has no running loop.
-                coro.close()
-                import concurrent.futures
-                with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
-                    future = pool.submit(asyncio.run, _send_to_platform(platform, pconfig, chat_id, cleaned_delivery_content, thread_id=thread_id, media_files=media_files))
-                    result = future.result(timeout=30)
-            except Exception as e:
-                msg = f"delivery to {platform_name}:{chat_id} failed: {e}"
-                logger.error("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
-                delivery_errors.append(msg)
-                continue
-
-            if result and result.get("error"):
-                msg = f"delivery error: {result['error']}"
-                logger.error("Job '%s': %s", job["id"], msg)
-                delivery_errors.append(msg)
-                continue
-
-            logger.info("Job '%s': delivered to %s:%s", job["id"], platform_name, chat_id)
-
-    if delivery_errors:
-        return "; ".join(delivery_errors)
+    logger.info("Job '%s': delivered to %s:%s", job["id"], platform_name, chat_id)
    return None


@@ -710,15 +626,6 @@ def run_job(job: dict) -> tuple[bool, str, str, Optional[str]]:
        except Exception as e:
            logger.warning("Job '%s': failed to load config.yaml, using defaults: %s", job_id, e)

-        # Apply IPv4 preference if configured.
-        try:
-            from hermes_constants import apply_ipv4_preference
-            _net_cfg = _cfg.get("network", {})
-            if isinstance(_net_cfg, dict) and _net_cfg.get("force_ipv4"):
-                apply_ipv4_preference(force=True)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
        # Reasoning config from config.yaml
        from hermes_constants import parse_reasoning_effort
        effort = str(_cfg.get("agent", {}).get("reasoning_effort", "")).strip()
@@ -835,11 +742,7 @@ def run_job(job: dict) -> tuple[bool, str, str, Optional[str]]:
        _cron_inactivity_limit = _cron_timeout if _cron_timeout > 0 else None
        _POLL_INTERVAL = 5.0
        _cron_pool = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
-        # Preserve scheduler-scoped ContextVar state (for example skill-declared
-        # env passthrough registrations) when the cron run hops into the worker
-        # thread used for inactivity timeout monitoring.
-        _cron_context = contextvars.copy_context()
-        _cron_future = _cron_pool.submit(_cron_context.run, agent.run_conversation, prompt)
+        _cron_future = _cron_pool.submit(agent.run_conversation, prompt)
        _inactivity_timeout = False
        try:
            if _cron_inactivity_limit is None:
@@ -901,9 +804,6 @@ def run_job(job: dict) -> tuple[bool, str, str, Optional[str]]:
            )

        final_response = result.get("final_response", "") or ""
-        # Strip leaked placeholder text that upstream may inject on empty completions.
-        if final_response.strip() == "(No response generated)":
-            final_response = ""
        # Use a separate variable for log display; keep final_response clean
        # for delivery logic (empty response = no delivery).
        logged_response = final_response if final_response else "(No response generated)"
@@ -1043,13 +943,6 @@ def tick(verbose: bool = True, adapters=None, loop=None) -> int:
                        delivery_error = str(de)
                        logger.error("Delivery failed for job %s: %s", job["id"], de)

-                # Treat empty final_response as a soft failure so last_status
-                # is not "ok" — the agent ran but produced nothing useful.
-                # (issue #8585)
-                if success and not final_response:
-                    success = False
-                    error = "Agent completed but produced empty response (model error, timeout, or misconfiguration)"
-
                mark_job_run(job["id"], success, error, delivery_error=delivery_error)
                executed += 1

@@ -1,44 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Docker/Podman entrypoint: bootstrap config files into the mounted volume, then run hermes.
+# Docker entrypoint: bootstrap config files into the mounted volume, then run hermes.
 set -e

-HERMES_HOME="${HERMES_HOME:-/opt/data}"
+HERMES_HOME="/opt/data"
 INSTALL_DIR="/opt/hermes"

-# --- Privilege dropping via gosu ---
-# When started as root (the default for Docker, or fakeroot in rootless Podman),
-# optionally remap the hermes user/group to match host-side ownership, fix volume
-# permissions, then re-exec as hermes.
-if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
-    if [ -n "$HERMES_UID" ] && [ "$HERMES_UID" != "$(id -u hermes)" ]; then
-        echo "Changing hermes UID to $HERMES_UID"
-        usermod -u "$HERMES_UID" hermes
-    fi
-
-    if [ -n "$HERMES_GID" ] && [ "$HERMES_GID" != "$(id -g hermes)" ]; then
-        echo "Changing hermes GID to $HERMES_GID"
-        # -o allows non-unique GID (e.g. macOS GID 20 "staff" may already exist
-        # as "dialout" in the Debian-based container image)
-        groupmod -o -g "$HERMES_GID" hermes 2>/dev/null || true
-    fi
-
-    actual_hermes_uid=$(id -u hermes)
-    if [ "$(stat -c %u "$HERMES_HOME" 2>/dev/null)" != "$actual_hermes_uid" ]; then
-        echo "$HERMES_HOME is not owned by $actual_hermes_uid, fixing"
-        # In rootless Podman the container's "root" is mapped to an unprivileged
-        # host UID — chown will fail.  That's fine: the volume is already owned
-        # by the mapped user on the host side.
-        chown -R hermes:hermes "$HERMES_HOME" 2>/dev/null || \
-            echo "Warning: chown failed (rootless container?) — continuing anyway"
-    fi
-
-    echo "Dropping root privileges"
-    exec gosu hermes "$0" "$@"
-fi
-
-# --- Running as hermes from here ---
-source "${INSTALL_DIR}/.venv/bin/activate"
-
 # Create essential directory structure.  Cache and platform directories
 # (cache/images, cache/audio, platforms/whatsapp, etc.) are created on
 # demand by the application — don't pre-create them here so new installs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ For executed migrations, the full report is saved to `~/.hermes/migration/opencl
 ## Troubleshooting

 ### "OpenClaw directory not found"
-The migration looks for `~/.openclaw` by default, then tries `~/.clawdbot` and `~/.moltbot`. If your OpenClaw is installed elsewhere, use `--source`:
+The migration looks for `~/.openclaw` by default, then tries `~/.clawdbot` and `~/.moldbot`. If your OpenClaw is installed elsewhere, use `--source`:
 ```bash
 hermes claw migrate --source /path/to/.openclaw
 ```
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ colors:
  session_label: "#DAA520"        # Session label
  session_border: "#8B8682"       # Session ID dim color

-  # TUI surfaces
-  status_bar_bg: "#1a1a2e"              # Status / usage bar background
-  voice_status_bg: "#1a1a2e"            # Voice-mode badge background
-  completion_menu_bg: "#1a1a2e"         # Completion list background
-  completion_menu_current_bg: "#333355" # Active completion row background
-  completion_menu_meta_bg: "#1a1a2e"    # Completion meta column background
-  completion_menu_meta_current_bg: "#333355"  # Active completion meta background
-
 # ── Spinner ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Customize the animated spinner shown during API calls and tool execution.
 spinner:
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ suppress delivery.
 """

 import logging
+import os
 import threading
+from pathlib import Path

 logger = logging.getLogger("hooks.boot-md")

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class Platform(Enum):
    WECOM_CALLBACK = "wecom_callback"
    WEIXIN = "weixin"
    BLUEBUBBLES = "bluebubbles"
-    QQBOT = "qqbot"


@dataclass
@@ -304,17 +303,6 @@ class GatewayConfig:
            # BlueBubbles uses extra dict for local server config
            elif platform == Platform.BLUEBUBBLES and config.extra.get("server_url") and config.extra.get("password"):
                connected.append(platform)
-            # QQBot uses extra dict for app credentials
-            elif platform == Platform.QQBOT and config.extra.get("app_id") and config.extra.get("client_secret"):
-                connected.append(platform)
-            # DingTalk uses client_id/client_secret from config.extra or env vars
-            elif platform == Platform.DINGTALK and (
-                config.extra.get("client_id") or os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID")
-            ) and (
-                config.extra.get("client_secret") or os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET")
-            ):
-                connected.append(platform)
-        
        return connected
    
    def get_home_channel(self, platform: Platform) -> Optional[HomeChannel]:
@@ -562,12 +550,6 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
                    bridged["mention_patterns"] = platform_cfg["mention_patterns"]
                if plat == Platform.DISCORD and "channel_skill_bindings" in platform_cfg:
                    bridged["channel_skill_bindings"] = platform_cfg["channel_skill_bindings"]
-                if "channel_prompts" in platform_cfg:
-                    channel_prompts = platform_cfg["channel_prompts"]
-                    if isinstance(channel_prompts, dict):
-                        bridged["channel_prompts"] = {str(k): v for k, v in channel_prompts.items()}
-                    else:
-                        bridged["channel_prompts"] = channel_prompts
                if not bridged:
                    continue
                plat_data = platforms_data.setdefault(plat.value, {})
@@ -625,20 +607,6 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
                    if isinstance(ntc, list):
                        ntc = ",".join(str(v) for v in ntc)
                    os.environ["DISCORD_NO_THREAD_CHANNELS"] = str(ntc)
-                # allow_mentions: granular control over what the bot can ping.
-                # Safe defaults (no @everyone/roles) are applied in the adapter;
-                # these YAML keys only override when set and let users opt back
-                # into unsafe modes (e.g. roles=true) if they actually want it.
-                allow_mentions_cfg = discord_cfg.get("allow_mentions")
-                if isinstance(allow_mentions_cfg, dict):
-                    for yaml_key, env_key in (
-                        ("everyone", "DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_EVERYONE"),
-                        ("roles", "DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_ROLES"),
-                        ("users", "DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_USERS"),
-                        ("replied_user", "DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_REPLIED_USER"),
-                    ):
-                        if yaml_key in allow_mentions_cfg and not os.getenv(env_key):
-                            os.environ[env_key] = str(allow_mentions_cfg[yaml_key]).lower()

            # Telegram settings → env vars (env vars take precedence)
            telegram_cfg = yaml_cfg.get("telegram", {})
@@ -653,25 +621,8 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
                    if isinstance(frc, list):
                        frc = ",".join(str(v) for v in frc)
                    os.environ["TELEGRAM_FREE_RESPONSE_CHATS"] = str(frc)
-                ignored_threads = telegram_cfg.get("ignored_threads")
-                if ignored_threads is not None and not os.getenv("TELEGRAM_IGNORED_THREADS"):
-                    if isinstance(ignored_threads, list):
-                        ignored_threads = ",".join(str(v) for v in ignored_threads)
-                    os.environ["TELEGRAM_IGNORED_THREADS"] = str(ignored_threads)
                if "reactions" in telegram_cfg and not os.getenv("TELEGRAM_REACTIONS"):
                    os.environ["TELEGRAM_REACTIONS"] = str(telegram_cfg["reactions"]).lower()
-                if "proxy_url" in telegram_cfg and not os.getenv("TELEGRAM_PROXY"):
-                    os.environ["TELEGRAM_PROXY"] = str(telegram_cfg["proxy_url"]).strip()
-                if "disable_link_previews" in telegram_cfg:
-                    plat_data = platforms_data.setdefault(Platform.TELEGRAM.value, {})
-                    if not isinstance(plat_data, dict):
-                        plat_data = {}
-                        platforms_data[Platform.TELEGRAM.value] = plat_data
-                    extra = plat_data.setdefault("extra", {})
-                    if not isinstance(extra, dict):
-                        extra = {}
-                        plat_data["extra"] = extra
-                    extra["disable_link_previews"] = telegram_cfg["disable_link_previews"]

            whatsapp_cfg = yaml_cfg.get("whatsapp", {})
            if isinstance(whatsapp_cfg, dict):
@@ -685,24 +636,6 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
                        frc = ",".join(str(v) for v in frc)
                    os.environ["WHATSAPP_FREE_RESPONSE_CHATS"] = str(frc)

-            # DingTalk settings → env vars (env vars take precedence)
-            dingtalk_cfg = yaml_cfg.get("dingtalk", {})
-            if isinstance(dingtalk_cfg, dict):
-                if "require_mention" in dingtalk_cfg and not os.getenv("DINGTALK_REQUIRE_MENTION"):
-                    os.environ["DINGTALK_REQUIRE_MENTION"] = str(dingtalk_cfg["require_mention"]).lower()
-                if "mention_patterns" in dingtalk_cfg and not os.getenv("DINGTALK_MENTION_PATTERNS"):
-                    os.environ["DINGTALK_MENTION_PATTERNS"] = json.dumps(dingtalk_cfg["mention_patterns"])
-                frc = dingtalk_cfg.get("free_response_chats")
-                if frc is not None and not os.getenv("DINGTALK_FREE_RESPONSE_CHATS"):
-                    if isinstance(frc, list):
-                        frc = ",".join(str(v) for v in frc)
-                    os.environ["DINGTALK_FREE_RESPONSE_CHATS"] = str(frc)
-                allowed = dingtalk_cfg.get("allowed_users")
-                if allowed is not None and not os.getenv("DINGTALK_ALLOWED_USERS"):
-                    if isinstance(allowed, list):
-                        allowed = ",".join(str(v) for v in allowed)
-                    os.environ["DINGTALK_ALLOWED_USERS"] = str(allowed)
-
            # Matrix settings → env vars (env vars take precedence)
            matrix_cfg = yaml_cfg.get("matrix", {})
            if isinstance(matrix_cfg, dict):
@@ -732,17 +665,6 @@ def load_gateway_config() -> GatewayConfig:
    _apply_env_overrides(config)
    
    # --- Validate loaded values ---
-    _validate_gateway_config(config)
-
-    return config
-
-
-def _validate_gateway_config(config: "GatewayConfig") -> None:
-    """Validate and sanitize a loaded GatewayConfig in place.
-
-    Called by ``load_gateway_config()`` after all config sources are merged.
-    Extracted as a separate function for testability.
-    """
    policy = config.default_reset_policy

    if not (0 <= policy.at_hour <= 23):
@@ -779,31 +701,7 @@ def _validate_gateway_config(config: "GatewayConfig") -> None:
                platform.value, env_name,
            )

-    # Reject known-weak placeholder tokens.
-    # Ported from openclaw/openclaw#64586: users who copy .env.example
-    # without changing placeholder values get a clear startup error instead
-    # of a confusing "auth failed" from the platform API.
-    try:
-        from hermes_cli.auth import has_usable_secret
-    except ImportError:
-        has_usable_secret = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-
-    if has_usable_secret is not None:
-        for platform, pconfig in config.platforms.items():
-            if not pconfig.enabled:
-                continue
-            env_name = _token_env_names.get(platform)
-            if not env_name:
-                continue
-            token = pconfig.token
-            if token and token.strip() and not has_usable_secret(token, min_length=4):
-                logger.error(
-                    "%s is enabled but %s is set to a placeholder value ('%s'). "
-                    "Set a real bot token before starting the gateway. "
-                    "The adapter will NOT be started.",
-                    platform.value, env_name, token.strip()[:6] + "...",
-                )
-                pconfig.enabled = False
+    return config


 def _apply_env_overrides(config: GatewayConfig) -> None:
@@ -1046,25 +944,6 @@ def _apply_env_overrides(config: GatewayConfig) -> None:
        if webhook_secret:
            config.platforms[Platform.WEBHOOK].extra["secret"] = webhook_secret

-    # DingTalk
-    dingtalk_client_id = os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID")
-    dingtalk_client_secret = os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET")
-    if dingtalk_client_id and dingtalk_client_secret:
-        if Platform.DINGTALK not in config.platforms:
-            config.platforms[Platform.DINGTALK] = PlatformConfig()
-        config.platforms[Platform.DINGTALK].enabled = True
-        config.platforms[Platform.DINGTALK].extra.update({
-            "client_id": dingtalk_client_id,
-            "client_secret": dingtalk_client_secret,
-        })
-        dingtalk_home = os.getenv("DINGTALK_HOME_CHANNEL")
-        if dingtalk_home:
-            config.platforms[Platform.DINGTALK].home_channel = HomeChannel(
-                platform=Platform.DINGTALK,
-                chat_id=dingtalk_home,
-                name=os.getenv("DINGTALK_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME", "Home"),
-            )
-
    # Feishu / Lark
    feishu_app_id = os.getenv("FEISHU_APP_ID")
    feishu_app_secret = os.getenv("FEISHU_APP_SECRET")
@@ -1195,32 +1074,6 @@ def _apply_env_overrides(config: GatewayConfig) -> None:
            name=os.getenv("BLUEBUBBLES_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME", "Home"),
        )

-    # QQ (Official Bot API v2)
-    qq_app_id = os.getenv("QQ_APP_ID")
-    qq_client_secret = os.getenv("QQ_CLIENT_SECRET")
-    if qq_app_id or qq_client_secret:
-        if Platform.QQBOT not in config.platforms:
-            config.platforms[Platform.QQBOT] = PlatformConfig()
-        config.platforms[Platform.QQBOT].enabled = True
-        extra = config.platforms[Platform.QQBOT].extra
-        if qq_app_id:
-            extra["app_id"] = qq_app_id
-        if qq_client_secret:
-            extra["client_secret"] = qq_client_secret
-        qq_allowed_users = os.getenv("QQ_ALLOWED_USERS", "").strip()
-        if qq_allowed_users:
-            extra["allow_from"] = qq_allowed_users
-        qq_group_allowed = os.getenv("QQ_GROUP_ALLOWED_USERS", "").strip()
-        if qq_group_allowed:
-            extra["group_allow_from"] = qq_group_allowed
-        qq_home = os.getenv("QQ_HOME_CHANNEL", "").strip()
-        if qq_home:
-            config.platforms[Platform.QQBOT].home_channel = HomeChannel(
-                platform=Platform.QQBOT,
-                chat_id=qq_home,
-                name=os.getenv("QQ_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME", "Home"),
-            )
-
    # Session settings
    idle_minutes = os.getenv("SESSION_IDLE_MINUTES")
    if idle_minutes:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any, Union

 from hermes_cli.config import get_hermes_home

@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ Resolution order (first non-None wins):
    3. ``_PLATFORM_DEFAULTS[<platform>][<key>]``  — built-in sensible default
    4. ``_GLOBAL_DEFAULTS[<key>]``              — built-in global default

-Exception: ``display.streaming`` is CLI-only.  Gateway streaming follows the
-top-level ``streaming`` config unless ``display.platforms.<platform>.streaming``
-sets an explicit per-platform override.
-
 Backward compatibility: ``display.tool_progress_overrides`` is still read as a
 fallback for ``tool_progress`` when no ``display.platforms`` entry exists.  A
 config migration (version bump) automatically moves the old format into the new
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ _PLATFORM_DEFAULTS: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {

    # Tier 3 — no edit support, progress messages are permanent
    "signal":          _TIER_LOW,
-    "whatsapp":        _TIER_MEDIUM,  # Baileys bridge supports /edit
+    "whatsapp":        _TIER_LOW,
    "bluebubbles":     _TIER_LOW,
    "weixin":          _TIER_LOW,
    "wecom":           _TIER_LOW,
@@ -147,13 +143,10 @@ def resolve_display_setting(
            if val is not None:
                return _normalise(setting, val)

-    # 2. Global user setting (display.<key>).  Skip display.streaming because
-    # that key controls only CLI terminal streaming; gateway token streaming is
-    # governed by the top-level streaming config plus per-platform overrides.
-    if setting != "streaming":
-        val = display_cfg.get(setting)
-        if val is not None:
-            return _normalise(setting, val)
+    # 2. Global user setting (display.<key>)
+    val = display_cfg.get(setting)
+    if val is not None:
+        return _normalise(setting, val)

    # 3. Built-in platform default
    plat_defaults = _PLATFORM_DEFAULTS.get(platform_key)
@@ -170,6 +163,25 @@ def resolve_display_setting(
    return fallback


+def get_platform_defaults(platform_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return the built-in default display settings for a platform.
+
+    Falls back to ``_GLOBAL_DEFAULTS`` for unknown platforms.
+    """
+    return dict(_PLATFORM_DEFAULTS.get(platform_key, _GLOBAL_DEFAULTS))
+
+
+def get_effective_display(user_config: dict, platform_key: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return the fully-resolved display settings for a platform.
+
+    Useful for status commands that want to show all effective settings.
+    """
+    return {
+        key: resolve_display_setting(user_config, platform_key, key)
+        for key in OVERRIDEABLE_KEYS
+    }
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Helpers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ Each adapter handles:
 """

 from .base import BasePlatformAdapter, MessageEvent, SendResult
-from .qqbot import QQAdapter

 __all__ = [
    "BasePlatformAdapter",
    "MessageEvent",
    "SendResult",
-    "QQAdapter",
 ]
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Exposes an HTTP server with endpoints:
 - POST /v1/runs                    — start a run, returns run_id immediately (202)
 - GET  /v1/runs/{run_id}/events    — SSE stream of structured lifecycle events
 - GET  /health                     — health check
- GET  /health/detailed            — rich status for cross-container dashboard probing

 Any OpenAI-compatible frontend (Open WebUI, LobeChat, LibreChat,
 AnythingLLM, NextChat, ChatBox, etc.) can connect to hermes-agent
@@ -55,66 +54,6 @@ DEFAULT_PORT = 8642
 MAX_STORED_RESPONSES = 100
 MAX_REQUEST_BYTES = 1_000_000  # 1 MB default limit for POST bodies
 CHAT_COMPLETIONS_SSE_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS = 30.0
-MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH = 65_536  # 64 KB cap for normalized content parts
-MAX_CONTENT_LIST_SIZE = 1_000  # Max items when content is an array
-
-
-def _normalize_chat_content(
-    content: Any, *, _max_depth: int = 10, _depth: int = 0,
-) -> str:
-    """Normalize OpenAI chat message content into a plain text string.
-
-    Some clients (Open WebUI, LobeChat, etc.) send content as an array of
-    typed parts instead of a plain string::
-
-        [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}, {"type": "input_text", "text": "..."}]
-
-    This function flattens those into a single string so the agent pipeline
-    (which expects strings) doesn't choke.
-
-    Defensive limits prevent abuse: recursion depth, list size, and output
-    length are all bounded.
-    """
-    if _depth > _max_depth:
-        return ""
-    if content is None:
-        return ""
-    if isinstance(content, str):
-        return content[:MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH] if len(content) > MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH else content
-
-    if isinstance(content, list):
-        parts: List[str] = []
-        items = content[:MAX_CONTENT_LIST_SIZE] if len(content) > MAX_CONTENT_LIST_SIZE else content
-        for item in items:
-            if isinstance(item, str):
-                if item:
-                    parts.append(item[:MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH])
-            elif isinstance(item, dict):
-                item_type = str(item.get("type") or "").strip().lower()
-                if item_type in {"text", "input_text", "output_text"}:
-                    text = item.get("text", "")
-                    if text:
-                        try:
-                            parts.append(str(text)[:MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH])
-                        except Exception:
-                            pass
-                # Silently skip image_url / other non-text parts
-            elif isinstance(item, list):
-                nested = _normalize_chat_content(item, _max_depth=_max_depth, _depth=_depth + 1)
-                if nested:
-                    parts.append(nested)
-            # Check accumulated size
-            if sum(len(p) for p in parts) >= MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH:
-                break
-        result = "\n".join(parts)
-        return result[:MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH] if len(result) > MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH else result
-
-    # Fallback for unexpected types (int, float, bool, etc.)
-    try:
-        result = str(content)
-        return result[:MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH] if len(result) > MAX_NORMALIZED_TEXT_LENGTH else result
-    except Exception:
-        return ""


 def check_api_server_requirements() -> bool:
@@ -515,8 +454,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
        stream_delta_callback=None,
        tool_progress_callback=None,
-        tool_start_callback=None,
-        tool_complete_callback=None,
    ) -> Any:
        """
        Create an AIAgent instance using the gateway's runtime config.
@@ -555,8 +492,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            platform="api_server",
            stream_delta_callback=stream_delta_callback,
            tool_progress_callback=tool_progress_callback,
-            tool_start_callback=tool_start_callback,
-            tool_complete_callback=tool_complete_callback,
            session_db=self._ensure_session_db(),
            fallback_model=fallback_model,
        )
@@ -570,27 +505,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        """GET /health — simple health check."""
        return web.json_response({"status": "ok", "platform": "hermes-agent"})

-    async def _handle_health_detailed(self, request: "web.Request") -> "web.Response":
-        """GET /health/detailed — rich status for cross-container dashboard probing.
-
-        Returns gateway state, connected platforms, PID, and uptime so the
-        dashboard can display full status without needing a shared PID file or
-        /proc access.  No authentication required.
-        """
-        from gateway.status import read_runtime_status
-
-        runtime = read_runtime_status() or {}
-        return web.json_response({
-            "status": "ok",
-            "platform": "hermes-agent",
-            "gateway_state": runtime.get("gateway_state"),
-            "platforms": runtime.get("platforms", {}),
-            "active_agents": runtime.get("active_agents", 0),
-            "exit_reason": runtime.get("exit_reason"),
-            "updated_at": runtime.get("updated_at"),
-            "pid": os.getpid(),
-        })
-
    async def _handle_models(self, request: "web.Request") -> "web.Response":
        """GET /v1/models — return hermes-agent as an available model."""
        auth_err = self._check_auth(request)
@@ -639,7 +553,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        for msg in messages:
            role = msg.get("role", "")
-            content = _normalize_chat_content(msg.get("content", ""))
+            content = msg.get("content", "")
            if role == "system":
                # Accumulate system messages
                if system_prompt is None:
@@ -902,7 +816,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                return time.monotonic()

            # Stream content chunks as they arrive from the agent
-            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
            while True:
                try:
                    delta = await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: stream_q.get(timeout=0.5))
@@ -969,427 +883,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        return response

-    async def _write_sse_responses(
-        self,
-        request: "web.Request",
-        response_id: str,
-        model: str,
-        created_at: int,
-        stream_q,
-        agent_task,
-        agent_ref,
-        conversation_history: List[Dict[str, str]],
-        user_message: str,
-        instructions: Optional[str],
-        conversation: Optional[str],
-        store: bool,
-        session_id: str,
-    ) -> "web.StreamResponse":
-        """Write an SSE stream for POST /v1/responses (OpenAI Responses API).
-
-        Emits spec-compliant event types as the agent runs:
-
-        - ``response.created`` — initial envelope (status=in_progress)
-        - ``response.output_text.delta`` / ``response.output_text.done`` —
-          streamed assistant text
-        - ``response.output_item.added`` / ``response.output_item.done``
-          with ``item.type == "function_call"`` — when the agent invokes a
-          tool (both events fire; the ``done`` event carries the finalized
-          ``arguments`` string)
-        - ``response.output_item.added`` with
-          ``item.type == "function_call_output"`` — tool result with
-          ``{call_id, output, status}``
-        - ``response.completed`` — terminal event carrying the full
-          response object with all output items + usage (same payload
-          shape as the non-streaming path for parity)
-        - ``response.failed`` — terminal event on agent error
-
-        If the client disconnects mid-stream, ``agent.interrupt()`` is
-        called so the agent stops issuing upstream LLM calls, then the
-        asyncio task is cancelled.  When ``store=True`` the full response
-        is persisted to the ResponseStore in a ``finally`` block so GET
-        /v1/responses/{id} and ``previous_response_id`` chaining work the
-        same as the batch path.
-        """
-        import queue as _q
-
-        sse_headers = {
-            "Content-Type": "text/event-stream",
-            "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
-            "X-Accel-Buffering": "no",
-        }
-        origin = request.headers.get("Origin", "")
-        cors = self._cors_headers_for_origin(origin) if origin else None
-        if cors:
-            sse_headers.update(cors)
-        if session_id:
-            sse_headers["X-Hermes-Session-Id"] = session_id
-        response = web.StreamResponse(status=200, headers=sse_headers)
-        await response.prepare(request)
-
-        # State accumulated during the stream
-        final_text_parts: List[str] = []
-        # Track open function_call items by name so we can emit a matching
-        # ``done`` event when the tool completes.  Order preserved.
-        pending_tool_calls: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-        # Output items we've emitted so far (used to build the terminal
-        # response.completed payload).  Kept in the order they appeared.
-        emitted_items: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-        # Monotonic counter for output_index (spec requires it).
-        output_index = 0
-        # Monotonic counter for call_id generation if the agent doesn't
-        # provide one (it doesn't, from tool_progress_callback).
-        call_counter = 0
-        # Canonical Responses SSE events include a monotonically increasing
-        # sequence_number. Add it server-side for every emitted event so
-        # clients that validate the OpenAI event schema can parse our stream.
-        sequence_number = 0
-        # Track the assistant message item id + content index for text
-        # delta events — the spec ties deltas to a specific item.
-        message_item_id = f"msg_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:24]}"
-        message_output_index: Optional[int] = None
-        message_opened = False
-
-        async def _write_event(event_type: str, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-            nonlocal sequence_number
-            if "sequence_number" not in data:
-                data["sequence_number"] = sequence_number
-            sequence_number += 1
-            payload = f"event: {event_type}\ndata: {json.dumps(data)}\n\n"
-            await response.write(payload.encode())
-
-        def _envelope(status: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-            env: Dict[str, Any] = {
-                "id": response_id,
-                "object": "response",
-                "status": status,
-                "created_at": created_at,
-                "model": model,
-            }
-            return env
-
-        final_response_text = ""
-        agent_error: Optional[str] = None
-        usage: Dict[str, int] = {"input_tokens": 0, "output_tokens": 0, "total_tokens": 0}
-
-        try:
-            # response.created — initial envelope, status=in_progress
-            created_env = _envelope("in_progress")
-            created_env["output"] = []
-            await _write_event("response.created", {
-                "type": "response.created",
-                "response": created_env,
-            })
-            last_activity = time.monotonic()
-
-            async def _open_message_item() -> None:
-                """Emit response.output_item.added for the assistant message
-                the first time any text delta arrives."""
-                nonlocal message_opened, message_output_index, output_index
-                if message_opened:
-                    return
-                message_opened = True
-                message_output_index = output_index
-                output_index += 1
-                item = {
-                    "id": message_item_id,
-                    "type": "message",
-                    "status": "in_progress",
-                    "role": "assistant",
-                    "content": [],
-                }
-                await _write_event("response.output_item.added", {
-                    "type": "response.output_item.added",
-                    "output_index": message_output_index,
-                    "item": item,
-                })
-
-            async def _emit_text_delta(delta_text: str) -> None:
-                await _open_message_item()
-                final_text_parts.append(delta_text)
-                await _write_event("response.output_text.delta", {
-                    "type": "response.output_text.delta",
-                    "item_id": message_item_id,
-                    "output_index": message_output_index,
-                    "content_index": 0,
-                    "delta": delta_text,
-                    "logprobs": [],
-                })
-
-            async def _emit_tool_started(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
-                """Emit response.output_item.added for a function_call.
-
-                Returns the call_id so the matching completion event can
-                reference it.  Prefer the real ``tool_call_id`` from the
-                agent when available; fall back to a generated call id for
-                safety in tests or older code paths.
-                """
-                nonlocal output_index, call_counter
-                call_counter += 1
-                call_id = payload.get("tool_call_id") or f"call_{response_id[5:]}_{call_counter}"
-                args = payload.get("arguments", {})
-                if isinstance(args, dict):
-                    arguments_str = json.dumps(args)
-                else:
-                    arguments_str = str(args)
-                item = {
-                    "id": f"fc_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:24]}",
-                    "type": "function_call",
-                    "status": "in_progress",
-                    "name": payload.get("name", ""),
-                    "call_id": call_id,
-                    "arguments": arguments_str,
-                }
-                idx = output_index
-                output_index += 1
-                pending_tool_calls.append({
-                    "call_id": call_id,
-                    "name": payload.get("name", ""),
-                    "arguments": arguments_str,
-                    "item_id": item["id"],
-                    "output_index": idx,
-                })
-                emitted_items.append({
-                    "type": "function_call",
-                    "name": payload.get("name", ""),
-                    "arguments": arguments_str,
-                    "call_id": call_id,
-                })
-                await _write_event("response.output_item.added", {
-                    "type": "response.output_item.added",
-                    "output_index": idx,
-                    "item": item,
-                })
-                return call_id
-
-            async def _emit_tool_completed(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-                """Emit response.output_item.done (function_call) followed
-                by response.output_item.added (function_call_output)."""
-                nonlocal output_index
-                call_id = payload.get("tool_call_id")
-                result = payload.get("result", "")
-                pending = None
-                if call_id:
-                    for i, p in enumerate(pending_tool_calls):
-                        if p["call_id"] == call_id:
-                            pending = pending_tool_calls.pop(i)
-                            break
-                if pending is None:
-                    # Completion without a matching start — skip to avoid
-                    # emitting orphaned done events.
-                    return
-
-                # function_call done
-                done_item = {
-                    "id": pending["item_id"],
-                    "type": "function_call",
-                    "status": "completed",
-                    "name": pending["name"],
-                    "call_id": pending["call_id"],
-                    "arguments": pending["arguments"],
-                }
-                await _write_event("response.output_item.done", {
-                    "type": "response.output_item.done",
-                    "output_index": pending["output_index"],
-                    "item": done_item,
-                })
-
-                # function_call_output added (result)
-                result_str = result if isinstance(result, str) else json.dumps(result)
-                output_parts = [{"type": "input_text", "text": result_str}]
-                output_item = {
-                    "id": f"fco_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:24]}",
-                    "type": "function_call_output",
-                    "call_id": pending["call_id"],
-                    "output": output_parts,
-                    "status": "completed",
-                }
-                idx = output_index
-                output_index += 1
-                emitted_items.append({
-                    "type": "function_call_output",
-                    "call_id": pending["call_id"],
-                    "output": output_parts,
-                })
-                await _write_event("response.output_item.added", {
-                    "type": "response.output_item.added",
-                    "output_index": idx,
-                    "item": output_item,
-                })
-                await _write_event("response.output_item.done", {
-                    "type": "response.output_item.done",
-                    "output_index": idx,
-                    "item": output_item,
-                })
-
-            # Main drain loop — thread-safe queue fed by agent callbacks.
-            async def _dispatch(it) -> None:
-                """Route a queue item to the correct SSE emitter.
-
-                Plain strings are text deltas.  Tagged tuples with
-                ``__tool_started__`` / ``__tool_completed__`` prefixes
-                are tool lifecycle events.
-                """
-                if isinstance(it, tuple) and len(it) == 2 and isinstance(it[0], str):
-                    tag, payload = it
-                    if tag == "__tool_started__":
-                        await _emit_tool_started(payload)
-                    elif tag == "__tool_completed__":
-                        await _emit_tool_completed(payload)
-                    # Unknown tags are silently ignored (forward-compat).
-                elif isinstance(it, str):
-                    await _emit_text_delta(it)
-                # Other types (non-string, non-tuple) are silently dropped.
-
-            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-            while True:
-                try:
-                    item = await loop.run_in_executor(None, lambda: stream_q.get(timeout=0.5))
-                except _q.Empty:
-                    if agent_task.done():
-                        # Drain remaining
-                        while True:
-                            try:
-                                item = stream_q.get_nowait()
-                                if item is None:
-                                    break
-                                await _dispatch(item)
-                                last_activity = time.monotonic()
-                            except _q.Empty:
-                                break
-                        break
-                    if time.monotonic() - last_activity >= CHAT_COMPLETIONS_SSE_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS:
-                        await response.write(b": keepalive\n\n")
-                        last_activity = time.monotonic()
-                    continue
-
-                if item is None:  # EOS sentinel
-                    break
-
-                await _dispatch(item)
-                last_activity = time.monotonic()
-
-            # Pick up agent result + usage from the completed task
-            try:
-                result, agent_usage = await agent_task
-                usage = agent_usage or usage
-                # If the agent produced a final_response but no text
-                # deltas were streamed (e.g. some providers only emit
-                # the full response at the end), emit a single fallback
-                # delta so Responses clients still receive a live text part.
-                agent_final = result.get("final_response", "") if isinstance(result, dict) else ""
-                if agent_final and not final_text_parts:
-                    await _emit_text_delta(agent_final)
-                if agent_final and not final_response_text:
-                    final_response_text = agent_final
-                if isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("error") and not final_response_text:
-                    agent_error = result["error"]
-            except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001
-                logger.error("Error running agent for streaming responses: %s", e, exc_info=True)
-                agent_error = str(e)
-
-            # Close the message item if it was opened
-            final_response_text = "".join(final_text_parts) or final_response_text
-            if message_opened:
-                await _write_event("response.output_text.done", {
-                    "type": "response.output_text.done",
-                    "item_id": message_item_id,
-                    "output_index": message_output_index,
-                    "content_index": 0,
-                    "text": final_response_text,
-                    "logprobs": [],
-                })
-                msg_done_item = {
-                    "id": message_item_id,
-                    "type": "message",
-                    "status": "completed",
-                    "role": "assistant",
-                    "content": [
-                        {"type": "output_text", "text": final_response_text}
-                    ],
-                }
-                await _write_event("response.output_item.done", {
-                    "type": "response.output_item.done",
-                    "output_index": message_output_index,
-                    "item": msg_done_item,
-                })
-
-            # Always append a final message item in the completed
-            # response envelope so clients that only parse the terminal
-            # payload still see the assistant text.  This mirrors the
-            # shape produced by _extract_output_items in the batch path.
-            final_items: List[Dict[str, Any]] = list(emitted_items)
-            final_items.append({
-                "type": "message",
-                "role": "assistant",
-                "content": [
-                    {"type": "output_text", "text": final_response_text or (agent_error or "")}
-                ],
-            })
-
-            if agent_error:
-                failed_env = _envelope("failed")
-                failed_env["output"] = final_items
-                failed_env["error"] = {"message": agent_error, "type": "server_error"}
-                failed_env["usage"] = {
-                    "input_tokens": usage.get("input_tokens", 0),
-                    "output_tokens": usage.get("output_tokens", 0),
-                    "total_tokens": usage.get("total_tokens", 0),
-                }
-                await _write_event("response.failed", {
-                    "type": "response.failed",
-                    "response": failed_env,
-                })
-            else:
-                completed_env = _envelope("completed")
-                completed_env["output"] = final_items
-                completed_env["usage"] = {
-                    "input_tokens": usage.get("input_tokens", 0),
-                    "output_tokens": usage.get("output_tokens", 0),
-                    "total_tokens": usage.get("total_tokens", 0),
-                }
-                await _write_event("response.completed", {
-                    "type": "response.completed",
-                    "response": completed_env,
-                })
-
-                # Persist for future chaining / GET retrieval, mirroring
-                # the batch path behavior.
-                if store:
-                    full_history = list(conversation_history)
-                    full_history.append({"role": "user", "content": user_message})
-                    if isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("messages"):
-                        full_history.extend(result["messages"])
-                    else:
-                        full_history.append({"role": "assistant", "content": final_response_text})
-                    self._response_store.put(response_id, {
-                        "response": completed_env,
-                        "conversation_history": full_history,
-                        "instructions": instructions,
-                        "session_id": session_id,
-                    })
-                    if conversation:
-                        self._response_store.set_conversation(conversation, response_id)
-
-        except (ConnectionResetError, ConnectionAbortedError, BrokenPipeError, OSError):
-            # Client disconnected — interrupt the agent so it stops
-            # making upstream LLM calls, then cancel the task.
-            agent = agent_ref[0] if agent_ref else None
-            if agent is not None:
-                try:
-                    agent.interrupt("SSE client disconnected")
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-            if not agent_task.done():
-                agent_task.cancel()
-                try:
-                    await agent_task
-                except (asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
-                    pass
-            logger.info("SSE client disconnected; interrupted agent task %s", response_id)
-
-        return response
-
    async def _handle_responses(self, request: "web.Request") -> "web.Response":
        """POST /v1/responses — OpenAI Responses API format."""
        auth_err = self._check_auth(request)
@@ -1433,7 +926,18 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    input_messages.append({"role": "user", "content": item})
                elif isinstance(item, dict):
                    role = item.get("role", "user")
-                    content = _normalize_chat_content(item.get("content", ""))
+                    content = item.get("content", "")
+                    # Handle content that may be a list of content parts
+                    if isinstance(content, list):
+                        text_parts = []
+                        for part in content:
+                            if isinstance(part, dict) and part.get("type") == "input_text":
+                                text_parts.append(part.get("text", ""))
+                            elif isinstance(part, dict) and part.get("type") == "output_text":
+                                text_parts.append(part.get("text", ""))
+                            elif isinstance(part, str):
+                                text_parts.append(part)
+                        content = "\n".join(text_parts)
                    input_messages.append({"role": role, "content": content})
        else:
            return web.json_response(_openai_error("'input' must be a string or array"), status=400)
@@ -1460,13 +964,11 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            if previous_response_id:
                logger.debug("Both conversation_history and previous_response_id provided; using conversation_history")

-        stored_session_id = None
        if not conversation_history and previous_response_id:
            stored = self._response_store.get(previous_response_id)
            if stored is None:
                return web.json_response(_openai_error(f"Previous response not found: {previous_response_id}"), status=404)
            conversation_history = list(stored.get("conversation_history", []))
-            stored_session_id = stored.get("session_id")
            # If no instructions provided, carry forward from previous
            if instructions is None:
                instructions = stored.get("instructions")
@@ -1484,83 +986,8 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if body.get("truncation") == "auto" and len(conversation_history) > 100:
            conversation_history = conversation_history[-100:]

-        # Reuse session from previous_response_id chain so the dashboard
-        # groups the entire conversation under one session entry.
-        session_id = stored_session_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
-
-        stream = bool(body.get("stream", False))
-        if stream:
-            # Streaming branch — emit OpenAI Responses SSE events as the
-            # agent runs so frontends can render text deltas and tool
-            # calls in real time.  See _write_sse_responses for details.
-            import queue as _q
-            _stream_q: _q.Queue = _q.Queue()
-
-            def _on_delta(delta):
-                # None from the agent is a CLI box-close signal, not EOS.
-                # Forwarding would kill the SSE stream prematurely; the
-                # SSE writer detects completion via agent_task.done().
-                if delta is not None:
-                    _stream_q.put(delta)
-
-            def _on_tool_progress(event_type, name, preview, args, **kwargs):
-                """Queue non-start tool progress events if needed in future.
-
-                The structured Responses stream uses ``tool_start_callback``
-                and ``tool_complete_callback`` for exact call-id correlation,
-                so progress events are currently ignored here.
-                """
-                return
-
-            def _on_tool_start(tool_call_id, function_name, function_args):
-                """Queue a started tool for live function_call streaming."""
-                _stream_q.put(("__tool_started__", {
-                    "tool_call_id": tool_call_id,
-                    "name": function_name,
-                    "arguments": function_args or {},
-                }))
-
-            def _on_tool_complete(tool_call_id, function_name, function_args, function_result):
-                """Queue a completed tool result for live function_call_output streaming."""
-                _stream_q.put(("__tool_completed__", {
-                    "tool_call_id": tool_call_id,
-                    "name": function_name,
-                    "arguments": function_args or {},
-                    "result": function_result,
-                }))
-
-            agent_ref = [None]
-            agent_task = asyncio.ensure_future(self._run_agent(
-                user_message=user_message,
-                conversation_history=conversation_history,
-                ephemeral_system_prompt=instructions,
-                session_id=session_id,
-                stream_delta_callback=_on_delta,
-                tool_progress_callback=_on_tool_progress,
-                tool_start_callback=_on_tool_start,
-                tool_complete_callback=_on_tool_complete,
-                agent_ref=agent_ref,
-            ))
-
-            response_id = f"resp_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:28]}"
-            model_name = body.get("model", self._model_name)
-            created_at = int(time.time())
-
-            return await self._write_sse_responses(
-                request=request,
-                response_id=response_id,
-                model=model_name,
-                created_at=created_at,
-                stream_q=_stream_q,
-                agent_task=agent_task,
-                agent_ref=agent_ref,
-                conversation_history=conversation_history,
-                user_message=user_message,
-                instructions=instructions,
-                conversation=conversation,
-                store=store,
-                session_id=session_id,
-            )
+        # Run the agent (with Idempotency-Key support)
+        session_id = str(uuid.uuid4())

        async def _compute_response():
            return await self._run_agent(
@@ -1635,7 +1062,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                "response": response_data,
                "conversation_history": full_history,
                "instructions": instructions,
-                "session_id": session_id,
            })
            # Update conversation mapping so the next request with the same
            # conversation name automatically chains to this response
@@ -1989,8 +1415,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
        stream_delta_callback=None,
        tool_progress_callback=None,
-        tool_start_callback=None,
-        tool_complete_callback=None,
        agent_ref: Optional[list] = None,
    ) -> tuple:
        """
@@ -2004,7 +1428,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        callers (e.g. the SSE writer) to call ``agent.interrupt()`` from
        another thread to stop in-progress LLM calls.
        """
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()

        def _run():
            agent = self._create_agent(
@@ -2012,8 +1436,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                session_id=session_id,
                stream_delta_callback=stream_delta_callback,
                tool_progress_callback=tool_progress_callback,
-                tool_start_callback=tool_start_callback,
-                tool_complete_callback=tool_complete_callback,
            )
            if agent_ref is not None:
                agent_ref[0] = agent
@@ -2150,12 +1572,10 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            if previous_response_id:
                logger.debug("Both conversation_history and previous_response_id provided; using conversation_history")

-        stored_session_id = None
        if not conversation_history and previous_response_id:
            stored = self._response_store.get(previous_response_id)
            if stored:
                conversation_history = list(stored.get("conversation_history", []))
-                stored_session_id = stored.get("session_id")
                if instructions is None:
                    instructions = stored.get("instructions")

@@ -2174,7 +1594,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                        )
                    conversation_history.append({"role": msg["role"], "content": str(content)})

-        session_id = body.get("session_id") or stored_session_id or run_id
+        session_id = body.get("session_id") or run_id
        ephemeral_system_prompt = instructions

        async def _run_and_close():
@@ -2314,7 +1734,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            self._app = web.Application(middlewares=mws)
            self._app["api_server_adapter"] = self
            self._app.router.add_get("/health", self._handle_health)
-            self._app.router.add_get("/health/detailed", self._handle_health_detailed)
            self._app.router.add_get("/v1/health", self._handle_health)
            self._app.router.add_get("/v1/models", self._handle_models)
            self._app.router.add_post("/v1/chat/completions", self._handle_chat_completions)
@@ -2351,23 +1770,6 @@ class APIServerAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                )
                return False

-            # Refuse to start network-accessible with a placeholder key.
-            # Ported from openclaw/openclaw#64586.
-            if is_network_accessible(self._host) and self._api_key:
-                try:
-                    from hermes_cli.auth import has_usable_secret
-                    if not has_usable_secret(self._api_key, min_length=8):
-                        logger.error(
-                            "[%s] Refusing to start: API_SERVER_KEY is set to a "
-                            "placeholder value. Generate a real secret "
-                            "(e.g. `openssl rand -hex 32`) and set API_SERVER_KEY "
-                            "before exposing the API server on %s.",
-                            self.name, self._host,
-                        )
-                        return False
-                except ImportError:
-                    pass
-
            # Port conflict detection — fail fast if port is already in use
            try:
                with _socket.socket(_socket.AF_INET, _socket.SOCK_STREAM) as _s:
@@ -21,59 +21,6 @@ from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


-def utf16_len(s: str) -> int:
-    """Count UTF-16 code units in *s*.
-
-    Telegram's message-length limit (4 096) is measured in UTF-16 code units,
-    **not** Unicode code-points.  Characters outside the Basic Multilingual
-    Plane (emoji like 😀, CJK Extension B, musical symbols, …) are encoded as
-    surrogate pairs and therefore consume **two** UTF-16 code units each, even
-    though Python's ``len()`` counts them as one.
-
-    Ported from nearai/ironclaw#2304 which discovered the same discrepancy in
-    Rust's ``chars().count()``.
-    """
-    return len(s.encode("utf-16-le")) // 2
-
-
-def _prefix_within_utf16_limit(s: str, limit: int) -> str:
-    """Return the longest prefix of *s* whose UTF-16 length ≤ *limit*.
-
-    Unlike a plain ``s[:limit]``, this respects surrogate-pair boundaries so
-    we never slice a multi-code-unit character in half.
-    """
-    if utf16_len(s) <= limit:
-        return s
-    # Binary search for the longest safe prefix
-    lo, hi = 0, len(s)
-    while lo < hi:
-        mid = (lo + hi + 1) // 2
-        if utf16_len(s[:mid]) <= limit:
-            lo = mid
-        else:
-            hi = mid - 1
-    return s[:lo]
-
-
-def _custom_unit_to_cp(s: str, budget: int, len_fn) -> int:
-    """Return the largest codepoint offset *n* such that ``len_fn(s[:n]) <= budget``.
-
-    Used by :meth:`BasePlatformAdapter.truncate_message` when *len_fn* measures
-    length in units different from Python codepoints (e.g. UTF-16 code units).
-    Falls back to binary search which is O(log n) calls to *len_fn*.
-    """
-    if len_fn(s) <= budget:
-        return len(s)
-    lo, hi = 0, len(s)
-    while lo < hi:
-        mid = (lo + hi + 1) // 2
-        if len_fn(s[:mid]) <= budget:
-            lo = mid
-        else:
-            hi = mid - 1
-    return lo
-
-
 def is_network_accessible(host: str) -> bool:
    """Return True if *host* would expose the server beyond loopback.

@@ -682,10 +629,6 @@ class MessageEvent:
    # Auto-loaded skill(s) for topic/channel bindings (e.g., Telegram DM Topics,
    # Discord channel_skill_bindings).  A single name or ordered list.
    auto_skill: Optional[str | list[str]] = None
-
-    # Per-channel ephemeral system prompt (e.g. Discord channel_prompts).
-    # Applied at API call time and never persisted to transcript history.
-    channel_prompt: Optional[str] = None
    
    # Internal flag — set for synthetic events (e.g. background process
    # completion notifications) that must bypass user authorization checks.
@@ -734,56 +677,25 @@ def merge_pending_message_event(
    pending_messages: Dict[str, MessageEvent],
    session_key: str,
    event: MessageEvent,
-    *,
-    merge_text: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
    """Store or merge a pending event for a session.

