chore(restructure): add .git-blame-ignore-revs for restructure commits

Tells git blame (and GitHub) to skip the git-mv and import-rewrite
commits so blame shows the original author.

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Git
+.git
+.gitignore
+.gitmodules
+
+# Dependencies
+node_modules
+.venv
+
+# CI/CD
+.github
+
+# Environment files
+.env
+
+*.md

.env.example

@@ -7,18 +7,38 @@
 # OpenRouter provides access to many models through one API
 # All LLM calls go through OpenRouter - no direct provider keys needed
 # Get your key at: https://openrouter.ai/keys
-OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
+# OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
 
-# Default model to use (OpenRouter format: provider/model)
-# Examples: anthropic/claude-opus-4.6, openai/gpt-4o, google/gemini-3-flash-preview, zhipuai/glm-4-plus
-LLM_MODEL=anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
+# Default model is configured in ~/.hermes/config.yaml (model.default).
+# Use 'hermes model' or 'hermes setup' to change it.
+# LLM_MODEL is no longer read from .env — this line is kept for reference only.
+# LLM_MODEL=anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
+
+# =============================================================================
+# LLM PROVIDER (Google AI Studio / Gemini)
+# =============================================================================
+# Native Gemini API via Google's OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
+# Get your key at: https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey
+# GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_ai_studio_key_here
+# GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_key_here  # alias for GOOGLE_API_KEY
+# 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)
 # =============================================================================
 # z.ai provides access to ZhipuAI GLM models (GLM-4-Plus, etc.)
 # Get your key at: https://z.ai or https://open.bigmodel.cn
-GLM_API_KEY=
+# GLM_API_KEY=
 # GLM_BASE_URL=https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4  # Override default base URL
 
 # =============================================================================
@@ -28,21 +48,30 @@ GLM_API_KEY=
 # Get your key at: https://platform.kimi.ai (Kimi Code console)
 # Keys prefixed sk-kimi- use the Kimi Code API (api.kimi.com) by default.
 # Legacy keys from platform.moonshot.ai need KIMI_BASE_URL override below.
-KIMI_API_KEY=
+# KIMI_API_KEY=
 # 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)
 # =============================================================================
 # MiniMax provides access to MiniMax models (global endpoint)
 # Get your key at: https://www.minimax.io
-MINIMAX_API_KEY=
+# MINIMAX_API_KEY=
 # MINIMAX_BASE_URL=https://api.minimax.io/v1  # Override default base URL
 
 # MiniMax China endpoint (for users in mainland China)
-MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY=
+# MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY=
 # MINIMAX_CN_BASE_URL=https://api.minimaxi.com/v1  # Override default base URL
 
 # =============================================================================
@@ -50,7 +79,7 @@ MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY=
 # =============================================================================
 # OpenCode Zen provides curated, tested models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, MiniMax, GLM, Kimi)
 # Pay-as-you-go pricing. Get your key at: https://opencode.ai/auth
-OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY=
+# OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY=
 # OPENCODE_ZEN_BASE_URL=https://opencode.ai/zen/v1  # Override default base URL
 
 # =============================================================================
@@ -58,34 +87,64 @@ OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY=
 # =============================================================================
 # OpenCode Go provides access to open models (GLM-5, Kimi K2.5, MiniMax M2.5)
 # $10/month subscription. Get your key at: https://opencode.ai/auth
-OPENCODE_GO_API_KEY=
+# OPENCODE_GO_API_KEY=
+
+# =============================================================================
+# LLM PROVIDER (Hugging Face Inference Providers)
+# =============================================================================
+# Hugging Face routes to 20+ open models via unified OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
+# Free tier included ($0.10/month), no markup on provider rates.
+# Get your token at: https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens
+# Required permission: "Make calls to Inference Providers"
+# HF_TOKEN=
 # OPENCODE_GO_BASE_URL=https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1  # Override default base URL
 
+# =============================================================================
+# LLM PROVIDER (Qwen OAuth)
+# =============================================================================
+# Qwen OAuth reuses your local Qwen CLI login (qwen auth qwen-oauth).
+# No API key needed — credentials come from ~/.qwen/oauth_creds.json.
+# Optional base URL override:
+# HERMES_QWEN_BASE_URL=https://portal.qwen.ai/v1
+
+# =============================================================================
+# LLM PROVIDER (Xiaomi MiMo)
+# =============================================================================
+# Xiaomi MiMo models (mimo-v2-pro, mimo-v2-omni, mimo-v2-flash).
+# Get your key at: https://platform.xiaomimimo.com
+# XIAOMI_API_KEY=your_key_here
+# Optional base URL override:
+# XIAOMI_BASE_URL=https://api.xiaomimimo.com/v1
+
 # =============================================================================
 # TOOL API KEYS
 # =============================================================================
 
+# Exa API Key - AI-native web search and contents
+# Get at: https://exa.ai
+# EXA_API_KEY=
+
 # Parallel API Key - AI-native web search and extract
 # Get at: https://parallel.ai
-PARALLEL_API_KEY=
+# PARALLEL_API_KEY=
 
 # Firecrawl API Key - Web search, extract, and crawl
 # Get at: https://firecrawl.dev/
-FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=
+# FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=
 
 
 # FAL.ai API Key - Image generation
 # Get at: https://fal.ai/
-FAL_KEY=
+# FAL_KEY=
 
 # Honcho - Cross-session AI-native user modeling (optional)
 # Builds a persistent understanding of the user across sessions and tools.
 # Get at: https://app.honcho.dev
 # Also requires ~/.honcho/config.json with enabled=true (see README).
-HONCHO_API_KEY=
+# HONCHO_API_KEY=
 
 # =============================================================================
-# TERMINAL TOOL CONFIGURATION (mini-swe-agent backend)
+# TERMINAL TOOL CONFIGURATION
 # =============================================================================
 # Backend type: "local", "singularity", "docker", "modal", or "ssh"
 # Terminal backend is configured in ~/.hermes/config.yaml (terminal.backend).
@@ -95,6 +154,10 @@ HONCHO_API_KEY=
 # 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
@@ -168,10 +231,10 @@ TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS=300
 
 # Browserbase API Key - Cloud browser execution
 # Get at: https://browserbase.com/
-BROWSERBASE_API_KEY=
+# BROWSERBASE_API_KEY=
 
 # Browserbase Project ID - From your Browserbase dashboard
-BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID=
+# BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID=
 
 # Enable residential proxies for better CAPTCHA solving (default: true)
 # Routes traffic through residential IPs, significantly improves success rate
@@ -203,7 +266,7 @@ BROWSER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT=120
 # Uses OpenAI's API directly (not via OpenRouter).
 # Named VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY to avoid interference with OpenRouter.
 # Get at: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys
-VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY=
+# VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY=
 
 # =============================================================================
 # SLACK INTEGRATION
@@ -218,6 +281,21 @@ VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY=
 # Slack allowed users (comma-separated Slack user IDs)
 # SLACK_ALLOWED_USERS=
 
+# =============================================================================
+# TELEGRAM INTEGRATION
+# =============================================================================
+# Telegram Bot Token - From @BotFather (https://t.me/BotFather)
+# TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=
+# TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS=                  # Comma-separated user IDs
+# TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL=                   # Default chat for cron delivery
+# TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME=              # Display name for home channel
+
+# Webhook mode (optional — for cloud deployments like Fly.io/Railway)
+# Default is long polling. Setting TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL switches to webhook mode.
+# TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_URL=https://my-app.fly.dev/telegram
+# TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_PORT=8443
+# TELEGRAM_WEBHOOK_SECRET=                 # Recommended for production
+
 # WhatsApp (built-in Baileys bridge — run `hermes whatsapp` to pair)
 # WHATSAPP_ENABLED=false
 # WHATSAPP_ALLOWED_USERS=15551234567
@@ -274,11 +352,11 @@ IMAGE_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
 
 # Tinker API Key - RL training service
 # Get at: https://tinker-console.thinkingmachines.ai/keys
-TINKER_API_KEY=
+# TINKER_API_KEY=
 
 # Weights & Biases API Key - Experiment tracking and metrics
 # Get at: https://wandb.ai/authorize
-WANDB_API_KEY=
+# WANDB_API_KEY=
 
 # RL API Server URL (default: http://localhost:8080)
 # Change if running the rl-server on a different host/port

.envrc

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+watch_file pyproject.toml uv.lock
+watch_file ui-tui/package-lock.json ui-tui/package.json
+watch_file flake.nix flake.lock nix/devShell.nix nix/tui.nix nix/package.nix nix/python.nix
+
+use flake

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# hermes_agent package restructure (PR 1/3)
+# Commit 2: pure git mv — all source files into hermes_agent/
+65ca3ba93b3fa7fd2b15af5b62d54020061f3672
+# Commit 3: rewrite all imports for hermes_agent package
+4b16341975a1217588054f567d0f76dc5a3cc481

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Auto-generated files — collapse diffs and exclude from language stats
+web/package-lock.json linguist-generated=true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ 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
@@ -82,6 +83,25 @@ 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:
@@ -97,8 +117,6 @@ body:
       label: Python Version
       description: Output of `python --version`
       placeholder: "3.11.9"
-    validations:
-      required: true
 
   - type: input
     id: hermes-version
@@ -106,14 +124,14 @@ body:
       label: Hermes Version
       description: Output of `hermes version`
       placeholder: "2.1.0"
-    validations:
-      required: true
 
   - type: textarea
     id: logs
     attributes:
-      label: Relevant Logs / Traceback
-      description: Paste any error output, traceback, or log messages. This will be auto-formatted as code.
+      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`.
       render: shell
 
   - type: textarea

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -71,3 +71,15 @@ 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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/setup_help.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ body:
         Sorry you're having trouble! Please fill out the details below so we can help.
 
         **Quick checks first:**
-        - Run `hermes doctor` and include the output below
+        - 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
         - 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
@@ -74,10 +75,21 @@ body:
       placeholder: "2.1.0"
 
   - type: textarea
-    id: doctor-output
+    id: debug-report
     attributes:
-      label: Output of `hermes doctor`
-      description: Run `hermes doctor` and paste the full output. This will be auto-formatted.
+      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
       render: shell
 
   - type: textarea

.github/actions/nix-setup/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: 'Setup Nix'
+description: 'Install Nix with DeterminateSystems and enable magic-nix-cache'
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@ef8a148080ab6020fd15196c2084a2eea5ff2d25 # v22
+    - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@565684385bcd71bad329742eefe8d12f2e765b39 # v13

.github/workflows/contributor-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+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

.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 name: Deploy Site
 
 on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
       - 'website/**'
-      - 'landingpage/**'
+      - 'skills/**'
+      - 'optional-skills/**'
       - '.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -18,20 +21,46 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  build-and-deploy:
+  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:
+    if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.page_url }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - 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 httpx==0.28.1
+
+      - 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
@@ -43,18 +72,13 @@ 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@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa  # v3
         with:
           path: _site
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deploy
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@d6db90164ac5ed86f2b6aed7e0febac5b3c0c03e  # v4

.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+name: Docker Build and Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.py'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'uv.lock'
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'docker/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml'
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: docker-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    # Only run on the upstream repository, not on forks
+    if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130  # v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f  # 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
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile
+          load: true
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          tags: nousresearch/hermes-agent:test
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+      - name: Test image starts
+        run: |
+          # The image runs as the hermes user (UID 10000).  GitHub Actions
+          # creates /tmp/hermes-test root-owned by default, which hermes
+          # can't write to — chown it to match the in-container UID before
+          # bind-mounting.  Real users doing `docker run -v ~/.hermes:...`
+          # with their own UID hit the same issue and have their own
+          # remediations (HERMES_UID env var, or chown locally).
+          mkdir -p /tmp/hermes-test
+          sudo chown -R 10000:10000 /tmp/hermes-test
+          docker run --rm \
+            -v /tmp/hermes-test:/opt/data \
+            --entrypoint /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \
+            nousresearch/hermes-agent:test --help
+
+      - 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
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Push multi-arch image (main branch)
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@10e90e3645eae34f1e60eeb005ba3a3d33f178e8  # v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          tags: nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+      - name: Push multi-arch image (release)
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@10e90e3645eae34f1e60eeb005ba3a3d33f178e8  # v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          tags: nousresearch/hermes-agent:${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml

@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   docs-site-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: npm
@@ -23,12 +26,15 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci
         working-directory: website
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install ascii-guard
-        run: python -m pip install ascii-guard
+        run: python -m pip install ascii-guard==2.3.0 pyyaml==6.0.3
+
+      - name: Extract skill metadata for dashboard
+        run: python3 website/scripts/extract-skills.py
 
       - name: Lint docs diagrams
         run: npm run lint:diagrams

.github/workflows/nix-lockfile-check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: Nix Lockfile Check
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: nix-lockfile-check-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/nix-setup
+
+      - name: Resolve head SHA
+        id: sha
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          FULL="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}"
+          echo "full=$FULL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "short=${FULL:0:7}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Check lockfile hashes
+        id: check
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          LINK_SHA: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.full }}
+        run: nix run .#fix-lockfiles -- --check
+
+      - name: Post sticky PR comment (stale)
+        if: steps.check.outputs.stale == 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728  # v2.9.1
+        with:
+          header: nix-lockfile-check
+          message: |
+            ### ⚠️ npm lockfile hash out of date
+
+            Checked against commit [`${{ steps.sha.outputs.short }}`](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ steps.sha.outputs.full }}) (PR head at check time).
+
+            The `hash = "sha256-..."` line in these nix files no longer matches the committed `package-lock.json`:
+
+            ${{ steps.check.outputs.report }}
+
+            #### Apply the fix
+
+            - [ ] **Apply lockfile fix** — tick to push a commit with the correct hashes to this PR branch
+            - Or [run the Nix Lockfile Fix workflow](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/nix-lockfile-fix.yml) manually (pass PR `#${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}`)
+            - Or locally: `nix run .#fix-lockfiles -- --apply` and commit the diff
+
+      - name: Clear sticky PR comment (resolved)
+        if: steps.check.outputs.stale == 'false' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728  # v2.9.1
+        with:
+          header: nix-lockfile-check
+          delete: true
+
+      - name: Fail if stale
+        if: steps.check.outputs.stale == 'true'
+        run: exit 1

.github/workflows/nix-lockfile-fix.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+name: Nix Lockfile Fix
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      pr_number:
+        description: 'PR number to fix (leave empty to run on the selected branch)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [edited]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: nix-lockfile-fix-${{ github.event.issue.number || github.event.inputs.pr_number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  fix:
+    # Run on manual dispatch OR when a task-list checkbox in the sticky
+    # lockfile-check comment flips from `[ ]` to `[x]`.
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
+       && github.event.issue.pull_request != null
+       && contains(github.event.comment.body, '[x] **Apply lockfile fix**')
+       && !contains(github.event.changes.body.from, '[x] **Apply lockfile fix**'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+    steps:
+      - name: Authorize & resolve PR
+        id: resolve
+        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          script: |
+            // 1. Verify the actor has write access — applies to both checkbox
+            //    clicks and manual dispatch.
+            const { data: perm } =
+              await github.rest.repos.getCollaboratorPermissionLevel({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                username: context.actor,
+              });
+            if (!['admin', 'write', 'maintain'].includes(perm.permission)) {
+              core.setFailed(
+                `${context.actor} lacks write access (has: ${perm.permission})`
+              );
+              return;
+            }
+
+            // 2. Resolve which ref to check out.
+            let prNumber = '';
+            if (context.eventName === 'issue_comment') {
+              prNumber = String(context.payload.issue.number);
+            } else if (context.eventName === 'workflow_dispatch') {
+              prNumber = context.payload.inputs.pr_number || '';
+            }
+
+            if (!prNumber) {
+              core.setOutput('ref', context.ref.replace(/^refs\/heads\//, ''));
+              core.setOutput('repo', context.repo.repo);
+              core.setOutput('owner', context.repo.owner);
+              core.setOutput('pr', '');
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              pull_number: Number(prNumber),
+            });
+            core.setOutput('ref', pr.head.ref);
+            core.setOutput('repo', pr.head.repo.name);
+            core.setOutput('owner', pr.head.repo.owner.login);
+            core.setOutput('pr', String(pr.number));
+
+      # Wipe the sticky lockfile-check comment to a "running" state as soon
+      # as the job is authorized, so the user sees their click was picked up
+      # before the ~minute of nix build work.
+      - name: Mark sticky as running
+        if: steps.resolve.outputs.pr != ''
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728  # v2.9.1
+        with:
+          header: nix-lockfile-check
+          number: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.pr }}
+          message: |
+            ### 🔄 Applying lockfile fix…
+
+            Triggered by @${{ github.actor }} — [workflow run](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}).
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.owner }}/${{ steps.resolve.outputs.repo }}
+          ref: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.ref }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/nix-setup
+
+      - name: Apply lockfile hashes
+        id: apply
+        run: nix run .#fix-lockfiles -- --apply
+
+      - name: Commit & push
+        if: steps.apply.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git add nix/tui.nix nix/web.nix
+          git commit -m "fix(nix): refresh npm lockfile hashes"
+          git push
+
+      - name: Update sticky (applied)
+        if: steps.apply.outputs.changed == 'true' && steps.resolve.outputs.pr != ''
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728  # v2.9.1
+        with:
+          header: nix-lockfile-check
+          number: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.pr }}
+          message: |
+            ### ✅ Lockfile fix applied
+
+            Pushed a commit refreshing the npm lockfile hashes — [workflow run](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}).
+
+      - name: Update sticky (already current)
+        if: steps.apply.outputs.changed == 'false' && steps.resolve.outputs.pr != ''
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728  # v2.9.1
+        with:
+          header: nix-lockfile-check
+          number: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.pr }}
+          message: |
+            ### ✅ Lockfile hashes already current
+
+            Nothing to commit — [workflow run](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}).
+
+      - name: Update sticky (failed)
+        if: failure() && steps.resolve.outputs.pr != ''
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@52423e01640425a022ef5fd42c6fb5f633a02728  # v2.9.1
+        with:
+          header: nix-lockfile-check
+          number: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.pr }}
+          message: |
+            ### ❌ Lockfile fix failed
+
+            See the [workflow run](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}) for logs.

.github/workflows/nix.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Nix
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: nix-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  nix:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/nix-setup
+      - name: Check flake
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: nix flake check --print-build-logs
+      - name: Build package
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: nix build --print-build-logs
+      - name: Evaluate flake (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: nix flake show --json > /dev/null

.github/workflows/skills-index.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+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

.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+name: Supply Chain Audit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.py'
+      - '**/*.pth'
+      - '**/setup.py'
+      - '**/setup.cfg'
+      - '**/sitecustomize.py'
+      - '**/usercustomize.py'
+      - '**/__init__.pth'
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: read
+
+# Narrow, high-signal scanner. Only fires on critical indicators of supply
+# chain attacks (e.g. the litellm-style payloads). Low-signal heuristics
+# (plain base64, plain exec/eval, dependency/Dockerfile/workflow edits,
+# Actions version unpinning, outbound POST/PUT) were intentionally
+# removed — they fired on nearly every PR and trained reviewers to ignore
+# the scanner. Keep this file's checks ruthlessly narrow: if you find
+# yourself adding WARNING-tier patterns here again, make a separate
+# advisory-only workflow instead.
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    name: Scan PR for critical supply chain risks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Scan diff for critical patterns
+        id: scan
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          BASE="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+          HEAD="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}"
+
+          # Added lines only, excluding lockfiles.
+          DIFF=$(git diff "$BASE".."$HEAD" -- . ':!uv.lock' ':!*.lock' ':!package-lock.json' ':!yarn.lock' || true)
+
+          FINDINGS=""
+
+          # --- .pth files (auto-execute on Python startup) ---
+          # The exact mechanism used in the litellm supply chain attack:
+          # https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24512
+          PTH_FILES=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE".."$HEAD" | grep '\.pth$' || true)
+          if [ -n "$PTH_FILES" ]; then
+            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
+          ### 🚨 CRITICAL: .pth file added or modified
+          Python \`.pth\` files in \`site-packages/\` execute automatically when the interpreter starts — no import required.
+
+          **Files:**
+          \`\`\`
+          ${PTH_FILES}
+          \`\`\`
+          "
+          fi
+
+          # --- base64 decode + exec/eval on the same line (the litellm attack pattern) ---
+          B64_EXEC_HITS=$(echo "$DIFF" | grep -n '^\+' | grep -iE 'base64\.(b64decode|decodebytes|urlsafe_b64decode)' | grep -iE 'exec\(|eval\(' | head -10 || true)
+          if [ -n "$B64_EXEC_HITS" ]; then
+            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
+          ### 🚨 CRITICAL: base64 decode + exec/eval combo
+          Base64-decoded strings passed directly to exec/eval — the signature of hidden credential-stealing payloads.
+
+          **Matches:**
+          \`\`\`
+          ${B64_EXEC_HITS}
+          \`\`\`
+          "
+          fi
+
+          # --- subprocess with encoded/obfuscated command argument ---
+          PROC_HITS=$(echo "$DIFF" | grep -n '^\+' | grep -E 'subprocess\.(Popen|call|run)\s*\(' | grep -iE 'base64|\\x[0-9a-f]{2}|chr\(' | head -10 || true)
+          if [ -n "$PROC_HITS" ]; then
+            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
+          ### 🚨 CRITICAL: subprocess with encoded/obfuscated command
+          Subprocess calls whose command strings are base64- or hex-encoded are a strong indicator of payload execution.
+
+          **Matches:**
+          \`\`\`
+          ${PROC_HITS}
+          \`\`\`
+          "
+          fi
+
+          # --- Install-hook files (setup.py/sitecustomize/usercustomize/__init__.pth) ---
+          # These execute during pip install or interpreter startup.
+          SETUP_HITS=$(git diff --name-only "$BASE".."$HEAD" | grep -E '(^|/)(setup\.py|setup\.cfg|sitecustomize\.py|usercustomize\.py|__init__\.pth)$' || true)
+          if [ -n "$SETUP_HITS" ]; then
+            FINDINGS="${FINDINGS}
+          ### 🚨 CRITICAL: Install-hook file added or modified
+          These files can execute code during package installation or interpreter startup.
+
+          **Files:**
+          \`\`\`
+          ${SETUP_HITS}
+          \`\`\`
+          "
+          fi
+
+          if [ -n "$FINDINGS" ]; then
+            echo "found=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "$FINDINGS" > /tmp/findings.md
+          else
+            echo "found=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Post critical finding comment
+        if: steps.scan.outputs.found == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          BODY="## 🚨 CRITICAL Supply Chain Risk Detected
+
+          This PR contains a pattern that has been used in real supply chain attacks. A maintainer must review the flagged code carefully before merging.
+
+          $(cat /tmp/findings.md)
+
+          ---
+          *Scanner only fires on high-signal indicators: .pth files, base64+exec/eval combos, subprocess with encoded commands, or install-hook files. Low-signal warnings were removed intentionally — if you're seeing this comment, the finding is worth inspecting.*"
+
+          gh pr comment "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" --body "$BODY" || echo "::warning::Could not post PR comment (expected for fork PRs — GITHUB_TOKEN is read-only)"
+
+      - name: Fail on critical findings
+        if: steps.scan.outputs.found == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "::error::CRITICAL supply chain risk patterns detected in this PR. See the PR comment for details."
+          exit 1

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@ name: Tests
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 # Cancel in-progress runs for the same PR/branch
 concurrency:
@@ -14,13 +23,16 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ripgrep
 
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d4b2f3b6ecc6e67c4457f6d3e41ec42d3d0fcb86  # v5
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
         run: uv python install 3.11
@@ -34,9 +46,37 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          python -m pytest tests/ -q --ignore=tests/integration --tb=short -n auto
+          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: ""
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ""
           NOUS_API_KEY: ""
+
+  e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d4b2f3b6ecc6e67c4457f6d3e41ec42d3d0fcb86  # v5
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        run: uv python install 3.11
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv venv .venv --python 3.11
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
+
+      - name: Run e2e tests
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          python -m pytest tests/e2e/ -v --tb=short
+        env:
+          OPENROUTER_API_KEY: ""
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ""
+          NOUS_API_KEY: ""

.gitignore

@@ -51,5 +51,20 @@ ignored/
 .worktrees/
 environments/benchmarks/evals/
 
+# Web UI build output
+hermes_cli/web_dist/
+
+# Web UI assets — synced from @nous-research/ui at build time via
+# `npm run sync-assets` (see web/package.json).
+web/public/fonts/
+web/public/ds-assets/
+
 # Release script temp files
 .release_notes.md
+mini-swe-agent/
+
+# Nix
+.direnv/
+.nix-stamps/
+result
+website/static/api/skills-index.json

.gitmodules

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "mini-swe-agent"]
-	path = mini-swe-agent
-	url = https://github.com/SWE-agent/mini-swe-agent
 [submodule "tinker-atropos"]
 	path = tinker-atropos
 	url = https://github.com/nousresearch/tinker-atropos

.mailmap

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# .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>

AGENTS.md

@@ -12,54 +12,59 @@ 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_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)
-├── agent/                # Agent internals
-│   ├── prompt_builder.py     # System prompt assembly
-│   ├── context_compressor.py # Auto context compression
-│   ├── prompt_caching.py     # Anthropic prompt caching
-│   ├── auxiliary_client.py   # Auxiliary LLM client (vision, summarization)
-│   ├── model_metadata.py     # Model context lengths, token estimation
-│   ├── models_dev.py         # models.dev registry integration (provider-aware context)
-│   ├── display.py            # KawaiiSpinner, tool preview formatting
-│   ├── skill_commands.py     # Skill slash commands (shared CLI/gateway)
-│   └── trajectory.py         # Trajectory saving helpers
-├── hermes_cli/           # CLI subcommands and setup
-│   ├── main.py           # Entry point — all `hermes` subcommands
-│   ├── config.py         # DEFAULT_CONFIG, OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS, migration
-│   ├── commands.py       # Slash command definitions + SlashCommandCompleter
-│   ├── callbacks.py      # Terminal callbacks (clarify, sudo, approval)
-│   ├── setup.py          # Interactive setup wizard
-│   ├── skin_engine.py    # Skin/theme engine — CLI visual customization
-│   ├── skills_config.py  # `hermes skills` — enable/disable skills per platform
-│   ├── tools_config.py   # `hermes tools` — enable/disable tools per platform
-│   ├── skills_hub.py     # `/skills` slash command (search, browse, install)
-│   ├── models.py         # Model catalog, provider model lists
-│   └── auth.py           # Provider credential resolution
-├── tools/                # Tool implementations (one file per tool)
-│   ├── registry.py       # Central tool registry (schemas, handlers, dispatch)
-│   ├── approval.py       # Dangerous command detection
-│   ├── terminal_tool.py  # Terminal orchestration
-│   ├── process_registry.py # Background process management
-│   ├── file_tools.py     # File read/write/search/patch
-│   ├── web_tools.py      # Web search/extract (Parallel + Firecrawl)
-│   ├── browser_tool.py   # Browserbase browser automation
-│   ├── code_execution_tool.py # execute_code sandbox
-│   ├── delegate_tool.py  # Subagent delegation
-│   ├── mcp_tool.py       # MCP client (~1050 lines)
-│   └── environments/     # Terminal backends (local, docker, ssh, modal, daytona, singularity)
-├── 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
-├── acp_adapter/          # ACP server (VS Code / Zed / JetBrains integration)
-├── cron/                 # Scheduler (jobs.py, scheduler.py)
+├── hermes_agent/             # Single installable package
+│   ├── agent/                # Core conversation loop and agent internals
+│   │   ├── loop.py               # AIAgent class — core conversation loop
+│   │   ├── prompt_builder.py     # System prompt assembly
+│   │   ├── context/              # Context management (engine, compressor, references)
+│   │   ├── memory/               # Memory management (manager, provider)
+│   │   ├── image_gen/            # Image generation (provider, registry)
+│   │   ├── display.py            # KawaiiSpinner, tool preview formatting
+│   │   ├── skill_commands.py     # Skill slash commands (shared CLI/gateway)
+│   │   └── trajectory.py         # Trajectory saving helpers
+│   ├── providers/            # LLM provider adapters and transports
+│   │   ├── anthropic_adapter.py  # Anthropic adapter
+│   │   ├── anthropic_transport.py # Anthropic transport
+│   │   ├── metadata.py           # Model context lengths, token estimation
+│   │   ├── auxiliary.py           # Auxiliary LLM client (vision, summarization)
+│   │   ├── caching.py            # Anthropic prompt caching
+│   │   └── credential_pool.py    # Credential management
+│   ├── tools/                # Tool implementations
+│   │   ├── dispatch.py           # Tool orchestration, discover_builtin_tools()
+│   │   ├── toolsets.py           # Toolset definitions
+│   │   ├── registry.py           # Central tool registry
+│   │   ├── terminal.py           # Terminal orchestration
+│   │   ├── browser/              # Browser tools (tool, cdp, camofox, providers/)
+│   │   ├── mcp/                  # MCP client and server
+│   │   ├── skills/               # Skill management (manager, tool, hub, guard, sync)
+│   │   ├── media/                # Voice, TTS, transcription, image gen
+│   │   ├── files/                # File operations (tools, operations, state)
+│   │   └── security/             # Path security, URL safety, approval
+│   ├── backends/             # Terminal backends (local, docker, ssh, modal, daytona, singularity)
+│   ├── cli/                  # CLI subcommands and setup
+│   │   ├── main.py               # Entry point — all `hermes` subcommands
+│   │   ├── repl.py               # HermesCLI class — interactive CLI orchestrator
+│   │   ├── config.py             # DEFAULT_CONFIG, OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS, migration
+│   │   ├── commands.py           # Slash command definitions
+│   │   ├── auth/                 # Provider credential resolution
+│   │   ├── models/               # Model catalog, provider lists, switching
+│   │   └── ui/                   # Banner, colors, skin engine, callbacks, tips
+│   ├── gateway/              # Messaging platform gateway
+│   │   ├── run.py                # Main loop, slash commands, message dispatch
+│   │   ├── session.py            # SessionStore — conversation persistence
+│   │   └── platforms/            # Adapters: telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, etc.
+│   ├── acp/                  # ACP server (VS Code / Zed / JetBrains integration)
+│   ├── cron/                 # Scheduler (jobs.py, scheduler.py)
+│   ├── plugins/              # Plugin system (memory providers, context engines)
+│   ├── constants.py          # Shared constants
+│   ├── state.py              # SessionDB — SQLite session store
+│   ├── logging.py            # Logging configuration
+│   └── utils.py              # Shared utilities
+├── tui_gateway/          # Python JSON-RPC backend for the TUI
+├── ui-tui/               # Ink (React) terminal UI — `hermes --tui`
 ├── environments/         # RL training environments (Atropos)
-├── tests/                # Pytest suite (~3000 tests)
-└── batch_runner.py       # Parallel batch processing
+├── tests/                # Pytest suite
+└── web/                  # Vite + React web dashboard
 ```
 
 **User config:** `~/.hermes/config.yaml` (settings), `~/.hermes/.env` (API keys)
@@ -67,18 +72,18 @@ hermes-agent/
 ## File Dependency Chain
 
 ```
-tools/registry.py  (no deps — imported by all tool files)
+hermes_agent/tools/registry.py  (no deps — imported by all tool files)
        ↑
-tools/*.py  (each calls registry.register() at import time)
+hermes_agent/tools/*.py  (each calls registry.register() at import time)
        ↑
-model_tools.py  (imports tools/registry + triggers tool discovery)
+hermes_agent/tools/dispatch.py  (imports registry + triggers tool discovery)
        ↑
-run_agent.py, cli.py, batch_runner.py, environments/
+hermes_agent/agent/loop.py, hermes_agent/cli/repl.py, environments/
 ```
 
 ---
 
-## AIAgent Class (run_agent.py)
+## AIAgent Class (hermes_agent/agent/loop.py)
 
 ```python
 class AIAgent:
@@ -124,14 +129,14 @@ Messages follow OpenAI format: `{"role": "system/user/assistant/tool", ...}`. Re
 
 ---
 
-## CLI Architecture (cli.py)
+## CLI Architecture (hermes_agent/cli/repl.py)
 
 - **Rich** for banner/panels, **prompt_toolkit** for input with autocomplete
-- **KawaiiSpinner** (`agent/display.py`) — animated faces during API calls, `┊` activity feed for tool results
-- `load_cli_config()` in cli.py merges hardcoded defaults + user config YAML
-- **Skin engine** (`hermes_cli/skin_engine.py`) — data-driven CLI theming; initialized from `display.skin` config key at startup; skins customize banner colors, spinner faces/verbs/wings, tool prefix, response box, branding text
+- **KawaiiSpinner** (`hermes_agent/agent/display.py`) — animated faces during API calls, `┊` activity feed for tool results
+- `load_cli_config()` in repl.py merges hardcoded defaults + user config YAML
+- **Skin engine** (`hermes_agent/cli/ui/skin_engine.py`) — data-driven CLI theming; initialized from `display.skin` config key at startup; skins customize banner colors, spinner faces/verbs/wings, tool prefix, response box, branding text
 - `process_command()` is a method on `HermesCLI` — dispatches on canonical command name resolved via `resolve_command()` from the central registry
-- Skill slash commands: `agent/skill_commands.py` scans `~/.hermes/skills/`, injects as **user message** (not system prompt) to preserve prompt caching
+- Skill slash commands: `hermes_agent/agent/skill_commands.py` scans `~/.hermes/skills/`, injects as **user message** (not system prompt) to preserve prompt caching
 
 ### Slash Command Registry (`hermes_cli/commands.py`)
 
@@ -172,14 +177,68 @@ if canonical == "mycommand":
 - `args_hint` — argument placeholder shown in help (e.g. `"<prompt>"`, `"[name]"`)
 - `cli_only` — only available in the interactive CLI
 - `gateway_only` — only available in messaging platforms
+- `gateway_config_gate` — config dotpath (e.g. `"display.tool_progress_command"`); when set on a `cli_only` command, the command becomes available in the gateway if the config value is truthy. `GATEWAY_KNOWN_COMMANDS` always includes config-gated commands so the gateway can dispatch them; help/menus only show them when the gate is open.
 
 **Adding an alias** requires only adding it to the `aliases` tuple on the existing `CommandDef`. No other file changes needed — dispatch, help text, Telegram menu, Slack mapping, and autocomplete all update automatically.
 
 ---
 
+## TUI Architecture (ui-tui + tui_gateway)
+
+The TUI is a full replacement for the classic (prompt_toolkit) CLI, activated via `hermes --tui` or `HERMES_TUI=1`.
+
+### Process Model
+
+```
+hermes --tui
+  └─ Node (Ink)  ──stdio JSON-RPC──  Python (tui_gateway)
+       │                                  └─ AIAgent + tools + sessions
+       └─ renders transcript, composer, prompts, activity
+```
+
+TypeScript owns the screen. Python owns sessions, tools, model calls, and slash command logic.
+
+### Transport
+
+Newline-delimited JSON-RPC over stdio. Requests from Ink, events from Python. See `tui_gateway/server.py` for the full method/event catalog.
+
+### Key Surfaces
+
+| Surface | Ink component | Gateway method |
+|---------|---------------|----------------|
+| Chat streaming | `app.tsx` + `messageLine.tsx` | `prompt.submit` → `message.delta/complete` |
+| Tool activity | `thinking.tsx` | `tool.start/progress/complete` |
+| Approvals | `prompts.tsx` | `approval.respond` ← `approval.request` |
+| Clarify/sudo/secret | `prompts.tsx`, `maskedPrompt.tsx` | `clarify/sudo/secret.respond` |
+| Session picker | `sessionPicker.tsx` | `session.list/resume` |
+| Slash commands | Local handler + fallthrough | `slash.exec` → `_SlashWorker`, `command.dispatch` |
+| Completions | `useCompletion` hook | `complete.slash`, `complete.path` |
+| Theming | `theme.ts` + `branding.tsx` | `gateway.ready` with skin data |
+
+### Slash Command Flow
+
+1. Built-in client commands (`/help`, `/quit`, `/clear`, `/resume`, `/copy`, `/paste`, etc.) handled locally in `app.tsx`
+2. Everything else → `slash.exec` (runs in persistent `_SlashWorker` subprocess) → `command.dispatch` fallback
+
+### Dev Commands
+
+```bash
+cd ui-tui
+npm install       # first time
+npm run dev       # watch mode (rebuilds hermes-ink + tsx --watch)
+npm start         # production
+npm run build     # full build (hermes-ink + tsc)
+npm run type-check # typecheck only (tsc --noEmit)
+npm run lint      # eslint
+npm run fmt       # prettier
+npm test          # vitest
+```
+
+---
+
 ## Adding New Tools
 
-Requires changes in **3 files**:
+Requires changes in **2 files**:
 
 **1. Create `tools/your_tool.py`:**
 ```python
@@ -202,12 +261,16 @@ registry.register(
 )
 ```
 
-**2. Add import** in `model_tools.py` `_discover_tools()` list.
+**2. Add to `toolsets.py`** — either `_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` (all platforms) or a new toolset.
 
-**3. Add to `toolsets.py`** — either `_HERMES_CORE_TOOLS` (all platforms) or a new toolset.
+Auto-discovery: any `hermes_agent/tools/*.py` file with a top-level `registry.register()` call is imported automatically — no manual import list to maintain.
 
 The registry handles schema collection, dispatch, availability checking, and error wrapping. All handlers MUST return a JSON string.
 
+**Path references in tool schemas**: If the schema description mentions file paths (e.g. default output directories), use `display_hermes_home()` to make them profile-aware. The schema is generated at import time, which is after `_apply_profile_override()` sets `HERMES_HOME`.
+
+**State files**: If a tool stores persistent state (caches, logs, checkpoints), use `get_hermes_home()` for the base directory — never `Path.home() / ".hermes"`. This ensures each profile gets its own state.
+
 **Agent-level tools** (todo, memory): intercepted by `run_agent.py` before `handle_function_call()`. See `todo_tool.py` for the pattern.
 