    Photo bursts/albums often arrive as multiple near-simultaneous PHOTO
    events. Merge those into the existing queued event so the next turn sees
-    the whole burst.
-
-    When ``merge_text`` is enabled, rapid follow-up TEXT events are appended
-    instead of replacing the pending turn. This is used for Telegram bursty
-    follow-ups so a multi-part user thought is not silently truncated to only
-    the last queued fragment.
+    the whole burst, while non-photo follow-ups still replace the pending
+    event normally.
    """
    existing = pending_messages.get(session_key)
-    if existing:
-        existing_is_photo = getattr(existing, "message_type", None) == MessageType.PHOTO
-        incoming_is_photo = event.message_type == MessageType.PHOTO
-        existing_has_media = bool(existing.media_urls)
-        incoming_has_media = bool(event.media_urls)
-
-        if existing_is_photo and incoming_is_photo:
-            existing.media_urls.extend(event.media_urls)
-            existing.media_types.extend(event.media_types)
-            if event.text:
-                existing.text = BasePlatformAdapter._merge_caption(existing.text, event.text)
-            return
-
-        if existing_has_media or incoming_has_media:
-            if incoming_has_media:
-                existing.media_urls.extend(event.media_urls)
-                existing.media_types.extend(event.media_types)
-            if event.text:
-                if existing.text:
-                    existing.text = BasePlatformAdapter._merge_caption(existing.text, event.text)
-                else:
-                    existing.text = event.text
-            if existing_is_photo or incoming_is_photo:
-                existing.message_type = MessageType.PHOTO
-            return
-
-        if (
-            merge_text
-            and getattr(existing, "message_type", None) == MessageType.TEXT
-            and event.message_type == MessageType.TEXT
-        ):
-            if event.text:
-                existing.text = f"{existing.text}\n{event.text}" if existing.text else event.text
-            return
-
+    if (
+        existing
+        and getattr(existing, "message_type", None) == MessageType.PHOTO
+        and event.message_type == MessageType.PHOTO
+    ):
+        existing.media_urls.extend(event.media_urls)
+        existing.media_types.extend(event.media_types)
+        if event.text:
+            existing.text = BasePlatformAdapter._merge_caption(existing.text, event.text)
+        return
    pending_messages[session_key] = event


@@ -811,36 +723,6 @@ _RETRYABLE_ERROR_PATTERNS = (
 MessageHandler = Callable[[MessageEvent], Awaitable[Optional[str]]]


-def resolve_channel_prompt(
-    config_extra: dict,
-    channel_id: str,
-    parent_id: str | None = None,
-) -> str | None:
-    """Resolve a per-channel ephemeral prompt from platform config.
-
-    Looks up ``channel_prompts`` in the adapter's ``config.extra`` dict.
-    Prefers an exact match on *channel_id*; falls back to *parent_id*
-    (useful for forum threads / child channels inheriting a parent prompt).
-
-    Returns the prompt string, or None if no match is found.  Blank/whitespace-
-    only prompts are treated as absent.
-    """
-    prompts = config_extra.get("channel_prompts") or {}
-    if not isinstance(prompts, dict):
-        return None
-
-    for key in (channel_id, parent_id):
-        if not key:
-            continue
-        prompt = prompts.get(key)
-        if prompt is None:
-            continue
-        prompt = str(prompt).strip()
-        if prompt:
-            return prompt
-    return None
-
-
 class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
    """
    Base class for platform adapters.
@@ -870,11 +752,6 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
        # Gateway shutdown cancels these so an old gateway instance doesn't keep
        # working on a task after --replace or manual restarts.
        self._background_tasks: set[asyncio.Task] = set()
-        # One-shot callbacks to fire after the main response is delivered.
-        # Keyed by session_key.  GatewayRunner uses this to defer
-        # background-review notifications ("💾 Skill created") until the
-        # primary reply has been sent.
-        self._post_delivery_callbacks: Dict[str, Callable] = {}
        self._expected_cancelled_tasks: set[asyncio.Task] = set()
        self._busy_session_handler: Optional[Callable[[MessageEvent, str], Awaitable[bool]]] = None
        # Chats where auto-TTS on voice input is disabled (set by /voice off)
@@ -1291,7 +1168,7 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
                path = path[1:-1].strip()
            path = path.lstrip("`\"'").rstrip("`\"',.;:)}]")
            if path:
-                media.append((os.path.expanduser(path), has_voice_tag))
+                media.append((path, has_voice_tag))

        # Remove MEDIA tags from content (including surrounding quote/backtick wrappers)
        if media:
@@ -1579,7 +1456,7 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
            # session lifecycle and its cleanup races with the running task
            # (see PR #4926).
            cmd = event.get_command()
-            if cmd in ("approve", "deny", "status", "stop", "new", "reset", "background", "restart", "queue", "q"):
+            if cmd in ("approve", "deny", "status", "stop", "new", "reset", "background", "restart"):
                logger.debug(
                    "[%s] Command '/%s' bypassing active-session guard for %s",
                    self.name, cmd, session_key,
@@ -1694,21 +1571,6 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
            # streaming already delivered the text (already_sent=True) or
            # when the message was queued behind an active agent.  Log at
            # DEBUG to avoid noisy warnings for expected behavior.
-            #
-            # Suppress stale response when the session was interrupted by a
-            # new message that hasn't been consumed yet.  The pending message
-            # is processed by the pending-message handler below (#8221/#2483).
-            if (
-                response
-                and interrupt_event.is_set()
-                and session_key in self._pending_messages
-            ):
-                logger.info(
-                    "[%s] Suppressing stale response for interrupted session %s",
-                    self.name,
-                    session_key,
-                )
-                response = None
            if not response:
                logger.debug("[%s] Handler returned empty/None response for %s", self.name, event.source.chat_id)
            if response:
@@ -1930,14 +1792,6 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
            except Exception:
                pass  # Last resort — don't let error reporting crash the handler
        finally:
-            # Fire any one-shot post-delivery callback registered for this
-            # session (e.g. deferred background-review notifications).
-            _post_cb = getattr(self, "_post_delivery_callbacks", {}).pop(session_key, None)
-            if callable(_post_cb):
-                try:
-                    _post_cb()
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
            # Stop typing indicator
            typing_task.cancel()
            try:
@@ -1991,7 +1845,6 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
        chat_topic: Optional[str] = None,
        user_id_alt: Optional[str] = None,
        chat_id_alt: Optional[str] = None,
-        is_bot: bool = False,
    ) -> SessionSource:
        """Helper to build a SessionSource for this platform."""
        # Normalize empty topic to None
@@ -2008,7 +1861,6 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
            chat_topic=chat_topic.strip() if chat_topic else None,
            user_id_alt=user_id_alt,
            chat_id_alt=chat_id_alt,
-            is_bot=is_bot,
        )
    
    @abstractmethod
@@ -2034,11 +1886,7 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
        return content
    
    @staticmethod
-    def truncate_message(
-        content: str,
-        max_length: int = 4096,
-        len_fn: Optional["Callable[[str], int]"] = None,
-    ) -> List[str]:
+    def truncate_message(content: str, max_length: int = 4096) -> List[str]:
        """
        Split a long message into chunks, preserving code block boundaries.

@@ -2050,16 +1898,11 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
        Args:
            content: The full message content
            max_length: Maximum length per chunk (platform-specific)
-            len_fn: Optional length function for measuring string length.
-                     Defaults to ``len`` (Unicode code-points).  Pass
-                     ``utf16_len`` for platforms that measure message
-                     length in UTF-16 code units (e.g. Telegram).

        Returns:
            List of message chunks
        """
-        _len = len_fn or len
-        if _len(content) <= max_length:
+        if len(content) <= max_length:
            return [content]

        INDICATOR_RESERVE = 10   # room for " (XX/XX)"
@@ -2078,33 +1921,22 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):

            # How much body text we can fit after accounting for the prefix,
            # a potential closing fence, and the chunk indicator.
-            headroom = max_length - INDICATOR_RESERVE - _len(prefix) - _len(FENCE_CLOSE)
+            headroom = max_length - INDICATOR_RESERVE - len(prefix) - len(FENCE_CLOSE)
            if headroom < 1:
                headroom = max_length // 2

            # Everything remaining fits in one final chunk
-            if _len(prefix) + _len(remaining) <= max_length - INDICATOR_RESERVE:
+            if len(prefix) + len(remaining) <= max_length - INDICATOR_RESERVE:
                chunks.append(prefix + remaining)
                break

-            # Find a natural split point (prefer newlines, then spaces).
-            # When _len != len (e.g. utf16_len for Telegram), headroom is
-            # measured in the custom unit.  We need codepoint-based slice
-            # positions that stay within the custom-unit budget.
-            #
-            # _safe_slice_pos() maps a custom-unit budget to the largest
-            # codepoint offset whose custom length ≤ budget.
-            if _len is not len:
-                # Map headroom (custom units) → codepoint slice length
-                _cp_limit = _custom_unit_to_cp(remaining, headroom, _len)
-            else:
-                _cp_limit = headroom
-            region = remaining[:_cp_limit]
+            # Find a natural split point (prefer newlines, then spaces)
+            region = remaining[:headroom]
            split_at = region.rfind("\n")
-            if split_at < _cp_limit // 2:
+            if split_at < headroom // 2:
                split_at = region.rfind(" ")
            if split_at < 1:
-                split_at = _cp_limit
+                split_at = headroom

            # Avoid splitting inside an inline code span (`...`).
            # If the text before split_at has an odd number of unescaped
@@ -2124,7 +1956,7 @@ class BasePlatformAdapter(ABC):
                    safe_split = candidate.rfind(" ", 0, last_bt)
                    nl_split = candidate.rfind("\n", 0, last_bt)
                    safe_split = max(safe_split, nl_split)
-                    if safe_split > _cp_limit // 4:
+                    if safe_split > headroom // 4:
                        split_at = safe_split

            chunk_body = remaining[:split_at]
@@ -224,21 +224,6 @@ class BlueBubblesAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            host = "localhost"
        return f"http://{host}:{self.webhook_port}{self.webhook_path}"

-    @property
-    def _webhook_register_url(self) -> str:
-        """Webhook URL registered with BlueBubbles, including the password as
-        a query param so inbound webhook POSTs carry credentials.
-
-        BlueBubbles posts events to the exact URL registered via
-        ``/api/v1/webhook``. Its webhook registration API does not support
-        custom headers, so embedding the password in the URL is the only
-        way to authenticate inbound webhooks without disabling auth.
-        """
-        base = self._webhook_url
-        if self.password:
-            return f"{base}?password={quote(self.password, safe='')}"
-        return base
-
    async def _find_registered_webhooks(self, url: str) -> list:
        """Return list of BB webhook entries matching *url*."""
        try:
@@ -260,7 +245,7 @@ class BlueBubblesAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if not self.client:
            return False

-        webhook_url = self._webhook_register_url
+        webhook_url = self._webhook_url

        # Crash resilience — reuse an existing registration if present
        existing = await self._find_registered_webhooks(webhook_url)
@@ -272,7 +257,7 @@ class BlueBubblesAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        payload = {
            "url": webhook_url,
-            "events": ["new-message", "updated-message"],
+            "events": ["new-message", "updated-message", "message"],
        }

        try:
@@ -307,7 +292,7 @@ class BlueBubblesAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if not self.client:
            return False

-        webhook_url = self._webhook_register_url
+        webhook_url = self._webhook_url
        removed = False

        try:
@@ -619,6 +604,35 @@ class BlueBubblesAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    # Tapback reactions
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------

+    async def send_reaction(
+        self,
+        chat_id: str,
+        message_guid: str,
+        reaction: str,
+        part_index: int = 0,
+    ) -> SendResult:
+        """Send a tapback reaction (requires Private API helper)."""
+        if not self._private_api_enabled or not self._helper_connected:
+            return SendResult(
+                success=False, error="Private API helper not connected"
+            )
+        guid = await self._resolve_chat_guid(chat_id)
+        if not guid:
+            return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Chat not found: {chat_id}")
+        try:
+            res = await self._api_post(
+                "/api/v1/message/react",
+                {
+                    "chatGuid": guid,
+                    "selectedMessageGuid": message_guid,
+                    "reaction": reaction,
+                    "partIndex": part_index,
+                },
+            )
+            return SendResult(success=True, raw_response=res)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(exc))
+
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Chat info
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -850,12 +864,6 @@ class BlueBubblesAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            payload.get("chat_guid"),
            payload.get("guid"),
        )
-        # Fallback: BlueBubbles v1.9+ webhook payloads omit top-level chatGuid;
-        # the chat GUID is nested under data.chats[0].guid instead.
-        if not chat_guid:
-            _chats = record.get("chats") or []
-            if _chats and isinstance(_chats[0], dict):
-                chat_guid = _chats[0].get("guid") or _chats[0].get("chatGuid")
        chat_identifier = self._value(
            record.get("chatIdentifier"),
            record.get("identifier"),
@@ -12,27 +12,19 @@ Configuration in config.yaml:
    platforms:
      dingtalk:
        enabled: true
-        # Optional group-chat gating (mirrors Slack/Telegram/Discord):
-        require_mention: true            # or DINGTALK_REQUIRE_MENTION env var
-        # free_response_chats:           # conversations that skip require_mention
-        #   - cidABC==
-        # mention_patterns:              # regex wake-words (e.g. Chinese bot names)
-        #   - "^小马"
-        # allowed_users:                 # staff_id or sender_id list; "*" = any
-        #   - "manager1234"
        extra:
          client_id: "your-app-key"      # or DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID env var
          client_secret: "your-secret"   # or DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET env var
 """

 import asyncio
-import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import time
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional

 try:
    import dingtalk_stream
@@ -63,7 +55,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 20000
 RECONNECT_BACKOFF = [2, 5, 10, 30, 60]
 _SESSION_WEBHOOKS_MAX = 500
-_DINGTALK_WEBHOOK_RE = re.compile(r'^https://(?:api|oapi)\.dingtalk\.com/')
+_DINGTALK_WEBHOOK_RE = re.compile(r'^https://api\.dingtalk\.com/')


 def check_dingtalk_requirements() -> bool:
@@ -101,10 +93,6 @@ class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        # Map chat_id -> session_webhook for reply routing
        self._session_webhooks: Dict[str, str] = {}

-        # Group-chat gating (mirrors Slack/Telegram/Discord/WhatsApp conventions)
-        self._mention_patterns: List[re.Pattern] = self._compile_mention_patterns()
-        self._allowed_users: Set[str] = self._load_allowed_users()
-
    # -- Connection lifecycle -----------------------------------------------

    async def connect(self) -> bool:
@@ -141,12 +129,12 @@ class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return False

    async def _run_stream(self) -> None:
-        """Run the stream client with auto-reconnection."""
+        """Run the blocking stream client with auto-reconnection."""
        backoff_idx = 0
        while self._running:
            try:
                logger.debug("[%s] Starting stream client...", self.name)
-                await self._stream_client.start()
+                await asyncio.to_thread(self._stream_client.start)
            except asyncio.CancelledError:
                return
            except Exception as e:
@@ -167,19 +155,12 @@ class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._running = False
        self._mark_disconnected()

-        websocket = getattr(self._stream_client, "websocket", None)
-        if websocket is not None:
-            try:
-                await websocket.close()
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug("[%s] websocket close during disconnect failed: %s", self.name, e)
-
        if self._stream_task:
            self._stream_task.cancel()
            try:
-                await asyncio.wait_for(self._stream_task, timeout=2.0)
-            except (asyncio.CancelledError, asyncio.TimeoutError):
-                logger.debug("[%s] stream task did not exit cleanly during disconnect", self.name)
+                await self._stream_task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
            self._stream_task = None

        if self._http_client:
@@ -191,118 +172,6 @@ class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._dedup.clear()
        logger.info("[%s] Disconnected", self.name)

-    # -- Group gating --------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _dingtalk_require_mention(self) -> bool:
-        """Return whether group chats should require an explicit bot trigger."""
-        configured = self.config.extra.get("require_mention")
-        if configured is not None:
-            if isinstance(configured, str):
-                return configured.lower() in ("true", "1", "yes", "on")
-            return bool(configured)
-        return os.getenv("DINGTALK_REQUIRE_MENTION", "false").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes", "on")
-
-    def _dingtalk_free_response_chats(self) -> Set[str]:
-        raw = self.config.extra.get("free_response_chats")
-        if raw is None:
-            raw = os.getenv("DINGTALK_FREE_RESPONSE_CHATS", "")
-        if isinstance(raw, list):
-            return {str(part).strip() for part in raw if str(part).strip()}
-        return {part.strip() for part in str(raw).split(",") if part.strip()}
-
-    def _compile_mention_patterns(self) -> List[re.Pattern]:
-        """Compile optional regex wake-word patterns for group triggers."""
-        patterns = self.config.extra.get("mention_patterns") if self.config.extra else None
-        if patterns is None:
-            raw = os.getenv("DINGTALK_MENTION_PATTERNS", "").strip()
-            if raw:
-                try:
-                    loaded = json.loads(raw)
-                except Exception:
-                    loaded = [part.strip() for part in raw.splitlines() if part.strip()]
-                    if not loaded:
-                        loaded = [part.strip() for part in raw.split(",") if part.strip()]
-                patterns = loaded
-
-        if patterns is None:
-            return []
-        if isinstance(patterns, str):
-            patterns = [patterns]
-        if not isinstance(patterns, list):
-            logger.warning(
-                "[%s] dingtalk mention_patterns must be a list or string; got %s",
-                self.name,
-                type(patterns).__name__,
-            )
-            return []
-
-        compiled: List[re.Pattern] = []
-        for pattern in patterns:
-            if not isinstance(pattern, str) or not pattern.strip():
-                continue
-            try:
-                compiled.append(re.compile(pattern, re.IGNORECASE))
-            except re.error as exc:
-                logger.warning("[%s] Invalid DingTalk mention pattern %r: %s", self.name, pattern, exc)
-        if compiled:
-            logger.info("[%s] Loaded %d DingTalk mention pattern(s)", self.name, len(compiled))
-        return compiled
-
-    def _load_allowed_users(self) -> Set[str]:
-        """Load allowed-users list from config.extra or env var.
-
-        IDs are matched case-insensitively against the sender's ``staff_id`` and
-        ``sender_id``. A wildcard ``*`` disables the check.
-        """
-        raw = self.config.extra.get("allowed_users") if self.config.extra else None
-        if raw is None:
-            raw = os.getenv("DINGTALK_ALLOWED_USERS", "")
-        if isinstance(raw, list):
-            items = [str(part).strip() for part in raw if str(part).strip()]
-        else:
-            items = [part.strip() for part in str(raw).split(",") if part.strip()]
-        return {item.lower() for item in items}
-
-    def _is_user_allowed(self, sender_id: str, sender_staff_id: str) -> bool:
-        if not self._allowed_users or "*" in self._allowed_users:
-            return True
-        candidates = {(sender_id or "").lower(), (sender_staff_id or "").lower()}
-        candidates.discard("")
-        return bool(candidates & self._allowed_users)
-
-    def _message_mentions_bot(self, message: "ChatbotMessage") -> bool:
-        """True if the bot was @-mentioned in a group message.
-
-        dingtalk-stream sets ``is_in_at_list`` on the incoming ChatbotMessage
-        when the bot is addressed via @-mention.
-        """
-        return bool(getattr(message, "is_in_at_list", False))
-
-    def _message_matches_mention_patterns(self, text: str) -> bool:
-        if not text or not self._mention_patterns:
-            return False
-        return any(pattern.search(text) for pattern in self._mention_patterns)
-
-    def _should_process_message(self, message: "ChatbotMessage", text: str, is_group: bool, chat_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Apply DingTalk group trigger rules.
-
-        DMs remain unrestricted (subject to ``allowed_users`` which is enforced
-        earlier). Group messages are accepted when:
-        - the chat is explicitly allowlisted in ``free_response_chats``
-        - ``require_mention`` is disabled
-        - the bot is @mentioned (``is_in_at_list``)
-        - the text matches a configured regex wake-word pattern
-        """
-        if not is_group:
-            return True
-        if chat_id and chat_id in self._dingtalk_free_response_chats():
-            return True
-        if not self._dingtalk_require_mention():
-            return True
-        if self._message_mentions_bot(message):
-            return True
-        return self._message_matches_mention_patterns(text)
-
    # -- Inbound message processing -----------------------------------------

    async def _on_message(self, message: "ChatbotMessage") -> None:
@@ -328,22 +197,6 @@ class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        chat_id = conversation_id or sender_id
        chat_type = "group" if is_group else "dm"

-        # Allowed-users gate (applies to both DM and group)
-        if not self._is_user_allowed(sender_id, sender_staff_id):
-            logger.debug(
-                "[%s] Dropping message from non-allowlisted user staff_id=%s sender_id=%s",
-                self.name, sender_staff_id, sender_id,
-            )
-            return
-
-        # Group mention/pattern gate
-        if not self._should_process_message(message, text, is_group, chat_id):
-            logger.debug(
-                "[%s] Dropping group message that failed mention gate message_id=%s chat_id=%s",
-                self.name, msg_id, chat_id,
-            )
-            return
-
        # Store session webhook for reply routing (validate origin to prevent SSRF)
        session_webhook = getattr(message, "session_webhook", None) or ""
        if session_webhook and chat_id and _DINGTALK_WEBHOOK_RE.match(session_webhook):
@@ -386,35 +239,18 @@ class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

    @staticmethod
    def _extract_text(message: "ChatbotMessage") -> str:
-        """Extract plain text from a DingTalk chatbot message.
-
-        Handles both legacy and current dingtalk-stream SDK payload shapes:
-          * legacy: ``message.text`` was a dict ``{"content": "..."}``
-          * >= 0.20: ``message.text`` is a ``TextContent`` dataclass whose
-            ``__str__`` returns ``"TextContent(content=...)"`` — never fall
-            back to ``str(text)`` without extracting ``.content`` first.
-          * rich text moved from ``message.rich_text`` (list) to
-            ``message.rich_text_content.rich_text_list`` (list of dicts).
-        """
-        text = getattr(message, "text", None)
-        content = ""
-        if text is not None:
-            if isinstance(text, dict):
-                content = (text.get("content") or "").strip()
-            elif hasattr(text, "content"):
-                content = str(text.content or "").strip()
-            else:
-                content = str(text).strip()
+        """Extract plain text from a DingTalk chatbot message."""
+        text = getattr(message, "text", None) or ""
+        if isinstance(text, dict):
+            content = text.get("content", "").strip()
+        else:
+            content = str(text).strip()

+        # Fall back to rich text if present
        if not content:
-            rich_list = None
-            rtc = getattr(message, "rich_text_content", None)
-            if rtc is not None and hasattr(rtc, "rich_text_list"):
-                rich_list = rtc.rich_text_list
-            if rich_list is None:
-                rich_list = getattr(message, "rich_text", None)
-            if rich_list and isinstance(rich_list, list):
-                parts = [item["text"] for item in rich_list
+            rich_text = getattr(message, "rich_text", None)
+            if rich_text and isinstance(rich_text, list):
+                parts = [item["text"] for item in rich_text
                         if isinstance(item, dict) and item.get("text")]
                content = " ".join(parts).strip()
        return content
@@ -479,43 +315,20 @@ class _IncomingHandler(ChatbotHandler if DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE else object):
        self._adapter = adapter
        self._loop = loop

-    async def process(self, callback_message):
-        """Called by dingtalk-stream when a message arrives.
+    def process(self, message: "ChatbotMessage"):
+        """Called by dingtalk-stream in its thread when a message arrives.

-        dingtalk-stream >= 0.24 passes a CallbackMessage whose `.data` contains
-        the chatbot payload. Convert it to ChatbotMessage via
-        ``ChatbotMessage.from_dict()``.
-
-        Message processing is dispatched as a background task so that this
-        method returns the ACK immediately — blocking here would prevent the
-        SDK from sending heartbeats, eventually causing a disconnect.
+        Schedules the async handler on the main event loop.
        """
+        loop = self._loop
+        if loop is None or loop.is_closed():
+            logger.error("[DingTalk] Event loop unavailable, cannot dispatch message")
+            return dingtalk_stream.AckMessage.STATUS_OK, "OK"
+
+        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self._adapter._on_message(message), loop)
        try:
-            data = callback_message.data
-            chatbot_msg = ChatbotMessage.from_dict(data)
-
-            # Ensure session_webhook is populated even if the SDK's
-            # from_dict() did not map it (field name mismatch across
-            # SDK versions).
-            if not getattr(chatbot_msg, "session_webhook", None):
-                webhook = (
-                    data.get("sessionWebhook")
-                    or data.get("session_webhook")
-                    or ""
-                )
-                if webhook:
-                    chatbot_msg.session_webhook = webhook
-
-            # Fire-and-forget: return ACK immediately, process in background.
-            asyncio.create_task(self._safe_on_message(chatbot_msg))
-        except Exception:
-            logger.exception("[DingTalk] Error preparing incoming message")
-
-        return dingtalk_stream.AckMessage.STATUS_OK, "OK"
-
-    async def _safe_on_message(self, chatbot_msg: "ChatbotMessage") -> None:
-        """Wrapper that catches exceptions from _on_message."""
-        try:
-            await self._adapter._on_message(chatbot_msg)
+            future.result(timeout=60)
        except Exception:
            logger.exception("[DingTalk] Error processing incoming message")
+
+        return dingtalk_stream.AckMessage.STATUS_OK, "OK"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Uses discord.py library for:
 """

 import asyncio
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import struct
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional, Any

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -51,9 +53,7 @@ from gateway.platforms.base import (
    ProcessingOutcome,
    SendResult,
    cache_image_from_url,
-    cache_image_from_bytes,
    cache_audio_from_url,
-    cache_audio_from_bytes,
    cache_document_from_bytes,
    SUPPORTED_DOCUMENT_TYPES,
 )
@@ -82,41 +82,6 @@ def check_discord_requirements() -> bool:
    return DISCORD_AVAILABLE


-def _build_allowed_mentions():
-    """Build Discord ``AllowedMentions`` with safe defaults, overridable via env.
-
-    Discord bots default to parsing ``@everyone``, ``@here``, role pings, and
-    user pings when ``allowed_mentions`` is unset on the client — any LLM
-    output or echoed user content that contains ``@everyone`` would therefore
-    ping the whole server. We explicitly deny ``@everyone`` and role pings
-    by default and keep user / replied-user pings enabled so normal
-    conversation still works.
-
-    Override via environment variables (or ``discord.allow_mentions.*`` in
-    config.yaml):
-
-        DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_EVERYONE      default false  — @everyone + @here
-        DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_ROLES         default false  — @role pings
-        DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_USERS         default true   — @user pings
-        DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_REPLIED_USER  default true   — reply-ping author
-    """
-    if not DISCORD_AVAILABLE:
-        return None
-
-    def _b(name: str, default: bool) -> bool:
-        raw = os.getenv(name, "").strip().lower()
-        if not raw:
-            return default
-        return raw in ("true", "1", "yes", "on")
-
-    return discord.AllowedMentions(
-        everyone=_b("DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_EVERYONE", False),
-        roles=_b("DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_ROLES", False),
-        users=_b("DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_USERS", True),
-        replied_user=_b("DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_REPLIED_USER", True),
-    )
-
-
 class VoiceReceiver:
    """Captures and decodes voice audio from a Discord voice channel.

@@ -272,7 +237,6 @@ class VoiceReceiver:
        # Calculate dynamic RTP header size (RFC 9335 / rtpsize mode)
        cc = first_byte & 0x0F  # CSRC count
        has_extension = bool(first_byte & 0x10)  # extension bit
-        has_padding = bool(first_byte & 0x20)  # padding bit (RFC 3550 §5.1)
        header_size = 12 + (4 * cc) + (4 if has_extension else 0)

        if len(data) < header_size + 4:  # need at least header + nonce
@@ -316,31 +280,6 @@ class VoiceReceiver:
        if ext_data_len and len(decrypted) > ext_data_len:
            decrypted = decrypted[ext_data_len:]

-        # --- Strip RTP padding (RFC 3550 §5.1) ---
-        # When the P bit is set, the last payload byte holds the count of
-        # trailing padding bytes (including itself) that must be removed
-        # before further processing. Skipping this passes padding-contaminated
-        # bytes into DAVE/Opus and corrupts inbound audio.
-        if has_padding:
-            if not decrypted:
-                if self._packet_debug_count <= 10:
-                    logger.warning(
-                        "RTP padding bit set but no payload (ssrc=%d)", ssrc,
-                    )
-                return
-            pad_len = decrypted[-1]
-            if pad_len == 0 or pad_len > len(decrypted):
-                if self._packet_debug_count <= 10:
-                    logger.warning(
-                        "Invalid RTP padding length %d for payload size %d (ssrc=%d)",
-                        pad_len, len(decrypted), ssrc,
-                    )
-                return
-            decrypted = decrypted[:-pad_len]
-            if not decrypted:
-                # Padding consumed entire payload — nothing to decode
-                return
-
        # --- DAVE E2EE decrypt ---
        if self._dave_session:
            with self._lock:
@@ -495,7 +434,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._client: Optional[commands.Bot] = None
        self._ready_event = asyncio.Event()
        self._allowed_user_ids: set = set()  # For button approval authorization
-        self._allowed_role_ids: set = set()  # For DISCORD_ALLOWED_ROLES filtering
        # Voice channel state (per-guild)
        self._voice_clients: Dict[int, Any] = {}  # guild_id -> VoiceClient
        # Text batching: merge rapid successive messages (Telegram-style)
@@ -504,7 +442,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._pending_text_batches: Dict[str, MessageEvent] = {}
        self._pending_text_batch_tasks: Dict[str, asyncio.Task] = {}
        self._voice_text_channels: Dict[int, int] = {}  # guild_id -> text_channel_id
-        self._voice_sources: Dict[int, Dict[str, Any]] = {}  # guild_id -> linked text channel source metadata
        self._voice_timeout_tasks: Dict[int, asyncio.Task] = {}  # guild_id -> timeout task
        # Phase 2: voice listening
        self._voice_receivers: Dict[int, VoiceReceiver] = {}  # guild_id -> VoiceReceiver
@@ -519,7 +456,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        # show the standard typing gateway event for bots)
        self._typing_tasks: Dict[str, asyncio.Task] = {}
        self._bot_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
-        self._post_connect_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
        # Dedup cache: prevents duplicate bot responses when Discord
        # RESUME replays events after reconnects.
        self._dedup = MessageDeduplicator()
@@ -574,15 +510,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    if uid.strip()
                }

-            # Parse DISCORD_ALLOWED_ROLES — comma-separated role IDs.
-            # Users with ANY of these roles can interact with the bot.
-            roles_env = os.getenv("DISCORD_ALLOWED_ROLES", "")
-            if roles_env:
-                self._allowed_role_ids = {
-                    int(rid.strip()) for rid in roles_env.split(",")
-                    if rid.strip().isdigit()
-                }
-
            # Set up intents.
            # Message Content is required for normal text replies.
            # Server Members is only needed when the allowlist contains usernames
@@ -594,10 +521,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            intents.message_content = True
            intents.dm_messages = True
            intents.guild_messages = True
-            intents.members = (
-                any(not entry.isdigit() for entry in self._allowed_user_ids)
-                or bool(self._allowed_role_ids)  # Need members intent for role lookup
-            )
+            intents.members = any(not entry.isdigit() for entry in self._allowed_user_ids)
            intents.voice_states = True

            # Resolve proxy (DISCORD_PROXY > generic env vars > macOS system proxy)
@@ -606,15 +530,10 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            if proxy_url:
                logger.info("[%s] Using proxy for Discord: %s", self.name, proxy_url)

-            # Create bot — proxy= for HTTP, connector= for SOCKS.
-            # allowed_mentions is set with safe defaults (no @everyone/roles)
-            # so LLM output or echoed user content can't ping the whole
-            # server; override per DISCORD_ALLOW_MENTION_* env vars or the
-            # discord.allow_mentions.* block in config.yaml.
+            # Create bot — proxy= for HTTP, connector= for SOCKS
            self._client = commands.Bot(
                command_prefix="!",  # Not really used, we handle raw messages
                intents=intents,
-                allowed_mentions=_build_allowed_mentions(),
                **proxy_kwargs_for_bot(proxy_url),
            )
            adapter_self = self  # capture for closure
@@ -626,13 +545,14 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

                # Resolve any usernames in the allowed list to numeric IDs
                await adapter_self._resolve_allowed_usernames()
-                adapter_self._ready_event.set()

-                if adapter_self._post_connect_task and not adapter_self._post_connect_task.done():
-                    adapter_self._post_connect_task.cancel()
-                adapter_self._post_connect_task = asyncio.create_task(
-                    adapter_self._run_post_connect_initialization()
-                )
+                # Sync slash commands with Discord
+                try:
+                    synced = await adapter_self._client.tree.sync()
+                    logger.info("[%s] Synced %d slash command(s)", adapter_self.name, len(synced))
+                except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
+                    logger.warning("[%s] Slash command sync failed: %s", adapter_self.name, e, exc_info=True)
+                adapter_self._ready_event.set()

            @self._client.event
            async def on_message(message: DiscordMessage):
@@ -649,13 +569,14 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                if message.type not in (discord.MessageType.default, discord.MessageType.reply):
                    return

+                # Check if the message author is in the allowed user list
+                if not self._is_allowed_user(str(message.author.id)):
+                    return
+
                # Bot message filtering (DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS):
                #   "none"     — ignore all other bots (default)
                #   "mentions" — accept bot messages only when they @mention us
                #   "all"      — accept all bot messages
-                # Must run BEFORE the user allowlist check so that bots
-                # permitted by DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS are not rejected for
-                # not being in DISCORD_ALLOWED_USERS (fixes #4466).
                if getattr(message.author, "bot", False):
                    allow_bots = os.getenv("DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS", "none").lower().strip()
                    if allow_bots == "none":
@@ -663,12 +584,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    elif allow_bots == "mentions":
                        if not self._client.user or self._client.user not in message.mentions:
                            return
-                    # "all" falls through; bot is permitted — skip the
-                    # human-user allowlist below (bots aren't in it).
-                else:
-                    # Non-bot: enforce the configured user/role allowlists.
-                    if not self._is_allowed_user(str(message.author.id), message.author):
-                        return
+                    # "all" falls through to handle_message
                
                # Multi-agent filtering: if the message mentions specific bots
                # but NOT this bot, the sender is talking to another agent —
@@ -770,36 +686,14 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
                logger.warning("[%s] Error during disconnect: %s", self.name, e, exc_info=True)

-        if self._post_connect_task and not self._post_connect_task.done():
-            self._post_connect_task.cancel()
-            try:
-                await self._post_connect_task
-            except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                pass
-
        self._running = False
        self._client = None
        self._ready_event.clear()
-        self._post_connect_task = None

        self._release_platform_lock()

        logger.info("[%s] Disconnected", self.name)

-    async def _run_post_connect_initialization(self) -> None:
-        """Finish non-critical startup work after Discord is connected."""
-        if not self._client:
-            return
-        try:
-            synced = await asyncio.wait_for(self._client.tree.sync(), timeout=30)
-            logger.info("[%s] Synced %d slash command(s)", self.name, len(synced))
-        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-            logger.warning("[%s] Slash command sync timed out after 30s", self.name)
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            raise
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.warning("[%s] Slash command sync failed: %s", self.name, e, exc_info=True)
-
    async def _add_reaction(self, message: Any, emoji: str) -> bool:
        """Add an emoji reaction to a Discord message."""
        if not message or not hasattr(message, "add_reaction"):
@@ -892,10 +786,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            if reply_to and self._reply_to_mode != "off":
                try:
                    ref_msg = await channel.fetch_message(int(reply_to))
-                    if hasattr(ref_msg, "to_reference"):
-                        reference = ref_msg.to_reference(fail_if_not_exists=False)
-                    else:
-                        reference = ref_msg
+                    reference = ref_msg
                except Exception as e:
                    logger.debug("Could not fetch reply-to message: %s", e)

@@ -913,20 +804,14 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    err_text = str(e)
                    if (
                        chunk_reference is not None
-                        and (
-                            (
-                                "error code: 50035" in err_text
-                                and "Cannot reply to a system message" in err_text
-                            )
-                            or "error code: 10008" in err_text
-                        )
+                        and "error code: 50035" in err_text
+                        and "Cannot reply to a system message" in err_text
                    ):
                        logger.warning(
-                            "[%s] Reply target %s rejected the reply reference; retrying send without reply reference",
+                            "[%s] Reply target %s is a Discord system message; retrying send without reply reference",
                            self.name,
                            reply_to,
                        )
-                        reference = None
                        msg = await channel.send(
                            content=chunk,
                            reference=None,
@@ -1138,7 +1023,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if task:
            task.cancel()
        self._voice_text_channels.pop(guild_id, None)
-        self._voice_sources.pop(guild_id, None)

    # Maximum seconds to wait for voice playback before giving up
    PLAYBACK_TIMEOUT = 120
@@ -1378,48 +1262,11 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            except OSError:
                pass

-    def _is_allowed_user(self, user_id: str, author=None) -> bool:
-        """Check if user is allowed via DISCORD_ALLOWED_USERS or DISCORD_ALLOWED_ROLES.
-
-        Uses OR semantics: if the user matches EITHER allowlist, they're allowed.
-        If both allowlists are empty, everyone is allowed (backwards compatible).
-        When author is a Member, checks .roles directly; otherwise falls back
-        to scanning the bot's mutual guilds for a Member record.
-        """
-        # ``getattr`` fallbacks here guard against test fixtures that build
-        # an adapter via ``object.__new__(DiscordAdapter)`` and skip __init__
-        # (see AGENTS.md pitfall #17 — same pattern as gateway.run).
-        allowed_users = getattr(self, "_allowed_user_ids", set())
-        allowed_roles = getattr(self, "_allowed_role_ids", set())
-        has_users = bool(allowed_users)
-        has_roles = bool(allowed_roles)
-        if not has_users and not has_roles:
+    def _is_allowed_user(self, user_id: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if user is in DISCORD_ALLOWED_USERS."""
+        if not self._allowed_user_ids:
            return True
-        # Check user ID allowlist
-        if has_users and user_id in allowed_users:
-            return True
-        # Check role allowlist
-        if has_roles:
-            # Try direct role check from Member object
-            direct_roles = getattr(author, "roles", None) if author is not None else None
-            if direct_roles:
-                if any(getattr(r, "id", None) in allowed_roles for r in direct_roles):
-                    return True
-            # Fallback: scan mutual guilds for member's roles
-            if self._client is not None:
-                try:
-                    uid_int = int(user_id)
-                except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                    uid_int = None
-                if uid_int is not None:
-                    for guild in self._client.guilds:
-                        m = guild.get_member(uid_int)
-                        if m is None:
-                            continue
-                        m_roles = getattr(m, "roles", None) or []
-                        if any(getattr(r, "id", None) in allowed_roles for r in m_roles):
-                            return True
-        return False
+        return user_id in self._allowed_user_ids

    async def send_image_file(
        self,
@@ -1510,68 +1357,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            )
            return await super().send_image(chat_id, image_url, caption, reply_to)

-    async def send_animation(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        animation_url: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send an animated GIF natively as a Discord file attachment."""
-        if not self._client:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        if not is_safe_url(animation_url):
-            logger.warning("[%s] Blocked unsafe animation URL during Discord send_animation", self.name)
-            return await super().send_animation(chat_id, animation_url, caption, reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-
-        try:
-            import aiohttp
-
-            channel = self._client.get_channel(int(chat_id))
-            if not channel:
-                channel = await self._client.fetch_channel(int(chat_id))
-            if not channel:
-                return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Channel {chat_id} not found")
-
-            # Download the GIF and send as a Discord file attachment
-            # (Discord renders .gif attachments as auto-playing animations inline)
-            from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_proxy_url, proxy_kwargs_for_aiohttp
-            _proxy = resolve_proxy_url(platform_env_var="DISCORD_PROXY")
-            _sess_kw, _req_kw = proxy_kwargs_for_aiohttp(_proxy)
-            async with aiohttp.ClientSession(**_sess_kw) as session:
-                async with session.get(animation_url, timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30), **_req_kw) as resp:
-                    if resp.status != 200:
-                        raise Exception(f"Failed to download animation: HTTP {resp.status}")
-
-                    animation_data = await resp.read()
-
-                    import io
-                    file = discord.File(io.BytesIO(animation_data), filename="animation.gif")
-
-                    msg = await channel.send(
-                        content=caption if caption else None,
-                        file=file,
-                    )
-                    return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.id))
-
-        except ImportError:
-            logger.warning(
-                "[%s] aiohttp not installed, falling back to URL. Run: pip install aiohttp",
-                self.name,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            return await super().send_animation(chat_id, animation_url, caption, reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[%s] Failed to send animation attachment, falling back to URL: %s",
-                self.name,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            return await super().send_animation(chat_id, animation_url, caption, reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-
    async def send_video(
        self,
        chat_id: str,
@@ -1889,10 +1674,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        async def slash_update(interaction: discord.Interaction):
            await self._run_simple_slash(interaction, "/update", "Update initiated~")

-        @tree.command(name="restart", description="Gracefully restart the Hermes gateway")
-        async def slash_restart(interaction: discord.Interaction):
-            await self._run_simple_slash(interaction, "/restart", "Restart requested~")
-
        @tree.command(name="approve", description="Approve a pending dangerous command")
        @discord.app_commands.describe(scope="Optional: 'all', 'session', 'always', 'all session', 'all always'")
        async def slash_approve(interaction: discord.Interaction, scope: str = ""):
@@ -1933,200 +1714,46 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        async def slash_btw(interaction: discord.Interaction, question: str):
            await self._run_simple_slash(interaction, f"/btw {question}")

-        # ── Auto-register any gateway-available commands not yet on the tree ──
-        # This ensures new commands added to COMMAND_REGISTRY in
-        # hermes_cli/commands.py automatically appear as Discord slash
-        # commands without needing a manual entry here.
+        # Register installed skills as native slash commands (parity with
+        # Telegram, which uses telegram_menu_commands() in commands.py).
+        # Discord allows up to 100 application commands globally.
+        _DISCORD_CMD_LIMIT = 100
        try:
-            from hermes_cli.commands import COMMAND_REGISTRY, _is_gateway_available, _resolve_config_gates
+            from hermes_cli.commands import discord_skill_commands

-            already_registered = set()
-            try:
-                already_registered = {cmd.name for cmd in tree.get_commands()}
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+            existing_names = {cmd.name for cmd in tree.get_commands()}
+            remaining_slots = max(0, _DISCORD_CMD_LIMIT - len(existing_names))

-            config_overrides = _resolve_config_gates()
-
-            for cmd_def in COMMAND_REGISTRY:
-                if not _is_gateway_available(cmd_def, config_overrides):
-                    continue
-                # Discord command names: lowercase, hyphens OK, max 32 chars.
-                discord_name = cmd_def.name.lower()[:32]
-                if discord_name in already_registered:
-                    continue
-                # Skip aliases that overlap with already-registered names
-                # (aliases for explicitly registered commands are handled above).
-                desc = (cmd_def.description or f"Run /{cmd_def.name}")[:100]
-                has_args = bool(cmd_def.args_hint)
-
-                if has_args:
-                    # Command takes optional arguments — create handler with
-                    # an optional ``args`` string parameter.
-                    def _make_args_handler(_name: str, _hint: str):
-                        @discord.app_commands.describe(args=f"Arguments: {_hint}"[:100])
-                        async def _handler(interaction: discord.Interaction, args: str = ""):
-                            await self._run_simple_slash(
-                                interaction, f"/{_name} {args}".strip()
-                            )
-                        _handler.__name__ = f"auto_slash_{_name.replace('-', '_')}"
-                        return _handler
-
-                    handler = _make_args_handler(cmd_def.name, cmd_def.args_hint)
-                else:
-                    # Parameterless command.
-                    def _make_simple_handler(_name: str):
-                        async def _handler(interaction: discord.Interaction):
-                            await self._run_simple_slash(interaction, f"/{_name}")
-                        _handler.__name__ = f"auto_slash_{_name.replace('-', '_')}"
-                        return _handler
-
-                    handler = _make_simple_handler(cmd_def.name)
-
-                auto_cmd = discord.app_commands.Command(
-                    name=discord_name,
-                    description=desc,
-                    callback=handler,
-                )
-                try:
-                    tree.add_command(auto_cmd)
-                    already_registered.add(discord_name)
-                except Exception:
-                    # Silently skip commands that fail registration (e.g.
-                    # name conflict with a subcommand group).
-                    pass
-
-            logger.debug(
-                "Discord auto-registered %d commands from COMMAND_REGISTRY",
-                len(already_registered),
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning("Discord auto-register from COMMAND_REGISTRY failed: %s", e)
-
-        # Register skills under a single /skill command group with category
-        # subcommand groups.  This uses 1 top-level slot instead of N,
-        # supporting up to 25 categories × 25 skills = 625 skills.
-        self._register_skill_group(tree)
-
-    def _register_skill_group(self, tree) -> None:
-        """Register a single ``/skill`` command with autocomplete on the name.
-
-        Discord enforces an ~8000-byte per-command payload limit. The older
-        nested layout (``/skill <category> <name>``) registered one giant
-        command whose serialized payload grew linearly with the skill
-        catalog — with the default ~75 skills the payload was ~14 KB and
-        ``tree.sync()`` rejected the entire slash-command batch (issues
-        #11321, #10259, #11385, #10261, #10214).
-
-        Autocomplete options are fetched dynamically by Discord when the
-        user types — they do NOT count against the per-command registration
-        budget. So we register ONE flat ``/skill`` command with
-        ``name: str`` (autocompleted) and ``args: str = ""``. This scales
-        to thousands of skills with no size math, no splitting, and no
-        hidden skills. The slash picker also becomes more discoverable —
-        Discord live-filters by the user's typed prefix against both the
-        skill name and its description.
-        """
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.commands import discord_skill_commands_by_category
-
-            existing_names = set()
-            try:
-                existing_names = {cmd.name for cmd in tree.get_commands()}
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-
-            # Reuse the existing collector for consistent filtering
-            # (per-platform disabled, hub-excluded, name clamping), then
-            # flatten — the category grouping was only useful for the
-            # nested layout.
-            categories, uncategorized, hidden = discord_skill_commands_by_category(
+            skill_entries, skipped = discord_skill_commands(
+                max_slots=remaining_slots,
                reserved_names=existing_names,
            )
-            entries: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = list(uncategorized)
-            for cat_skills in categories.values():
-                entries.extend(cat_skills)

-            if not entries:
-                return
+            for discord_name, description, cmd_key in skill_entries:
+                # Closure factory to capture cmd_key per iteration
+                def _make_skill_handler(_key: str):
+                    async def _skill_slash(interaction: discord.Interaction, args: str = ""):
+                        await self._run_simple_slash(interaction, f"{_key} {args}".strip())
+                    return _skill_slash

-            # Stable alphabetical order so the autocomplete suggestion
-            # list is predictable across restarts.
-            entries.sort(key=lambda t: t[0])
+                handler = _make_skill_handler(cmd_key)
+                handler.__name__ = f"skill_{discord_name.replace('-', '_')}"

-            # name -> (description, cmd_key) — used by both the autocomplete
-            # callback and the handler for O(1) dispatch.
-            skill_lookup: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = {
-                n: (d, k) for n, d, k in entries
-            }
-
-            async def _autocomplete_name(
-                interaction: "discord.Interaction", current: str,
-            ) -> list:
-                """Filter skills by the user's typed prefix.
-
-                Matches both the skill name and its description so
-                "/skill pdf" surfaces skills whose description mentions
-                PDFs even if the name doesn't. Discord caps this list at
-                25 entries per query.
-                """
-                q = (current or "").strip().lower()
-                choices: list = []
-                for name, desc, _key in entries:
-                    if not q or q in name.lower() or (desc and q in desc.lower()):
-                        if desc:
-                            label = f"{name} — {desc}"
-                        else:
-                            label = name
-                        # Discord's Choice.name is capped at 100 chars.
-                        if len(label) > 100:
-                            label = label[:97] + "..."
-                        choices.append(
-                            discord.app_commands.Choice(name=label, value=name)
-                        )
-                        if len(choices) >= 25:
-                            break
-                return choices
-
-            @discord.app_commands.describe(
-                name="Which skill to run",
-                args="Optional arguments for the skill",
-            )
-            @discord.app_commands.autocomplete(name=_autocomplete_name)
-            async def _skill_handler(
-                interaction: "discord.Interaction", name: str, args: str = "",
-            ):
-                entry = skill_lookup.get(name)
-                if not entry:
-                    await interaction.response.send_message(
-                        f"Unknown skill: `{name}`. Start typing for "
-                        f"autocomplete suggestions.",
-                        ephemeral=True,
-                    )
-                    return
-                _desc, cmd_key = entry
-                await self._run_simple_slash(
-                    interaction, f"{cmd_key} {args}".strip()
+                cmd = discord.app_commands.Command(
+                    name=discord_name,
+                    description=description,
+                    callback=handler,
                )
+                discord.app_commands.describe(args="Optional arguments for the skill")(cmd)
+                tree.add_command(cmd)

-            cmd = discord.app_commands.Command(
-                name="skill",
-                description="Run a Hermes skill",
-                callback=_skill_handler,
-            )
-            tree.add_command(cmd)
-
-            logger.info(
-                "[%s] Registered /skill command with %d skill(s) via autocomplete",
-                self.name, len(entries),
-            )
-            if hidden:
-                logger.info(
-                    "[%s] %d skill(s) filtered out of /skill (name clamp / reserved)",
-                    self.name, hidden,
+            if skipped:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "[%s] Discord slash command limit reached (%d): %d skill(s) not registered",
+                    self.name, _DISCORD_CMD_LIMIT, skipped,
                )
        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.warning("[%s] Failed to register /skill command: %s", self.name, exc)
+            logger.warning("[%s] Failed to register skill slash commands: %s", self.name, exc)

    def _build_slash_event(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, text: str) -> MessageEvent:
        """Build a MessageEvent from a Discord slash command interaction."""
@@ -2163,14 +1790,11 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        )

        msg_type = MessageType.COMMAND if text.startswith("/") else MessageType.TEXT
-        channel_id = str(interaction.channel_id)
-        parent_id = str(getattr(getattr(interaction, "channel", None), "parent_id", "") or "")
        return MessageEvent(
            text=text,
            message_type=msg_type,
            source=source,
            raw_message=interaction,
-            channel_prompt=self._resolve_channel_prompt(channel_id, parent_id or None),
        )