 ---
@@ -345,8 +408,9 @@ Cache-breaking forces dramatically higher costs. The ONLY time we alter context
 
 ### Background Process Notifications (Gateway)
 
-When `terminal(background=true, check_interval=...)` is used, the gateway runs a watcher that
-pushes status updates to the user's chat. Control verbosity with `display.background_process_notifications`
+When `terminal(background=true, notify_on_complete=true)` is used, the gateway runs a watcher that
+detects process completion and triggers a new agent turn. Control verbosity of background process
+messages with `display.background_process_notifications`
 in config.yaml (or `HERMES_BACKGROUND_NOTIFICATIONS` env var):
 
 - `all` — running-output updates + final message (default)
@@ -356,34 +420,189 @@ in config.yaml (or `HERMES_BACKGROUND_NOTIFICATIONS` env var):
 
 ---
 
+## Profiles: Multi-Instance Support
+
+Hermes supports **profiles** — multiple fully isolated instances, each with its own
+`HERMES_HOME` directory (config, API keys, memory, sessions, skills, gateway, etc.).
+
+The core mechanism: `_apply_profile_override()` in `hermes_cli/main.py` sets
+`HERMES_HOME` before any module imports. All 119+ references to `get_hermes_home()`
+automatically scope to the active profile.
+
+### Rules for profile-safe code
+
+1. **Use `get_hermes_home()` for all HERMES_HOME paths.** Import from `hermes_constants`.
+   NEVER hardcode `~/.hermes` or `Path.home() / ".hermes"` in code that reads/writes state.
+   ```python
+   # GOOD
+   from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
+   config_path = get_hermes_home() / "config.yaml"
+
+   # BAD — breaks profiles
+   config_path = Path.home() / ".hermes" / "config.yaml"
+   ```
+
+2. **Use `display_hermes_home()` for user-facing messages.** Import from `hermes_constants`.
+   This returns `~/.hermes` for default or `~/.hermes/profiles/<name>` for profiles.
+   ```python
+   # GOOD
+   from hermes_constants import display_hermes_home
+   print(f"Config saved to {display_hermes_home()}/config.yaml")
+
+   # BAD — shows wrong path for profiles
+   print("Config saved to ~/.hermes/config.yaml")
+   ```
+
+3. **Module-level constants are fine** — they cache `get_hermes_home()` at import time,
+   which is AFTER `_apply_profile_override()` sets the env var. Just use `get_hermes_home()`,
+   not `Path.home() / ".hermes"`.
+
+4. **Tests that mock `Path.home()` must also set `HERMES_HOME`** — since code now uses
+   `get_hermes_home()` (reads env var), not `Path.home() / ".hermes"`:
+   ```python
+   with patch.object(Path, "home", return_value=tmp_path), \
+        patch.dict(os.environ, {"HERMES_HOME": str(tmp_path / ".hermes")}):
+       ...
+   ```
+
+5. **Gateway platform adapters should use token locks** — if the adapter connects with
+   a unique credential (bot token, API key), call `acquire_scoped_lock()` from
+   `gateway.status` in the `connect()`/`start()` method and `release_scoped_lock()` in
+   `disconnect()`/`stop()`. This prevents two profiles from using the same credential.
+   See `gateway/platforms/telegram.py` for the canonical pattern.
+
+6. **Profile operations are HOME-anchored, not HERMES_HOME-anchored** — `_get_profiles_root()`
+   returns `Path.home() / ".hermes" / "profiles"`, NOT `get_hermes_home() / "profiles"`.
+   This is intentional — it lets `hermes -p coder profile list` see all profiles regardless
+   of which one is active.
+
 ## Known Pitfalls
 
+### DO NOT hardcode `~/.hermes` paths
+Use `get_hermes_home()` from `hermes_constants` for code paths. Use `display_hermes_home()`
+for user-facing print/log messages. Hardcoding `~/.hermes` breaks profiles — each profile
+has its own `HERMES_HOME` directory. This was the source of 5 bugs fixed in PR #3575.
+
 ### DO NOT use `simple_term_menu` for interactive menus
 Rendering bugs in tmux/iTerm2 — ghosting on scroll. Use `curses` (stdlib) instead. See `hermes_cli/tools_config.py` for the pattern.
 
 ### DO NOT use `\033[K` (ANSI erase-to-EOL) in spinner/display code
 Leaks as literal `?[K` text under `prompt_toolkit`'s `patch_stdout`. Use space-padding: `f"\r{line}{' ' * pad}"`.
 
-### `_last_resolved_tool_names` is a process-global in `model_tools.py`
+### `_last_resolved_tool_names` is a process-global in `hermes_agent/tools/dispatch.py`
 `_run_single_child()` in `delegate_tool.py` saves and restores this global around subagent execution. If you add new code that reads this global, be aware it may be temporarily stale during child agent runs.
 
 ### DO NOT hardcode cross-tool references in schema descriptions
-Tool schema descriptions must not mention tools from other toolsets by name (e.g., `browser_navigate` saying "prefer web_search"). Those tools may be unavailable (missing API keys, disabled toolset), causing the model to hallucinate calls to non-existent tools. If a cross-reference is needed, add it dynamically in `get_tool_definitions()` in `model_tools.py` — see the `browser_navigate` / `execute_code` post-processing blocks for the pattern.
+Tool schema descriptions must not mention tools from other toolsets by name (e.g., `browser_navigate` saying "prefer web_search"). Those tools may be unavailable (missing API keys, disabled toolset), causing the model to hallucinate calls to non-existent tools. If a cross-reference is needed, add it dynamically in `get_tool_definitions()` in `hermes_agent/tools/dispatch.py` — see the `browser_navigate` / `execute_code` post-processing blocks for the pattern.
 
 ### Tests must not write to `~/.hermes/`
 The `_isolate_hermes_home` autouse fixture in `tests/conftest.py` redirects `HERMES_HOME` to a temp dir. Never hardcode `~/.hermes/` paths in tests.
 
+**Profile tests**: When testing profile features, also mock `Path.home()` so that
+`_get_profiles_root()` and `_get_default_hermes_home()` resolve within the temp dir.
+Use the pattern from `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`:
+```python
+@pytest.fixture
+def profile_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    home = tmp_path / ".hermes"
+    home.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(home))
+    return home
+```
+
 ---
 
 ## 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
-source venv/bin/activate
-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
+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
+```
+
+Worker count above 4 will surface test-ordering flakes that CI never sees.
+
 Always run the full suite before pushing changes.
+
+### Don't write change-detector tests
+
+A test is a **change-detector** if it fails whenever data that is **expected
+to change** gets updated — model catalogs, config version numbers,
+enumeration counts, hardcoded lists of provider models. These tests add no
+behavioral coverage; they just guarantee that routine source updates break
+CI and cost engineering time to "fix."
+
+**Do not write:**
+
+```python
+# catalog snapshot — breaks every model release
+assert "gemini-2.5-pro" in _PROVIDER_MODELS["gemini"]
+assert "MiniMax-M2.7" in models
+
+# config version literal — breaks every schema bump
+assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["_config_version"] == 21
+
+# enumeration count — breaks every time a skill/provider is added
+assert len(_PROVIDER_MODELS["huggingface"]) == 8
+```
+
+**Do write:**
+
+```python
+# behavior: does the catalog plumbing work at all?
+assert "gemini" in _PROVIDER_MODELS
+assert len(_PROVIDER_MODELS["gemini"]) >= 1
+
+# behavior: does migration bump the user's version to current latest?
+assert raw["_config_version"] == DEFAULT_CONFIG["_config_version"]
+
+# invariant: no plan-only model leaks into the legacy list
+assert not (set(moonshot_models) & coding_plan_only_models)
+
+# invariant: every model in the catalog has a context-length entry
+for m in _PROVIDER_MODELS["huggingface"]:
+    assert m.lower() in DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS_LOWER
+```
+
+The rule: if the test reads like a snapshot of current data, delete it. If
+it reads like a contract about how two pieces of data must relate, keep it.
+When a PR adds a new provider/model and you want a test, make the test
+assert the relationship (e.g. "catalog entries all have context lengths"),
+not the specific names.
+
+Reviewers should reject new change-detector tests; authors should convert
+them into invariants before re-requesting review.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ export VIRTUAL_ENV="$(pwd)/venv"
 
 # Install with all extras (messaging, cron, CLI menus, dev tools)
 uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
-uv pip install -e "./mini-swe-agent"
-uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
+
+# Optional: RL training submodule
+# git submodule update --init tinker-atropos && uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
 
 # Optional: browser tools
 npm install

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+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 && \
+    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/
+
+WORKDIR /opt/hermes
+
+# ---------- Layer-cached dependency install ----------
+# Copy only package manifests first so npm install + Playwright are cached
+# unless the lockfiles themselves change.
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
+COPY web/package.json web/package-lock.json web/
+
+RUN npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && \
+    npx playwright install --with-deps chromium --only-shell && \
+    (cd web && npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit) && \
+    npm cache clean --force
+
+# ---------- Source code ----------
+# .dockerignore excludes node_modules, so the installs above survive.
+COPY --chown=hermes:hermes . .
+
+# Build web dashboard (Vite outputs to hermes_agent/cli/web_dist/)
+RUN cd web && npm run build
+
+# ---------- Python virtualenv ----------
+RUN chown hermes:hermes /opt/hermes
+USER hermes
+RUN uv venv && \
+    uv pip install --no-cache-dir -e ".[all]"
+
+# ---------- Runtime ----------
+ENV HERMES_WEB_DIST=/opt/hermes/hermes_agent/cli/web_dist
+ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
+VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh" ]

MANIFEST.in

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+graft hermes_agent
+graft skills
+graft optional-skills
+global-exclude __pycache__
+global-exclude *.py[cod]

README.md

@@ -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), [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.
+Use any model you want — [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com), [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) (200+ models), [NVIDIA NIM](https://build.nvidia.com) (Nemotron), [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.
 
 <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>
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ Use any model you want — [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com), [Open
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
 ```
 
-Works on Linux, macOS, and WSL2. The installer handles everything — Python, Node.js, dependencies, and the `hermes` command. No prerequisites except git.
+Works on Linux, macOS, WSL2, and Android via Termux. The installer handles the platform-specific setup for you.
 
+> **Android / Termux:** The tested manual path is documented in the [Termux guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/termux). On Termux, Hermes installs a curated `.[termux]` extra because the full `.[all]` extra currently pulls Android-incompatible voice dependencies.
+>
 > **Windows:** Native Windows is not supported. Please install [WSL2](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) and run the command above.
 
 After installation:
@@ -139,21 +141,26 @@ See `hermes claw migrate --help` for all options, or use the `openclaw-migration
 
 We welcome contributions! See the [Contributing Guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/contributing) for development setup, code style, and PR process.
 
-Quick start for contributors:
+Quick start for contributors — clone and go with `setup-hermes.sh`:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git
 cd hermes-agent
-git submodule update --init mini-swe-agent   # required terminal backend
+./setup-hermes.sh     # installs uv, creates venv, installs .[all], symlinks ~/.local/bin/hermes
+./hermes              # auto-detects the venv, no need to `source` first
+```
+
+Manual path (equivalent to the above):
+
+```bash
 curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
 uv venv venv --python 3.11
 source venv/bin/activate
 uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
-uv pip install -e "./mini-swe-agent"
 python -m pytest tests/ -q
 ```
 
-> **RL Training (optional):** To work on the RL/Tinker-Atropos integration, also run:
+> **RL Training (optional):** To work on the RL/Tinker-Atropos integration:
 > ```bash
 > git submodule update --init tinker-atropos
 > uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
@@ -167,6 +174,7 @@ 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.
 
 ---
 

RELEASE_v0.10.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# 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)

RELEASE_v0.4.0.md

@@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
+# Hermes Agent v0.4.0 (v2026.3.23)
+
+**Release Date:** March 23, 2026
+
+> The platform expansion release — OpenAI-compatible API server, 6 new messaging adapters, 4 new inference providers, MCP server management with OAuth 2.1, @ context references, gateway prompt caching, streaming enabled by default, and a sweeping reliability pass with 200+ bug fixes.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Highlights
+
+- **OpenAI-compatible API server** — Expose Hermes as an `/v1/chat/completions` endpoint with a new `/api/jobs` REST API for cron job management, hardened with input limits, field whitelists, SQLite-backed response persistence, and CORS origin protection ([#1756](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1756), [#2450](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2450), [#2456](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2456), [#2451](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2451), [#2472](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2472))
+
+- **6 new messaging platform adapters** — Signal, DingTalk, SMS (Twilio), Mattermost, Matrix, and Webhook adapters join Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp. Gateway auto-reconnects failed platforms with exponential backoff ([#2206](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2206), [#1685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1685), [#1688](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1688), [#1683](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1683), [#2166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2166), [#2584](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2584))
+
+- **@ context references** — Claude Code-style `@file` and `@url` context injection with tab completions in the CLI ([#2343](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2343), [#2482](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2482))
+
+- **4 new inference providers** — GitHub Copilot (OAuth + token validation), Alibaba Cloud / DashScope, Kilo Code, and OpenCode Zen/Go ([#1924](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1924), [#1879](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1879) by @mchzimm, [#1673](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1673), [#1666](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1666), [#1650](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1650))
+
+- **MCP server management CLI** — `hermes mcp` commands for installing, configuring, and authenticating MCP servers with full OAuth 2.1 PKCE flow ([#2465](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2465))
+
+- **Gateway prompt caching** — Cache AIAgent instances per session, preserving Anthropic prompt cache across turns for dramatic cost reduction on long conversations ([#2282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2282), [#2284](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2284), [#2361](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2361))
+
+- **Context compression overhaul** — Structured summaries with iterative updates, token-budget tail protection, configurable summary endpoint, and fallback model support ([#2323](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2323), [#1727](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1727), [#2224](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2224))
+
+- **Streaming enabled by default** — CLI streaming on by default with proper spinner/tool progress display during streaming mode, plus extensive linebreak and concatenation fixes ([#2340](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2340), [#2161](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2161), [#2258](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2258))
+
+---
+
+## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
+
+### New Commands & Interactions
+- **@ context completions** — Tab-completable `@file`/`@url` references that inject file content or web pages into the conversation ([#2482](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2482), [#2343](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2343))
+- **`/statusbar`** — Toggle a persistent config bar showing model + provider info in the prompt ([#2240](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2240), [#1917](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1917))
+- **`/queue`** — Queue prompts for the agent without interrupting the current run ([#2191](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2191), [#2469](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2469))
+- **`/permission`** — Switch approval mode dynamically during a session ([#2207](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2207))
+- **`/browser`** — Interactive browser sessions from the CLI ([#2273](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2273), [#1814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1814))
+- **`/cost`** — Live pricing and usage tracking in gateway mode ([#2180](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2180))
+- **`/approve` and `/deny`** — Replaced bare text approval in gateway with explicit commands ([#2002](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2002))
+
+### Streaming & Display
+- Streaming enabled by default in CLI ([#2340](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2340))
+- Show spinners and tool progress during streaming mode ([#2161](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2161))
+- Show reasoning/thinking blocks when `show_reasoning` enabled ([#2118](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2118))
+- Context pressure warnings for CLI and gateway ([#2159](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2159))
+- Fix: streaming chunks concatenated without whitespace ([#2258](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2258))
+- Fix: iteration boundary linebreak prevents stream concatenation ([#2413](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2413))
+- Fix: defer streaming linebreak to prevent blank line stacking ([#2473](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2473))
+- Fix: suppress spinner animation in non-TTY environments ([#2216](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2216))
+- Fix: display provider and endpoint in API error messages ([#2266](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2266))
+- Fix: resolve garbled ANSI escape codes in status printouts ([#2448](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2448))
+- Fix: update gold ANSI color to true-color format ([#2246](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2246))
+- Fix: normalize toolset labels and use skin colors in banner ([#1912](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1912))
+
+### CLI Polish
+- Fix: prevent 'Press ENTER to continue...' on exit ([#2555](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2555))
+- Fix: flush stdout during agent loop to prevent macOS display freeze ([#1654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1654))
+- Fix: show human-readable error when `hermes setup` hits permissions error ([#2196](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2196))
+- Fix: `/stop` command crash + UnboundLocalError in streaming media delivery ([#2463](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2463))
+- Fix: allow custom/local endpoints without API key ([#2556](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2556))
+- Fix: Kitty keyboard protocol Shift+Enter for Ghostty/WezTerm (attempted + reverted due to prompt_toolkit crash) ([#2345](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2345), [#2349](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2349))
+
+### Configuration
+- **`${ENV_VAR}` substitution** in config.yaml ([#2684](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2684))
+- **Real-time config reload** — config.yaml changes apply without restart ([#2210](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2210))
+- **`custom_models.yaml`** for user-managed model additions ([#2214](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2214))
+- **Priority-based context file selection** + CLAUDE.md support ([#2301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2301))
+- **Merge nested YAML sections** instead of replacing on config update ([#2213](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2213))
+- Fix: config.yaml provider key overrides env var silently ([#2272](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2272))
+- Fix: log warning instead of silently swallowing config.yaml errors ([#2683](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2683))
+- Fix: disabled toolsets re-enable themselves after `hermes tools` ([#2268](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2268))
+- Fix: platform default toolsets silently override tool deselection ([#2624](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2624))
+- Fix: honor bare YAML `approvals.mode: off` ([#2620](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2620))
+- Fix: `hermes update` use `.[all]` extras with fallback ([#1728](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1728))
+- Fix: `hermes update` prompt before resetting working tree on stash conflicts ([#2390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2390))
+- Fix: use git pull --rebase in update/install to avoid divergent branch error ([#2274](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2274))
+- Fix: add zprofile fallback and create zshrc on fresh macOS installs ([#2320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2320))
+- Fix: remove `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` env var to avoid collisions ([#1675](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1675))
+- Fix: don't ask IMAP password if already in keyring or env ([#2212](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2212))
+- Fix: OpenCode Zen/Go show OpenRouter models instead of their own ([#2277](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2277))
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
+
+### New Providers
+- **GitHub Copilot** — Full OAuth auth, API routing, token validation, and 400k context. ([#1924](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1924), [#1896](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1896), [#1879](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1879) by @mchzimm, [#2507](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2507))
+- **Alibaba Cloud / DashScope** — Full integration with DashScope v1 runtime, model dot preservation, and 401 auth fixes ([#1673](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1673), [#2332](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2332), [#2459](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2459))
+- **Kilo Code** — First-class inference provider ([#1666](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1666))
+- **OpenCode Zen and OpenCode Go** — New provider backends ([#1650](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1650), [#2393](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2393) by @0xbyt4)
+- **NeuTTS** — Local TTS provider backend with built-in setup flow, replacing the old optional skill ([#1657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1657), [#1664](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1664))
+
+### Provider Improvements
+- **Eager fallback** to backup model on rate-limit errors ([#1730](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1730))
+- **Endpoint metadata** for custom model context and pricing; query local servers for actual context window size ([#1906](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1906), [#2091](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2091) by @dusterbloom)
+- **Context length detection overhaul** — models.dev integration, provider-aware resolution, fuzzy matching for custom endpoints, `/v1/props` for llama.cpp ([#2158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2158), [#2051](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2051), [#2403](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2403))
+- **Model catalog updates** — gpt-5.4-mini, gpt-5.4-nano, healer-alpha, haiku-4.5, minimax-m2.7, claude 4.6 at 1M context ([#1913](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1913), [#1915](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1915), [#1900](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1900), [#2155](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2155), [#2474](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2474))
+- **Custom endpoint improvements** — `model.base_url` in config.yaml, `api_mode` override for responses API, allow endpoints without API key, fail fast on missing keys ([#2330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2330), [#1651](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1651), [#2556](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2556), [#2445](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2445), [#1994](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1994), [#1998](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1998))
+- Inject model and provider into system prompt ([#1929](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1929))
+- Tie `api_mode` to provider config instead of env var ([#1656](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1656))
+- Fix: prevent Anthropic token leaking to third-party `anthropic_messages` providers ([#2389](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2389))
+- Fix: prevent Anthropic fallback from inheriting non-Anthropic `base_url` ([#2388](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2388))
+- Fix: `auxiliary_is_nous` flag never resets — leaked Nous tags to other providers ([#1713](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1713))
+- Fix: Anthropic `tool_choice 'none'` still allowed tool calls ([#1714](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1714))
+- Fix: Mistral parser nested JSON fallback extraction ([#2335](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2335))
+- Fix: MiniMax 401 auth resolved by defaulting to `anthropic_messages` ([#2103](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2103))
+- Fix: case-insensitive model family matching ([#2350](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2350))
+- Fix: ignore placeholder provider keys in activation checks ([#2358](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2358))
+- Fix: Preserve Ollama model:tag colons in context length detection ([#2149](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2149))
+- Fix: recognize Claude Code OAuth credentials in startup gate ([#1663](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1663))
+- Fix: detect Claude Code version dynamically for OAuth user-agent ([#1670](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1670))
+- Fix: OAuth flag stale after refresh/fallback ([#1890](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1890))
+- Fix: auxiliary client skips expired Codex JWT ([#2397](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2397))
+
+### Agent Loop
+- **Gateway prompt caching** — Cache AIAgent per session, keep assistant turns, fix session restore ([#2282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2282), [#2284](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2284), [#2361](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2361))
+- **Context compression overhaul** — Structured summaries, iterative updates, token-budget tail protection, configurable `summary_base_url` ([#2323](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2323), [#1727](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1727), [#2224](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2224))
+- **Pre-call sanitization and post-call tool guardrails** ([#1732](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1732))
+- **Auto-recover** from provider-rejected `tool_choice` by retrying without ([#2174](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2174))
+- **Background memory/skill review** replaces inline nudges ([#2235](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2235))
+- **SOUL.md as primary agent identity** instead of hardcoded default ([#1922](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1922))
+- Fix: prevent silent tool result loss during context compression ([#1993](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1993))
+- Fix: handle empty/null function arguments in tool call recovery ([#2163](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2163))
+- Fix: handle API refusal responses gracefully instead of crashing ([#2156](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2156))
+- Fix: prevent stuck agent loop on malformed tool calls ([#2114](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2114))
+- Fix: return JSON parse error to model instead of dispatching with empty args ([#2342](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2342))
+- Fix: consecutive assistant message merge drops content on mixed types ([#1703](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1703))
+- Fix: message role alternation violations in JSON recovery and error handler ([#1722](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1722))
+- Fix: `compression_attempts` resets each iteration — allowed unlimited compressions ([#1723](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1723))
+- Fix: `length_continue_retries` never resets — later truncations got fewer retries ([#1717](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1717))
+- Fix: compressor summary role violated consecutive-role constraint ([#1720](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1720), [#1743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1743))
+- Fix: remove hardcoded `gemini-3-flash-preview` as default summary model ([#2464](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2464))
+- Fix: correctly handle empty tool results ([#2201](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2201))
+- Fix: crash on None entry in `tool_calls` list ([#2209](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2209) by @0xbyt4, [#2316](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2316))
+- Fix: per-thread persistent event loops in worker threads ([#2214](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2214) by @jquesnelle)
+- Fix: prevent 'event loop already running' when async tools run in parallel ([#2207](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2207))
+- Fix: strip ANSI at the source — clean terminal output before it reaches the model ([#2115](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2115))
+- Fix: skip top-level `cache_control` on role:tool for OpenRouter ([#2391](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2391))
+- Fix: delegate tool — save parent tool names before child construction mutates global ([#2083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2083) by @ygd58, [#1894](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1894))
+- Fix: only strip last assistant message if empty string ([#2326](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2326))
+
+### Session & Memory
+- **Session search** and management slash commands ([#2198](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2198))
+- **Auto session titles** and `.hermes.md` project config ([#1712](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1712))
+- Fix: concurrent memory writes silently drop entries — added file locking ([#1726](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1726))
+- Fix: search all sources by default in `session_search` ([#1892](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1892))
+- Fix: handle hyphenated FTS5 queries and preserve quoted literals ([#1776](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1776))
+- Fix: skip corrupt lines in `load_transcript` instead of crashing ([#1744](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1744))
+- Fix: normalize session keys to prevent case-sensitive duplicates ([#2157](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2157))
+- Fix: prevent `session_search` crash when no sessions exist ([#2194](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2194))
+- Fix: reset token counters on new session for accurate usage display ([#2101](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2101) by @InB4DevOps)
+- Fix: prevent stale memory overwrites by flush agent ([#2687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2687))
+- Fix: remove synthetic error message injection, fix session resume after repeated failures ([#2303](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2303))
+- Fix: quiet mode with `--resume` now passes conversation_history ([#2357](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2357))
+- Fix: unify resume logic in batch mode ([#2331](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2331))
+
+### Honcho Memory
+- Honcho config fixes and @ context reference integration ([#2343](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2343))
+- Self-hosted / Docker configuration documentation ([#2475](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2475))
+
+---
+
+## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
+
+### New Platform Adapters
+- **Signal Messenger** — Full adapter with attachment handling, group message filtering, and Note to Self echo-back protection ([#2206](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2206), [#2400](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2400), [#2297](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2297), [#2156](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2156))
+- **DingTalk** — Adapter with gateway wiring and setup docs ([#1685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1685), [#1690](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1690), [#1692](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1692))
+- **SMS (Twilio)** ([#1688](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1688))
+- **Mattermost** — With @-mention-only channel filter ([#1683](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1683), [#2443](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2443))
+- **Matrix** — With vision support and image caching ([#1683](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1683), [#2520](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2520))
+- **Webhook** — Platform adapter for external event triggers ([#2166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2166))
+- **OpenAI-compatible API server** — `/v1/chat/completions` endpoint with `/api/jobs` cron management ([#1756](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1756), [#2450](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2450), [#2456](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2456))
+
+### Telegram Improvements
+- MarkdownV2 support — strikethrough, spoiler, blockquotes, escape parentheses/braces/backslashes/backticks ([#2199](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2199), [#2200](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2200) by @llbn, [#2386](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2386))
+- Auto-detect HTML tags and use `parse_mode=HTML` ([#1709](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1709))
+- Telegram group vision support + thread-based sessions ([#2153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2153))
+- Auto-reconnect polling after network interruption ([#2517](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2517))
+- Aggregate split text messages before dispatching ([#1674](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1674))
+- Fix: streaming config bridge, not-modified, flood control ([#1782](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1782), [#1783](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1783))
+- Fix: edited_message event crashes ([#2074](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2074))
+- Fix: retry 409 polling conflicts before giving up ([#2312](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2312))
+- Fix: topic delivery via `platform:chat_id:thread_id` format ([#2455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2455))
+
+### Discord Improvements
+- Document caching and text-file injection ([#2503](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2503))
+- Persistent typing indicator for DMs ([#2468](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2468))
+- Discord DM vision — inline images + attachment analysis ([#2186](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2186))
+- Persist thread participation across gateway restarts ([#1661](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1661))
+- Fix: gateway crash on non-ASCII guild names ([#2302](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2302))
+- Fix: thread permission errors ([#2073](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2073))
+- Fix: slash event routing in threads ([#2460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2460))
+- Fix: remove bugged followup messages + `/ask` command ([#1836](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1836))
+- Fix: graceful WebSocket reconnection ([#2127](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2127))
+- Fix: voice channel TTS when streaming enabled ([#2322](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2322))
+
+### WhatsApp & Other Adapters
+- WhatsApp: outbound `send_message` routing ([#1769](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1769) by @sai-samarth), LID format self-chat ([#1667](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1667)), `reply_prefix` config fix ([#1923](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1923)), restart on bridge child exit ([#2334](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2334)), image/bridge improvements ([#2181](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2181))
+- Matrix: correct `reply_to_message_id` parameter ([#1895](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1895)), bare media types fix ([#1736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1736))
+- Mattermost: MIME types for media attachments ([#2329](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2329))
+
+### Gateway Core
+- **Auto-reconnect** failed platforms with exponential backoff ([#2584](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2584))
+- **Notify users when session auto-resets** ([#2519](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2519))
+- **Reply-to message context** for out-of-session replies ([#1662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1662))
+- **Ignore unauthorized DMs** config option ([#1919](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1919))
+- Fix: `/reset` in thread-mode resets global session instead of thread ([#2254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2254))
+- Fix: deliver MEDIA: files after streaming responses ([#2382](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2382))
+- Fix: cap interrupt recursion depth to prevent resource exhaustion ([#1659](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1659))
+- Fix: detect stopped processes and release stale locks on `--replace` ([#2406](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2406), [#1908](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1908))
+- Fix: PID-based wait with force-kill for gateway restart ([#1902](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1902))
+- Fix: prevent `--replace` mode from killing the caller process ([#2185](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2185))
+- Fix: `/model` shows active fallback model instead of config default ([#1660](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1660))
+- Fix: `/title` command fails when session doesn't exist in SQLite yet ([#2379](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2379) by @ten-jampa)
+- Fix: process `/queue`'d messages after agent completion ([#2469](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2469))
+- Fix: strip orphaned `tool_results` + let `/reset` bypass running agent ([#2180](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2180))
+- Fix: prevent agents from starting gateway outside systemd management ([#2617](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2617))
+- Fix: prevent systemd restart storm on gateway connection failure ([#2327](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2327))
+- Fix: include resolved node path in systemd unit ([#1767](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1767) by @sai-samarth)
+- Fix: send error details to user in gateway outer exception handler ([#1966](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1966))
+- Fix: improve error handling for 429 usage limits and 500 context overflow ([#1839](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1839))
+- Fix: add all missing platform allowlist env vars to startup warning check ([#2628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2628))
+- Fix: media delivery fails for file paths containing spaces ([#2621](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2621))
+- Fix: duplicate session-key collision in multi-platform gateway ([#2171](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2171))
+- Fix: Matrix and Mattermost never report as connected ([#1711](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1711))
+- Fix: PII redaction config never read — missing yaml import ([#1701](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1701))
+- Fix: NameError on skill slash commands ([#1697](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1697))
+- Fix: persist watcher metadata in checkpoint for crash recovery ([#1706](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1706))
+- Fix: pass `message_thread_id` in send_image_file, send_document, send_video ([#2339](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2339))
+- Fix: media-group aggregation on rapid successive photo messages ([#2160](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2160))
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Tool System
+
+### MCP Enhancements
+- **MCP server management CLI** + OAuth 2.1 PKCE auth ([#2465](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2465))
+- **Expose MCP servers as standalone toolsets** ([#1907](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1907))
+- **Interactive MCP tool configuration** in `hermes tools` ([#1694](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1694))
+- Fix: MCP-OAuth port mismatch, path traversal, and shared handler state ([#2552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2552))
+- Fix: preserve MCP tool registrations across session resets ([#2124](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2124))
+- Fix: concurrent file access crash + duplicate MCP registration ([#2154](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2154))
+- Fix: normalise MCP schemas + expand session list columns ([#2102](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2102))
+- Fix: `tool_choice` `mcp_` prefix handling ([#1775](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1775))
+
+### Web Tool Backends
+- **Tavily** as web search/extract/crawl backend ([#1731](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1731))
+- **Parallel** as alternative web search/extract backend ([#1696](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1696))
+- **Configurable web backend** — Firecrawl/BeautifulSoup/Playwright selection ([#2256](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2256))
+- Fix: whitespace-only env vars bypass web backend detection ([#2341](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2341))
+
+### New Tools
+- **IMAP email** reading and sending ([#2173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2173))
+- **STT (speech-to-text)** tool using Whisper API ([#2072](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2072))
+- **Route-aware pricing estimates** ([#1695](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1695))
+
+### Tool Improvements
+- TTS: `base_url` support for OpenAI TTS provider ([#2064](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2064) by @hanai)
+- Vision: configurable timeout, tilde expansion in file paths, DM vision with multi-image and base64 fallback ([#2480](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2480), [#2585](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2585), [#2211](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2211))
+- Browser: race condition fix in session creation ([#1721](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1721)), TypeError on unexpected LLM params ([#1735](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1735))
+- File tools: strip ANSI escape codes from write_file and patch content ([#2532](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2532)), include pagination args in repeated search key ([#1824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1824) by @cutepawss), improve fuzzy matching accuracy + position calculation refactor ([#2096](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2096), [#1681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1681))
+- Code execution: resource leak and double socket close fix ([#2381](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2381))
+- Delegate: thread safety for concurrent subagent delegation ([#1672](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1672)), preserve parent agent's tool list after delegation ([#1778](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1778))
+- Fix: make concurrent tool batching path-aware for file mutations ([#1914](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1914))
+- Fix: chunk long messages in `send_message_tool` before platform dispatch ([#1646](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1646))
+- Fix: add missing 'messaging' toolset ([#1718](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1718))
+- Fix: prevent unavailable tool names from leaking into model schemas ([#2072](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2072))
+- Fix: pass visited set by reference to prevent diamond dependency duplication ([#2311](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2311))
+- Fix: Daytona sandbox lookup migrated from `find_one` to `get/list` ([#2063](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2063) by @rovle)
+
+---
+
+## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
+
+### Skills System Improvements
+- **Agent-created skills** — Caution-level findings allowed, dangerous skills ask instead of block ([#1840](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1840), [#2446](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2446))
+- **`--yes` flag** to bypass confirmation in `/skills install` and uninstall ([#1647](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1647))
+- **Disabled skills respected** across banner, system prompt, and slash commands ([#1897](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1897))
+- Fix: skills custom_tools import crash + sandbox file_tools integration ([#2239](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2239))
+- Fix: agent-created skills with pip requirements crash on install ([#2145](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2145))
+- Fix: race condition in `Skills.__init__` when `hub.yaml` missing ([#2242](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2242))
+- Fix: validate skill metadata before install and block duplicates ([#2241](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2241))
+- Fix: skills hub inspect/resolve — 4 bugs in inspect, redirects, discovery, tap list ([#2447](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2447))
+- Fix: agent-created skills keep working after session reset ([#2121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2121))
+
+### New Skills
+- **OCR-and-documents** — PDF/DOCX/XLS/PPTX/image OCR with optional GPU ([#2236](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2236), [#2461](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2461))
+- **Huggingface-hub** bundled skill ([#1921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1921))
+- **Sherlock OSINT** username search ([#1671](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1671))
+- **Meme-generation** — Image generator with Pillow ([#2344](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2344))
+- **Bioinformatics** gateway skill — index to 400+ bio skills ([#2387](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2387))
+- **Inference.sh** skill (terminal-based) ([#1686](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1686))
+- **Base blockchain** optional skill ([#1643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1643))
+- **3D-model-viewer** optional skill ([#2226](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2226))
+- **FastMCP** optional skill ([#2113](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2113))
+- **Hermes-agent-setup** skill ([#1905](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1905))
+
+---
+
+## 🔌 Plugin System Enhancements
+
+- **TUI extension hooks** — Build custom CLIs on top of Hermes ([#2333](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2333))
+- **`hermes plugins install/remove/list`** commands ([#2337](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2337))
+- **Slash command registration** for plugins ([#2359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2359))
+- **`session:end` lifecycle event** hook ([#1725](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1725))
+- Fix: require opt-in for project plugin discovery ([#2215](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2215))
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Security & Reliability
+
+### Security
+- **SSRF protection** for vision_tools and web_tools ([#2679](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2679))
+- **Shell injection prevention** in `_expand_path` via `~user` path suffix ([#2685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2685))
+- **Block untrusted browser-origin** API server access ([#2451](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2451))
+- **Block sandbox backend creds** from subprocess env ([#1658](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1658))
+- **Block @ references** from reading secrets outside workspace ([#2601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2601) by @Gutslabs)
+- **Malicious code pattern pre-exec scanner** for terminal_tool ([#2245](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2245))
+- **Harden terminal safety** and sandbox file writes ([#1653](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1653))
+- **PKCE verifier leak** fix + OAuth refresh Content-Type ([#1775](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1775))
+- **Eliminate SQL string formatting** in `execute()` calls ([#2061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2061) by @dusterbloom)
+- **Harden jobs API** — input limits, field whitelist, startup check ([#2456](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2456))
+
+### Reliability
+- Thread locks on 4 SessionDB methods ([#1704](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1704))
+- File locking for concurrent memory writes ([#1726](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1726))
+- Handle OpenRouter errors gracefully ([#2112](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2112))
+- Guard print() calls against OSError ([#1668](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1668))
+- Safely handle non-string inputs in redacting formatter ([#2392](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2392), [#1700](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1700))
+- ACP: preserve session provider on model switch, persist sessions to disk ([#2380](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2380), [#2071](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2071))
+- API server: persist ResponseStore to SQLite across restarts ([#2472](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2472))
+- Fix: `fetch_nous_models` always TypeError from positional args ([#1699](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1699))
+- Fix: resolve merge conflict markers in cli.py breaking startup ([#2347](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2347))
+- Fix: `minisweagent_path.py` missing from wheel ([#2098](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2098) by @JiwaniZakir)
+
+### Cron System
+- **`[SILENT]` response** — cron agents can suppress delivery ([#1833](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1833))
+- **Scale missed-job grace window** with schedule frequency ([#2449](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2449))
+- **Recover recent one-shot jobs** ([#1918](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1918))
+- Fix: normalize `repeat<=0` to None — jobs deleted after first run when LLM passes -1 ([#2612](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2612) by @Mibayy)
+- Fix: Matrix added to scheduler delivery platform_map ([#2167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2167) by @buntingszn)
+- Fix: naive ISO timestamps without timezone — jobs fire at wrong time ([#1729](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1729))
+- Fix: `get_due_jobs` reads `jobs.json` twice — race condition ([#1716](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1716))
+- Fix: silent jobs return empty response for delivery skip ([#2442](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2442))
+- Fix: stop injecting cron outputs into gateway session history ([#2313](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2313))
+- Fix: close abandoned coroutine when `asyncio.run()` raises RuntimeError ([#2317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2317))
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Testing
+
+- Resolve all consistently failing tests ([#2488](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2488))
+- Replace `FakePath` with `monkeypatch` for Python 3.12 compat ([#2444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2444))
+- Align Hermes setup and full-suite expectations ([#1710](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1710))
+
+---
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+- Comprehensive docs update for recent features ([#1693](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1693), [#2183](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2183))
+- Alibaba Cloud and DingTalk setup guides ([#1687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1687), [#1692](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1692))
+- Detailed skills documentation ([#2244](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2244))
+- Honcho self-hosted / Docker configuration ([#2475](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2475))
+- Context length detection FAQ and quickstart references ([#2179](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2179))
+- Fix docs inconsistencies across reference and user guides ([#1995](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1995))
+- Fix MCP install commands — use uv, not bare pip ([#1909](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1909))
+- Replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists ([#2402](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2402))
+- Gemini OAuth provider implementation plan ([#2467](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2467))
+- Discord Server Members Intent marked as required ([#2330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2330))
+- Fix MDX build error in api-server.md ([#1787](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1787))
+- Align venv path to match installer ([#2114](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2114))
+- New skills added to hub index ([#2281](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2281))
+
+---
+
+## 👥 Contributors
+
+### Core
+- **@teknium1** (Teknium) — 280 PRs
+
+### Community Contributors
+- **@mchzimm** (to_the_max) — GitHub Copilot provider integration ([#1879](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1879))
+- **@jquesnelle** (Jeffrey Quesnelle) — Per-thread persistent event loops fix ([#2214](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2214))
+- **@llbn** (lbn) — Telegram MarkdownV2 strikethrough, spoiler, blockquotes, and escape fixes ([#2199](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2199), [#2200](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2200))
+- **@dusterbloom** — SQL injection prevention + local server context window querying ([#2061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2061), [#2091](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2091))
+- **@0xbyt4** — Anthropic tool_calls None guard + OpenCode-Go provider config fix ([#2209](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2209), [#2393](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2393))
+- **@sai-samarth** (Saisamarth) — WhatsApp send_message routing + systemd node path ([#1769](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1769), [#1767](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1767))
+- **@Gutslabs** (Guts) — Block @ references from reading secrets ([#2601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2601))
+- **@Mibayy** (Mibay) — Cron job repeat normalization ([#2612](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2612))
+- **@ten-jampa** (Tenzin Jampa) — Gateway /title command fix ([#2379](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2379))
+- **@cutepawss** (lila) — File tools search pagination fix ([#1824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1824))
+- **@hanai** (Hanai) — OpenAI TTS base_url support ([#2064](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2064))
+- **@rovle** (Lovre Pešut) — Daytona sandbox API migration ([#2063](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2063))
+- **@buntingszn** (bunting szn) — Matrix cron delivery support ([#2167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2167))
+- **@InB4DevOps** — Token counter reset on new session ([#2101](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2101))
+- **@JiwaniZakir** (Zakir Jiwani) — Missing file in wheel fix ([#2098](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2098))
+- **@ygd58** (buray) — Delegate tool parent tool names fix ([#2083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2083))
+
+---
+
+**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.17...v2026.3.23](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.17...v2026.3.23)