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2241,17 +1865,14 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            chat_topic=chat_topic,
        )

-        _parent_channel = self._thread_parent_channel(getattr(interaction, "channel", None))
-        _parent_id = str(getattr(_parent_channel, "id", "") or "")
+        _parent_id = str(getattr(getattr(interaction, "channel", None), "parent_id", "") or "")
        _skills = self._resolve_channel_skills(thread_id, _parent_id or None)
-        _channel_prompt = self._resolve_channel_prompt(thread_id, _parent_id or None)
        event = MessageEvent(
            text=text,
            message_type=MessageType.TEXT,
            source=source,
            raw_message=interaction,
            auto_skill=_skills,
-            channel_prompt=_channel_prompt,
        )
        await self.handle_message(event)

@@ -2280,31 +1901,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    return list(dict.fromkeys(skills))  # dedup, preserve order
        return None

-    def _resolve_channel_prompt(self, channel_id: str, parent_id: str | None = None) -> str | None:
-        """Resolve a Discord per-channel prompt, preferring the exact channel over its parent."""
-        from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_channel_prompt
-        return resolve_channel_prompt(self.config.extra, channel_id, parent_id)
-
-    def _discord_require_mention(self) -> bool:
-        """Return whether Discord channel messages require a bot mention."""
-        configured = self.config.extra.get("require_mention")
-        if configured is not None:
-            if isinstance(configured, str):
-                return configured.lower() not in ("false", "0", "no", "off")
-            return bool(configured)
-        return os.getenv("DISCORD_REQUIRE_MENTION", "true").lower() not in ("false", "0", "no", "off")
-
-    def _discord_free_response_channels(self) -> set:
-        """Return Discord channel IDs where no bot mention is required."""
-        raw = self.config.extra.get("free_response_channels")
-        if raw is None:
-            raw = os.getenv("DISCORD_FREE_RESPONSE_CHANNELS", "")
-        if isinstance(raw, list):
-            return {str(part).strip() for part in raw if str(part).strip()}
-        if isinstance(raw, str) and raw.strip():
-            return {part.strip() for part in raw.split(",") if part.strip()}
-        return set()
-
    def _thread_parent_channel(self, channel: Any) -> Any:
        """Return the parent text channel when invoked from a thread."""
        return getattr(channel, "parent", None) or channel
@@ -2407,15 +2003,8 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        Returns the created thread object, or ``None`` on failure.
        """
-        # Build a short thread name from the message. Strip Discord mention
-        # syntax (users / roles / channels) so thread titles don't end up
-        # showing raw <@id>, <@&id>, or <#id> markers — the ID isn't
-        # meaningful to humans glancing at the thread list (#6336).
+        # Build a short thread name from the message
        content = (message.content or "").strip()
-        # <@123>, <@!123>, <@&123>, <#123> — collapse to empty; normalize spaces.
-        content = re.sub(r"<@[!&]?\d+>", "", content)
-        content = re.sub(r"<#\d+>", "", content)
-        content = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", content).strip()
        thread_name = content[:80] if content else "Hermes"
        if len(content) > 80:
            thread_name = thread_name[:77] + "..."
@@ -2423,25 +2012,9 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        try:
            thread = await message.create_thread(name=thread_name, auto_archive_duration=1440)
            return thread
-        except Exception as direct_error:
-            display_name = getattr(getattr(message, "author", None), "display_name", None) or "unknown user"
-            reason = f"Auto-threaded from mention by {display_name}"
-            try:
-                seed_msg = await message.channel.send(f"\U0001f9f5 Thread created by Hermes: **{thread_name}**")
-                thread = await seed_msg.create_thread(
-                    name=thread_name,
-                    auto_archive_duration=1440,
-                    reason=reason,
-                )
-                return thread
-            except Exception as fallback_error:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "[%s] Auto-thread creation failed. Direct error: %s. Fallback error: %s",
-                    self.name,
-                    direct_error,
-                    fallback_error,
-                )
-                return None
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("[%s] Auto-thread creation failed: %s", self.name, e)
+            return None

    async def send_exec_approval(
        self, chat_id: str, command: str, session_key: str,
@@ -2628,124 +2201,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return f"{parent_name} / {thread_name}"
        return thread_name

-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Attachment download helpers
-    #
-    # Discord attachments (images / audio / documents) are fetched via the
-    # authenticated bot session whenever the Attachment object exposes
-    # ``read()``. That sidesteps two classes of bug that hit the older
-    # plain-HTTP path:
-    #
-    #   1. ``cdn.discordapp.com`` URLs increasingly require bot auth on
-    #      download — unauthenticated httpx sees 403 Forbidden.
-    #      (issue #8242)
-    #   2. Some user environments (VPNs, corporate DNS, tunnels) resolve
-    #      ``cdn.discordapp.com`` to private-looking IPs that our
-    #      ``is_safe_url`` guard classifies as SSRF risks. Routing the
-    #      fetch through discord.py's own HTTP client handles DNS
-    #      internally so our guard isn't consulted for the attachment
-    #      path. (issue #6587)
-    #
-    # If ``att.read()`` is unavailable (unexpected object shape / test
-    # stub) or the bot session fetch fails, we fall back to the existing
-    # SSRF-gated URL downloaders. The fallback keeps defense-in-depth
-    # against any future Discord payload-schema drift that could slip a
-    # non-CDN URL into the ``att.url`` field. (issue #11345)
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def _read_attachment_bytes(self, att) -> Optional[bytes]:
-        """Read an attachment via discord.py's authenticated bot session.
-
-        Returns the raw bytes on success, or ``None`` if ``att`` doesn't
-        expose a callable ``read()`` or the read itself fails. Callers
-        should treat ``None`` as a signal to fall back to the URL-based
-        downloaders.
-        """
-        reader = getattr(att, "read", None)
-        if reader is None or not callable(reader):
-            return None
-        try:
-            return await reader()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(
-                "[Discord] Authenticated attachment read failed for %s: %s",
-                getattr(att, "filename", None) or getattr(att, "url", "<unknown>"),
-                e,
-            )
-            return None
-
-    async def _cache_discord_image(self, att, ext: str) -> str:
-        """Cache a Discord image attachment to local disk.
-
-        Primary path: ``att.read()`` + ``cache_image_from_bytes``
-        (authenticated, no SSRF gate).
-
-        Fallback: ``cache_image_from_url`` (plain httpx, SSRF-gated).
-        """
-        raw_bytes = await self._read_attachment_bytes(att)
-        if raw_bytes is not None:
-            try:
-                return cache_image_from_bytes(raw_bytes, ext=ext)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "[Discord] cache_image_from_bytes rejected att.read() data; falling back to URL: %s",
-                    e,
-                )
-        return await cache_image_from_url(att.url, ext=ext)
-
-    async def _cache_discord_audio(self, att, ext: str) -> str:
-        """Cache a Discord audio attachment to local disk.
-
-        Primary path: ``att.read()`` + ``cache_audio_from_bytes``
-        (authenticated, no SSRF gate).
-
-        Fallback: ``cache_audio_from_url`` (plain httpx, SSRF-gated).
-        """
-        raw_bytes = await self._read_attachment_bytes(att)
-        if raw_bytes is not None:
-            try:
-                return cache_audio_from_bytes(raw_bytes, ext=ext)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "[Discord] cache_audio_from_bytes failed; falling back to URL: %s",
-                    e,
-                )
-        return await cache_audio_from_url(att.url, ext=ext)
-
-    async def _cache_discord_document(self, att, ext: str) -> bytes:
-        """Download a Discord document attachment and return the raw bytes.
-
-        Primary path: ``att.read()`` (authenticated, no SSRF gate).
-
-        Fallback: SSRF-gated ``aiohttp`` download. This closes the gap
-        where the old document path made raw ``aiohttp.ClientSession``
-        requests with no safety check (#11345). The caller is responsible
-        for passing the returned bytes to ``cache_document_from_bytes``
-        (and, where applicable, for injecting text content).
-        """
-        raw_bytes = await self._read_attachment_bytes(att)
-        if raw_bytes is not None:
-            return raw_bytes
-
-        # Fallback: SSRF-gated URL download.
-        if not is_safe_url(att.url):
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Blocked unsafe attachment URL (SSRF protection): {att.url}"
-            )
-        import aiohttp
-        from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_proxy_url, proxy_kwargs_for_aiohttp
-        _proxy = resolve_proxy_url(platform_env_var="DISCORD_PROXY")
-        _sess_kw, _req_kw = proxy_kwargs_for_aiohttp(_proxy)
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(**_sess_kw) as session:
-            async with session.get(
-                att.url,
-                timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30),
-                **_req_kw,
-            ) as resp:
-                if resp.status != 200:
-                    raise Exception(f"HTTP {resp.status}")
-                return await resp.read()
-
    async def _handle_message(self, message: DiscordMessage) -> None:
        """Handle incoming Discord messages."""
        # In server channels (not DMs), require the bot to be @mentioned
@@ -2767,7 +2222,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            thread_id = str(message.channel.id)
            parent_channel_id = self._get_parent_channel_id(message.channel)

-        is_voice_linked_channel = False
        if not isinstance(message.channel, discord.DMChannel):
            channel_ids = {str(message.channel.id)}
            if parent_channel_id:
@@ -2788,17 +2242,13 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                logger.debug("[%s] Ignoring message in ignored channel: %s", self.name, channel_ids)
                return

-            free_channels = self._discord_free_response_channels()
+            free_channels_raw = os.getenv("DISCORD_FREE_RESPONSE_CHANNELS", "")
+            free_channels = {ch.strip() for ch in free_channels_raw.split(",") if ch.strip()}
            if parent_channel_id:
                channel_ids.add(parent_channel_id)

-            require_mention = self._discord_require_mention()
-            # Voice-linked text channels act as free-response while voice is active.
-            # Only the exact bound channel gets the exemption, not sibling threads.
-            voice_linked_ids = {str(ch_id) for ch_id in self._voice_text_channels.values()}
-            current_channel_id = str(message.channel.id)
-            is_voice_linked_channel = current_channel_id in voice_linked_ids
-            is_free_channel = bool(channel_ids & free_channels) or is_voice_linked_channel
+            require_mention = os.getenv("DISCORD_REQUIRE_MENTION", "true").lower() not in ("false", "0", "no")
+            is_free_channel = bool(channel_ids & free_channels)

            # Skip the mention check if the message is in a thread where
            # the bot has previously participated (auto-created or replied in).
@@ -2820,10 +2270,9 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if not is_thread and not isinstance(message.channel, discord.DMChannel):
            no_thread_channels_raw = os.getenv("DISCORD_NO_THREAD_CHANNELS", "")
            no_thread_channels = {ch.strip() for ch in no_thread_channels_raw.split(",") if ch.strip()}
-            skip_thread = bool(channel_ids & no_thread_channels) or is_free_channel
+            skip_thread = bool(channel_ids & no_thread_channels)
            auto_thread = os.getenv("DISCORD_AUTO_THREAD", "true").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
-            is_reply_message = getattr(message, "type", None) == discord.MessageType.reply
-            if auto_thread and not skip_thread and not is_voice_linked_channel and not is_reply_message:
+            if auto_thread and not skip_thread:
                thread = await self._auto_create_thread(message)
                if thread:
                    is_thread = True
@@ -2884,7 +2333,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            user_name=message.author.display_name,
            thread_id=thread_id,
            chat_topic=chat_topic,
-            is_bot=getattr(message.author, "bot", False),
        )

        # Build media URLs -- download image attachments to local cache so the
@@ -2900,7 +2348,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    ext = "." + content_type.split("/")[-1].split(";")[0]
                    if ext not in (".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif", ".webp"):
                        ext = ".jpg"
-                    cached_path = await self._cache_discord_image(att, ext)
+                    cached_path = await cache_image_from_url(att.url, ext=ext)
                    media_urls.append(cached_path)
                    media_types.append(content_type)
                    print(f"[Discord] Cached user image: {cached_path}", flush=True)
@@ -2914,7 +2362,7 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    ext = "." + content_type.split("/")[-1].split(";")[0]
                    if ext not in (".ogg", ".mp3", ".wav", ".webm", ".m4a"):
                        ext = ".ogg"
-                    cached_path = await self._cache_discord_audio(att, ext)
+                    cached_path = await cache_audio_from_url(att.url, ext=ext)
                    media_urls.append(cached_path)
                    media_types.append(content_type)
                    print(f"[Discord] Cached user audio: {cached_path}", flush=True)
@@ -2945,7 +2393,19 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                        )
                    else:
                        try:
-                            raw_bytes = await self._cache_discord_document(att, ext)
+                            import aiohttp
+                            from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_proxy_url, proxy_kwargs_for_aiohttp
+                            _proxy = resolve_proxy_url(platform_env_var="DISCORD_PROXY")
+                            _sess_kw, _req_kw = proxy_kwargs_for_aiohttp(_proxy)
+                            async with aiohttp.ClientSession(**_sess_kw) as session:
+                                async with session.get(
+                                    att.url,
+                                    timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30),
+                                    **_req_kw,
+                                ) as resp:
+                                    if resp.status != 200:
+                                        raise Exception(f"HTTP {resp.status}")
+                                    raw_bytes = await resp.read()
                            cached_path = cache_document_from_bytes(
                                raw_bytes, att.filename or f"document{ext}"
                            )
@@ -2986,15 +2446,6 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        _parent_id = str(getattr(_chan, "parent_id", "") or "")
        _chan_id = str(getattr(_chan, "id", ""))
        _skills = self._resolve_channel_skills(_chan_id, _parent_id or None)
-        _channel_prompt = self._resolve_channel_prompt(_chan_id, _parent_id or None)
-
-        reply_to_id = None
-        reply_to_text = None
-        if message.reference:
-            reply_to_id = str(message.reference.message_id)
-            if message.reference.resolved:
-                reply_to_text = getattr(message.reference.resolved, "content", None) or None
-
        event = MessageEvent(
            text=event_text,
            message_type=msg_type,
@@ -3003,11 +2454,9 @@ class DiscordAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            message_id=str(message.id),
            media_urls=media_urls,
            media_types=media_types,
-            reply_to_message_id=reply_to_id,
-            reply_to_text=reply_to_text,
+            reply_to_message_id=str(message.reference.message_id) if message.reference else None,
            timestamp=message.created_at,
            auto_skill=_skills,
-            channel_prompt=_channel_prompt,
        )

        # Track thread participation so the bot won't require @mention for
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
-from urllib.parse import urlencode
-from urllib.request import Request, urlopen

 # aiohttp/websockets are independent optional deps — import outside lark_oapi
 # so they remain available for tests and webhook mode even if lark_oapi is missing.
@@ -72,10 +69,7 @@ try:
        UpdateMessageRequestBody,
    )
    from lark_oapi.core.const import FEISHU_DOMAIN, LARK_DOMAIN
-    from lark_oapi.event.callback.model.p2_card_action_trigger import (
-        CallBackCard,
-        P2CardActionTriggerResponse,
-    )
+    from lark_oapi.event.callback.model.p2_card_action_trigger import P2CardActionTriggerResponse
    from lark_oapi.event.dispatcher_handler import EventDispatcherHandler
    from lark_oapi.ws import Client as FeishuWSClient

@@ -83,7 +77,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
    FEISHU_AVAILABLE = False
    lark = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-    CallBackCard = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
    P2CardActionTriggerResponse = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
    EventDispatcherHandler = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
    FeishuWSClient = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
@@ -173,35 +166,9 @@ _FEISHU_WEBHOOK_BODY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 30          # max seconds to read request
 _FEISHU_WEBHOOK_ANOMALY_THRESHOLD = 25             # consecutive error responses before WARNING log
 _FEISHU_WEBHOOK_ANOMALY_TTL_SECONDS = 6 * 60 * 60  # anomaly tracker TTL (6 hours) — matches openclaw
 _FEISHU_CARD_ACTION_DEDUP_TTL_SECONDS = 15 * 60    # card action token dedup window (15 min)
-
-_APPROVAL_CHOICE_MAP: Dict[str, str] = {
-    "approve_once": "once",
-    "approve_session": "session",
-    "approve_always": "always",
-    "deny": "deny",
-}
-_APPROVAL_LABEL_MAP: Dict[str, str] = {
-    "once": "Approved once",
-    "session": "Approved for session",
-    "always": "Approved permanently",
-    "deny": "Denied",
-}
 _FEISHU_BOT_MSG_TRACK_SIZE = 512                   # LRU size for tracking sent message IDs
 _FEISHU_REPLY_FALLBACK_CODES = frozenset({230011, 231003})  # reply target withdrawn/missing → create fallback
 _FEISHU_ACK_EMOJI = "OK"
-
-# QR onboarding constants
-_ONBOARD_ACCOUNTS_URLS = {
-    "feishu": "https://accounts.feishu.cn",
-    "lark": "https://accounts.larksuite.com",
-}
-_ONBOARD_OPEN_URLS = {
-    "feishu": "https://open.feishu.cn",
-    "lark": "https://open.larksuite.com",
-}
-_REGISTRATION_PATH = "/oauth/v1/app/registration"
-_ONBOARD_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S = 10
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fallback display strings
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -447,6 +414,14 @@ def _build_markdown_post_payload(content: str) -> str:
    )


+def parse_feishu_post_content(raw_content: str) -> FeishuPostParseResult:
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(raw_content) if raw_content else {}
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        return FeishuPostParseResult(text_content=FALLBACK_POST_TEXT)
+    return parse_feishu_post_payload(parsed)
+
+
 def parse_feishu_post_payload(payload: Any) -> FeishuPostParseResult:
    resolved = _resolve_post_payload(payload)
    if not resolved:
@@ -1073,13 +1048,6 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._webhook_rate_counts: Dict[str, tuple[int, float]] = {}  # rate_key → (count, window_start)
        self._webhook_anomaly_counts: Dict[str, tuple[int, str, float]] = {}  # ip → (count, last_status, first_seen)
        self._card_action_tokens: Dict[str, float] = {}  # token → first_seen_time
-        # Inbound events that arrived before the adapter loop was ready
-        # (e.g. during startup/restart or network-flap reconnect). A single
-        # drainer thread replays them as soon as the loop becomes available.
-        self._pending_inbound_events: List[Any] = []
-        self._pending_inbound_lock = threading.Lock()
-        self._pending_drain_scheduled = False
-        self._pending_inbound_max_depth = 1000  # cap queue; drop oldest beyond
        self._chat_locks: Dict[str, asyncio.Lock] = {}  # chat_id → lock (per-chat serial processing)
        self._sent_message_ids_to_chat: Dict[str, str] = {}  # message_id → chat_id (for reaction routing)
        self._sent_message_id_order: List[str] = []  # LRU order for _sent_message_ids_to_chat
@@ -1226,8 +1194,6 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            .register_p2_card_action_trigger(self._on_card_action_trigger)
            .register_p2_im_chat_member_bot_added_v1(self._on_bot_added_to_chat)
            .register_p2_im_chat_member_bot_deleted_v1(self._on_bot_removed_from_chat)
-            .register_p2_im_chat_access_event_bot_p2p_chat_entered_v1(self._on_p2p_chat_entered)
-            .register_p2_im_message_recalled_v1(self._on_message_recalled)
            .build()
        )

@@ -1516,12 +1482,14 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            logger.warning("[Feishu] send_exec_approval failed: %s", exc)
            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(exc))

-    @staticmethod
-    def _build_resolved_approval_card(*, choice: str, user_name: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Build raw card JSON for a resolved approval action."""
+    async def _update_approval_card(
+        self, message_id: str, label: str, user_name: str, choice: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Replace the approval card with a resolved status card."""
+        if not self._client or not message_id:
+            return
        icon = "❌" if choice == "deny" else "✅"
-        label = _APPROVAL_LABEL_MAP.get(choice, "Resolved")
-        return {
+        card = {
            "config": {"wide_screen_mode": True},
            "header": {
                "title": {"content": f"{icon} {label}", "tag": "plain_text"},
@@ -1534,6 +1502,13 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                },
            ],
        }
+        try:
+            payload = json.dumps(card, ensure_ascii=False)
+            body = self._build_update_message_body(msg_type="interactive", content=payload)
+            request = self._build_update_message_request(message_id=message_id, request_body=body)
+            await asyncio.to_thread(self._client.im.v1.message.update, request)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning("[Feishu] Failed to update approval card %s: %s", message_id, exc)

    async def send_voice(
        self,
@@ -1766,22 +1741,10 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    # =========================================================================

    def _on_message_event(self, data: Any) -> None:
-        """Normalize Feishu inbound events into MessageEvent.
-
-        Called by the lark_oapi SDK's event dispatcher on a background thread.
-        If the adapter loop is not currently accepting callbacks (brief window
-        during startup/restart or network-flap reconnect), the event is queued
-        for replay instead of dropped.
-        """
+        """Normalize Feishu inbound events into MessageEvent."""
        loop = self._loop
-        if not self._loop_accepts_callbacks(loop):
-            start_drainer = self._enqueue_pending_inbound_event(data)
-            if start_drainer:
-                threading.Thread(
-                    target=self._drain_pending_inbound_events,
-                    name="feishu-pending-inbound-drainer",
-                    daemon=True,
-                ).start()
+        if loop is None or bool(getattr(loop, "is_closed", lambda: False)()):
+            logger.warning("[Feishu] Dropping inbound message before adapter loop is ready")
            return
        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
            self._handle_message_event_data(data),
@@ -1789,124 +1752,6 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        )
        future.add_done_callback(self._log_background_failure)

-    def _enqueue_pending_inbound_event(self, data: Any) -> bool:
-        """Append an event to the pending-inbound queue.
-
-        Returns True if the caller should spawn a drainer thread (no drainer
-        currently scheduled), False if a drainer is already running and will
-        pick up the new event on its next pass.
-        """
-        with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-            if len(self._pending_inbound_events) >= self._pending_inbound_max_depth:
-                # Queue full — drop the oldest to make room. This happens only
-                # if the loop stays unavailable for an extended period AND the
-                # WS keeps firing callbacks. Still better than silent drops.
-                dropped = self._pending_inbound_events.pop(0)
-                try:
-                    event = getattr(dropped, "event", None)
-                    message = getattr(event, "message", None)
-                    message_id = str(getattr(message, "message_id", "") or "unknown")
-                except Exception:
-                    message_id = "unknown"
-                logger.error(
-                    "[Feishu] Pending-inbound queue full (%d); dropped oldest event %s",
-                    self._pending_inbound_max_depth,
-                    message_id,
-                )
-            self._pending_inbound_events.append(data)
-            depth = len(self._pending_inbound_events)
-            should_start = not self._pending_drain_scheduled
-            if should_start:
-                self._pending_drain_scheduled = True
-        logger.warning(
-            "[Feishu] Queued inbound event for replay (loop not ready, queue depth=%d)",
-            depth,
-        )
-        return should_start
-
-    def _drain_pending_inbound_events(self) -> None:
-        """Replay queued inbound events once the adapter loop is ready.
-
-        Runs in a dedicated daemon thread. Polls ``_running`` and
-        ``_loop_accepts_callbacks`` until events can be dispatched or the
-        adapter shuts down. A single drainer handles the entire queue;
-        concurrent ``_on_message_event`` calls just append.
-        """
-        poll_interval = 0.25
-        max_wait_seconds = 120.0  # safety cap: drop queue after 2 minutes
-        waited = 0.0
-        try:
-            while True:
-                if not getattr(self, "_running", True):
-                    # Adapter shutting down — drop queued events rather than
-                    # holding them against a closed loop.
-                    with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                        dropped = len(self._pending_inbound_events)
-                        self._pending_inbound_events.clear()
-                    if dropped:
-                        logger.warning(
-                            "[Feishu] Dropped %d queued inbound event(s) during shutdown",
-                            dropped,
-                        )
-                    return
-                loop = self._loop
-                if self._loop_accepts_callbacks(loop):
-                    with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                        batch = self._pending_inbound_events[:]
-                        self._pending_inbound_events.clear()
-                    if not batch:
-                        # Queue emptied between check and grab; done.
-                        with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                            if not self._pending_inbound_events:
-                                return
-                        continue
-                    dispatched = 0
-                    requeue: List[Any] = []
-                    for event in batch:
-                        try:
-                            fut = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
-                                self._handle_message_event_data(event),
-                                loop,
-                            )
-                            fut.add_done_callback(self._log_background_failure)
-                            dispatched += 1
-                        except RuntimeError:
-                            # Loop closed between check and submit — requeue
-                            # and poll again.
-                            requeue.append(event)
-                    if requeue:
-                        with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                            self._pending_inbound_events[:0] = requeue
-                    if dispatched:
-                        logger.info(
-                            "[Feishu] Replayed %d queued inbound event(s)",
-                            dispatched,
-                        )
-                    if not requeue:
-                        # Successfully drained; check if more arrived while
-                        # we were dispatching and exit if not.
-                        with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                            if not self._pending_inbound_events:
-                                return
-                    # More events queued or requeue pending — loop again.
-                    continue
-                if waited >= max_wait_seconds:
-                    with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                        dropped = len(self._pending_inbound_events)
-                        self._pending_inbound_events.clear()
-                    logger.error(
-                        "[Feishu] Adapter loop unavailable for %.0fs; "
-                        "dropped %d queued inbound event(s)",
-                        max_wait_seconds,
-                        dropped,
-                    )
-                    return
-                time.sleep(poll_interval)
-                waited += poll_interval
-        finally:
-            with self._pending_inbound_lock:
-                self._pending_drain_scheduled = False
-
    async def _handle_message_event_data(self, data: Any) -> None:
        """Shared inbound message handling for websocket and webhook transports."""
        event = getattr(data, "event", None)
@@ -1959,12 +1804,6 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        logger.info("[Feishu] Bot removed from chat: %s", chat_id)
        self._chat_info_cache.pop(chat_id, None)

-    def _on_p2p_chat_entered(self, data: Any) -> None:
-        logger.debug("[Feishu] User entered P2P chat with bot")
-
-    def _on_message_recalled(self, data: Any) -> None:
-        logger.debug("[Feishu] Message recalled by user")
-
    def _on_reaction_event(self, event_type: str, data: Any) -> None:
        """Route user reactions on bot messages as synthetic text events."""
        event = getattr(data, "event", None)
@@ -1998,82 +1837,20 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        future.add_done_callback(self._log_background_failure)

    def _on_card_action_trigger(self, data: Any) -> Any:
-        """Handle card-action callback from the Feishu SDK (synchronous).
-
-        For approval actions: parses the event once, returns the resolved card
-        inline (the only reliable way to sync all clients), and schedules a
-        lightweight async method to actually unblock the agent.
-
-        For other card actions: delegates to ``_handle_card_action_event``.
-        """
+        """Schedule Feishu card actions on the adapter loop and acknowledge immediately."""
        loop = self._loop
-        if not self._loop_accepts_callbacks(loop):
+        if loop is None or bool(getattr(loop, "is_closed", lambda: False)()):
            logger.warning("[Feishu] Dropping card action before adapter loop is ready")
-            return P2CardActionTriggerResponse() if P2CardActionTriggerResponse else None
-
-        event = getattr(data, "event", None)
-        action = getattr(event, "action", None)
-        action_value = getattr(action, "value", {}) or {}
-        hermes_action = action_value.get("hermes_action") if isinstance(action_value, dict) else None
-
-        if hermes_action:
-            return self._handle_approval_card_action(event=event, action_value=action_value, loop=loop)
-
-        self._submit_on_loop(loop, self._handle_card_action_event(data))
+        else:
+            future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                self._handle_card_action_event(data),
+                loop,
+            )
+            future.add_done_callback(self._log_background_failure)
        if P2CardActionTriggerResponse is None:
            return None
        return P2CardActionTriggerResponse()

-    @staticmethod
-    def _loop_accepts_callbacks(loop: Any) -> bool:
-        """Return True when the adapter loop can accept thread-safe submissions."""
-        return loop is not None and not bool(getattr(loop, "is_closed", lambda: False)())
-
-    def _submit_on_loop(self, loop: Any, coro: Any) -> None:
-        """Schedule background work on the adapter loop with shared failure logging."""
-        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, loop)
-        future.add_done_callback(self._log_background_failure)
-
-    def _handle_approval_card_action(self, *, event: Any, action_value: Dict[str, Any], loop: Any) -> Any:
-        """Schedule approval resolution and build the synchronous callback response."""
-        approval_id = action_value.get("approval_id")
-        if approval_id is None:
-            logger.debug("[Feishu] Card action missing approval_id, ignoring")
-            return P2CardActionTriggerResponse() if P2CardActionTriggerResponse else None
-        choice = _APPROVAL_CHOICE_MAP.get(action_value.get("hermes_action"), "deny")
-
-        operator = getattr(event, "operator", None)
-        open_id = str(getattr(operator, "open_id", "") or "")
-        user_name = self._get_cached_sender_name(open_id) or open_id
-
-        self._submit_on_loop(loop, self._resolve_approval(approval_id, choice, user_name))
-
-        if P2CardActionTriggerResponse is None:
-            return None
-        response = P2CardActionTriggerResponse()
-        if CallBackCard is not None:
-            card = CallBackCard()
-            card.type = "raw"
-            card.data = self._build_resolved_approval_card(choice=choice, user_name=user_name)
-            response.card = card
-        return response
-
-    async def _resolve_approval(self, approval_id: Any, choice: str, user_name: str) -> None:
-        """Pop approval state and unblock the waiting agent thread."""
-        state = self._approval_state.pop(approval_id, None)
-        if not state:
-            logger.debug("[Feishu] Approval %s already resolved or unknown", approval_id)
-            return
-        try:
-            from tools.approval import resolve_gateway_approval
-            count = resolve_gateway_approval(state["session_key"], choice)
-            logger.info(
-                "Feishu button resolved %d approval(s) for session %s (choice=%s, user=%s)",
-                count, state["session_key"], choice, user_name,
-            )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.error("Failed to resolve gateway approval from Feishu button: %s", exc)
-
    async def _handle_reaction_event(self, event_type: str, data: Any) -> None:
        """Fetch the reacted-to message; if it was sent by this bot, emit a synthetic text event."""
        if not self._client:
@@ -2165,6 +1942,51 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        action_tag = str(getattr(action, "tag", "") or "button")
        action_value = getattr(action, "value", {}) or {}

+        # --- Exec approval button intercept ---
+        hermes_action = action_value.get("hermes_action") if isinstance(action_value, dict) else None
+        if hermes_action:
+            approval_id = action_value.get("approval_id")
+            state = self._approval_state.pop(approval_id, None)
+            if not state:
+                logger.debug("[Feishu] Approval %s already resolved or unknown", approval_id)
+                return
+
+            choice_map = {
+                "approve_once": "once",
+                "approve_session": "session",
+                "approve_always": "always",
+                "deny": "deny",
+            }
+            choice = choice_map.get(hermes_action, "deny")
+
+            label_map = {
+                "once": "Approved once",
+                "session": "Approved for session",
+                "always": "Approved permanently",
+                "deny": "Denied",
+            }
+            label = label_map.get(choice, "Resolved")
+
+            # Resolve sender name for the status card
+            sender_id = SimpleNamespace(open_id=open_id, user_id=None, union_id=None)
+            sender_profile = await self._resolve_sender_profile(sender_id)
+            user_name = sender_profile.get("user_name") or open_id
+
+            # Resolve the approval — unblocks the agent thread
+            try:
+                from tools.approval import resolve_gateway_approval
+                count = resolve_gateway_approval(state["session_key"], choice)
+                logger.info(
+                    "Feishu button resolved %d approval(s) for session %s (choice=%s, user=%s)",
+                    count, state["session_key"], choice, user_name,
+                )
+            except Exception as exc:
+                logger.error("Failed to resolve gateway approval from Feishu button: %s", exc)
+
+            # Update the card to show the decision
+            await self._update_approval_card(state.get("message_id", ""), label, user_name, choice)
+            return
+
        synthetic_text = f"/card {action_tag}"
        if action_value:
            try:
@@ -2850,6 +2672,12 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return self._resolve_media_message_type(media_types[0] if media_types else "", default=MessageType.DOCUMENT)
        return MessageType.TEXT

+    def _normalize_inbound_text(self, text: str) -> str:
+        """Strip Feishu mention placeholders from inbound text."""
+        text = _MENTION_RE.sub(" ", text or "")
+        text = _MULTISPACE_RE.sub(" ", text)
+        return text.strip()
+
    async def _maybe_extract_text_document(self, cached_path: str, media_type: str) -> str:
        if not cached_path or not media_type.startswith("text/"):
            return ""
@@ -3067,19 +2895,6 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            "user_id_alt": union_id,
        }

-    def _get_cached_sender_name(self, sender_id: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
-        """Return a cached sender name only while its TTL is still valid."""
-        if not sender_id:
-            return None
-        cached = self._sender_name_cache.get(sender_id)
-        if cached is None:
-            return None
-        name, expire_at = cached
-        if time.time() < expire_at:
-            return name
-        self._sender_name_cache.pop(sender_id, None)
-        return None
-
    async def _resolve_sender_name_from_api(self, sender_id: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
        """Fetch the sender's display name from the Feishu contact API with a 10-minute cache.

@@ -3092,9 +2907,11 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if not trimmed:
            return None
        now = time.time()
-        cached_name = self._get_cached_sender_name(trimmed)
-        if cached_name is not None:
-            return cached_name
+        cached = self._sender_name_cache.get(trimmed)
+        if cached is not None:
+            name, expire_at = cached
+            if now < expire_at:
+                return name
        try:
            from lark_oapi.api.contact.v3 import GetUserRequest  # lazy import
            if trimmed.startswith("ou_"):
@@ -3804,328 +3621,3 @@ class FeishuAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return _FEISHU_FILE_UPLOAD_TYPE, "file"

        return _FEISHU_FILE_UPLOAD_TYPE, "file"
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# QR scan-to-create onboarding
-#
-# Device-code flow: user scans a QR code with Feishu/Lark mobile app and the
-# platform creates a fully configured bot application automatically.
-# Called by `hermes gateway setup` via _setup_feishu() in hermes_cli/gateway.py.
-# =============================================================================
-
-
-def _accounts_base_url(domain: str) -> str:
-    return _ONBOARD_ACCOUNTS_URLS.get(domain, _ONBOARD_ACCOUNTS_URLS["feishu"])
-
-
-def _onboard_open_base_url(domain: str) -> str:
-    return _ONBOARD_OPEN_URLS.get(domain, _ONBOARD_OPEN_URLS["feishu"])
-
-
-def _post_registration(base_url: str, body: Dict[str, str]) -> dict:
-    """POST form-encoded data to the registration endpoint, return parsed JSON.
-
-    The registration endpoint returns JSON even on 4xx (e.g. poll returns
-    authorization_pending as a 400). We always parse the body regardless of
-    HTTP status.
-    """
-    url = f"{base_url}{_REGISTRATION_PATH}"
-    data = urlencode(body).encode("utf-8")
-    req = Request(url, data=data, headers={"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"})
-    try:
-        with urlopen(req, timeout=_ONBOARD_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S) as resp:
-            return json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
-    except HTTPError as exc:
-        body_bytes = exc.read()
-        if body_bytes:
-            try:
-                return json.loads(body_bytes.decode("utf-8"))
-            except (ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-                raise exc from None
-        raise
-
-
-def _init_registration(domain: str = "feishu") -> None:
-    """Verify the environment supports client_secret auth.
-
-    Raises RuntimeError if not supported.
-    """
-    base_url = _accounts_base_url(domain)
-    res = _post_registration(base_url, {"action": "init"})
-    methods = res.get("supported_auth_methods") or []
-    if "client_secret" not in methods:
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            f"Feishu / Lark registration environment does not support client_secret auth. "
-            f"Supported: {methods}"
-        )
-
-
-def _begin_registration(domain: str = "feishu") -> dict:
-    """Start the device-code flow. Returns device_code, qr_url, user_code, interval, expire_in."""
-    base_url = _accounts_base_url(domain)
-    res = _post_registration(base_url, {
-        "action": "begin",
-        "archetype": "PersonalAgent",
-        "auth_method": "client_secret",
-        "request_user_info": "open_id",
-    })
-    device_code = res.get("device_code")
-    if not device_code:
-        raise RuntimeError("Feishu / Lark registration did not return a device_code")
-    qr_url = res.get("verification_uri_complete", "")
-    if "?" in qr_url:
-        qr_url += "&from=hermes&tp=hermes"
-    else:
-        qr_url += "?from=hermes&tp=hermes"
-    return {
-        "device_code": device_code,
-        "qr_url": qr_url,
-        "user_code": res.get("user_code", ""),
-        "interval": res.get("interval") or 5,
-        "expire_in": res.get("expire_in") or 600,
-    }
-
-
-def _poll_registration(
-    *,
-    device_code: str,
-    interval: int,
-    expire_in: int,
-    domain: str = "feishu",
-) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Poll until the user scans the QR code, or timeout/denial.
-
-    Returns dict with app_id, app_secret, domain, open_id on success.
-    Returns None on failure.
-    """
-    deadline = time.time() + expire_in
-    current_domain = domain
-    domain_switched = False
-    poll_count = 0
-
-    while time.time() < deadline:
-        base_url = _accounts_base_url(current_domain)
-        try:
-            res = _post_registration(base_url, {
-                "action": "poll",
-                "device_code": device_code,
-                "tp": "ob_app",
-            })
-        except (URLError, OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-            time.sleep(interval)
-            continue
-
-        poll_count += 1
-        if poll_count == 1:
-            print("  Fetching configuration results...", end="", flush=True)
-        elif poll_count % 6 == 0:
-            print(".", end="", flush=True)
-
-        # Domain auto-detection
-        user_info = res.get("user_info") or {}
-        tenant_brand = user_info.get("tenant_brand")
-        if tenant_brand == "lark" and not domain_switched:
-            current_domain = "lark"
-            domain_switched = True
-            # Fall through — server may return credentials in this same response.
-
-        # Success
-        if res.get("client_id") and res.get("client_secret"):
-            if poll_count > 0:
-                print()  # newline after "Fetching configuration results..." dots
-            return {
-                "app_id": res["client_id"],
-                "app_secret": res["client_secret"],
-                "domain": current_domain,
-                "open_id": user_info.get("open_id"),
-            }
-
-        # Terminal errors
-        error = res.get("error", "")
-        if error in ("access_denied", "expired_token"):
-            if poll_count > 0:
-                print()
-            logger.warning("[Feishu onboard] Registration %s", error)
-            return None
-
-        # authorization_pending or unknown — keep polling
-        time.sleep(interval)
-
-    if poll_count > 0:
-        print()
-    logger.warning("[Feishu onboard] Poll timed out after %ds", expire_in)
-    return None
-
-
-try:
-    import qrcode as _qrcode_mod
-except (ImportError, TypeError):
-    _qrcode_mod = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-
-
-def _render_qr(url: str) -> bool:
-    """Try to render a QR code in the terminal. Returns True if successful."""
-    if _qrcode_mod is None:
-        return False
-    try:
-        qr = _qrcode_mod.QRCode()
-        qr.add_data(url)
-        qr.make(fit=True)
-        qr.print_ascii(invert=True)
-        return True
-    except Exception:
-        return False
-
-
-def probe_bot(app_id: str, app_secret: str, domain: str) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Verify bot connectivity via /open-apis/bot/v3/info.
-
-    Uses lark_oapi SDK when available, falls back to raw HTTP otherwise.
-    Returns {"bot_name": ..., "bot_open_id": ...} on success, None on failure.
-    """
-    if FEISHU_AVAILABLE:
-        return _probe_bot_sdk(app_id, app_secret, domain)
-    return _probe_bot_http(app_id, app_secret, domain)
-
-
-def _build_onboard_client(app_id: str, app_secret: str, domain: str) -> Any:
-    """Build a lark Client for the given credentials and domain."""
-    sdk_domain = LARK_DOMAIN if domain == "lark" else FEISHU_DOMAIN
-    return (
-        lark.Client.builder()
-        .app_id(app_id)
-        .app_secret(app_secret)
-        .domain(sdk_domain)
-        .log_level(lark.LogLevel.WARNING)
-        .build()
-    )
-
-
-def _parse_bot_response(data: dict) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Extract bot_name and bot_open_id from a /bot/v3/info response."""
-    if data.get("code") != 0:
-        return None
-    bot = data.get("bot") or data.get("data", {}).get("bot") or {}
-    return {
-        "bot_name": bot.get("bot_name"),
-        "bot_open_id": bot.get("open_id"),
-    }
-
-
-def _probe_bot_sdk(app_id: str, app_secret: str, domain: str) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Probe bot info using lark_oapi SDK."""
-    try:
-        client = _build_onboard_client(app_id, app_secret, domain)
-        resp = client.request(
-            method="GET",
-            url="/open-apis/bot/v3/info",
-            body=None,
-            raw_response=True,
-        )
-        return _parse_bot_response(json.loads(resp.content))
-    except Exception as exc:
-        logger.debug("[Feishu onboard] SDK probe failed: %s", exc)
-        return None
-
-
-def _probe_bot_http(app_id: str, app_secret: str, domain: str) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Fallback probe using raw HTTP (when lark_oapi is not installed)."""
-    base_url = _onboard_open_base_url(domain)
-    try:
-        token_data = json.dumps({"app_id": app_id, "app_secret": app_secret}).encode("utf-8")
-        token_req = Request(
-            f"{base_url}/open-apis/auth/v3/tenant_access_token/internal",
-            data=token_data,
-            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
-        )
-        with urlopen(token_req, timeout=_ONBOARD_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S) as resp:
-            token_res = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
-
-        access_token = token_res.get("tenant_access_token")
-        if not access_token:
-            return None
-
-        bot_req = Request(
-            f"{base_url}/open-apis/bot/v3/info",
-            headers={
-                "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
-                "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            },
-        )
-        with urlopen(bot_req, timeout=_ONBOARD_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S) as resp:
-            bot_res = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
-
-        return _parse_bot_response(bot_res)
-    except (URLError, OSError, KeyError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
-        logger.debug("[Feishu onboard] HTTP probe failed: %s", exc)
-        return None
-
-
-def qr_register(
-    *,
-    initial_domain: str = "feishu",
-    timeout_seconds: int = 600,
-) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Run the Feishu / Lark scan-to-create QR registration flow.
-
-    Returns on success::
-
-        {
-            "app_id": str,
-            "app_secret": str,
-            "domain": "feishu" | "lark",
-            "open_id": str | None,
-            "bot_name": str | None,
-            "bot_open_id": str | None,
-        }
-
-    Returns None on expected failures (network, auth denied, timeout).
-    Unexpected errors (bugs, protocol regressions) propagate to the caller.
-    """
-    try:
-        return _qr_register_inner(initial_domain=initial_domain, timeout_seconds=timeout_seconds)
-    except (RuntimeError, URLError, OSError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
-        logger.warning("[Feishu onboard] Registration failed: %s", exc)
-        return None
-
-
-def _qr_register_inner(
-    *,
-    initial_domain: str,
-    timeout_seconds: int,
-) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Run init → begin → poll → probe. Raises on network/protocol errors."""
-    print("  Connecting to Feishu / Lark...", end="", flush=True)
-    _init_registration(initial_domain)
-    begin = _begin_registration(initial_domain)
-    print(" done.")
-
-    print()
-    qr_url = begin["qr_url"]
-    if _render_qr(qr_url):
-        print(f"\n  Scan the QR code above, or open this URL directly:\n  {qr_url}")
-    else:
-        print(f"  Open this URL in Feishu / Lark on your phone:\n\n  {qr_url}\n")
-        print("  Tip: pip install qrcode  to display a scannable QR code here next time")
-    print()
-
-    result = _poll_registration(
-        device_code=begin["device_code"],
-        interval=begin["interval"],
-        expire_in=min(begin["expire_in"], timeout_seconds),
-        domain=initial_domain,
-    )
-    if not result:
-        return None
-
-    # Probe bot — best-effort, don't fail the registration
-    bot_info = probe_bot(result["app_id"], result["app_secret"], result["domain"])
-    if bot_info:
-        result["bot_name"] = bot_info.get("bot_name")
-        result["bot_open_id"] = bot_info.get("bot_open_id")
-    else:
-        result["bot_name"] = None
-        result["bot_open_id"] = None
-
-    return result
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ class MessageDeduplicator:
            return False
        now = time.time()
        if msg_id in self._seen:
-            if now - self._seen[msg_id] < self._ttl:
-                return True
-            # Entry has expired — remove it and treat as new
-            del self._seen[msg_id]
+            return True
        self._seen[msg_id] = now
        if len(self._seen) > self._max_size:
            cutoff = now - self._ttl
@@ -718,12 +718,6 @@ class MattermostAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            thread_id=thread_id,
        )

-        # Per-channel ephemeral prompt
-        from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_channel_prompt
-        _channel_prompt = resolve_channel_prompt(
-            self.config.extra, channel_id, None,
-        )
-
        msg_event = MessageEvent(
            text=message_text,
            message_type=msg_type,
@@ -732,7 +726,6 @@ class MattermostAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            message_id=post_id,
            media_urls=media_urls if media_urls else None,
            media_types=media_types if media_types else None,
-            channel_prompt=_channel_prompt,
        )

        await self.handle_message(msg_event)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import random
+import re
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -780,6 +781,21 @@ class SignalAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    # Typing Indicators
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------

+    async def _start_typing_indicator(self, chat_id: str) -> None:
+        """Start a typing indicator loop for a chat."""
+        if chat_id in self._typing_tasks:
+            return  # Already running
+
+        async def _typing_loop():
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    await self.send_typing(chat_id)
+                    await asyncio.sleep(TYPING_INTERVAL)
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+
+        self._typing_tasks[chat_id] = asyncio.create_task(_typing_loop())
+
    async def _stop_typing_indicator(self, chat_id: str) -> None:
        """Stop a typing indicator loop for a chat."""
        task = self._typing_tasks.pop(chat_id, None)
@@ -366,20 +366,6 @@ class SlackAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            # in an assistant-enabled context. Falls back to reactions.
            logger.debug("[Slack] assistant.threads.setStatus failed: %s", e)

-    def _dm_top_level_threads_as_sessions(self) -> bool:
-        """Whether top-level Slack DMs get per-message session threads.
-
-        Defaults to ``True`` so each visible DM reply thread is isolated as its
-        own Hermes session — matching the per-thread behavior channels already
-        have.  Set ``platforms.slack.extra.dm_top_level_threads_as_sessions``
-        to ``false`` in config.yaml to revert to the legacy behavior where all
-        top-level DMs share one continuous session.
-        """
-        raw = self.config.extra.get("dm_top_level_threads_as_sessions")
-        if raw is None:
-            return True  # default: each DM thread is its own session
-        return str(raw).strip().lower() in ("1", "true", "yes", "on")
-
    def _resolve_thread_ts(
        self,
        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -1010,14 +996,10 @@ class SlackAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        # Build thread_ts for session keying.
        # In channels: fall back to ts so each top-level @mention starts a
        #   new thread/session (the bot always replies in a thread).
-        # In DMs: fall back to ts so each top-level DM reply thread gets
-        #   its own session key (matching channel behavior). Set
-        #   dm_top_level_threads_as_sessions: false in config to revert to
-        #   legacy single-session-per-DM-channel behavior.
+        # In DMs: only use the real thread_ts — top-level DMs should share
+        #   one continuous session, threaded DMs get their own session.
        if is_dm:
-            thread_ts = event.get("thread_ts") or assistant_meta.get("thread_ts")
-            if not thread_ts and self._dm_top_level_threads_as_sessions():
-                thread_ts = ts
+            thread_ts = event.get("thread_ts") or assistant_meta.get("thread_ts")  # None for top-level DMs
        else:
            thread_ts = event.get("thread_ts") or ts  # ts fallback for channels

@@ -1185,12 +1167,6 @@ class SlackAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            thread_id=thread_ts,
        )

-        # Per-channel ephemeral prompt
-        from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_channel_prompt
-        _channel_prompt = resolve_channel_prompt(
-            self.config.extra, channel_id, None,
-        )
-
        msg_event = MessageEvent(
            text=text,
            message_type=msg_type,
@@ -1200,7 +1176,6 @@ class SlackAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            media_urls=media_urls,
            media_types=media_types,
            reply_to_message_id=thread_ts if thread_ts != ts else None,
-            channel_prompt=_channel_prompt,
        )

        # Only react when bot is directly addressed (DM or @mention).
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import html as _html
 import re
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any

@@ -19,10 +18,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

 try:
    from telegram import Update, Bot, Message, InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
-    try:
-        from telegram import LinkPreviewOptions
-    except ImportError:
-        LinkPreviewOptions = None
    from telegram.ext import (
        Application,
        CommandHandler,
@@ -41,7 +36,6 @@ except ImportError:
    Message = Any
    InlineKeyboardButton = Any
    InlineKeyboardMarkup = Any
-    LinkPreviewOptions = None
    Application = Any
    CommandHandler = Any
    CallbackQueryHandler = Any
@@ -71,10 +65,7 @@ from gateway.platforms.base import (
    cache_image_from_bytes,
    cache_audio_from_bytes,
    cache_document_from_bytes,
-    resolve_proxy_url,
    SUPPORTED_DOCUMENT_TYPES,
-    utf16_len,
-    _prefix_within_utf16_limit,
 )
 from gateway.platforms.telegram_network import (
    TelegramFallbackTransport,
@@ -135,7 +126,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    # When a chunk is near this limit, a continuation is almost certain.
    _SPLIT_THRESHOLD = 4000
    MEDIA_GROUP_WAIT_SECONDS = 0.8
-    _GENERAL_TOPIC_THREAD_ID = "1"
    
    def __init__(self, config: PlatformConfig):
        super().__init__(config, Platform.TELEGRAM)
@@ -144,7 +134,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._webhook_mode: bool = False
        self._mention_patterns = self._compile_mention_patterns()
        self._reply_to_mode: str = getattr(config, 'reply_to_mode', 'first') or 'first'
-        self._disable_link_previews: bool = self._coerce_bool_extra("disable_link_previews", False)
        # Buffer rapid/album photo updates so Telegram image bursts are handled
        # as a single MessageEvent instead of self-interrupting multiple turns.
        self._media_batch_delay_seconds = float(os.getenv("HERMES_TELEGRAM_MEDIA_BATCH_DELAY_SECONDS", "0.8"))
@@ -171,38 +160,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        # Approval button state: message_id → session_key
        self._approval_state: Dict[int, str] = {}

-    @staticmethod
-    def _is_callback_user_authorized(user_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Return whether a Telegram inline-button caller may perform gated actions."""
-        allowed_csv = os.getenv("TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS", "").strip()
-        if not allowed_csv:
-            return True
-        allowed_ids = {uid.strip() for uid in allowed_csv.split(",") if uid.strip()}
-        return "*" in allowed_ids or user_id in allowed_ids
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _metadata_thread_id(cls, metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[str]:
-        if not metadata:
-            return None
-        thread_id = metadata.get("thread_id") or metadata.get("message_thread_id")
-        return str(thread_id) if thread_id is not None else None
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _message_thread_id_for_send(cls, thread_id: Optional[str]) -> Optional[int]:
-        if not thread_id or str(thread_id) == cls._GENERAL_TOPIC_THREAD_ID:
-            return None
-        return int(thread_id)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _message_thread_id_for_typing(cls, thread_id: Optional[str]) -> Optional[int]:
-        if not thread_id:
-            return None
-        return int(thread_id)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _is_thread_not_found_error(error: Exception) -> bool:
-        return "thread not found" in str(error).lower()
-
    def _fallback_ips(self) -> list[str]:
        """Return validated fallback IPs from config (populated by _apply_env_overrides)."""
        configured = self.config.extra.get("fallback_ips", []) if getattr(self.config, "extra", None) else []
@@ -233,26 +190,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            pass
        return isinstance(error, OSError)

-    def _coerce_bool_extra(self, key: str, default: bool = False) -> bool:
-        value = self.config.extra.get(key) if getattr(self.config, "extra", None) else None
-        if value is None:
-            return default
-        if isinstance(value, str):
-            lowered = value.strip().lower()
-            if lowered in ("true", "1", "yes", "on"):
-                return True
-            if lowered in ("false", "0", "no", "off"):
-                return False
-            return default
-        return bool(value)
-
-    def _link_preview_kwargs(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        if not getattr(self, "_disable_link_previews", False):
-            return {}
-        if LinkPreviewOptions is not None:
-            return {"link_preview_options": LinkPreviewOptions(is_disabled=True)}
-        return {"disable_web_page_preview": True}
-
    async def _handle_polling_network_error(self, error: Exception) -> None:
        """Reconnect polling after a transient network interruption.