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+# Hermes Agent v0.5.0 (v2026.3.28)
+
+**Release Date:** March 28, 2026
+
+> The hardening release — Hugging Face provider, /model command overhaul, Telegram Private Chat Topics, native Modal SDK, plugin lifecycle hooks, tool-use enforcement for GPT models, Nix flake, 50+ security and reliability fixes, and a comprehensive supply chain audit.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Highlights
+
+- **Nous Portal now supports 400+ models** — The Nous Research inference portal has expanded dramatically, giving Hermes Agent users access to over 400 models through a single provider endpoint
+
+- **Hugging Face as a first-class inference provider** — Full integration with HF Inference API including curated agentic model picker that maps to OpenRouter analogues, live `/models` endpoint probe, and setup wizard flow ([#3419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3419), [#3440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3440))
+
+- **Telegram Private Chat Topics** — Project-based conversations with functional skill binding per topic, enabling isolated workflows within a single Telegram chat ([#3163](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3163))
+
+- **Native Modal SDK backend** — Replaced swe-rex dependency with native Modal SDK (`Sandbox.create.aio` + `exec.aio`), eliminating tunnels and simplifying the Modal terminal backend ([#3538](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3538))
+
+- **Plugin lifecycle hooks activated** — `pre_llm_call`, `post_llm_call`, `on_session_start`, and `on_session_end` hooks now fire in the agent loop and CLI/gateway, completing the plugin hook system ([#3542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3542))
+
+- **Improved OpenAI Model Reliability** — Added `GPT_TOOL_USE_GUIDANCE` to prevent GPT models from describing intended actions instead of making tool calls, plus automatic stripping of stale budget warnings from conversation history that caused models to avoid tools across turns ([#3528](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3528))
+
+- **Nix flake** — Full uv2nix build, NixOS module with persistent container mode, auto-generated config keys from Python source, and suffix PATHs for agent-friendliness ([#20](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/20), [#3274](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3274), [#3061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3061)) by @alt-glitch
+
+- **Supply chain hardening** — Removed compromised `litellm` dependency, pinned all dependency version ranges, regenerated `uv.lock` with hashes, added CI workflow scanning PRs for supply chain attack patterns, and bumped deps to fix CVEs ([#2796](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2796), [#2810](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2810), [#2812](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2812), [#2816](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2816), [#3073](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3073))
+
+- **Anthropic output limits fix** — Replaced hardcoded 16K `max_tokens` with per-model native output limits (128K for Opus 4.6, 64K for Sonnet 4.6), fixing "Response truncated" and thinking-budget exhaustion on direct Anthropic API ([#3426](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3426), [#3444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3444))
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
+
+### New Provider: Hugging Face
+- First-class Hugging Face Inference API integration with auth, setup wizard, and model picker ([#3419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3419))
+- Curated model list mapping OpenRouter agentic defaults to HF equivalents — providers with 8+ curated models skip live `/models` probe for speed ([#3440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3440))
+- Added glm-5-turbo to Z.AI provider model list ([#3095](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3095))
+
+### Provider & Model Improvements
+- `/model` command overhaul — extracted shared `switch_model()` pipeline for CLI and gateway, custom endpoint support, provider-aware routing ([#2795](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2795), [#2799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2799))
+- Removed `/model` slash command from CLI and gateway in favor of `hermes model` subcommand ([#3080](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3080))
+- Preserve `custom` provider instead of silently remapping to `openrouter` ([#2792](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2792))
+- Read root-level `provider` and `base_url` from config.yaml into model config ([#3112](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3112))
+- Align Nous Portal model slugs with OpenRouter naming ([#3253](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3253))
+- Fix Alibaba provider default endpoint and model list ([#3484](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3484))
+- Allow MiniMax users to override `/v1` → `/anthropic` auto-correction ([#3553](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3553))
+- Migrate OAuth token refresh to `platform.claude.com` with fallback ([#3246](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3246))
+
+### Agent Loop & Conversation
+- **Improved OpenAI model reliability** — `GPT_TOOL_USE_GUIDANCE` prevents GPT models from describing actions instead of calling tools + automatic budget warning stripping from history ([#3528](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3528))
+- **Surface lifecycle events** — All retry, fallback, and compression events now surface to the user as formatted messages ([#3153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3153))
+- **Anthropic output limits** — Per-model native output limits instead of hardcoded 16K `max_tokens` ([#3426](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3426))
+- **Thinking-budget exhaustion detection** — Skip useless continuation retries when model uses all output tokens on reasoning ([#3444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3444))
+- Always prefer streaming for API calls to prevent hung subagents ([#3120](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3120))
+- Restore safe non-streaming fallback after stream failures ([#3020](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3020))
+- Give subagents independent iteration budgets ([#3004](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3004))
+- Update `api_key` in `_try_activate_fallback` for subagent auth ([#3103](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3103))
+- Graceful return on max retries instead of crashing thread ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Count compression restarts toward retry limit ([#3070](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3070))
+- Include tool tokens in preflight estimate, guard context probe persistence ([#3164](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3164))
+- Update context compressor limits after fallback activation ([#3305](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3305))
+- Validate empty user messages to prevent Anthropic API 400 errors ([#3322](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3322))
+- GLM reasoning-only and max-length handling ([#3010](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3010))
+- Increase API timeout default from 900s to 1800s for slow-thinking models ([#3431](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3431))
+- Send `max_tokens` for Claude/OpenRouter + retry SSE connection errors ([#3497](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3497))
+- Prevent AsyncOpenAI/httpx cross-loop deadlock in gateway mode ([#2701](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2701)) by @ctlst
+
+### Streaming & Reasoning
+- **Persist reasoning across gateway session turns** with new schema v6 columns (`reasoning`, `reasoning_details`, `codex_reasoning_items`) ([#2974](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2974))
+- Detect and kill stale SSE connections ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Fix stale stream detector race causing spurious `RemoteProtocolError` ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Skip duplicate callback for `<think>`-extracted reasoning during streaming ([#3116](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3116))
+- Preserve reasoning fields in `rewrite_transcript` ([#3311](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3311))
+- Preserve Gemini thought signatures in streamed tool calls ([#2997](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2997))
+- Ensure first delta is fired during reasoning updates ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+
+### Session & Memory
+- **Session search recent sessions mode** — Omit query to browse recent sessions with titles, previews, and timestamps ([#2533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2533))
+- **Session config surfacing** on `/new`, `/reset`, and auto-reset ([#3321](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3321))
+- **Third-party session isolation** — `--source` flag for isolating sessions by origin ([#3255](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3255))
+- Add `/resume` CLI handler, session log truncation guard, `reopen_session` API ([#3315](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3315))
+- Clear compressor summary and turn counter on `/clear` and `/new` ([#3102](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3102))
+- Surface silent SessionDB failures that cause session data loss ([#2999](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2999))
+- Session search fallback preview on summarization failure ([#3478](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3478))
+- Prevent stale memory overwrites by flush agent ([#2687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2687))
+
+### Context Compression
+- Replace dead `summary_target_tokens` with ratio-based scaling ([#2554](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2554))
+- Expose `compression.target_ratio`, `protect_last_n`, and `threshold` in `DEFAULT_CONFIG` ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Restore sane defaults and cap summary at 12K tokens ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Preserve transcript on `/compress` and hygiene compression ([#3556](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3556))
+- Update context pressure warnings and token estimates after compaction ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+
+### Architecture & Dependencies
+- **Remove mini-swe-agent dependency** — Inline Docker and Modal backends directly ([#2804](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2804))
+- **Replace swe-rex with native Modal SDK** for Modal backend ([#3538](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3538))
+- **Plugin lifecycle hooks** — `pre_llm_call`, `post_llm_call`, `on_session_start`, `on_session_end` now fire in the agent loop ([#3542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3542))
+- Fix plugin toolsets invisible in `hermes tools` and standalone processes ([#3457](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3457))
+- Consolidate `get_hermes_home()` and `parse_reasoning_effort()` ([#3062](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3062))
+- Remove unused Hermes-native PKCE OAuth flow ([#3107](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3107))
+- Remove ~100 unused imports across 55 files ([#3016](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3016))
+- Fix 154 f-strings, simplify getattr/URL patterns, remove dead code ([#3119](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3119))
+
+---
+
+## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
+
+### Telegram
+- **Private Chat Topics** — Project-based conversations with functional skill binding per topic, enabling isolated workflows within a single Telegram chat ([#3163](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3163))
+- **Auto-discover fallback IPs via DNS-over-HTTPS** when `api.telegram.org` is unreachable ([#3376](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3376))
+- **Configurable reply threading mode** ([#2907](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2907))
+- Fall back to no `thread_id` on "Message thread not found" BadRequest ([#3390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3390))
+- Self-reschedule reconnect when `start_polling` fails after 502 ([#3268](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3268))
+
+### Discord
+- Stop phantom typing indicator after agent turn completes ([#3003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3003))
+
+### Slack
+- Send tool call progress messages to correct Slack thread ([#3063](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3063))
+- Scope progress thread fallback to Slack only ([#3488](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3488))
+
+### WhatsApp
+- Download documents, audio, and video media from messages ([#2978](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2978))
+
+### Matrix
+- Add missing Matrix entry in `PLATFORMS` dict ([#3473](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3473))
+- Harden e2ee access-token handling ([#3562](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3562))
+- Add backoff for `SyncError` in sync loop ([#3280](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3280))
+
+### Signal
+- Track SSE keepalive comments as connection activity ([#3316](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3316))
+
+### Email
+- Prevent unbounded growth of `_seen_uids` in EmailAdapter ([#3490](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3490))
+
+### Gateway Core
+- **Config-gated `/verbose` command** for messaging platforms — toggle tool output verbosity from chat ([#3262](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3262))
+- **Background review notifications** delivered to user chat ([#3293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3293))
+- **Retry transient send failures** and notify user on exhaustion ([#3288](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3288))
+- Recover from hung agents — `/stop` hard-kills session lock ([#3104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3104))
+- Thread-safe `SessionStore` — protect `_entries` with `threading.Lock` ([#3052](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3052))
+- Fix gateway token double-counting with cached agents — use absolute set instead of increment ([#3306](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3306), [#3317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3317))
+- Fingerprint full auth token in agent cache signature ([#3247](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3247))
+- Silence background agent terminal output ([#3297](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3297))
+- Include per-platform `ALLOW_ALL` and `SIGNAL_GROUP` in startup allowlist check ([#3313](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3313))
+- Include user-local bin paths in systemd unit PATH ([#3527](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3527))
+- Track background task references in `GatewayRunner` ([#3254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3254))
+- Add request timeouts to HA, Email, Mattermost, SMS adapters ([#3258](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3258))
+- Add media download retry to Mattermost, Slack, and base cache ([#3323](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3323))
+- Detect virtualenv path instead of hardcoding `venv/` ([#2797](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2797))
+- Use `TERMINAL_CWD` for context file discovery, not process cwd ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Stop loading hermes repo AGENTS.md into gateway sessions (~10k wasted tokens) ([#2891](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2891))
+
+---
+
+## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
+
+### Interactive CLI
+- **Configurable busy input mode** + fix `/queue` always working ([#3298](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3298))
+- **Preserve user input on multiline paste** ([#3065](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3065))
+- **Tool generation callback** — streaming "preparing terminal…" updates during tool argument generation ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Show tool progress for substantive tools, not just "preparing" ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Buffer reasoning preview chunks and fix duplicate display ([#3013](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3013))
+- Prevent reasoning box from rendering 3x during tool-calling loops ([#3405](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3405))
+- Eliminate "Event loop is closed" / "Press ENTER to continue" during idle — three-layer fix with `neuter_async_httpx_del()`, custom exception handler, and stale client cleanup ([#3398](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3398))
+- Fix status bar shows 26K instead of 260K for token counts with trailing zeros ([#3024](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3024))
+- Fix status bar duplicates and degrades during long sessions ([#3291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3291))
+- Refresh TUI before background task output to prevent status bar overlap ([#3048](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3048))
+- Suppress KawaiiSpinner animation under `patch_stdout` ([#2994](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2994))
+- Skip KawaiiSpinner when TUI handles tool progress ([#2973](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2973))
+- Guard `isatty()` against closed streams via `_is_tty` property ([#3056](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3056))
+- Ensure single closure of streaming boxes during tool generation ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Cap context pressure percentage at 100% in display ([#3480](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3480))
+- Clean up HTML error messages in CLI display ([#3069](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3069))
+- Show HTTP status code and 400 body in API error output ([#3096](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3096))
+- Extract useful info from HTML error pages, dump debug on max retries ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Prevent TypeError on startup when `base_url` is None ([#3068](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3068))
+- Prevent update crash in non-TTY environments ([#3094](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3094))
+- Handle EOFError in sessions delete/prune confirmation prompts ([#3101](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3101))
+- Catch KeyboardInterrupt during `flush_memories` on exit and in exit cleanup handlers ([#3025](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3025), [#3257](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3257))
+- Guard `.strip()` against None values from YAML config ([#3552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3552))
+- Guard `config.get()` against YAML null values to prevent AttributeError ([#3377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3377))
+- Store asyncio task references to prevent GC mid-execution ([#3267](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3267))
+
+### Setup & Configuration
+- Use explicit key mapping for returning-user menu dispatch instead of positional index ([#3083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3083))
+- Use `sys.executable` for pip in update commands to fix PEP 668 ([#3099](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3099))
+- Harden `hermes update` against diverged history, non-main branches, and gateway edge cases ([#3492](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3492))
+- OpenClaw migration overwrites defaults and setup wizard skips imported sections — fixed ([#3282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3282))
+- Stop recursive AGENTS.md walk, load top-level only ([#3110](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3110))
+- Add macOS Homebrew paths to browser and terminal PATH resolution ([#2713](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2713))
+- YAML boolean handling for `tool_progress` config ([#3300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3300))
+- Reset default SOUL.md to baseline identity text ([#3159](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3159))
+- Reject relative cwd paths for container terminal backends ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Add explicit `hermes-api-server` toolset for API server platform ([#3304](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3304))
+- Reorder setup wizard providers — OpenRouter first ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Tool System
+
+### API Server
+- **Idempotency-Key support**, body size limit, and OpenAI error envelope ([#2903](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2903))
+- Allow Idempotency-Key in CORS headers ([#3530](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3530))
+- Cancel orphaned agent + true interrupt on SSE disconnect ([#3427](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3427))
+- Fix streaming breaks when agent makes tool calls ([#2985](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2985))
+
+### Terminal & File Operations
+- Handle addition-only hunks in V4A patch parser ([#3325](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3325))
+- Exponential backoff for persistent shell polling ([#2996](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2996))
+- Add timeout to subprocess calls in `context_references` ([#3469](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3469))
+
+### Browser & Vision
+- Handle 402 insufficient credits error in vision tool ([#2802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2802))
+- Fix `browser_vision` ignores `auxiliary.vision.timeout` config ([#2901](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2901))
+- Make browser command timeout configurable via config.yaml ([#2801](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2801))
+
+### MCP
+- MCP toolset resolution for runtime and config ([#3252](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3252))
+- Add MCP tool name collision protection ([#3077](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3077))
+
+### Auxiliary LLM
+- Guard aux LLM calls against None content + reasoning fallback + retry ([#3449](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3449))
+- Catch ImportError from `build_anthropic_client` in vision auto-detection ([#3312](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3312))
+
+### Other Tools
+- Add request timeouts to `send_message_tool` HTTP calls ([#3162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3162)) by @memosr
+- Auto-repair `jobs.json` with invalid control characters ([#3537](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3537))
+- Enable fine-grained tool streaming for Claude/OpenRouter ([#3497](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3497))
+
+---
+
+## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
+
+### Skills System
+- **Env var passthrough** for skills and user config — skills can declare environment variables to pass through ([#2807](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2807))
+- Cache skills prompt with shared `skill_utils` module for faster TTFT ([#3421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3421))
+- Avoid redundant file re-read for skill conditions ([#2992](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2992))
+- Use Git Trees API to prevent silent subdirectory loss during install ([#2995](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2995))
+- Fix skills-sh install for deeply nested repo structures ([#2980](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2980))
+- Handle null metadata in skill frontmatter ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Preserve trust for skills-sh identifiers + reduce resolution churn ([#3251](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3251))
+- Agent-created skills were incorrectly treated as untrusted community content — fixed ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+
+### New Skills
+- **G0DM0D3 godmode jailbreaking skill** + docs ([#3157](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3157))
+- **Docker management skill** added to optional-skills ([#3060](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3060))
+- **OpenClaw migration v2** — 17 new modules, terminal recap for migrating from OpenClaw to Hermes ([#2906](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2906))
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Security & Reliability
+
+### Security Hardening
+- **SSRF protection** added to `browser_navigate` ([#3058](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3058))
+- **SSRF protection** added to `vision_tools` and `web_tools` (hardened) ([#2679](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2679))
+- **Restrict subagent toolsets** to parent's enabled set ([#3269](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3269))
+- **Prevent zip-slip path traversal** in self-update ([#3250](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3250))
+- **Prevent shell injection** in `_expand_path` via `~user` path suffix ([#2685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2685))
+- **Normalize input** before dangerous command detection ([#3260](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3260))
+- Make tirith block verdicts approvable instead of hard-blocking ([#3428](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3428))
+- Remove compromised `litellm`/`typer`/`platformdirs` from deps ([#2796](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2796))
+- Pin all dependency version ranges ([#2810](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2810))
+- Regenerate `uv.lock` with hashes, use lockfile in setup ([#2812](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2812))
+- Bump dependencies to fix CVEs + regenerate `uv.lock` ([#3073](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3073))
+- Supply chain audit CI workflow for PR scanning ([#2816](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2816))
+
+### Reliability
+- **SQLite WAL write-lock contention** causing 15-20s TUI freeze — fixed ([#3385](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3385))
+- **SQLite concurrency hardening** + session transcript integrity ([#3249](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3249))
+- Prevent recurring cron job re-fire on gateway crash/restart loop ([#3396](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3396))
+- Mark cron session as ended after job completes ([#2998](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2998))
+
+---
+
+## ⚡ Performance
+
+- **TTFT startup optimizations** — salvaged easy-win startup improvements ([#3395](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3395))
+- Cache skills prompt with shared `skill_utils` module ([#3421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3421))
+- Avoid redundant file re-read for skill conditions in prompt builder ([#2992](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2992))
+
+---
+
+## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix gateway token double-counting with cached agents ([#3306](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3306), [#3317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3317))
+- Fix "Event loop is closed" / "Press ENTER to continue" during idle sessions ([#3398](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3398))
+- Fix reasoning box rendering 3x during tool-calling loops ([#3405](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3405))
+- Fix status bar shows 26K instead of 260K for token counts ([#3024](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3024))
+- Fix `/queue` always working regardless of config ([#3298](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3298))
+- Fix phantom Discord typing indicator after agent turn ([#3003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3003))
+- Fix Slack progress messages appearing in wrong thread ([#3063](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3063))
+- Fix WhatsApp media downloads (documents, audio, video) ([#2978](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2978))
+- Fix Telegram "Message thread not found" killing progress messages ([#3390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3390))
+- Fix OpenClaw migration overwriting defaults ([#3282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3282))
+- Fix returning-user setup menu dispatching wrong section ([#3083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3083))
+- Fix `hermes update` PEP 668 "externally-managed-environment" error ([#3099](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3099))
+- Fix subagents hitting `max_iterations` prematurely via shared budget ([#3004](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3004))
+- Fix YAML boolean handling for `tool_progress` config ([#3300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3300))
+- Fix `config.get()` crashes on YAML null values ([#3377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3377))
+- Fix `.strip()` crash on None values from YAML config ([#3552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3552))
+- Fix hung agents on gateway — `/stop` now hard-kills session lock ([#3104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3104))
+- Fix `_custom` provider silently remapped to `openrouter` ([#2792](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2792))
+- Fix Matrix missing from `PLATFORMS` dict ([#3473](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3473))
+- Fix Email adapter unbounded `_seen_uids` growth ([#3490](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3490))
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Testing
+
+- Pin `agent-client-protocol` < 0.9 to handle breaking upstream release ([#3320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3320))
+- Catch anthropic ImportError in vision auto-detection tests ([#3312](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3312))
+- Update retry-exhaust test for new graceful return behavior ([#3320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3320))
+- Add regression tests for null metadata frontmatter ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+
+---
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+- Update all docs for `/model` command overhaul and custom provider support ([#2800](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2800))
+- Fix stale and incorrect documentation across 18 files ([#2805](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2805))
+- Document 9 previously undocumented features ([#2814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2814))
+- Add missing skills, CLI commands, and messaging env vars to docs ([#2809](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2809))
+- Fix api-server response storage documentation — SQLite, not in-memory ([#2819](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2819))
+- Quote pip install extras to fix zsh glob errors ([#2815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2815))
+- Unify hooks documentation — add plugin hooks to hooks page, add `session:end` event ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Clarify two-mode behavior in `session_search` schema description ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+- Fix Discord Public Bot setting for Discord-provided invite link ([#3519](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3519)) by @mehmoodosman
+- Revise v0.4.0 changelog — fix feature attribution, reorder sections ([untagged commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent))
+
+---
+
+## 👥 Contributors
+
+### Core
+- **@teknium1** — 157 PRs covering the full scope of this release
+
+### Community Contributors
+- **@alt-glitch** (Siddharth Balyan) — 2 PRs: Nix flake with uv2nix build, NixOS module, and persistent container mode ([#20](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/20)); auto-generated config keys and suffix PATHs for Nix builds ([#3061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3061), [#3274](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3274))
+- **@ctlst** — 1 PR: Prevent AsyncOpenAI/httpx cross-loop deadlock in gateway mode ([#2701](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2701))
+- **@memosr** (memosr.eth) — 1 PR: Add request timeouts to `send_message_tool` HTTP calls ([#3162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3162))
+- **@mehmoodosman** (Osman Mehmood) — 1 PR: Fix Discord docs for Public Bot setting ([#3519](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3519))
+
+### All Contributors
+@alt-glitch, @ctlst, @mehmoodosman, @memosr, @teknium1
+
+---
+
+**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.23...v2026.3.28](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.23...v2026.3.28)

RELEASE_v0.6.0.md

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+# Hermes Agent v0.6.0 (v2026.3.30)
+
+**Release Date:** March 30, 2026
+
+> The multi-instance release — Profiles for running isolated agent instances, MCP server mode, Docker container, fallback provider chains, two new messaging platforms (Feishu/Lark and WeCom), Telegram webhook mode, Slack multi-workspace OAuth, 95 PRs and 16 resolved issues in 2 days.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Highlights
+
+- **Profiles — Multi-Instance Hermes** — Run multiple isolated Hermes instances from the same installation. Each profile gets its own config, memory, sessions, skills, and gateway service. Create with `hermes profile create`, switch with `hermes -p <name>`, export/import for sharing. Full token-lock isolation prevents two profiles from using the same bot credential. ([#3681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3681))
+
+- **MCP Server Mode** — Expose Hermes conversations and sessions to any MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.) via `hermes mcp serve`. Browse conversations, read messages, search across sessions, and manage attachments — all through the Model Context Protocol. Supports both stdio and Streamable HTTP transports. ([#3795](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3795))
+
+- **Docker Container** — Official Dockerfile for running Hermes Agent in a container. Supports both CLI and gateway modes with volume-mounted config. ([#3668](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3668), closes [#850](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/850))
+
+- **Ordered Fallback Provider Chain** — Configure multiple inference providers with automatic failover. When your primary provider returns errors or is unreachable, Hermes automatically tries the next provider in the chain. Configure via `fallback_providers` in config.yaml. ([#3813](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3813), closes [#1734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1734))
+
+- **Feishu/Lark Platform Support** — Full gateway adapter for Feishu (飞书) and Lark with event subscriptions, message cards, group chat, image/file attachments, and interactive card callbacks. ([#3799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3799), [#3817](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3817), closes [#1788](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1788))
+
+- **WeCom (Enterprise WeChat) Platform Support** — New gateway adapter for WeCom (企业微信) with text/image/voice messages, group chats, and callback verification. ([#3847](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3847))
+
+- **Slack Multi-Workspace OAuth** — Connect a single Hermes gateway to multiple Slack workspaces via OAuth token file. Each workspace gets its own bot token, resolved dynamically per incoming event. ([#3903](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3903))
+
+- **Telegram Webhook Mode & Group Controls** — Run the Telegram adapter in webhook mode as an alternative to polling — faster response times and better for production deployments behind a reverse proxy. New group mention gating controls when the bot responds: always, only when @mentioned, or via regex triggers. ([#3880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3880), [#3870](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3870))
+
+- **Exa Search Backend** — Add Exa as an alternative web search and content extraction backend alongside Firecrawl and DuckDuckGo. Set `EXA_API_KEY` and configure as preferred backend. ([#3648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3648))
+
+- **Skills & Credentials on Remote Backends** — Mount skill directories and credential files into Modal and Docker containers, so remote terminal sessions have access to the same skills and secrets as local execution. ([#3890](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3890), [#3671](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3671), closes [#3665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3665), [#3433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3433))
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
+
+### Provider & Model Support
+- **Ordered fallback provider chain** — automatic failover across multiple configured providers ([#3813](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3813))
+- **Fix api_mode on provider switch** — switching providers via `hermes model` now correctly clears stale `api_mode` instead of hardcoding `chat_completions`, fixing 404s for providers with Anthropic-compatible endpoints ([#3726](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3726), [#3857](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3857), closes [#3685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3685))
+- **Stop silent OpenRouter fallback** — when no provider is configured, Hermes now raises a clear error instead of silently routing to OpenRouter ([#3807](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3807), [#3862](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3862))
+- **Gemini 3.1 preview models** — added to OpenRouter and Nous Portal catalogs ([#3803](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3803), closes [#3753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3753))
+- **Gemini direct API context length** — full context length resolution for direct Google AI endpoints ([#3876](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3876))
+- **gpt-5.4-mini** added to Codex fallback catalog ([#3855](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3855))
+- **Curated model lists preferred** over live API probe when the probe returns fewer models ([#3856](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3856), [#3867](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3867))
+- **User-friendly 429 rate limit messages** with Retry-After countdown ([#3809](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3809))
+- **Auxiliary client placeholder key** for local servers without auth requirements ([#3842](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3842))
+- **INFO-level logging** for auxiliary provider resolution ([#3866](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3866))
+
+### Agent Loop & Conversation
+- **Subagent status reporting** — reports `completed` status when summary exists instead of generic failure ([#3829](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3829))
+- **Session log file updated during compression** — prevents stale file references after context compression ([#3835](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3835))
+- **Omit empty tools param** — sends no `tools` parameter when empty instead of `None`, fixing compatibility with strict providers ([#3820](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3820))
+
+### Profiles & Multi-Instance
+- **Profiles system** — `hermes profile create/list/switch/delete/export/import/rename`. Each profile gets isolated HERMES_HOME, gateway service, CLI wrapper. Token locks prevent credential collisions. Tab completion for profile names. ([#3681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3681))
+- **Profile-aware display paths** — all user-facing `~/.hermes` paths replaced with `display_hermes_home()` to show the correct profile directory ([#3623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3623))
+- **Lazy display_hermes_home imports** — prevents `ImportError` during `hermes update` when modules cache stale bytecode ([#3776](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3776))
+- **HERMES_HOME for protected paths** — `.env` write-deny path now respects HERMES_HOME instead of hardcoded `~/.hermes` ([#3840](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3840))
+
+---
+
+## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
+
+### New Platforms
+- **Feishu/Lark** — Full adapter with event subscriptions, message cards, group chat, image/file attachments, interactive card callbacks ([#3799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3799), [#3817](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3817))
+- **WeCom (Enterprise WeChat)** — Text/image/voice messages, group chats, callback verification ([#3847](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3847))
+
+### Telegram
+- **Webhook mode** — run as webhook endpoint instead of polling for production deployments ([#3880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3880))
+- **Group mention gating & regex triggers** — configurable bot response behavior in groups: always, @mention-only, or regex-matched ([#3870](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3870))
+- **Gracefully handle deleted reply targets** — no more crashes when the message being replied to was deleted ([#3858](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3858), closes [#3229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3229))
+
+### Discord
+- **Message processing reactions** — adds a reaction emoji while processing and removes it when done, giving visual feedback in channels ([#3871](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3871))
+- **DISCORD_IGNORE_NO_MENTION** — skip messages that @mention other users/bots but not Hermes ([#3640](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3640))
+- **Clean up deferred "thinking..."** — properly removes the "thinking..." indicator after slash commands complete ([#3674](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3674), closes [#3595](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3595))
+
+### Slack
+- **Multi-workspace OAuth** — connect to multiple Slack workspaces from a single gateway via OAuth token file ([#3903](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3903))
+
+### WhatsApp
+- **Persistent aiohttp session** — reuse HTTP sessions across requests instead of creating new ones per message ([#3818](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3818))
+- **LID↔phone alias resolution** — correctly match Linked ID and phone number formats in allowlists ([#3830](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3830))
+- **Skip reply prefix in bot mode** — cleaner message formatting when running as a WhatsApp bot ([#3931](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3931))
+
+### Matrix
+- **Native voice messages via MSC3245** — send voice messages as proper Matrix voice events instead of file attachments ([#3877](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3877))
+
+### Mattermost
+- **Configurable mention behavior** — respond to messages without requiring @mention ([#3664](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3664))
+
+### Signal
+- **URL-encode phone numbers** and correct attachment RPC parameter — fixes delivery failures with certain phone number formats ([#3670](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3670)) — @kshitijk4poor
+
+### Email
+- **Close SMTP/IMAP connections on failure** — prevents connection leaks during error scenarios ([#3804](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3804))
+
+### Gateway Core
+- **Atomic config writes** — use atomic file writes for config.yaml to prevent data loss during crashes ([#3800](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3800))
+- **Home channel env overrides** — apply environment variable overrides for home channels consistently ([#3796](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3796), [#3808](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3808))
+- **Replace print() with logger** — BasePlatformAdapter now uses proper logging instead of print statements ([#3669](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3669))
+- **Cron delivery labels** — resolve human-friendly delivery labels via channel directory ([#3860](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3860), closes [#1945](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1945))
+- **Cron [SILENT] tightening** — prevent agents from prefixing reports with [SILENT] to suppress delivery ([#3901](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3901))
+- **Background task media delivery** and vision download timeout fixes ([#3919](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3919))
+- **Boot-md hook** — example built-in hook to run a BOOT.md file on gateway startup ([#3733](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3733))
+
+---
+
+## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
+
+### Interactive CLI
+- **Configurable tool preview length** — show full file paths by default instead of truncating at 40 chars ([#3841](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3841))
+- **Tool token context display** — `hermes tools` checklist now shows estimated token cost per toolset ([#3805](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3805))
+- **/bg spinner TUI fix** — route background task spinner through the TUI widget to prevent status bar collision ([#3643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3643))
+- **Prevent status bar wrapping** into duplicate rows ([#3883](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3883)) — @kshitijk4poor
+- **Handle closed stdout ValueError** in safe print paths — fixes crashes when stdout is closed during gateway thread shutdown ([#3843](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3843), closes [#3534](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3534))
+- **Remove input() from /tools disable** — eliminates freeze in terminal when disabling tools ([#3918](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3918))
+- **TTY guard for interactive CLI commands** — prevent CPU spin when launched without a terminal ([#3933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3933))
+- **Argparse entrypoint** — use argparse in the top-level launcher for cleaner error handling ([#3874](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3874))
+- **Lazy-initialized tools show yellow** in banner instead of red, reducing false alarm about "missing" tools ([#3822](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3822))
+- **Honcho tools shown in banner** when configured ([#3810](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3810))
+
+### Setup & Configuration
+- **Auto-install matrix-nio** during `hermes setup` when Matrix is selected ([#3802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3802), [#3873](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3873))
+- **Session export stdout support** — export sessions to stdout with `-` for piping ([#3641](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3641), closes [#3609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3609))
+- **Configurable approval timeouts** — set how long dangerous command approval prompts wait before auto-denying ([#3886](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3886), closes [#3765](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3765))
+- **Clear __pycache__ during update** — prevents stale bytecode ImportError after `hermes update` ([#3819](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3819))
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Tool System
+
+### MCP
+- **MCP Server Mode** — `hermes mcp serve` exposes conversations, sessions, and attachments to MCP clients via stdio or Streamable HTTP ([#3795](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3795))
+- **Dynamic tool discovery** — respond to `notifications/tools/list_changed` events to pick up new tools from MCP servers without reconnecting ([#3812](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3812))
+- **Non-deprecated HTTP transport** — switched from `sse_client` to `streamable_http_client` ([#3646](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3646))
+
+### Web Tools
+- **Exa search backend** — alternative to Firecrawl and DuckDuckGo for web search and extraction ([#3648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3648))
+
+### Browser
+- **Guard against None LLM responses** in browser snapshot and vision tools ([#3642](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3642))
+
+### Terminal & Remote Backends
+- **Mount skill directories** into Modal and Docker containers ([#3890](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3890))
+- **Mount credential files** into remote backends with mtime+size caching ([#3671](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3671))
+- **Preserve partial output** when commands time out instead of losing everything ([#3868](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3868))
+- **Stop marking persisted env vars as missing** on remote backends ([#3650](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3650))
+
+### Audio
+- **.aac format support** in transcription tool ([#3865](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3865), closes [#1963](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1963))
+- **Audio download retry** — retry logic for `cache_audio_from_url` matching the existing image download pattern ([#3401](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3401)) — @binhnt92
+
+### Vision
+- **Reject non-image files** and enforce website-only policy for vision analysis ([#3845](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3845))
+
+### Tool Schema
+- **Ensure name field** always present in tool definitions, fixing `KeyError: 'name'` crashes ([#3811](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3811), closes [#3729](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3729))
+
+### ACP (Editor Integration)
+- **Complete session management surface** for VS Code/Zed/JetBrains clients — proper task lifecycle, cancel support, session persistence ([#3675](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3675))
+
+---
+
+## 🧩 Skills & Plugins
+
+### Skills System
+- **External skill directories** — configure additional skill directories via `skills.external_dirs` in config.yaml ([#3678](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3678))
+- **Category path traversal blocked** — prevents `../` attacks in skill category names ([#3844](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3844))
+- **parallel-cli moved to optional-skills** — reduces default skill footprint ([#3673](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3673)) — @kshitijk4poor
+
+### New Skills
+- **memento-flashcards** — spaced repetition flashcard system ([#3827](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3827))
+- **songwriting-and-ai-music** — songwriting craft and AI music generation prompts ([#3834](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3834))
+- **SiYuan Note** — integration with SiYuan note-taking app ([#3742](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3742))
+- **Scrapling** — web scraping skill using Scrapling library ([#3742](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3742))
+- **one-three-one-rule** — communication framework skill ([#3797](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3797))
+
+### Plugin System
+- **Plugin enable/disable commands** — `hermes plugins enable/disable <name>` for managing plugin state without removing them ([#3747](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3747))
+- **Plugin message injection** — plugins can now inject messages into the conversation stream on behalf of the user via `ctx.inject_message()` ([#3778](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3778)) — @winglian
+- **Honcho self-hosted support** — allow local Honcho instances without requiring an API key ([#3644](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3644))
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Security & Reliability
+
+### Security Hardening
+- **Hardened dangerous command detection** — expanded pattern matching for risky shell commands and added file tool path guards for sensitive locations (`/etc/`, `/boot/`, docker.sock) ([#3872](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3872))
+- **Sensitive path write checks** in approval system — catch writes to system config files through file tools, not just terminal ([#3859](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3859))
+- **Secret redaction expansion** — now covers ElevenLabs, Tavily, and Exa API keys ([#3920](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3920))
+- **Vision file rejection** — reject non-image files passed to vision analysis to prevent information disclosure ([#3845](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3845))
+- **Category path traversal blocking** — prevent directory traversal in skill category names ([#3844](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3844))
+
+### Reliability
+- **Atomic config.yaml writes** — prevent data loss during gateway crashes ([#3800](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3800))
+- **Clear __pycache__ on update** — prevent stale bytecode from causing ImportError after updates ([#3819](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3819))
+- **Lazy imports for update safety** — prevent ImportError chains during `hermes update` when modules reference new functions ([#3776](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3776))
+- **Restore terminalbench2 from patch corruption** — recovered file damaged by patch tool's secret redaction ([#3801](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3801))
+- **Terminal timeout preserves partial output** — no more lost command output on timeout ([#3868](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3868))
+
+---
+
+## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
+
+- **OpenClaw migration model config overwrite** — migration no longer overwrites model config dict with a string ([#3924](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3924)) — @0xbyt4
+- **OpenClaw migration expanded** — covers full data footprint including sessions, cron, memory ([#3869](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3869))
+- **Telegram deleted reply targets** — gracefully handle replies to deleted messages instead of crashing ([#3858](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3858))
+- **Discord "thinking..." persistence** — properly cleans up deferred response indicators ([#3674](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3674))
+- **WhatsApp LID↔phone aliases** — fixes allowlist matching failures with Linked ID format ([#3830](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3830))
+- **Signal URL-encoded phone numbers** — fixes delivery failures with certain formats ([#3670](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3670))
+- **Email connection leaks** — properly close SMTP/IMAP connections on error ([#3804](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3804))
+- **_safe_print ValueError** — no more gateway thread crashes on closed stdout ([#3843](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3843))
+- **Tool schema KeyError 'name'** — ensure name field always present in tool definitions ([#3811](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3811))
+- **api_mode stale on provider switch** — correctly clear when switching providers via `hermes model` ([#3857](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3857))
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Testing
+
+- Resolved 10+ CI failures across hooks, tiktoken, plugins, and skill tests ([#3848](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3848), [#3721](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3721), [#3936](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3936))
+
+---
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+- **Comprehensive OpenClaw migration guide** — step-by-step guide for migrating from OpenClaw/Claw3D to Hermes Agent ([#3864](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3864), [#3900](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3900))
+- **Credential file passthrough docs** — document how to forward credential files and env vars to remote backends ([#3677](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3677))
+- **DuckDuckGo requirements clarified** — note runtime dependency on duckduckgo-search package ([#3680](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3680))
+- **Skills catalog updated** — added red-teaming category and optional skills listing ([#3745](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3745))
+- **Feishu docs MDX fix** — escape angle-bracket URLs that break Docusaurus build ([#3902](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3902))
+
+---
+
+## 👥 Contributors
+
+### Core
+- **@teknium1** — 90 PRs across all subsystems
+
+### Community Contributors
+- **@kshitijk4poor** — 3 PRs: Signal phone number fix ([#3670](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3670)), parallel-cli to optional-skills ([#3673](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3673)), status bar wrapping fix ([#3883](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3883))
+- **@winglian** — 1 PR: Plugin message injection interface ([#3778](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3778))
+- **@binhnt92** — 1 PR: Audio download retry logic ([#3401](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3401))
+- **@0xbyt4** — 1 PR: OpenClaw migration model config fix ([#3924](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3924))
+
+### Issues Resolved from Community
+@Material-Scientist ([#850](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/850)), @hanxu98121 ([#1734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1734)), @penwyp ([#1788](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1788)), @dan-and ([#1945](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1945)), @AdrianScott ([#1963](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1963)), @clawdbot47 ([#3229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3229)), @alanfwilliams ([#3404](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3404)), @kentimsit ([#3433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3433)), @hayka-pacha ([#3534](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3534)), @primmer ([#3595](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3595)), @dagelf ([#3609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3609)), @HenkDz ([#3685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3685)), @tmdgusya ([#3729](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3729)), @TypQxQ ([#3753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3753)), @acsezen ([#3765](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3765))
+
+---
+
+**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.28...v2026.3.30](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.28...v2026.3.30)

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+# Hermes Agent v0.7.0 (v2026.4.3)
+
+**Release Date:** April 3, 2026
+
+> The resilience release — pluggable memory providers, credential pool rotation, Camofox anti-detection browser, inline diff previews, gateway hardening across race conditions and approval routing, and deep security fixes across 168 PRs and 46 resolved issues.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Highlights
+
+- **Pluggable Memory Provider Interface** — Memory is now an extensible plugin system. Third-party memory backends (Honcho, vector stores, custom DBs) implement a simple provider ABC and register via the plugin system. Built-in memory is the default provider. Honcho integration restored to full parity as the reference plugin with profile-scoped host/peer resolution. ([#4623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4623), [#4616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4616), [#4355](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4355))
+
+- **Same-Provider Credential Pools** — Configure multiple API keys for the same provider with automatic rotation. Thread-safe `least_used` strategy distributes load across keys, and 401 failures trigger automatic rotation to the next credential. Set up via the setup wizard or `credential_pool` config. ([#4188](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4188), [#4300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4300), [#4361](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4361))
+
+- **Camofox Anti-Detection Browser Backend** — New local browser backend using Camoufox for stealth browsing. Persistent sessions with VNC URL discovery for visual debugging, configurable SSRF bypass for local backends, auto-install via `hermes tools`. ([#4008](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4008), [#4419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4419), [#4292](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4292))
+
+- **Inline Diff Previews** — File write and patch operations now show inline diffs in the tool activity feed, giving you visual confirmation of what changed before the agent moves on. ([#4411](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4411), [#4423](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4423))
+
+- **API Server Session Continuity & Tool Streaming** — The API server (Open WebUI integration) now streams tool progress events in real-time and supports `X-Hermes-Session-Id` headers for persistent sessions across requests. Sessions persist to the shared SessionDB. ([#4092](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4092), [#4478](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4478), [#4802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4802))
+
+- **ACP: Client-Provided MCP Servers** — Editor integrations (VS Code, Zed, JetBrains) can now register their own MCP servers, which Hermes picks up as additional agent tools. Your editor's MCP ecosystem flows directly into the agent. ([#4705](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4705))
+
+- **Gateway Hardening** — Major stability pass across race conditions, photo media delivery, flood control, stuck sessions, approval routing, and compression death spirals. The gateway is substantially more reliable in production. ([#4727](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4727), [#4750](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4750), [#4798](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4798), [#4557](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4557))
+
+- **Security: Secret Exfiltration Blocking** — Browser URLs and LLM responses are now scanned for secret patterns, blocking exfiltration attempts via URL encoding, base64, or prompt injection. Credential directory protections expanded to `.docker`, `.azure`, `.config/gh`. Execute_code sandbox output is redacted. ([#4483](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4483), [#4360](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4360), [#4305](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4305), [#4327](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4327))
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
+
+### Provider & Model Support
+- **Same-provider credential pools** — configure multiple API keys with automatic `least_used` rotation and 401 failover ([#4188](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4188), [#4300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4300))
+- **Credential pool preserved through smart routing** — pool state survives fallback provider switches and defers eager fallback on 429 ([#4361](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4361))
+- **Per-turn primary runtime restoration** — after fallback provider use, the agent automatically restores the primary provider on the next turn with transport recovery ([#4624](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4624))
+- **`developer` role for GPT-5 and Codex models** — uses OpenAI's recommended system message role for newer models ([#4498](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4498))
+- **Google model operational guidance** — Gemini and Gemma models get provider-specific prompting guidance ([#4641](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4641))
+- **Anthropic long-context tier 429 handling** — automatically reduces context to 200k when hitting tier limits ([#4747](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4747))
+- **URL-based auth for third-party Anthropic endpoints** + CI test fixes ([#4148](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4148))
+- **Bearer auth for MiniMax Anthropic endpoints** ([#4028](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4028))
+- **Fireworks context length detection** ([#4158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4158))
+- **Standard DashScope international endpoint** for Alibaba provider ([#4133](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4133), closes [#3912](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3912))
+- **Custom providers context_length** honored in hygiene compression ([#4085](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4085))
+- **Non-sk-ant keys** treated as regular API keys, not OAuth tokens ([#4093](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4093))
+- **Claude-sonnet-4.6** added to OpenRouter and Nous model lists ([#4157](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4157))
+- **Qwen 3.6 Plus Preview** added to model lists ([#4376](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4376))
+- **MiniMax M2.7** added to hermes model picker and OpenCode ([#4208](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4208))
+- **Auto-detect models from server probe** in custom endpoint setup ([#4218](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4218))
+- **Config.yaml single source of truth** for endpoint URLs — no more env var vs config.yaml conflicts ([#4165](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4165))
+- **Setup wizard no longer overwrites** custom endpoint config ([#4180](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4180), closes [#4172](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4172))
+- **Unified setup wizard provider selection** with `hermes model` — single code path for both flows ([#4200](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4200))
+- **Root-level provider config** no longer overrides `model.provider` ([#4329](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4329))
+- **Rate-limit pairing rejection messages** to prevent spam ([#4081](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4081))
+
+### Agent Loop & Conversation
+- **Preserve Anthropic thinking block signatures** across tool-use turns ([#4626](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4626))
+- **Classify think-only empty responses** before retrying — prevents infinite retry loops on models that produce thinking blocks without content ([#4645](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4645))
+- **Prevent compression death spiral** from API disconnects — stops the loop where compression triggers, fails, compresses again ([#4750](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4750), closes [#2153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2153))
+- **Persist compressed context** to gateway session after mid-run compression ([#4095](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4095))
+- **Context-exceeded error messages** now include actionable guidance ([#4155](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4155), closes [#4061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4061))
+- **Strip orphaned think/reasoning tags** from user-facing responses ([#4311](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4311), closes [#4285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4285))
+- **Harden Codex responses preflight** and stream error handling ([#4313](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4313))
+- **Deterministic call_id fallbacks** instead of random UUIDs for prompt cache consistency ([#3991](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3991))
+- **Context pressure warning spam** prevented after compression ([#4012](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4012))
+- **AsyncOpenAI created lazily** in trajectory compressor to avoid closed event loop errors ([#4013](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4013))
+
+### Memory & Sessions
+- **Pluggable memory provider interface** — ABC-based plugin system for custom memory backends with profile isolation ([#4623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4623))
+- **Honcho full integration parity** restored as reference memory provider plugin ([#4355](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4355)) — @erosika
+- **Honcho profile-scoped** host and peer resolution ([#4616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4616))
+- **Memory flush state persisted** to prevent redundant re-flushes on gateway restart ([#4481](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4481))
+- **Memory provider tools** routed through sequential execution path ([#4803](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4803))
+- **Honcho config** written to instance-local path for profile isolation ([#4037](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4037))
+- **API server sessions** persist to shared SessionDB ([#4802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4802))
+- **Token usage persisted** for non-CLI sessions ([#4627](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4627))
+- **Quote dotted terms in FTS5 queries** — fixes session search for terms containing dots ([#4549](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4549))
+
+---
+
+## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
+
+### Gateway Core
+- **Race condition fixes** — photo media loss, flood control, stuck sessions, and STT config issues resolved in one hardening pass ([#4727](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4727))
+- **Approval routing through running-agent guard** — `/approve` and `/deny` now route correctly when the agent is blocked waiting for approval instead of being swallowed as interrupts ([#4798](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4798), [#4557](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4557), closes [#4542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4542))
+- **Resume agent after /approve** — tool result is no longer lost when executing blocked commands ([#4418](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4418))
+- **DM thread sessions seeded** with parent transcript to preserve context ([#4559](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4559))
+- **Skill-aware slash commands** — gateway dynamically registers installed skills as slash commands with paginated `/commands` list and Telegram 100-command cap ([#3934](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3934), [#4005](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4005), [#4006](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4006), [#4010](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4010), [#4023](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4023))
+- **Per-platform disabled skills** respected in Telegram menu and gateway dispatch ([#4799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4799))
+- **Remove user-facing compression warnings** — cleaner message flow ([#4139](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4139))
+- **`-v/-q` flags wired to stderr logging** for gateway service ([#4474](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4474))
+- **HERMES_HOME remapped** to target user in system service unit ([#4456](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4456))
+- **Honor default for invalid bool-like config values** ([#4029](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4029))
+- **setsid instead of systemd-run** for `/update` command to avoid systemd permission issues ([#4104](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4104), closes [#4017](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4017))
+- **'Initializing agent...'** shown on first message for better UX ([#4086](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4086))
+- **Allow running gateway service as root** for LXC/container environments ([#4732](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4732))
+
+### Telegram
+- **32-char limit on command names** with collision avoidance ([#4211](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4211))
+- **Priority order enforced** in menu — core > plugins > skills ([#4023](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4023))
+- **Capped at 50 commands** — API rejects above ~60 ([#4006](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4006))
+- **Skip empty/whitespace text** to prevent 400 errors ([#4388](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4388))
+- **E2E gateway tests** added ([#4497](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4497)) — @pefontana
+
+### Discord
+- **Button-based approval UI** — register `/approve` and `/deny` slash commands with interactive button prompts ([#4800](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4800))
+- **Configurable reactions** — `discord.reactions` config option to disable message processing reactions ([#4199](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4199))
+- **Skip reactions and auto-threading** for unauthorized users ([#4387](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4387))
+
+### Slack
+- **Reply in thread** — `slack.reply_in_thread` config option for threaded responses ([#4643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4643), closes [#2662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2662))
+
+### WhatsApp
+- **Enforce require_mention in group chats** ([#4730](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4730))
+
+### Webhook
+- **Platform support fixes** — skip home channel prompt, disable tool progress for webhook adapters ([#4660](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4660))
+
+### Matrix
+- **E2EE decryption hardening** — request missing keys, auto-trust devices, retry buffered events ([#4083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4083))
+
+---
+
+## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
+
+### New Slash Commands
+- **`/yolo`** — toggle dangerous command approvals on/off for the session ([#3990](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3990))
+- **`/btw`** — ephemeral side questions that don't affect the main conversation context ([#4161](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4161))
+- **`/profile`** — show active profile info without leaving the chat session ([#4027](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4027))
+
+### Interactive CLI
+- **Inline diff previews** for write and patch operations in the tool activity feed ([#4411](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4411), [#4423](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4423))
+- **TUI pinned to bottom** on startup — no more large blank spaces between response and input ([#4412](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4412), [#4359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4359), closes [#4398](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4398), [#4421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4421))
+- **`/history` and `/resume`** now surface recent sessions directly instead of requiring search ([#4728](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4728))
+- **Cache tokens shown** in `/insights` overview so total adds up ([#4428](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4428))
+- **`--max-turns` CLI flag** for `hermes chat` to limit agent iterations ([#4314](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4314))
+- **Detect dragged file paths** instead of treating them as slash commands ([#4533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4533)) — @rolme
+- **Allow empty strings and falsy values** in `config set` ([#4310](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4310), closes [#4277](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4277))
+- **Voice mode in WSL** when PulseAudio bridge is configured ([#4317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4317))
+- **Respect `NO_COLOR` env var** and `TERM=dumb` for accessibility ([#4079](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4079), closes [#4066](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4066)) — @SHL0MS
+- **Correct shell reload instruction** for macOS/zsh users ([#4025](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4025))
+- **Zero exit code** on successful quiet mode queries ([#4613](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4613), closes [#4601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4601)) — @devorun
+- **on_session_end hook fires** on interrupted exits ([#4159](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4159))
+- **Profile list display** reads `model.default` key correctly ([#4160](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4160))
+- **Browser and TTS** shown in reconfigure menu ([#4041](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4041))
+- **Web backend priority** detection simplified ([#4036](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4036))
+
+### Setup & Configuration
+- **Allowed_users preserved** during setup and quiet unconfigured provider warnings ([#4551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4551)) — @kshitijk4poor
+- **Save API key to model config** for custom endpoints ([#4202](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4202), closes [#4182](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4182))
+- **Claude Code credentials gated** behind explicit Hermes config in wizard trigger ([#4210](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4210))
+- **Atomic writes in save_config_value** to prevent config loss on interrupt ([#4298](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4298), [#4320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4320))
+- **Scopes field written** to Claude Code credentials on token refresh ([#4126](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4126))
+
+### Update System
+- **Fork detection and upstream sync** in `hermes update` ([#4744](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4744))
+- **Preserve working optional extras** when one extra fails during update ([#4550](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4550))
+- **Handle conflicted git index** during hermes update ([#4735](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4735))
+- **Avoid launchd restart race** on macOS ([#4736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4736))
+- **Missing subprocess.run() timeouts** added to doctor and status commands ([#4009](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4009))
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Tool System
+
+### Browser
+- **Camofox anti-detection browser backend** — local stealth browsing with auto-install via `hermes tools` ([#4008](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4008))
+- **Persistent Camofox sessions** with VNC URL discovery for visual debugging ([#4419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4419))
+- **Skip SSRF check for local backends** (Camofox, headless Chromium) ([#4292](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4292))
+- **Configurable SSRF check** via `browser.allow_private_urls` ([#4198](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4198)) — @nils010485
+- **CAMOFOX_PORT=9377** added to Docker commands ([#4340](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4340))
+
+### File Operations
+- **Inline diff previews** on write and patch actions ([#4411](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4411), [#4423](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4423))
+- **Stale file detection** on write and patch — warns when file was modified externally since last read ([#4345](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4345))
+- **Staleness timestamp refreshed** after writes ([#4390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4390))
+- **Size guard, dedup, and device blocking** on read_file ([#4315](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4315))
+
+### MCP
+- **Stability fix pack** — reload timeout, shutdown cleanup, event loop handler, OAuth non-blocking ([#4757](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4757), closes [#4462](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4462), [#2537](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2537))
+
+### ACP (Editor Integration)
+- **Client-provided MCP servers** registered as agent tools — editors pass their MCP servers to Hermes ([#4705](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4705))
+
+### Skills System
+- **Size limits for agent writes** and **fuzzy matching for skill patch** — prevents oversized skill writes and improves edit reliability ([#4414](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4414))
+- **Validate hub bundle paths** before install — blocks path traversal in skill bundles ([#3986](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3986))
+- **Unified hermes-agent and hermes-agent-setup** into single skill ([#4332](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4332))
+- **Skill metadata type check** in extract_skill_conditions ([#4479](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4479))
+
+### New/Updated Skills
+- **research-paper-writing** — full end-to-end research pipeline (replaced ml-paper-writing) ([#4654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4654)) — @SHL0MS
+- **ascii-video** — text readability techniques and external layout oracle ([#4054](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4054)) — @SHL0MS
+- **youtube-transcript** updated for youtube-transcript-api v1.x ([#4455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4455)) — @el-analista
+- **Skills browse and search page** added to documentation site ([#4500](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4500)) — @IAvecilla
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Security & Reliability
+
+### Security Hardening
+- **Block secret exfiltration** via browser URLs and LLM responses — scans for secret patterns in URL encoding, base64, and prompt injection vectors ([#4483](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4483))
+- **Redact secrets from execute_code sandbox output** ([#4360](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4360))
+- **Protect `.docker`, `.azure`, `.config/gh` credential directories** from read/write via file tools and terminal ([#4305](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4305), [#4327](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4327)) — @memosr
+- **GitHub OAuth token patterns** added to redaction + snapshot redact flag ([#4295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4295))
+- **Reject private and loopback IPs** in Telegram DoH fallback ([#4129](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4129))
+- **Reject path traversal** in credential file registration ([#4316](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4316))
+- **Validate tar archive member paths** on profile import — blocks zip-slip attacks ([#4318](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4318))
+- **Exclude auth.json and .env** from profile exports ([#4475](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4475))
+
+### Reliability
+- **Prevent compression death spiral** from API disconnects ([#4750](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4750), closes [#2153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2153))
+- **Handle `is_closed` as method** in OpenAI SDK — prevents false positive client closure detection ([#4416](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4416), closes [#4377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4377))
+- **Exclude matrix from [all] extras** — python-olm is upstream-broken, prevents install failures ([#4615](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4615), closes [#4178](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4178))
+- **OpenCode model routing** repaired ([#4508](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4508))
+- **Docker container image** optimized ([#4034](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4034)) — @bcross
+
+### Windows & Cross-Platform
+- **Voice mode in WSL** with PulseAudio bridge ([#4317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4317))
+- **Homebrew packaging** preparation ([#4099](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4099))
+- **CI fork conditionals** to prevent workflow failures on forks ([#4107](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4107))
+
+---
+
+## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
+
+- **Gateway approval blocked agent thread** — approval now blocks the agent thread like CLI does, preventing tool result loss ([#4557](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4557), closes [#4542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4542))
+- **Compression death spiral** from API disconnects — detected and halted instead of looping ([#4750](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4750), closes [#2153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2153))
+- **Anthropic thinking blocks lost** across tool-use turns ([#4626](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4626))
+- **Profile model config ignored** with `-p` flag — model.model now promoted to model.default correctly ([#4160](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4160), closes [#4486](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4486))
+- **CLI blank space** between response and input area ([#4412](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4412), [#4359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4359), closes [#4398](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4398))
+- **Dragged file paths** treated as slash commands instead of file references ([#4533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4533)) — @rolme
+- **Orphaned `</think>` tags** leaking into user-facing responses ([#4311](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4311), closes [#4285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4285))
+- **OpenAI SDK `is_closed`** is a method not property — false positive client closure ([#4416](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4416), closes [#4377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4377))
+- **MCP OAuth server** could block Hermes startup instead of degrading gracefully ([#4757](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4757), closes [#4462](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4462))
+- **MCP event loop closed** on shutdown with HTTP servers ([#4757](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4757), closes [#2537](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2537))
+- **Alibaba provider** hardcoded to wrong endpoint ([#4133](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4133), closes [#3912](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3912))
+- **Slack reply_in_thread** missing config option ([#4643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4643), closes [#2662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2662))
+- **Quiet mode exit code** — successful `-q` queries no longer exit nonzero ([#4613](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4613), closes [#4601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4601))
+- **Mobile sidebar** shows only close button due to backdrop-filter issue in docs site ([#4207](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4207)) — @xsmyile
+- **Config restore reverted** by stale-branch squash merge — `_config_version` fixed ([#4440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4440))
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Testing
+
+- **Telegram gateway E2E tests** — full integration test suite for the Telegram adapter ([#4497](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4497)) — @pefontana
+- **11 real test failures fixed** plus sys.modules cascade poisoner resolved ([#4570](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4570))
+- **7 CI failures resolved** across hooks, plugins, and skill tests ([#3936](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3936))
+- **Codex 401 refresh tests** updated for CI compatibility ([#4166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4166))
+- **Stale OPENAI_BASE_URL test** fixed ([#4217](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4217))
+
+---
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+- **Comprehensive documentation audit** — 9 HIGH and 20+ MEDIUM gaps fixed across 21 files ([#4087](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4087))
+- **Site navigation restructured** — features and platforms promoted to top-level ([#4116](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4116))
+- **Tool progress streaming** documented for API server and Open WebUI ([#4138](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4138))
+- **Telegram webhook mode** documentation ([#4089](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4089))
+- **Local LLM provider guides** — comprehensive setup guides with context length warnings ([#4294](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4294))
+- **WhatsApp allowlist behavior** clarified with `WHATSAPP_ALLOW_ALL_USERS` documentation ([#4293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4293))
+- **Slack configuration options** — new config section in Slack docs ([#4644](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4644))
+- **Terminal backends section** expanded + docs build fixes ([#4016](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4016))
+- **Adding-providers guide** updated for unified setup flow ([#4201](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4201))
+- **ACP Zed config** fixed ([#4743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4743))
+- **Community FAQ** entries for common workflows and troubleshooting ([#4797](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4797))
+- **Skills browse and search page** on docs site ([#4500](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4500)) — @IAvecilla
+
+---
+
+## 👥 Contributors
+
+### Core
+- **@teknium1** — 135 commits across all subsystems
+
+### Top Community Contributors
+- **@kshitijk4poor** — 13 commits: preserve allowed_users during setup ([#4551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4551)), and various fixes
+- **@erosika** — 12 commits: Honcho full integration parity restored as memory provider plugin ([#4355](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4355))
+- **@pefontana** — 9 commits: Telegram gateway E2E test suite ([#4497](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4497))
+- **@bcross** — 5 commits: Docker container image optimization ([#4034](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4034))
+- **@SHL0MS** — 4 commits: NO_COLOR/TERM=dumb support ([#4079](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4079)), ascii-video skill updates ([#4054](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4054)), research-paper-writing skill ([#4654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4654))
+
+### All Contributors
+@0xbyt4, @arasovic, @Bartok9, @bcross, @binhnt92, @camden-lowrance, @curtitoo, @Dakota, @Dave Tist, @Dean Kerr, @devorun, @dieutx, @Dilee, @el-analista, @erosika, @Gutslabs, @IAvecilla, @Jack, @Johannnnn506, @kshitijk4poor, @Laura Batalha, @Leegenux, @Lume, @MacroAnarchy, @maymuneth, @memosr, @NexVeridian, @Nick, @nils010485, @pefontana, @Penov, @rolme, @SHL0MS, @txchen, @xsmyile
+
+### Issues Resolved from Community
+@acsezen ([#2537](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2537)), @arasovic ([#4285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4285)), @camden-lowrance ([#4462](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4462)), @devorun ([#4601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4601)), @eloklam ([#4486](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4486)), @HenkDz ([#3719](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3719)), @hypotyposis ([#2153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2153)), @kazamak ([#4178](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4178)), @lstep ([#4366](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4366)), @Mark-Lok ([#4542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4542)), @NoJster ([#4421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4421)), @patp ([#2662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/2662)), @pr0n ([#4601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4601)), @saulmc ([#4377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4377)), @SHL0MS ([#4060](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4060), [#4061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4061), [#4066](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4066), [#4172](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4172), [#4277](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4277)), @Z-Mackintosh ([#4398](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/4398))
+
+---
+
+**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.30...v2026.4.3](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.30...v2026.4.3)