@@ -600,7 +537,10 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                "write_timeout": _env_float("HERMES_TELEGRAM_HTTP_WRITE_TIMEOUT", 20.0),
            }

-            proxy_url = resolve_proxy_url("TELEGRAM_PROXY")
+            proxy_configured = any(
+                (os.getenv(k) or "").strip()
+                for k in ("HTTPS_PROXY", "HTTP_PROXY", "ALL_PROXY", "https_proxy", "http_proxy", "all_proxy")
+            )
            disable_fallback = (os.getenv("HERMES_TELEGRAM_DISABLE_FALLBACK_IPS", "").strip().lower() in ("1", "true", "yes", "on"))
            fallback_ips = self._fallback_ips()
            if not fallback_ips:
@@ -611,7 +551,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    ", ".join(fallback_ips),
                )

-            if fallback_ips and not proxy_url and not disable_fallback:
+            if fallback_ips and not proxy_configured and not disable_fallback:
                logger.info(
                    "[%s] Telegram fallback IPs active: %s",
                    self.name,
@@ -627,12 +567,10 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    **request_kwargs,
                    httpx_kwargs={"transport": TelegramFallbackTransport(fallback_ips)},
                )
-            elif proxy_url:
-                logger.info("[%s] Proxy detected; passing explicitly to HTTPXRequest: %s", self.name, proxy_url)
-                request = HTTPXRequest(**request_kwargs, proxy=proxy_url)
-                get_updates_request = HTTPXRequest(**request_kwargs, proxy=proxy_url)
            else:
-                if disable_fallback:
+                if proxy_configured:
+                    logger.info("[%s] Proxy configured; skipping Telegram fallback-IP transport", self.name)
+                elif disable_fallback:
                    logger.info("[%s] Telegram fallback-IP transport disabled via env", self.name)
                request = HTTPXRequest(**request_kwargs)
                get_updates_request = HTTPXRequest(**request_kwargs)
@@ -666,14 +604,14 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                from telegram.error import NetworkError, TimedOut
            except ImportError:
                NetworkError = TimedOut = OSError  # type: ignore[misc,assignment]
-            _max_connect = 8
+            _max_connect = 3
            for _attempt in range(_max_connect):
                try:
                    await self._app.initialize()
                    break
                except (NetworkError, TimedOut, OSError) as init_err:
                    if _attempt < _max_connect - 1:
-                        wait = min(2 ** _attempt, 15)
+                        wait = 2 ** _attempt
                        logger.warning(
                            "[%s] Connect attempt %d/%d failed: %s — retrying in %ds",
                            self.name, _attempt + 1, _max_connect, init_err, wait,
@@ -861,9 +799,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        try:
            # Format and split message if needed
            formatted = self.format_message(content)
-            chunks = self.truncate_message(
-                formatted, self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH, len_fn=utf16_len,
-            )
+            chunks = self.truncate_message(formatted, self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH)
            if len(chunks) > 1:
                # truncate_message appends a raw " (1/2)" suffix. Escape the
                # MarkdownV2-special parentheses so Telegram doesn't reject the
@@ -874,7 +810,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                ]
            
            message_ids = []
-            thread_id = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            thread_id = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
            
            try:
                from telegram.error import NetworkError as _NetErr
@@ -894,7 +830,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
                should_thread = self._should_thread_reply(reply_to, i)
                reply_to_id = int(reply_to) if should_thread else None
-                effective_thread_id = self._message_thread_id_for_send(thread_id)
+                effective_thread_id = int(thread_id) if thread_id else None

                msg = None
                for _send_attempt in range(3):
@@ -907,7 +843,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                                parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2,
                                reply_to_message_id=reply_to_id,
                                message_thread_id=effective_thread_id,
-                                **self._link_preview_kwargs(),
                            )
                        except Exception as md_error:
                            # Markdown parsing failed, try plain text
@@ -920,7 +855,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                                    parse_mode=None,
                                    reply_to_message_id=reply_to_id,
                                    message_thread_id=effective_thread_id,
-                                    **self._link_preview_kwargs(),
                                )
                            else:
                                raise
@@ -931,7 +865,8 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                        # (not transient network issues). Detect and handle
                        # specific cases instead of blindly retrying.
                        if _BadReq and isinstance(send_err, _BadReq):
-                            if self._is_thread_not_found_error(send_err) and effective_thread_id is not None:
+                            err_lower = str(send_err).lower()
+                            if "thread not found" in err_lower and effective_thread_id is not None:
                                # Thread doesn't exist — retry without
                                # message_thread_id so the message still
                                # reaches the chat.
@@ -941,7 +876,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                                )
                                effective_thread_id = None
                                continue
-                            err_lower = str(send_err).lower()
                            if "message to be replied not found" in err_lower and reply_to_id is not None:
                                # Original message was deleted before we
                                # could reply — clear reply target and retry
@@ -1036,9 +970,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            # streaming).  Truncate and succeed so the stream consumer can
            # split the overflow into a new message instead of dying.
            if "message_too_long" in err_str or "too long" in err_str:
-                truncated = _prefix_within_utf16_limit(
-                    content, self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH - 20
-                ) + "…"
+                truncated = content[: self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH - 20] + "…"
                try:
                    await self._bot.edit_message_text(
                        chat_id=int(chat_id),
@@ -1108,7 +1040,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                text=text,
                parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN,
                reply_markup=keyboard,
-                **self._link_preview_kwargs(),
            )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1131,13 +1062,15 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        try:
            cmd_preview = command[:3800] + "..." if len(command) > 3800 else command
            text = (
-                f"⚠️ <b>Command Approval Required</b>\n\n"
-                f"<pre>{_html.escape(cmd_preview)}</pre>\n\n"
-                f"Reason: {_html.escape(description)}"
+                f"⚠️ *Command Approval Required*\n\n"
+                f"`{cmd_preview}`\n\n"
+                f"Reason: {description}"
            )

            # Resolve thread context for thread replies
-            thread_id = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            thread_id = None
+            if metadata:
+                thread_id = metadata.get("thread_id") or metadata.get("message_thread_id")

            # We'll use the message_id as part of callback_data to look up session_key
            # Send a placeholder first, then update — or use a counter.
@@ -1161,13 +1094,11 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {
                "chat_id": int(chat_id),
                "text": text,
-                "parse_mode": ParseMode.HTML,
+                "parse_mode": ParseMode.MARKDOWN,
                "reply_markup": keyboard,
-                **self._link_preview_kwargs(),
            }
-            message_thread_id = self._message_thread_id_for_send(thread_id)
-            if message_thread_id is not None:
-                kwargs["message_thread_id"] = message_thread_id
+            if thread_id:
+                kwargs["message_thread_id"] = int(thread_id)

            msg = await self._bot.send_message(**kwargs)

@@ -1235,7 +1166,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN,
                reply_markup=keyboard,
                message_thread_id=int(thread_id) if thread_id else None,
-                **self._link_preview_kwargs(),
            )

            # Store picker state keyed by chat_id
@@ -1504,9 +1434,12 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

                # Only authorized users may click approval buttons.
                caller_id = str(getattr(query.from_user, "id", ""))
-                if not self._is_callback_user_authorized(caller_id):
-                    await query.answer(text="⛔ You are not authorized to approve commands.")
-                    return
+                allowed_csv = os.getenv("TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS", "").strip()
+                if allowed_csv:
+                    allowed_ids = {uid.strip() for uid in allowed_csv.split(",") if uid.strip()}
+                    if "*" not in allowed_ids and caller_id not in allowed_ids:
+                        await query.answer(text="⛔ You are not authorized to approve commands.")
+                        return

                session_key = self._approval_state.pop(approval_id, None)
                if not session_key:
@@ -1551,10 +1484,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        if not data.startswith("update_prompt:"):
            return
        answer = data.split(":", 1)[1]  # "y" or "n"
-        caller_id = str(getattr(query.from_user, "id", ""))
-        if not self._is_callback_user_authorized(caller_id):
-            await query.answer(text="⛔ You are not authorized to answer update prompts.")
-            return
        await query.answer(text=f"Sent '{answer}' to the update process.")
        # Edit the message to show the choice and remove buttons
        label = "Yes" if answer == "y" else "No"
@@ -1600,23 +1529,23 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            with open(audio_path, "rb") as audio_file:
                # .ogg files -> send as voice (round playable bubble)
                if audio_path.endswith((".ogg", ".opus")):
-                    _voice_thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+                    _voice_thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
                    msg = await self._bot.send_voice(
                        chat_id=int(chat_id),
                        voice=audio_file,
                        caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                        reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                        message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_voice_thread),
+                        message_thread_id=int(_voice_thread) if _voice_thread else None,
                    )
                else:
                    # .mp3 and others -> send as audio file
-                    _audio_thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+                    _audio_thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
                    msg = await self._bot.send_audio(
                        chat_id=int(chat_id),
                        audio=audio_file,
                        caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                        reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                        message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_audio_thread),
+                        message_thread_id=int(_audio_thread) if _audio_thread else None,
                    )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1646,14 +1575,14 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            if not os.path.exists(image_path):
                return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Image file not found: {image_path}")

-            _thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            _thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
            with open(image_path, "rb") as image_file:
                msg = await self._bot.send_photo(
                    chat_id=int(chat_id),
                    photo=image_file,
                    caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                    reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                    message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_thread),
+                    message_thread_id=int(_thread) if _thread else None,
                )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1684,7 +1613,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                return SendResult(success=False, error=f"File not found: {file_path}")

            display_name = file_name or os.path.basename(file_path)
-            _thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            _thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None

            with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
                msg = await self._bot.send_document(
@@ -1693,7 +1622,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    filename=display_name,
                    caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                    reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                    message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_thread),
+                    message_thread_id=int(_thread) if _thread else None,
                )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1717,14 +1646,14 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            if not os.path.exists(video_path):
                return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Video file not found: {video_path}")

-            _thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            _thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
            with open(video_path, "rb") as f:
                msg = await self._bot.send_video(
                    chat_id=int(chat_id),
                    video=f,
                    caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                    reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                    message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_thread),
+                    message_thread_id=int(_thread) if _thread else None,
                )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1754,13 +1683,13 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        try:
            # Telegram can send photos directly from URLs (up to ~5MB)
-            _photo_thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            _photo_thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
            msg = await self._bot.send_photo(
                chat_id=int(chat_id),
                photo=image_url,
                caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,  # Telegram caption limit
                reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_photo_thread),
+                message_thread_id=int(_photo_thread) if _photo_thread else None,
            )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1783,7 +1712,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    photo=image_data,
                    caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                    reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                    message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_photo_thread),
                )
                return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
            except Exception as e2:
@@ -1809,13 +1737,13 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
        
        try:
-            _anim_thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
+            _anim_thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
            msg = await self._bot.send_animation(
                chat_id=int(chat_id),
                animation=animation_url,
                caption=caption[:1024] if caption else None,
                reply_to_message_id=int(reply_to) if reply_to else None,
-                message_thread_id=self._message_thread_id_for_send(_anim_thread),
+                message_thread_id=int(_anim_thread) if _anim_thread else None,
            )
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=str(msg.message_id))
        except Exception as e:
@@ -1832,23 +1760,12 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        """Send typing indicator."""
        if self._bot:
            try:
-                _typing_thread = self._metadata_thread_id(metadata)
-                message_thread_id = self._message_thread_id_for_typing(_typing_thread)
-                try:
-                    await self._bot.send_chat_action(
-                        chat_id=int(chat_id),
-                        action="typing",
-                        message_thread_id=message_thread_id,
-                    )
-                except Exception as e:
-                    if message_thread_id is not None and self._is_thread_not_found_error(e):
-                        await self._bot.send_chat_action(
-                            chat_id=int(chat_id),
-                            action="typing",
-                            message_thread_id=None,
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        raise
+                _typing_thread = metadata.get("thread_id") if metadata else None
+                await self._bot.send_chat_action(
+                    chat_id=int(chat_id),
+                    action="typing",
+                    message_thread_id=int(_typing_thread) if _typing_thread else None,
+                )
            except Exception as e:
                # Typing failures are non-fatal; log at debug level only.
                logger.debug(
@@ -1993,20 +1910,9 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        )

        # 9) Convert blockquotes: > at line start → protect > from escaping
-        #    Handle both regular blockquotes (> text) and expandable blockquotes
-        #    (Telegram MarkdownV2: **> for expandable start, || to end the quote)
-        def _convert_blockquote(m):
-            prefix = m.group(1)  # >, >>, >>>, **>, or **>> etc.
-            content = m.group(2)
-            # Check if content ends with || (expandable blockquote end marker)
-            # In this case, preserve the trailing || unescaped for Telegram
-            if prefix.startswith('**') and content.endswith('||'):
-                return _ph(f'{prefix} {_escape_mdv2(content[:-2])}||')
-            return _ph(f'{prefix} {_escape_mdv2(content)}')
-
        text = re.sub(
-            r'^((?:\*\*)?>{1,3}) (.+)$',
-            _convert_blockquote,
+            r'^(>{1,3}) (.+)$',
+            lambda m: _ph(m.group(1) + ' ' + _escape_mdv2(m.group(2))),
            text,
            flags=re.MULTILINE,
        )
@@ -2079,27 +1985,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return {str(part).strip() for part in raw if str(part).strip()}
        return {part.strip() for part in str(raw).split(",") if part.strip()}

-    def _telegram_ignored_threads(self) -> set[int]:
-        raw = self.config.extra.get("ignored_threads")
-        if raw is None:
-            raw = os.getenv("TELEGRAM_IGNORED_THREADS", "")
-
-        if isinstance(raw, list):
-            values = raw
-        else:
-            values = str(raw).split(",")
-
-        ignored: set[int] = set()
-        for value in values:
-            text = str(value).strip()
-            if not text:
-                continue
-            try:
-                ignored.add(int(text))
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                logger.warning("[%s] Ignoring invalid Telegram thread id: %r", self.name, value)
-        return ignored
-
    def _compile_mention_patterns(self) -> List[re.Pattern]:
        """Compile optional regex wake-word patterns for group triggers."""
        patterns = self.config.extra.get("mention_patterns")
@@ -2211,13 +2096,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        """
        if not self._is_group_chat(message):
            return True
-        thread_id = getattr(message, "message_thread_id", None)
-        if thread_id is not None:
-            try:
-                if int(thread_id) in self._telegram_ignored_threads():
-                    return False
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                logger.warning("[%s] Ignoring non-numeric Telegram message_thread_id: %r", self.name, thread_id)
        if str(getattr(getattr(message, "chat", None), "id", "")) in self._telegram_free_response_chats():
            return True
        if not self._telegram_require_mention():
@@ -2793,9 +2671,7 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        # Resolve DM topic name and skill binding
        thread_id_raw = message.message_thread_id
-        thread_id_str = str(thread_id_raw) if thread_id_raw is not None else None
-        if chat_type == "group" and thread_id_str is None and getattr(chat, "is_forum", False):
-            thread_id_str = self._GENERAL_TOPIC_THREAD_ID
+        thread_id_str = str(thread_id_raw) if thread_id_raw else None
        chat_topic = None
        topic_skill = None

@@ -2844,15 +2720,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            reply_to_id = str(message.reply_to_message.message_id)
            reply_to_text = message.reply_to_message.text or message.reply_to_message.caption or None

-        # Per-channel/topic ephemeral prompt
-        from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_channel_prompt
-        _chat_id_str = str(chat.id)
-        _channel_prompt = resolve_channel_prompt(
-            self.config.extra,
-            thread_id_str or _chat_id_str,
-            _chat_id_str if thread_id_str else None,
-        )
-
        return MessageEvent(
            text=message.text or "",
            message_type=msg_type,
@@ -2862,7 +2729,6 @@ class TelegramAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            reply_to_message_id=reply_to_id,
            reply_to_text=reply_to_text,
            auto_skill=topic_skill,
-            channel_prompt=_channel_prompt,
            timestamp=message.date,
        )

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import asyncio
 import ipaddress
 import logging
+import os
 import socket
 from typing import Iterable, Optional

@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ _SEED_FALLBACK_IPS: list[str] = ["149.154.167.220"]
 def _resolve_proxy_url() -> str | None:
    # Delegate to shared implementation (env vars + macOS system proxy detection)
    from gateway.platforms.base import resolve_proxy_url
-    return resolve_proxy_url("TELEGRAM_PROXY")
+    return resolve_proxy_url()


 class TelegramFallbackTransport(httpx.AsyncBaseTransport):
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import hashlib
 import hmac
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import time
@@ -203,7 +204,6 @@ class WebhookAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            "wecom_callback",
            "weixin",
            "bluebubbles",
-            "qqbot",
        ):
            return await self._deliver_cross_platform(
                deliver_type, content, delivery
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import logging
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import re
+import time
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ class WeComAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    async def _open_connection(self) -> None:
        """Open and authenticate a websocket connection."""
        await self._cleanup_ws()
-        self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True)
+        self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
        self._ws = await self._session.ws_connect(
            self._ws_url,
            heartbeat=HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECONDS * 2,
@@ -258,20 +258,6 @@ class WecomCallbackAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                )
                event = self._build_event(app, decrypted)
                if event is not None:
-                    # Deduplicate: WeCom retries callbacks on timeout,
-                    # producing duplicate inbound messages (#10305).
-                    if event.message_id:
-                        now = time.time()
-                        if event.message_id in self._seen_messages:
-                            if now - self._seen_messages[event.message_id] < MESSAGE_DEDUP_TTL_SECONDS:
-                                logger.debug("[WecomCallback] Duplicate MsgId %s, skipping", event.message_id)
-                                return web.Response(text="success", content_type="text/plain")
-                            del self._seen_messages[event.message_id]
-                        self._seen_messages[event.message_id] = now
-                        # Prune expired entries when cache grows large
-                        if len(self._seen_messages) > 2000:
-                            cutoff = now - MESSAGE_DEDUP_TTL_SECONDS
-                            self._seen_messages = {k: v for k, v in self._seen_messages.items() if v > cutoff}
                    # Record which app this user belongs to.
                    if event.source and event.source.user_id:
                        map_key = self._user_app_key(
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
-from urllib.parse import quote, urlparse
+from urllib.parse import quote

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

@@ -96,28 +96,6 @@ MEDIA_VIDEO = 2
 MEDIA_FILE = 3
 MEDIA_VOICE = 4

-_LIVE_ADAPTERS: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-
-
-def _make_ssl_connector() -> Optional["aiohttp.TCPConnector"]:
-    """Return a TCPConnector with a certifi CA bundle, or None if certifi is unavailable.
-
-    Tencent's iLink server (``ilinkai.weixin.qq.com``) is not verifiable against
-    some system CA stores (notably Homebrew's OpenSSL on macOS Apple Silicon).
-    When ``certifi`` is installed, use its Mozilla CA bundle to guarantee
-    verification. Otherwise fall back to aiohttp's default (which honors
-    ``SSL_CERT_FILE`` env var via ``trust_env=True``).
-    """
-    try:
-        import ssl
-        import certifi
-    except ImportError:
-        return None
-    if not AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE:
-        return None
-    ssl_ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=certifi.where())
-    return aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=ssl_ctx)
-
 ITEM_TEXT = 1
 ITEM_IMAGE = 2
 ITEM_VOICE = 3
@@ -134,7 +112,6 @@ TYPING_STOP = 2
 _HEADER_RE = re.compile(r"^(#{1,6})\s+(.+?)\s*$")
 _TABLE_RULE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\|?(?:\s*:?-{3,}:?\s*\|)+\s*:?-{3,}:?\s*\|?\s*$")
 _FENCE_RE = re.compile(r"^```([^\n`]*)\s*$")
-_MARKDOWN_LINK_RE = re.compile(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)")


 def check_weixin_requirements() -> bool:
@@ -420,25 +397,19 @@ async def _send_message(
    text: str,
    context_token: Optional[str],
    client_id: str,
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Send a text message via iLink sendmessage API.
-
-    Returns the raw API response dict (may contain error codes like
-    ``errcode: -14`` for session expiry that the caller can inspect).
-    """
-    if not text or not text.strip():
-        raise ValueError("_send_message: text must not be empty")
+) -> None:
    message: Dict[str, Any] = {
        "from_user_id": "",
        "to_user_id": to,
        "client_id": client_id,
        "message_type": MSG_TYPE_BOT,
        "message_state": MSG_STATE_FINISH,
-        "item_list": [{"type": ITEM_TEXT, "text_item": {"text": text}}],
    }
+    if text:
+        message["item_list"] = [{"type": ITEM_TEXT, "text_item": {"text": text}}]
    if context_token:
        message["context_token"] = context_token
-    return await _api_post(
+    await _api_post(
        session,
        base_url=base_url,
        endpoint=EP_SEND_MESSAGE,
@@ -528,15 +499,13 @@ async def _upload_ciphertext(
    session: "aiohttp.ClientSession",
    *,
    ciphertext: bytes,
-    upload_url: str,
+    cdn_base_url: str,
+    upload_param: str,
+    filekey: str,
 ) -> str:
-    """Upload encrypted media to the CDN.
-
-    Accepts either a constructed CDN URL (from upload_param) or a direct
-    upload_full_url — both use POST with the raw ciphertext as the body.
-    """
+    url = _cdn_upload_url(cdn_base_url, upload_param, filekey)
    timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=120)
-    async with session.post(upload_url, data=ciphertext, headers={"Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"}, timeout=timeout) as response:
+    async with session.post(url, data=ciphertext, headers={"Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"}, timeout=timeout) as response:
        if response.status == 200:
            encrypted_param = response.headers.get("x-encrypted-param")
            if encrypted_param:
@@ -560,39 +529,6 @@ async def _download_bytes(
        return await response.read()


-_WEIXIN_CDN_ALLOWLIST: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
-    {
-        "novac2c.cdn.weixin.qq.com",
-        "ilinkai.weixin.qq.com",
-        "wx.qlogo.cn",
-        "thirdwx.qlogo.cn",
-        "res.wx.qq.com",
-        "mmbiz.qpic.cn",
-        "mmbiz.qlogo.cn",
-    }
-)
-
-
-def _assert_weixin_cdn_url(url: str) -> None:
-    """Raise ValueError if *url* does not point at a known WeChat CDN host."""
-    try:
-        parsed = urlparse(url)
-        scheme = parsed.scheme.lower()
-        host = parsed.hostname or ""
-    except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
-        raise ValueError(f"Unparseable media URL: {url!r}") from exc
-
-    if scheme not in ("http", "https"):
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Media URL has disallowed scheme {scheme!r}; only http/https are permitted."
-        )
-    if host not in _WEIXIN_CDN_ALLOWLIST:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Media URL host {host!r} is not in the WeChat CDN allowlist. "
-            "Refusing to fetch to prevent SSRF."
-        )
-
-
 def _media_reference(item: Dict[str, Any], key: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    return (item.get(key) or {}).get("media") or {}

@@ -613,7 +549,6 @@ async def _download_and_decrypt_media(
            timeout_seconds=timeout_seconds,
        )
    elif full_url:
-        _assert_weixin_cdn_url(full_url)
        raw = await _download_bytes(session, url=full_url, timeout_seconds=timeout_seconds)
    else:
        raise RuntimeError("media item had neither encrypt_query_param nor full_url")
@@ -684,31 +619,42 @@ def _rewrite_table_block_for_weixin(lines: List[str]) -> str:
 def _normalize_markdown_blocks(content: str) -> str:
    lines = content.splitlines()
    result: List[str] = []
+    i = 0
    in_code_block = False
-    blank_run = 0

-    for raw_line in lines:
-        line = raw_line.rstrip()
-        if _FENCE_RE.match(line.strip()):
+    while i < len(lines):
+        line = lines[i].rstrip()
+        fence_match = _FENCE_RE.match(line.strip())
+        if fence_match:
            in_code_block = not in_code_block
            result.append(line)
-            blank_run = 0
+            i += 1
            continue

        if in_code_block:
            result.append(line)
+            i += 1
            continue

-        if not line.strip():
-            blank_run += 1
-            if blank_run <= 1:
-                result.append("")
+        if (
+            i + 1 < len(lines)
+            and "|" in lines[i]
+            and _TABLE_RULE_RE.match(lines[i + 1].rstrip())
+        ):
+            table_lines = [lines[i].rstrip(), lines[i + 1].rstrip()]
+            i += 2
+            while i < len(lines) and "|" in lines[i]:
+                table_lines.append(lines[i].rstrip())
+                i += 1
+            result.append(_rewrite_table_block_for_weixin(table_lines))
            continue

-        blank_run = 0
-        result.append(line)
+        result.append(_rewrite_headers_for_weixin(line))
+        i += 1

-    return "\n".join(result).strip()
+    normalized = "\n".join(item.rstrip() for item in result)
+    normalized = re.sub(r"\n{3,}", "\n\n", normalized)
+    return normalized.strip()


 def _split_markdown_blocks(content: str) -> List[str]:
@@ -754,8 +700,8 @@ def _split_delivery_units_for_weixin(content: str) -> List[str]:

    Weixin can render Markdown, but chat readability is better when top-level
    line breaks become separate messages. Keep fenced code blocks intact and
-    attach indented continuation lines to the previous top-level line so nested
-    list items do not get torn apart.
+    attach indented continuation lines to the previous top-level line so
+    transformed tables/lists do not get torn apart.
    """
    units: List[str] = []

@@ -788,46 +734,6 @@ def _split_delivery_units_for_weixin(content: str) -> List[str]:
    return [unit for unit in units if unit]


-def _looks_like_chatty_line_for_weixin(line: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True when a line looks like a standalone chat utterance."""
-    stripped = line.strip()
-    if not stripped:
-        return False
-    if len(stripped) > 48:
-        return False
-    if line.startswith((" ", "\t")):
-        return False
-    if stripped.startswith((">", "-", "*", "【", "#", "|")):
-        return False
-    if _TABLE_RULE_RE.match(stripped):
-        return False
-    if re.match(r"^\*\*[^*]+\*\*$", stripped):
-        return False
-    if re.match(r"^\d+\.\s", stripped):
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
-def _looks_like_heading_line_for_weixin(line: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True when a short line behaves like a heading."""
-    stripped = line.strip()
-    if not stripped:
-        return False
-    if _HEADER_RE.match(stripped):
-        return True
-    return len(stripped) <= 24 and stripped.endswith((":", "："))
-
-
-def _should_split_short_chat_block_for_weixin(block: str) -> bool:
-    """Split only chat-like multiline blocks into separate bubbles."""
-    lines = [line for line in block.splitlines() if line.strip()]
-    if not 2 <= len(lines) <= 6:
-        return False
-    if _looks_like_heading_line_for_weixin(lines[0]):
-        return False
-    return all(_looks_like_chatty_line_for_weixin(line) for line in lines)
-
-
 def _pack_markdown_blocks_for_weixin(content: str, max_length: int) -> List[str]:
    if len(content) <= max_length:
        return [content]
@@ -869,8 +775,6 @@ def _split_text_for_weixin_delivery(
    ``platforms.weixin.extra.split_multiline_messages`` (``true`` / ``false``)
    or the env var ``WEIXIN_SPLIT_MULTILINE_MESSAGES``.
    """
-    if not content:
-        return []
    if split_per_line:
        # Legacy: one message per top-level delivery unit.
        if len(content) <= max_length and "\n" not in content:
@@ -881,17 +785,11 @@ def _split_text_for_weixin_delivery(
                chunks.append(unit)
                continue
            chunks.extend(_pack_markdown_blocks_for_weixin(unit, max_length))
-        return [c for c in chunks if c] or [content]
+        return chunks or [content]

-    # Compact (default): single message when under the limit — unless the
-    # content looks like a short chatty exchange, in which case split into
-    # separate bubbles for a more natural chat feel.
+    # Compact (default): single message when under the limit.
    if len(content) <= max_length:
-        return (
-            [u for u in _split_delivery_units_for_weixin(content) if u]
-            if _should_split_short_chat_block_for_weixin(content)
-            else [content]
-        )
+        return [content]
    return _pack_markdown_blocks_for_weixin(content, max_length) or [content]


@@ -989,7 +887,7 @@ async def qr_login(
    if not AIOHTTP_AVAILABLE:
        raise RuntimeError("aiohttp is required for Weixin QR login")

-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True, connector=_make_ssl_connector()) as session:
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        try:
            qr_resp = await _api_get(
                session,
@@ -1007,10 +905,6 @@ async def qr_login(
            logger.error("weixin: QR response missing qrcode")
            return None

-        # qrcode_url is the full scannable liteapp URL; qrcode_value is just the hex token
-        # WeChat needs to scan the full URL, not the raw hex string
-        qr_scan_data = qrcode_url if qrcode_url else qrcode_value
-
        print("\n请使用微信扫描以下二维码：")
        if qrcode_url:
            print(qrcode_url)
@@ -1018,11 +912,11 @@ async def qr_login(
            import qrcode

            qr = qrcode.QRCode()
-            qr.add_data(qr_scan_data)
+            qr.add_data(qrcode_url or qrcode_value)
            qr.make(fit=True)
            qr.print_ascii(invert=True)
-        except Exception as _qr_exc:
-            print(f"（终端二维码渲染失败: {_qr_exc}，请直接打开上面的二维码链接）")
+        except Exception:
+            print("（终端二维码渲染失败，请直接打开上面的二维码链接）")

        deadline = time.time() + timeout_seconds
        current_base_url = ILINK_BASE_URL
@@ -1068,17 +962,8 @@ async def qr_login(
                    )
                    qrcode_value = str(qr_resp.get("qrcode") or "")
                    qrcode_url = str(qr_resp.get("qrcode_img_content") or "")
-                    qr_scan_data = qrcode_url if qrcode_url else qrcode_value
                    if qrcode_url:
                        print(qrcode_url)
-                    try:
-                        import qrcode as _qrcode
-                        qr = _qrcode.QRCode()
-                        qr.add_data(qr_scan_data)
-                        qr.make(fit=True)
-                        qr.print_ascii(invert=True)
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
                except Exception as exc:
                    logger.error("weixin: QR refresh failed: %s", exc)
                    return None
@@ -1115,10 +1000,6 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

    MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 4000

-    # WeChat does not support editing sent messages — streaming must use the
-    # fallback "send-final-only" path so the cursor (▉) is never left visible.
-    SUPPORTS_MESSAGE_EDITING = False
-
    def __init__(self, config: PlatformConfig):
        super().__init__(config, Platform.WEIXIN)
        extra = config.extra or {}
@@ -1126,8 +1007,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._hermes_home = hermes_home
        self._token_store = ContextTokenStore(hermes_home)
        self._typing_cache = TypingTicketCache()
-        self._poll_session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
-        self._send_session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
+        self._session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
        self._poll_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
        self._dedup = MessageDeduplicator(ttl_seconds=MESSAGE_DEDUP_TTL_SECONDS)

@@ -1202,17 +1082,14 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        except Exception as exc:
            logger.debug("[%s] Token lock unavailable (non-fatal): %s", self.name, exc)

-        self._poll_session = aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True, connector=_make_ssl_connector())
-        self._send_session = aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True, connector=_make_ssl_connector())
+        self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
        self._token_store.restore(self._account_id)
        self._poll_task = asyncio.create_task(self._poll_loop(), name="weixin-poll")
        self._mark_connected()
-        _LIVE_ADAPTERS[self._token] = self
        logger.info("[%s] Connected account=%s base=%s", self.name, _safe_id(self._account_id), self._base_url)
        return True

    async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        _LIVE_ADAPTERS.pop(self._token, None)
        self._running = False
        if self._poll_task and not self._poll_task.done():
            self._poll_task.cancel()
@@ -1221,18 +1098,15 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            except asyncio.CancelledError:
                pass
        self._poll_task = None
-        if self._poll_session and not self._poll_session.closed:
-            await self._poll_session.close()
-        self._poll_session = None
-        if self._send_session and not self._send_session.closed:
-            await self._send_session.close()
-        self._send_session = None
+        if self._session and not self._session.closed:
+            await self._session.close()
+        self._session = None
        self._release_platform_lock()
        self._mark_disconnected()
        logger.info("[%s] Disconnected", self.name)

    async def _poll_loop(self) -> None:
-        assert self._poll_session is not None
+        assert self._session is not None
        sync_buf = _load_sync_buf(self._hermes_home, self._account_id)
        timeout_ms = LONG_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS
        consecutive_failures = 0
@@ -1240,7 +1114,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        while self._running:
            try:
                response = await _get_updates(
-                    self._poll_session,
+                    self._session,
                    base_url=self._base_url,
                    token=self._token,
                    sync_buf=sync_buf,
@@ -1297,7 +1171,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            logger.error("[%s] unhandled inbound error from=%s: %s", self.name, _safe_id(message.get("from_user_id")), exc, exc_info=True)

    async def _process_message(self, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-        assert self._poll_session is not None
+        assert self._session is not None
        sender_id = str(message.get("from_user_id") or "").strip()
        if not sender_id:
            return
@@ -1390,7 +1264,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        media = _media_reference(item, "image_item")
        try:
            data = await _download_and_decrypt_media(
-                self._poll_session,
+                self._session,
                cdn_base_url=self._cdn_base_url,
                encrypted_query_param=media.get("encrypt_query_param"),
                aes_key_b64=(item.get("image_item") or {}).get("aeskey")
@@ -1408,7 +1282,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        media = _media_reference(item, "video_item")
        try:
            data = await _download_and_decrypt_media(
-                self._poll_session,
+                self._session,
                cdn_base_url=self._cdn_base_url,
                encrypted_query_param=media.get("encrypt_query_param"),
                aes_key_b64=media.get("aes_key"),
@@ -1427,7 +1301,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        mime = _mime_from_filename(filename)
        try:
            data = await _download_and_decrypt_media(
-                self._poll_session,
+                self._session,
                cdn_base_url=self._cdn_base_url,
                encrypted_query_param=media.get("encrypt_query_param"),
                aes_key_b64=media.get("aes_key"),
@@ -1446,7 +1320,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return None
        try:
            data = await _download_and_decrypt_media(
-                self._poll_session,
+                self._session,
                cdn_base_url=self._cdn_base_url,
                encrypted_query_param=media.get("encrypt_query_param"),
                aes_key_b64=media.get("aes_key"),
@@ -1459,13 +1333,13 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return None

    async def _maybe_fetch_typing_ticket(self, user_id: str, context_token: Optional[str]) -> None:
-        if not self._poll_session or not self._token:
+        if not self._session or not self._token:
            return
        if self._typing_cache.get(user_id):
            return
        try:
            response = await _get_config(
-                self._poll_session,
+                self._session,
                base_url=self._base_url,
                token=self._token,
                user_id=user_id,
@@ -1490,19 +1364,12 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        context_token: Optional[str],
        client_id: str,
    ) -> None:
-        """Send a single text chunk with per-chunk retry and backoff.
-
-        On session-expired errors (errcode -14), automatically retries
-        *without* ``context_token`` — iLink accepts tokenless sends as a
-        degraded fallback, which keeps cron-initiated push messages working
-        even when no user message has refreshed the session recently.
-        """
+        """Send a single text chunk with per-chunk retry and backoff."""
        last_error: Optional[Exception] = None
-        retried_without_token = False
        for attempt in range(self._send_chunk_retries + 1):
            try:
-                resp = await _send_message(
-                    self._send_session,
+                await _send_message(
+                    self._session,
                    base_url=self._base_url,
                    token=self._token,
                    to=chat_id,
@@ -1510,31 +1377,6 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
                    context_token=context_token,
                    client_id=client_id,
                )
-                # Check iLink response for session-expired error
-                if resp and isinstance(resp, dict):
-                    ret = resp.get("ret")
-                    errcode = resp.get("errcode")
-                    if (ret is not None and ret not in (0,)) or (errcode is not None and errcode not in (0,)):
-                        is_session_expired = (
-                            ret == SESSION_EXPIRED_ERRCODE
-                            or errcode == SESSION_EXPIRED_ERRCODE
-                        )
-                        # Session expired — strip token and retry once
-                        if is_session_expired and not retried_without_token and context_token:
-                            retried_without_token = True
-                            context_token = None
-                            self._token_store._cache.pop(
-                                self._token_store._key(self._account_id, chat_id), None
-                            )
-                            logger.warning(
-                                "[%s] session expired for %s; retrying without context_token",
-                                self.name, _safe_id(chat_id),
-                            )
-                            continue
-                        errmsg = resp.get("errmsg") or resp.get("msg") or "unknown error"
-                        raise RuntimeError(
-                            f"iLink sendmessage error: ret={ret} errcode={errcode} errmsg={errmsg}"
-                        )
                return
            except Exception as exc:
                last_error = exc
@@ -1562,48 +1404,12 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
    ) -> SendResult:
-        if not self._send_session or not self._token:
+        if not self._session or not self._token:
            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
        context_token = self._token_store.get(self._account_id, chat_id)
        last_message_id: Optional[str] = None
-
-        # Extract MEDIA: tags and bare local file paths before text delivery.
-        media_files, cleaned_content = self.extract_media(content)
-        _, image_cleaned = self.extract_images(cleaned_content)
-        local_files, final_content = self.extract_local_files(image_cleaned)
-
-        _AUDIO_EXTS = {".ogg", ".opus", ".mp3", ".wav", ".m4a"}
-        _VIDEO_EXTS = {".mp4", ".mov", ".avi", ".mkv", ".webm", ".3gp"}
-        _IMAGE_EXTS = {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".webp", ".gif"}
-
-        async def _deliver_media(path: str, is_voice: bool = False) -> None:
-            ext = Path(path).suffix.lower()
-            if is_voice or ext in _AUDIO_EXTS:
-                await self.send_voice(chat_id=chat_id, audio_path=path, metadata=metadata)
-            elif ext in _VIDEO_EXTS:
-                await self.send_video(chat_id=chat_id, video_path=path, metadata=metadata)
-            elif ext in _IMAGE_EXTS:
-                await self.send_image_file(chat_id=chat_id, image_path=path, metadata=metadata)
-            else:
-                await self.send_document(chat_id=chat_id, file_path=path, metadata=metadata)
-
        try:
-            # Deliver extracted MEDIA: attachments first.
-            for media_path, is_voice in media_files:
-                try:
-                    await _deliver_media(media_path, is_voice)
-                except Exception as exc:
-                    logger.warning("[%s] media delivery failed for %s: %s", self.name, media_path, exc)
-
-            # Deliver bare local file paths.
-            for file_path in local_files:
-                try:
-                    await _deliver_media(file_path, is_voice=False)
-                except Exception as exc:
-                    logger.warning("[%s] local file delivery failed for %s: %s", self.name, file_path, exc)
-
-            # Deliver text content.
-            chunks = [c for c in self._split_text(self.format_message(final_content)) if c and c.strip()]
+            chunks = self._split_text(self.format_message(content))
            for idx, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
                client_id = f"hermes-weixin-{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
                await self._send_text_chunk(
@@ -1621,14 +1427,14 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(exc))

    async def send_typing(self, chat_id: str, metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
-        if not self._send_session or not self._token:
+        if not self._session or not self._token:
            return
        typing_ticket = self._typing_cache.get(chat_id)
        if not typing_ticket:
            return
        try:
            await _send_typing(
-                self._send_session,
+                self._session,
                base_url=self._base_url,
                token=self._token,
                to_user_id=chat_id,
@@ -1639,14 +1445,14 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            logger.debug("[%s] typing start failed for %s: %s", self.name, _safe_id(chat_id), exc)

    async def stop_typing(self, chat_id: str) -> None:
-        if not self._send_session or not self._token:
+        if not self._session or not self._token:
            return
        typing_ticket = self._typing_cache.get(chat_id)
        if not typing_ticket:
            return
        try:
            await _send_typing(
-                self._send_session,
+                self._session,
                base_url=self._base_url,
                token=self._token,
                to_user_id=chat_id,
@@ -1684,92 +1490,37 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    async def send_image_file(
        self,
        chat_id: str,
-        image_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
+        path: str,
+        caption: str = "",
        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        **kwargs,
    ) -> SendResult:
-        del reply_to, kwargs
-        return await self.send_document(
-            chat_id=chat_id,
-            file_path=image_path,
-            caption=caption,
-            metadata=metadata,
-        )
+        return await self.send_document(chat_id, path, caption=caption, metadata=metadata)

    async def send_document(
        self,
        chat_id: str,
-        file_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        file_name: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
+        path: str,
+        caption: str = "",
        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        **kwargs,
    ) -> SendResult:
-        del file_name, reply_to, metadata, kwargs
-        if not self._send_session or not self._token:
+        if not self._session or not self._token:
            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
        try:
-            message_id = await self._send_file(chat_id, file_path, caption or "")
+            message_id = await self._send_file(chat_id, path, caption)
            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=message_id)
        except Exception as exc:
            logger.error("[%s] send_document failed to=%s: %s", self.name, _safe_id(chat_id), exc)
            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(exc))

-    async def send_video(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        video_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        if not self._send_session or not self._token:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-        try:
-            message_id = await self._send_file(chat_id, video_path, caption or "")
-            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=message_id)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.error("[%s] send_video failed to=%s: %s", self.name, _safe_id(chat_id), exc)
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(exc))
-
-    async def send_voice(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        audio_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        if not self._send_session or not self._token:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        # Native outbound Weixin voice bubbles are not proven-working in the
-        # upstream reference implementation. Prefer a reliable file attachment
-        # fallback so users at least receive playable audio, even for .silk.
-        fallback_caption = caption or "[voice message as attachment]"
-        try:
-            message_id = await self._send_file(
-                chat_id,
-                audio_path,
-                fallback_caption,
-                force_file_attachment=True,
-            )
-            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=message_id)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.error("[%s] send_voice failed to=%s: %s", self.name, _safe_id(chat_id), exc)
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(exc))
-
    async def _download_remote_media(self, url: str) -> str:
        from tools.url_safety import is_safe_url

        if not is_safe_url(url):
            raise ValueError(f"Blocked unsafe URL (SSRF protection): {url}")

-        assert self._send_session is not None
-        async with self._send_session.get(url, timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30)) as response:
+        assert self._session is not None
+        async with self._session.get(url, timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30)) as response:
            response.raise_for_status()
            data = await response.read()
            suffix = Path(url.split("?", 1)[0]).suffix or ".bin"
@@ -1777,75 +1528,63 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
            handle.write(data)
            return handle.name

-    async def _send_file(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        path: str,
-        caption: str,
-        force_file_attachment: bool = False,
-    ) -> str:
-        assert self._send_session is not None and self._token is not None
+    async def _send_file(self, chat_id: str, path: str, caption: str) -> str:
+        assert self._session is not None and self._token is not None
        plaintext = Path(path).read_bytes()
-        media_type, item_builder = self._outbound_media_builder(path, force_file_attachment=force_file_attachment)
+        media_type, item_builder = self._outbound_media_builder(path)
        filekey = secrets.token_hex(16)
        aes_key = secrets.token_bytes(16)
        rawsize = len(plaintext)
-        rawfilemd5 = hashlib.md5(plaintext).hexdigest()
        upload_response = await _get_upload_url(
-            self._send_session,
+            self._session,
            base_url=self._base_url,
            token=self._token,
            to_user_id=chat_id,
            media_type=media_type,
            filekey=filekey,
            rawsize=rawsize,
-            rawfilemd5=rawfilemd5,
+            rawfilemd5=hashlib.md5(plaintext).hexdigest(),
            filesize=_aes_padded_size(rawsize),
            aeskey_hex=aes_key.hex(),
        )
        upload_param = str(upload_response.get("upload_param") or "")
        upload_full_url = str(upload_response.get("upload_full_url") or "")
        ciphertext = _aes128_ecb_encrypt(plaintext, aes_key)
-
-        # Prefer upload_full_url (direct CDN), fall back to constructed CDN URL
-        # from upload_param.  Both paths use POST — the old PUT for
-        # upload_full_url caused 404s on the WeChat CDN.
-        if upload_full_url:
-            upload_url = upload_full_url
-        elif upload_param:
-            upload_url = _cdn_upload_url(self._cdn_base_url, upload_param, filekey)
+        if upload_param:
+            encrypted_query_param = await _upload_ciphertext(
+                self._session,
+                ciphertext=ciphertext,
+                cdn_base_url=self._cdn_base_url,
+                upload_param=upload_param,
+                filekey=filekey,
+            )
+        elif upload_full_url:
+            timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=120)
+            async with self._session.put(
+                upload_full_url,
+                data=ciphertext,
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"},
+                timeout=timeout,
+            ) as response:
+                response.raise_for_status()
+                encrypted_query_param = response.headers.get("x-encrypted-param") or filekey
        else:
            raise RuntimeError(f"getUploadUrl returned neither upload_param nor upload_full_url: {upload_response}")

-        encrypted_query_param = await _upload_ciphertext(
-            self._send_session,
-            ciphertext=ciphertext,
-            upload_url=upload_url,
-        )
        context_token = self._token_store.get(self._account_id, chat_id)
-        # The iLink API expects aes_key as base64(hex_string), not base64(raw_bytes).
-        # Sending base64(raw_bytes) causes images to show as grey boxes on the
-        # receiver side because the decryption key doesn't match.
-        aes_key_for_api = base64.b64encode(aes_key.hex().encode("ascii")).decode("ascii")
-        item_kwargs = {
-            "encrypt_query_param": encrypted_query_param,
-            "aes_key_for_api": aes_key_for_api,
-            "ciphertext_size": len(ciphertext),
-            "plaintext_size": rawsize,
-            "filename": Path(path).name,
-            "rawfilemd5": rawfilemd5,
-        }
-        if media_type == MEDIA_VOICE and path.endswith(".silk"):
-            item_kwargs["encode_type"] = 6
-            item_kwargs["sample_rate"] = 24000
-            item_kwargs["bits_per_sample"] = 16
-        media_item = item_builder(**item_kwargs)
+        media_item = item_builder(
+            encrypt_query_param=encrypted_query_param,
+            aes_key_b64=base64.b64encode(aes_key).decode("ascii"),
+            ciphertext_size=len(ciphertext),
+            plaintext_size=rawsize,
+            filename=Path(path).name,
+        )

        last_message_id = None
        if caption:
            last_message_id = f"hermes-weixin-{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
            await _send_message(
-                self._send_session,
+                self._session,
                base_url=self._base_url,
                token=self._token,
                to=chat_id,
@@ -1856,7 +1595,7 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):

        last_message_id = f"hermes-weixin-{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
        await _api_post(
-            self._send_session,
+            self._session,
            base_url=self._base_url,
            endpoint=EP_SEND_MESSAGE,
            payload={
@@ -1875,72 +1614,42 @@ class WeixinAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        )
        return last_message_id