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+# Hermes Agent v0.8.0 (v2026.4.8)
+
+**Release Date:** April 8, 2026
+
+> The intelligence release — background task auto-notifications, free MiMo v2 Pro on Nous Portal, live model switching across all platforms, self-optimized GPT/Codex guidance, native Google AI Studio, smart inactivity timeouts, approval buttons, MCP OAuth 2.1, and 209 merged PRs with 82 resolved issues.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Highlights
+
+- **Background Process Auto-Notifications (`notify_on_complete`)** — Background tasks can now automatically notify the agent when they finish. Start a long-running process (AI model training, test suites, deployments, builds) and the agent gets notified on completion — no polling needed. The agent can keep working on other things and pick up results when they land. ([#5779](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5779))
+
+- **Free Xiaomi MiMo v2 Pro on Nous Portal** — Nous Portal now supports the free-tier Xiaomi MiMo v2 Pro model for auxiliary tasks (compression, vision, summarization), with free-tier model gating and pricing display in model selection. ([#6018](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6018), [#5880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5880))
+
+- **Live Model Switching (`/model` Command)** — Switch models and providers mid-session from CLI, Telegram, Discord, Slack, or any gateway platform. Aggregator-aware resolution keeps you on OpenRouter/Nous when possible, with automatic cross-provider fallback when needed. Interactive model pickers on Telegram and Discord with inline buttons. ([#5181](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5181), [#5742](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5742))
+
+- **Self-Optimized GPT/Codex Tool-Use Guidance** — The agent diagnosed and patched 5 failure modes in GPT and Codex tool calling through automated behavioral benchmarking, dramatically improving reliability on OpenAI models. Includes execution discipline guidance and thinking-only prefill continuation for structured reasoning. ([#6120](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6120), [#5414](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5414), [#5931](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5931))
+
+- **Google AI Studio (Gemini) Native Provider** — Direct access to Gemini models through Google's AI Studio API. Includes automatic models.dev registry integration for real-time context length detection across any provider. ([#5577](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5577))
+
+- **Inactivity-Based Agent Timeouts** — Gateway and cron timeouts now track actual tool activity instead of wall-clock time. Long-running tasks that are actively working will never be killed — only truly idle agents time out. ([#5389](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5389), [#5440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5440))
+
+- **Approval Buttons on Slack & Telegram** — Dangerous command approval via native platform buttons instead of typing `/approve`. Slack gets thread context preservation; Telegram gets emoji reactions for approval status. ([#5890](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5890), [#5975](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5975))
+
+- **MCP OAuth 2.1 PKCE + OSV Malware Scanning** — Full standards-compliant OAuth for MCP server authentication, plus automatic malware scanning of MCP extension packages via the OSV vulnerability database. ([#5420](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5420), [#5305](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5305))
+
+- **Centralized Logging & Config Validation** — Structured logging to `~/.hermes/logs/` (agent.log + errors.log) with the `hermes logs` command for tailing and filtering. Config structure validation catches malformed YAML at startup before it causes cryptic failures. ([#5430](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5430), [#5426](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5426))
+
+- **Plugin System Expansion** — Plugins can now register CLI subcommands, receive request-scoped API hooks with correlation IDs, prompt for required env vars during install, and hook into session lifecycle events (finalize/reset). ([#5295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5295), [#5427](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5427), [#5470](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5470), [#6129](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6129))
+
+- **Matrix Tier 1 & Platform Hardening** — Matrix gets reactions, read receipts, rich formatting, and room management. Discord adds channel controls and ignored channels. Signal gets full MEDIA: tag delivery. Mattermost gets file attachments. Comprehensive reliability fixes across all platforms. ([#5275](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5275), [#5975](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5975), [#5602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5602))
+
+- **Security Hardening Pass** — Consolidated SSRF protections, timing attack mitigations, tar traversal prevention, credential leakage guards, cron path traversal hardening, and cross-session isolation. Terminal workdir sanitization across all backends. ([#5944](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5944), [#5613](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5613), [#5629](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5629))
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
+
+### Provider & Model Support
+- **Native Google AI Studio (Gemini) provider** with models.dev integration for automatic context length detection ([#5577](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5577))
+- **`/model` command — full provider+model system overhaul** — live switching across CLI and all gateway platforms with aggregator-aware resolution ([#5181](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5181))
+- **Interactive model picker for Telegram and Discord** — inline button-based model selection ([#5742](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5742))
+- **Nous Portal free-tier model gating** with pricing display in model selection ([#5880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5880))
+- **Model pricing display** for OpenRouter and Nous Portal providers ([#5416](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5416))
+- **xAI (Grok) prompt caching** via `x-grok-conv-id` header ([#5604](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5604))
+- **Grok added to tool-use enforcement models** for direct xAI usage ([#5595](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5595))
+- **MiniMax TTS provider** (speech-2.8) ([#4963](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4963))
+- **Non-agentic model warning** — warns users when loading Hermes LLM models not designed for tool use ([#5378](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5378))
+- **Ollama Cloud auth, /model switch persistence**, and alias tab completion ([#5269](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5269))
+- **Preserve dots in OpenCode Go model names** (minimax-m2.7, glm-4.5, kimi-k2.5) ([#5597](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5597))
+- **MiniMax models 404 fix** — strip /v1 from Anthropic base URL for OpenCode Go ([#4918](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4918))
+- **Provider credential reset windows** honored in pooled failover ([#5188](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5188))
+- **OAuth token sync** between credential pool and credentials file ([#4981](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4981))
+- **Stale OAuth credentials** no longer block OpenRouter users on auto-detect ([#5746](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5746))
+- **Codex OAuth credential pool disconnect** + expired token import fix ([#5681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5681))
+- **Codex pool entry sync** from `~/.codex/auth.json` on exhaustion — @GratefulDave ([#5610](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5610))
+- **Auxiliary client payment fallback** — retry with next provider on 402 ([#5599](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5599))
+- **Auxiliary client resolves named custom providers** and 'main' alias ([#5978](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5978))
+- **Use mimo-v2-pro** for non-vision auxiliary tasks on Nous free tier ([#6018](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6018))
+- **Vision auto-detection** tries main provider first ([#6041](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6041))
+- **Provider re-ordering and Quick Install** — @austinpickett ([#4664](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4664))
+- **Nous OAuth access_token** no longer used as inference API key — @SHL0MS ([#5564](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5564))
+- **HERMES_PORTAL_BASE_URL env var** respected during Nous login — @benbarclay ([#5745](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5745))
+- **Env var overrides** for Nous portal/inference URLs ([#5419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5419))
+- **Z.AI endpoint auto-detect** via probe and cache ([#5763](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5763))
+- **MiniMax context lengths, model catalog, thinking guard, aux model, and config base_url** corrections ([#6082](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6082))
+- **Community provider/model resolution fixes** — salvaged 4 community PRs + MiniMax aux URL ([#5983](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5983))
+
+### Agent Loop & Conversation
+- **Self-optimized GPT/Codex tool-use guidance** via automated behavioral benchmarking — agent self-diagnosed and patched 5 failure modes ([#6120](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6120))
+- **GPT/Codex execution discipline guidance** in system prompts ([#5414](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5414))
+- **Thinking-only prefill continuation** for structured reasoning responses ([#5931](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5931))
+- **Accept reasoning-only responses** without retries — set content to "(empty)" instead of infinite retry ([#5278](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5278))
+- **Jittered retry backoff** — exponential backoff with jitter for API retries ([#6048](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6048))
+- **Smart thinking block signature management** — preserve and manage Anthropic thinking signatures across turns ([#6112](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6112))
+- **Coerce tool call arguments** to match JSON Schema types — fixes models that send strings instead of numbers/booleans ([#5265](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5265))
+- **Save oversized tool results to file** instead of destructive truncation ([#5210](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5210))
+- **Sandbox-aware tool result persistence** ([#6085](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6085))
+- **Streaming fallback** improved after edit failures ([#6110](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6110))
+- **Codex empty-output gaps** covered in fallback + normalizer + auxiliary client ([#5724](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5724), [#5730](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5730), [#5734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5734))
+- **Codex stream output backfill** from output_item.done events ([#5689](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5689))
+- **Stream consumer creates new message** after tool boundaries ([#5739](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5739))
+- **Codex validation aligned** with normalization for empty stream output ([#5940](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5940))
+- **Bridge tool-calls** in copilot-acp adapter ([#5460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5460))
+- **Filter transcript-only roles** from chat-completions payload ([#4880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4880))
+- **Context compaction failures fixed** on temperature-restricted models — @MadKangYu ([#5608](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5608))
+- **Sanitize tool_calls for all strict APIs** (Fireworks, Mistral, etc.) — @lumethegreat ([#5183](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5183))
+
+### Memory & Sessions
+- **Supermemory memory provider** — new memory plugin with multi-container, search_mode, identity template, and env var override ([#5737](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5737), [#5933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5933))
+- **Shared thread sessions** by default — multi-user thread support across gateway platforms ([#5391](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5391))
+- **Subagent sessions linked to parent** and hidden from session list ([#5309](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5309))
+- **Profile-scoped memory isolation** and clone support ([#4845](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4845))
+- **Thread gateway user_id to memory plugins** for per-user scoping ([#5895](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5895))
+- **Honcho plugin drift overhaul** + plugin CLI registration system ([#5295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5295))
+- **Honcho holographic prompt and trust score** rendering preserved ([#4872](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4872))
+- **Honcho doctor fix** — use recall_mode instead of memory_mode — @techguysimon ([#5645](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5645))
+- **RetainDB** — API routes, write queue, dialectic, agent model, file tools fixes ([#5461](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5461))
+- **Hindsight memory plugin overhaul** + memory setup wizard fixes ([#5094](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5094))
+- **mem0 API v2 compat**, prefetch context fencing, secret redaction ([#5423](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5423))
+- **mem0 env vars merged** with mem0.json instead of either/or ([#4939](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4939))
+- **Clean user message** used for all memory provider operations ([#4940](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4940))
+- **Silent memory flush failure** on /new and /resume fixed — @ryanautomated ([#5640](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5640))
+- **OpenViking atexit safety net** for session commit ([#5664](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5664))
+- **OpenViking tenant-scoping headers** for multi-tenant servers ([#4936](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4936))
+- **ByteRover brv query** runs synchronously before LLM call ([#4831](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4831))
+
+---
+
+## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
+
+### Gateway Core
+- **Inactivity-based agent timeout** — replaces wall-clock timeout with smart activity tracking; long-running active tasks never killed ([#5389](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5389))
+- **Approval buttons for Slack & Telegram** + Slack thread context preservation ([#5890](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5890))
+- **Live-stream /update output** + forward interactive prompts to user ([#5180](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5180))
+- **Infinite timeout support** + periodic notifications + actionable error messages ([#4959](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4959))
+- **Duplicate message prevention** — gateway dedup + partial stream guard ([#4878](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4878))
+- **Webhook delivery_info persistence** + full session id in /status ([#5942](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5942))
+- **Tool preview truncation** respects tool_preview_length in all/new progress modes ([#5937](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5937))
+- **Short preview truncation** restored for all/new tool progress modes ([#4935](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4935))
+- **Update-pending state** written atomically to prevent corruption ([#4923](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4923))
+- **Approval session key isolated** per turn ([#4884](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4884))
+- **Active-session guard bypass** for /approve, /deny, /stop, /new ([#4926](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4926), [#5765](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5765))
+- **Typing indicator paused** during approval waits ([#5893](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5893))
+- **Caption check** uses exact line-by-line match instead of substring (all platforms) ([#5939](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5939))
+- **MEDIA: tags stripped** from streamed gateway messages ([#5152](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5152))
+- **MEDIA: tags extracted** from cron delivery before sending ([#5598](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5598))
+- **Profile-aware service units** + voice transcription cleanup ([#5972](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5972))
+- **Thread-safe PairingStore** with atomic writes — @CharlieKerfoot ([#5656](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5656))
+- **Sanitize media URLs** in base platform logs — @WAXLYY ([#5631](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5631))
+- **Reduce Telegram fallback IP activation log noise** — @MadKangYu ([#5615](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5615))
+- **Cron static method wrappers** to prevent self-binding ([#5299](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5299))
+- **Stale 'hermes login' replaced** with 'hermes auth' + credential removal re-seeding fix ([#5670](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5670))
+
+### Telegram
+- **Group topics skill binding** for supergroup forum topics ([#4886](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4886))
+- **Emoji reactions** for approval status and notifications ([#5975](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5975))
+- **Duplicate message delivery prevented** on send timeout ([#5153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5153))
+- **Command names sanitized** to strip invalid characters ([#5596](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5596))
+- **Per-platform disabled skills** respected in Telegram menu and gateway dispatch ([#4799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4799))
+- **/approve and /deny** routed through running-agent guard ([#4798](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4798))
+
+### Discord
+- **Channel controls** — ignored_channels and no_thread_channels config options ([#5975](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5975))
+- **Skills registered as native slash commands** via shared gateway logic ([#5603](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5603))
+- **/approve, /deny, /queue, /background, /btw** registered as native slash commands ([#4800](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4800), [#5477](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5477))
+- **Unnecessary members intent** removed on startup + token lock leak fix ([#5302](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5302))
+
+### Slack
+- **Thread engagement** — auto-respond in bot-started and mentioned threads ([#5897](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5897))
+- **mrkdwn in edit_message** + thread replies without @mentions ([#5733](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5733))
+
+### Matrix
+- **Tier 1 feature parity** — reactions, read receipts, rich formatting, room management ([#5275](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5275))
+- **MATRIX_REQUIRE_MENTION and MATRIX_AUTO_THREAD** support ([#5106](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5106))
+- **Comprehensive reliability** — encrypted media, auth recovery, cron E2EE, Synapse compat ([#5271](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5271))
+- **CJK input, E2EE, and reconnect** fixes ([#5665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5665))
+
+### Signal
+- **Full MEDIA: tag delivery** — send_image_file, send_voice, and send_video implemented ([#5602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5602))
+
+### Mattermost
+- **File attachments** — set message type to DOCUMENT when post has file attachments — @nericervin ([#5609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5609))
+
+### Feishu
+- **Interactive card approval buttons** ([#6043](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6043))
+- **Reconnect and ACL** fixes ([#5665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5665))
+
+### Webhooks
+- **`{__raw__}` template token** and thread_id passthrough for forum topics ([#5662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5662))
+
+---
+
+## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
+
+### Interactive CLI
+- **Defer response content** until reasoning block completes ([#5773](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5773))
+- **Ghost status-bar lines cleared** on terminal resize ([#4960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4960))
+- **Normalise \r\n and \r line endings** in pasted text ([#4849](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4849))
+- **ChatConsole errors, curses scroll, skin-aware banner, git state** banner fixes ([#5974](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5974))
+- **Native Windows image paste** support ([#5917](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5917))
+- **--yolo and other flags** no longer silently dropped when placed before 'chat' subcommand ([#5145](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5145))
+
+### Setup & Configuration
+- **Config structure validation** — detect malformed YAML at startup with actionable error messages ([#5426](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5426))
+- **Centralized logging** to `~/.hermes/logs/` — agent.log (INFO+), errors.log (WARNING+) with `hermes logs` command ([#5430](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5430))
+- **Docs links added** to setup wizard sections ([#5283](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5283))
+- **Doctor diagnostics** — sync provider checks, config migration, WAL and mem0 diagnostics ([#5077](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5077))
+- **Timeout debug logging** and user-facing diagnostics improved ([#5370](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5370))
+- **Reasoning effort unified** to config.yaml only ([#6118](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6118))
+- **Permanent command allowlist** loaded on startup ([#5076](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5076))
+- **`hermes auth remove`** now clears env-seeded credentials permanently ([#5285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5285))
+- **Bundled skills synced to all profiles** during update ([#5795](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5795))
+- **`hermes update` no longer kills** freshly-restarted gateway service ([#5448](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5448))
+- **Subprocess.run() timeouts** added to all gateway CLI commands ([#5424](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5424))
+- **Actionable error message** when Codex refresh token is reused — @tymrtn ([#5612](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5612))
+- **Google-workspace skill scripts** can now run directly — @xinbenlv ([#5624](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5624))
+
+### Cron System
+- **Inactivity-based cron timeout** — replaces wall-clock; active tasks run indefinitely ([#5440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5440))
+- **Pre-run script injection** for data collection and change detection ([#5082](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5082))
+- **Delivery failure tracking** in job status ([#6042](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6042))
+- **Delivery guidance** in cron prompts — stops send_message thrashing ([#5444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5444))
+- **MEDIA files delivered** as native platform attachments ([#5921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5921))
+- **[SILENT] suppression** works anywhere in response — @auspic7 ([#5654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5654))
+- **Cron path traversal** hardening ([#5147](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5147))
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Tool System
+
+### Terminal & Execution
+- **Execute_code on remote backends** — code execution now works on Docker, SSH, Modal, and other remote terminal backends ([#5088](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5088))
+- **Exit code context** for common CLI tools in terminal results — helps agent understand what went wrong ([#5144](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5144))
+- **Progressive subdirectory hint discovery** — agent learns project structure as it navigates ([#5291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5291))
+- **notify_on_complete for background processes** — get notified when long-running tasks finish ([#5779](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5779))
+- **Docker env config** — explicit container environment variables via docker_env config ([#4738](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4738))
+- **Approval metadata included** in terminal tool results ([#5141](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5141))
+- **Workdir parameter sanitized** in terminal tool across all backends ([#5629](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5629))
+- **Detached process crash recovery** state corrected ([#6101](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6101))
+- **Agent-browser paths with spaces** preserved — @Vasanthdev2004 ([#6077](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6077))
+- **Portable base64 encoding** for image reading on macOS — @CharlieKerfoot ([#5657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5657))
+
+### Browser
+- **Switch managed browser provider** from Browserbase to Browser Use — @benbarclay ([#5750](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5750))
+- **Firecrawl cloud browser** provider — @alt-glitch ([#5628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5628))
+- **JS evaluation** via browser_console expression parameter ([#5303](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5303))
+- **Windows browser** fixes ([#5665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5665))
+
+### MCP
+- **MCP OAuth 2.1 PKCE** — full standards-compliant OAuth client support ([#5420](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5420))
+- **OSV malware check** for MCP extension packages ([#5305](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5305))
+- **Prefer structuredContent over text** + no_mcp sentinel ([#5979](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5979))
+- **Unknown toolsets warning suppressed** for MCP server names ([#5279](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5279))
+
+### Web & Files
+- **.zip document support** + auto-mount cache dirs into remote backends ([#4846](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4846))
+- **Redact query secrets** in send_message errors — @WAXLYY ([#5650](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5650))
+
+### Delegation
+- **Credential pool sharing** + workspace path hints for subagents ([#5748](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5748))
+
+### ACP (VS Code / Zed / JetBrains)
+- **Aggregate ACP improvements** — auth compat, protocol fixes, command ads, delegation, SSE events ([#5292](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5292))
+
+---
+
+## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
+
+### Skills System
+- **Skill config interface** — skills can declare required config.yaml settings, prompted during setup, injected at load time ([#5635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5635))
+- **Plugin CLI registration system** — plugins register their own CLI subcommands without touching main.py ([#5295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5295))
+- **Request-scoped API hooks** with tool call correlation IDs for plugins ([#5427](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5427))
+- **Session lifecycle hooks** — on_session_finalize and on_session_reset for CLI + gateway ([#6129](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6129))
+- **Prompt for required env vars** during plugin install — @kshitijk4poor ([#5470](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5470))
+- **Plugin name validation** — reject names that resolve to plugins root ([#5368](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5368))
+- **pre_llm_call plugin context** moved to user message to preserve prompt cache ([#5146](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5146))
+
+### New & Updated Skills
+- **popular-web-designs** — 54 production website design systems ([#5194](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5194))
+- **p5js creative coding** — @SHL0MS ([#5600](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5600))
+- **manim-video** — mathematical and technical animations — @SHL0MS ([#4930](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4930))
+- **llm-wiki** — Karpathy's LLM Wiki skill ([#5635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5635))
+- **gitnexus-explorer** — codebase indexing and knowledge serving ([#5208](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5208))
+- **research-paper-writing** — AI-Scientist & GPT-Researcher patterns — @SHL0MS ([#5421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5421))
+- **blogwatcher** updated to JulienTant's fork ([#5759](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5759))
+- **claude-code skill** comprehensive rewrite v2.0 + v2.2 ([#5155](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5155), [#5158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5158))
+- **Code verification skills** consolidated into one ([#4854](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4854))
+- **Manim CE reference docs** expanded — geometry, animations, LaTeX — @leotrs ([#5791](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5791))
+- **Manim-video references** — design thinking, updaters, paper explainer, decorations, production quality — @SHL0MS ([#5588](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5588), [#5408](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5408))
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Security & Reliability
+
+### Security Hardening
+- **Consolidated security** — SSRF protections, timing attack mitigations, tar traversal prevention, credential leakage guards ([#5944](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5944))
+- **Cross-session isolation** + cron path traversal hardening ([#5613](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5613))
+- **Workdir parameter sanitized** in terminal tool across all backends ([#5629](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5629))
+- **Approval 'once' session escalation** prevented + cron delivery platform validation ([#5280](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5280))
+- **Profile-scoped Google Workspace OAuth tokens** protected ([#4910](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4910))
+
+### Reliability
+- **Aggressive worktree and branch cleanup** to prevent accumulation ([#6134](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6134))
+- **O(n²) catastrophic backtracking** in redact regex fixed — 100x improvement on large outputs ([#4962](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4962))
+- **Runtime stability fixes** across core, web, delegate, and browser tools ([#4843](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4843))
+- **API server streaming fix** + conversation history support ([#5977](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5977))
+- **OpenViking API endpoint paths** and response parsing corrected ([#5078](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5078))
+
+---
+
+## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
+
+- **9 community bugfixes salvaged** — gateway, cron, deps, macOS launchd in one batch ([#5288](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5288))
+- **Batch core bug fixes** — model config, session reset, alias fallback, launchctl, delegation, atomic writes ([#5630](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5630))
+- **Batch gateway/platform fixes** — matrix E2EE, CJK input, Windows browser, Feishu reconnect + ACL ([#5665](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5665))
+- **Stale test skips removed**, regex backtracking, file search bug, and test flakiness ([#4969](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4969))
+- **Nix flake** — read version, regen uv.lock, add hermes_logging — @alt-glitch ([#5651](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5651))
+- **Lowercase variable redaction** regression tests ([#5185](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5185))
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Testing
+
+- **57 failing CI tests repaired** across 14 files ([#5823](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5823))
+- **Test suite re-architecture** + CI failure fixes — @alt-glitch ([#5946](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5946))
+- **Codebase-wide lint cleanup** — unused imports, dead code, and inefficient patterns ([#5821](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5821))
+- **browser_close tool removed** — auto-cleanup handles it ([#5792](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5792))
+
+---
+
+## 📚 Documentation
+
+- **Comprehensive documentation audit** — fix stale info, expand thin pages, add depth ([#5393](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5393))
+- **40+ discrepancies fixed** between documentation and codebase ([#5818](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5818))
+- **13 features documented** from last week's PRs ([#5815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5815))
+- **Guides section overhaul** — fix existing + add 3 new tutorials ([#5735](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5735))
+- **Salvaged 4 docs PRs** — docker setup, post-update validation, local LLM guide, signal-cli install ([#5727](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5727))
+- **Discord configuration reference** ([#5386](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5386))
+- **Community FAQ entries** for common workflows and troubleshooting ([#4797](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4797))
+- **WSL2 networking guide** for local model servers ([#5616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5616))
+- **Honcho CLI reference** + plugin CLI registration docs ([#5308](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5308))
+- **Obsidian Headless setup** for servers in llm-wiki ([#5660](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5660))
+- **Hermes Mod visual skin editor** added to skins page ([#6095](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6095))
+
+---
+
+## 👥 Contributors
+
+### Core
+- **@teknium1** — 179 PRs
+
+### Top Community Contributors
+- **@SHL0MS** (7 PRs) — p5js creative coding skill, manim-video skill + 5 reference expansions, research-paper-writing, Nous OAuth fix, manim font fix
+- **@alt-glitch** (3 PRs) — Firecrawl cloud browser provider, test re-architecture + CI fixes, Nix flake fixes
+- **@benbarclay** (2 PRs) — Browser Use managed provider switch, Nous portal base URL fix
+- **@CharlieKerfoot** (2 PRs) — macOS portable base64 encoding, thread-safe PairingStore
+- **@WAXLYY** (2 PRs) — send_message secret redaction, gateway media URL sanitization
+- **@MadKangYu** (2 PRs) — Telegram log noise reduction, context compaction fix for temperature-restricted models
+
+### All Contributors
+@alt-glitch, @austinpickett, @auspic7, @benbarclay, @CharlieKerfoot, @GratefulDave, @kshitijk4poor, @leotrs, @lumethegreat, @MadKangYu, @nericervin, @ryanautomated, @SHL0MS, @techguysimon, @tymrtn, @Vasanthdev2004, @WAXLYY, @xinbenlv
+
+---
+
+**Full Changelog**: [v2026.4.3...v2026.4.8](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.4.3...v2026.4.8)

RELEASE_v0.9.0.md

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+# 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)

SECURITY.md

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+# 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.

acp_adapter/entry.py

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-"""CLI entry point for the hermes-agent ACP adapter.
-
-Loads environment variables from ``~/.hermes/.env``, configures logging
-to write to stderr (so stdout is reserved for ACP JSON-RPC transport),
-and starts the ACP agent server.
-
-Usage::
-
-    python -m acp_adapter.entry
-    # or
-    hermes acp
-    # or
-    hermes-acp
-"""
-
-import asyncio
-import logging
-import os
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def _setup_logging() -> None:
-    """Route all logging to stderr so stdout stays clean for ACP stdio."""
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
-    handler.setFormatter(
-        logging.Formatter(
-            "%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
-            datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-        )
-    )
-    root = logging.getLogger()
-    root.handlers.clear()
-    root.addHandler(handler)
-    root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-
-    # Quiet down noisy libraries
-    logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    logging.getLogger("httpcore").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-    logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-
-def _load_env() -> None:
-    """Load .env from HERMES_HOME (default ``~/.hermes``)."""
-    from hermes_cli.env_loader import load_hermes_dotenv
-
-    hermes_home = Path(os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes"))
-    loaded = load_hermes_dotenv(hermes_home=hermes_home)
-    if loaded:
-        for env_file in loaded:
-            logging.getLogger(__name__).info("Loaded env from %s", env_file)
-    else:
-        logging.getLogger(__name__).info(
-            "No .env found at %s, using system env", hermes_home / ".env"
-        )
-
-
-def main() -> None:
-    """Entry point: load env, configure logging, run the ACP agent."""
-    _setup_logging()
-    _load_env()
-
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    logger.info("Starting hermes-agent ACP adapter")
-
-    # Ensure the project root is on sys.path so ``from run_agent import AIAgent`` works
-    project_root = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent)
-    if project_root not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, project_root)
-
-    import acp
-    from .server import HermesACPAgent
-
-    agent = HermesACPAgent()
-    try:
-        asyncio.run(acp.run_agent(agent))
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        logger.info("Shutting down (KeyboardInterrupt)")
-    except Exception:
-        logger.exception("ACP agent crashed")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()

acp_adapter/server.py

@@ -1,492 +0,0 @@
-"""ACP agent server — exposes Hermes Agent via the Agent Client Protocol."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import asyncio
-import logging
-from collections import defaultdict, deque
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-from typing import Any, Deque, Optional
-
-import acp
-from acp.schema import (
-    AgentCapabilities,
-    AuthenticateResponse,
-    AuthMethod,
-    ClientCapabilities,
-    EmbeddedResourceContentBlock,
-    ForkSessionResponse,
-    ImageContentBlock,
-    AudioContentBlock,
-    Implementation,
-    InitializeResponse,
-    ListSessionsResponse,
-    LoadSessionResponse,
-    NewSessionResponse,
-    PromptResponse,
-    ResumeSessionResponse,
-    ResourceContentBlock,
-    SessionCapabilities,
-    SessionForkCapabilities,
-    SessionListCapabilities,
-    SessionInfo,
-    TextContentBlock,
-    Usage,
-)
-
-from acp_adapter.auth import detect_provider, has_provider
-from acp_adapter.events import (
-    make_message_cb,
-    make_step_cb,
-    make_thinking_cb,
-    make_tool_progress_cb,
-)
-from acp_adapter.permissions import make_approval_callback
-from acp_adapter.session import SessionManager, SessionState
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-try:
-    from hermes_cli import __version__ as HERMES_VERSION
-except Exception:
-    HERMES_VERSION = "0.0.0"
-
-# Thread pool for running AIAgent (synchronous) in parallel.
-_executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4, thread_name_prefix="acp-agent")
-
-
-def _extract_text(
-    prompt: list[
-        TextContentBlock
-        | ImageContentBlock
-        | AudioContentBlock
-        | ResourceContentBlock
-        | EmbeddedResourceContentBlock
-    ],
-) -> str:
-    """Extract plain text from ACP content blocks."""
-    parts: list[str] = []
-    for block in prompt:
-        if isinstance(block, TextContentBlock):
-            parts.append(block.text)
-        elif hasattr(block, "text"):
-            parts.append(str(block.text))
-        # Non-text blocks are ignored for now.
-    return "\n".join(parts)
-
-
-class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
-    """ACP Agent implementation wrapping Hermes AIAgent."""
-
-    def __init__(self, session_manager: SessionManager | None = None):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.session_manager = session_manager or SessionManager()
-        self._conn: Optional[acp.Client] = None
-
-    # ---- Connection lifecycle -----------------------------------------------
-
-    def on_connect(self, conn: acp.Client) -> None:
-        """Store the client connection for sending session updates."""
-        self._conn = conn
-        logger.info("ACP client connected")
-
-    # ---- ACP lifecycle ------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def initialize(
-        self,
-        protocol_version: int,
-        client_capabilities: ClientCapabilities | None = None,
-        client_info: Implementation | None = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> InitializeResponse:
-        provider = detect_provider()
-        auth_methods = None
-        if provider:
-            auth_methods = [
-                AuthMethod(
-                    id=provider,
-                    name=f"{provider} runtime credentials",
-                    description=f"Authenticate Hermes using the currently configured {provider} runtime credentials.",
-                )
-            ]
-
-        client_name = client_info.name if client_info else "unknown"
-        logger.info("Initialize from %s (protocol v%s)", client_name, protocol_version)
-
-        return InitializeResponse(
-            protocol_version=acp.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
-            agent_info=Implementation(name="hermes-agent", version=HERMES_VERSION),
-            agent_capabilities=AgentCapabilities(
-                session_capabilities=SessionCapabilities(
-                    fork=SessionForkCapabilities(),
-                    list=SessionListCapabilities(),
-                ),
-            ),
-            auth_methods=auth_methods,
-        )
-
-    async def authenticate(self, method_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AuthenticateResponse | None:
-        if has_provider():
-            return AuthenticateResponse()
-        return None
-
-    # ---- Session management -------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def new_session(
-        self,
-        cwd: str,
-        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> NewSessionResponse:
-        state = self.session_manager.create_session(cwd=cwd)
-        logger.info("New session %s (cwd=%s)", state.session_id, cwd)
-        return NewSessionResponse(session_id=state.session_id)
-
-    async def load_session(
-        self,
-        cwd: str,
-        session_id: str,
-        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> LoadSessionResponse | None:
-        state = self.session_manager.update_cwd(session_id, cwd)
-        if state is None:
-            logger.warning("load_session: session %s not found", session_id)
-            return None
-        logger.info("Loaded session %s", session_id)
-        return LoadSessionResponse()
-
-    async def resume_session(
-        self,
-        cwd: str,
-        session_id: str,
-        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> ResumeSessionResponse:
-        state = self.session_manager.update_cwd(session_id, cwd)
-        if state is None:
-            logger.warning("resume_session: session %s not found, creating new", session_id)
-            state = self.session_manager.create_session(cwd=cwd)
-        logger.info("Resumed session %s", state.session_id)
-        return ResumeSessionResponse()
-
-    async def cancel(self, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
-        if state and state.cancel_event:
-            state.cancel_event.set()
-            try:
-                if getattr(state, "agent", None) and hasattr(state.agent, "interrupt"):
-                    state.agent.interrupt()
-            except Exception:
-                logger.debug("Failed to interrupt ACP session %s", session_id, exc_info=True)
-            logger.info("Cancelled session %s", session_id)
-
-    async def fork_session(
-        self,
-        cwd: str,
-        session_id: str,
-        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> ForkSessionResponse:
-        state = self.session_manager.fork_session(session_id, cwd=cwd)
-        new_id = state.session_id if state else ""
-        logger.info("Forked session %s -> %s", session_id, new_id)
-        return ForkSessionResponse(session_id=new_id)
-
-    async def list_sessions(
-        self,
-        cursor: str | None = None,
-        cwd: str | None = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> ListSessionsResponse:
-        infos = self.session_manager.list_sessions()
-        sessions = [
-            SessionInfo(session_id=s["session_id"], cwd=s["cwd"])
-            for s in infos
-        ]
-        return ListSessionsResponse(sessions=sessions)
-
-    # ---- Prompt (core) ------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def prompt(
-        self,
-        prompt: list[
-            TextContentBlock
-            | ImageContentBlock
-            | AudioContentBlock
-            | ResourceContentBlock
-            | EmbeddedResourceContentBlock
-        ],
-        session_id: str,
-        **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> PromptResponse:
-        """Run Hermes on the user's prompt and stream events back to the editor."""
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
-        if state is None:
-            logger.error("prompt: session %s not found", session_id)
-            return PromptResponse(stop_reason="refusal")
-
-        user_text = _extract_text(prompt).strip()
-        if not user_text:
-            return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn")
-
-        # Intercept slash commands — handle locally without calling the LLM
-        if user_text.startswith("/"):
-            response_text = self._handle_slash_command(user_text, state)
-            if response_text is not None:
-                if self._conn:
-                    update = acp.update_agent_message_text(response_text)
-                    await self._conn.session_update(session_id, update)
-                return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn")
-
-        logger.info("Prompt on session %s: %s", session_id, user_text[:100])
-
-        conn = self._conn
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-
-        if state.cancel_event:
-            state.cancel_event.clear()
-
-        tool_call_ids: dict[str, Deque[str]] = defaultdict(deque)
-        previous_approval_cb = None
-
-        if conn:
-            tool_progress_cb = make_tool_progress_cb(conn, session_id, loop, tool_call_ids)
-            thinking_cb = make_thinking_cb(conn, session_id, loop)
-            step_cb = make_step_cb(conn, session_id, loop, tool_call_ids)
-            message_cb = make_message_cb(conn, session_id, loop)
-            approval_cb = make_approval_callback(conn.request_permission, loop, session_id)
-        else:
-            tool_progress_cb = None
-            thinking_cb = None
-            step_cb = None
-            message_cb = None
-            approval_cb = None
-
-        agent = state.agent
-        agent.tool_progress_callback = tool_progress_cb
-        agent.thinking_callback = thinking_cb
-        agent.step_callback = step_cb
-        agent.message_callback = message_cb
-
-        if approval_cb:
-            try:
-                from tools import terminal_tool as _terminal_tool
-                previous_approval_cb = getattr(_terminal_tool, "_approval_callback", None)
-                _terminal_tool.set_approval_callback(approval_cb)
-            except Exception:
-                logger.debug("Could not set ACP approval callback", exc_info=True)
-
-        def _run_agent() -> dict:
-            try:
-                result = agent.run_conversation(
-                    user_message=user_text,
-                    conversation_history=state.history,
-                    task_id=session_id,
-                )
-                return result
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception("Agent error in session %s", session_id)
-                return {"final_response": f"Error: {e}", "messages": state.history}
-            finally:
-                if approval_cb:
-                    try:
-                        from tools import terminal_tool as _terminal_tool
-                        _terminal_tool.set_approval_callback(previous_approval_cb)
-                    except Exception:
-                        logger.debug("Could not restore approval callback", exc_info=True)
-
-        try:
-            result = await loop.run_in_executor(_executor, _run_agent)
-        except Exception:
-            logger.exception("Executor error for session %s", session_id)
-            return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn")
-
-        if result.get("messages"):
-            state.history = result["messages"]
-            # Persist updated history so sessions survive process restarts.
-            self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
-
-        final_response = result.get("final_response", "")
-        if final_response and conn:
-            update = acp.update_agent_message_text(final_response)
-            await conn.session_update(session_id, update)
-
-        usage = None
-        usage_data = result.get("usage")
-        if usage_data and isinstance(usage_data, dict):
-            usage = Usage(
-                input_tokens=usage_data.get("prompt_tokens", 0),
-                output_tokens=usage_data.get("completion_tokens", 0),
-                total_tokens=usage_data.get("total_tokens", 0),
-                thought_tokens=usage_data.get("reasoning_tokens"),
-                cached_read_tokens=usage_data.get("cached_tokens"),
-            )
-
-        stop_reason = "cancelled" if state.cancel_event and state.cancel_event.is_set() else "end_turn"
-        return PromptResponse(stop_reason=stop_reason, usage=usage)
-
-    # ---- Slash commands (headless) -------------------------------------------
-
-    _SLASH_COMMANDS = {
-        "help": "Show available commands",
-        "model": "Show or change current model",
-        "tools": "List available tools",
-        "context": "Show conversation context info",
-        "reset": "Clear conversation history",
-        "compact": "Compress conversation context",
-        "version": "Show Hermes version",
-    }
-
-    def _handle_slash_command(self, text: str, state: SessionState) -> str | None:
-        """Dispatch a slash command and return the response text.
-
-        Returns ``None`` for unrecognized commands so they fall through
-        to the LLM (the user may have typed ``/something`` as prose).
-        """
-        parts = text.split(maxsplit=1)
-        cmd = parts[0].lstrip("/").lower()
-        args = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else ""
-
-        handler = {
-            "help": self._cmd_help,
-            "model": self._cmd_model,
-            "tools": self._cmd_tools,
-            "context": self._cmd_context,
-            "reset": self._cmd_reset,
-            "compact": self._cmd_compact,
-            "version": self._cmd_version,
-        }.get(cmd)
-
-        if handler is None:
-            return None  # not a known command — let the LLM handle it
-
-        try:
-            return handler(args, state)
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("Slash command /%s error: %s", cmd, e, exc_info=True)
-            return f"Error executing /{cmd}: {e}"
-
-    def _cmd_help(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        lines = ["Available commands:", ""]
-        for cmd, desc in self._SLASH_COMMANDS.items():
-            lines.append(f"  /{cmd:10s}  {desc}")
-        lines.append("")
-        lines.append("Unrecognized /commands are sent to the model as normal messages.")
-        return "\n".join(lines)
-
-    def _cmd_model(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        if not args:
-            model = state.model or getattr(state.agent, "model", "unknown")
-            provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or "auto"
-            return f"Current model: {model}\nProvider: {provider}"
-
-        new_model = args.strip()
-        target_provider = None
-        current_provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or "openrouter"
-
-        # Auto-detect provider for the requested model
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.models import parse_model_input, detect_provider_for_model
-            target_provider, new_model = parse_model_input(new_model, current_provider)
-            if target_provider == current_provider:
-                detected = detect_provider_for_model(new_model, current_provider)
-                if detected:
-                    target_provider, new_model = detected
-        except Exception:
-            logger.debug("Provider detection failed, using model as-is", exc_info=True)
-
-        state.model = new_model
-        state.agent = self.session_manager._make_agent(
-            session_id=state.session_id,
-            cwd=state.cwd,
-            model=new_model,
-            requested_provider=target_provider or current_provider,
-        )
-        self.session_manager.save_session(state.session_id)
-        provider_label = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or target_provider or current_provider
-        logger.info("Session %s: model switched to %s", state.session_id, new_model)
-        return f"Model switched to: {new_model}\nProvider: {provider_label}"
-
-    def _cmd_tools(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        try:
-            from model_tools import get_tool_definitions
-            toolsets = getattr(state.agent, "enabled_toolsets", None) or ["hermes-acp"]
-            tools = get_tool_definitions(enabled_toolsets=toolsets, quiet_mode=True)
-            if not tools:
-                return "No tools available."
-            lines = [f"Available tools ({len(tools)}):"]
-            for t in tools:
-                name = t.get("function", {}).get("name", "?")
-                desc = t.get("function", {}).get("description", "")
-                # Truncate long descriptions
-                if len(desc) > 80:
-                    desc = desc[:77] + "..."
-                lines.append(f"  {name}: {desc}")
-            return "\n".join(lines)
-        except Exception as e:
-            return f"Could not list tools: {e}"
-
-    def _cmd_context(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        n_messages = len(state.history)
-        if n_messages == 0:
-            return "Conversation is empty (no messages yet)."
-        # Count by role
-        roles: dict[str, int] = {}
-        for msg in state.history:
-            role = msg.get("role", "unknown")
-            roles[role] = roles.get(role, 0) + 1
-        lines = [
-            f"Conversation: {n_messages} messages",
-            f"  user: {roles.get('user', 0)}, assistant: {roles.get('assistant', 0)}, "
-            f"tool: {roles.get('tool', 0)}, system: {roles.get('system', 0)}",
-        ]
-        model = state.model or getattr(state.agent, "model", "")
-        if model:
-            lines.append(f"Model: {model}")
-        return "\n".join(lines)
-
-    def _cmd_reset(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        state.history.clear()
-        self.session_manager.save_session(state.session_id)
-        return "Conversation history cleared."
-
-    def _cmd_compact(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        if not state.history:
-            return "Nothing to compress — conversation is empty."
-        try:
-            agent = state.agent
-            if hasattr(agent, "compress_context"):
-                agent.compress_context(state.history)
-                self.session_manager.save_session(state.session_id)
-                return f"Context compressed. Messages: {len(state.history)}"
-            return "Context compression not available for this agent."
-        except Exception as e:
-            return f"Compression failed: {e}"
-
-    def _cmd_version(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
-        return f"Hermes Agent v{HERMES_VERSION}"
-
-    # ---- Model switching (ACP protocol method) -------------------------------
-
-    async def set_session_model(
-        self, model_id: str, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any
-    ):
-        """Switch the model for a session (called by ACP protocol)."""
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
-        if state:
-            state.model = model_id
-            current_provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None)
-            current_base_url = getattr(state.agent, "base_url", None)
-            current_api_mode = getattr(state.agent, "api_mode", None)
-            state.agent = self.session_manager._make_agent(
-                session_id=session_id,
-                cwd=state.cwd,
-                model=model_id,
-                requested_provider=current_provider,
-                base_url=current_base_url,
-                api_mode=current_api_mode,
-            )
-            self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
-            logger.info("Session %s: model switched to %s", session_id, model_id)
-        return None

agent/context_compressor.py

@@ -1,658 +0,0 @@
-"""Automatic context window compression for long conversations.
-
-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 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)
-  - Scaled summary budget (proportional to compressed content)
-  - Richer tool call/result detail in summarizer input
-"""
-
-import logging
-import os
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-
-from agent.auxiliary_client import call_llm
-from agent.model_metadata import (
-    get_model_context_length,
-    estimate_messages_tokens_rough,
-)
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-SUMMARY_PREFIX = (
-    "[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]:"
-
-# Minimum / maximum tokens for the summary output
-_MIN_SUMMARY_TOKENS = 2000
-_MAX_SUMMARY_TOKENS = 8000
-# Proportion of compressed content to allocate for summary
-_SUMMARY_RATIO = 0.20
-
-# Token budget for tail protection (keep most-recent context)
-_DEFAULT_TAIL_TOKEN_BUDGET = 20_000
-
-# Placeholder used when pruning old tool results
-_PRUNED_TOOL_PLACEHOLDER = "[Old tool output cleared to save context space]"
-
-# Chars per token rough estimate
-_CHARS_PER_TOKEN = 4
-
-
-class ContextCompressor:
-    """Compresses conversation context when approaching the model's context limit.
-
-    Algorithm:
-      1. Prune old tool results (cheap, no LLM call)
-      2. Protect head messages (system prompt + first exchange)
-      3. Protect tail messages by token budget (most recent ~20K tokens)
-      4. Summarize middle turns with structured LLM prompt
-      5. On subsequent compactions, iteratively update the previous summary
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        model: str,
-        threshold_percent: float = 0.50,
-        protect_first_n: int = 3,
-        protect_last_n: int = 4,
-        summary_target_tokens: int = 2500,
-        quiet_mode: bool = False,
-        summary_model_override: str = None,
-        base_url: str = "",
-        api_key: str = "",
-        config_context_length: int | None = None,
-        provider: str = "",
-    ):
-        self.model = model
-        self.base_url = base_url
-        self.api_key = api_key
-        self.provider = provider
-        self.threshold_percent = threshold_percent
-        self.protect_first_n = protect_first_n
-        self.protect_last_n = protect_last_n
-        self.summary_target_tokens = summary_target_tokens
-        self.quiet_mode = quiet_mode
-
-        self.context_length = get_model_context_length(
-            model, base_url=base_url, api_key=api_key,
-            config_context_length=config_context_length,
-            provider=provider,
-        )
-        self.threshold_tokens = int(self.context_length * threshold_percent)
-        self.compression_count = 0
-
-        if not quiet_mode:
-            logger.info(
-                "Context compressor initialized: model=%s context_length=%d "
-                "threshold=%d (%.0f%%) provider=%s base_url=%s",
-                model, self.context_length, self.threshold_tokens,
-                threshold_percent * 100, provider or "none", base_url or "none",
-            )
-        self._context_probed = False  # True after a step-down from context error
-
-        self.last_prompt_tokens = 0
-        self.last_completion_tokens = 0
-        self.last_total_tokens = 0
-
-        self.summary_model = summary_model_override or ""
-
-        # Stores the previous compaction summary for iterative updates
-        self._previous_summary: Optional[str] = None
-
-    def update_from_response(self, usage: Dict[str, Any]):
-        """Update tracked token usage from API response."""
-        self.last_prompt_tokens = usage.get("prompt_tokens", 0)
-        self.last_completion_tokens = usage.get("completion_tokens", 0)
-        self.last_total_tokens = usage.get("total_tokens", 0)
-
-    def should_compress(self, prompt_tokens: int = None) -> bool:
-        """Check if context exceeds the compression threshold."""
-        tokens = prompt_tokens if prompt_tokens is not None else self.last_prompt_tokens
-        return tokens >= self.threshold_tokens
-
-    def should_compress_preflight(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> bool:
-        """Quick pre-flight check using rough estimate (before API call)."""
-        rough_estimate = estimate_messages_tokens_rough(messages)
-        return rough_estimate >= self.threshold_tokens
-
-    def get_status(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Get current compression status for display/logging."""
-        return {
-            "last_prompt_tokens": self.last_prompt_tokens,
-            "threshold_tokens": self.threshold_tokens,
-            "context_length": self.context_length,
-            "usage_percent": (self.last_prompt_tokens / self.context_length * 100) if self.context_length else 0,
-            "compression_count": self.compression_count,
-        }
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Tool output pruning (cheap pre-pass, no LLM call)
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _prune_old_tool_results(
-        self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], protect_tail_count: int,
-    ) -> tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], int]:
-        """Replace old tool result contents with a short placeholder.
-
-        Walks backward from the end, protecting the most recent
-        ``protect_tail_count`` messages. Older tool results get their
-        content replaced with a placeholder string.
-
-        Returns (pruned_messages, pruned_count).
-        """
-        if not messages:
-            return messages, 0
-
-        result = [m.copy() for m in messages]
-        pruned = 0
-        prune_boundary = len(result) - protect_tail_count
-
-        for i in range(prune_boundary):
-            msg = result[i]
-            if msg.get("role") != "tool":
-                continue
-            content = msg.get("content", "")
-            if not content or content == _PRUNED_TOOL_PLACEHOLDER:
-                continue
-            # Only prune if the content is substantial (>200 chars)
-            if len(content) > 200:
-                result[i] = {**msg, "content": _PRUNED_TOOL_PLACEHOLDER}
-                pruned += 1
-
-        return result, pruned
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Summarization
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _compute_summary_budget(self, turns_to_summarize: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> int:
-        """Scale summary token budget with the amount of content being compressed."""
-        content_tokens = estimate_messages_tokens_rough(turns_to_summarize)
-        budget = int(content_tokens * _SUMMARY_RATIO)
-        return max(_MIN_SUMMARY_TOKENS, min(budget, _MAX_SUMMARY_TOKENS))
-
-    def _serialize_for_summary(self, turns: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
-        """Serialize conversation turns into labeled text for the summarizer.
-
-        Includes tool call arguments and result content (up to 3000 chars
-        per message) so the summarizer can preserve specific details like
-        file paths, commands, and outputs.
-        """
-        parts = []
-        for msg in turns:
-            role = msg.get("role", "unknown")
-            content = msg.get("content") or ""
-
-            # Tool results: keep more content than before (3000 chars)
-            if role == "tool":
-                tool_id = msg.get("tool_call_id", "")
-                if len(content) > 3000:
-                    content = content[:2000] + "\n...[truncated]...\n" + content[-800:]
-                parts.append(f"[TOOL RESULT {tool_id}]: {content}")
-                continue
-
-            # Assistant messages: include tool call names AND arguments
-            if role == "assistant":
-                if len(content) > 3000:
-                    content = content[:2000] + "\n...[truncated]...\n" + content[-800:]
-                tool_calls = msg.get("tool_calls", [])
-                if tool_calls:
-                    tc_parts = []
-                    for tc in tool_calls:
-                        if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                            fn = tc.get("function", {})
-                            name = fn.get("name", "?")
-                            args = fn.get("arguments", "")
-                            # Truncate long arguments but keep enough for context
-                            if len(args) > 500:
-                                args = args[:400] + "..."
-                            tc_parts.append(f"  {name}({args})")
-                        else:
-                            fn = getattr(tc, "function", None)
-                            name = getattr(fn, "name", "?") if fn else "?"
-                            tc_parts.append(f"  {name}(...)")
-                    content += "\n[Tool calls:\n" + "\n".join(tc_parts) + "\n]"
-                parts.append(f"[ASSISTANT]: {content}")
-                continue
-
-            # User and other roles
-            if len(content) > 3000:
-                content = content[:2000] + "\n...[truncated]...\n" + content[-800:]
-            parts.append(f"[{role.upper()}]: {content}")
-
-        return "\n\n".join(parts)
-
-    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, Files, Next Steps)
-        inspired by Pi-mono and OpenCode. When a previous summary exists,
-        generates an iterative update instead of summarizing from scratch.
-
-        Returns None if all attempts fail — the caller should drop
-        the middle turns without a summary rather than inject a useless
-        placeholder.
-        """
-        summary_budget = self._compute_summary_budget(turns_to_summarize)
-        content_to_summarize = self._serialize_for_summary(turns_to_summarize)
-
-        if self._previous_summary:
-            # Iterative update: preserve existing info, add new progress
-            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}
-
-NEW TURNS TO INCORPORATE:
-{content_to_summarize}
-
-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.
-
-## 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]
-
-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"""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:
-
-## Goal
-[What the user is trying to accomplish]
-
-## Constraints & Preferences
-[User preferences, coding style, constraints, important decisions]
-
-## 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]
-
-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",
-                "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
-                "temperature": 0.3,
-                "max_tokens": summary_budget * 2,
-                "timeout": 45.0,
-            }
-            if self.summary_model:
-                call_kwargs["model"] = self.summary_model
-            response = call_llm(**call_kwargs)
-            content = response.choices[0].message.content
-            # Handle cases where content is not a string (e.g., dict from llama.cpp)
-            if not isinstance(content, str):
-                content = str(content) if content else ""
-            summary = content.strip()
-            # Store for iterative updates on next compaction
-            self._previous_summary = summary
-            return self._with_summary_prefix(summary)
-        except RuntimeError:
-            logging.warning("Context compression: no provider available for "
-                            "summary. Middle turns will be dropped without summary.")
-            return None
-        except Exception as e:
-            logging.warning("Failed to generate context summary: %s", e)
-            return None
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _with_summary_prefix(summary: str) -> str:
-        """Normalize summary text to the current compaction handoff format."""
-        text = (summary or "").strip()
-        for prefix in (LEGACY_SUMMARY_PREFIX, SUMMARY_PREFIX):
-            if text.startswith(prefix):
-                text = text[len(prefix):].lstrip()
-                break
-        return f"{SUMMARY_PREFIX}\n{text}" if text else SUMMARY_PREFIX
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Tool-call / tool-result pair integrity helpers
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_tool_call_id(tc) -> str:
-        """Extract the call ID from a tool_call entry (dict or SimpleNamespace)."""
-        if isinstance(tc, dict):
-            return tc.get("id", "")
-        return getattr(tc, "id", "") or ""
-
-    def _sanitize_tool_pairs(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Fix orphaned tool_call / tool_result pairs after compression.
-
-        Two failure modes:
-        1. A tool *result* references a call_id whose assistant tool_call was
-           removed (summarized/truncated).  The API rejects this with
-           "No tool call found for function call output with call_id ...".
-        2. An assistant message has tool_calls whose results were dropped.
-           The API rejects this because every tool_call must be followed by
-           a tool result with the matching call_id.
-
-        This method removes orphaned results and inserts stub results for
-        orphaned calls so the message list is always well-formed.
-        """
-        surviving_call_ids: set = set()
-        for msg in messages:
-            if msg.get("role") == "assistant":
-                for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
-                    cid = self._get_tool_call_id(tc)
-                    if cid:
-                        surviving_call_ids.add(cid)
-
-        result_call_ids: set = set()
-        for msg in messages:
-            if msg.get("role") == "tool":
-                cid = msg.get("tool_call_id")
-                if cid:
-                    result_call_ids.add(cid)
-
-        # 1. Remove tool results whose call_id has no matching assistant tool_call
-        orphaned_results = result_call_ids - surviving_call_ids
-        if orphaned_results:
-            messages = [
-                m for m in messages
-                if not (m.get("role") == "tool" and m.get("tool_call_id") in orphaned_results)
-            ]
-            if not self.quiet_mode:
-                logger.info("Compression sanitizer: removed %d orphaned tool result(s)", len(orphaned_results))
-
-        # 2. Add stub results for assistant tool_calls whose results were dropped
-        missing_results = surviving_call_ids - result_call_ids
-        if missing_results:
-            patched: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
-            for msg in messages:
-                patched.append(msg)
-                if msg.get("role") == "assistant":
-                    for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
-                        cid = self._get_tool_call_id(tc)
-                        if cid in missing_results:
-                            patched.append({
-                                "role": "tool",
-                                "content": "[Result from earlier conversation — see context summary above]",
-                                "tool_call_id": cid,
-                            })
-            messages = patched
-            if not self.quiet_mode:
-                logger.info("Compression sanitizer: added %d stub tool result(s)", len(missing_results))
-
-        return messages
-
-    def _align_boundary_forward(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], idx: int) -> int:
-        """Push a compress-start boundary forward past any orphan tool results.
-
-        If ``messages[idx]`` is a tool result, slide forward until we hit a
-        non-tool message so we don't start the summarised region mid-group.
-        """
-        while idx < len(messages) and messages[idx].get("role") == "tool":
-            idx += 1
-        return idx
-
-    def _align_boundary_backward(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], idx: int) -> int:
-        """Pull a compress-end boundary backward to avoid splitting a
-        tool_call / result group.
-
-        If the boundary falls in the middle of a tool-result group (i.e.
-        there are consecutive tool messages before ``idx``), walk backward
-        past all of them to find the parent assistant message.  If found,
-        move the boundary before the assistant so the entire
-        assistant + tool_results group is included in the summarised region
-        rather than being split (which causes silent data loss when
-        ``_sanitize_tool_pairs`` removes the orphaned tail results).
-        """
-        if idx <= 0 or idx >= len(messages):
-            return idx
-        # Walk backward past consecutive tool results
-        check = idx - 1
-        while check >= 0 and messages[check].get("role") == "tool":
-            check -= 1
-        # If we landed on the parent assistant with tool_calls, pull the
-        # boundary before it so the whole group gets summarised together.
-        if check >= 0 and messages[check].get("role") == "assistant" and messages[check].get("tool_calls"):
-            idx = check
-        return idx
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Tail protection by token budget
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _find_tail_cut_by_tokens(
-        self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], head_end: int,
-        token_budget: int = _DEFAULT_TAIL_TOKEN_BUDGET,
-    ) -> int:
-        """Walk backward from the end of messages, accumulating tokens until
-        the budget is reached. Returns the index where the tail starts.
-
-        Never cuts inside a tool_call/result group. Falls back to the old
-        ``protect_last_n`` if the budget would protect fewer messages.
-        """
-        n = len(messages)
-        min_tail = self.protect_last_n
-        accumulated = 0
-        cut_idx = n  # start from beyond the end
-
-        for i in range(n - 1, head_end - 1, -1):
-            msg = messages[i]
-            content = msg.get("content") or ""
-            msg_tokens = len(content) // _CHARS_PER_TOKEN + 10  # +10 for role/metadata
-            # Include tool call arguments in estimate
-            for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
-                if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                    args = tc.get("function", {}).get("arguments", "")
-                    msg_tokens += len(args) // _CHARS_PER_TOKEN
-            if accumulated + msg_tokens > token_budget and (n - i) >= min_tail:
-                break
-            accumulated += msg_tokens
-            cut_idx = i
-
-        # Ensure we protect at least protect_last_n messages
-        fallback_cut = n - min_tail
-        if cut_idx > fallback_cut:
-            cut_idx = fallback_cut
-
-        # If the token budget would protect everything (small conversations),
-        # fall back to the fixed protect_last_n approach so compression can
-        # still remove middle turns.
-        if cut_idx <= head_end:
-            cut_idx = fallback_cut
-
-        # Align to avoid splitting tool groups
-        cut_idx = self._align_boundary_backward(messages, cut_idx)
-
-        return max(cut_idx, head_end + 1)
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Main compression entry point
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def compress(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]], current_tokens: int = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Compress conversation messages by summarizing middle turns.
-
-        Algorithm:
-          1. Prune old tool results (cheap pre-pass, no LLM call)
-          2. Protect head messages (system prompt + first exchange)
-          3. Find tail boundary by token budget (~20K tokens of recent context)
-          4. Summarize middle turns with structured LLM prompt
-          5. On re-compression, iteratively update the previous summary
-
-        After compression, orphaned tool_call / tool_result pairs are cleaned
-        up so the API never receives mismatched IDs.
-        """
-        n_messages = len(messages)
-        if n_messages <= self.protect_first_n + self.protect_last_n + 1:
-            if not self.quiet_mode:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Cannot compress: only %d messages (need > %d)",
-                    n_messages,
-                    self.protect_first_n + self.protect_last_n + 1,
-                )
-            return messages
-
-        display_tokens = current_tokens if current_tokens else self.last_prompt_tokens or estimate_messages_tokens_rough(messages)
-
-        # Phase 1: Prune old tool results (cheap, no LLM call)
-        messages, pruned_count = self._prune_old_tool_results(
-            messages, protect_tail_count=self.protect_last_n * 3,
-        )
-        if pruned_count and not self.quiet_mode:
-            logger.info("Pre-compression: pruned %d old tool result(s)", pruned_count)
-
-        # Phase 2: Determine boundaries
-        compress_start = self.protect_first_n
-        compress_start = self._align_boundary_forward(messages, compress_start)
-
-        # Use token-budget tail protection instead of fixed message count
-        compress_end = self._find_tail_cut_by_tokens(messages, compress_start)
-
-        if compress_start >= compress_end:
-            return messages
-
-        turns_to_summarize = messages[compress_start:compress_end]
-
-        if not self.quiet_mode:
-            logger.info(
-                "Context compression triggered (%d tokens >= %d threshold)",
-                display_tokens,
-                self.threshold_tokens,
-            )
-            logger.info(
-                "Model context limit: %d tokens (%.0f%% = %d)",
-                self.context_length,
-                self.threshold_percent * 100,
-                self.threshold_tokens,
-            )
-            tail_msgs = n_messages - compress_end
-            logger.info(
-                "Summarizing turns %d-%d (%d turns), protecting %d head + %d tail messages",
-                compress_start + 1,
-                compress_end,
-                len(turns_to_summarize),
-                compress_start,
-                tail_msgs,
-            )
-
-        # Phase 3: Generate structured summary
-        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" 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)
-
-        _merge_summary_into_tail = False
-        if summary:
-            last_head_role = messages[compress_start - 1].get("role", "user") if compress_start > 0 else "user"
-            first_tail_role = messages[compress_end].get("role", "user") if compress_end < n_messages else "user"
-            # Pick a role that avoids consecutive same-role with both neighbors.
-            # Priority: avoid colliding with head (already committed), then tail.
-            if last_head_role in ("assistant", "tool"):
-                summary_role = "user"
-            else:
-                summary_role = "assistant"
-            # If the chosen role collides with the tail AND flipping wouldn't
-            # collide with the head, flip it.
-            if summary_role == first_tail_role:
-                flipped = "assistant" if summary_role == "user" else "user"
-                if flipped != last_head_role:
-                    summary_role = flipped
-                else:
-                    # Both roles would create consecutive same-role messages
-                    # (e.g. head=assistant, tail=user — neither role works).
-                    # Merge the summary into the first tail message instead
-                    # of inserting a standalone message that breaks alternation.
-                    _merge_summary_into_tail = True
-            if not _merge_summary_into_tail:
-                compressed.append({"role": summary_role, "content": summary})
-        else:
-            if not self.quiet_mode:
-                logger.warning("No summary model available — middle turns dropped without summary")
-
-        for i in range(compress_end, n_messages):
-            msg = messages[i].copy()
-            if _merge_summary_into_tail and i == compress_end:
-                original = msg.get("content") or ""
-                msg["content"] = summary + "\n\n" + original
-                _merge_summary_into_tail = False
-            compressed.append(msg)
-
-        self.compression_count += 1
-
-        compressed = self._sanitize_tool_pairs(compressed)
-
-        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)",
-                n_messages,
-                len(compressed),
-                saved_estimate,
-            )
-            logger.info("Compression #%d complete", self.compression_count)
-
-        return compressed

agent/models_dev.py

@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-"""Models.dev registry integration for provider-aware context length detection.
-
-Fetches model metadata from https://models.dev/api.json — a community-maintained
-database of 3800+ models across 100+ providers, including per-provider context
-windows, pricing, and capabilities.
-
-Data is cached in memory (1hr TTL) and on disk (~/.hermes/models_dev_cache.json)
-to avoid cold-start network latency.
-"""
-
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import time
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
-
-import requests
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-MODELS_DEV_URL = "https://models.dev/api.json"
-_MODELS_DEV_CACHE_TTL = 3600  # 1 hour in-memory
-
-# In-memory cache
-_models_dev_cache: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-_models_dev_cache_time: float = 0
-
-# Provider ID mapping: Hermes provider names → models.dev provider IDs
-PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV: Dict[str, str] = {
-    "openrouter": "openrouter",
-    "anthropic": "anthropic",
-    "zai": "zai",
-    "kimi-coding": "kimi-for-coding",
-    "minimax": "minimax",
-    "minimax-cn": "minimax-cn",
-    "deepseek": "deepseek",
-    "alibaba": "alibaba",
-    "copilot": "github-copilot",
-    "ai-gateway": "vercel",
-    "opencode-zen": "opencode",
-    "opencode-go": "opencode-go",
-    "kilocode": "kilo",
-}
-
-
-def _get_cache_path() -> Path:
-    """Return path to disk cache file."""
-    env_val = os.environ.get("HERMES_HOME", "")
-    hermes_home = Path(env_val) if env_val else Path.home() / ".hermes"
-    return hermes_home / "models_dev_cache.json"
-
-
-def _load_disk_cache() -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Load models.dev data from disk cache."""
-    try:
-        cache_path = _get_cache_path()
-        if cache_path.exists():
-            with open(cache_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                return json.load(f)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Failed to load models.dev disk cache: %s", e)
-    return {}
-
-
-def _save_disk_cache(data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    """Save models.dev data to disk cache."""
-    try:
-        cache_path = _get_cache_path()
-        cache_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        with open(cache_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            json.dump(data, f, separators=(",", ":"))
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Failed to save models.dev disk cache: %s", e)
-
-
-def fetch_models_dev(force_refresh: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Fetch models.dev registry. In-memory cache (1hr) + disk fallback.
-
-    Returns the full registry dict keyed by provider ID, or empty dict on failure.
-    """
-    global _models_dev_cache, _models_dev_cache_time
-
-    # Check in-memory cache
-    if (
-        not force_refresh
-        and _models_dev_cache
-        and (time.time() - _models_dev_cache_time) < _MODELS_DEV_CACHE_TTL
-    ):
-        return _models_dev_cache
-
-    # Try network fetch
-    try:
-        response = requests.get(MODELS_DEV_URL, timeout=15)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        data = response.json()
-        if isinstance(data, dict) and len(data) > 0:
-            _models_dev_cache = data
-            _models_dev_cache_time = time.time()
-            _save_disk_cache(data)
-            logger.debug(
-                "Fetched models.dev registry: %d providers, %d total models",
-                len(data),
-                sum(len(p.get("models", {})) for p in data.values() if isinstance(p, dict)),
-            )
-            return data
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Failed to fetch models.dev: %s", e)
-
-    # Fall back to disk cache — use a short TTL (5 min) so we retry
-    # the network fetch soon instead of serving stale data for a full hour.
-    if not _models_dev_cache:
-        _models_dev_cache = _load_disk_cache()
-        if _models_dev_cache:
-            _models_dev_cache_time = time.time() - _MODELS_DEV_CACHE_TTL + 300
-            logger.debug("Loaded models.dev from disk cache (%d providers)", len(_models_dev_cache))
-
-    return _models_dev_cache
-
-
-def lookup_models_dev_context(provider: str, model: str) -> Optional[int]:
-    """Look up context_length for a provider+model combo in models.dev.
-
-    Returns the context window in tokens, or None if not found.
-    Handles case-insensitive matching and filters out context=0 entries.
-    """
-    mdev_provider_id = PROVIDER_TO_MODELS_DEV.get(provider)
-    if not mdev_provider_id:
-        return None
-
-    data = fetch_models_dev()
-    provider_data = data.get(mdev_provider_id)
-    if not isinstance(provider_data, dict):
-        return None
-
-    models = provider_data.get("models", {})
-    if not isinstance(models, dict):
-        return None
-
-    # Exact match
-    entry = models.get(model)
-    if entry:
-        ctx = _extract_context(entry)
-        if ctx:
-            return ctx
-
-    # Case-insensitive match
-    model_lower = model.lower()
-    for mid, mdata in models.items():
-        if mid.lower() == model_lower:
-            ctx = _extract_context(mdata)
-            if ctx:
-                return ctx
-
-    return None
-
-
-def _extract_context(entry: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[int]:
-    """Extract context_length from a models.dev model entry.
-
-    Returns None for invalid/zero values (some audio/image models have context=0).
-    """
-    if not isinstance(entry, dict):
-        return None
-    limit = entry.get("limit")
-    if not isinstance(limit, dict):
-        return None
-    ctx = limit.get("context")
-    if isinstance(ctx, (int, float)) and ctx > 0:
-        return int(ctx)
-    return None

agent/prompt_builder.py

@@ -1,604 +0,0 @@
-"""System prompt assembly -- identity, platform hints, skills index, context files.
-
-All functions are stateless. AIAgent._build_system_prompt() calls these to
-assemble pieces, then combines them with memory and ephemeral prompts.
-"""
-
-import logging
-import os
-import re
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Context file scanning — detect prompt injection in AGENTS.md, .cursorrules,
-# SOUL.md before they get injected into the system prompt.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-_CONTEXT_THREAT_PATTERNS = [
-    (r'ignore\s+(previous|all|above|prior)\s+instructions', "prompt_injection"),
-    (r'do\s+not\s+tell\s+the\s+user', "deception_hide"),
-    (r'system\s+prompt\s+override', "sys_prompt_override"),
-    (r'disregard\s+(your|all|any)\s+(instructions|rules|guidelines)', "disregard_rules"),
-    (r'act\s+as\s+(if|though)\s+you\s+(have\s+no|don\'t\s+have)\s+(restrictions|limits|rules)', "bypass_restrictions"),
-    (r'<!--[^>]*(?:ignore|override|system|secret|hidden)[^>]*-->', "html_comment_injection"),
-    (r'<\s*div\s+style\s*=\s*["\'].*display\s*:\s*none', "hidden_div"),
-    (r'translate\s+.*\s+into\s+.*\s+and\s+(execute|run|eval)', "translate_execute"),
-    (r'curl\s+[^\n]*\$\{?\w*(KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|CREDENTIAL|API)', "exfil_curl"),
-    (r'cat\s+[^\n]*(\.env|credentials|\.netrc|\.pgpass)', "read_secrets"),
-]
-
-_CONTEXT_INVISIBLE_CHARS = {
-    '\u200b', '\u200c', '\u200d', '\u2060', '\ufeff',
-    '\u202a', '\u202b', '\u202c', '\u202d', '\u202e',
-}
-
-
-def _scan_context_content(content: str, filename: str) -> str:
-    """Scan context file content for injection. Returns sanitized content."""
-    findings = []
-
-    # Check invisible unicode
-    for char in _CONTEXT_INVISIBLE_CHARS:
-        if char in content:
-            findings.append(f"invisible unicode U+{ord(char):04X}")
-
-    # Check threat patterns
-    for pattern, pid in _CONTEXT_THREAT_PATTERNS:
-        if re.search(pattern, content, re.IGNORECASE):
-            findings.append(pid)
-
-    if findings:
-        logger.warning("Context file %s blocked: %s", filename, ", ".join(findings))
-        return f"[BLOCKED: {filename} contained potential prompt injection ({', '.join(findings)}). Content not loaded.]"
-
-    return content
-
-
-def _find_git_root(start: Path) -> Optional[Path]:
-    """Walk *start* and its parents looking for a ``.git`` directory.
-
-    Returns the directory containing ``.git``, or ``None`` if we hit the
-    filesystem root without finding one.
-    """
-    current = start.resolve()
-    for parent in [current, *current.parents]:
-        if (parent / ".git").exists():
-            return parent
-    return None
-
-
-_HERMES_MD_NAMES = (".hermes.md", "HERMES.md")
-
-
-def _find_hermes_md(cwd: Path) -> Optional[Path]:
-    """Discover the nearest ``.hermes.md`` or ``HERMES.md``.
-
-    Search order: *cwd* first, then each parent directory up to (and
-    including) the git repository root.  Returns the first match, or
-    ``None`` if nothing is found.
-    """
-    stop_at = _find_git_root(cwd)
-    current = cwd.resolve()
-
-    for directory in [current, *current.parents]:
-        for name in _HERMES_MD_NAMES:
-            candidate = directory / name
-            if candidate.is_file():
-                return candidate
-        # Stop walking at the git root (or filesystem root).
-        if stop_at and directory == stop_at:
-            break
-    return None
-
-
-def _strip_yaml_frontmatter(content: str) -> str:
-    """Remove optional YAML frontmatter (``---`` delimited) from *content*.
-
-    The frontmatter may contain structured config (model overrides, tool
-    settings) that will be handled separately in a future PR.  For now we
-    strip it so only the human-readable markdown body is injected into the
-    system prompt.
-    """
-    if content.startswith("---"):
-        end = content.find("\n---", 3)
-        if end != -1:
-            # Skip past the closing --- and any trailing newline
-            body = content[end + 4:].lstrip("\n")
-            return body if body else content
-    return content
-
-
-# =========================================================================
-# Constants
-# =========================================================================
-
-DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY = (
-    "You are Hermes Agent, an intelligent AI assistant created by Nous Research. "
-    "You are helpful, knowledgeable, and direct. You assist users with a wide "
-    "range of tasks including answering questions, writing and editing code, "
-    "analyzing information, creative work, and executing actions via your tools. "
-    "You communicate clearly, admit uncertainty when appropriate, and prioritize "
-    "being genuinely useful over being verbose unless otherwise directed below. "
-    "Be targeted and efficient in your exploration and investigations."
-)
-
-MEMORY_GUIDANCE = (
-    "You have persistent memory across sessions. Save durable facts using the memory "
-    "tool: user preferences, environment details, tool quirks, and stable conventions. "
-    "Memory is injected into every turn, so keep it compact and focused on facts that "
-    "will still matter later.\n"
-    "Prioritize what reduces future user steering — the most valuable memory is one "
-    "that prevents the user from having to correct or remind you again. "
-    "User preferences and recurring corrections matter more than procedural task details.\n"
-    "Do NOT save task progress, session outcomes, completed-work logs, or temporary TODO "
-    "state to memory; use session_search to recall those from past transcripts. "
-    "If you've discovered a new way to do something, solved a problem that could be "
-    "necessary later, save it as a skill with the skill tool."
-)
-
-SESSION_SEARCH_GUIDANCE = (
-    "When the user references something from a past conversation or you suspect "
-    "relevant cross-session context exists, use session_search to recall it before "
-    "asking them to repeat themselves."
-)
-
-SKILLS_GUIDANCE = (
-    "After completing a complex task (5+ tool calls), fixing a tricky error, "
-    "or discovering a non-trivial workflow, save the approach as a "
-    "skill with skill_manage so you can reuse it next time.\n"
-    "When using a skill and finding it outdated, incomplete, or wrong, "
-    "patch it immediately with skill_manage(action='patch') — don't wait to be asked. "
-    "Skills that aren't maintained become liabilities."
-)
-
-PLATFORM_HINTS = {
-    "whatsapp": (
-        "You are on a text messaging communication platform, WhatsApp. "
-        "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. The file "
-        "will be sent as a native WhatsApp attachment — images (.jpg, .png, "
-        ".webp) appear as photos, videos (.mp4, .mov) play inline, and other "
-        "files arrive as downloadable documents. You can also include image "
-        "URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as photos."
-    ),
-    "telegram": (
-        "You are on a text messaging communication platform, Telegram. "
-        "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 "
-        "bubbles, and videos (.mp4) play inline. You can also include image "
-        "URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as native photos."
-    ),
-    "discord": (
-        "You are in a Discord server or group chat communicating with your user. "
-        "You can send media files natively: include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file "
-        "in your response. Images (.png, .jpg, .webp) are sent as photo "
-        "attachments, audio as file attachments. You can also include image URLs "
-        "in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as attachments."
-    ),
-    "slack": (
-        "You are in a Slack workspace communicating with your user. "
-        "You can send media files natively: include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file "
-        "in your response. Images (.png, .jpg, .webp) are uploaded as photo "
-        "attachments, audio as file attachments. You can also include image URLs "
-        "in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be uploaded as attachments."
-    ),
-    "signal": (
-        "You are on a text messaging communication platform, Signal. "
-        "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 as attachments, and other "
-        "files arrive as downloadable documents. You can also include image "
-        "URLs in markdown format ![alt](url) and they will be sent as photos."
-    ),
-    "email": (
-        "You are communicating via email. Write clear, well-structured responses "
-        "suitable for email. Use plain text formatting (no markdown). "
-        "Keep responses concise but complete. You can send file attachments — "
-        "include MEDIA:/absolute/path/to/file in your response. The subject line "
-        "is preserved for threading. Do not include greetings or sign-offs unless "
-        "contextually appropriate."
-    ),
-    "cron": (
-        "You are running as a scheduled cron job. There is no user present — you "
-        "cannot ask questions, request clarification, or wait for follow-up. Execute "
-        "the task fully and autonomously, making reasonable decisions where needed. "
-        "Your final response is automatically delivered to the job's configured "
-        "destination — put the primary content directly in your response."
-    ),
-    "cli": (
-        "You are a CLI AI Agent. Try not to use markdown but simple text "
-        "renderable inside a terminal."
-    ),
-    "sms": (
-        "You are communicating via SMS. Keep responses concise and use plain text "
-        "only — no markdown, no formatting. SMS messages are limited to ~1600 "
-        "characters, so be brief and direct."
-    ),
-}
-
-CONTEXT_FILE_MAX_CHARS = 20_000
-CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_HEAD_RATIO = 0.7
-CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_TAIL_RATIO = 0.2
-
-
-# =========================================================================
-# Skills index
-# =========================================================================
-
-def _parse_skill_file(skill_file: Path) -> tuple[bool, dict, str]:
-    """Read a SKILL.md once and return platform compatibility, frontmatter, and description.
-
-    Returns (is_compatible, frontmatter, description). On any error, returns
-    (True, {}, "") to err on the side of showing the skill.
-    """
-    try:
-        from tools.skills_tool import _parse_frontmatter, skill_matches_platform
-
-        raw = skill_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")[:2000]
-        frontmatter, _ = _parse_frontmatter(raw)
-
-        if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter):
-            return False, {}, ""
-
-        desc = ""
-        raw_desc = frontmatter.get("description", "")
-        if raw_desc:
-            desc = str(raw_desc).strip().strip("'\"")
-            if len(desc) > 60:
-                desc = desc[:57] + "..."
-
-        return True, frontmatter, desc
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Failed to parse skill file %s: %s", skill_file, e)
-        return True, {}, ""
-
-
-def _read_skill_conditions(skill_file: Path) -> dict:
-    """Extract conditional activation fields from SKILL.md frontmatter."""
-    try:
-        from tools.skills_tool import _parse_frontmatter
-        raw = skill_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")[:2000]
-        frontmatter, _ = _parse_frontmatter(raw)
-        hermes = frontmatter.get("metadata", {}).get("hermes", {})
-        return {
-            "fallback_for_toolsets": hermes.get("fallback_for_toolsets", []),
-            "requires_toolsets": hermes.get("requires_toolsets", []),
-            "fallback_for_tools": hermes.get("fallback_for_tools", []),
-            "requires_tools": hermes.get("requires_tools", []),
-        }
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Failed to read skill conditions from %s: %s", skill_file, e)
-        return {}
-
-
-def _skill_should_show(
-    conditions: dict,
-    available_tools: "set[str] | None",
-    available_toolsets: "set[str] | None",
-) -> bool:
-    """Return False if the skill's conditional activation rules exclude it."""
-    if available_tools is None and available_toolsets is None:
-        return True  # No filtering info — show everything (backward compat)
-
-    at = available_tools or set()
-    ats = available_toolsets or set()
-
-    # fallback_for: hide when the primary tool/toolset IS available
-    for ts in conditions.get("fallback_for_toolsets", []):
-        if ts in ats:
-            return False
-    for t in conditions.get("fallback_for_tools", []):
-        if t in at:
-            return False
-
-    # requires: hide when a required tool/toolset is NOT available
-    for ts in conditions.get("requires_toolsets", []):
-        if ts not in ats:
-            return False
-    for t in conditions.get("requires_tools", []):
-        if t not in at:
-            return False
-
-    return True
-
-
-def build_skills_system_prompt(
-    available_tools: "set[str] | None" = None,
-    available_toolsets: "set[str] | None" = None,
-) -> str:
-    """Build a compact skill index for the system prompt.
-
-    Scans ~/.hermes/skills/ for SKILL.md files grouped by category.
-    Includes per-skill descriptions from frontmatter so the model can
-    match skills by meaning, not just name.
-    Filters out skills incompatible with the current OS platform.
-    """
-    hermes_home = Path(os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes"))
-    skills_dir = hermes_home / "skills"
-
-    if not skills_dir.exists():
-        return ""
-
-    # Collect skills with descriptions, grouped by category.
-    # Each entry: (skill_name, description)
-    # Supports sub-categories: skills/mlops/training/axolotl/SKILL.md
-    # -> category "mlops/training", skill "axolotl"
-    # Load disabled skill names once for the entire scan
-    try:
-        from tools.skills_tool import _get_disabled_skill_names
-        disabled = _get_disabled_skill_names()
-    except Exception:
-        disabled = set()
-
-    skills_by_category: dict[str, list[tuple[str, str]]] = {}
-    for skill_file in skills_dir.rglob("SKILL.md"):
-        is_compatible, frontmatter, desc = _parse_skill_file(skill_file)
-        if not is_compatible:
-            continue
-        rel_path = skill_file.relative_to(skills_dir)
-        parts = rel_path.parts
-        if len(parts) >= 2:
-            skill_name = parts[-2]
-            category = "/".join(parts[:-2]) if len(parts) > 2 else parts[0]
-        else:
-            category = "general"
-            skill_name = skill_file.parent.name
-        # Respect user's disabled skills config
-        fm_name = frontmatter.get("name", skill_name)
-        if fm_name in disabled or skill_name in disabled:
-            continue
-        # Skip skills whose conditional activation rules exclude them
-        conditions = _read_skill_conditions(skill_file)
-        if not _skill_should_show(conditions, available_tools, available_toolsets):
-            continue
-        skills_by_category.setdefault(category, []).append((skill_name, desc))
-
-    if not skills_by_category:
-        return ""
-
-    # Read category-level descriptions from DESCRIPTION.md
-    # Checks both the exact category path and parent directories
-    category_descriptions = {}
-    for category in skills_by_category:
-        cat_path = Path(category)
-        desc_file = skills_dir / cat_path / "DESCRIPTION.md"
-        if desc_file.exists():
-            try:
-                content = desc_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-                match = re.search(r"^---\s*\n.*?description:\s*(.+?)\s*\n.*?^---", content, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
-                if match:
-                    category_descriptions[category] = match.group(1).strip()
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug("Could not read skill description %s: %s", desc_file, e)
-
-    index_lines = []
-    for category in sorted(skills_by_category.keys()):
-        cat_desc = category_descriptions.get(category, "")
-        if cat_desc:
-            index_lines.append(f"  {category}: {cat_desc}")
-        else:
-            index_lines.append(f"  {category}:")
-        # Deduplicate and sort skills within each category
-        seen = set()
-        for name, desc in sorted(skills_by_category[category], key=lambda x: x[0]):
-            if name in seen:
-                continue
-            seen.add(name)
-            if desc:
-                index_lines.append(f"    - {name}: {desc}")
-            else:
-                index_lines.append(f"    - {name}")
-
-    return (
-        "## Skills (mandatory)\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 "
-        "pitfalls you discovered, update it before finishing.\n"
-        "\n"
-        "<available_skills>\n"
-        + "\n".join(index_lines) + "\n"
-        "</available_skills>\n"
-        "\n"
-        "If none match, proceed normally without loading a skill."
-    )
-
-
-# =========================================================================
-# Context files (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, .cursorrules)
-# =========================================================================
-
-def _truncate_content(content: str, filename: str, max_chars: int = CONTEXT_FILE_MAX_CHARS) -> str:
-    """Head/tail truncation with a marker in the middle."""
-    if len(content) <= max_chars:
-        return content
-    head_chars = int(max_chars * CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_HEAD_RATIO)
-    tail_chars = int(max_chars * CONTEXT_TRUNCATE_TAIL_RATIO)
-    head = content[:head_chars]
-    tail = content[-tail_chars:]
-    marker = f"\n\n[...truncated {filename}: kept {head_chars}+{tail_chars} of {len(content)} chars. Use file tools to read the full file.]\n\n"
-    return head + marker + tail
-
-
-def load_soul_md() -> Optional[str]:
-    """Load SOUL.md from HERMES_HOME and return its content, or None.
-
-    Used as the agent identity (slot #1 in the system prompt).  When this
-    returns content, ``build_context_files_prompt`` should be called with
-    ``skip_soul=True`` so SOUL.md isn't injected twice.
-    """
-    try:
-        from hermes_cli.config import ensure_hermes_home
-        ensure_hermes_home()
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Could not ensure HERMES_HOME before loading SOUL.md: %s", e)
-
-    soul_path = Path(os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes")) / "SOUL.md"
-    if not soul_path.exists():
-        return None
-    try:
-        content = soul_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-        if not content:
-            return None
-        content = _scan_context_content(content, "SOUL.md")
-        content = _truncate_content(content, "SOUL.md")
-        return content
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Could not read SOUL.md from %s: %s", soul_path, e)
-        return None
-
-
-def _load_hermes_md(cwd_path: Path) -> str:
-    """.hermes.md / HERMES.md — walk to git root."""
-    hermes_md_path = _find_hermes_md(cwd_path)
-    if not hermes_md_path:
-        return ""
-    try:
-        content = hermes_md_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-        if not content:
-            return ""
-        content = _strip_yaml_frontmatter(content)
-        rel = hermes_md_path.name
-        try:
-            rel = str(hermes_md_path.relative_to(cwd_path))
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        content = _scan_context_content(content, rel)
-        result = f"## {rel}\n\n{content}"
-        return _truncate_content(result, ".hermes.md")
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Could not read %s: %s", hermes_md_path, e)
-        return ""
-
-
-def _load_agents_md(cwd_path: Path) -> str:
-    """AGENTS.md — hierarchical, recursive directory walk."""
-    top_level_agents = None
-    for name in ["AGENTS.md", "agents.md"]:
-        candidate = cwd_path / name
-        if candidate.exists():
-            top_level_agents = candidate
-            break
-
-    if not top_level_agents:
-        return ""
-
-    agents_files = []
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(cwd_path):
-        dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if not d.startswith('.') and d not in ('node_modules', '__pycache__', 'venv', '.venv')]
-        for f in files:
-            if f.lower() == "agents.md":
-                agents_files.append(Path(root) / f)
-    agents_files.sort(key=lambda p: len(p.parts))
-
-    total_content = ""
-    for agents_path in agents_files:
-        try:
-            content = agents_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-            if content:
-                rel_path = agents_path.relative_to(cwd_path)
-                content = _scan_context_content(content, str(rel_path))
-                total_content += f"## {rel_path}\n\n{content}\n\n"
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug("Could not read %s: %s", agents_path, e)
-
-    if not total_content:
-        return ""
-    return _truncate_content(total_content, "AGENTS.md")
-
-
-def _load_claude_md(cwd_path: Path) -> str:
-    """CLAUDE.md / claude.md — cwd only."""
-    for name in ["CLAUDE.md", "claude.md"]:
-        candidate = cwd_path / name
-        if candidate.exists():
-            try:
-                content = candidate.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-                if content:
-                    content = _scan_context_content(content, name)
-                    result = f"## {name}\n\n{content}"
-                    return _truncate_content(result, "CLAUDE.md")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug("Could not read %s: %s", candidate, e)
-    return ""
-
-
-def _load_cursorrules(cwd_path: Path) -> str:
-    """.cursorrules + .cursor/rules/*.mdc — cwd only."""
-    cursorrules_content = ""
-    cursorrules_file = cwd_path / ".cursorrules"
-    if cursorrules_file.exists():
-        try:
-            content = cursorrules_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-            if content:
-                content = _scan_context_content(content, ".cursorrules")
-                cursorrules_content += f"## .cursorrules\n\n{content}\n\n"
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug("Could not read .cursorrules: %s", e)
-
-    cursor_rules_dir = cwd_path / ".cursor" / "rules"
-    if cursor_rules_dir.exists() and cursor_rules_dir.is_dir():
-        mdc_files = sorted(cursor_rules_dir.glob("*.mdc"))
-        for mdc_file in mdc_files:
-            try:
-                content = mdc_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
-                if content:
-                    content = _scan_context_content(content, f".cursor/rules/{mdc_file.name}")
-                    cursorrules_content += f"## .cursor/rules/{mdc_file.name}\n\n{content}\n\n"
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug("Could not read %s: %s", mdc_file, e)
-
-    if not cursorrules_content:
-        return ""
-    return _truncate_content(cursorrules_content, ".cursorrules")
-
-
-def build_context_files_prompt(cwd: Optional[str] = None, skip_soul: bool = False) -> str:
-    """Discover and load context files for the system prompt.
-
-    Priority (first found wins — only ONE project context type is loaded):
-      1. .hermes.md / HERMES.md  (walk to git root)
-      2. AGENTS.md / agents.md   (recursive directory walk)
-      3. CLAUDE.md / claude.md   (cwd only)
-      4. .cursorrules / .cursor/rules/*.mdc  (cwd only)
-
-    SOUL.md from HERMES_HOME is independent and always included when present.
-    Each context source is capped at 20,000 chars.
-
-    When *skip_soul* is True, SOUL.md is not included here (it was already
-    loaded via ``load_soul_md()`` for the identity slot).
-    """
-    if cwd is None:
-        cwd = os.getcwd()
-
-    cwd_path = Path(cwd).resolve()
-    sections = []
-
-    # Priority-based project context: first match wins
-    project_context = (
-        _load_hermes_md(cwd_path)
-        or _load_agents_md(cwd_path)
-        or _load_claude_md(cwd_path)
-        or _load_cursorrules(cwd_path)
-    )
-    if project_context:
-        sections.append(project_context)
-
-    # SOUL.md from HERMES_HOME only — skip when already loaded as identity
-    if not skip_soul:
-        soul_content = load_soul_md()
-        if soul_content:
-            sections.append(soul_content)
-
-    if not sections:
-        return ""
-    return "# Project Context\n\nThe following project context files have been loaded and should be followed:\n\n" + "\n".join(sections)