-    def _outbound_media_builder(self, path: str, force_file_attachment: bool = False):
+    def _outbound_media_builder(self, path: str):
        mime = mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0] or "application/octet-stream"
        if mime.startswith("image/"):
-            return MEDIA_IMAGE, lambda **kw: {
+            return MEDIA_IMAGE, lambda **kwargs: {
                "type": ITEM_IMAGE,
                "image_item": {
                    "media": {
-                        "encrypt_query_param": kw["encrypt_query_param"],
-                        "aes_key": kw["aes_key_for_api"],
+                        "encrypt_query_param": kwargs["encrypt_query_param"],
+                        "aes_key": kwargs["aes_key_b64"],
                        "encrypt_type": 1,
                    },
-                    "mid_size": kw["ciphertext_size"],
+                    "mid_size": kwargs["ciphertext_size"],
                },
            }
        if mime.startswith("video/"):
-            return MEDIA_VIDEO, lambda **kw: {
+            return MEDIA_VIDEO, lambda **kwargs: {
                "type": ITEM_VIDEO,
                "video_item": {
                    "media": {
-                        "encrypt_query_param": kw["encrypt_query_param"],
-                        "aes_key": kw["aes_key_for_api"],
+                        "encrypt_query_param": kwargs["encrypt_query_param"],
+                        "aes_key": kwargs["aes_key_b64"],
                        "encrypt_type": 1,
                    },
-                    "video_size": kw["ciphertext_size"],
-                    "play_length": kw.get("play_length", 0),
-                    "video_md5": kw.get("rawfilemd5", ""),
+                    "video_size": kwargs["ciphertext_size"],
                },
            }
-        if path.endswith(".silk") and not force_file_attachment:
-            return MEDIA_VOICE, lambda **kw: {
-                "type": ITEM_VOICE,
-                "voice_item": {
-                    "media": {
-                        "encrypt_query_param": kw["encrypt_query_param"],
-                        "aes_key": kw["aes_key_for_api"],
-                        "encrypt_type": 1,
-                    },
-                    "encode_type": kw.get("encode_type"),
-                    "bits_per_sample": kw.get("bits_per_sample"),
-                    "sample_rate": kw.get("sample_rate"),
-                    "playtime": kw.get("playtime", 0),
-                },
-            }
-        if mime.startswith("audio/"):
-            return MEDIA_FILE, lambda **kw: {
-                "type": ITEM_FILE,
-                "file_item": {
-                    "media": {
-                        "encrypt_query_param": kw["encrypt_query_param"],
-                        "aes_key": kw["aes_key_for_api"],
-                        "encrypt_type": 1,
-                    },
-                    "file_name": kw["filename"],
-                    "len": str(kw["plaintext_size"]),
-                },
-            }
-        return MEDIA_FILE, lambda **kw: {
+        return MEDIA_FILE, lambda **kwargs: {
            "type": ITEM_FILE,
            "file_item": {
                "media": {
-                    "encrypt_query_param": kw["encrypt_query_param"],
-                    "aes_key": kw["aes_key_for_api"],
+                    "encrypt_query_param": kwargs["encrypt_query_param"],
+                    "aes_key": kwargs["aes_key_b64"],
                    "encrypt_type": 1,
                },
-                "file_name": kw["filename"],
-                "len": str(kw["plaintext_size"]),
+                "file_name": kwargs["filename"],
+                "len": str(kwargs["plaintext_size"]),
            },
        }

@@ -1980,34 +1689,7 @@ async def send_weixin_direct(
    token_store.restore(account_id)
    context_token = token_store.get(account_id, chat_id)

-    live_adapter = _LIVE_ADAPTERS.get(resolved_token)
-    send_session = getattr(live_adapter, '_send_session', None)
-    if live_adapter is not None and send_session is not None and not send_session.closed:
-        last_result: Optional[SendResult] = None
-        cleaned = live_adapter.format_message(message)
-        if cleaned:
-            last_result = await live_adapter.send(chat_id, cleaned)
-            if not last_result.success:
-                return {"error": f"Weixin send failed: {last_result.error}"}
-
-        for media_path, _is_voice in media_files or []:
-            ext = Path(media_path).suffix.lower()
-            if ext in {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif", ".webp", ".bmp"}:
-                last_result = await live_adapter.send_image_file(chat_id, media_path)
-            else:
-                last_result = await live_adapter.send_document(chat_id, media_path)
-            if not last_result.success:
-                return {"error": f"Weixin media send failed: {last_result.error}"}
-
-        return {
-            "success": True,
-            "platform": "weixin",
-            "chat_id": chat_id,
-            "message_id": last_result.message_id if last_result else None,
-            "context_token_used": bool(context_token),
-        }
-
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(trust_env=True, connector=_make_ssl_connector()) as session:
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        adapter = WeixinAdapter(
            PlatformConfig(
                enabled=True,
@@ -2020,7 +1702,6 @@ async def send_weixin_direct(
                },
            )
        )
-        adapter._send_session = session
        adapter._session = session
        adapter._token = resolved_token
        adapter._account_id = account_id
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ class WhatsAppAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
    - session_path: Path to store WhatsApp session data
    """
    
-    # WhatsApp message limits — practical UX limit, not protocol max.
-    # WhatsApp allows ~65K but long messages are unreadable on mobile.
-    MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 4096
+    # WhatsApp message limits
+    MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 65536  # WhatsApp allows longer messages
    
    # Default bridge location relative to the hermes-agent install
    _DEFAULT_BRIDGE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / "scripts" / "whatsapp-bridge"
@@ -532,63 +531,6 @@ class WhatsAppAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        self._close_bridge_log()
        print(f"[{self.name}] Disconnected")
    
-    def format_message(self, content: str) -> str:
-        """Convert standard markdown to WhatsApp-compatible formatting.
-
-        WhatsApp supports: *bold*, _italic_, ~strikethrough~, ```code```,
-        and monospaced `inline`. Standard markdown uses different syntax
-        for bold/italic/strikethrough, so we convert here.
-
-        Code blocks (``` fenced) and inline code (`) are protected from
-        conversion via placeholder substitution.
-        """
-        if not content:
-            return content
-
-        # --- 1. Protect fenced code blocks from formatting changes ---
-        _FENCE_PH = "\x00FENCE"
-        fences: list[str] = []
-
-        def _save_fence(m: re.Match) -> str:
-            fences.append(m.group(0))
-            return f"{_FENCE_PH}{len(fences) - 1}\x00"
-
-        result = re.sub(r"```[\s\S]*?```", _save_fence, content)
-
-        # --- 2. Protect inline code ---
-        _CODE_PH = "\x00CODE"
-        codes: list[str] = []
-
-        def _save_code(m: re.Match) -> str:
-            codes.append(m.group(0))
-            return f"{_CODE_PH}{len(codes) - 1}\x00"
-
-        result = re.sub(r"`[^`\n]+`", _save_code, result)
-
-        # --- 3. Convert markdown formatting to WhatsApp syntax ---
-        # Bold: **text** or __text__ → *text*
-        result = re.sub(r"\*\*(.+?)\*\*", r"*\1*", result)
-        result = re.sub(r"__(.+?)__", r"*\1*", result)
-        # Strikethrough: ~~text~~ → ~text~
-        result = re.sub(r"~~(.+?)~~", r"~\1~", result)
-        # Italic: *text* is already WhatsApp italic — leave as-is
-        # _text_ is already WhatsApp italic — leave as-is
-
-        # --- 4. Convert markdown headers to bold text ---
-        # # Header → *Header*
-        result = re.sub(r"^#{1,6}\s+(.+)$", r"*\1*", result, flags=re.MULTILINE)
-
-        # --- 5. Convert markdown links: [text](url) → text (url) ---
-        result = re.sub(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)", r"\1 (\2)", result)
-
-        # --- 6. Restore protected sections ---
-        for i, fence in enumerate(fences):
-            result = result.replace(f"{_FENCE_PH}{i}\x00", fence)
-        for i, code in enumerate(codes):
-            result = result.replace(f"{_CODE_PH}{i}\x00", code)
-
-        return result
-
    async def send(
        self,
        chat_id: str,
@@ -596,57 +538,38 @@ class WhatsAppAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send a message via the WhatsApp bridge.
-
-        Formats markdown for WhatsApp, splits long messages into chunks
-        that preserve code block boundaries, and sends each chunk sequentially.
-        """
+        """Send a message via the WhatsApp bridge."""
        if not self._running or not self._http_session:
            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
        bridge_exit = await self._check_managed_bridge_exit()
        if bridge_exit:
            return SendResult(success=False, error=bridge_exit)
-
-        if not content or not content.strip():
-            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=None)
-
+        
        try:
            import aiohttp

-            # Format and chunk the message
-            formatted = self.format_message(content)
-            chunks = self.truncate_message(formatted, self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH)
-
-            last_message_id = None
-            for chunk in chunks:
-                payload: Dict[str, Any] = {
-                    "chatId": chat_id,
-                    "message": chunk,
-                }
-                if reply_to and last_message_id is None:
-                    # Only reply-to on the first chunk
-                    payload["replyTo"] = reply_to
-
-                async with self._http_session.post(
-                    f"http://127.0.0.1:{self._bridge_port}/send",
-                    json=payload,
-                    timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30)
-                ) as resp:
-                    if resp.status == 200:
-                        data = await resp.json()
-                        last_message_id = data.get("messageId")
-                    else:
-                        error = await resp.text()
-                        return SendResult(success=False, error=error)
-
-                # Small delay between chunks to avoid rate limiting
-                if len(chunks) > 1:
-                    await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
-
-            return SendResult(
-                success=True,
-                message_id=last_message_id,
-            )
+            payload = {
+                "chatId": chat_id,
+                "message": content,
+            }
+            if reply_to:
+                payload["replyTo"] = reply_to
+            
+            async with self._http_session.post(
+                f"http://127.0.0.1:{self._bridge_port}/send",
+                json=payload,
+                timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30)
+            ) as resp:
+                if resp.status == 200:
+                    data = await resp.json()
+                    return SendResult(
+                        success=True,
+                        message_id=data.get("messageId"),
+                        raw_response=data
+                    )
+                else:
+                    error = await resp.text()
+                    return SendResult(success=False, error=error)
        except Exception as e:
            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(e))

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import hashlib
 import logging
 import os
 import json
+import re
 import threading
 import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ class SessionSource:
    chat_topic: Optional[str] = None  # Channel topic/description (Discord, Slack)
    user_id_alt: Optional[str] = None  # Signal UUID (alternative to phone number)
    chat_id_alt: Optional[str] = None  # Signal group internal ID
-    is_bot: bool = False  # True when the message author is a bot/webhook (Discord)
    
    @property
    def description(self) -> str:
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ def build_session_context_prompt(
    lines.append("")
    lines.append("**Delivery options for scheduled tasks:**")
    
-    from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
-
    # Origin delivery
    if context.source.platform == Platform.LOCAL:
        lines.append("- `\"origin\"` → Local output (saved to files)")
@@ -312,11 +310,9 @@ def build_session_context_prompt(
            _hash_chat_id(context.source.chat_id) if redact_pii else context.source.chat_id
        )
        lines.append(f"- `\"origin\"` → Back to this chat ({_origin_label})")
-
+    
    # Local always available
-    lines.append(
-        f"- `\"local\"` → Save to local files only ({display_hermes_home()}/cron/output/)"
-    )
+    lines.append("- `\"local\"` → Save to local files only (~/.hermes/cron/output/)")
    
    # Platform home channels
    for platform, home in context.home_channels.items():
@@ -811,9 +807,9 @@ class SessionStore:
        to avoid resetting long-idle sessions that are harmless to resume.
        Returns the number of sessions that were suspended.
        """
-        from datetime import timedelta
+        import time as _time

-        cutoff = _now() - timedelta(seconds=max_age_seconds)
+        cutoff = _time.time() - max_age_seconds
        count = 0
        with self._lock:
            self._ensure_loaded_locked()
@@ -882,8 +878,7 @@ class SessionStore:
        Used by ``/resume`` to restore a previously-named session.
        Ends the current session in SQLite (like reset), but instead of
        generating a fresh session ID, re-uses ``target_session_id`` so the
-        old transcript is loaded on the next message. If the target session was
-        previously ended, re-open it so gateway resume semantics match the CLI.
+        old transcript is loaded on the next message.
        """
        db_end_session_id = None
        new_entry = None
@@ -923,12 +918,6 @@ class SessionStore:
            except Exception as e:
                logger.debug("Session DB end_session failed: %s", e)

-        if self._db:
-            try:
-                self._db.reopen_session(target_session_id)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug("Session DB reopen_session failed: %s", e)
-
        return new_entry

    def list_sessions(self, active_minutes: Optional[int] = None) -> List[SessionEntry]:
@@ -37,24 +37,18 @@ needs to replace the import + call site:
 """

 from contextvars import ContextVar
-from typing import Any
-
-# Sentinel to distinguish "never set in this context" from "explicitly set to empty".
-# When a contextvar holds _UNSET, we fall back to os.environ (CLI/cron compat).
-# When it holds "" (after clear_session_vars resets it), we return "" — no fallback.
-_UNSET: Any = object()

 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Per-task session variables
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-_SESSION_PLATFORM: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM", default=_UNSET)
-_SESSION_CHAT_ID: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_ID", default=_UNSET)
-_SESSION_CHAT_NAME: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_NAME", default=_UNSET)
-_SESSION_THREAD_ID: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_THREAD_ID", default=_UNSET)
-_SESSION_USER_ID: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_USER_ID", default=_UNSET)
-_SESSION_USER_NAME: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_USER_NAME", default=_UNSET)
-_SESSION_KEY: ContextVar = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_KEY", default=_UNSET)
+_SESSION_PLATFORM: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM", default="")
+_SESSION_CHAT_ID: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_ID", default="")
+_SESSION_CHAT_NAME: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_NAME", default="")
+_SESSION_THREAD_ID: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_THREAD_ID", default="")
+_SESSION_USER_ID: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_USER_ID", default="")
+_SESSION_USER_NAME: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_USER_NAME", default="")
+_SESSION_KEY: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("HERMES_SESSION_KEY", default="")

 _VAR_MAP = {
    "HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM": _SESSION_PLATFORM,
@@ -97,17 +91,10 @@ def set_session_vars(


 def clear_session_vars(tokens: list) -> None:
-    """Mark session context variables as explicitly cleared.
-
-    Sets all variables to ``""`` so that ``get_session_env`` returns an empty
-    string instead of falling back to (potentially stale) ``os.environ``
-    values.  The *tokens* argument is accepted for API compatibility with
-    callers that saved the return value of ``set_session_vars``, but the
-    actual clearing uses ``var.set("")`` rather than ``var.reset(token)``
-    to ensure the "explicitly cleared" state is distinguishable from
-    "never set" (which holds the ``_UNSET`` sentinel).
-    """
-    for var in (
+    """Restore session context variables to their pre-handler values."""
+    if not tokens:
+        return
+    vars_in_order = [
        _SESSION_PLATFORM,
        _SESSION_CHAT_ID,
        _SESSION_CHAT_NAME,
@@ -115,8 +102,9 @@ def clear_session_vars(tokens: list) -> None:
        _SESSION_USER_ID,
        _SESSION_USER_NAME,
        _SESSION_KEY,
-    ):
-        var.set("")
+    ]
+    for var, token in zip(vars_in_order, tokens):
+        var.reset(token)


 def get_session_env(name: str, default: str = "") -> str:
@@ -125,13 +113,8 @@ def get_session_env(name: str, default: str = "") -> str:
    Drop-in replacement for ``os.getenv("HERMES_SESSION_*", default)``.

    Resolution order:
-    1. Context variable (set by the gateway for concurrency-safe access).
-       If the variable was explicitly set (even to ``""``) via
-       ``set_session_vars`` or ``clear_session_vars``, that value is
-       returned — **no fallback to os.environ**.
-    2. ``os.environ`` (only when the context variable was never set in
-       this context — i.e. CLI, cron scheduler, and test processes that
-       don't use ``set_session_vars`` at all).
+    1. Context variable (set by the gateway for concurrency-safe access)
+    2. ``os.environ`` (used by CLI, cron scheduler, and tests)
    3. *default*
    """
    import os
@@ -139,7 +122,7 @@ def get_session_env(name: str, default: str = "") -> str:
    var = _VAR_MAP.get(name)
    if var is not None:
        value = var.get()
-        if value is not _UNSET:
+        if value:
            return value
    # Fall back to os.environ for CLI, cron, and test compatibility
    return os.getenv(name, default)
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ _GATEWAY_KIND = "hermes-gateway"
 _RUNTIME_STATUS_FILE = "gateway_state.json"
 _LOCKS_DIRNAME = "gateway-locks"
 _IS_WINDOWS = sys.platform == "win32"
-_UNSET = object()


 def _get_pid_path() -> Path:
@@ -219,14 +218,14 @@ def write_pid_file() -> None:

 def write_runtime_status(
    *,
-    gateway_state: Any = _UNSET,
-    exit_reason: Any = _UNSET,
-    restart_requested: Any = _UNSET,
-    active_agents: Any = _UNSET,
-    platform: Any = _UNSET,
-    platform_state: Any = _UNSET,
-    error_code: Any = _UNSET,
-    error_message: Any = _UNSET,
+    gateway_state: Optional[str] = None,
+    exit_reason: Optional[str] = None,
+    restart_requested: Optional[bool] = None,
+    active_agents: Optional[int] = None,
+    platform: Optional[str] = None,
+    platform_state: Optional[str] = None,
+    error_code: Optional[str] = None,
+    error_message: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> None:
    """Persist gateway runtime health information for diagnostics/status."""
    path = _get_runtime_status_path()
@@ -237,22 +236,22 @@ def write_runtime_status(
    payload["start_time"] = _get_process_start_time(os.getpid())
    payload["updated_at"] = _utc_now_iso()

-    if gateway_state is not _UNSET:
+    if gateway_state is not None:
        payload["gateway_state"] = gateway_state
-    if exit_reason is not _UNSET:
+    if exit_reason is not None:
        payload["exit_reason"] = exit_reason
-    if restart_requested is not _UNSET:
+    if restart_requested is not None:
        payload["restart_requested"] = bool(restart_requested)
-    if active_agents is not _UNSET:
+    if active_agents is not None:
        payload["active_agents"] = max(0, int(active_agents))

-    if platform is not _UNSET:
+    if platform is not None:
        platform_payload = payload["platforms"].get(platform, {})
-        if platform_state is not _UNSET:
+        if platform_state is not None:
            platform_payload["state"] = platform_state
-        if error_code is not _UNSET:
+        if error_code is not None:
            platform_payload["error_code"] = error_code
-        if error_message is not _UNSET:
+        if error_message is not None:
            platform_payload["error_message"] = error_message
        platform_payload["updated_at"] = _utc_now_iso()
        payload["platforms"][platform] = platform_payload
@@ -266,25 +265,9 @@ def read_runtime_status() -> Optional[dict[str, Any]]:


 def remove_pid_file() -> None:
-    """Remove the gateway PID file, but only if it belongs to this process.
-
-    During --replace handoffs, the old process's atexit handler can fire AFTER
-    the new process has written its own PID file.  Blindly removing the file
-    would delete the new process's record, leaving the gateway running with no
-    PID file (invisible to ``get_running_pid()``).
-    """
+    """Remove the gateway PID file if it exists."""
    try:
-        path = _get_pid_path()
-        record = _read_json_file(path)
-        if record is not None:
-            try:
-                file_pid = int(record["pid"])
-            except (KeyError, TypeError, ValueError):
-                file_pid = None
-            if file_pid is not None and file_pid != os.getpid():
-                # PID file belongs to a different process — leave it alone.
-                return
-        path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        _get_pid_path().unlink(missing_ok=True)
    except Exception:
        pass

@@ -306,15 +289,6 @@ def acquire_scoped_lock(scope: str, identity: str, metadata: Optional[dict[str,
    }

    existing = _read_json_file(lock_path)
-    if existing is None and lock_path.exists():
-        # Lock file exists but is empty or contains invalid JSON — treat as
-        # stale.  This happens when a previous process was killed between
-        # O_CREAT|O_EXCL and the subsequent json.dump() (e.g. DNS failure
-        # during rapid Slack reconnect retries).
-        try:
-            lock_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-        except OSError:
-            pass
    if existing:
        try:
            existing_pid = int(existing["pid"])
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class StreamConsumerConfig:
    edit_interval: float = 1.0
    buffer_threshold: int = 40
    cursor: str = " ▉"
-    buffer_only: bool = False


 class GatewayStreamConsumer:
@@ -65,18 +64,6 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
    # progressive edits for the remainder of the stream.
    _MAX_FLOOD_STRIKES = 3

-    # Reasoning/thinking tags that models emit inline in content.
-    # Must stay in sync with cli.py _OPEN_TAGS/_CLOSE_TAGS and
-    # run_agent.py _strip_think_blocks() tag variants.
-    _OPEN_THINK_TAGS = (
-        "<REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "<think>", "<reasoning>",
-        "<THINKING>", "<thinking>", "<thought>",
-    )
-    _CLOSE_THINK_TAGS = (
-        "</REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "</think>", "</reasoning>",
-        "</THINKING>", "</thinking>", "</thought>",
-    )
-
    def __init__(
        self,
        adapter: Any,
@@ -101,10 +88,6 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
        self._current_edit_interval = self.cfg.edit_interval  # Adaptive backoff
        self._final_response_sent = False

-        # Think-block filter state (mirrors CLI's _stream_delta tag suppression)
-        self._in_think_block = False
-        self._think_buffer = ""
-
    @property
    def already_sent(self) -> bool:
        """True if at least one message was sent or edited during the run."""
@@ -149,112 +132,6 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
        """Signal that the stream is complete."""
        self._queue.put(_DONE)

-    # ── Think-block filtering ────────────────────────────────────────
-    # Models like MiniMax emit inline <think>...</think> blocks in their
-    # content.  The CLI's _stream_delta suppresses these via a state
-    # machine; we do the same here so gateway users never see raw
-    # reasoning tags.  The agent also strips them from the final
-    # response (run_agent.py _strip_think_blocks), but the stream
-    # consumer sends intermediate edits before that stripping happens.
-
-    def _filter_and_accumulate(self, text: str) -> None:
-        """Add a text delta to the accumulated buffer, suppressing think blocks.
-
-        Uses a state machine that tracks whether we are inside a
-        reasoning/thinking block.  Text inside such blocks is silently
-        discarded.  Partial tags at buffer boundaries are held back in
-        ``_think_buffer`` until enough characters arrive to decide.
-        """
-        buf = self._think_buffer + text
-        self._think_buffer = ""
-
-        while buf:
-            if self._in_think_block:
-                # Look for the earliest closing tag
-                best_idx = -1
-                best_len = 0
-                for tag in self._CLOSE_THINK_TAGS:
-                    idx = buf.find(tag)
-                    if idx != -1 and (best_idx == -1 or idx < best_idx):
-                        best_idx = idx
-                        best_len = len(tag)
-
-                if best_len:
-                    # Found closing tag — discard block, process remainder
-                    self._in_think_block = False
-                    buf = buf[best_idx + best_len:]
-                else:
-                    # No closing tag yet — hold tail that could be a
-                    # partial closing tag prefix, discard the rest.
-                    max_tag = max(len(t) for t in self._CLOSE_THINK_TAGS)
-                    self._think_buffer = buf[-max_tag:] if len(buf) > max_tag else buf
-                    return
-            else:
-                # Look for earliest opening tag at a block boundary
-                # (start of text / preceded by newline + optional whitespace).
-                # This prevents false positives when models *mention* tags
-                # in prose (e.g. "the <think> tag is used for…").
-                best_idx = -1
-                best_len = 0
-                for tag in self._OPEN_THINK_TAGS:
-                    search_start = 0
-                    while True:
-                        idx = buf.find(tag, search_start)
-                        if idx == -1:
-                            break
-                        # Block-boundary check (mirrors cli.py logic)
-                        if idx == 0:
-                            is_boundary = (
-                                not self._accumulated
-                                or self._accumulated.endswith("\n")
-                            )
-                        else:
-                            preceding = buf[:idx]
-                            last_nl = preceding.rfind("\n")
-                            if last_nl == -1:
-                                is_boundary = (
-                                    (not self._accumulated
-                                     or self._accumulated.endswith("\n"))
-                                    and preceding.strip() == ""
-                                )
-                            else:
-                                is_boundary = preceding[last_nl + 1:].strip() == ""
-
-                        if is_boundary and (best_idx == -1 or idx < best_idx):
-                            best_idx = idx
-                            best_len = len(tag)
-                            break  # first boundary hit for this tag is enough
-                        search_start = idx + 1
-
-                if best_len:
-                    # Emit text before the tag, enter think block
-                    self._accumulated += buf[:best_idx]
-                    self._in_think_block = True
-                    buf = buf[best_idx + best_len:]
-                else:
-                    # No opening tag — check for a partial tag at the tail
-                    held_back = 0
-                    for tag in self._OPEN_THINK_TAGS:
-                        for i in range(1, len(tag)):
-                            if buf.endswith(tag[:i]) and i > held_back:
-                                held_back = i
-                    if held_back:
-                        self._accumulated += buf[:-held_back]
-                        self._think_buffer = buf[-held_back:]
-                    else:
-                        self._accumulated += buf
-                    return
-
-    def _flush_think_buffer(self) -> None:
-        """Flush any held-back partial-tag buffer into accumulated text.
-
-        Called when the stream ends (got_done) so that partial text that
-        was held back waiting for a possible opening tag is not lost.
-        """
-        if self._think_buffer and not self._in_think_block:
-            self._accumulated += self._think_buffer
-            self._think_buffer = ""
-
    async def run(self) -> None:
        """Async task that drains the queue and edits the platform message."""
        # Platform message length limit — leave room for cursor + formatting
@@ -279,16 +156,10 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
                        if isinstance(item, tuple) and len(item) == 2 and item[0] is _COMMENTARY:
                            commentary_text = item[1]
                            break
-                        self._filter_and_accumulate(item)
+                        self._accumulated += item
                    except queue.Empty:
                        break

-                # Flush any held-back partial-tag buffer on stream end
-                # so trailing text that was waiting for a potential open
-                # tag is not lost.
-                if got_done:
-                    self._flush_think_buffer()
-
                # Decide whether to flush an edit
                now = time.monotonic()
                elapsed = now - self._last_edit_time
@@ -296,13 +167,10 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
                    got_done
                    or got_segment_break
                    or commentary_text is not None
+                    or (elapsed >= self._current_edit_interval
+                        and self._accumulated)
+                    or len(self._accumulated) >= self.cfg.buffer_threshold
                )
-                if not self.cfg.buffer_only:
-                    should_edit = should_edit or (
-                        (elapsed >= self._current_edit_interval
-                            and self._accumulated)
-                        or len(self._accumulated) >= self.cfg.buffer_threshold
-                    )

                current_update_visible = False
                if should_edit and self._accumulated:
@@ -407,21 +275,11 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:

        except asyncio.CancelledError:
            # Best-effort final edit on cancellation
-            _best_effort_ok = False
            if self._accumulated and self._message_id:
                try:
-                    _best_effort_ok = bool(await self._send_or_edit(self._accumulated))
+                    await self._send_or_edit(self._accumulated)
                except Exception:
                    pass
-            # Only confirm final delivery if the best-effort send above
-            # actually succeeded OR if the final response was already
-            # confirmed before we were cancelled.  Previously this
-            # promoted any partial send (already_sent=True) to
-            # final_response_sent — which suppressed the gateway's
-            # fallback send even when only intermediate text (e.g.
-            # "Let me search…") had been delivered, not the real answer.
-            if _best_effort_ok and not self._final_response_sent:
-                self._final_response_sent = True
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error("Stream consumer error: %s", e)

@@ -519,17 +377,9 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
        self._fallback_final_send = False
        if not continuation.strip():
            # Nothing new to send — the visible partial already matches final text.
-            # BUT: if final_text itself has meaningful content (e.g. a timeout
-            # message after a long tool call), the prefix-based continuation
-            # calculation may wrongly conclude "already shown" because the
-            # streamed prefix was from a *previous* segment (before the tool
-            # boundary).  In that case, send the full final_text as-is (#10807).
-            if final_text.strip() and final_text != self._visible_prefix():
-                continuation = final_text
-            else:
-                self._already_sent = True
-                self._final_response_sent = True
-                return
+            self._already_sent = True
+            self._final_response_sent = True
+            return

        raw_limit = getattr(self.adapter, "MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH", 4096)
        safe_limit = max(500, raw_limit - 100)
@@ -623,15 +473,12 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
                content=text,
                metadata=self.metadata,
            )
-            # Note: do NOT set _already_sent = True here.
-            # Commentary messages are interim status updates (e.g. "Using browser
-            # tool..."), not the final response. Setting already_sent would cause
-            # the final response to be incorrectly suppressed when there are
-            # multiple tool calls. See: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/10454
-            return result.success
+            if result.success:
+                self._already_sent = True
+                return True
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error("Commentary send error: %s", e)
-            return False
+        return False

    async def _send_or_edit(self, text: str) -> bool:
        """Send or edit the streaming message.
@@ -644,31 +491,8 @@ class GatewayStreamConsumer:
        # Media files are delivered as native attachments after the stream
        # finishes (via _deliver_media_from_response in gateway/run.py).
        text = self._clean_for_display(text)
-        # A bare streaming cursor is not meaningful user-visible content and
-        # can render as a stray tofu/white-box message on some clients.
-        visible_without_cursor = text
-        if self.cfg.cursor:
-            visible_without_cursor = visible_without_cursor.replace(self.cfg.cursor, "")
-        _visible_stripped = visible_without_cursor.strip()
-        if not _visible_stripped:
-            return True  # cursor-only / whitespace-only update
        if not text.strip():
            return True  # nothing to send is "success"
-        # Guard: do not create a brand-new standalone message when the only
-        # visible content is a handful of characters alongside the streaming
-        # cursor.  During rapid tool-calling the model often emits 1-2 tokens
-        # before switching to tool calls; the resulting "X ▉" message risks
-        # leaving the cursor permanently visible if the follow-up edit (to
-        # strip the cursor on segment break) is rate-limited by the platform.
-        # This was reported on Telegram, Matrix, and other clients where the
-        # ▉ block character renders as a visible white box ("tofu").
-        # Existing messages (edits) are unaffected — only first sends gated.
-        _MIN_NEW_MSG_CHARS = 4
-        if (self._message_id is None
-                and self.cfg.cursor
-                and self.cfg.cursor in text
-                and len(_visible_stripped) < _MIN_NEW_MSG_CHARS):
-            return True  # too short for a standalone message — accumulate more
        try:
            if self._message_id is not None:
                if self._edit_supported:
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent Has Had "Routines" Since March
-
-Anthropic just announced [Claude Code Routines](https://claude.com/blog/introducing-routines-in-claude-code) — scheduled tasks, GitHub event triggers, and API-triggered agent runs. Bundled prompt + repo + connectors, running on their infrastructure.
-
-It's a good feature. We shipped it two months ago.
-
---
-
-## The Three Trigger Types — Side by Side
-
-Claude Code Routines offers three ways to trigger an automation:
-
-**1. Scheduled (cron)**
-> "Every night at 2am: pull the top bug from Linear, attempt a fix, and open a draft PR."
-
-Hermes equivalent — works today:
-```bash
-hermes cron create "0 2 * * *" \
-  "Pull the top bug from the issue tracker, attempt a fix, and open a draft PR." \
-  --name "Nightly bug fix" \
-  --deliver telegram
-```
-
-**2. GitHub Events (webhook)**
-> "Flag PRs that touch the /auth-provider module and post to #auth-changes."
-
-Hermes equivalent — works today:
-```bash
-hermes webhook subscribe auth-watch \
-  --events "pull_request" \
-  --prompt "PR #{pull_request.number}: {pull_request.title} by {pull_request.user.login}. Check if it touches the auth-provider module. If yes, summarize the changes." \
-  --deliver slack
-```
-
-**3. API Triggers**
-> "Read the alert payload, find the owning service, post a triage summary to #oncall."
-
-Hermes equivalent — works today:
-```bash
-hermes webhook subscribe alert-triage \
-  --prompt "Alert: {alert.name} — Severity: {alert.severity}. Find the owning service, investigate, and post a triage summary with proposed first steps." \
-  --deliver slack
-```
-
-Every use case in their blog post — backlog triage, docs drift, deploy verification, alert correlation, library porting, bespoke PR review — has a working Hermes implementation. No new features needed. It's been shipping since March 2026.
-
---
-
-## What's Different
-
-| | Claude Code Routines | Hermes Agent |
-|---|---|---|
-| **Scheduled tasks** | ✅ Schedule-based | ✅ Any cron expression + human-readable intervals |
-| **GitHub triggers** | ✅ PR, issue, push events | ✅ Any GitHub event via webhook subscriptions |
-| **API triggers** | ✅ POST to unique endpoint | ✅ POST to webhook routes with HMAC auth |
-| **MCP connectors** | ✅ Native connectors | ✅ Full MCP client support |
-| **Script pre-processing** | ❌ | ✅ Python scripts run before agent, inject context |
-| **Skill chaining** | ❌ | ✅ Load multiple skills per automation |
-| **Daily limit** | 5-25 runs/day | **Unlimited** |
-| **Model choice** | Claude only | **Any model** — Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, local |
-| **Delivery targets** | GitHub comments | Telegram, Discord, Slack, SMS, email, GitHub comments, webhooks, local files |
-| **Infrastructure** | Anthropic's servers | **Your infrastructure** — VPS, home server, laptop |
-| **Data residency** | Anthropic's cloud | **Your machines** |
-| **Cost** | Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise subscription | Your API key, your rates |
-| **Open source** | No | **Yes** — MIT license |
-
---
-
-## Things Hermes Does That Routines Can't
-
-### Script Injection
-
-Run a Python script *before* the agent. The script's stdout becomes context. The script handles mechanical work (fetching, diffing, computing); the agent handles reasoning.
-
-```bash
-hermes cron create "every 1h" \
-  "If CHANGE DETECTED, summarize what changed. If NO_CHANGE, respond with [SILENT]." \
-  --script ~/.hermes/scripts/watch-site.py \
-  --name "Pricing monitor" \
-  --deliver telegram
-```
-
-The `[SILENT]` pattern means you only get notified when something actually happens. No spam.
-
-### Multi-Skill Workflows
-
-Chain specialized skills together. Each skill teaches the agent a specific capability, and the prompt ties them together.
-
-```bash
-hermes cron create "0 8 * * *" \
-  "Search arXiv for papers on language model reasoning. Save the top 3 as Obsidian notes." \
-  --skills "arxiv,obsidian" \
-  --name "Paper digest"
-```
-
-### Deliver Anywhere
-
-One automation, any destination:
-
-```bash
--deliver telegram                      # Telegram home channel
--deliver discord                       # Discord home channel  
--deliver slack                         # Slack channel
--deliver sms:+15551234567              # Text message
--deliver telegram:-1001234567890:42    # Specific Telegram forum topic
--deliver local                         # Save to file, no notification
-```
-
-### Model-Agnostic
-
-Your nightly triage can run on Claude. Your deploy verification can run on GPT. Your cost-sensitive monitors can run on DeepSeek or a local model. Same automation system, any backend.
-
---
-
-## The Limits Tell the Story
-
-Claude Code Routines: **5 routines per day** on Pro. **25 on Enterprise.** That's their ceiling.
-
-Hermes has no daily limit. Run 500 automations a day if you want. The only constraint is your API budget, and you choose which models to use for which tasks.
-
-A nightly backlog triage on Sonnet costs roughly $0.02-0.05. A monitoring check on DeepSeek costs fractions of a cent. You control the economics.
-
---
-
-## Get Started
-
-Hermes Agent is open source and free. The automation infrastructure — cron scheduler, webhook platform, skill system, multi-platform delivery — is built in.
-
-```bash
-pip install hermes-agent
-hermes setup
-```
-
-Set up a scheduled task in 30 seconds:
-```bash
-hermes cron create "0 9 * * 1" \
-  "Generate a weekly AI news digest. Search the web for major announcements, trending repos, and notable papers. Keep it under 500 words with links." \
-  --name "Weekly digest" \
-  --deliver telegram
-```
-
-Set up a GitHub webhook in 60 seconds:
-```bash
-hermes gateway setup    # enable webhooks
-hermes webhook subscribe pr-review \
-  --events "pull_request" \
-  --prompt "Review PR #{pull_request.number}: {pull_request.title}" \
-  --skills "github-code-review" \
-  --deliver github_comment
-```
-
-Full automation templates gallery: [hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/guides/automation-templates](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/guides/automation-templates)
-
-Documentation: [hermes-agent.nousresearch.com](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
-
-GitHub: [github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent)
-
---
-
-*Hermes Agent is built by [Nous Research](https://nousresearch.com). Open source, model-agnostic, runs on your infrastructure.*
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ Provides subcommands for:
 - hermes cron          - Manage cron jobs
 """

-__version__ = "0.10.0"
-__release_date__ = "2026.4.16"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__release_date__ = "2026.4.8"
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ DEFAULT_CODEX_BASE_URL = "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex"
 DEFAULT_QWEN_BASE_URL = "https://portal.qwen.ai/v1"
 DEFAULT_GITHUB_MODELS_BASE_URL = "https://api.githubcopilot.com"
 DEFAULT_COPILOT_ACP_BASE_URL = "acp://copilot"
-DEFAULT_OLLAMA_CLOUD_BASE_URL = "https://ollama.com/v1"
 CODEX_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = "app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann"
 CODEX_OAUTH_TOKEN_URL = "https://auth.openai.com/oauth/token"
 CODEX_ACCESS_TOKEN_REFRESH_SKEW_SECONDS = 120
@@ -78,10 +77,6 @@ QWEN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = "f0304373b74a44d2b584a3fb70ca9e56"
 QWEN_OAUTH_TOKEN_URL = "https://chat.qwen.ai/api/v1/oauth2/token"
 QWEN_ACCESS_TOKEN_REFRESH_SKEW_SECONDS = 120

-# Google Gemini OAuth (google-gemini-cli provider, Cloud Code Assist backend)
-DEFAULT_GEMINI_CLOUDCODE_BASE_URL = "cloudcode-pa://google"
-GEMINI_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_REFRESH_SKEW_SECONDS = 60  # refresh 60s before expiry
-

 # =============================================================================
 # Provider Registry
@@ -126,19 +121,12 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, ProviderConfig] = {
        auth_type="oauth_external",
        inference_base_url=DEFAULT_QWEN_BASE_URL,
    ),
-    "google-gemini-cli": ProviderConfig(
-        id="google-gemini-cli",
-        name="Google Gemini (OAuth)",
-        auth_type="oauth_external",
-        inference_base_url=DEFAULT_GEMINI_CLOUDCODE_BASE_URL,
-    ),
    "copilot": ProviderConfig(
        id="copilot",
        name="GitHub Copilot",
        auth_type="api_key",
        inference_base_url=DEFAULT_GITHUB_MODELS_BASE_URL,
        api_key_env_vars=("COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN", "GH_TOKEN", "GITHUB_TOKEN"),
-        base_url_env_var="COPILOT_API_BASE_URL",
    ),
    "copilot-acp": ProviderConfig(
        id="copilot-acp",
@@ -171,21 +159,6 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, ProviderConfig] = {
        api_key_env_vars=("KIMI_API_KEY",),
        base_url_env_var="KIMI_BASE_URL",
    ),
-    "kimi-coding-cn": ProviderConfig(
-        id="kimi-coding-cn",
-        name="Kimi / Moonshot (China)",
-        auth_type="api_key",
-        inference_base_url="https://api.moonshot.cn/v1",
-        api_key_env_vars=("KIMI_CN_API_KEY",),
-    ),
-    "arcee": ProviderConfig(
-        id="arcee",
-        name="Arcee AI",
-        auth_type="api_key",
-        inference_base_url="https://api.arcee.ai/api/v1",
-        api_key_env_vars=("ARCEEAI_API_KEY",),
-        base_url_env_var="ARCEE_BASE_URL",
-    ),
    "minimax": ProviderConfig(
        id="minimax",
        name="MiniMax",
@@ -235,7 +208,7 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, ProviderConfig] = {
    ),
    "ai-gateway": ProviderConfig(
        id="ai-gateway",
-        name="Vercel AI Gateway",
+        name="AI Gateway",
        auth_type="api_key",
        inference_base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1",
        api_key_env_vars=("AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY",),
@@ -285,22 +258,6 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, ProviderConfig] = {
        api_key_env_vars=("XIAOMI_API_KEY",),
        base_url_env_var="XIAOMI_BASE_URL",
    ),
-    "ollama-cloud": ProviderConfig(
-        id="ollama-cloud",
-        name="Ollama Cloud",
-        auth_type="api_key",
-        inference_base_url=DEFAULT_OLLAMA_CLOUD_BASE_URL,
-        api_key_env_vars=("OLLAMA_API_KEY",),
-        base_url_env_var="OLLAMA_BASE_URL",
-    ),
-    "bedrock": ProviderConfig(
-        id="bedrock",
-        name="AWS Bedrock",
-        auth_type="aws_sdk",
-        inference_base_url="https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
-        api_key_env_vars=(),
-        base_url_env_var="BEDROCK_BASE_URL",
-    ),
 }


@@ -350,6 +307,44 @@ def _resolve_kimi_base_url(api_key: str, default_url: str, env_override: str) ->
    return default_url


+def _gh_cli_candidates() -> list[str]:
+    """Return candidate ``gh`` binary paths, including common Homebrew installs."""
+    candidates: list[str] = []
+
+    resolved = shutil.which("gh")
+    if resolved:
+        candidates.append(resolved)
+
+    for candidate in (
+        "/opt/homebrew/bin/gh",
+        "/usr/local/bin/gh",
+        str(Path.home() / ".local" / "bin" / "gh"),
+    ):
+        if candidate in candidates:
+            continue
+        if os.path.isfile(candidate) and os.access(candidate, os.X_OK):
+            candidates.append(candidate)
+
+    return candidates
+
+
+def _try_gh_cli_token() -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return a token from ``gh auth token`` when the GitHub CLI is available."""
+    for gh_path in _gh_cli_candidates():
+        try:
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                [gh_path, "auth", "token"],
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True,
+                timeout=5,
+            )
+        except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as exc:
+            logger.debug("gh CLI token lookup failed (%s): %s", gh_path, exc)
+            continue
+        if result.returncode == 0 and result.stdout.strip():
+            return result.stdout.strip()
+    return None
+

 _PLACEHOLDER_SECRET_VALUES = {
    "*",
@@ -410,16 +405,13 @@ def _resolve_api_key_provider_secret(
 # Z.AI has separate billing for general vs coding plans, and global vs China
 # endpoints.  A key that works on one may return "Insufficient balance" on
 # another.  We probe at setup time and store the working endpoint.
-# Each entry lists candidate models to try in order — newer coding plan accounts
-# may only have access to recent models (glm-5.1, glm-5v-turbo) while older
-# ones still use glm-4.7.

 ZAI_ENDPOINTS = [
-    # (id, base_url, probe_models, label)
-    ("global",        "https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4",        ["glm-5"],   "Global"),
-    ("cn",            "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4", ["glm-5"],   "China"),
-    ("coding-global", "https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4",  ["glm-5.1", "glm-5v-turbo", "glm-4.7"], "Global (Coding Plan)"),
-    ("coding-cn",     "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/coding/paas/v4", ["glm-5.1", "glm-5v-turbo", "glm-4.7"], "China (Coding Plan)"),
+    # (id, base_url, default_model, label)
+    ("global",        "https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4",        "glm-5",   "Global"),
+    ("cn",            "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4", "glm-5",   "China"),
+    ("coding-global", "https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4",  "glm-4.7", "Global (Coding Plan)"),
+    ("coding-cn",     "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/coding/paas/v4", "glm-4.7", "China (Coding Plan)"),
 ]


@@ -427,37 +419,35 @@ def detect_zai_endpoint(api_key: str, timeout: float = 8.0) -> Optional[Dict[str
    """Probe z.ai endpoints to find one that accepts this API key.