agent/redact.py

@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-"""Regex-based secret redaction for logs and tool output.
-
-Applies pattern matching to mask API keys, tokens, and credentials
-before they reach log files, verbose output, or gateway logs.
-
-Short tokens (< 18 chars) are fully masked. Longer tokens preserve
-the first 6 and last 4 characters for debuggability.
-"""
-
-import logging
-import os
-import re
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Known API key prefixes -- match the prefix + contiguous token chars
-_PREFIX_PATTERNS = [
-    r"sk-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}",           # OpenAI / OpenRouter / Anthropic (sk-ant-*)
-    r"ghp_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",            # GitHub PAT (classic)
-    r"github_pat_[A-Za-z0-9_]{10,}",    # GitHub PAT (fine-grained)
-    r"xox[baprs]-[A-Za-z0-9-]{10,}",    # Slack tokens
-    r"AIza[A-Za-z0-9_-]{30,}",          # Google API keys
-    r"pplx-[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",           # Perplexity
-    r"fal_[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}",          # Fal.ai
-    r"fc-[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",             # Firecrawl
-    r"bb_live_[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}",      # BrowserBase
-    r"gAAAA[A-Za-z0-9_=-]{20,}",        # Codex encrypted tokens
-    r"AKIA[A-Z0-9]{16}",                # AWS Access Key ID
-    r"sk_live_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",        # Stripe secret key (live)
-    r"sk_test_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",        # Stripe secret key (test)
-    r"rk_live_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",        # Stripe restricted key
-    r"SG\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}",          # SendGrid API key
-    r"hf_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",             # HuggingFace token
-    r"r8_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",             # Replicate API token
-    r"npm_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",            # npm access token
-    r"pypi-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}",         # PyPI API token
-    r"dop_v1_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",         # DigitalOcean PAT
-    r"doo_v1_[A-Za-z0-9]{10,}",         # DigitalOcean OAuth
-    r"am_[A-Za-z0-9_-]{10,}",           # AgentMail API key
-]
-
-# ENV assignment patterns: KEY=value where KEY contains a secret-like name
-_SECRET_ENV_NAMES = r"(?:API_?KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASSWD|CREDENTIAL|AUTH)"
-_ENV_ASSIGN_RE = re.compile(
-    rf"([A-Z_]*{_SECRET_ENV_NAMES}[A-Z_]*)\s*=\s*(['\"]?)(\S+)\2",
-    re.IGNORECASE,
-)
-
-# JSON field patterns: "apiKey": "value", "token": "value", etc.
-_JSON_KEY_NAMES = r"(?:api_?[Kk]ey|token|secret|password|access_token|refresh_token|auth_token|bearer|secret_value|raw_secret|secret_input|key_material)"
-_JSON_FIELD_RE = re.compile(
-    rf'("{_JSON_KEY_NAMES}")\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"',
-    re.IGNORECASE,
-)
-
-# Authorization headers
-_AUTH_HEADER_RE = re.compile(
-    r"(Authorization:\s*Bearer\s+)(\S+)",
-    re.IGNORECASE,
-)
-
-# Telegram bot tokens: bot<digits>:<token> or <digits>:<token>,
-# where token part is restricted to [-A-Za-z0-9_] and length >= 30
-_TELEGRAM_RE = re.compile(
-    r"(bot)?(\d{8,}):([-A-Za-z0-9_]{30,})",
-)
-
-# Private key blocks: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- ... -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-_PRIVATE_KEY_RE = re.compile(
-    r"-----BEGIN[A-Z ]*PRIVATE KEY-----[\s\S]*?-----END[A-Z ]*PRIVATE KEY-----"
-)
-
-# Database connection strings: protocol://user:PASSWORD@host
-# Catches postgres, mysql, mongodb, redis, amqp URLs and redacts the password
-_DB_CONNSTR_RE = re.compile(
-    r"((?:postgres(?:ql)?|mysql|mongodb(?:\+srv)?|redis|amqp)://[^:]+:)([^@]+)(@)",
-    re.IGNORECASE,
-)
-
-# 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])")
-
-# Compile known prefix patterns into one alternation
-_PREFIX_RE = re.compile(
-    r"(?<![A-Za-z0-9_-])(" + "|".join(_PREFIX_PATTERNS) + r")(?![A-Za-z0-9_-])"
-)
-
-
-def _mask_token(token: str) -> str:
-    """Mask a token, preserving prefix for long tokens."""
-    if len(token) < 18:
-        return "***"
-    return f"{token[:6]}...{token[-4:]}"
-
-
-def redact_sensitive_text(text: str) -> str:
-    """Apply all redaction patterns to a block of text.
-
-    Safe to call on any string -- non-matching text passes through unchanged.
-    Disabled when security.redact_secrets is false in config.yaml.
-    """
-    if text is None:
-        return None
-    if not isinstance(text, str):
-        text = str(text)
-    if not text:
-        return text
-    if os.getenv("HERMES_REDACT_SECRETS", "").lower() in ("0", "false", "no", "off"):
-        return text
-
-    # Known prefixes (sk-, ghp_, etc.)
-    text = _PREFIX_RE.sub(lambda m: _mask_token(m.group(1)), text)
-
-    # ENV assignments: OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-abc...
-    def _redact_env(m):
-        name, quote, value = m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3)
-        return f"{name}={quote}{_mask_token(value)}{quote}"
-    text = _ENV_ASSIGN_RE.sub(_redact_env, text)
-
-    # JSON fields: "apiKey": "value"
-    def _redact_json(m):
-        key, value = m.group(1), m.group(2)
-        return f'{key}: "{_mask_token(value)}"'
-    text = _JSON_FIELD_RE.sub(_redact_json, text)
-
-    # Authorization headers
-    text = _AUTH_HEADER_RE.sub(
-        lambda m: m.group(1) + _mask_token(m.group(2)),
-        text,
-    )
-
-    # Telegram bot tokens
-    def _redact_telegram(m):
-        prefix = m.group(1) or ""
-        digits = m.group(2)
-        return f"{prefix}{digits}:***"
-    text = _TELEGRAM_RE.sub(_redact_telegram, text)
-
-    # Private key blocks
-    text = _PRIVATE_KEY_RE.sub("[REDACTED PRIVATE KEY]", text)
-
-    # Database connection string passwords
-    text = _DB_CONNSTR_RE.sub(lambda m: f"{m.group(1)}***{m.group(3)}", text)
-
-    # E.164 phone numbers (Signal, WhatsApp)
-    def _redact_phone(m):
-        phone = m.group(1)
-        if len(phone) <= 8:
-            return phone[:2] + "****" + phone[-2:]
-        return phone[:4] + "****" + phone[-4:]
-    text = _SIGNAL_PHONE_RE.sub(_redact_phone, text)
-
-    return text
-
-
-class RedactingFormatter(logging.Formatter):
-    """Log formatter that redacts secrets from all log messages."""
-
-    def __init__(self, fmt=None, datefmt=None, style='%', **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(fmt, datefmt, style, **kwargs)
-
-    def format(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> str:
-        original = super().format(record)
-        return redact_sensitive_text(original)

agent/skill_commands.py

@@ -1,282 +0,0 @@
-"""Shared slash command helpers for skills and built-in prompt-style modes.
-
-Shared between CLI (cli.py) and gateway (gateway/run.py) so both surfaces
-can invoke skills via /skill-name commands and prompt-only built-ins like
-/plan.
-"""
-
-import json
-import logging
-import re
-from datetime import datetime
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-_skill_commands: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
-_PLAN_SLUG_RE = re.compile(r"[^a-z0-9]+")
-
-
-def build_plan_path(
-    user_instruction: str = "",
-    *,
-    now: datetime | None = None,
-) -> Path:
-    """Return the default workspace-relative markdown path for a /plan invocation.
-
-    Relative paths are intentional: file tools are task/backend-aware and resolve
-    them against the active working directory for local, docker, ssh, modal,
-    daytona, and similar terminal backends. That keeps the plan with the active
-    workspace instead of the Hermes host's global home directory.
-    """
-    slug_source = (user_instruction or "").strip().splitlines()[0] if user_instruction else ""
-    slug = _PLAN_SLUG_RE.sub("-", slug_source.lower()).strip("-")
-    if slug:
-        slug = "-".join(part for part in slug.split("-")[:8] if part)[:48].strip("-")
-    slug = slug or "conversation-plan"
-    timestamp = (now or datetime.now()).strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S")
-    return Path(".hermes") / "plans" / f"{timestamp}-{slug}.md"
-
-
-def _load_skill_payload(skill_identifier: str, task_id: str | None = None) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], Path | None, str] | None:
-    """Load a skill by name/path and return (loaded_payload, skill_dir, display_name)."""
-    raw_identifier = (skill_identifier or "").strip()
-    if not raw_identifier:
-        return None
-
-    try:
-        from tools.skills_tool import SKILLS_DIR, skill_view
-
-        identifier_path = Path(raw_identifier).expanduser()
-        if identifier_path.is_absolute():
-            try:
-                normalized = str(identifier_path.resolve().relative_to(SKILLS_DIR.resolve()))
-            except Exception:
-                normalized = raw_identifier
-        else:
-            normalized = raw_identifier.lstrip("/")
-
-        loaded_skill = json.loads(skill_view(normalized, task_id=task_id))
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-
-    if not loaded_skill.get("success"):
-        return None
-
-    skill_name = str(loaded_skill.get("name") or normalized)
-    skill_path = str(loaded_skill.get("path") or "")
-    skill_dir = None
-    if skill_path:
-        try:
-            skill_dir = SKILLS_DIR / Path(skill_path).parent
-        except Exception:
-            skill_dir = None
-
-    return loaded_skill, skill_dir, skill_name
-
-
-def _build_skill_message(
-    loaded_skill: dict[str, Any],
-    skill_dir: Path | None,
-    activation_note: str,
-    user_instruction: str = "",
-    runtime_note: str = "",
-) -> str:
-    """Format a loaded skill into a user/system message payload."""
-    from tools.skills_tool import SKILLS_DIR
-
-    content = str(loaded_skill.get("content") or "")
-
-    parts = [activation_note, "", content.strip()]
-
-    if loaded_skill.get("setup_skipped"):
-        parts.extend(
-            [
-                "",
-                "[Skill setup note: Required environment setup was skipped. Continue loading the skill and explain any reduced functionality if it matters.]",
-            ]
-        )
-    elif loaded_skill.get("gateway_setup_hint"):
-        parts.extend(
-            [
-                "",
-                f"[Skill setup note: {loaded_skill['gateway_setup_hint']}]",
-            ]
-        )
-    elif loaded_skill.get("setup_needed") and loaded_skill.get("setup_note"):
-        parts.extend(
-            [
-                "",
-                f"[Skill setup note: {loaded_skill['setup_note']}]",
-            ]
-        )
-
-    supporting = []
-    linked_files = loaded_skill.get("linked_files") or {}
-    for entries in linked_files.values():
-        if isinstance(entries, list):
-            supporting.extend(entries)
-
-    if not supporting and skill_dir:
-        for subdir in ("references", "templates", "scripts", "assets"):
-            subdir_path = skill_dir / subdir
-            if subdir_path.exists():
-                for f in sorted(subdir_path.rglob("*")):
-                    if f.is_file():
-                        rel = str(f.relative_to(skill_dir))
-                        supporting.append(rel)
-
-    if supporting and skill_dir:
-        skill_view_target = str(skill_dir.relative_to(SKILLS_DIR))
-        parts.append("")
-        parts.append("[This skill has supporting files you can load with the skill_view tool:]")
-        for sf in supporting:
-            parts.append(f"- {sf}")
-        parts.append(
-            f'\nTo view any of these, use: skill_view(name="{skill_view_target}", file_path="<path>")'
-        )
-
-    if user_instruction:
-        parts.append("")
-        parts.append(f"The user has provided the following instruction alongside the skill invocation: {user_instruction}")
-
-    if runtime_note:
-        parts.append("")
-        parts.append(f"[Runtime note: {runtime_note}]")
-
-    return "\n".join(parts)
-
-
-def scan_skill_commands() -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Scan ~/.hermes/skills/ and return a mapping of /command -> skill info.
-
-    Returns:
-        Dict mapping "/skill-name" to {name, description, skill_md_path, skill_dir}.
-    """
-    global _skill_commands
-    _skill_commands = {}
-    try:
-        from tools.skills_tool import SKILLS_DIR, _parse_frontmatter, skill_matches_platform, _get_disabled_skill_names
-        if not SKILLS_DIR.exists():
-            return _skill_commands
-        disabled = _get_disabled_skill_names()
-        for skill_md in SKILLS_DIR.rglob("SKILL.md"):
-            if any(part in ('.git', '.github', '.hub') for part in skill_md.parts):
-                continue
-            try:
-                content = skill_md.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
-                frontmatter, body = _parse_frontmatter(content)
-                # Skip skills incompatible with the current OS platform
-                if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter):
-                    continue
-                name = frontmatter.get('name', skill_md.parent.name)
-                # Respect user's disabled skills config
-                if name in disabled:
-                    continue
-                description = frontmatter.get('description', '')
-                if not description:
-                    for line in body.strip().split('\n'):
-                        line = line.strip()
-                        if line and not line.startswith('#'):
-                            description = line[:80]
-                            break
-                cmd_name = name.lower().replace(' ', '-').replace('_', '-')
-                _skill_commands[f"/{cmd_name}"] = {
-                    "name": name,
-                    "description": description or f"Invoke the {name} skill",
-                    "skill_md_path": str(skill_md),
-                    "skill_dir": str(skill_md.parent),
-                }
-            except Exception:
-                continue
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-    return _skill_commands
-
-
-def get_skill_commands() -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Return the current skill commands mapping (scan first if empty)."""
-    if not _skill_commands:
-        scan_skill_commands()
-    return _skill_commands
-
-
-def build_skill_invocation_message(
-    cmd_key: str,
-    user_instruction: str = "",
-    task_id: str | None = None,
-    runtime_note: str = "",
-) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Build the user message content for a skill slash command invocation.
-
-    Args:
-        cmd_key: The command key including leading slash (e.g., "/gif-search").
-        user_instruction: Optional text the user typed after the command.
-
-    Returns:
-        The formatted message string, or None if the skill wasn't found.
-    """
-    commands = get_skill_commands()
-    skill_info = commands.get(cmd_key)
-    if not skill_info:
-        return None
-
-    loaded = _load_skill_payload(skill_info["skill_dir"], task_id=task_id)
-    if not loaded:
-        return f"[Failed to load skill: {skill_info['name']}]"
-
-    loaded_skill, skill_dir, skill_name = loaded
-    activation_note = (
-        f'[SYSTEM: The user has invoked the "{skill_name}" skill, indicating they want '
-        "you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.]"
-    )
-    return _build_skill_message(
-        loaded_skill,
-        skill_dir,
-        activation_note,
-        user_instruction=user_instruction,
-        runtime_note=runtime_note,
-    )
-
-
-def build_preloaded_skills_prompt(
-    skill_identifiers: list[str],
-    task_id: str | None = None,
-) -> tuple[str, list[str], list[str]]:
-    """Load one or more skills for session-wide CLI preloading.
-
-    Returns (prompt_text, loaded_skill_names, missing_identifiers).
-    """
-    prompt_parts: list[str] = []
-    loaded_names: list[str] = []
-    missing: list[str] = []
-
-    seen: set[str] = set()
-    for raw_identifier in skill_identifiers:
-        identifier = (raw_identifier or "").strip()
-        if not identifier or identifier in seen:
-            continue
-        seen.add(identifier)
-
-        loaded = _load_skill_payload(identifier, task_id=task_id)
-        if not loaded:
-            missing.append(identifier)
-            continue
-
-        loaded_skill, skill_dir, skill_name = loaded
-        activation_note = (
-            f'[SYSTEM: The user launched this CLI session with the "{skill_name}" skill '
-            "preloaded. Treat its instructions as active guidance for the duration of this "
-            "session unless the user overrides them.]"
-        )
-        prompt_parts.append(
-            _build_skill_message(
-                loaded_skill,
-                skill_dir,
-                activation_note,
-            )
-        )
-        loaded_names.append(skill_name)
-
-    return "\n\n".join(prompt_parts), loaded_names, missing

agent/smart_model_routing.py

@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-"""Helpers for optional cheap-vs-strong model routing."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import os
-import re
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
-
-_COMPLEX_KEYWORDS = {
-    "debug",
-    "debugging",
-    "implement",
-    "implementation",
-    "refactor",
-    "patch",
-    "traceback",
-    "stacktrace",
-    "exception",
-    "error",
-    "analyze",
-    "analysis",
-    "investigate",
-    "architecture",
-    "design",
-    "compare",
-    "benchmark",
-    "optimize",
-    "optimise",
-    "review",
-    "terminal",
-    "shell",
-    "tool",
-    "tools",
-    "pytest",
-    "test",
-    "tests",
-    "plan",
-    "planning",
-    "delegate",
-    "subagent",
-    "cron",
-    "docker",
-    "kubernetes",
-}
-
-_URL_RE = re.compile(r"https?://|www\.", re.IGNORECASE)
-
-
-def _coerce_bool(value: Any, default: bool = False) -> bool:
-    if value is None:
-        return default
-    if isinstance(value, bool):
-        return value
-    if isinstance(value, str):
-        return value.strip().lower() in {"1", "true", "yes", "on"}
-    return bool(value)
-
-
-def _coerce_int(value: Any, default: int) -> int:
-    try:
-        return int(value)
-    except (TypeError, ValueError):
-        return default
-
-
-def choose_cheap_model_route(user_message: str, routing_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Return the configured cheap-model route when a message looks simple.
-
-    Conservative by design: if the message has signs of code/tool/debugging/
-    long-form work, keep the primary model.
-    """
-    cfg = routing_config or {}
-    if not _coerce_bool(cfg.get("enabled"), False):
-        return None
-
-    cheap_model = cfg.get("cheap_model") or {}
-    if not isinstance(cheap_model, dict):
-        return None
-    provider = str(cheap_model.get("provider") or "").strip().lower()
-    model = str(cheap_model.get("model") or "").strip()
-    if not provider or not model:
-        return None
-
-    text = (user_message or "").strip()
-    if not text:
-        return None
-
-    max_chars = _coerce_int(cfg.get("max_simple_chars"), 160)
-    max_words = _coerce_int(cfg.get("max_simple_words"), 28)
-
-    if len(text) > max_chars:
-        return None
-    if len(text.split()) > max_words:
-        return None
-    if text.count("\n") > 1:
-        return None
-    if "```" in text or "`" in text:
-        return None
-    if _URL_RE.search(text):
-        return None
-
-    lowered = text.lower()
-    words = {token.strip(".,:;!?()[]{}\"'`") for token in lowered.split()}
-    if words & _COMPLEX_KEYWORDS:
-        return None
-
-    route = dict(cheap_model)
-    route["provider"] = provider
-    route["model"] = model
-    route["routing_reason"] = "simple_turn"
-    return route
-
-
-def resolve_turn_route(user_message: str, routing_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]], primary: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """Resolve the effective model/runtime for one turn.
-
-    Returns a dict with model/runtime/signature/label fields.
-    """
-    route = choose_cheap_model_route(user_message, routing_config)
-    if not route:
-        return {
-            "model": primary.get("model"),
-            "runtime": {
-                "api_key": primary.get("api_key"),
-                "base_url": primary.get("base_url"),
-                "provider": primary.get("provider"),
-                "api_mode": primary.get("api_mode"),
-                "command": primary.get("command"),
-                "args": list(primary.get("args") or []),
-            },
-            "label": None,
-            "signature": (
-                primary.get("model"),
-                primary.get("provider"),
-                primary.get("base_url"),
-                primary.get("api_mode"),
-                primary.get("command"),
-                tuple(primary.get("args") or ()),
-            ),
-        }
-
-    from hermes_cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
-
-    explicit_api_key = None
-    api_key_env = str(route.get("api_key_env") or "").strip()
-    if api_key_env:
-        explicit_api_key = os.getenv(api_key_env) or None
-
-    try:
-        runtime = resolve_runtime_provider(
-            requested=route.get("provider"),
-            explicit_api_key=explicit_api_key,
-            explicit_base_url=route.get("base_url"),
-        )
-    except Exception:
-        return {
-            "model": primary.get("model"),
-            "runtime": {
-                "api_key": primary.get("api_key"),
-                "base_url": primary.get("base_url"),
-                "provider": primary.get("provider"),
-                "api_mode": primary.get("api_mode"),
-                "command": primary.get("command"),
-                "args": list(primary.get("args") or []),
-            },
-            "label": None,
-            "signature": (
-                primary.get("model"),
-                primary.get("provider"),
-                primary.get("base_url"),
-                primary.get("api_mode"),
-                primary.get("command"),
-                tuple(primary.get("args") or ()),
-            ),
-        }
-
-    return {
-        "model": route.get("model"),
-        "runtime": {
-            "api_key": runtime.get("api_key"),
-            "base_url": runtime.get("base_url"),
-            "provider": runtime.get("provider"),
-            "api_mode": runtime.get("api_mode"),
-            "command": runtime.get("command"),
-            "args": list(runtime.get("args") or []),
-        },
-        "label": f"smart route → {route.get('model')} ({runtime.get('provider')})",
-        "signature": (
-            route.get("model"),
-            runtime.get("provider"),
-            runtime.get("base_url"),
-            runtime.get("api_mode"),
-            runtime.get("command"),
-            tuple(runtime.get("args") or ()),
-        ),
-    }

cli-config.yaml.example

@@ -7,17 +7,38 @@
 # =============================================================================
 model:
   # Default model to use (can be overridden with --model flag)
+  # Both "default" and "model" work as the key name here.
   default: "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6"
   
   # Inference provider selection:
-  #   "auto"       - Use Nous Portal if logged in, otherwise OpenRouter/env vars (default)
-  #   "nous-api"   - Use Nous Portal via API key (requires: NOUS_API_KEY)
-  #   "openrouter" - Always use OpenRouter API key from OPENROUTER_API_KEY
-  #   "nous"       - Always use Nous Portal (requires: hermes login)
-  #   "zai"        - Use z.ai / ZhipuAI GLM models (requires: GLM_API_KEY)
-  #   "kimi-coding"- Use Kimi / Moonshot AI models (requires: KIMI_API_KEY)
-  #   "minimax"    - Use MiniMax global endpoint (requires: MINIMAX_API_KEY)
-  #   "minimax-cn" - Use MiniMax China endpoint (requires: MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY)
+  #   "auto"         - Auto-detect from credentials (default)
+  #   "openrouter"   - OpenRouter (requires: OPENROUTER_API_KEY or OPENAI_API_KEY)
+  #   "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)
+  #   "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)
+  #   "kimi-coding"  - Kimi / Moonshot AI (requires: KIMI_API_KEY)
+  #   "minimax"      - MiniMax global (requires: MINIMAX_API_KEY)
+  #   "minimax-cn"   - MiniMax China (requires: MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY)
+  #   "huggingface"  - Hugging Face Inference (requires: HF_TOKEN)
+  #   "nvidia"       - NVIDIA NIM / build.nvidia.com (requires: NVIDIA_API_KEY)
+  #   "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)
+  #
+  # Local servers (LM Studio, Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp):
+  #   "custom"       - Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Set base_url below.
+  #   Aliases: "lmstudio", "ollama", "vllm", "llamacpp" all map to "custom".
+  #   Example for LM Studio:
+  #     provider: "lmstudio"
+  #     base_url: "http://localhost:1234/v1"
+  #   No API key needed — local servers typically ignore auth.
+  #
   # Can also be overridden with --provider flag or HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER env var.
   provider: "auto"
   
@@ -25,6 +46,56 @@ model:
   # api_key: "your-key-here"  # Uncomment to set here instead of .env
   base_url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
 
+  # ── Token limits — two settings, easy to confuse ──────────────────────────
+  #
+  # context_length: TOTAL context window (input + output tokens combined).
+  #   Controls when Hermes compresses history and validates requests.
+  #   Leave unset — Hermes auto-detects the correct value from the provider.
+  #   Set manually only when auto-detection is wrong (e.g. a local server with
+  #   a custom num_ctx, or a proxy that doesn't expose /v1/models).
+  #
+  # context_length: 131072
+  #
+  # max_tokens: OUTPUT cap — maximum tokens the model may generate per response.
+  #   Unrelated to how long your conversation history can be.
+  #   The OpenAI-standard name "max_tokens" is a misnomer; Anthropic's native
+  #   API has since renamed it "max_output_tokens" for clarity.
+  #   Leave unset to use the model's native output ceiling (recommended).
+  #   Set only if you want to deliberately limit individual response length.
+  #
+# max_tokens: 8192
+
+# Named provider overrides (optional)
+# Use this for per-provider request timeouts, non-stream stale timeouts,
+# and per-model exceptions.
+# Applies to the primary turn client on every api_mode (OpenAI-wire, native
+# Anthropic, and Anthropic-compatible providers), the fallback chain, and
+# client rebuilds during credential rotation.  For OpenAI-wire chat
+# completions (streaming and non-streaming) the configured value is also
+# used as the per-request ``timeout=`` kwarg so it wins over the legacy
+# HERMES_API_TIMEOUT env var (which still applies when no config is set).
+# ``stale_timeout_seconds`` controls the non-streaming stale-call detector and
+# wins over the legacy HERMES_API_CALL_STALE_TIMEOUT env var. Leaving these
+# unset keeps the legacy defaults (HERMES_API_TIMEOUT=1800s,
+# HERMES_API_CALL_STALE_TIMEOUT=300s, native Anthropic 900s).
+#
+# Not currently wired for AWS Bedrock (bedrock_converse + AnthropicBedrock
+# SDK paths) — those use boto3 with its own timeout configuration.
+#
+# providers:
+#   ollama-local:
+#     request_timeout_seconds: 300   # Longer timeout for local cold-starts
+#     stale_timeout_seconds: 900     # Explicitly re-enable stale detection on local endpoints
+#   anthropic:
+#     request_timeout_seconds: 30    # Fast-fail cloud requests
+#     models:
+#       claude-opus-4.6:
+#         timeout_seconds: 600       # Longer timeout for extended-thinking Opus calls
+#   openai-codex:
+#     models:
+#       gpt-5.4:
+#         stale_timeout_seconds: 1800  # Longer non-stream stale timeout for slow large-context turns
+
 # =============================================================================
 # OpenRouter Provider Routing (only applies when using OpenRouter)
 # =============================================================================
@@ -51,20 +122,6 @@ model:
 #   # Data policy: "allow" (default) or "deny" to exclude providers that may store data
 #   # data_collection: "deny"
 
-# =============================================================================
-# Smart Model Routing (optional)
-# =============================================================================
-# Use a cheaper model for short/simple turns while keeping your main model for
-# more complex requests. Disabled by default.
-#
-# smart_model_routing:
-#   enabled: true
-#   max_simple_chars: 160
-#   max_simple_words: 28
-#   cheap_model:
-#     provider: openrouter
-#     model: google/gemini-2.5-flash
-
 # =============================================================================
 # Git Worktree Isolation
 # =============================================================================
@@ -94,7 +151,8 @@ terminal:
   timeout: 180
   docker_mount_cwd_to_workspace: false  # SECURITY: off by default. Opt in to mount the launch cwd into Docker /workspace.
   lifetime_seconds: 300
-  # sudo_password: ""  # Enable sudo commands (pipes via sudo -S) - SECURITY WARNING: plaintext!
+  # sudo_password: "hunter2"  # Optional: pipe a sudo password via sudo -S. SECURITY WARNING: plaintext.
+  # sudo_password: ""         # Explicit empty password: try empty and never open the interactive sudo prompt.
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # OPTION 2: SSH remote execution
@@ -185,13 +243,18 @@ terminal:
 #
 # SECURITY WARNING: Password stored in plaintext!
 #
-# INTERACTIVE PROMPT: If no sudo_password is set and the CLI is running,
+# INTERACTIVE PROMPT: If sudo_password is unset and the CLI is running,
 # you'll be prompted to enter your password when sudo is needed:
 # - 45-second timeout (auto-skips if no input)
 # - Press Enter to skip (command fails gracefully)
 # - Password is hidden while typing
 # - Password is cached for the session
 #
+# EMPTY PASSWORDS: Setting sudo_password to an explicit empty string is different
+# from leaving it unset. Hermes will try an empty password via `sudo -S` and
+# will not open the interactive prompt. This is useful for passwordless sudo,
+# Touch ID sudo setups, and environments where prompting is just noise.
+#
 # ALTERNATIVES:
 # - SSH backend: Configure passwordless sudo on the remote server
 # - Containers: Run as root inside the container (no sudo needed)
@@ -232,28 +295,36 @@ browser:
 # 1. Tracks actual token usage from API responses (not estimates)
 # 2. When prompt_tokens >= threshold% of model's context_length, triggers compression
 # 3. Protects first 3 turns (system prompt, initial request, first response)
-# 4. Protects last 4 turns (recent context is most relevant)
+# 4. Protects last N turns (default 20 messages = ~10 full turns of recent context)
 # 5. Summarizes middle turns using a fast/cheap model
 # 6. Inserts summary as a user message, continues conversation seamlessly
 #
+# Post-compression tail budget is target_ratio × threshold × context_length:
+#   200K context, threshold 0.50, ratio 0.20 → 20K tokens of recent tail preserved
+#   1M   context, threshold 0.50, ratio 0.20 → 100K tokens of recent tail preserved
+#
 compression:
   # Enable automatic context compression (default: true)
   # Set to false if you prefer to manage context manually or want errors on overflow
   enabled: true
   
-  # Trigger compression at this % of model's context limit (default: 0.85 = 85%)
+  # Trigger compression at this % of model's context limit (default: 0.50 = 50%)
   # Lower values = more aggressive compression, higher values = compress later
-  threshold: 0.85
+  threshold: 0.50
   
-  # 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"
+  # Fraction of the threshold to preserve as recent tail (default: 0.20 = 20%)
+  # e.g. 20% of 50% threshold = 10% of total context kept as recent messages.
+  # Summary output is separately capped at 12K tokens (Gemini output limit).
+  # Range: 0.10 - 0.80
+  target_ratio: 0.20
+
+  # Number of most-recent messages to always preserve (default: 20 ≈ 10 full turns)
+  # Higher values keep more recent conversation intact at the cost of more aggressive
+  # 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).
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Auxiliary Models (Advanced — Experimental)
@@ -278,7 +349,9 @@ compression:
 #   "auto"       - Best available: OpenRouter → Nous Portal → main endpoint (default)
 #   "openrouter" - Force OpenRouter (requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
 #   "nous"       - Force Nous Portal (requires: hermes login)
-#   "codex"      - Force Codex OAuth (requires: hermes model → Codex).
+#   "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).
 #                  Works with OpenAI API, local models, or any OpenAI-compatible
@@ -293,11 +366,26 @@ compression:
 #   vision:
 #     provider: "auto"
 #     model: ""              # e.g. "google/gemini-2.5-flash", "openai/gpt-4o"
+#     timeout: 30            # LLM API call timeout (seconds)
+#     download_timeout: 30   # Image HTTP download timeout (seconds)
+#                            # Increase for slow connections or self-hosted image servers
 #
 #   # Web page scraping / summarization + browser page text extraction
 #   web_extract:
 #     provider: "auto"
 #     model: ""
+#
+#   # Session search — summarizes matching past sessions
+#   session_search:
+#     provider: "auto"
+#     model: ""
+#     timeout: 30
+#     max_concurrency: 3    # Limit parallel summaries to reduce request-burst 429s
+#     extra_body: {}        # Provider-specific OpenAI-compatible request fields
+#                           # Example for providers that support request-body
+#                           # reasoning controls:
+#                           # extra_body:
+#                           #   enable_thinking: false
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Persistent Memory
@@ -386,6 +474,15 @@ skills:
   # Set to 0 to disable.
   creation_nudge_interval: 15
 
+  # External skill directories — share skills across tools/agents without
+  # copying them into ~/.hermes/skills/.  Each path is expanded (~ and ${VAR})
+  # and resolved to an absolute path.  External dirs are read-only: skill
+  # creation always writes to ~/.hermes/skills/.  Local skills take precedence
+  # when names collide.
+  # external_dirs:
+  #   - ~/.agents/skills
+  #   - /home/shared/team-skills
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Agent Behavior
 # =============================================================================
@@ -394,6 +491,22 @@ agent:
   # Higher = more room for complex tasks, but costs more tokens
   # Recommended: 20-30 for focused tasks, 50-100 for open exploration
   max_turns: 60
+
+  # Inactivity timeout for gateway agent runs (seconds, 0 = unlimited).
+  # The agent can run indefinitely when actively calling tools or receiving
+  # API responses.  Only fires after the agent has been idle for this duration.
+  # gateway_timeout: 1800
+
+  # Staged warning: send a warning before escalating to full timeout.
+  # Fires once per run when inactivity reaches this threshold (seconds).
+  # Set to 0 to disable the warning.
+  # gateway_timeout_warning: 900
+
+  # Graceful drain timeout for gateway stop/restart (seconds).
+  # The gateway stops accepting new work, waits for in-flight agents to
+  # finish, then interrupts anything still running after this timeout.
+  # 0 = no drain, interrupt immediately.
+  # restart_drain_timeout: 60
   
   # Enable verbose logging
   verbose: false
@@ -436,7 +549,7 @@ 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
+# Supported platform keys: cli, telegram, discord, whatsapp, slack, qqbot
 #
 # Examples:
 #
@@ -465,6 +578,7 @@ 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]
@@ -474,6 +588,19 @@ 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)
@@ -488,7 +615,7 @@ platform_toolsets:
 #   terminal     - terminal, process
 #   file         - read_file, write_file, patch, search
 #   browser      - browser_navigate, browser_snapshot, browser_click, browser_type,
-#                  browser_scroll, browser_back, browser_press, browser_close,
+#                  browser_scroll, browser_back, browser_press,
 #                  browser_get_images, browser_vision  (requires BROWSERBASE_API_KEY)
 #   vision       - vision_analyze  (requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
 #   image_gen    - image_generate  (requires FAL_KEY)
@@ -496,7 +623,7 @@ platform_toolsets:
 #   skills_hub   - skill_hub (search/install/manage from online registries — user-driven only)
 #   moa          - mixture_of_agents  (requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
 #   todo         - todo (in-memory task planning, no deps)
-#   tts          - text_to_speech  (Edge TTS free, or ELEVENLABS/OPENAI key)
+#   tts          - text_to_speech  (Edge TTS free, or ELEVENLABS/OPENAI/MINIMAX/MISTRAL key)
 #   cronjob      - cronjob (create/list/update/pause/resume/run/remove scheduled tasks)
 #   rl           - rl_list_environments, rl_start_training, etc. (requires TINKER_API_KEY)
 #
@@ -525,7 +652,7 @@ platform_toolsets:
 #   todo         - Task planning and tracking for multi-step work
 #   memory       - Persistent memory across sessions (personal notes + user profile)
 #   session_search - Search and recall past conversations (FTS5 + Gemini Flash summarization)
-#   tts          - Text-to-speech (Edge TTS free, ElevenLabs, OpenAI)
+#   tts          - Text-to-speech (Edge TTS free, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, MiniMax, Mistral)
 #   cronjob      - Schedule and manage automated tasks (CLI-only)
 #   rl           - RL training tools (Tinker-Atropos)
 #
@@ -593,10 +720,18 @@ platform_toolsets:
 # Voice Transcription (Speech-to-Text)
 # =============================================================================
 # Automatically transcribe voice messages on messaging platforms.
-# Requires OPENAI_API_KEY in .env (uses OpenAI Whisper API directly).
+# Providers: local (free, faster-whisper) | groq (free tier) | openai (Whisper API) | mistral (Voxtral Transcribe)
+# Set the corresponding API key in .env: GROQ_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, or MISTRAL_API_KEY.
 stt:
   enabled: true
-  model: "whisper-1"  # whisper-1 (cheapest) | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | gpt-4o-transcribe
+  # provider: "local"          # auto-detected if omitted
+  local:
+    model: "base"              # tiny | base | small | medium | large-v3 | turbo
+    # language: ""             # auto-detect; set to "en", "es", "fr", etc. to force
+  openai:
+    model: "whisper-1"         # whisper-1 | gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | gpt-4o-transcribe
+  # mistral:
+  #   model: "voxtral-mini-latest"  # voxtral-mini-latest | voxtral-mini-2602
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Response Pacing (Messaging Platforms)
@@ -635,10 +770,12 @@ code_execution:
 # Subagent Delegation
 # =============================================================================
 # The delegate_task tool spawns child agents with isolated context.
-# Supports single tasks and batch mode (up to 3 parallel).
+# Supports single tasks and batch mode (default 3 parallel, configurable).
 delegation:
   max_iterations: 50                          # Max tool-calling turns per child (default: 50)
-  default_toolsets: ["terminal", "file", "web"]  # Default toolsets for subagents
+  # max_concurrent_children: 3                # Max parallel child agents (default: 3)
+  # max_spawn_depth: 1                        # Tree depth cap (1-3, default: 1 = flat). Raise to 2 or 3 to allow orchestrator children to spawn their own workers.
+  # orchestrator_enabled: true                # Kill switch for role="orchestrator" children (default: true).
   # model: "google/gemini-3-flash-preview"    # Override model for subagents (empty = inherit parent)
   # provider: "openrouter"                    # Override provider for subagents (empty = inherit parent)
   #                                           # Resolves full credentials (base_url, api_key) automatically.
@@ -673,9 +810,20 @@ display:
   # Toggle at runtime with /verbose in the CLI
   tool_progress: all
 