    Returns {"id": ..., "base_url": ..., "model": ..., "label": ...} for the
-    first working endpoint, or None if all fail.  For endpoints with multiple
-    candidate models, tries each in order and returns the first that succeeds.
+    first working endpoint, or None if all fail.
    """
-    for ep_id, base_url, probe_models, label in ZAI_ENDPOINTS:
-        for model in probe_models:
-            try:
-                resp = httpx.post(
-                    f"{base_url}/chat/completions",
-                    headers={
-                        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
-                        "Content-Type": "application/json",
-                    },
-                    json={
-                        "model": model,
-                        "stream": False,
-                        "max_tokens": 1,
-                        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "ping"}],
-                    },
-                    timeout=timeout,
-                )
-                if resp.status_code == 200:
-                    logger.debug("Z.AI endpoint probe: %s (%s) model=%s OK", ep_id, base_url, model)
-                    return {
-                        "id": ep_id,
-                        "base_url": base_url,
-                        "model": model,
-                        "label": label,
-                    }
-                logger.debug("Z.AI endpoint probe: %s model=%s returned %s", ep_id, model, resp.status_code)
-            except Exception as exc:
-                logger.debug("Z.AI endpoint probe: %s model=%s failed: %s", ep_id, model, exc)
+    for ep_id, base_url, model, label in ZAI_ENDPOINTS:
+        try:
+            resp = httpx.post(
+                f"{base_url}/chat/completions",
+                headers={
+                    "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
+                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                },
+                json={
+                    "model": model,
+                    "stream": False,
+                    "max_tokens": 1,
+                    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "ping"}],
+                },
+                timeout=timeout,
+            )
+            if resp.status_code == 200:
+                logger.debug("Z.AI endpoint probe: %s (%s) OK", ep_id, base_url)
+                return {
+                    "id": ep_id,
+                    "base_url": base_url,
+                    "model": model,
+                    "label": label,
+                }
+            logger.debug("Z.AI endpoint probe: %s returned %s", ep_id, resp.status_code)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.debug("Z.AI endpoint probe: %s failed: %s", ep_id, exc)
    return None


@@ -773,28 +763,6 @@ def is_source_suppressed(provider_id: str, source: str) -> bool:
        return False


-def unsuppress_credential_source(provider_id: str, source: str) -> bool:
-    """Clear a suppression marker so the source will be re-seeded on the next load.
-
-    Returns True if a marker was cleared, False if no marker existed.
-    """
-    with _auth_store_lock():
-        auth_store = _load_auth_store()
-        suppressed = auth_store.get("suppressed_sources")
-        if not isinstance(suppressed, dict):
-            return False
-        provider_list = suppressed.get(provider_id)
-        if not isinstance(provider_list, list) or source not in provider_list:
-            return False
-        provider_list.remove(source)
-        if not provider_list:
-            suppressed.pop(provider_id, None)
-        if not suppressed:
-            auth_store.pop("suppressed_sources", None)
-        _save_auth_store(auth_store)
-        return True
-
-
 def get_provider_auth_state(provider_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
    """Return persisted auth state for a provider, or None."""
    auth_store = _load_auth_store()
@@ -960,10 +928,7 @@ def resolve_provider(
    _PROVIDER_ALIASES = {
        "glm": "zai", "z-ai": "zai", "z.ai": "zai", "zhipu": "zai",
        "google": "gemini", "google-gemini": "gemini", "google-ai-studio": "gemini",
-        "x-ai": "xai", "x.ai": "xai", "grok": "xai",
        "kimi": "kimi-coding", "kimi-for-coding": "kimi-coding", "moonshot": "kimi-coding",
-        "kimi-cn": "kimi-coding-cn", "moonshot-cn": "kimi-coding-cn",
-        "arcee-ai": "arcee", "arceeai": "arcee",
        "minimax-china": "minimax-cn", "minimax_cn": "minimax-cn",
        "claude": "anthropic", "claude-code": "anthropic",
        "github": "copilot", "github-copilot": "copilot",
@@ -971,16 +936,14 @@ def resolve_provider(
        "github-copilot-acp": "copilot-acp", "copilot-acp-agent": "copilot-acp",
        "aigateway": "ai-gateway", "vercel": "ai-gateway", "vercel-ai-gateway": "ai-gateway",
        "opencode": "opencode-zen", "zen": "opencode-zen",
-        "qwen-portal": "qwen-oauth", "qwen-cli": "qwen-oauth", "qwen-oauth": "qwen-oauth", "google-gemini-cli": "google-gemini-cli", "gemini-cli": "google-gemini-cli", "gemini-oauth": "google-gemini-cli",
+        "qwen-portal": "qwen-oauth", "qwen-cli": "qwen-oauth", "qwen-oauth": "qwen-oauth",
        "hf": "huggingface", "hugging-face": "huggingface", "huggingface-hub": "huggingface",
        "mimo": "xiaomi", "xiaomi-mimo": "xiaomi",
-        "aws": "bedrock", "aws-bedrock": "bedrock", "amazon-bedrock": "bedrock", "amazon": "bedrock",
        "go": "opencode-go", "opencode-go-sub": "opencode-go",
        "kilo": "kilocode", "kilo-code": "kilocode", "kilo-gateway": "kilocode",
        # Local server aliases — route through the generic custom provider
        "lmstudio": "custom", "lm-studio": "custom", "lm_studio": "custom",
-        "ollama": "custom", "ollama_cloud": "ollama-cloud",
-        "vllm": "custom", "llamacpp": "custom",
+        "ollama": "custom", "vllm": "custom", "llamacpp": "custom",
        "llama.cpp": "custom", "llama-cpp": "custom",
    }
    normalized = _PROVIDER_ALIASES.get(normalized, normalized)
@@ -1032,15 +995,6 @@ def resolve_provider(
            if has_usable_secret(os.getenv(env_var, "")):
                return pid

-    # AWS Bedrock — detect via boto3 credential chain (IAM roles, SSO, env vars).
-    # This runs after API-key providers so explicit keys always win.
-    try:
-        from agent.bedrock_adapter import has_aws_credentials
-        if has_aws_credentials():
-            return "bedrock"
-    except ImportError:
-        pass  # boto3 not installed — skip Bedrock auto-detection
-
    raise AuthError(
        "No inference provider configured. Run 'hermes model' to choose a "
        "provider and model, or set an API key (OPENROUTER_API_KEY, "
@@ -1283,83 +1237,6 @@ def get_qwen_auth_status() -> Dict[str, Any]:
        }


-# =============================================================================
-# Google Gemini OAuth (google-gemini-cli) — PKCE flow + Cloud Code Assist.
-#
-# Tokens live in ~/.hermes/auth/google_oauth.json (managed by agent.google_oauth).
-# The `base_url` here is the marker "cloudcode-pa://google" that run_agent.py
-# uses to construct a GeminiCloudCodeClient instead of the default OpenAI SDK.
-# Actual HTTP traffic goes to https://cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:*.
-# =============================================================================
-
-def resolve_gemini_oauth_runtime_credentials(
-    *,
-    force_refresh: bool = False,
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Resolve runtime OAuth creds for google-gemini-cli."""
-    try:
-        from agent.google_oauth import (
-            GoogleOAuthError,
-            _credentials_path,
-            get_valid_access_token,
-            load_credentials,
-        )
-    except ImportError as exc:
-        raise AuthError(
-            f"agent.google_oauth is not importable: {exc}",
-            provider="google-gemini-cli",
-            code="google_oauth_module_missing",
-        ) from exc
-
-    try:
-        access_token = get_valid_access_token(force_refresh=force_refresh)
-    except GoogleOAuthError as exc:
-        raise AuthError(
-            str(exc),
-            provider="google-gemini-cli",
-            code=exc.code,
-        ) from exc
-
-    creds = load_credentials()
-    base_url = DEFAULT_GEMINI_CLOUDCODE_BASE_URL
-    return {
-        "provider": "google-gemini-cli",
-        "base_url": base_url,
-        "api_key": access_token,
-        "source": "google-oauth",
-        "expires_at_ms": (creds.expires_ms if creds else None),
-        "auth_file": str(_credentials_path()),
-        "email": (creds.email if creds else "") or "",
-        "project_id": (creds.project_id if creds else "") or "",
-    }
-
-
-def get_gemini_oauth_auth_status() -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Return a status dict for `hermes auth list` / `hermes status`."""
-    try:
-        from agent.google_oauth import _credentials_path, load_credentials
-    except ImportError:
-        return {"logged_in": False, "error": "agent.google_oauth unavailable"}
-    auth_path = _credentials_path()
-    creds = load_credentials()
-    if creds is None or not creds.access_token:
-        return {
-            "logged_in": False,
-            "auth_file": str(auth_path),
-            "error": "not logged in",
-        }
-    return {
-        "logged_in": True,
-        "auth_file": str(auth_path),
-        "source": "google-oauth",
-        "api_key": creds.access_token,
-        "expires_at_ms": creds.expires_ms,
-        "email": creds.email,
-        "project_id": creds.project_id,
-    }
-
-
-
 # =============================================================================
 # SSH / remote session detection
 # =============================================================================
@@ -1426,49 +1303,6 @@ def _read_codex_tokens(*, _lock: bool = True) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    }


-def _write_codex_cli_tokens(
-    access_token: str,
-    refresh_token: str,
-    *,
-    last_refresh: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> None:
-    """Write refreshed tokens back to ~/.codex/auth.json.
-
-    OpenAI OAuth refresh tokens are single-use and rotate on every refresh.
-    When Hermes refreshes a token it consumes the old refresh_token; if we
-    don't write the new pair back, the Codex CLI (or VS Code extension) will
-    fail with ``refresh_token_reused`` on its next refresh attempt.
-
-    This mirrors the Anthropic write-back to ~/.claude/.credentials.json
-    via ``_write_claude_code_credentials()``.
-    """
-    codex_home = os.getenv("CODEX_HOME", "").strip()
-    if not codex_home:
-        codex_home = str(Path.home() / ".codex")
-    auth_path = Path(codex_home).expanduser() / "auth.json"
-    try:
-        existing: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-        if auth_path.is_file():
-            existing = json.loads(auth_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
-        if not isinstance(existing, dict):
-            existing = {}
-
-        tokens_dict = existing.get("tokens")
-        if not isinstance(tokens_dict, dict):
-            tokens_dict = {}
-        tokens_dict["access_token"] = access_token
-        tokens_dict["refresh_token"] = refresh_token
-        existing["tokens"] = tokens_dict
-        if last_refresh is not None:
-            existing["last_refresh"] = last_refresh
-
-        auth_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        auth_path.write_text(json.dumps(existing, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
-        auth_path.chmod(0o600)
-    except (OSError, IOError) as exc:
-        logger.debug("Failed to write refreshed tokens to %s: %s", auth_path, exc)
-
-
 def _save_codex_tokens(tokens: Dict[str, str], last_refresh: str = None) -> None:
    """Save Codex OAuth tokens to Hermes auth store (~/.hermes/auth.json)."""
    if last_refresh is None:
@@ -1591,12 +1425,6 @@ def _refresh_codex_auth_tokens(
    updated_tokens["refresh_token"] = refreshed["refresh_token"]

    _save_codex_tokens(updated_tokens)
-    # Write back to ~/.codex/auth.json so Codex CLI / VS Code stay in sync.
-    _write_codex_cli_tokens(
-        refreshed["access_token"],
-        refreshed["refresh_token"],
-        last_refresh=refreshed.get("last_refresh"),
-    )
    return updated_tokens


@@ -2405,40 +2233,7 @@ def resolve_nous_runtime_credentials(
 # =============================================================================

 def get_nous_auth_status() -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Status snapshot for `hermes status` output.
-
-    Checks the credential pool first (where the dashboard device-code flow
-    and ``hermes auth`` store credentials), then falls back to the legacy
-    auth-store provider state.
-    """
-    # Check credential pool first — the dashboard device-code flow saves
-    # here but may not have written to the auth store yet.
-    try:
-        from agent.credential_pool import load_pool
-        pool = load_pool("nous")
-        if pool and pool.has_credentials():
-            entry = pool.select()
-            if entry is not None:
-                access_token = (
-                    getattr(entry, "access_token", None)
-                    or getattr(entry, "runtime_api_key", "")
-                )
-                if access_token:
-                    return {
-                        "logged_in": True,
-                        "portal_base_url": getattr(entry, "portal_base_url", None)
-                            or getattr(entry, "base_url", None),
-                        "inference_base_url": getattr(entry, "inference_base_url", None)
-                            or getattr(entry, "base_url", None),
-                        "access_token": access_token,
-                        "access_expires_at": getattr(entry, "expires_at", None),
-                        "agent_key_expires_at": getattr(entry, "agent_key_expires_at", None),
-                        "has_refresh_token": bool(getattr(entry, "refresh_token", None)),
-                    }
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    # Fall back to auth-store provider state
+    """Status snapshot for `hermes status` output."""
    state = get_provider_auth_state("nous")
    if not state:
        return {
@@ -2522,7 +2317,7 @@ def get_api_key_provider_status(provider_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    if pconfig.base_url_env_var:
        env_url = os.getenv(pconfig.base_url_env_var, "").strip()

-    if provider_id in ("kimi-coding", "kimi-coding-cn"):
+    if provider_id == "kimi-coding":
        base_url = _resolve_kimi_base_url(api_key, pconfig.inference_base_url, env_url)
    elif env_url:
        base_url = env_url
@@ -2578,21 +2373,12 @@ def get_auth_status(provider_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        return get_codex_auth_status()
    if target == "qwen-oauth":
        return get_qwen_auth_status()
-    if target == "google-gemini-cli":
-        return get_gemini_oauth_auth_status()
    if target == "copilot-acp":
        return get_external_process_provider_status(target)
    # API-key providers
    pconfig = PROVIDER_REGISTRY.get(target)
    if pconfig and pconfig.auth_type == "api_key":
        return get_api_key_provider_status(target)
-    # AWS SDK providers (Bedrock) — check via boto3 credential chain
-    if pconfig and pconfig.auth_type == "aws_sdk":
-        try:
-            from agent.bedrock_adapter import has_aws_credentials
-            return {"logged_in": has_aws_credentials(), "provider": target}
-        except ImportError:
-            return {"logged_in": False, "provider": target, "error": "boto3 not installed"}
    return {"logged_in": False}


@@ -2617,7 +2403,7 @@ def resolve_api_key_provider_credentials(provider_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    if pconfig.base_url_env_var:
        env_url = os.getenv(pconfig.base_url_env_var, "").strip()

-    if provider_id in ("kimi-coding", "kimi-coding-cn"):
+    if provider_id == "kimi-coding":
        base_url = _resolve_kimi_base_url(api_key, pconfig.inference_base_url, env_url)
    elif provider_id == "zai":
        base_url = _resolve_zai_base_url(api_key, pconfig.inference_base_url, env_url)
@@ -3319,14 +3105,6 @@ def _login_nous(args, pconfig: ProviderConfig) -> None:

        inference_base_url = auth_state["inference_base_url"]

-        # Snapshot the prior active_provider BEFORE _save_provider_state
-        # overwrites it to "nous".  If the user picks "Skip (keep current)"
-        # during model selection below, we restore this so the user's previous
-        # provider (e.g. openrouter) is preserved.
-        with _auth_store_lock():
-            _prior_store = _load_auth_store()
-            prior_active_provider = _prior_store.get("active_provider")
-
        with _auth_store_lock():
            auth_store = _load_auth_store()
            _save_provider_state(auth_store, "nous", auth_state)
@@ -3386,27 +3164,6 @@ def _login_nous(args, pconfig: ProviderConfig) -> None:
            print(f"Login succeeded, but could not fetch available models. Reason: {message}")

        # Write provider + model atomically so config is never mismatched.
-        # If no model was selected (user picked "Skip (keep current)",
-        # model list fetch failed, or no curated models were available),
-        # preserve the user's previous provider — don't silently switch
-        # them to Nous with a mismatched model.  The Nous OAuth tokens
-        # stay saved for future use.
-        if not selected_model:
-            # Restore the prior active_provider that _save_provider_state
-            # overwrote to "nous".  config.yaml model.provider is left
-            # untouched, so the user's previous provider is fully preserved.
-            with _auth_store_lock():
-                auth_store = _load_auth_store()
-                if prior_active_provider:
-                    auth_store["active_provider"] = prior_active_provider
-                else:
-                    auth_store.pop("active_provider", None)
-                _save_auth_store(auth_store)
-            print()
-            print("No provider change. Nous credentials saved for future use.")
-            print("  Run `hermes model` again to switch to Nous Portal.")
-            return
-
        config_path = _update_config_for_provider(
            "nous", inference_base_url, default_model=selected_model,
        )
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 from getpass import getpass
 import math
-import sys
 import time
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 import uuid
@@ -33,27 +32,29 @@ from hermes_constants import OPENROUTER_BASE_URL


 # Providers that support OAuth login in addition to API keys.
-_OAUTH_CAPABLE_PROVIDERS = {"anthropic", "nous", "openai-codex", "qwen-oauth", "google-gemini-cli"}
+_OAUTH_CAPABLE_PROVIDERS = {"anthropic", "nous", "openai-codex", "qwen-oauth"}


 def _get_custom_provider_names() -> list:
-    """Return list of (display_name, pool_key, provider_key) tuples."""
+    """Return list of (display_name, pool_key) tuples for custom_providers in config."""
    try:
-        from hermes_cli.config import get_compatible_custom_providers, load_config
+        from hermes_cli.config import load_config

        config = load_config()
    except Exception:
        return []
+    custom_providers = config.get("custom_providers")
+    if not isinstance(custom_providers, list):
+        return []
    result = []
-    for entry in get_compatible_custom_providers(config):
+    for entry in custom_providers:
        if not isinstance(entry, dict):
            continue
        name = entry.get("name")
        if not isinstance(name, str) or not name.strip():
            continue
        pool_key = f"{CUSTOM_POOL_PREFIX}{_normalize_custom_pool_name(name)}"
-        provider_key = str(entry.get("provider_key", "") or "").strip()
-        result.append((name.strip(), pool_key, provider_key))
+        result.append((name.strip(), pool_key))
    return result


@@ -65,11 +66,9 @@ def _resolve_custom_provider_input(raw: str) -> str | None:
    # Direct match on 'custom:name' format
    if normalized.startswith(CUSTOM_POOL_PREFIX):
        return normalized
-    for display_name, pool_key, provider_key in _get_custom_provider_names():
+    for display_name, pool_key in _get_custom_provider_names():
        if _normalize_custom_pool_name(display_name) == normalized:
            return pool_key
-        if provider_key and provider_key.strip().lower() == normalized:
-            return pool_key
    return None


@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ def auth_add_command(args) -> None:
        if provider.startswith(CUSTOM_POOL_PREFIX):
            requested_type = AUTH_TYPE_API_KEY
        else:
-            requested_type = AUTH_TYPE_OAUTH if provider in {"anthropic", "nous", "openai-codex", "qwen-oauth", "google-gemini-cli"} else AUTH_TYPE_API_KEY
+            requested_type = AUTH_TYPE_OAUTH if provider in {"anthropic", "nous", "openai-codex", "qwen-oauth"} else AUTH_TYPE_API_KEY

    pool = load_pool(provider)

@@ -161,10 +160,7 @@ def auth_add_command(args) -> None:
        default_label = _api_key_default_label(len(pool.entries()) + 1)
        label = (getattr(args, "label", None) or "").strip()
        if not label:
-            if sys.stdin.isatty():
-                label = input(f"Label (optional, default: {default_label}): ").strip() or default_label
-            else:
-                label = default_label
+            label = input(f"Label (optional, default: {default_label}): ").strip() or default_label
        entry = PooledCredential(
            provider=provider,
            id=uuid.uuid4().hex[:6],
@@ -233,9 +229,6 @@ def auth_add_command(args) -> None:
        return

    if provider == "openai-codex":
-        # Clear any existing suppression marker so a re-link after `hermes auth
-        # remove openai-codex` works without the new tokens being skipped.
-        auth_mod.unsuppress_credential_source(provider, "device_code")
        creds = auth_mod._codex_device_code_login()
        label = (getattr(args, "label", None) or "").strip() or label_from_token(
            creds["tokens"]["access_token"],
@@ -257,27 +250,6 @@ def auth_add_command(args) -> None:
        print(f'Added {provider} OAuth credential #{len(pool.entries())}: "{entry.label}"')
        return

-    if provider == "google-gemini-cli":
-        from agent.google_oauth import run_gemini_oauth_login_pure
-
-        creds = run_gemini_oauth_login_pure()
-        label = (getattr(args, "label", None) or "").strip() or (
-            creds.get("email") or _oauth_default_label(provider, len(pool.entries()) + 1)
-        )
-        entry = PooledCredential(
-            provider=provider,
-            id=uuid.uuid4().hex[:6],
-            label=label,
-            auth_type=AUTH_TYPE_OAUTH,
-            priority=0,
-            source=f"{SOURCE_MANUAL}:google_pkce",
-            access_token=creds["access_token"],
-            refresh_token=creds.get("refresh_token"),
-        )
-        pool.add_entry(entry)
-        print(f'Added {provider} OAuth credential #{len(pool.entries())}: "{entry.label}"')
-        return
-
    if provider == "qwen-oauth":
        creds = auth_mod.resolve_qwen_runtime_credentials(refresh_if_expiring=False)
        label = (getattr(args, "label", None) or "").strip() or label_from_token(
@@ -355,34 +327,7 @@ def auth_remove_command(args) -> None:
    # If this was a singleton-seeded credential (OAuth device_code, hermes_pkce),
    # clear the underlying auth store / credential file so it doesn't get
    # re-seeded on the next load_pool() call.
-    elif provider == "openai-codex" and (
-        removed.source == "device_code" or removed.source.endswith(":device_code")
-    ):
-        # Codex tokens live in TWO places: the Hermes auth store and
-        # ~/.codex/auth.json (the Codex CLI shared file).  On every refresh,
-        # refresh_codex_oauth_pure() writes to both.  So clearing only the
-        # Hermes auth store is not enough — _seed_from_singletons() will
-        # auto-import from ~/.codex/auth.json on the next load_pool() and
-        # the removal is instantly undone.  Mark the source as suppressed
-        # so auto-import is skipped; leave ~/.codex/auth.json untouched so
-        # the Codex CLI itself keeps working.
-        from hermes_cli.auth import (
-            _load_auth_store, _save_auth_store, _auth_store_lock,
-            suppress_credential_source,
-        )
-        with _auth_store_lock():
-            auth_store = _load_auth_store()
-            providers_dict = auth_store.get("providers")
-            if isinstance(providers_dict, dict) and provider in providers_dict:
-                del providers_dict[provider]
-                _save_auth_store(auth_store)
-                print(f"Cleared {provider} OAuth tokens from auth store")
-        suppress_credential_source(provider, "device_code")
-        print("Suppressed openai-codex device_code source — it will not be re-seeded.")
-        print("Note: Codex CLI credentials still live in ~/.codex/auth.json")
-        print("Run `hermes auth add openai-codex` to re-enable if needed.")
-
-    elif removed.source == "device_code" and provider == "nous":
+    elif removed.source == "device_code" and provider in ("openai-codex", "nous"):
        from hermes_cli.auth import (
            _load_auth_store, _save_auth_store, _auth_store_lock,
        )
@@ -423,27 +368,6 @@ def _interactive_auth() -> None:
    print("=" * 50)

    auth_list_command(SimpleNamespace(provider=None))
-
-    # Show AWS Bedrock credential status (not in the pool — uses boto3 chain)
-    try:
-        from agent.bedrock_adapter import has_aws_credentials, resolve_aws_auth_env_var, resolve_bedrock_region
-        if has_aws_credentials():
-            auth_source = resolve_aws_auth_env_var() or "unknown"
-            region = resolve_bedrock_region()
-            print(f"bedrock (AWS SDK credential chain):")
-            print(f"  Auth: {auth_source}")
-            print(f"  Region: {region}")
-            try:
-                import boto3
-                sts = boto3.client("sts", region_name=region)
-                identity = sts.get_caller_identity()
-                arn = identity.get("Arn", "unknown")
-                print(f"  Identity: {arn}")
-            except Exception:
-                print(f"  Identity: (could not resolve — boto3 STS call failed)")
-            print()
-    except ImportError:
-        pass  # boto3 or bedrock_adapter not available
    print()

    # Main menu
@@ -481,7 +405,7 @@ def _pick_provider(prompt: str = "Provider") -> str:
    known = sorted(set(list(PROVIDER_REGISTRY.keys()) + ["openrouter"]))
    custom_names = _get_custom_provider_names()
    if custom_names:
-        custom_display = [name for name, _key, _provider_key in custom_names]
+        custom_display = [name for name, _key in custom_names]
        print(f"\nKnown providers: {', '.join(known)}")
        print(f"Custom endpoints: {', '.join(custom_display)}")
    else:
@@ -1,655 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Backup and import commands for hermes CLI.
-
-`hermes backup` creates a zip archive of the entire ~/.hermes/ directory
-(excluding the hermes-agent repo and transient files).
-
-`hermes import` restores from a backup zip, overlaying onto the current
-HERMES_HOME root.
-"""
-
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import shutil
-import sqlite3
-import sys
-import tempfile
-import time
-import zipfile
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-
-from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root, get_hermes_home, display_hermes_home
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Exclusion rules
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Directory names to skip entirely (matched against each path component)
-_EXCLUDED_DIRS = {
-    "hermes-agent",     # the codebase repo — re-clone instead
-    "__pycache__",      # bytecode caches — regenerated on import
-    ".git",             # nested git dirs (profiles shouldn't have these, but safety)
-    "node_modules",     # js deps if website/ somehow leaks in
-}
-
-# File-name suffixes to skip
-_EXCLUDED_SUFFIXES = (
-    ".pyc",
-    ".pyo",
-)
-
-# File names to skip (runtime state that's meaningless on another machine)
-_EXCLUDED_NAMES = {
-    "gateway.pid",
-    "cron.pid",
-}
-
-
-def _should_exclude(rel_path: Path) -> bool:
-    """Return True if *rel_path* (relative to hermes root) should be skipped."""
-    parts = rel_path.parts
-
-    # Any path component matches an excluded dir name
-    for part in parts:
-        if part in _EXCLUDED_DIRS:
-            return True
-
-    name = rel_path.name
-
-    if name in _EXCLUDED_NAMES:
-        return True
-
-    if name.endswith(_EXCLUDED_SUFFIXES):
-        return True
-
-    return False
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# SQLite safe copy
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def _safe_copy_db(src: Path, dst: Path) -> bool:
-    """Copy a SQLite database safely using the backup() API.
-
-    Handles WAL mode — produces a consistent snapshot even while
-    the DB is being written to.  Falls back to raw copy on failure.
-    """
-    try:
-        conn = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{src}?mode=ro", uri=True)
-        backup_conn = sqlite3.connect(str(dst))
-        conn.backup(backup_conn)
-        backup_conn.close()
-        conn.close()
-        return True
-    except Exception as exc:
-        logger.warning("SQLite safe copy failed for %s: %s", src, exc)
-        try:
-            shutil.copy2(src, dst)
-            return True
-        except Exception as exc2:
-            logger.error("Raw copy also failed for %s: %s", src, exc2)
-            return False
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Backup
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def _format_size(nbytes: int) -> str:
-    """Human-readable file size."""
-    for unit in ("B", "KB", "MB", "GB"):
-        if nbytes < 1024:
-            return f"{nbytes:.1f} {unit}" if unit != "B" else f"{nbytes} {unit}"
-        nbytes /= 1024
-    return f"{nbytes:.1f} TB"
-
-
-def run_backup(args) -> None:
-    """Create a zip backup of the Hermes home directory."""
-    hermes_root = get_default_hermes_root()
-
-    if not hermes_root.is_dir():
-        print(f"Error: Hermes home directory not found at {hermes_root}")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    # Determine output path
-    if args.output:
-        out_path = Path(args.output).expanduser().resolve()
-        # If user gave a directory, put the zip inside it
-        if out_path.is_dir():
-            stamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")
-            out_path = out_path / f"hermes-backup-{stamp}.zip"
-    else:
-        stamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S")
-        out_path = Path.home() / f"hermes-backup-{stamp}.zip"
-
-    # Ensure the suffix is .zip
-    if out_path.suffix.lower() != ".zip":
-        out_path = out_path.with_suffix(out_path.suffix + ".zip")
-
-    # Ensure parent directory exists
-    out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    # Collect files
-    print(f"Scanning {display_hermes_home()} ...")
-    files_to_add: list[tuple[Path, Path]] = []  # (absolute, relative)
-    skipped_dirs = set()
-
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(hermes_root, followlinks=False):
-        dp = Path(dirpath)
-        rel_dir = dp.relative_to(hermes_root)
-
-        # Prune excluded directories in-place so os.walk doesn't descend
-        orig_dirnames = dirnames[:]
-        dirnames[:] = [
-            d for d in dirnames
-            if d not in _EXCLUDED_DIRS
-        ]
-        for removed in set(orig_dirnames) - set(dirnames):
-            skipped_dirs.add(str(rel_dir / removed))
-
-        for fname in filenames:
-            fpath = dp / fname
-            rel = fpath.relative_to(hermes_root)
-
-            if _should_exclude(rel):
-                continue
-
-            # Skip the output zip itself if it happens to be inside hermes root
-            try:
-                if fpath.resolve() == out_path.resolve():
-                    continue
-            except (OSError, ValueError):
-                pass
-
-            files_to_add.append((fpath, rel))
-
-    if not files_to_add:
-        print("No files to back up.")
-        return
-
-    # Create the zip
-    file_count = len(files_to_add)
-    print(f"Backing up {file_count} files ...")
-
-    total_bytes = 0
-    errors = []
-    t0 = time.monotonic()
-
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(out_path, "w", zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=6) as zf:
-        for i, (abs_path, rel_path) in enumerate(files_to_add, 1):
-            try:
-                # Safe copy for SQLite databases (handles WAL mode)
-                if abs_path.suffix == ".db":
-                    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".db", delete=False) as tmp:
-                        tmp_db = Path(tmp.name)
-                    if _safe_copy_db(abs_path, tmp_db):
-                        zf.write(tmp_db, arcname=str(rel_path))
-                        total_bytes += tmp_db.stat().st_size
-                        tmp_db.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-                    else:
-                        tmp_db.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-                        errors.append(f"  {rel_path}: SQLite safe copy failed")
-                        continue
-                else:
-                    zf.write(abs_path, arcname=str(rel_path))
-                    total_bytes += abs_path.stat().st_size
-            except (PermissionError, OSError) as exc:
-                errors.append(f"  {rel_path}: {exc}")
-                continue
-
-            # Progress every 500 files
-            if i % 500 == 0:
-                print(f"  {i}/{file_count} files ...")
-
-    elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
-    zip_size = out_path.stat().st_size
-
-    # Summary
-    print()
-    print(f"Backup complete: {out_path}")
-    print(f"  Files:       {file_count}")
-    print(f"  Original:    {_format_size(total_bytes)}")
-    print(f"  Compressed:  {_format_size(zip_size)}")
-    print(f"  Time:        {elapsed:.1f}s")
-
-    if skipped_dirs:
-        print(f"\n  Excluded directories:")
-        for d in sorted(skipped_dirs):
-            print(f"    {d}/")
-
-    if errors:
-        print(f"\n  Warnings ({len(errors)} files skipped):")
-        for e in errors[:10]:
-            print(e)
-        if len(errors) > 10:
-            print(f"  ... and {len(errors) - 10} more")
-
-    print(f"\nRestore with: hermes import {out_path.name}")
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Import
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def _validate_backup_zip(zf: zipfile.ZipFile) -> tuple[bool, str]:
-    """Check that a zip looks like a Hermes backup.
-
-    Returns (ok, reason).
-    """
-    names = zf.namelist()
-    if not names:
-        return False, "zip archive is empty"
-
-    # Look for telltale files that a hermes home would have
-    markers = {"config.yaml", ".env", "state.db"}
-    found = set()
-    for n in names:
-        # Could be at the root or one level deep (if someone zipped the directory)
-        basename = Path(n).name
-        if basename in markers:
-            found.add(basename)
-
-    if not found:
-        return False, (
-            "zip does not appear to be a Hermes backup "
-            "(no config.yaml, .env, or state databases found)"
-        )
-
-    return True, ""
-
-
-def _detect_prefix(zf: zipfile.ZipFile) -> str:
-    """Detect if the zip has a common directory prefix wrapping all entries.
-
-    Some tools zip as `.hermes/config.yaml` instead of `config.yaml`.
-    Returns the prefix to strip (empty string if none).
-    """
-    names = [n for n in zf.namelist() if not n.endswith("/")]
-    if not names:
-        return ""
-
-    # Find common prefix
-    parts_list = [Path(n).parts for n in names]
-
-    # Check if all entries share a common first directory
-    first_parts = {p[0] for p in parts_list if len(p) > 1}
-    if len(first_parts) == 1:
-        prefix = first_parts.pop()
-        # Only strip if it looks like a hermes dir name
-        if prefix in (".hermes", "hermes"):
-            return prefix + "/"
-
-    return ""
-
-
-def run_import(args) -> None:
-    """Restore a Hermes backup from a zip file."""
-    zip_path = Path(args.zipfile).expanduser().resolve()
-
-    if not zip_path.is_file():
-        print(f"Error: File not found: {zip_path}")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    if not zipfile.is_zipfile(zip_path):
-        print(f"Error: Not a valid zip file: {zip_path}")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    hermes_root = get_default_hermes_root()
-
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, "r") as zf:
-        # Validate
-        ok, reason = _validate_backup_zip(zf)
-        if not ok:
-            print(f"Error: {reason}")
-            sys.exit(1)
-
-        prefix = _detect_prefix(zf)
-        members = [n for n in zf.namelist() if not n.endswith("/")]
-        file_count = len(members)
-
-        print(f"Backup contains {file_count} files")
-        print(f"Target: {display_hermes_home()}")
-
-        if prefix:
-            print(f"Detected archive prefix: {prefix!r} (will be stripped)")
-
-        # Check for existing installation
-        has_config = (hermes_root / "config.yaml").exists()
-        has_env = (hermes_root / ".env").exists()
-
-        if (has_config or has_env) and not args.force:
-            print()
-            print("Warning: Target directory already has Hermes configuration.")
-            print("Importing will overwrite existing files with backup contents.")
-            print()
-            try:
-                answer = input("Continue? [y/N] ").strip().lower()
-            except (EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt):
-                print("\nAborted.")
-                sys.exit(1)
-            if answer not in ("y", "yes"):
-                print("Aborted.")
-                return
-
-        # Extract
-        print(f"\nImporting {file_count} files ...")
-        hermes_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        errors = []
-        restored = 0
-        t0 = time.monotonic()
-
-        for member in members:
-            # Strip prefix if detected
-            if prefix and member.startswith(prefix):
-                rel = member[len(prefix):]
-            else:
-                rel = member
-
-            if not rel:
-                continue
-
-            target = hermes_root / rel
-
-            # Security: reject absolute paths and traversals
-            try:
-                target.resolve().relative_to(hermes_root.resolve())
-            except ValueError:
-                errors.append(f"  {rel}: path traversal blocked")
-                continue
-
-            try:
-                target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                with zf.open(member) as src, open(target, "wb") as dst:
-                    dst.write(src.read())
-                restored += 1
-            except (PermissionError, OSError) as exc:
-                errors.append(f"  {rel}: {exc}")
-
-            if restored % 500 == 0:
-                print(f"  {restored}/{file_count} files ...")
-
-        elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0
-
-        # Summary
-        print()
-        print(f"Import complete: {restored} files restored in {elapsed:.1f}s")
-        print(f"  Target: {display_hermes_home()}")
-
-        if errors:
-            print(f"\n  Warnings ({len(errors)} files skipped):")
-            for e in errors[:10]:
-                print(e)
-            if len(errors) > 10:
-                print(f"  ... and {len(errors) - 10} more")
-
-        # Post-import: restore profile wrapper scripts
-        profiles_dir = hermes_root / "profiles"
-        restored_profiles = []
-        if profiles_dir.is_dir():
-            try:
-                from hermes_cli.profiles import (
-                    create_wrapper_script, check_alias_collision,
-                    _is_wrapper_dir_in_path, _get_wrapper_dir,
-                )
-                for entry in sorted(profiles_dir.iterdir()):
-                    if not entry.is_dir():
-                        continue
-                    profile_name = entry.name
-                    # Only create wrappers for directories with config
-                    if not (entry / "config.yaml").exists() and not (entry / ".env").exists():
-                        continue
-                    collision = check_alias_collision(profile_name)
-                    if collision:
-                        print(f"  Skipped alias '{profile_name}': {collision}")
-                        restored_profiles.append((profile_name, False))
-                    else:
-                        wrapper = create_wrapper_script(profile_name)
-                        restored_profiles.append((profile_name, wrapper is not None))
-
-                if restored_profiles:
-                    created = [n for n, ok in restored_profiles if ok]
-                    skipped = [n for n, ok in restored_profiles if not ok]
-                    if created:
-                        print(f"\n  Profile aliases restored: {', '.join(created)}")
-                    if skipped:
-                        print(f"  Profile aliases skipped:  {', '.join(skipped)}")
-                    if not _is_wrapper_dir_in_path():
-                        print(f"\n  Note: {_get_wrapper_dir()} is not in your PATH.")
-                        print('  Add to your shell config (~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):')
-                        print('    export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"')
-            except ImportError:
-                # hermes_cli.profiles might not be available (fresh install)
-                if any(profiles_dir.iterdir()):
-                    print(f"\n  Profiles detected but aliases could not be created.")
-                    print(f"  Run: hermes profile list  (after installing hermes)")
-
-        # Guidance
-        print()
-        if not (hermes_root / "hermes-agent").is_dir():
-            print("Note: The hermes-agent codebase was not included in the backup.")
-            print("  If this is a fresh install, run: hermes update")
-
-        if restored_profiles:
-            gw_profiles = [n for n, _ in restored_profiles]
-            print("\nTo re-enable gateway services for profiles:")
-            for pname in gw_profiles:
-                print(f"  hermes -p {pname} gateway install")
-
-        print("Done. Your Hermes configuration has been restored.")
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Quick state snapshots (used by /snapshot slash command and hermes backup --quick)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Critical state files to include in quick snapshots (relative to HERMES_HOME).
-# Everything else is either regeneratable (logs, cache) or managed separately
-# (skills, repo, sessions/).
-_QUICK_STATE_FILES = (
-    "state.db",
-    "config.yaml",
-    ".env",
-    "auth.json",
-    "cron/jobs.json",
-    "gateway_state.json",
-    "channel_directory.json",
-    "processes.json",
-)
-
-_QUICK_SNAPSHOTS_DIR = "state-snapshots"
-_QUICK_DEFAULT_KEEP = 20
-
-
-def _quick_snapshot_root(hermes_home: Optional[Path] = None) -> Path:
-    home = hermes_home or get_hermes_home()
-    return home / _QUICK_SNAPSHOTS_DIR
-
-
-def create_quick_snapshot(
-    label: Optional[str] = None,
-    hermes_home: Optional[Path] = None,
-) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Create a quick state snapshot of critical files.
-
-    Copies STATE_FILES to a timestamped directory under state-snapshots/.
-    Auto-prunes old snapshots beyond the keep limit.
-
-    Returns:
-        Snapshot ID (timestamp-based), or None if no files found.
-    """
-    home = hermes_home or get_hermes_home()
-    root = _quick_snapshot_root(home)
-
-    ts = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
-    snap_id = f"{ts}-{label}" if label else ts
-    snap_dir = root / snap_id
-    snap_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    manifest: Dict[str, int] = {}  # rel_path -> file size
-
-    for rel in _QUICK_STATE_FILES:
-        src = home / rel
-        if not src.exists() or not src.is_file():
-            continue
-
-        dst = snap_dir / rel
-        dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        try:
-            if src.suffix == ".db":
-                if not _safe_copy_db(src, dst):
-                    continue
-            else:
-                shutil.copy2(src, dst)
-            manifest[rel] = dst.stat().st_size
-        except (OSError, PermissionError) as exc:
-            logger.warning("Could not snapshot %s: %s", rel, exc)
-
-    if not manifest:
-        shutil.rmtree(snap_dir, ignore_errors=True)
-        return None
-
-    # Write manifest
-    meta = {
-        "id": snap_id,
-        "timestamp": ts,
-        "label": label,
-        "file_count": len(manifest),
-        "total_size": sum(manifest.values()),
-        "files": manifest,
-    }
-    with open(snap_dir / "manifest.json", "w") as f:
-        json.dump(meta, f, indent=2)
-
-    # Auto-prune
-    _prune_quick_snapshots(root, keep=_QUICK_DEFAULT_KEEP)
-
-    logger.info("State snapshot created: %s (%d files)", snap_id, len(manifest))
-    return snap_id
-
-
-def list_quick_snapshots(
-    limit: int = 20,
-    hermes_home: Optional[Path] = None,
-) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """List existing quick state snapshots, most recent first."""
-    root = _quick_snapshot_root(hermes_home)
-    if not root.exists():
-        return []
-
-    results = []
-    for d in sorted(root.iterdir(), reverse=True):
-        if not d.is_dir():
-            continue
-        manifest_path = d / "manifest.json"
-        if manifest_path.exists():
-            try:
-                with open(manifest_path) as f:
-                    results.append(json.load(f))
-            except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
-                results.append({"id": d.name, "file_count": 0, "total_size": 0})
-        if len(results) >= limit:
-            break
-
-    return results
-
-
-def restore_quick_snapshot(
-    snapshot_id: str,
-    hermes_home: Optional[Path] = None,
-) -> bool:
-    """Restore state from a quick snapshot.
-
-    Overwrites current state files with the snapshot's copies.
-    Returns True if at least one file was restored.
-    """
-    home = hermes_home or get_hermes_home()
-    root = _quick_snapshot_root(home)
-    snap_dir = root / snapshot_id
-
-    if not snap_dir.is_dir():
-        return False
-
-    manifest_path = snap_dir / "manifest.json"
-    if not manifest_path.exists():
-        return False
-
-    with open(manifest_path) as f:
-        meta = json.load(f)
-
-    restored = 0
-    for rel in meta.get("files", {}):
-        src = snap_dir / rel
-        if not src.exists():
-            continue
-
-        dst = home / rel
-        dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        try:
-            if dst.suffix == ".db":
-                # Atomic-ish replace for databases
-                tmp = dst.parent / f".{dst.name}.snap_restore"
-                shutil.copy2(src, tmp)
-                dst.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-                shutil.move(str(tmp), str(dst))
-            else:
-                shutil.copy2(src, dst)
-            restored += 1
-        except (OSError, PermissionError) as exc:
-            logger.error("Failed to restore %s: %s", rel, exc)
-
-    logger.info("Restored %d files from snapshot %s", restored, snapshot_id)
-    return restored > 0
-
-
-def _prune_quick_snapshots(root: Path, keep: int = _QUICK_DEFAULT_KEEP) -> int:
-    """Remove oldest quick snapshots beyond the keep limit. Returns count deleted."""
-    if not root.exists():
-        return 0
-
-    dirs = sorted(
-        (d for d in root.iterdir() if d.is_dir()),
-        key=lambda d: d.name,
-        reverse=True,
-    )
-
-    deleted = 0
-    for d in dirs[keep:]:
-        try:
-            shutil.rmtree(d)
-            deleted += 1
-        except OSError as exc:
-            logger.warning("Failed to prune snapshot %s: %s", d.name, exc)
-
-    return deleted
-
-
-def prune_quick_snapshots(
-    keep: int = _QUICK_DEFAULT_KEEP,
-    hermes_home: Optional[Path] = None,
-) -> int:
-    """Manually prune quick snapshots. Returns count deleted."""
-    return _prune_quick_snapshots(_quick_snapshot_root(hermes_home), keep=keep)
-
-
-def run_quick_backup(args) -> None:
-    """CLI entry point for hermes backup --quick."""
-    label = getattr(args, "label", None)
-    snap_id = create_quick_snapshot(label=label)
-    if snap_id:
-        print(f"State snapshot created: {snap_id}")
-        snaps = list_quick_snapshots()
-        print(f"  {len(snaps)} snapshot(s) stored in {display_hermes_home()}/state-snapshots/")
-        print(f"  Restore with: /snapshot restore {snap_id}")
-    else:
-        print("No state files found to snapshot.")
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Pure display functions with no HermesCLI state dependency.

 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import threading
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ def prompt_for_secret(cli, var_name: str, prompt: str, metadata=None) -> dict:
        if not hasattr(cli, "_secret_deadline"):
            cli._secret_deadline = 0
        try:
-            value = getpass.getpass(f"{prompt} (hidden, ESC or empty Enter to skip): ")
+            value = getpass.getpass(f"{prompt} (hidden, Enter to skip): ")
        except (EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt):
            value = ""

        if not value:
-            cprint(f"\n{_DIM}  ⏭ Secret entry skipped{_RST}")
+            cprint(f"\n{_DIM}  ⏭ Secret entry cancelled{_RST}")
            return {
                "success": True,
                "reason": "cancelled",
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def prompt_for_secret(cli, var_name: str, prompt: str, metadata=None) -> dict:
                cli._app.invalidate()

            if not value:
-                cprint(f"\n{_DIM}  ⏭ Secret entry skipped{_RST}")
+                cprint(f"\n{_DIM}  ⏭ Secret entry cancelled{_RST}")
                return {
                    "success": True,
                    "reason": "cancelled",
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Usage:

 import importlib.util
 import logging
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -51,100 +50,7 @@ _OPENCLAW_SCRIPT_INSTALLED = (
 )

 # Known OpenClaw directory names (current + legacy)
-_OPENCLAW_DIR_NAMES = (".openclaw", ".clawdbot", ".moltbot")
-
-def _detect_openclaw_processes() -> list[str]:
-    """Detect running OpenClaw processes and services.
-
-    Returns a list of human-readable descriptions of what was found.
-    An empty list means nothing was detected.
-    """
-    found: list[str] = []
-
-    # -- systemd service (Linux) ------------------------------------------
-    if sys.platform != "win32":
-        try:
-            result = subprocess.run(
-                ["systemctl", "--user", "is-active", "openclaw-gateway.service"],
-                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5,
-            )
-            if result.stdout.strip() == "active":
-                found.append("systemd service: openclaw-gateway.service")
-        except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
-            pass
-
-    # -- process scan ------------------------------------------------------
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        try:
-            for exe in ("openclaw.exe", "clawd.exe"):
-                result = subprocess.run(
-                    ["tasklist", "/FI", f"IMAGENAME eq {exe}"],
-                    capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5,
-                )
-                if exe in result.stdout.lower():
-                    found.append(f"process: {exe}")
-
-            # Node.js-hosted OpenClaw — tasklist doesn't show command lines,
-            # so fall back to PowerShell.
-            ps_cmd = (
-                'Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "Name = \'node.exe\'" | '
-                'Where-Object { $_.CommandLine -match "openclaw|clawd" } | '
-                'Select-Object -First 1 ProcessId'
-            )
-            result = subprocess.run(
-                ["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", ps_cmd],
-                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5,
-            )
-            if result.stdout.strip():
-                found.append(f"node.exe process with openclaw in command line (PID {result.stdout.strip()})")
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-    else:
-        try:
-            result = subprocess.run(
-                ["pgrep", "-f", "openclaw"],
-                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=3,
-            )
-            if result.returncode == 0:
-                pids = result.stdout.strip().split()
-                found.append(f"openclaw process(es) (PIDs: {', '.join(pids)})")
-        except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
-            pass
-
-    return found
-
-
-def _warn_if_openclaw_running(auto_yes: bool) -> None:
-    """Warn if OpenClaw is still running before migration.
-
-    Telegram, Discord, and Slack only allow one active connection per bot
-    token. Migrating while OpenClaw is running causes both to fight for the
-    same token.
-    """
-    running = _detect_openclaw_processes()
-    if not running:
-        return
-
-    print()
-    print_error("OpenClaw appears to be running:")
-    for detail in running:
-        print_info(f"  * {detail}")
-    print_info(
-        "Messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, Slack) only allow one "
-        "active session per bot token. If you continue, both OpenClaw and "
-        "Hermes may try to use the same token, causing disconnects."
-    )
-    print_info("Recommendation: stop OpenClaw before migrating.")
-    print()
-    if auto_yes:
-        return
-    if not sys.stdin.isatty():
-        print_info("Non-interactive session — continuing to preview only.")
-        return
-    if not prompt_yes_no("Continue anyway?", default=False):
-        print_info("Migration cancelled. Stop OpenClaw and try again.")
-        sys.exit(0)
-
+_OPENCLAW_DIR_NAMES = (".openclaw", ".clawdbot", ".moldbot")

 def _warn_if_gateway_running(auto_yes: bool) -> None:
    """Check if a Hermes gateway is running with connected platforms.
@@ -181,8 +87,8 @@ def _warn_if_gateway_running(auto_yes: bool) -> None:
        print_info("Migration cancelled. Stop the gateway and try again.")
        sys.exit(0)

-# State files commonly found in OpenClaw workspace directories — listed
-# during cleanup to help the user decide whether to archive
+# State files commonly found in OpenClaw workspace directories that cause
+# confusion after migration (the agent discovers them and writes to them)
 _WORKSPACE_STATE_GLOBS = (
    "*/todo.json",
    "*/sessions/*",
@@ -227,7 +133,7 @@ def _find_openclaw_dirs() -> list[Path]:


 def _scan_workspace_state(source_dir: Path) -> list[tuple[Path, str]]:
-    """Scan an OpenClaw directory for workspace state files.
+    """Scan an OpenClaw directory for workspace state files that cause confusion.

    Returns a list of (path, description) tuples.
    """
@@ -310,7 +216,7 @@ def _cmd_migrate(args):
        source_dir = Path.home() / ".openclaw"
        if not source_dir.is_dir():
            # Try legacy directory names
-            for legacy in (".clawdbot", ".moltbot"):
+            for legacy in (".clawdbot", ".moldbot"):
                candidate = Path.home() / legacy
                if candidate.is_dir():
                    source_dir = candidate
@@ -381,11 +287,8 @@ def _cmd_migrate(args):
        print_info(f"Workspace:   {workspace_target}")
    print()

-    # Check if OpenClaw is still running — migrating tokens while both are
-    # active will cause conflicts (e.g. Telegram 409).
-    _warn_if_openclaw_running(auto_yes)
-
-    # Check if a Hermes gateway is running with connected platforms.
+    # Check if a gateway is running with connected platforms — migrating tokens
+    # while the gateway is active will cause conflicts (e.g. Telegram 409).
    _warn_if_gateway_running(auto_yes)

    # Ensure config.yaml exists before migration tries to read it
@@ -481,16 +384,65 @@ def _cmd_migrate(args):
    # Print results
    _print_migration_report(report, dry_run=False)

-    # Source directory is left untouched — archiving is not the migration
-    # tool's responsibility.  Users who want to clean up can run
-    # 'hermes claw cleanup' separately.
+    # After successful migration, offer to archive the source directory
+    if report.get("summary", {}).get("migrated", 0) > 0:
+        _offer_source_archival(source_dir, auto_yes)
+
+
+def _offer_source_archival(source_dir: Path, auto_yes: bool = False):
+    """After migration, offer to rename the source directory to prevent state fragmentation.
+
+    OpenClaw workspace directories contain state files (todo.json, sessions, etc.)
+    that the agent may discover and write to, causing confusion. Renaming the
+    directory prevents this.
+    """
+    if not source_dir.is_dir():
+        return
+
+    # Scan for state files that could cause problems
+    state_files = _scan_workspace_state(source_dir)
+
+    print()
+    print_header("Post-Migration Cleanup")
+    print_info("The OpenClaw directory still exists and contains workspace state files")
+    print_info("that can confuse the agent (todo lists, sessions, logs).")
+    if state_files:
+        print()
+        print(color("  Found state files:", Colors.YELLOW))
+        # Show up to 10 most relevant findings
+        for path, desc in state_files[:10]:
+            print(f"      {desc}")
+        if len(state_files) > 10:
+            print(f"      ... and {len(state_files) - 10} more")
+    print()
+    print_info(f"Recommend: rename {source_dir.name}/ to {source_dir.name}.pre-migration/")
+    print_info("This prevents the agent from discovering old workspace directories.")
+    print_info("You can always rename it back if needed.")
+    print()
+
+    if not auto_yes and not sys.stdin.isatty():
+        print_info("Non-interactive session — skipping archival.")
+        print_info("Run later with: hermes claw cleanup")
+        return
+
+    if auto_yes or prompt_yes_no(f"Archive {source_dir} now?", default=True):
+        try:
+            archive_path = _archive_directory(source_dir)
+            print_success(f"Archived: {source_dir} → {archive_path}")
+            print_info("The original directory has been renamed, not deleted.")
+            print_info(f"To undo: mv {archive_path} {source_dir}")
+        except OSError as e:
+            print_error(f"Could not archive: {e}")
+            print_info(f"You can do it manually: mv {source_dir} {source_dir}.pre-migration")
+    else:
+        print_info("Skipped. You can archive later with: hermes claw cleanup")


 def _cmd_cleanup(args):
    """Archive leftover OpenClaw directories after migration.

    Scans for OpenClaw directories that still exist after migration and offers
-    to rename them to .pre-migration to free disk space.
+    to rename them to .pre-migration to prevent state fragmentation.
    """
    dry_run = getattr(args, "dry_run", False)
    auto_yes = getattr(args, "yes", False)
@@ -527,28 +479,6 @@ def _cmd_cleanup(args):
        print_success("No OpenClaw directories found. Nothing to clean up.")
        return

-    # Warn if OpenClaw is still running — archiving while the service is
-    # active causes it to recreate an empty skeleton directory (#8502).
-    running = _detect_openclaw_processes()
-    if running:
-        print()
-        print_error("OpenClaw appears to be still running:")
-        for detail in running:
-            print_info(f"  * {detail}")
-        print_info(
-            "Archiving .openclaw/ while the service is active may cause it to "
-            "immediately recreate an empty skeleton directory, destroying your config."
-        )
-        print_info("Stop OpenClaw first: systemctl --user stop openclaw-gateway.service")
-        print()
-        if not auto_yes:
-            if not sys.stdin.isatty():
-                print_info("Non-interactive session — aborting. Stop OpenClaw and re-run.")
-                return
-            if not prompt_yes_no("Proceed anyway?", default=False):
-                print_info("Aborted. Stop OpenClaw first, then re-run: hermes claw cleanup")
-                return
-
    total_archived = 0

    for source_dir in dirs_to_check:
@@ -587,7 +517,7 @@ def _cmd_cleanup(args):

        if state_files:
            print()
-            print(color(f"  {len(state_files)} state file(s) found:", Colors.YELLOW))
+            print(color(f"  {len(state_files)} state file(s) that could cause confusion:", Colors.YELLOW))
            for path, desc in state_files[:8]:
                print(f"      {desc}")
            if len(state_files) > 8:
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mcp_config.py, and memory_setup.py.
 """

 import getpass
+import sys

 from hermes_cli.colors import Colors, color

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations

 import os
 import re
-import shutil
-import subprocess
-import time
 from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any
@@ -72,12 +69,9 @@ COMMAND_REGISTRY: list[CommandDef] = [
               args_hint="[name]"),
    CommandDef("branch", "Branch the current session (explore a different path)", "Session",
               aliases=("fork",), args_hint="[name]"),
-    CommandDef("compress", "Manually compress conversation context", "Session",
-               args_hint="[focus topic]"),
+    CommandDef("compress", "Manually compress conversation context", "Session"),
    CommandDef("rollback", "List or restore filesystem checkpoints", "Session",
               args_hint="[number]"),
-    CommandDef("snapshot", "Create or restore state snapshots of Hermes config/state", "Session",
-               aliases=("snap",), args_hint="[create|restore <id>|prune]"),
    CommandDef("stop", "Kill all running background processes", "Session"),
    CommandDef("approve", "Approve a pending dangerous command", "Session",
               gateway_only=True, args_hint="[session|always]"),
@@ -102,7 +96,6 @@ COMMAND_REGISTRY: list[CommandDef] = [
    CommandDef("model", "Switch model for this session", "Configuration", args_hint="[model] [--global]"),
    CommandDef("provider", "Show available providers and current provider",
               "Configuration"),
-    CommandDef("gquota", "Show Google Gemini Code Assist quota usage", "Info"),

    CommandDef("personality", "Set a predefined personality", "Configuration",
               args_hint="[name]"),
@@ -135,7 +128,6 @@ COMMAND_REGISTRY: list[CommandDef] = [
    CommandDef("cron", "Manage scheduled tasks", "Tools & Skills",
               cli_only=True, args_hint="[subcommand]",
               subcommands=("list", "add", "create", "edit", "pause", "resume", "run", "remove")),
-    CommandDef("reload", "Reload .env variables into the running session", "Tools & Skills"),
    CommandDef("reload-mcp", "Reload MCP servers from config", "Tools & Skills",
               aliases=("reload_mcp",)),
    CommandDef("browser", "Connect browser tools to your live Chrome via CDP", "Tools & Skills",
@@ -161,11 +153,10 @@ COMMAND_REGISTRY: list[CommandDef] = [
               cli_only=True, args_hint="<path>"),
    CommandDef("update", "Update Hermes Agent to the latest version", "Info",
               gateway_only=True),
-    CommandDef("debug", "Upload debug report (system info + logs) and get shareable links", "Info"),

    # Exit
    CommandDef("quit", "Exit the CLI", "Exit",
-               cli_only=True, aliases=("exit",)),
+               cli_only=True, aliases=("exit", "q")),
 ]


@@ -194,6 +185,52 @@ def resolve_command(name: str) -> CommandDef | None:
    return _COMMAND_LOOKUP.get(name.lower().lstrip("/"))


+def rebuild_lookups() -> None:
+    """Rebuild all derived lookup dicts from the current COMMAND_REGISTRY.
+
+    Called after plugin commands are registered so they appear in help,
+    autocomplete, gateway dispatch, Telegram menu, and Slack mapping.
+    """
+    global GATEWAY_KNOWN_COMMANDS
+
+    _COMMAND_LOOKUP.clear()
+    _COMMAND_LOOKUP.update(_build_command_lookup())
+
+    COMMANDS.clear()
+    for cmd in COMMAND_REGISTRY:
+        if not cmd.gateway_only:
+            COMMANDS[f"/{cmd.name}"] = _build_description(cmd)
+            for alias in cmd.aliases:
+                COMMANDS[f"/{alias}"] = f"{cmd.description} (alias for /{cmd.name})"
+
+    COMMANDS_BY_CATEGORY.clear()
+    for cmd in COMMAND_REGISTRY:
+        if not cmd.gateway_only:
+            cat = COMMANDS_BY_CATEGORY.setdefault(cmd.category, {})
+            cat[f"/{cmd.name}"] = COMMANDS[f"/{cmd.name}"]
+            for alias in cmd.aliases:
+                cat[f"/{alias}"] = COMMANDS[f"/{alias}"]
+
+    SUBCOMMANDS.clear()
+    for cmd in COMMAND_REGISTRY:
+        if cmd.subcommands:
+            SUBCOMMANDS[f"/{cmd.name}"] = list(cmd.subcommands)
+    for cmd in COMMAND_REGISTRY:
+        key = f"/{cmd.name}"
+        if key in SUBCOMMANDS or not cmd.args_hint:
+            continue
+        m = _PIPE_SUBS_RE.search(cmd.args_hint)
+        if m:
+            SUBCOMMANDS[key] = m.group(0).split("|")
+
+    GATEWAY_KNOWN_COMMANDS = frozenset(
+        name
+        for cmd in COMMAND_REGISTRY
+        if not cmd.cli_only or cmd.gateway_config_gate
+        for name in (cmd.name, *cmd.aliases)
+    )
+
+
 def _build_description(cmd: CommandDef) -> str:
    """Build a CLI-facing description string including usage hint."""
    if cmd.args_hint:
@@ -451,7 +488,7 @@ def _collect_gateway_skill_entries(
            name = sanitize_name(cmd_name) if sanitize_name else cmd_name
            if not name:
                continue
-            desc = plugin_cmds[cmd_name].get("description", "Plugin command")
+            desc = "Plugin command"
            if len(desc) > desc_limit:
                desc = desc[:desc_limit - 3] + "..."
            plugin_pairs.append((name, desc))
@@ -583,116 +620,6 @@ def discord_skill_commands(
    )


-def discord_skill_commands_by_category(
-    reserved_names: set[str],
-) -> tuple[dict[str, list[tuple[str, str, str]]], list[tuple[str, str, str]], int]:
-    """Return skill entries organized by category for Discord ``/skill`` subcommand groups.
-
-    Skills whose directory is nested at least 2 levels under ``SKILLS_DIR``
-    (e.g. ``creative/ascii-art/SKILL.md``) are grouped by their top-level
-    category.  Root-level skills (e.g. ``dogfood/SKILL.md``) are returned as
-    *uncategorized* — the caller should register them as direct subcommands
-    of the ``/skill`` group.
-
-    The same filtering as :func:`discord_skill_commands` is applied: hub
-    skills excluded, per-platform disabled excluded, names clamped.
-
-    Returns:
-        ``(categories, uncategorized, hidden_count)``
-
-        - *categories*: ``{category_name: [(name, description, cmd_key), ...]}``
-        - *uncategorized*: ``[(name, description, cmd_key), ...]``
-        - *hidden_count*: skills dropped due to Discord group limits
-          (25 subcommand groups, 25 subcommands per group)
-    """
-    from pathlib import Path as _P
-
-    _platform_disabled: set[str] = set()
-    try:
-        from agent.skill_utils import get_disabled_skill_names
-        _platform_disabled = get_disabled_skill_names(platform="discord")
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    # Collect raw skill data --------------------------------------------------
-    categories: dict[str, list[tuple[str, str, str]]] = {}
-    uncategorized: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
-    _names_used: set[str] = set(reserved_names)
-    hidden = 0
-
-    try:
-        from agent.skill_commands import get_skill_commands
-        from tools.skills_tool import SKILLS_DIR
-        _skills_dir = SKILLS_DIR.resolve()
-        _hub_dir = (SKILLS_DIR / ".hub").resolve()
-        skill_cmds = get_skill_commands()
-
-        for cmd_key in sorted(skill_cmds):
-            info = skill_cmds[cmd_key]
-            skill_path = info.get("skill_md_path", "")
-            if not skill_path:
-                continue
-            sp = _P(skill_path).resolve()
-            # Skip skills outside SKILLS_DIR or from the hub
-            if not str(sp).startswith(str(_skills_dir)):
-                continue
-            if str(sp).startswith(str(_hub_dir)):
-                continue
-
-            skill_name = info.get("name", "")
-            if skill_name in _platform_disabled:
-                continue
-
-            raw_name = cmd_key.lstrip("/")
-            # Clamp to 32 chars (Discord limit)
-            discord_name = raw_name[:32]
-            if discord_name in _names_used:
-                continue
-            _names_used.add(discord_name)
-
-            desc = info.get("description", "")
-            if len(desc) > 100:
-                desc = desc[:97] + "..."
-
-            # Determine category from the relative path within SKILLS_DIR.
-            # e.g. creative/ascii-art/SKILL.md → parts = ("creative", "ascii-art")
-            try:
-                rel = sp.parent.relative_to(_skills_dir)
-            except ValueError:
-                continue
-            parts = rel.parts
-            if len(parts) >= 2:
-                cat = parts[0]
-                categories.setdefault(cat, []).append((discord_name, desc, cmd_key))
-            else:
-                uncategorized.append((discord_name, desc, cmd_key))
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    # Enforce Discord limits: 25 subcommand groups, 25 subcommands each ------
-    _MAX_GROUPS = 25
-    _MAX_PER_GROUP = 25
-
-    trimmed_categories: dict[str, list[tuple[str, str, str]]] = {}
-    group_count = 0
-    for cat in sorted(categories):
-        if group_count >= _MAX_GROUPS:
-            hidden += len(categories[cat])
-            continue
-        entries = categories[cat][:_MAX_PER_GROUP]
-        hidden += max(0, len(categories[cat]) - _MAX_PER_GROUP)
-        trimmed_categories[cat] = entries
-        group_count += 1
-
-    # Uncategorized skills also count against the 25 top-level limit
-    remaining_slots = _MAX_GROUPS - group_count
-    if len(uncategorized) > remaining_slots:
-        hidden += len(uncategorized) - remaining_slots
-        uncategorized = uncategorized[:remaining_slots]
-
-    return trimmed_categories, uncategorized, hidden
-
-
 def slack_subcommand_map() -> dict[str, str]:
    """Return subcommand -> /command mapping for Slack /hermes handler.

@@ -724,10 +651,6 @@ class SlashCommandCompleter(Completer):
    ) -> None:
        self._skill_commands_provider = skill_commands_provider
        self._command_filter = command_filter
-        # Cached project file list for fuzzy @ completions
-        self._file_cache: list[str] = []
-        self._file_cache_time: float = 0.0
-        self._file_cache_cwd: str = ""

    def _command_allowed(self, slash_command: str) -> bool:
        if self._command_filter is None:
@@ -845,7 +768,8 @@ class SlashCommandCompleter(Completer):
            return None
        return word

-    def _context_completions(self, word: str, limit: int = 30):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _context_completions(word: str, limit: int = 30):
        """Yield Claude Code-style @ context completions.

        Bare ``@`` or ``@partial`` shows static references and matching
@@ -911,138 +835,46 @@ class SlashCommandCompleter(Completer):
                    count += 1
                return

-        # Bare @ or @partial — fuzzy project-wide file search
+        # Bare @ or @partial — show matching files/folders from cwd
        query = word[1:]  # strip the @
-        yield from self._fuzzy_file_completions(word, query, limit)
-
-    def _get_project_files(self) -> list[str]:
-        """Return cached list of project files (refreshed every 5s)."""
-        cwd = os.getcwd()
-        now = time.monotonic()
-        if (
-            self._file_cache
-            and self._file_cache_cwd == cwd
-            and now - self._file_cache_time < 5.0
-        ):
-            return self._file_cache
-
-        files: list[str] = []
-        # Try rg first (fast, respects .gitignore), then fd, then find.
-        for cmd in [
-            ["rg", "--files", "--sortr=modified", cwd],
-            ["rg", "--files", cwd],
-            ["fd", "--type", "f", "--base-directory", cwd],
-        ]:
-            tool = cmd[0]
-            if not shutil.which(tool):
-                continue
-            try:
-                proc = subprocess.run(
-                    cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=2,
-                    cwd=cwd,
-                )
-                if proc.returncode == 0 and proc.stdout.strip():
-                    raw = proc.stdout.strip().split("\n")
-                    # Store relative paths
-                    for p in raw[:5000]:
-                        rel = os.path.relpath(p, cwd) if os.path.isabs(p) else p
-                        files.append(rel)
-                    break
-            except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError):
-                continue
-
-        self._file_cache = files
-        self._file_cache_time = now
-        self._file_cache_cwd = cwd
-        return files
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _score_path(filepath: str, query: str) -> int:
-        """Score a file path against a fuzzy query. Higher = better match."""
        if not query:
-            return 1  # show everything when query is empty
+            search_dir, match_prefix = ".", ""
+        else:
+            expanded = os.path.expanduser(query)
+            if expanded.endswith("/"):
+                search_dir, match_prefix = expanded, ""
+            else:
+                search_dir = os.path.dirname(expanded) or "."
+                match_prefix = os.path.basename(expanded)

-        filename = os.path.basename(filepath)
-        lower_file = filename.lower()
-        lower_path = filepath.lower()
-        lower_q = query.lower()
-
-        # Exact filename match
-        if lower_file == lower_q:
-            return 100
-        # Filename starts with query
-        if lower_file.startswith(lower_q):
-            return 80
-        # Filename contains query as substring
-        if lower_q in lower_file:
-            return 60
-        # Full path contains query
-        if lower_q in lower_path:
-            return 40
-        # Initials / abbreviation match: e.g. "fo" matches "file_operations"
-        # Check if query chars appear in order in filename
-        qi = 0
-        for c in lower_file:
-            if qi < len(lower_q) and c == lower_q[qi]:
-                qi += 1
-        if qi == len(lower_q):
-            # Bonus if matches land on word boundaries (after _, -, /, .)
-            boundary_hits = 0
-            qi = 0
-            prev = "_"  # treat start as boundary
-            for c in lower_file:
-                if qi < len(lower_q) and c == lower_q[qi]:
-                    if prev in "_-./":
-                        boundary_hits += 1
-                    qi += 1
-                prev = c
-            if boundary_hits >= len(lower_q) * 0.5:
-                return 35
-            return 25
-        return 0
-
-    def _fuzzy_file_completions(self, word: str, query: str, limit: int = 20):
-        """Yield fuzzy file completions for bare @query."""
-        files = self._get_project_files()
-
-        if not query:
-            # No query — show recently modified files (already sorted by mtime)
-            for fp in files[:limit]:
-                is_dir = fp.endswith("/")
-                filename = os.path.basename(fp)
-                kind = "folder" if is_dir else "file"
-                meta = "dir" if is_dir else _file_size_label(
-                    os.path.join(os.getcwd(), fp)
-                )
-                yield Completion(
-                    f"@{kind}:{fp}",
-                    start_position=-len(word),
-                    display=filename,
-                    display_meta=meta,
-                )
+        try:
+            entries = os.listdir(search_dir)
+        except OSError:
            return

-        # Score and rank
-        scored = []
-        for fp in files:
-            s = self._score_path(fp, query)
-            if s > 0:
-                scored.append((s, fp))
-        scored.sort(key=lambda x: (-x[0], x[1]))
-
-        for _, fp in scored[:limit]:
-            is_dir = fp.endswith("/")
-            filename = os.path.basename(fp)
+        count = 0
+        prefix_lower = match_prefix.lower()
+        for entry in sorted(entries):
+            if match_prefix and not entry.lower().startswith(prefix_lower):
+                continue
+            if entry.startswith("."):
+                continue  # skip hidden files in bare @ mode
+            if count >= limit:
+                break
+            full_path = os.path.join(search_dir, entry)
+            is_dir = os.path.isdir(full_path)
+            display_path = os.path.relpath(full_path)
+            suffix = "/" if is_dir else ""
            kind = "folder" if is_dir else "file"
-            meta = "dir" if is_dir else _file_size_label(
-                os.path.join(os.getcwd(), fp)
-            )
+            meta = "dir" if is_dir else _file_size_label(full_path)
+            completion = f"@{kind}:{display_path}{suffix}"
            yield Completion(
-                f"@{kind}:{fp}",
+                completion,
                start_position=-len(word),
-                display=filename,
-                display_meta=f"{fp}  {meta}" if meta else fp,
+                display=entry + suffix,
+                display_meta=meta,
            )
+            count += 1

    def _model_completions(self, sub_text: str, sub_lower: str):
        """Yield completions for /model from config aliases + built-in aliases."""
@@ -1140,22 +972,6 @@ class SlashCommandCompleter(Completer):
                    display_meta=f"⚡ {short_desc}",
                )

-        # Plugin-registered slash commands
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.plugins import get_plugin_commands
-            for cmd_name, cmd_info in get_plugin_commands().items():
-                if cmd_name.startswith(word):
-                    desc = str(cmd_info.get("description", "Plugin command"))
-                    short_desc = desc[:50] + ("..." if len(desc) > 50 else "")
-                    yield Completion(
-                        self._completion_text(cmd_name, word),
-                        start_position=-len(word),
-                        display=f"/{cmd_name}",
-                        display_meta=f"🔌 {short_desc}",
-                    )
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-

 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Inline auto-suggest (ghost text) for slash commands
@@ -1,315 +0,0 @@
-"""Shell completion script generation for hermes CLI.
-
-Walks the live argparse parser tree to generate accurate, always-up-to-date
-completion scripts — no hardcoded subcommand lists, no extra dependencies.
-
-Supports bash, zsh, and fish.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import argparse
-from typing import Any
-
-
-def _walk(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Recursively extract subcommands and flags from a parser.
-
-    Uses _SubParsersAction._choices_actions to get canonical names (no aliases)
-    along with their help text.
-    """
-    flags: list[str] = []
-    subcommands: dict[str, Any] = {}
-
-    for action in parser._actions:
-        if isinstance(action, argparse._SubParsersAction):
-            # _choices_actions has one entry per canonical name; aliases are
-            # omitted, which keeps completion lists clean.
-            seen: set[str] = set()
-            for pseudo in action._choices_actions:
-                name = pseudo.dest
-                if name in seen:
-                    continue
-                seen.add(name)
-                subparser = action.choices.get(name)
-                if subparser is None:
-                    continue
-                info = _walk(subparser)
-                info["help"] = _clean(pseudo.help or "")
-                subcommands[name] = info
-        elif action.option_strings:
-            flags.extend(o for o in action.option_strings if o.startswith("-"))
-
-    return {"flags": flags, "subcommands": subcommands}
-
-
-def _clean(text: str, maxlen: int = 60) -> str:
-    """Strip shell-unsafe characters and truncate."""
-    return text.replace("'", "").replace('"', "").replace("\\", "")[:maxlen]
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Bash
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def generate_bash(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> str:
-    tree = _walk(parser)
-    top_cmds = " ".join(sorted(tree["subcommands"]))
-
-    cases: list[str] = []
-    for cmd in sorted(tree["subcommands"]):
-        info = tree["subcommands"][cmd]
-        if cmd == "profile" and info["subcommands"]:
-            # Profile subcommand: complete actions, then profile names for
-            # actions that accept a profile argument.
-            subcmds = " ".join(sorted(info["subcommands"]))
-            profile_actions = "use delete show alias rename export"
-            cases.append(
-                f"        profile)\n"
-                f"            case \"$prev\" in\n"
-                f"                profile)\n"
-                f"                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W \"{subcmds}\" -- \"$cur\"))\n"
-                f"                    return\n"
-                f"                    ;;\n"
-                f"                {profile_actions.replace(' ', '|')})\n"
-                f"                    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W \"$(_hermes_profiles)\" -- \"$cur\"))\n"
-                f"                    return\n"
-                f"                    ;;\n"
-                f"            esac\n"
-                f"            ;;"
-            )
-        elif info["subcommands"]:
-            subcmds = " ".join(sorted(info["subcommands"]))
-            cases.append(
-                f"        {cmd})\n"
-                f"            COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W \"{subcmds}\" -- \"$cur\"))\n"
-                f"            return\n"
-                f"            ;;"
-            )
-        elif info["flags"]:
-            flags = " ".join(info["flags"])
-            cases.append(
-                f"        {cmd})\n"
-                f"            COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W \"{flags}\" -- \"$cur\"))\n"
-                f"            return\n"
-                f"            ;;"
-            )
-
-    cases_str = "\n".join(cases)
-
-    return f"""# Hermes Agent bash completion
-# Add to ~/.bashrc:
-#   eval "$(hermes completion bash)"
-
-_hermes_profiles() {{
-    local profiles_dir="$HOME/.hermes/profiles"
-    local profiles="default"
-    if [ -d "$profiles_dir" ]; then
-        profiles="$profiles $(ls "$profiles_dir" 2>/dev/null)"
-    fi
-    echo "$profiles"
-}}
-
-_hermes_completion() {{
-    local cur prev
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    cur="${{COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}}"
-    prev="${{COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}}"
-
-    # Complete profile names after -p / --profile
-    if [[ "$prev" == "-p" || "$prev" == "--profile" ]]; then
-        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$(_hermes_profiles)" -- "$cur"))
-        return
-    fi
-
-    if [[ $COMP_CWORD -ge 2 ]]; then
-        case "${{COMP_WORDS[1]}}" in
-{cases_str}
-        esac
-    fi
-
-    if [[ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]]; then
-        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "{top_cmds}" -- "$cur"))
-    fi
-}}
-
-complete -F _hermes_completion hermes
-"""
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Zsh
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def generate_zsh(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> str:
-    tree = _walk(parser)
-
-    top_cmds_lines: list[str] = []
-    for cmd in sorted(tree["subcommands"]):
-        help_text = _clean(tree["subcommands"][cmd].get("help", ""))
-        top_cmds_lines.append(f"                '{cmd}:{help_text}'")
-    top_cmds_str = "\n".join(top_cmds_lines)
-
-    sub_cases: list[str] = []
-    for cmd in sorted(tree["subcommands"]):
-        info = tree["subcommands"][cmd]
-        if not info["subcommands"]:
-            continue
-        if cmd == "profile":
-            # Profile subcommand: complete actions, then profile names for
-            # actions that accept a profile argument.
-            sub_lines: list[str] = []
-            for sc in sorted(info["subcommands"]):
-                sh = _clean(info["subcommands"][sc].get("help", ""))
-                sub_lines.append(f"                        '{sc}:{sh}'")
-            sub_str = "\n".join(sub_lines)
-            sub_cases.append(
-                f"                profile)\n"
-                f"                    case ${{line[2]}} in\n"
-                f"                        use|delete|show|alias|rename|export)\n"
-                f"                            _hermes_profiles\n"
-                f"                            ;;\n"
-                f"                        *)\n"
-                f"                            local -a profile_cmds\n"
-                f"                            profile_cmds=(\n"
-                f"{sub_str}\n"
-                f"                            )\n"
-                f"                            _describe 'profile command' profile_cmds\n"
-                f"                            ;;\n"
-                f"                    esac\n"
-                f"                    ;;"
-            )
-        else:
-            sub_lines = []
-            for sc in sorted(info["subcommands"]):
-                sh = _clean(info["subcommands"][sc].get("help", ""))
-                sub_lines.append(f"                    '{sc}:{sh}'")
-            sub_str = "\n".join(sub_lines)
-            safe = cmd.replace("-", "_")
-            sub_cases.append(
-                f"                {cmd})\n"
-                f"                    local -a {safe}_cmds\n"
-                f"                    {safe}_cmds=(\n"
-                f"{sub_str}\n"
-                f"                    )\n"
-                f"                    _describe '{cmd} command' {safe}_cmds\n"
-                f"                    ;;"
-            )
-    sub_cases_str = "\n".join(sub_cases)
-
-    return f"""#compdef hermes
-# Hermes Agent zsh completion
-# Add to ~/.zshrc:
-#   eval "$(hermes completion zsh)"
-
-_hermes_profiles() {{
-    local -a profiles
-    profiles=(default)
-    if [[ -d "$HOME/.hermes/profiles" ]]; then
-        profiles+=("${{(@f)$(ls $HOME/.hermes/profiles 2>/dev/null)}}")
-    fi
-    _describe 'profile' profiles
-}}
-
-_hermes() {{
-    local context state line
-    typeset -A opt_args
-
-    _arguments -C \\
-        '(-h --help){{-h,--help}}[Show help and exit]' \\
-        '(-V --version){{-V,--version}}[Show version and exit]' \\
-        '(-p --profile){{-p,--profile}}[Profile name]:profile:_hermes_profiles' \\
-        '1:command:->commands' \\
-        '*::arg:->args'
-
-    case $state in
-        commands)
-            local -a subcmds
-            subcmds=(
-{top_cmds_str}
-            )
-            _describe 'hermes command' subcmds
-            ;;
-        args)
-            case ${{line[1]}} in
-{sub_cases_str}
-            esac
-            ;;
-    esac
-}}
-
-_hermes "$@"
-"""
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Fish
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def generate_fish(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> str:
-    tree = _walk(parser)
-    top_cmds = sorted(tree["subcommands"])
-    top_cmds_str = " ".join(top_cmds)
-
-    lines: list[str] = [
-        "# Hermes Agent fish completion",
-        "# Add to your config:",
-        "#   hermes completion fish | source",
-        "",
-        "# Helper: list available profiles",
-        "function __hermes_profiles",
-        "    echo default",
-        "    if test -d $HOME/.hermes/profiles",
-        "        ls $HOME/.hermes/profiles 2>/dev/null",
-        "    end",
-        "end",
-        "",
-        "# Disable file completion by default",
-        "complete -c hermes -f",
-        "",
-        "# Complete profile names after -p / --profile",
-        "complete -c hermes -f -s p -l profile"
-        " -d 'Profile name' -xa '(__hermes_profiles)'",
-        "",
-        "# Top-level subcommands",
-    ]
-
-    for cmd in top_cmds:
-        info = tree["subcommands"][cmd]
-        help_text = _clean(info.get("help", ""))
-        lines.append(
-            f"complete -c hermes -f "
-            f"-n 'not __fish_seen_subcommand_from {top_cmds_str}' "
-            f"-a {cmd} -d '{help_text}'"
-        )
-
-    lines.append("")
-    lines.append("# Subcommand completions")
-
-    profile_name_actions = {"use", "delete", "show", "alias", "rename", "export"}
-
-    for cmd in top_cmds:
-        info = tree["subcommands"][cmd]
-        if not info["subcommands"]:
-            continue
-        lines.append(f"# {cmd}")
-        for sc in sorted(info["subcommands"]):
-            sinfo = info["subcommands"][sc]
-            sh = _clean(sinfo.get("help", ""))
-            lines.append(
-                f"complete -c hermes -f "
-                f"-n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from {cmd}' "
-                f"-a {sc} -d '{sh}'"
-            )
-        # For profile subcommand, complete profile names for relevant actions
-        if cmd == "profile":
-            for action in sorted(profile_name_actions):
-                lines.append(
-                    f"complete -c hermes -f "
-                    f"-n '__fish_seen_subcommand_from {action}; "
-                    f"and __fish_seen_subcommand_from profile' "
-                    f"-a '(__hermes_profiles)' -d 'Profile name'"
-                )
-
-    lines.append("")
-    return "\n".join(lines)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, List, Tuple

+from tools.tool_backend_helpers import managed_nous_tools_enabled as _managed_nous_tools_enabled

 _IS_WINDOWS = platform.system() == "Windows"
 _ENV_VAR_NAME_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$")
@@ -44,15 +45,11 @@ _EXTRA_ENV_KEYS = frozenset({
    "WEIXIN_HOME_CHANNEL", "WEIXIN_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME", "WEIXIN_DM_POLICY", "WEIXIN_GROUP_POLICY",
    "WEIXIN_ALLOWED_USERS", "WEIXIN_GROUP_ALLOWED_USERS", "WEIXIN_ALLOW_ALL_USERS",
    "BLUEBUBBLES_SERVER_URL", "BLUEBUBBLES_PASSWORD",
-    "QQ_APP_ID", "QQ_CLIENT_SECRET", "QQ_HOME_CHANNEL", "QQ_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME",
-    "QQ_ALLOWED_USERS", "QQ_GROUP_ALLOWED_USERS", "QQ_ALLOW_ALL_USERS", "QQ_MARKDOWN_SUPPORT",
-    "QQ_STT_API_KEY", "QQ_STT_BASE_URL", "QQ_STT_MODEL",
    "TERMINAL_ENV", "TERMINAL_SSH_KEY", "TERMINAL_SSH_PORT",
    "WHATSAPP_MODE", "WHATSAPP_ENABLED",
    "MATTERMOST_HOME_CHANNEL", "MATTERMOST_REPLY_MODE",
    "MATRIX_PASSWORD", "MATRIX_ENCRYPTION", "MATRIX_DEVICE_ID", "MATRIX_HOME_ROOM",
    "MATRIX_REQUIRE_MENTION", "MATRIX_FREE_RESPONSE_ROOMS", "MATRIX_AUTO_THREAD",
-    "MATRIX_RECOVERY_KEY",
 })
 import yaml

@@ -150,6 +147,25 @@ def managed_error(action: str = "modify configuration"):
 # Container-aware CLI (NixOS container mode)
 # =============================================================================

+def _is_inside_container() -> bool:
+    """Detect if we're already running inside a Docker/Podman container."""
+    # Standard Docker/Podman indicators
+    if os.path.exists("/.dockerenv"):
+        return True
+    # Podman uses /run/.containerenv
+    if os.path.exists("/run/.containerenv"):
+        return True
+    # Check cgroup for container runtime evidence (works for both Docker & Podman)
+    try:
+        with open("/proc/1/cgroup", "r") as f:
+            cgroup = f.read()
+            if "docker" in cgroup or "podman" in cgroup or "/lxc/" in cgroup:
+                return True
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    return False
+
+
 def get_container_exec_info() -> Optional[dict]:
    """Read container mode metadata from HERMES_HOME/.container-mode.

@@ -164,8 +180,7 @@ def get_container_exec_info() -> Optional[dict]:
    if os.environ.get("HERMES_DEV") == "1":
        return None

-    from hermes_constants import is_container
-    if is_container():
+    if _is_inside_container():
        return None

    container_mode_file = get_hermes_home() / ".container-mode"
@@ -240,41 +255,13 @@ def _secure_dir(path):
        pass


-def _is_container() -> bool:
-    """Detect if we're running inside a Docker/Podman/LXC container.
-
-    When Hermes runs in a container with volume-mounted config files, forcing
-    0o600 permissions breaks multi-process setups where the gateway and
-    dashboard run as different UIDs or the volume mount requires broader
-    permissions.
-    """
-    # Explicit opt-out
-    if os.environ.get("HERMES_CONTAINER") or os.environ.get("HERMES_SKIP_CHMOD"):
-        return True
-    # Docker / Podman marker file
-    if os.path.exists("/.dockerenv"):
-        return True
-    # LXC / cgroup-based detection
-    try:
-        with open("/proc/1/cgroup", "r") as f:
-            cgroup_content = f.read()
-        if "docker" in cgroup_content or "lxc" in cgroup_content or "kubepods" in cgroup_content:
-            return True
-    except (OSError, IOError):
-        pass
-    return False
-
-
 def _secure_file(path):
    """Set file to owner-only read/write (0600). No-op on Windows.

    Skipped in managed mode — the NixOS activation script sets
    group-readable permissions (0640) on config files.
-
-    Skipped in containers — Docker/Podman volume mounts often need broader
-    permissions.  Set HERMES_SKIP_CHMOD=1 to force-skip on other systems.
    """
-    if is_managed() or _is_container():
+    if is_managed():
        return
    try:
        if os.path.exists(str(path)):
@@ -367,10 +354,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        # threshold before escalating to a full timeout.  The warning fires
        # once per run and does not interrupt the agent.  0 = disable warning.
        "gateway_timeout_warning": 900,
-        # Periodic "still working" notification interval (seconds).
-        # Sends a status message every N seconds so the user knows the
-        # agent hasn't died during long tasks.  0 = disable notifications.
-        "gateway_notify_interval": 600,
    },
    
    "terminal": {
@@ -419,7 +402,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        "allow_private_urls": False,  # Allow navigating to private/internal IPs (localhost, 192.168.x.x, etc.)
        "camofox": {
            # When true, Hermes sends a stable profile-scoped userId to Camofox
-            # so the server maps it to a persistent Firefox profile automatically.
+            # so the server can map it to a persistent browser profile directory.
+            # Requires Camofox server to be configured with CAMOFOX_PROFILE_DIR.
            # When false (default), each session gets a random userId (ephemeral).
            "managed_persistence": False,
        },
@@ -443,29 +427,10 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        "threshold": 0.50,            # compress when context usage exceeds this ratio
        "target_ratio": 0.20,         # fraction of threshold to preserve as recent tail
        "protect_last_n": 20,         # minimum recent messages to keep uncompressed
-
+        "summary_model": "",          # empty = use main configured model
+        "summary_provider": "auto",
+        "summary_base_url": None,
    },
-
-    # AWS Bedrock provider configuration.
-    # Only used when model.provider is "bedrock".
-    "bedrock": {
-        "region": "",  # AWS region for Bedrock API calls (empty = AWS_REGION env var → us-east-1)
-        "discovery": {
-            "enabled": True,           # Auto-discover models via ListFoundationModels
-            "provider_filter": [],     # Only show models from these providers (e.g. ["anthropic", "amazon"])
-            "refresh_interval": 3600,  # Cache discovery results for this many seconds
-        },
-        "guardrail": {
-            # Amazon Bedrock Guardrails — content filtering and safety policies.
-            # Create a guardrail in the Bedrock console, then set the ID and version here.
-            # See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/guardrails.html
-            "guardrail_identifier": "",  # e.g. "abc123def456"
-            "guardrail_version": "",     # e.g. "1" or "DRAFT"
-            "stream_processing_mode": "async",  # "sync" or "async"
-            "trace": "disabled",         # "enabled", "disabled", or "enabled_full"
-        },
-    },
-
    "smart_model_routing": {
        "enabled": False,
        "max_simple_chars": 160,
@@ -557,11 +522,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        "platforms": {},  # Per-platform display overrides: {"telegram": {"tool_progress": "all"}, "slack": {"tool_progress": "off"}}
    },

-    # Web dashboard settings
-    "dashboard": {
-        "theme": "default",  # Dashboard visual theme: "default", "midnight", "ember", "mono", "cyberpunk", "rose"
-    },
-
    # Privacy settings
    "privacy": {
        "redact_pii": False,  # When True, hash user IDs and strip phone numbers from LLM context
@@ -569,7 +529,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
    
    # Text-to-speech configuration
    "tts": {
-        "provider": "edge",  # "edge" (free) | "elevenlabs" (premium) | "openai" | "xai" | "minimax" | "mistral" | "neutts" (local)
+        "provider": "edge",  # "edge" (free) | "elevenlabs" (premium) | "openai" | "minimax" | "mistral" | "neutts" (local)
        "edge": {
            "voice": "en-US-AriaNeural",
            # Popular: AriaNeural, JennyNeural, AndrewNeural, BrianNeural, SoniaNeural
@@ -583,12 +543,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
            "voice": "alloy",
            # Voices: alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, shimmer
        },
-        "xai": {
-            "voice_id": "eve",
-            "language": "en",
-            "sample_rate": 24000,
-            "bit_rate": 128000,
-        },
        "mistral": {
            "model": "voxtral-mini-tts-2603",
            "voice_id": "c69964a6-ab8b-4f8a-9465-ec0925096ec8",  # Paul - Neutral
@@ -696,7 +650,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        "allowed_channels": "",        # If set, bot ONLY responds in these channel IDs (whitelist)
        "auto_thread": True,           # Auto-create threads on @mention in channels (like Slack)
        "reactions": True,             # Add 👀/✅/❌ reactions to messages during processing
-        "channel_prompts": {},         # Per-channel ephemeral system prompts (forum parents apply to child threads)
    },

    # WhatsApp platform settings (gateway mode)
@@ -707,21 +660,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        # Supports \n for newlines, e.g. "🤖 *My Bot*\n──────\n"
    },

-    # Telegram platform settings (gateway mode)
-    "telegram": {
-        "channel_prompts": {},         # Per-chat/topic ephemeral system prompts (topics inherit from parent group)
-    },
-
-    # Slack platform settings (gateway mode)
-    "slack": {
-        "channel_prompts": {},         # Per-channel ephemeral system prompts
-    },
-
-    # Mattermost platform settings (gateway mode)
-    "mattermost": {
-        "channel_prompts": {},         # Per-channel ephemeral system prompts
-    },
-
    # Approval mode for dangerous commands:
    #   manual — always prompt the user (default)
    #   smart  — use auxiliary LLM to auto-approve low-risk commands, prompt for high-risk
@@ -768,16 +706,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
        "backup_count": 3,     # Number of rotated backup files to keep
    },

-    # Network settings — workarounds for connectivity issues.
-    "network": {
-        # Force IPv4 connections.  On servers with broken or unreachable IPv6,
-        # Python tries AAAA records first and hangs for the full TCP timeout
-        # before falling back to IPv4.  Set to true to skip IPv6 entirely.
-        "force_ipv4": False,
-    },
-
    # Config schema version - bump this when adding new required fields
-    "_config_version": 18,
+    "_config_version": 16,
 }

 # =============================================================================
@@ -845,22 +775,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "provider",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "XAI_API_KEY": {
-        "description": "xAI API key",
-        "prompt": "xAI API key",
-        "url": "https://console.x.ai/",
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "XAI_BASE_URL": {
-        "description": "xAI base URL override",
-        "prompt": "xAI base URL (leave empty for default)",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
    "GLM_API_KEY": {
        "description": "Z.AI / GLM API key (also recognized as ZAI_API_KEY / Z_AI_API_KEY)",
        "prompt": "Z.AI / GLM API key",
@@ -909,30 +823,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "provider",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "KIMI_CN_API_KEY": {
-        "description": "Kimi / Moonshot China API key",
-        "prompt": "Kimi (China) API key",
-        "url": "https://platform.moonshot.cn/",
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "ARCEEAI_API_KEY": {
-        "description": "Arcee AI API key",
-        "prompt": "Arcee AI API key",
-        "url": "https://chat.arcee.ai/",
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "ARCEE_BASE_URL": {
-        "description": "Arcee AI base URL override",
-        "prompt": "Arcee base URL (leave empty for default)",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
    "MINIMAX_API_KEY": {
        "description": "MiniMax API key (international)",
        "prompt": "MiniMax API key",
@@ -1002,30 +892,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "provider",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "HERMES_GEMINI_CLIENT_ID": {
-        "description": "Google OAuth client ID for google-gemini-cli (optional; defaults to Google's public gemini-cli client)",
-        "prompt": "Google OAuth client ID (optional — leave empty to use the public default)",
-        "url": "https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials",
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "HERMES_GEMINI_CLIENT_SECRET": {
-        "description": "Google OAuth client secret for google-gemini-cli (optional)",
-        "prompt": "Google OAuth client secret (optional)",
-        "url": "https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials",
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "HERMES_GEMINI_PROJECT_ID": {
-        "description": "GCP project ID for paid Gemini tiers (free tier auto-provisions)",
-        "prompt": "GCP project ID for Gemini OAuth (leave empty for free tier)",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
    "OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY": {
        "description": "OpenCode Zen API key (pay-as-you-go access to curated models)",
        "prompt": "OpenCode Zen API key",
@@ -1073,22 +939,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "provider",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "OLLAMA_API_KEY": {
-        "description": "Ollama Cloud API key (ollama.com — cloud-hosted open models)",
-        "prompt": "Ollama Cloud API key",
-        "url": "https://ollama.com/settings",
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": {
-        "description": "Ollama Cloud base URL override (default: https://ollama.com/v1)",
-        "prompt": "Ollama base URL (leave empty for default)",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
    "XIAOMI_API_KEY": {
        "description": "Xiaomi MiMo API key for MiMo models (mimo-v2-pro, mimo-v2-omni, mimo-v2-flash)",
        "prompt": "Xiaomi MiMo API Key",
@@ -1104,22 +954,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "provider",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "AWS_REGION": {
-        "description": "AWS region for Bedrock API calls (e.g. us-east-1, eu-central-1)",
-        "prompt": "AWS Region",
-        "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/bedrock-regions.html",
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "AWS_PROFILE": {
-        "description": "AWS named profile for Bedrock authentication (from ~/.aws/credentials)",
-        "prompt": "AWS Profile",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "provider",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },

    # ── Tool API keys ──
    "EXA_API_KEY": {
@@ -1317,12 +1151,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "password": False,
        "category": "messaging",
    },
-    "TELEGRAM_PROXY": {
-        "description": "Proxy URL for Telegram connections (overrides HTTPS_PROXY). Supports http://, https://, socks5://",
-        "prompt": "Telegram proxy URL (optional)",
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
    "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN": {
        "description": "Discord bot token from Developer Portal",
        "prompt": "Discord bot token",
@@ -1347,7 +1175,7 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
    "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN": {
        "description": "Slack bot token (xoxb-). Get from OAuth & Permissions after installing your app. "
                       "Required scopes: chat:write, app_mentions:read, channels:history, groups:history, "
-                       "im:history, im:read, im:write, users:read, files:read, files:write",
+                       "im:history, im:read, im:write, users:read, files:write",
        "prompt": "Slack Bot Token (xoxb-...)",
        "url": "https://api.slack.com/apps",
        "password": True,
@@ -1457,14 +1285,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "messaging",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "MATRIX_RECOVERY_KEY": {
-        "description": "Matrix recovery key for cross-signing verification after device key rotation (from Element: Settings → Security → Recovery Key)",
-        "prompt": "Matrix recovery key",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "messaging",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
    "BLUEBUBBLES_SERVER_URL": {
        "description": "BlueBubbles server URL for iMessage integration (e.g. http://192.168.1.10:1234)",
        "prompt": "BlueBubbles server URL",
@@ -1486,53 +1306,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "password": False,
        "category": "messaging",
    },
-    "BLUEBUBBLES_ALLOW_ALL_USERS": {
-        "description": "Allow all BlueBubbles users without allowlist",
-        "prompt": "Allow All BlueBubbles Users",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_APP_ID": {
-        "description": "QQ Bot App ID from QQ Open Platform (q.qq.com)",
-        "prompt": "QQ App ID",
-        "url": "https://q.qq.com",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_CLIENT_SECRET": {
-        "description": "QQ Bot Client Secret from QQ Open Platform",
-        "prompt": "QQ Client Secret",
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_ALLOWED_USERS": {
-        "description": "Comma-separated QQ user IDs allowed to use the bot",
-        "prompt": "QQ Allowed Users",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_GROUP_ALLOWED_USERS": {
-        "description": "Comma-separated QQ group IDs allowed to interact with the bot",
-        "prompt": "QQ Group Allowed Users",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_ALLOW_ALL_USERS": {
-        "description": "Allow all QQ users without an allowlist (true/false)",
-        "prompt": "Allow All QQ Users",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_HOME_CHANNEL": {
-        "description": "Default QQ channel/group for cron delivery and notifications",
-        "prompt": "QQ Home Channel",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME": {
-        "description": "Display name for the QQ home channel",
-        "prompt": "QQ Home Channel Name",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
-    "QQ_SANDBOX": {
-        "description": "Enable QQ sandbox mode for development testing (true/false)",
-        "prompt": "QQ Sandbox Mode",
-        "category": "messaging",
-    },
    "GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS": {
        "description": "Allow all users to interact with messaging bots (true/false). Default: false.",
        "prompt": "Allow all users (true/false)",
@@ -1581,22 +1354,6 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
        "category": "messaging",
        "advanced": True,
    },
-    "GATEWAY_PROXY_URL": {
-        "description": "URL of a remote Hermes API server to forward messages to (proxy mode). When set, the gateway handles platform I/O only — all agent work is delegated to the remote server. Use for Docker E2EE containers that relay to a host agent. Also configurable via gateway.proxy_url in config.yaml.",
-        "prompt": "Remote Hermes API server URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.100:8642)",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": False,
-        "category": "messaging",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
-    "GATEWAY_PROXY_KEY": {
-        "description": "Bearer token for authenticating with the remote Hermes API server (proxy mode). Must match the API_SERVER_KEY on the remote host.",
-        "prompt": "Remote API server auth key",
-        "url": None,
-        "password": True,
-        "category": "messaging",
-        "advanced": True,
-    },
    "WEBHOOK_ENABLED": {
        "description": "Enable the webhook platform adapter for receiving events from GitHub, GitLab, etc.",
        "prompt": "Enable webhooks (true/false)",
@@ -1620,8 +1377,13 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
    },

    # ── Agent settings ──
-    # NOTE: MESSAGING_CWD was removed here — use terminal.cwd in config.yaml
-    # instead.  The gateway reads TERMINAL_CWD (bridged from terminal.cwd).
+    "MESSAGING_CWD": {
+        "description": "Working directory for terminal commands via messaging",
+        "prompt": "Messaging working directory (default: home)",
+        "url": None,
+        "password": False,
+        "category": "setting",
+    },
    "SUDO_PASSWORD": {
        "description": "Sudo password for terminal commands requiring root access; set to an explicit empty string to try empty without prompting",
        "prompt": "Sudo password",
@@ -1669,8 +1431,14 @@ OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS = {
    },
 }

-# Tool Gateway env vars are always visible — they're useful for
-# self-hosted / custom gateway setups regardless of subscription state.
+if not _managed_nous_tools_enabled():
+    for _hidden_var in (
+        "FIRECRAWL_GATEWAY_URL",
+        "TOOL_GATEWAY_DOMAIN",
+        "TOOL_GATEWAY_SCHEME",
+        "TOOL_GATEWAY_USER_TOKEN",
+    ):
+        OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS.pop(_hidden_var, None)


 def get_missing_env_vars(required_only: bool = False) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
@@ -1775,137 +1543,6 @@ def get_missing_skill_config_vars() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
    return missing


-def _normalize_custom_provider_entry(
-    entry: Any,
-    *,
-    provider_key: str = "",
-) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Return a runtime-compatible custom provider entry or ``None``."""
-    if not isinstance(entry, dict):
-        return None
-
-    base_url = ""
-    for url_key in ("api", "url", "base_url"):
-        raw_url = entry.get(url_key)
-        if isinstance(raw_url, str) and raw_url.strip():
-            base_url = raw_url.strip()
-            break
-    if not base_url:
-        return None
-
-    name = ""
-    raw_name = entry.get("name")
-    if isinstance(raw_name, str) and raw_name.strip():
-        name = raw_name.strip()
-    elif provider_key.strip():
-        name = provider_key.strip()
-    if not name:
-        return None
-
-    normalized: Dict[str, Any] = {
-        "name": name,
-        "base_url": base_url,
-    }
-
-    provider_key = provider_key.strip()
-    if provider_key:
-        normalized["provider_key"] = provider_key
-
-    api_key = entry.get("api_key")
-    if isinstance(api_key, str) and api_key.strip():
-        normalized["api_key"] = api_key.strip()
-
-    key_env = entry.get("key_env")
-    if isinstance(key_env, str) and key_env.strip():
-        normalized["key_env"] = key_env.strip()
-
-    api_mode = entry.get("api_mode") or entry.get("transport")
-    if isinstance(api_mode, str) and api_mode.strip():
-        normalized["api_mode"] = api_mode.strip()
-
-    model_name = entry.get("model") or entry.get("default_model")
-    if isinstance(model_name, str) and model_name.strip():
-        normalized["model"] = model_name.strip()
-
-    models = entry.get("models")
-    if isinstance(models, dict) and models:
-        normalized["models"] = models
-
-    context_length = entry.get("context_length")
-    if isinstance(context_length, int) and context_length > 0:
-        normalized["context_length"] = context_length
-
-    rate_limit_delay = entry.get("rate_limit_delay")
-    if isinstance(rate_limit_delay, (int, float)) and rate_limit_delay >= 0:
-        normalized["rate_limit_delay"] = rate_limit_delay
-
-    return normalized
-
-
-def providers_dict_to_custom_providers(providers_dict: Any) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Normalize ``providers`` config entries into the legacy custom-provider shape."""
-    if not isinstance(providers_dict, dict):
-        return []
-
-    custom_providers: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-    for key, entry in providers_dict.items():
-        normalized = _normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry, provider_key=str(key))
-        if normalized is not None:
-            custom_providers.append(normalized)
-
-    return custom_providers
-
-
-def get_compatible_custom_providers(
-    config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Return a deduplicated custom-provider view across legacy and v12+ config.
-
-    ``custom_providers`` remains the on-disk legacy format, while ``providers``
-    is the newer keyed schema.  Runtime and picker flows still need a single
-    list-shaped view, but we should not materialise that compatibility layer
-    back into config.yaml because it duplicates entries in UIs.
-    """
-    if config is None:
-        config = load_config()
-
-    compatible: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-    seen_provider_keys: set = set()
-    seen_name_url_pairs: set = set()
-
-    def _append_if_new(entry: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
-        if entry is None:
-            return
-        provider_key = str(entry.get("provider_key", "") or "").strip().lower()
-        name = str(entry.get("name", "") or "").strip().lower()
-        base_url = str(entry.get("base_url", "") or "").strip().rstrip("/").lower()
-        model = str(entry.get("model", "") or "").strip().lower()
-        pair = (name, base_url, model)
-
-        if provider_key and provider_key in seen_provider_keys:
-            return
-        if name and base_url and pair in seen_name_url_pairs:
-            return
-
-        compatible.append(entry)
-        if provider_key:
-            seen_provider_keys.add(provider_key)
-        if name and base_url:
-            seen_name_url_pairs.add(pair)
-
-    custom_providers = config.get("custom_providers")
-    if custom_providers is not None:
-        if not isinstance(custom_providers, list):
-            return []
-        for entry in custom_providers:
-            _append_if_new(_normalize_custom_provider_entry(entry))
-
-    for entry in providers_dict_to_custom_providers(config.get("providers")):
-        _append_if_new(entry)
-
-    return compatible
-
-
 def check_config_version() -> Tuple[int, int]:
    """
    Check config version.
@@ -2094,52 +1731,6 @@ def print_config_warnings(config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
    sys.stderr.write("\n".join(lines) + "\n\n")


-def warn_deprecated_cwd_env_vars(config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
-    """Warn if MESSAGING_CWD or TERMINAL_CWD is set in .env instead of config.yaml.
-
-    These env vars are deprecated — the canonical setting is terminal.cwd
-    in config.yaml.  Prints a migration hint to stderr.
-    """
-    import os, sys
-    messaging_cwd = os.environ.get("MESSAGING_CWD")
-    terminal_cwd_env = os.environ.get("TERMINAL_CWD")
-
-    if config is None:
-        try:
-            config = load_config()
-        except Exception:
-            return
-
-    terminal_cfg = config.get("terminal", {})
-    config_cwd = terminal_cfg.get("cwd", ".") if isinstance(terminal_cfg, dict) else "."
-    # Only warn if config.yaml doesn't have an explicit path
-    config_has_explicit_cwd = config_cwd not in (".", "auto", "cwd", "")
-
-    lines: list[str] = []
-    if messaging_cwd:
-        lines.append(
-            f"  \033[33m⚠\033[0m MESSAGING_CWD={messaging_cwd} found in .env — "
-            f"this is deprecated."
-        )
-    if terminal_cwd_env and not config_has_explicit_cwd:
-        # TERMINAL_CWD in env but not from config bridge — likely from .env
-        lines.append(
-            f"  \033[33m⚠\033[0m TERMINAL_CWD={terminal_cwd_env} found in .env — "
-            f"this is deprecated."
-        )
-    if lines:
-        hint_path = os.environ.get("HERMES_HOME", "~/.hermes")
-        lines.insert(0, "\033[33m⚠ Deprecated .env settings detected:\033[0m")
-        lines.append(
-            f"  \033[2mMove to config.yaml instead:  "
-            f"terminal:\\n    cwd: /your/project/path\033[0m"
-        )
-        lines.append(
-            f"  \033[2mThen remove the old entries from {hint_path}/.env\033[0m"
-        )
-        sys.stderr.write("\n".join(lines) + "\n\n")
-
-
 def migrate_config(interactive: bool = True, quiet: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Migrate config to latest version, prompting for new required fields.
@@ -2269,8 +1860,8 @@ def migrate_config(interactive: bool = True, quiet: bool = False) -> Dict[str, A

            if migrated_count > 0:
                config["providers"] = providers_dict
-                # Remove the old list — runtime reads via get_compatible_custom_providers()
-                config.pop("custom_providers", None)
+                # Remove the old list
+                del config["custom_providers"]
                save_config(config)
                if not quiet:
                    print(f"  ✓ Migrated {migrated_count} custom provider(s) to providers: section")
@@ -2381,43 +1972,6 @@ def migrate_config(interactive: bool = True, quiet: bool = False) -> Dict[str, A
                print(f"  ✓ Migrated tool_progress_overrides → display.platforms: {migrated}")
            results["config_added"].append("display.platforms (migrated from tool_progress_overrides)")

-    # ── Version 16 → 17: remove legacy compression.summary_* keys ──
-    if current_ver < 17:
-        config = read_raw_config()
-        comp = config.get("compression", {})
-        if isinstance(comp, dict):
-            s_model = comp.pop("summary_model", None)
-            s_provider = comp.pop("summary_provider", None)
-            s_base_url = comp.pop("summary_base_url", None)
-            migrated_keys = []
-            # Migrate non-empty, non-default values to auxiliary.compression
-            if s_model and str(s_model).strip():
-                aux = config.setdefault("auxiliary", {})
-                aux_comp = aux.setdefault("compression", {})
-                if not aux_comp.get("model"):
-                    aux_comp["model"] = str(s_model).strip()
-                    migrated_keys.append(f"model={s_model}")
-            if s_provider and str(s_provider).strip() not in ("", "auto"):
-                aux = config.setdefault("auxiliary", {})
-                aux_comp = aux.setdefault("compression", {})
-                if not aux_comp.get("provider") or aux_comp.get("provider") == "auto":
-                    aux_comp["provider"] = str(s_provider).strip()
-                    migrated_keys.append(f"provider={s_provider}")
-            if s_base_url and str(s_base_url).strip():
-                aux = config.setdefault("auxiliary", {})
-                aux_comp = aux.setdefault("compression", {})
-                if not aux_comp.get("base_url"):
-                    aux_comp["base_url"] = str(s_base_url).strip()
-                    migrated_keys.append(f"base_url={s_base_url}")
-            if migrated_keys or s_model is not None or s_provider is not None or s_base_url is not None:
-                config["compression"] = comp
-                save_config(config)
-                if not quiet:
-                    if migrated_keys:
-                        print(f"  ✓ Migrated compression.summary_* → auxiliary.compression: {', '.join(migrated_keys)}")
-                    else:
-                        print("  ✓ Removed unused compression.summary_* keys")
-
    if current_ver < latest_ver and not quiet:
        print(f"Config version: {current_ver} → {latest_ver}")
    
@@ -2730,7 +2284,6 @@ _FALLBACK_COMMENT = """
 #   nous         (OAuth — hermes auth) — Nous Portal
 #   zai          (ZAI_API_KEY)         — Z.AI / GLM
 #   kimi-coding  (KIMI_API_KEY)        — Kimi / Moonshot
-#   kimi-coding-cn (KIMI_CN_API_KEY)   — Kimi / Moonshot (China)
 #   minimax      (MINIMAX_API_KEY)     — MiniMax
 #   minimax-cn   (MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY)  — MiniMax (China)
 #
@@ -2774,7 +2327,6 @@ _COMMENTED_SECTIONS = """
 #   nous         (OAuth — hermes auth) — Nous Portal
 #   zai          (ZAI_API_KEY)         — Z.AI / GLM
 #   kimi-coding  (KIMI_API_KEY)        — Kimi / Moonshot
-#   kimi-coding-cn (KIMI_CN_API_KEY)   — Kimi / Moonshot (China)
 #   minimax      (MINIMAX_API_KEY)     — MiniMax
 #   minimax-cn   (MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY)  — MiniMax (China)
 #
@@ -2829,13 +2381,7 @@ def save_config(config: Dict[str, Any]):


 def load_env() -> Dict[str, str]:
-    """Load environment variables from ~/.hermes/.env.
-
-    Sanitizes lines before parsing so that corrupted files (e.g.
-    concatenated KEY=VALUE pairs on a single line) are handled
-    gracefully instead of producing mangled values such as duplicated
-    bot tokens.  See #8908.
-    """
+    """Load environment variables from ~/.hermes/.env."""
    env_path = get_env_path()
    env_vars = {}
    
@@ -2844,21 +2390,17 @@ def load_env() -> Dict[str, str]:
        # fail on UTF-8 .env files. Use explicit UTF-8 only on Windows.
        open_kw = {"encoding": "utf-8", "errors": "replace"} if _IS_WINDOWS else {}
        with open(env_path, **open_kw) as f:
-            raw_lines = f.readlines()
-        # Sanitize before parsing: split concatenated lines & drop stale
-        # placeholders so corrupted .env files don't produce invalid tokens.
-        lines = _sanitize_env_lines(raw_lines)
-        for line in lines:
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line and not line.startswith('#') and '=' in line:
-                key, _, value = line.partition('=')
-                env_vars[key.strip()] = value.strip().strip('"\'')
+            for line in f:
+                line = line.strip()
+                if line and not line.startswith('#') and '=' in line:
+                    key, _, value = line.partition('=')
+                    env_vars[key.strip()] = value.strip().strip('"\'')
    
    return env_vars


 def _sanitize_env_lines(lines: list) -> list:
-    """Fix corrupted .env lines before reading or writing.
+    """Fix corrupted .env lines before writing.

    Handles two known corruption patterns:
    1. Concatenated KEY=VALUE pairs on a single line (missing newline between
@@ -2953,47 +2495,6 @@ def sanitize_env_file() -> int:
    return fixes


-def _check_non_ascii_credential(key: str, value: str) -> str:
-    """Warn and strip non-ASCII characters from credential values.
-
-    API keys and tokens must be pure ASCII — they are sent as HTTP header
-    values which httpx/httpcore encode as ASCII.  Non-ASCII characters
-    (commonly introduced by copy-pasting from rich-text editors or PDFs
-    that substitute lookalike Unicode glyphs for ASCII letters) cause
-    ``UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character`` at
-    request time.
-
-    Returns the sanitized (ASCII-only) value.  Prints a warning if any
-    non-ASCII characters were found and removed.
-    """
-    try:
-        value.encode("ascii")
-        return value  # all ASCII — nothing to do
-    except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        pass
-
-    # Build a readable list of the offending characters
-    bad_chars: list[str] = []
-    for i, ch in enumerate(value):
-        if ord(ch) > 127:
-            bad_chars.append(f"  position {i}: {ch!r} (U+{ord(ch):04X})")
-    sanitized = value.encode("ascii", errors="ignore").decode("ascii")
-
-    import sys
-    print(
-        f"\n  Warning: {key} contains non-ASCII characters that will break API requests.\n"
-        f"  This usually happens when copy-pasting from a PDF, rich-text editor,\n"
-        f"  or web page that substitutes lookalike Unicode glyphs for ASCII letters.\n"
-        f"\n"
-        + "\n".join(f"  {line}" for line in bad_chars[:5])
-        + ("\n  ... and more" if len(bad_chars) > 5 else "")
-        + f"\n\n  The non-ASCII characters have been stripped automatically.\n"
-        f"  If authentication fails, re-copy the key from the provider's dashboard.\n",
-        file=sys.stderr,
-    )
-    return sanitized
-
-
 def save_env_value(key: str, value: str):
    """Save or update a value in ~/.hermes/.env."""
    if is_managed():
@@ -3002,8 +2503,6 @@ def save_env_value(key: str, value: str):
    if not _ENV_VAR_NAME_RE.match(key):
        raise ValueError(f"Invalid environment variable name: {key!r}")
    value = value.replace("\n", "").replace("\r", "")
-    # API keys / tokens must be ASCII — strip non-ASCII with a warning.
-    value = _check_non_ascii_credential(key, value)
    ensure_hermes_home()
    env_path = get_env_path()
    
@@ -3034,25 +2533,12 @@ def save_env_value(key: str, value: str):
        lines.append(f"{key}={value}\n")
    
    fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=str(env_path.parent), suffix='.tmp', prefix='.env_')
-    # Preserve original permissions so Docker volume mounts aren't clobbered.
-    original_mode = None
-    if env_path.exists():
-        try:
-            original_mode = stat.S_IMODE(env_path.stat().st_mode)
-        except OSError:
-            pass
    try:
        with os.fdopen(fd, 'w', **write_kw) as f:
            f.writelines(lines)
            f.flush()
            os.fsync(f.fileno())
        os.replace(tmp_path, env_path)
-        # Restore original permissions before _secure_file may tighten them.
-        if original_mode is not None:
-            try:
-                os.chmod(env_path, original_mode)
-            except OSError:
-                pass
    except BaseException:
        try:
            os.unlink(tmp_path)
@@ -3063,6 +2549,13 @@ def save_env_value(key: str, value: str):

    os.environ[key] = value

+    # Restrict .env permissions to owner-only (contains API keys)
+    if not _IS_WINDOWS:
+        try:
+            os.chmod(env_path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+

 def remove_env_value(key: str) -> bool:
    """Remove a key from ~/.hermes/.env and os.environ.
@@ -3091,23 +2584,12 @@ def remove_env_value(key: str) -> bool:

    if found:
        fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=str(env_path.parent), suffix='.tmp', prefix='.env_')
-        # Preserve original permissions so Docker volume mounts aren't clobbered.
-        original_mode = None
-        try:
-            original_mode = stat.S_IMODE(env_path.stat().st_mode)
-        except OSError:
-            pass
        try:
            with os.fdopen(fd, 'w', **write_kw) as f:
                f.writelines(new_lines)
                f.flush()
                os.fsync(f.fileno())
            os.replace(tmp_path, env_path)
-            if original_mode is not None:
-                try:
-                    os.chmod(env_path, original_mode)
-                except OSError:
-                    pass
        except BaseException:
            try:
                os.unlink(tmp_path)
@@ -3151,28 +2633,6 @@ def save_env_value_secure(key: str, value: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:



-def reload_env() -> int:
-    """Re-read ~/.hermes/.env into os.environ. Returns count of vars updated.
-
-    Adds/updates vars that changed and removes vars that were deleted from
-    the .env file (but only vars known to Hermes — OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS and
-    _EXTRA_ENV_KEYS — to avoid clobbering unrelated environment).
-    """
-    env_vars = load_env()
-    known_keys = set(OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS.keys()) | _EXTRA_ENV_KEYS
-    count = 0
-    for key, value in env_vars.items():
-        if os.environ.get(key) != value:
-            os.environ[key] = value
-            count += 1
-    # Remove known Hermes vars that are no longer in .env
-    for key in known_keys:
-        if key not in env_vars and key in os.environ:
-            del os.environ[key]
-            count += 1
-    return count
-
-
 def get_env_value(key: str) -> Optional[str]:
    """Get a value from ~/.hermes/.env or environment."""
    # Check environment first
@@ -3295,11 +2755,10 @@ def show_config():
        print(f"  Threshold:    {compression.get('threshold', 0.50) * 100:.0f}%")
        print(f"  Target ratio: {compression.get('target_ratio', 0.20) * 100:.0f}% of threshold preserved")
        print(f"  Protect last: {compression.get('protect_last_n', 20)} messages")
-        _aux_comp = config.get('auxiliary', {}).get('compression', {})
-        _sm = _aux_comp.get('model', '') or '(auto)'
+        _sm = compression.get('summary_model', '') or '(main model)'
        print(f"  Model:        {_sm}")
-        comp_provider = _aux_comp.get('provider', 'auto')
-        if comp_provider and comp_provider != 'auto':
+        comp_provider = compression.get('summary_provider', 'auto')
+        if comp_provider != 'auto':
            print(f"  Provider:     {comp_provider}")
    
    # Auxiliary models
@@ -117,30 +117,14 @@ def _gh_cli_candidates() -> list[str]:


 def _try_gh_cli_token() -> Optional[str]:
-    """Return a token from ``gh auth token`` when the GitHub CLI is available.
-
-    When COPILOT_GH_HOST is set, passes ``--hostname`` so gh returns the
-    correct host's token.  Also strips GITHUB_TOKEN / GH_TOKEN from the
-    subprocess environment so ``gh`` reads from its own credential store
-    (hosts.yml) instead of just echoing the env var back.
-    """
-    hostname = os.getenv("COPILOT_GH_HOST", "").strip()
-
-    # Build a clean env so gh doesn't short-circuit on GITHUB_TOKEN / GH_TOKEN
-    clean_env = {k: v for k, v in os.environ.items()
-                 if k not in ("GITHUB_TOKEN", "GH_TOKEN")}
-
+    """Return a token from ``gh auth token`` when the GitHub CLI is available."""
    for gh_path in _gh_cli_candidates():
-        cmd = [gh_path, "auth", "token"]
-        if hostname:
-            cmd += ["--hostname", hostname]
        try:
            result = subprocess.run(
-                cmd,
+                [gh_path, "auth", "token"],
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,
                timeout=5,
-                env=clean_env,
            )
        except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as exc:
            logger.debug("gh CLI token lookup failed (%s): %s", gh_path, exc)
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ def curses_radiolist(
    selected: int = 0,
    *,
    cancel_returns: int | None = None,
-    description: str | None = None,
 ) -> int:
    """Curses single-select radio list. Returns the selected index.

@@ -175,9 +174,6 @@ def curses_radiolist(
        items: Display labels for each row.
        selected: Index that starts selected (pre-selected).
        cancel_returns: Returned on ESC/q. Defaults to the original *selected*.
-        description: Optional multi-line text shown between the title and
-            the item list.  Useful for context that should survive the
-            curses screen clear.
    """
    if cancel_returns is None:
        cancel_returns = selected
@@ -185,10 +181,6 @@ def curses_radiolist(
    if not sys.stdin.isatty():
        return cancel_returns

-    desc_lines: list[str] = []
-    if description:
-        desc_lines = description.splitlines()
-
    try:
        import curses
        result_holder: list = [None]
@@ -207,35 +199,22 @@ def curses_radiolist(
                stdscr.clear()
                max_y, max_x = stdscr.getmaxyx()

-                row = 0
-
                # Header
                try:
                    hattr = curses.A_BOLD
                    if curses.has_colors():
                        hattr |= curses.color_pair(2)
-                    stdscr.addnstr(row, 0, title, max_x - 1, hattr)
-                    row += 1
-
-                    # Description lines
-                    for dline in desc_lines:
-                        if row >= max_y - 1:
-                            break
-                        stdscr.addnstr(row, 0, dline, max_x - 1, curses.A_NORMAL)
-                        row += 1
-
+                    stdscr.addnstr(0, 0, title, max_x - 1, hattr)
                    stdscr.addnstr(
-                        row, 0,
+                        1, 0,
                        "  \u2191\u2193 navigate  ENTER/SPACE select  ESC cancel",
                        max_x - 1, curses.A_DIM,
                    )
-                    row += 1
                except curses.error:
                    pass

                # Scrollable item list
-                items_start = row + 1
-                visible_rows = max_y - items_start - 1
+                visible_rows = max_y - 4
                if cursor < scroll_offset:
                    scroll_offset = cursor
                elif cursor >= scroll_offset + visible_rows:
@@ -244,7 +223,7 @@ def curses_radiolist(
                for draw_i, i in enumerate(
                    range(scroll_offset, min(len(items), scroll_offset + visible_rows))
                ):
-                    y = draw_i + items_start
+                    y = draw_i + 3
                    if y >= max_y - 1:
                        break
                    radio = "\u25cf" if i == selected else "\u25cb"
@@ -1,477 +0,0 @@
-"""``hermes debug`` — debug tools for Hermes Agent.
-
-Currently supports:
-    hermes debug share    Upload debug report (system info + logs) to a
-                          paste service and print a shareable URL.
-"""
-
-import io
-import sys
-import urllib.error
-import urllib.parse
-import urllib.request
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
-
-from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Paste services — try paste.rs first, dpaste.com as fallback.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-_PASTE_RS_URL = "https://paste.rs/"
-_DPASTE_COM_URL = "https://dpaste.com/api/"
-
-# Maximum bytes to read from a single log file for upload.
-# paste.rs caps at ~1 MB; we stay under that with headroom.
-_MAX_LOG_BYTES = 512_000
-
-# Auto-delete pastes after this many seconds (6 hours).
-_AUTO_DELETE_SECONDS = 21600
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Privacy / delete helpers
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-_PRIVACY_NOTICE = """\
-⚠️  This will upload the following to a public paste service:
-  • System info (OS, Python version, Hermes version, provider, which API keys
-    are configured — NOT the actual keys)
-  • Recent log lines (agent.log, errors.log, gateway.log — may contain
-    conversation fragments and file paths)
-  • Full agent.log and gateway.log (up to 512 KB each — likely contains
-    conversation content, tool outputs, and file paths)
-
-Pastes auto-delete after 6 hours.
-"""
-
-_GATEWAY_PRIVACY_NOTICE = (
-    "⚠️ **Privacy notice:** This uploads system info + recent log tails "
-    "(may contain conversation fragments) to a public paste service. "
-    "Full logs are NOT included from the gateway — use `hermes debug share` "
-    "from the CLI for full log uploads.\n"
-    "Pastes auto-delete after 6 hours."
-)
-
-
-def _extract_paste_id(url: str) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Extract the paste ID from a paste.rs or dpaste.com URL.
-
-    Returns the ID string, or None if the URL doesn't match a known service.
-    """
-    url = url.strip().rstrip("/")
-    for prefix in ("https://paste.rs/", "http://paste.rs/"):
-        if url.startswith(prefix):
-            return url[len(prefix):]
-    return None
-
-
-def delete_paste(url: str) -> bool:
-    """Delete a paste from paste.rs.  Returns True on success.
-
-    Only paste.rs supports unauthenticated DELETE.  dpaste.com pastes
-    expire automatically but cannot be deleted via API.
-    """
-    paste_id = _extract_paste_id(url)
-    if not paste_id:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"Cannot delete: only paste.rs URLs are supported.  Got: {url}"
-        )
-
-    target = f"{_PASTE_RS_URL}{paste_id}"
-    req = urllib.request.Request(
-        target, method="DELETE",
-        headers={"User-Agent": "hermes-agent/debug-share"},
-    )
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
-        return 200 <= resp.status < 300
-
-
-def _schedule_auto_delete(urls: list[str], delay_seconds: int = _AUTO_DELETE_SECONDS):
-    """Spawn a detached process to delete paste.rs pastes after *delay_seconds*.
-
-    The child process is fully detached (``start_new_session=True``) so it
-    survives the parent exiting (important for CLI mode).  Only paste.rs
-    URLs are attempted — dpaste.com pastes auto-expire on their own.
-    """
-    import subprocess
-
-    paste_rs_urls = [u for u in urls if _extract_paste_id(u)]
-    if not paste_rs_urls:
-        return
-
-    # Build a tiny inline Python script.  No imports beyond stdlib.
-    url_list = ", ".join(f'"{u}"' for u in paste_rs_urls)
-    script = (
-        "import time, urllib.request; "
-        f"time.sleep({delay_seconds}); "
-        f"[urllib.request.urlopen(urllib.request.Request(u, method='DELETE', "
-        f"headers={{'User-Agent': 'hermes-agent/auto-delete'}}), timeout=15) "
-        f"for u in [{url_list}]]"
-    )
-
-    try:
-        subprocess.Popen(
-            [sys.executable, "-c", script],
-            start_new_session=True,
-            stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-        )
-    except Exception:
-        pass  # Best-effort; manual delete still available.
-
-
-def _delete_hint(url: str) -> str:
-    """Return a one-liner delete command for the given paste URL."""
-    paste_id = _extract_paste_id(url)
-    if paste_id:
-        return f"hermes debug delete {url}"
-    # dpaste.com — no API delete, expires on its own.
-    return "(auto-expires per dpaste.com policy)"
-
-
-def _upload_paste_rs(content: str) -> str:
-    """Upload to paste.rs.  Returns the paste URL.
-
-    paste.rs accepts a plain POST body and returns the URL directly.
-    """
-    data = content.encode("utf-8")
-    req = urllib.request.Request(
-        _PASTE_RS_URL, data=data, method="POST",
-        headers={
-            "Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
-            "User-Agent": "hermes-agent/debug-share",
-        },
-    )
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
-        url = resp.read().decode("utf-8").strip()
-    if not url.startswith("http"):
-        raise ValueError(f"Unexpected response from paste.rs: {url[:200]}")
-    return url
-
-
-def _upload_dpaste_com(content: str, expiry_days: int = 7) -> str:
-    """Upload to dpaste.com.  Returns the paste URL.
-
-    dpaste.com uses multipart form data.
-    """
-    boundary = "----HermesDebugBoundary9f3c"
-
-    def _field(name: str, value: str) -> str:
-        return (
-            f"--{boundary}\r\n"
-            f'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="{name}"\r\n'
-            f"\r\n"
-            f"{value}\r\n"
-        )
-
-    body = (
-        _field("content", content)
-        + _field("syntax", "text")
-        + _field("expiry_days", str(expiry_days))
-        + f"--{boundary}--\r\n"
-    ).encode("utf-8")
-
-    req = urllib.request.Request(
-        _DPASTE_COM_URL, data=body, method="POST",
-        headers={
-            "Content-Type": f"multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}",
-            "User-Agent": "hermes-agent/debug-share",
-        },
-    )
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
-        url = resp.read().decode("utf-8").strip()
-    if not url.startswith("http"):
-        raise ValueError(f"Unexpected response from dpaste.com: {url[:200]}")
-    return url
-
-
-def upload_to_pastebin(content: str, expiry_days: int = 7) -> str:
-    """Upload *content* to a paste service, trying paste.rs then dpaste.com.
-
-    Returns the paste URL on success, raises on total failure.
-    """
-    errors: list[str] = []
-
-    # Try paste.rs first (simple, fast)
-    try:
-        return _upload_paste_rs(content)
-    except Exception as exc:
-        errors.append(f"paste.rs: {exc}")
-
-    # Fallback: dpaste.com (supports expiry)
-    try:
-        return _upload_dpaste_com(content, expiry_days=expiry_days)
-    except Exception as exc:
-        errors.append(f"dpaste.com: {exc}")
-
-    raise RuntimeError(
-        "Failed to upload to any paste service:\n  " + "\n  ".join(errors)
-    )
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Log file reading
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def _resolve_log_path(log_name: str) -> Optional[Path]:
-    """Find the log file for *log_name*, falling back to the .1 rotation.
-
-    Returns the path if found, or None.
-    """
-    from hermes_cli.logs import LOG_FILES
-
-    filename = LOG_FILES.get(log_name)
-    if not filename:
-        return None
-
-    log_dir = get_hermes_home() / "logs"
-    primary = log_dir / filename
-    if primary.exists() and primary.stat().st_size > 0:
-        return primary
-
-    # Fall back to the most recent rotated file (.1).
-    rotated = log_dir / f"{filename}.1"
-    if rotated.exists() and rotated.stat().st_size > 0:
-        return rotated
-
-    return None
-
-
-def _read_log_tail(log_name: str, num_lines: int) -> str:
-    """Read the last *num_lines* from a log file, or return a placeholder."""
-    from hermes_cli.logs import _read_last_n_lines
-
-    log_path = _resolve_log_path(log_name)
-    if log_path is None:
-        return "(file not found)"
-
-    try:
-        lines = _read_last_n_lines(log_path, num_lines)
-        return "".join(lines).rstrip("\n")
-    except Exception as exc:
-        return f"(error reading: {exc})"
-
-
-def _read_full_log(log_name: str, max_bytes: int = _MAX_LOG_BYTES) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Read a log file for standalone upload.
-
-    Returns the file content (last *max_bytes* if truncated), or None if the
-    file doesn't exist or is empty.
-    """
-    log_path = _resolve_log_path(log_name)
-    if log_path is None:
-        return None
-
-    try:
-        size = log_path.stat().st_size
-        if size == 0:
-            return None
-
-        if size <= max_bytes:
-            return log_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
-
-        # File is larger than max_bytes — read the tail.
-        with open(log_path, "rb") as f:
-            f.seek(size - max_bytes)
-            # Skip partial line at the seek point.
-            f.readline()
-            content = f.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-        return f"[... truncated — showing last ~{max_bytes // 1024}KB ...]\n{content}"
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Debug report collection
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def _capture_dump() -> str:
-    """Run ``hermes dump`` and return its stdout as a string."""
-    from hermes_cli.dump import run_dump
-
-    class _FakeArgs:
-        show_keys = False
-
-    old_stdout = sys.stdout
-    sys.stdout = capture = io.StringIO()
-    try:
-        run_dump(_FakeArgs())
-    except SystemExit:
-        pass
-    finally:
-        sys.stdout = old_stdout
-
-    return capture.getvalue()
-
-
-def collect_debug_report(*, log_lines: int = 200, dump_text: str = "") -> str:
-    """Build the summary debug report: system dump + log tails.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    log_lines
-        Number of recent lines to include per log file.
-    dump_text
-        Pre-captured dump output.  If empty, ``hermes dump`` is run
-        internally.
-
-    Returns the report as a plain-text string ready for upload.
-    """
-    buf = io.StringIO()
-
-    if not dump_text:
-        dump_text = _capture_dump()
-    buf.write(dump_text)
-
-    # ── Recent log tails (summary only) ──────────────────────────────────
-    buf.write("\n\n")
-    buf.write(f"--- agent.log (last {log_lines} lines) ---\n")
-    buf.write(_read_log_tail("agent", log_lines))
-    buf.write("\n\n")
-
-    errors_lines = min(log_lines, 100)
-    buf.write(f"--- errors.log (last {errors_lines} lines) ---\n")
-    buf.write(_read_log_tail("errors", errors_lines))
-    buf.write("\n\n")
-
-    buf.write(f"--- gateway.log (last {errors_lines} lines) ---\n")
-    buf.write(_read_log_tail("gateway", errors_lines))
-    buf.write("\n")
-
-    return buf.getvalue()
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CLI entry points
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def run_debug_share(args):
-    """Collect debug report + full logs, upload each, print URLs."""
-    log_lines = getattr(args, "lines", 200)
-    expiry = getattr(args, "expire", 7)
-    local_only = getattr(args, "local", False)
-
-    if not local_only:
-        print(_PRIVACY_NOTICE)
-
-    print("Collecting debug report...")
-
-    # Capture dump once — prepended to every paste for context.
-    dump_text = _capture_dump()
-
-    report = collect_debug_report(log_lines=log_lines, dump_text=dump_text)
-    agent_log = _read_full_log("agent")
-    gateway_log = _read_full_log("gateway")
-
-    # Prepend dump header to each full log so every paste is self-contained.
-    if agent_log:
-        agent_log = dump_text + "\n\n--- full agent.log ---\n" + agent_log
-    if gateway_log:
-        gateway_log = dump_text + "\n\n--- full gateway.log ---\n" + gateway_log
-
-    if local_only:
-        print(report)
-        if agent_log:
-            print(f"\n\n{'=' * 60}")
-            print("FULL agent.log")
-            print(f"{'=' * 60}\n")
-            print(agent_log)
-        if gateway_log:
-            print(f"\n\n{'=' * 60}")
-            print("FULL gateway.log")
-            print(f"{'=' * 60}\n")
-            print(gateway_log)
-        return
-
-    print("Uploading...")
-    urls: dict[str, str] = {}
-    failures: list[str] = []
-
-    # 1. Summary report (required)
-    try:
-        urls["Report"] = upload_to_pastebin(report, expiry_days=expiry)
-    except RuntimeError as exc:
-        print(f"\nUpload failed: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
-        print("\nFull report printed below — copy-paste it manually:\n")
-        print(report)
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    # 2. Full agent.log (optional)
-    if agent_log:
-        try:
-            urls["agent.log"] = upload_to_pastebin(agent_log, expiry_days=expiry)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            failures.append(f"agent.log: {exc}")
-
-    # 3. Full gateway.log (optional)
-    if gateway_log:
-        try:
-            urls["gateway.log"] = upload_to_pastebin(gateway_log, expiry_days=expiry)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            failures.append(f"gateway.log: {exc}")
-
-    # Print results
-    label_width = max(len(k) for k in urls)
-    print(f"\nDebug report uploaded:")
-    for label, url in urls.items():
-        print(f"  {label:<{label_width}}  {url}")
-
-    if failures:
-        print(f"\n  (failed to upload: {', '.join(failures)})")
-
-    # Schedule auto-deletion after 6 hours
-    _schedule_auto_delete(list(urls.values()))
-    print(f"\n⏱  Pastes will auto-delete in 6 hours.")
-
-    # Manual delete fallback
-    print(f"To delete now:  hermes debug delete <url>")
-
-    print(f"\nShare these links with the Hermes team for support.")
-
-
-def run_debug_delete(args):
-    """Delete one or more paste URLs uploaded by /debug."""
-    urls = getattr(args, "urls", [])
-    if not urls:
-        print("Usage: hermes debug delete <url> [<url> ...]")
-        print("  Deletes paste.rs pastes uploaded by 'hermes debug share'.")
-        return
-
-    for url in urls:
-        try:
-            ok = delete_paste(url)
-            if ok:
-                print(f"  ✓ Deleted: {url}")
-            else:
-                print(f"  ✗ Failed to delete: {url} (unexpected response)")
-        except ValueError as exc:
-            print(f"  ✗ {exc}")
-        except Exception as exc:
-            print(f"  ✗ Could not delete {url}: {exc}")
-
-
-def run_debug(args):
-    """Route debug subcommands."""
-    subcmd = getattr(args, "debug_command", None)
-    if subcmd == "share":
-        run_debug_share(args)
-    elif subcmd == "delete":
-        run_debug_delete(args)
-    else:
-        # Default: show help
-        print("Usage: hermes debug <command>")
-        print()
-        print("Commands:")
-        print("  share    Upload debug report to a paste service and print URL")
-        print("  delete   Delete a previously uploaded paste")
-        print()
-        print("Options (share):")
-        print("  --lines N    Number of log lines to include (default: 200)")
-        print("  --expire N   Paste expiry in days (default: 7)")
-        print("  --local      Print report locally instead of uploading")
-        print()
-        print("Options (delete):")
-        print("  <url> ...    One or more paste URLs to delete")
@@ -1,294 +0,0 @@
-"""
-DingTalk Device Flow authorization.
-
-Implements the same 3-step registration flow as dingtalk-openclaw-connector:
-  1. POST /app/registration/init   → get nonce
-  2. POST /app/registration/begin  → get device_code + verification_uri_complete
-  3. POST /app/registration/poll   → poll until SUCCESS → get client_id + client_secret
-
-The verification_uri_complete is rendered as a QR code in the terminal so the
-user can scan it with DingTalk to authorize, yielding AppKey + AppSecret
-automatically.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import io
-import os
-import sys
-import time
-import logging
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
-
-import requests
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# ── Configuration ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-REGISTRATION_BASE_URL = os.environ.get(
-    "DINGTALK_REGISTRATION_BASE_URL", "https://oapi.dingtalk.com"
-).rstrip("/")
-
-REGISTRATION_SOURCE = os.environ.get("DINGTALK_REGISTRATION_SOURCE", "openClaw")
-
-
-# ── API helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-class RegistrationError(Exception):
-    """Raised when a DingTalk registration API call fails."""
-
-
-def _api_post(path: str, payload: dict) -> dict:
-    """POST to the registration API and return the parsed JSON body."""
-    url = f"{REGISTRATION_BASE_URL}{path}"
-    try:
-        resp = requests.post(url, json=payload, timeout=15)
-        resp.raise_for_status()
-        data = resp.json()
-    except requests.RequestException as exc:
-        raise RegistrationError(f"Network error calling {url}: {exc}") from exc
-
-    errcode = data.get("errcode", -1)
-    if errcode != 0:
-        errmsg = data.get("errmsg", "unknown error")
-        raise RegistrationError(f"API error [{path}]: {errmsg} (errcode={errcode})")
-    return data
-
-
-# ── Core flow ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def begin_registration() -> dict:
-    """Start a device-flow registration.
-
-    Returns a dict with keys:
-        device_code, verification_uri_complete, expires_in, interval
-    """
-    # Step 1: init → nonce
-    init_data = _api_post("/app/registration/init", {"source": REGISTRATION_SOURCE})
-    nonce = str(init_data.get("nonce", "")).strip()
-    if not nonce:
-        raise RegistrationError("init response missing nonce")
-
-    # Step 2: begin → device_code, verification_uri_complete
-    begin_data = _api_post("/app/registration/begin", {"nonce": nonce})
-    device_code = str(begin_data.get("device_code", "")).strip()
-    verification_uri_complete = str(begin_data.get("verification_uri_complete", "")).strip()
-    if not device_code:
-        raise RegistrationError("begin response missing device_code")
-    if not verification_uri_complete:
-        raise RegistrationError("begin response missing verification_uri_complete")
-
-    return {
-        "device_code": device_code,
-        "verification_uri_complete": verification_uri_complete,
-        "expires_in": int(begin_data.get("expires_in", 7200)),
-        "interval": max(int(begin_data.get("interval", 3)), 2),
-    }
-
-
-def poll_registration(device_code: str) -> dict:
-    """Poll the registration status once.
-
-    Returns a dict with keys:  status, client_id?, client_secret?, fail_reason?
-    """
-    data = _api_post("/app/registration/poll", {"device_code": device_code})
-    status_raw = str(data.get("status", "")).strip().upper()
-    if status_raw not in ("WAITING", "SUCCESS", "FAIL", "EXPIRED"):
-        status_raw = "UNKNOWN"
-    return {
-        "status": status_raw,
-        "client_id": str(data.get("client_id", "")).strip() or None,
-        "client_secret": str(data.get("client_secret", "")).strip() or None,
-        "fail_reason": str(data.get("fail_reason", "")).strip() or None,
-    }
-
-
-def wait_for_registration_success(
-    device_code: str,
-    interval: int = 3,
-    expires_in: int = 7200,
-    on_waiting: Optional[callable] = None,
-) -> Tuple[str, str]:
-    """Block until the registration succeeds or times out.
-
-    Returns (client_id, client_secret).
-    """
-    deadline = time.monotonic() + expires_in
-    retry_window = 120  # 2 minutes for transient errors
-    retry_start = 0.0
-
-    while time.monotonic() < deadline:
-        time.sleep(interval)
-        try:
-            result = poll_registration(device_code)
-        except RegistrationError:
-            if retry_start == 0:
-                retry_start = time.monotonic()
-            if time.monotonic() - retry_start < retry_window:
-                continue
-            raise
-
-        status = result["status"]
-        if status == "WAITING":
-            retry_start = 0
-            if on_waiting:
-                on_waiting()
-            continue
-        if status == "SUCCESS":
-            cid = result["client_id"]
-            csecret = result["client_secret"]
-            if not cid or not csecret:
-                raise RegistrationError("authorization succeeded but credentials are missing")
-            return cid, csecret
-        # FAIL / EXPIRED / UNKNOWN
-        if retry_start == 0:
-            retry_start = time.monotonic()
-        if time.monotonic() - retry_start < retry_window:
-            continue
-        reason = result.get("fail_reason") or status
-        raise RegistrationError(f"authorization failed: {reason}")
-
-    raise RegistrationError("authorization timed out, please retry")
-
-
-# ── QR code rendering ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-def _ensure_qrcode_installed() -> bool:
-    """Try to import qrcode; if missing, auto-install it via pip/uv."""
-    try:
-        import qrcode  # noqa: F401
-        return True
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
-
-    import subprocess
-
-    # Try uv first (Hermes convention), then pip
-    for cmd in (
-        [sys.executable, "-m", "uv", "pip", "install", "qrcode"],
-        [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "-q", "qrcode"],
-    ):
-        try:
-            subprocess.check_call(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-            import qrcode  # noqa: F401,F811
-            return True
-        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, ImportError, FileNotFoundError):
-            continue
-    return False
-
-
-def render_qr_to_terminal(url: str) -> bool:
-    """Render *url* as a compact QR code in the terminal.
-
-    Returns True if the QR code was printed, False if the library is missing.
-    """
-    try:
-        import qrcode
-    except ImportError:
-        return False
-
-    qr = qrcode.QRCode(
-        version=1,
-        error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_L,
-        box_size=1,
-        border=1,
-    )
-    qr.add_data(url)
-    qr.make(fit=True)
-
-    # Use half-block characters for compact rendering (2 rows per character)
-    matrix = qr.get_matrix()
-    rows = len(matrix)
-    lines: list[str] = []
-
-    TOP_HALF = "\u2580"      # ▀
-    BOTTOM_HALF = "\u2584"   # ▄
-    FULL_BLOCK = "\u2588"    # █
-    EMPTY = " "
-
-    for r in range(0, rows, 2):
-        line_chars: list[str] = []
-        for c in range(len(matrix[r])):
-            top = matrix[r][c]
-            bottom = matrix[r + 1][c] if r + 1 < rows else False
-            if top and bottom:
-                line_chars.append(FULL_BLOCK)
-            elif top:
-                line_chars.append(TOP_HALF)
-            elif bottom:
-                line_chars.append(BOTTOM_HALF)
-            else:
-                line_chars.append(EMPTY)
-        lines.append("    " + "".join(line_chars))
-
-    print("\n".join(lines))
-    return True
-
-
-# ── High-level entry point for the setup wizard ───────────────────────────
-
-def dingtalk_qr_auth() -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
-    """Run the interactive QR-code device-flow authorization.
-
-    Returns (client_id, client_secret) on success, or None if the user
-    cancelled or the flow failed.
-    """
-    from hermes_cli.setup import print_info, print_success, print_warning, print_error
-
-    print()
-    print_info("  Initializing DingTalk device authorization...")
-    print_info("  Note: the scan page is branded 'OpenClaw' — DingTalk's")
-    print_info("        ecosystem onboarding bridge. Safe to use.")
-
-    try:
-        reg = begin_registration()
-    except RegistrationError as exc:
-        print_error(f"  Authorization init failed: {exc}")
-        return None
-
-    url = reg["verification_uri_complete"]
-
-    # Ensure qrcode library is available (auto-install if missing)
-    if not _ensure_qrcode_installed():
-        print_warning("  qrcode library install failed, will show link only.")
-
-    print()
-    print_info("  Please scan the QR code below with DingTalk to authorize:")
-    print()
-
-    if not render_qr_to_terminal(url):
-        print_warning(f"  QR code render failed, please open the link below to authorize:")
-
-    print()
-    print_info(f"  Or open this link manually: {url}")
-    print()
-    print_info("  Waiting for QR scan authorization... (timeout: 2 hours)")
-
-    dot_count = 0
-
-    def _on_waiting():
-        nonlocal dot_count
-        dot_count += 1
-        if dot_count % 10 == 0:
-            sys.stdout.write(".")
-            sys.stdout.flush()
-
-    try:
-        client_id, client_secret = wait_for_registration_success(
-            device_code=reg["device_code"],
-            interval=reg["interval"],
-            expires_in=reg["expires_in"],
-            on_waiting=_on_waiting,
-        )
-    except RegistrationError as exc:
-        print()
-        print_error(f"  Authorization failed: {exc}")
-        return None
-
-    print()
-    print_success("  QR scan authorization successful!")
-    print_success(f"  Client ID:     {client_id}")
-    print_success(f"  Client Secret: {client_secret[:8]}{'*' * (len(client_secret) - 8)}")
-
-    return client_id, client_secret
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import shutil
-from pathlib import Path

 from hermes_cli.config import get_project_root, get_hermes_home, get_env_path
 from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ _PROVIDER_ENV_HINTS = (
    "ZAI_API_KEY",
    "Z_AI_API_KEY",
    "KIMI_API_KEY",
-    "KIMI_CN_API_KEY",
    "MINIMAX_API_KEY",
    "MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY",
    "KILOCODE_API_KEY",
@@ -373,11 +371,7 @@ def run_doctor(args):
    print(color("◆ Auth Providers", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD))

    try:
-        from hermes_cli.auth import (
-            get_nous_auth_status,
-            get_codex_auth_status,
-            get_gemini_oauth_auth_status,
-        )
+        from hermes_cli.auth import get_nous_auth_status, get_codex_auth_status

        nous_status = get_nous_auth_status()
        if nous_status.get("logged_in"):
@@ -392,20 +386,6 @@ def run_doctor(args):
            check_warn("OpenAI Codex auth", "(not logged in)")
            if codex_status.get("error"):
                check_info(codex_status["error"])
-
-        gemini_status = get_gemini_oauth_auth_status()
-        if gemini_status.get("logged_in"):
-            email = gemini_status.get("email") or ""
-            project = gemini_status.get("project_id") or ""
-            pieces = []
-            if email:
-                pieces.append(email)
-            if project:
-                pieces.append(f"project={project}")
-            suffix = f" ({', '.join(pieces)})" if pieces else ""
-            check_ok("Google Gemini OAuth", f"(logged in{suffix})")
-        else:
-            check_warn("Google Gemini OAuth", "(not logged in)")
    except Exception as e:
        check_warn("Auth provider status", f"(could not check: {e})")

@@ -532,87 +512,7 @@ def run_doctor(args):
            pass

    _check_gateway_service_linger(issues)
-
-    # =========================================================================
-    # Check: Command installation (hermes bin symlink)
-    # =========================================================================
-    if sys.platform != "win32":
-        print()
-        print(color("◆ Command Installation", Colors.CYAN, Colors.BOLD))
-
-        # Determine the venv entry point location
-        _venv_bin = None
-        for _venv_name in ("venv", ".venv"):
-            _candidate = PROJECT_ROOT / _venv_name / "bin" / "hermes"
-            if _candidate.exists():
-                _venv_bin = _candidate
-                break
-
-        # Determine the expected command link directory (mirrors install.sh logic)
-        _prefix = os.environ.get("PREFIX", "")
-        _is_termux_env = bool(os.environ.get("TERMUX_VERSION")) or "com.termux/files/usr" in _prefix
-        if _is_termux_env and _prefix:
-            _cmd_link_dir = Path(_prefix) / "bin"
-            _cmd_link_display = "$PREFIX/bin"
-        else:
-            _cmd_link_dir = Path.home() / ".local" / "bin"
-            _cmd_link_display = "~/.local/bin"
-        _cmd_link = _cmd_link_dir / "hermes"
-
-        if _venv_bin is None:
-            check_warn(
-                "Venv entry point not found",
-                "(hermes not in venv/bin/ or .venv/bin/ — reinstall with pip install -e '.[all]')"
-            )
-            manual_issues.append(
-                f"Reinstall entry point: cd {PROJECT_ROOT} && source venv/bin/activate && pip install -e '.[all]'"
-            )
-        else:
-            check_ok(f"Venv entry point exists ({_venv_bin.relative_to(PROJECT_ROOT)})")
-
-            # Check the symlink at the command link location
-            if _cmd_link.is_symlink():
-                _target = _cmd_link.resolve()
-                _expected = _venv_bin.resolve()
-                if _target == _expected:
-                    check_ok(f"{_cmd_link_display}/hermes → correct target")
-                else:
-                    check_warn(
-                        f"{_cmd_link_display}/hermes points to wrong target",
-                        f"(→ {_target}, expected → {_expected})"
-                    )
-                    if should_fix:
-                        _cmd_link.unlink()
-                        _cmd_link.symlink_to(_venv_bin)
-                        check_ok(f"Fixed symlink: {_cmd_link_display}/hermes → {_venv_bin}")
-                        fixed_count += 1
-                    else:
-                        issues.append(f"Broken symlink at {_cmd_link_display}/hermes — run 'hermes doctor --fix'")
-            elif _cmd_link.exists():
-                # It's a regular file, not a symlink — possibly a wrapper script
-                check_ok(f"{_cmd_link_display}/hermes exists (non-symlink)")
-            else:
-                check_fail(
-                    f"{_cmd_link_display}/hermes not found",
-                    "(hermes command may not work outside the venv)"
-                )
-                if should_fix:
-                    _cmd_link_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                    _cmd_link.symlink_to(_venv_bin)
-                    check_ok(f"Created symlink: {_cmd_link_display}/hermes → {_venv_bin}")
-                    fixed_count += 1
-
-                    # Check if the link dir is on PATH
-                    _path_dirs = os.environ.get("PATH", "").split(os.pathsep)
-                    if str(_cmd_link_dir) not in _path_dirs:
-                        check_warn(
-                            f"{_cmd_link_display} is not on your PATH",
-                            "(add it to your shell config: export PATH=\"$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH\")"
-                        )
-                        manual_issues.append(f"Add {_cmd_link_display} to your PATH")
-                else:
-                    issues.append(f"Missing {_cmd_link_display}/hermes symlink — run 'hermes doctor --fix'")
-
+    
    # =========================================================================
    # Check: External tools
    # =========================================================================
@@ -821,19 +721,16 @@ def run_doctor(args):
    _apikey_providers = [
        ("Z.AI / GLM",      ("GLM_API_KEY", "ZAI_API_KEY", "Z_AI_API_KEY"), "https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4/models", "GLM_BASE_URL", True),
        ("Kimi / Moonshot",  ("KIMI_API_KEY",),                              "https://api.moonshot.ai/v1/models",   "KIMI_BASE_URL", True),
-        ("Kimi / Moonshot (China)", ("KIMI_CN_API_KEY",),                    "https://api.moonshot.cn/v1/models",   None, True),
-        ("Arcee AI",         ("ARCEEAI_API_KEY",),                            "https://api.arcee.ai/api/v1/models",  "ARCEE_BASE_URL", True),
        ("DeepSeek",         ("DEEPSEEK_API_KEY",),                           "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/models",  "DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL", True),
        ("Hugging Face",     ("HF_TOKEN",),                                   "https://router.huggingface.co/v1/models", "HF_BASE_URL", True),
        ("Alibaba/DashScope", ("DASHSCOPE_API_KEY",),                         "https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/models", "DASHSCOPE_BASE_URL", True),
        # MiniMax: the /anthropic endpoint doesn't support /models, but the /v1 endpoint does.
        ("MiniMax",          ("MINIMAX_API_KEY",),                            "https://api.minimax.io/v1/models",    "MINIMAX_BASE_URL", True),
        ("MiniMax (China)",  ("MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY",),                         "https://api.minimaxi.com/v1/models",  "MINIMAX_CN_BASE_URL", True),
-        ("Vercel AI Gateway",       ("AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY",),                          "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models", "AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL", True),
+        ("AI Gateway",       ("AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY",),                          "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models", "AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL", True),
        ("Kilo Code",        ("KILOCODE_API_KEY",),                            "https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/models",  "KILOCODE_BASE_URL", True),
        ("OpenCode Zen",     ("OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY",),                        "https://opencode.ai/zen/v1/models",  "OPENCODE_ZEN_BASE_URL", True),
-        # OpenCode Go has no shared /models endpoint; skip the health check.
-        ("OpenCode Go",      ("OPENCODE_GO_API_KEY",),                         None,                                  "OPENCODE_GO_BASE_URL", False),
+        ("OpenCode Go",      ("OPENCODE_GO_API_KEY",),                         "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1/models", "OPENCODE_GO_BASE_URL", True),
    ]
    for _pname, _env_vars, _default_url, _base_env, _supports_health_check in _apikey_providers:
        _key = ""
@@ -850,7 +747,7 @@ def run_doctor(args):
            print(f"  Checking {_pname} API...", end="", flush=True)
            try:
                import httpx
-                _base = os.getenv(_base_env, "") if _base_env else ""
+                _base = os.getenv(_base_env, "")
                # Auto-detect Kimi Code keys (sk-kimi-) → api.kimi.com
                if not _base and _key.startswith("sk-kimi-"):
                    _base = "https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1"
@@ -878,31 +775,6 @@ def run_doctor(args):
            except Exception as _e:
                print(f"\r  {color('⚠', Colors.YELLOW)} {_label} {color(f'({_e})', Colors.DIM)}           ")

-    # -- AWS Bedrock --
-    # Bedrock uses the AWS SDK credential chain, not API keys.
-    try:
-        from agent.bedrock_adapter import has_aws_credentials, resolve_aws_auth_env_var, resolve_bedrock_region
-        if has_aws_credentials():
-            _auth_var = resolve_aws_auth_env_var()
-            _region = resolve_bedrock_region()
-            _label = "AWS Bedrock".ljust(20)
-            print(f"  Checking AWS Bedrock...", end="", flush=True)
-            try:
-                import boto3
-                _br_client = boto3.client("bedrock", region_name=_region)
-                _br_resp = _br_client.list_foundation_models()
-                _model_count = len(_br_resp.get("modelSummaries", []))
-                print(f"\r  {color('✓', Colors.GREEN)} {_label} {color(f'({_auth_var}, {_region}, {_model_count} models)', Colors.DIM)}           ")
-            except ImportError:
-                print(f"\r  {color('⚠', Colors.YELLOW)} {_label} {color('(boto3 not installed — pip install hermes-agent[bedrock])', Colors.DIM)}           ")
-                issues.append("Install boto3 for Bedrock: pip install hermes-agent[bedrock]")
-            except Exception as _e:
-                _err_name = type(_e).__name__
-                print(f"\r  {color('⚠', Colors.YELLOW)} {_label} {color(f'({_err_name}: {_e})', Colors.DIM)}           ")
-                issues.append(f"AWS Bedrock: {_err_name} — check IAM permissions for bedrock:ListFoundationModels")
-    except ImportError:
-        pass  # bedrock_adapter not available — skip silently
-
    # =========================================================================
    # Check: Submodules
    # =========================================================================
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More