+  # Gateway-only natural mid-turn assistant updates.
+  # When true, completed assistant status messages are sent as separate chat
+  # messages. This is independent of tool_progress and gateway streaming.
+  interim_assistant_messages: true
+
+  # What Enter does when Hermes is already busy in the CLI.
+  #   interrupt: Interrupt the current run and redirect Hermes (default)
+  #   queue:     Queue your message for the next turn
+  # Ctrl+C always interrupts regardless of this setting.
+  busy_input_mode: interrupt
+
   # Background process notifications (gateway/messaging only).
   # Controls how chatty the process watcher is when you use
-  # terminal(background=true, check_interval=...) from Telegram/Discord/etc.
+  # terminal(background=true, notify_on_complete=true) from Telegram/Discord/etc.
   #   off:     No watcher messages at all
   #   result:  Only the final completion message
   #   error:   Only the final message when exit code != 0
@@ -740,6 +888,27 @@ display:
   #
   skin: default
 
+# =============================================================================
+# Model Aliases — short names for /model command
+# =============================================================================
+# Map short aliases to exact (model, provider, base_url) tuples.
+# Used by /model tab completion and resolve_alias().
+# Aliases are checked BEFORE the models.dev catalog, so they can route
+# to endpoints not in the catalog (e.g. Ollama Cloud, local servers).
+#
+# model_aliases:
+#   opus:
+#     model: claude-opus-4-6
+#     provider: anthropic
+#   qwen:
+#     model: "qwen3.5:397b"
+#     provider: custom
+#     base_url: "https://ollama.com/v1"
+#   glm:
+#     model: glm-4.7
+#     provider: custom
+#     base_url: "https://ollama.com/v1"
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Privacy
 # =============================================================================
@@ -750,3 +919,39 @@ display:
 #   # Names and usernames are NOT affected (user-chosen, publicly visible).
 #   # Routing/delivery still uses the original values internally.
 #   redact_pii: false
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Shell-script hooks
+# =============================================================================
+# Register shell scripts as plugin-hook callbacks.  Each entry is executed as
+# a subprocess (shell=False, shlex.split) with a JSON payload on stdin.  On
+# stdout the script may return JSON that either blocks the tool call or
+# injects context into the next LLM call.
+#
+# Valid events (mirror hermes_cli.plugins.VALID_HOOKS):
+#   pre_tool_call, post_tool_call, pre_llm_call, post_llm_call,
+#   pre_api_request, post_api_request, on_session_start, on_session_end,
+#   on_session_finalize, on_session_reset, subagent_stop
+#
+# First-use consent: each (event, command) pair prompts once on a TTY, then
+# is persisted to ~/.hermes/shell-hooks-allowlist.json.  Non-interactive
+# runs (gateway, cron) need --accept-hooks, HERMES_ACCEPT_HOOKS=1, or the
+# hooks_auto_accept key below.
+#
+# See website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md for the full JSON wire
+# protocol and worked examples.
+#
+# hooks:
+#   pre_tool_call:
+#     - matcher: "terminal"
+#       command: "~/.hermes/agent-hooks/block-rm-rf.sh"
+#       timeout: 10
+#   post_tool_call:
+#     - matcher: "write_file|patch"
+#       command: "~/.hermes/agent-hooks/auto-format.sh"
+#   pre_llm_call:
+#     - command: "~/.hermes/agent-hooks/inject-cwd-context.sh"
+#   subagent_stop:
+#     - command: "~/.hermes/agent-hooks/log-orchestration.sh"
+#
+# hooks_auto_accept: false

constraints-termux.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Termux / Android dependency constraints for Hermes Agent.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   python -m pip install -e '.[termux]' -c constraints-termux.txt
+#
+# These pins keep the tested Android install path stable when upstream packages
+# move faster than Termux-compatible wheels / sdists.
+
+ipython<10
+jedi>=0.18.1,<0.20
+parso>=0.8.4,<0.9
+stack-data>=0.6,<0.7
+pexpect>4.3,<5
+matplotlib-inline>=0.1.7,<0.2
+asttokens>=2.1,<3

cron/scheduler.py

@@ -1,568 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Cron job scheduler - executes due jobs.
-
-Provides tick() which checks for due jobs and runs them. The gateway
-calls this every 60 seconds from a background thread.
-
-Uses a file-based lock (~/.hermes/cron/.tick.lock) so only one tick
-runs at a time if multiple processes overlap.
-"""
-
-import asyncio
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import sys
-import traceback
-
-# fcntl is Unix-only; on Windows use msvcrt for file locking
-try:
-    import fcntl
-except ImportError:
-    fcntl = None
-    try:
-        import msvcrt
-    except ImportError:
-        msvcrt = None
-from datetime import datetime
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
-
-from hermes_time import now as _hermes_now
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Add parent directory to path for imports
-sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
-
-from cron.jobs import get_due_jobs, mark_job_run, save_job_output
-
-# Sentinel: when a cron agent has nothing new to report, it can start its
-# response with this marker to suppress delivery.  Output is still saved
-# locally for audit.
-SILENT_MARKER = "[SILENT]"
-
-# Resolve Hermes home directory (respects HERMES_HOME override)
-_hermes_home = Path(os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes"))
-
-# File-based lock prevents concurrent ticks from gateway + daemon + systemd timer
-_LOCK_DIR = _hermes_home / "cron"
-_LOCK_FILE = _LOCK_DIR / ".tick.lock"
-
-
-def _resolve_origin(job: dict) -> Optional[dict]:
-    """Extract origin info from a job, preserving any extra routing metadata."""
-    origin = job.get("origin")
-    if not origin:
-        return None
-    platform = origin.get("platform")
-    chat_id = origin.get("chat_id")
-    if platform and chat_id:
-        return origin
-    return None
-
-
-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 == "local":
-        return None
-
-    if deliver == "origin":
-        if not origin:
-            return None
-        return {
-            "platform": origin["platform"],
-            "chat_id": str(origin["chat_id"]),
-            "thread_id": origin.get("thread_id"),
-        }
-
-    if ":" in deliver:
-        platform_name, rest = deliver.split(":", 1)
-        # Check for thread_id suffix (e.g. "telegram:-1003724596514:17")
-        if ":" in rest:
-            chat_id, thread_id = rest.split(":", 1)
-        else:
-            chat_id, thread_id = rest, None
-        return {
-            "platform": platform_name,
-            "chat_id": chat_id,
-            "thread_id": thread_id,
-        }
-
-    platform_name = deliver
-    if origin and origin.get("platform") == platform_name:
-        return {
-            "platform": platform_name,
-            "chat_id": str(origin["chat_id"]),
-            "thread_id": origin.get("thread_id"),
-        }
-
-    chat_id = os.getenv(f"{platform_name.upper()}_HOME_CHANNEL", "")
-    if not chat_id:
-        return None
-
-    return {
-        "platform": platform_name,
-        "chat_id": chat_id,
-        "thread_id": None,
-    }
-
-
-def _deliver_result(job: dict, content: str) -> None:
-    """
-    Deliver job output to the configured target (origin chat, specific platform, etc.).
-
-    Uses the standalone platform send functions from send_message_tool so delivery
-    works whether or not the gateway is running.
-    """
-    target = _resolve_delivery_target(job)
-    if not target:
-        if job.get("deliver", "local") != "local":
-            logger.warning(
-                "Job '%s' deliver=%s but no concrete delivery target could be resolved",
-                job["id"],
-                job.get("deliver", "local"),
-            )
-        return
-
-    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
-
-    platform_map = {
-        "telegram": Platform.TELEGRAM,
-        "discord": Platform.DISCORD,
-        "slack": Platform.SLACK,
-        "whatsapp": Platform.WHATSAPP,
-        "signal": Platform.SIGNAL,
-        "matrix": Platform.MATRIX,
-        "mattermost": Platform.MATTERMOST,
-        "homeassistant": Platform.HOMEASSISTANT,
-        "dingtalk": Platform.DINGTALK,
-        "email": Platform.EMAIL,
-        "sms": Platform.SMS,
-    }
-    platform = platform_map.get(platform_name.lower())
-    if not platform:
-        logger.warning("Job '%s': unknown platform '%s' for delivery", job["id"], platform_name)
-        return
-
-    try:
-        config = load_gateway_config()
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error("Job '%s': failed to load gateway config for delivery: %s", job["id"], e)
-        return
-
-    pconfig = config.platforms.get(platform)
-    if not pconfig or not pconfig.enabled:
-        logger.warning("Job '%s': platform '%s' not configured/enabled", job["id"], platform_name)
-        return
-
-    # Wrap the content so the user knows this is a cron delivery and that
-    # the interactive agent has no visibility into it.
-    task_name = job.get("name", job["id"])
-    wrapped = (
-        f"Cronjob Response: {task_name}\n"
-        f"-------------\n\n"
-        f"{content}\n\n"
-        f"Note: The agent cannot see this message, and therefore cannot respond to it."
-    )
-
-    # Run the async send in a fresh event loop (safe from any thread)
-    coro = _send_to_platform(platform, pconfig, chat_id, wrapped, thread_id=thread_id)
-    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, wrapped, thread_id=thread_id))
-            result = future.result(timeout=30)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error("Job '%s': delivery to %s:%s failed: %s", job["id"], platform_name, chat_id, e)
-        return
-
-    if result and result.get("error"):
-        logger.error("Job '%s': delivery error: %s", job["id"], result["error"])
-    else:
-        logger.info("Job '%s': delivered to %s:%s", job["id"], platform_name, chat_id)
-
-
-def _build_job_prompt(job: dict) -> str:
-    """Build the effective prompt for a cron job, optionally loading one or more skills first."""
-    prompt = job.get("prompt", "")
-    skills = job.get("skills")
-
-    # Always prepend [SILENT] guidance so the cron agent can suppress
-    # delivery when it has nothing new or noteworthy to report.
-    silent_hint = (
-        "[SYSTEM: If you have nothing new or noteworthy to report, respond "
-        "with exactly \"[SILENT]\" (optionally followed by a brief internal "
-        "note). This suppresses delivery to the user while still saving "
-        "output locally. Only use [SILENT] when there are genuinely no "
-        "changes worth reporting.]\n\n"
-    )
-    prompt = silent_hint + prompt
-    if skills is None:
-        legacy = job.get("skill")
-        skills = [legacy] if legacy else []
-
-    skill_names = [str(name).strip() for name in skills if str(name).strip()]
-    if not skill_names:
-        return prompt
-
-    from tools.skills_tool import skill_view
-
-    parts = []
-    skipped: list[str] = []
-    for skill_name in skill_names:
-        loaded = json.loads(skill_view(skill_name))
-        if not loaded.get("success"):
-            error = loaded.get("error") or f"Failed to load skill '{skill_name}'"
-            logger.warning("Cron job '%s': skill not found, skipping — %s", job.get("name", job.get("id")), error)
-            skipped.append(skill_name)
-            continue
-
-        content = str(loaded.get("content") or "").strip()
-        if parts:
-            parts.append("")
-        parts.extend(
-            [
-                f'[SYSTEM: The user has invoked the "{skill_name}" skill, indicating they want you to follow its instructions. The full skill content is loaded below.]',
-                "",
-                content,
-            ]
-        )
-
-    if skipped:
-        notice = (
-            f"[SYSTEM: The following skill(s) were listed for this job but could not be found "
-            f"and were skipped: {', '.join(skipped)}. "
-            f"Start your response with a brief notice so the user is aware, e.g.: "
-            f"'⚠️ Skill(s) not found and skipped: {', '.join(skipped)}']"
-        )
-        parts.insert(0, notice)
-
-    if prompt:
-        parts.extend(["", f"The user has provided the following instruction alongside the skill invocation: {prompt}"])
-    return "\n".join(parts)
-
-
-def run_job(job: dict) -> tuple[bool, str, str, Optional[str]]:
-    """
-    Execute a single cron job.
-    
-    Returns:
-        Tuple of (success, full_output_doc, final_response, error_message)
-    """
-    from run_agent import AIAgent
-    
-    # Initialize SQLite session store so cron job messages are persisted
-    # and discoverable via session_search (same pattern as gateway/run.py).
-    _session_db = None
-    try:
-        from hermes_state import SessionDB
-        _session_db = SessionDB()
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Job '%s': SQLite session store not available: %s", job.get("id", "?"), e)
-    
-    job_id = job["id"]
-    job_name = job["name"]
-    prompt = _build_job_prompt(job)
-    origin = _resolve_origin(job)
-
-    logger.info("Running job '%s' (ID: %s)", job_name, job_id)
-    logger.info("Prompt: %s", prompt[:100])
-
-    # Inject origin context so the agent's send_message tool knows the chat
-    if origin:
-        os.environ["HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM"] = origin["platform"]
-        os.environ["HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_ID"] = str(origin["chat_id"])
-        if origin.get("chat_name"):
-            os.environ["HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_NAME"] = origin["chat_name"]
-
-    try:
-        # Re-read .env and config.yaml fresh every run so provider/key
-        # changes take effect without a gateway restart.
-        from dotenv import load_dotenv
-        try:
-            load_dotenv(str(_hermes_home / ".env"), override=True, encoding="utf-8")
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            load_dotenv(str(_hermes_home / ".env"), override=True, encoding="latin-1")
-
-        delivery_target = _resolve_delivery_target(job)
-        if delivery_target:
-            os.environ["HERMES_CRON_AUTO_DELIVER_PLATFORM"] = delivery_target["platform"]
-            os.environ["HERMES_CRON_AUTO_DELIVER_CHAT_ID"] = str(delivery_target["chat_id"])
-            if delivery_target.get("thread_id") is not None:
-                os.environ["HERMES_CRON_AUTO_DELIVER_THREAD_ID"] = str(delivery_target["thread_id"])
-
-        model = job.get("model") or os.getenv("HERMES_MODEL") or "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6"
-
-        # Load config.yaml for model, reasoning, prefill, toolsets, provider routing
-        _cfg = {}
-        try:
-            import yaml
-            _cfg_path = str(_hermes_home / "config.yaml")
-            if os.path.exists(_cfg_path):
-                with open(_cfg_path) as _f:
-                    _cfg = yaml.safe_load(_f) or {}
-                _model_cfg = _cfg.get("model", {})
-                if not job.get("model"):
-                    if isinstance(_model_cfg, str):
-                        model = _model_cfg
-                    elif isinstance(_model_cfg, dict):
-                        model = _model_cfg.get("default", model)
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning("Job '%s': failed to load config.yaml, using defaults: %s", job_id, e)
-
-        # Reasoning config from env or config.yaml
-        reasoning_config = None
-        effort = os.getenv("HERMES_REASONING_EFFORT", "")
-        if not effort:
-            effort = str(_cfg.get("agent", {}).get("reasoning_effort", "")).strip()
-        if effort and effort.lower() != "none":
-            valid = ("xhigh", "high", "medium", "low", "minimal")
-            if effort.lower() in valid:
-                reasoning_config = {"enabled": True, "effort": effort.lower()}
-        elif effort.lower() == "none":
-            reasoning_config = {"enabled": False}
-
-        # Prefill messages from env or config.yaml
-        prefill_messages = None
-        prefill_file = os.getenv("HERMES_PREFILL_MESSAGES_FILE", "") or _cfg.get("prefill_messages_file", "")
-        if prefill_file:
-            import json as _json
-            pfpath = Path(prefill_file).expanduser()
-            if not pfpath.is_absolute():
-                pfpath = _hermes_home / pfpath
-            if pfpath.exists():
-                try:
-                    with open(pfpath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as _pf:
-                        prefill_messages = _json.load(_pf)
-                    if not isinstance(prefill_messages, list):
-                        prefill_messages = None
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.warning("Job '%s': failed to parse prefill messages file '%s': %s", job_id, pfpath, e)
-                    prefill_messages = None
-
-        # Max iterations
-        max_iterations = _cfg.get("agent", {}).get("max_turns") or _cfg.get("max_turns") or 90
-
-        # Provider routing
-        pr = _cfg.get("provider_routing", {})
-        smart_routing = _cfg.get("smart_model_routing", {}) or {}
-
-        from hermes_cli.runtime_provider import (
-            resolve_runtime_provider,
-            format_runtime_provider_error,
-        )
-        try:
-            runtime_kwargs = {
-                "requested": job.get("provider") or os.getenv("HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER"),
-            }
-            if job.get("base_url"):
-                runtime_kwargs["explicit_base_url"] = job.get("base_url")
-            runtime = resolve_runtime_provider(**runtime_kwargs)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            message = format_runtime_provider_error(exc)
-            raise RuntimeError(message) from exc
-
-        from agent.smart_model_routing import resolve_turn_route
-        turn_route = resolve_turn_route(
-            prompt,
-            smart_routing,
-            {
-                "model": model,
-                "api_key": runtime.get("api_key"),
-                "base_url": runtime.get("base_url"),
-                "provider": runtime.get("provider"),
-                "api_mode": runtime.get("api_mode"),
-                "command": runtime.get("command"),
-                "args": list(runtime.get("args") or []),
-            },
-        )
-
-        agent = AIAgent(
-            model=turn_route["model"],
-            api_key=turn_route["runtime"].get("api_key"),
-            base_url=turn_route["runtime"].get("base_url"),
-            provider=turn_route["runtime"].get("provider"),
-            api_mode=turn_route["runtime"].get("api_mode"),
-            acp_command=turn_route["runtime"].get("command"),
-            acp_args=turn_route["runtime"].get("args"),
-            max_iterations=max_iterations,
-            reasoning_config=reasoning_config,
-            prefill_messages=prefill_messages,
-            providers_allowed=pr.get("only"),
-            providers_ignored=pr.get("ignore"),
-            providers_order=pr.get("order"),
-            provider_sort=pr.get("sort"),
-            disabled_toolsets=["cronjob", "messaging", "clarify"],
-            quiet_mode=True,
-            platform="cron",
-            session_id=f"cron_{job_id}_{_hermes_now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}",
-            session_db=_session_db,
-        )
-        
-        result = agent.run_conversation(prompt)
-        
-        final_response = result.get("final_response", "") or ""
-        # 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)"
-        
-        output = f"""# Cron Job: {job_name}
-
-**Job ID:** {job_id}
-**Run Time:** {_hermes_now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}
-**Schedule:** {job.get('schedule_display', 'N/A')}
-
-## Prompt
-
-{prompt}
-
-## Response
-
-{logged_response}
-"""
-        
-        logger.info("Job '%s' completed successfully", job_name)
-        return True, output, final_response, None
-        
-    except Exception as e:
-        error_msg = f"{type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}"
-        logger.error("Job '%s' failed: %s", job_name, error_msg)
-        
-        output = f"""# Cron Job: {job_name} (FAILED)
-
-**Job ID:** {job_id}
-**Run Time:** {_hermes_now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}
-**Schedule:** {job.get('schedule_display', 'N/A')}
-
-## Prompt
-
-{prompt}
-
-## Error
-
-```
-{error_msg}
-
-{traceback.format_exc()}
-```
-"""
-        return False, output, "", error_msg
-
-    finally:
-        # Clean up injected env vars so they don't leak to other jobs
-        for key in (
-            "HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM",
-            "HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_ID",
-            "HERMES_SESSION_CHAT_NAME",
-            "HERMES_CRON_AUTO_DELIVER_PLATFORM",
-            "HERMES_CRON_AUTO_DELIVER_CHAT_ID",
-            "HERMES_CRON_AUTO_DELIVER_THREAD_ID",
-        ):
-            os.environ.pop(key, None)
-        if _session_db:
-            try:
-                _session_db.close()
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug("Job '%s': failed to close SQLite session store: %s", job_id, e)
-
-
-def tick(verbose: bool = True) -> int:
-    """
-    Check and run all due jobs.
-    
-    Uses a file lock so only one tick runs at a time, even if the gateway's
-    in-process ticker and a standalone daemon or manual tick overlap.
-    
-    Args:
-        verbose: Whether to print status messages
-    
-    Returns:
-        Number of jobs executed (0 if another tick is already running)
-    """
-    _LOCK_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    # Cross-platform file locking: fcntl on Unix, msvcrt on Windows
-    lock_fd = None
-    try:
-        lock_fd = open(_LOCK_FILE, "w")
-        if fcntl:
-            fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
-        elif msvcrt:
-            msvcrt.locking(lock_fd.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_NBLCK, 1)
-    except (OSError, IOError):
-        logger.debug("Tick skipped — another instance holds the lock")
-        if lock_fd is not None:
-            lock_fd.close()
-        return 0
-
-    try:
-        due_jobs = get_due_jobs()
-
-        if verbose and not due_jobs:
-            logger.info("%s - No jobs due", _hermes_now().strftime('%H:%M:%S'))
-            return 0
-
-        if verbose:
-            logger.info("%s - %s job(s) due", _hermes_now().strftime('%H:%M:%S'), len(due_jobs))
-
-        executed = 0
-        for job in due_jobs:
-            try:
-                success, output, final_response, error = run_job(job)
-
-                output_file = save_job_output(job["id"], output)
-                if verbose:
-                    logger.info("Output saved to: %s", output_file)
-
-                # Deliver the final response to the origin/target chat.
-                # If the agent responded with [SILENT], skip delivery (but
-                # output is already saved above).  Failed jobs always deliver.
-                deliver_content = final_response if success else f"⚠️ Cron job '{job.get('name', job['id'])}' failed:\n{error}"
-                should_deliver = bool(deliver_content)
-                if should_deliver and success and deliver_content.strip().upper().startswith(SILENT_MARKER):
-                    logger.info("Job '%s': agent returned %s — skipping delivery", job["id"], SILENT_MARKER)
-                    should_deliver = False
-
-                if should_deliver:
-                    try:
-                        _deliver_result(job, deliver_content)
-                    except Exception as de:
-                        logger.error("Delivery failed for job %s: %s", job["id"], de)
-
-                mark_job_run(job["id"], success, error)
-                executed += 1
-
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.error("Error processing job %s: %s", job['id'], e)
-                mark_job_run(job["id"], False, str(e))
-
-        return executed
-    finally:
-        if fcntl:
-            fcntl.flock(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-        elif msvcrt:
-            try:
-                msvcrt.locking(lock_fd.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_UNLCK, 1)
-            except (OSError, IOError):
-                pass
-        lock_fd.close()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    tick(verbose=True)

datagen-config-examples/run_browser_tasks.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "📝 Logging to: $LOG_FILE"
 # Point to the example dataset in this directory
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 
-python batch_runner.py \
+python scripts/batch_runner.py \
   --dataset_file="$SCRIPT_DIR/example_browser_tasks.jsonl" \
   --batch_size=5 \
   --run_name="browser_tasks_example" \

datagen-config-examples/web_research.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Generates tool-calling trajectories for multi-step web research tasks.
 #
 # Usage:
-#   python batch_runner.py \
+#   python scripts/batch_runner.py \
 #     --config datagen-config-examples/web_research.yaml \
 #     --run_name web_research_v1
 

docker/SOUL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Hermes Agent Persona
+
+<!--
+This file defines the agent's personality and tone.
+The agent will embody whatever you write here.
+Edit this to customize how Hermes communicates with you.
+
+Examples:
+  - "You are a warm, playful assistant who uses kaomoji occasionally."
+  - "You are a concise technical expert. No fluff, just facts."
+  - "You speak like a friendly coworker who happens to know everything."
+
+This file is loaded fresh each message -- no restart needed.
+Delete the contents (or this file) to use the default personality.
+-->

docker/entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Docker/Podman entrypoint: bootstrap config files into the mounted volume, then run hermes.
+set -e
+
+HERMES_HOME="${HERMES_HOME:-/opt/data}"
+INSTALL_DIR="/opt/hermes"
+
+# --- Privilege dropping via gosu ---
+# When started as root (the default for Docker, or fakeroot in rootless Podman),
+# optionally remap the hermes user/group to match host-side ownership, fix volume
+# permissions, then re-exec as hermes.
+if [ "$(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 "${INSTALL_DIR}/.venv/bin/activate"
+
+# Create essential directory structure.  Cache and platform directories
+# (cache/images, cache/audio, platforms/whatsapp, etc.) are created on
+# demand by the application — don't pre-create them here so new installs
+# get the consolidated layout from get_hermes_dir().
+# The "home/" subdirectory is a per-profile HOME for subprocesses (git,
+# ssh, gh, npm …).  Without it those tools write to /root which is
+# ephemeral and shared across profiles.  See issue #4426.
+mkdir -p "$HERMES_HOME"/{cron,sessions,logs,hooks,memories,skills,skins,plans,workspace,home}
+
+# .env
+if [ ! -f "$HERMES_HOME/.env" ]; then
+    cp "$INSTALL_DIR/.env.example" "$HERMES_HOME/.env"
+fi
+
+# config.yaml
+if [ ! -f "$HERMES_HOME/config.yaml" ]; then
+    cp "$INSTALL_DIR/cli-config.yaml.example" "$HERMES_HOME/config.yaml"
+fi
+
+# SOUL.md
+if [ ! -f "$HERMES_HOME/SOUL.md" ]; then
+    cp "$INSTALL_DIR/docker/SOUL.md" "$HERMES_HOME/SOUL.md"
+fi
+
+# Sync bundled skills (manifest-based so user edits are preserved)
+if [ -d "$INSTALL_DIR/skills" ]; then
+    hermes-skills-sync
+fi
+
+exec hermes "$@"

docs/acp-setup.md

@@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent — ACP (Agent Client Protocol) Setup Guide
-
-Hermes Agent supports the **Agent Client Protocol (ACP)**, allowing it to run as
-a coding agent inside your editor. ACP lets your IDE send tasks to Hermes, and
-Hermes responds with file edits, terminal commands, and explanations — all shown
-natively in the editor UI.
-
----
-
-## Prerequisites
-
-- Hermes Agent installed and configured (`hermes setup` completed)
-- An API key / provider set up in `~/.hermes/.env` or via `hermes login`
-- Python 3.11+
-
-Install the ACP extra:
-
-```bash
-pip install -e ".[acp]"
-```
-
----
-
-## VS Code Setup
-
-### 1. Install the ACP Client extension
-
-Open VS Code and install **ACP Client** from the marketplace:
-
-- Press `Ctrl+Shift+X` (or `Cmd+Shift+X` on macOS)
-- Search for **"ACP Client"**
-- Click **Install**
-
-Or install from the command line:
-
-```bash
-code --install-extension anysphere.acp-client
-```
-
-### 2. Configure settings.json
-
-Open your VS Code settings (`Ctrl+,` → click the `{}` icon for JSON) and add:
-
-```json
-{
-  "acpClient.agents": [
-    {
-      "name": "hermes-agent",
-      "registryDir": "/path/to/hermes-agent/acp_registry"
-    }
-  ]
-}
-```
-
-Replace `/path/to/hermes-agent` with the actual path to your Hermes Agent
-installation (e.g. `~/.hermes/hermes-agent`).
-
-Alternatively, if `hermes` is on your PATH, the ACP Client can discover it
-automatically via the registry directory.
-
-### 3. Restart VS Code
-
-After configuring, restart VS Code. You should see **Hermes Agent** appear in
-the ACP agent picker in the chat/agent panel.
-
----
-
-## Zed Setup
-
-Zed has built-in ACP support.
-
-### 1. Configure Zed settings
-
-Open Zed settings (`Cmd+,` on macOS or `Ctrl+,` on Linux) and add to your
-`settings.json`:
-
-```json
-{
-  "acp": {
-    "agents": [
-      {
-        "name": "hermes-agent",
-        "registry_dir": "/path/to/hermes-agent/acp_registry"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
-```
-
-### 2. Restart Zed
-
-Hermes Agent will appear in the agent panel. Select it and start a conversation.
-
----
-
-## JetBrains Setup (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, etc.)
-
-### 1. Install the ACP plugin
-
-- Open **Settings** → **Plugins** → **Marketplace**
-- Search for **"ACP"** or **"Agent Client Protocol"**
-- Install and restart the IDE
-
-### 2. Configure the agent
-
-- Open **Settings** → **Tools** → **ACP Agents**
-- Click **+** to add a new agent
-- Set the registry directory to your `acp_registry/` folder:
-  `/path/to/hermes-agent/acp_registry`
-- Click **OK**
-
-### 3. Use the agent
-
-Open the ACP panel (usually in the right sidebar) and select **Hermes Agent**.
-
----
-
-## What You Will See
-
-Once connected, your editor provides a native interface to Hermes Agent:
-
-### Chat Panel
-A conversational interface where you can describe tasks, ask questions, and
-give instructions. Hermes responds with explanations and actions.
-
-### File Diffs
-When Hermes edits files, you see standard diffs in the editor. You can:
-- **Accept** individual changes
-- **Reject** changes you don't want
-- **Review** the full diff before applying
-
-### Terminal Commands
-When Hermes needs to run shell commands (builds, tests, installs), the editor
-shows them in an integrated terminal. Depending on your settings:
-- Commands may run automatically
-- Or you may be prompted to **approve** each command
-
-### Approval Flow
-For potentially destructive operations, the editor will prompt you for
-approval before Hermes proceeds. This includes:
-- File deletions
-- Shell commands
-- Git operations
-
----
-
-## Configuration
-
-Hermes Agent under ACP uses the **same configuration** as the CLI:
-
-- **API keys / providers**: `~/.hermes/.env`
-- **Agent config**: `~/.hermes/config.yaml`
-- **Skills**: `~/.hermes/skills/`
-- **Sessions**: `~/.hermes/state.db`
-
-You can run `hermes setup` to configure providers, or edit `~/.hermes/.env`
-directly.
-
-### Changing the model
-
-Edit `~/.hermes/config.yaml`:
-
-```yaml
-model: openrouter/nous/hermes-3-llama-3.1-70b
-```
-
-Or set the `HERMES_MODEL` environment variable.
-
-### Toolsets
-
-ACP sessions use the curated `hermes-acp` toolset by default. It is designed for editor workflows and intentionally excludes things like messaging delivery, cronjob management, and audio-first UX features.
-
----
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### Agent doesn't appear in the editor
-
-1. **Check the registry path** — make sure the `acp_registry/` directory path
-   in your editor settings is correct and contains `agent.json`.
-2. **Check `hermes` is on PATH** — run `which hermes` in a terminal. If not
-   found, you may need to activate your virtualenv or add it to PATH.
-3. **Restart the editor** after changing settings.
-
-### Agent starts but errors immediately
-
-1. Run `hermes doctor` to check your configuration.
-2. Check that you have a valid API key: `hermes status`
-3. Try running `hermes acp` directly in a terminal to see error output.
-
-### "Module not found" errors
-
-Make sure you installed the ACP extra:
-
-```bash
-pip install -e ".[acp]"
-```
-
-### Slow responses
-
-- ACP streams responses, so you should see incremental output. If the agent
-  appears stuck, check your network connection and API provider status.
-- Some providers have rate limits. Try switching to a different model/provider.
-
-### Permission denied for terminal commands
-
-If the editor blocks terminal commands, check your ACP Client extension
-settings for auto-approval or manual-approval preferences.
-
-### Logs
-
-Hermes logs are written to stderr when running in ACP mode. Check:
-- VS Code: **Output** panel → select **ACP Client** or **Hermes Agent**
-- Zed: **View** → **Toggle Terminal** and check the process output
-- JetBrains: **Event Log** or the ACP tool window
-
-You can also enable verbose logging:
-
-```bash
-HERMES_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG hermes acp
-```
-
----
-
-## Further Reading
-
-- [ACP Specification](https://github.com/anysphere/acp)
-- [Hermes Agent Documentation](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent)
-- Run `hermes --help` for all CLI options

docs/honcho-integration-spec.html

@@ -1,698 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-<meta charset="UTF-8">
-<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-<title>honcho-integration-spec</title>
-<style>
-  :root {
-    --bg:             #0b0e14;
-    --bg-surface:     #11151c;
-    --bg-elevated:    #181d27;
-    --bg-code:        #0d1018;
-    --fg:             #c9d1d9;
-    --fg-bright:      #e6edf3;
-    --fg-muted:       #6e7681;
-    --fg-subtle:      #484f58;
-    --accent:         #7eb8f6;
-    --accent-dim:     #3d6ea5;
-    --accent-glow:    rgba(126, 184, 246, 0.08);
-    --green:          #7ee6a8;
-    --green-dim:      #2ea04f;
-    --orange:         #e6a855;
-    --red:            #f47067;
-    --purple:         #bc8cff;
-    --cyan:           #56d4dd;
-    --border:         #21262d;
-    --border-subtle:  #161b22;
-    --radius:         6px;
-    --font-sans:      'New York', ui-serif, 'Iowan Old Style', 'Apple Garamond', Baskerville, 'Times New Roman', 'Noto Emoji', serif;
-    --font-mono:      'Departure Mono', 'Noto Emoji', monospace;
-  }
-
-  *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
-  html { scroll-behavior: smooth; scroll-padding-top: 2rem; }
-  body {
-    font-family: var(--font-sans);
-    background: var(--bg);
-    color: var(--fg);
-    line-height: 1.7;
-    font-size: 15px;
-    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-  }
-
-  .container { max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 3rem 2rem 6rem; }
-
-  .hero {
-    text-align: center;
-    padding: 4rem 0 3rem;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-    margin-bottom: 3rem;
-  }
-  .hero h1 { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 2.2rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--fg-bright); letter-spacing: -0.03em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
-  .hero h1 span { color: var(--accent); }
-  .hero .subtitle { font-family: var(--font-sans); color: var(--fg-muted); font-size: 0.92rem; max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto; line-height: 1.6; }
-  .hero .meta { margin-top: 1.5rem; display: flex; justify-content: center; gap: 1.5rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
-  .hero .meta span { font-size: 0.8rem; color: var(--fg-subtle); font-family: var(--font-mono); }
-
-  .toc { background: var(--bg-surface); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 1.5rem 2rem; margin-bottom: 3rem; }
-  .toc h2 { font-size: 0.75rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; color: var(--fg-muted); margin-bottom: 1rem; }
-  .toc ol { list-style: none; counter-reset: toc; columns: 2; column-gap: 2rem; }
-  .toc li { counter-increment: toc; break-inside: avoid; margin-bottom: 0.35rem; }
-  .toc li::before { content: counter(toc, decimal-leading-zero) " "; color: var(--fg-subtle); font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.75rem; margin-right: 0.25rem; }
-  .toc a { font-family: var(--font-mono); color: var(--fg); text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.82rem; transition: color 0.15s; }
-  .toc a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
-
-  section { margin-bottom: 4rem; }
-  section + section { padding-top: 1rem; }
-
-  h2 { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--fg-bright); letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); }
-  h3 { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--fg-bright); margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem; }
-  h4 { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.9rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--accent); margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
-
-  p { margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 0.95rem; line-height: 1.75; }
-  strong { color: var(--fg-bright); font-weight: 600; }
-  a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
-  a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
-
-  ul, ol { margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; font-size: 0.93rem; line-height: 1.7; }
-  li { margin-bottom: 0.35rem; }
-  li::marker { color: var(--fg-subtle); }
-
-  .table-wrap { overflow-x: auto; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; }
-  table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.88rem; }
-  th, td { text-align: left; padding: 0.6rem 1rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); }
-  th { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.72rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--fg-muted); background: var(--bg-surface); border-bottom-color: var(--border); white-space: nowrap; }
-  td { font-family: var(--font-sans); font-size: 0.88rem; color: var(--fg); }
-  tr:hover td { background: var(--accent-glow); }
-  td code { background: var(--bg-elevated); padding: 0.15em 0.4em; border-radius: 3px; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.82em; color: var(--cyan); }
-
-  pre { background: var(--bg-code); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; overflow-x: auto; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.82rem; line-height: 1.65; color: var(--fg); }
-  pre code { background: none; padding: 0; color: inherit; font-size: inherit; }
-  code { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.85em; }
-  p code, li code { background: var(--bg-elevated); padding: 0.15em 0.4em; border-radius: 3px; color: var(--cyan); font-size: 0.85em; }
-
-  .kw { color: var(--purple); }
-  .str { color: var(--green); }
-  .cm { color: var(--fg-subtle); font-style: italic; }
-  .num { color: var(--orange); }
-  .key { color: var(--accent); }
-
-  .mermaid { margin: 1.5rem 0 2rem; text-align: center; }
-  .mermaid svg { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }
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-  <h1>honcho<span>-integration-spec</span></h1>
-  <p class="subtitle">Comparison of Hermes Agent vs. openclaw-honcho — and a porting spec for bringing Hermes patterns into other Honcho integrations.</p>
-  <div class="meta">
-    <span>hermes-agent / openclaw-honcho</span>
-    <span>Python + TypeScript</span>
-    <span>2026-03-09</span>
-  </div>
-</header>
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-<nav class="toc">
-  <h2>Contents</h2>
-  <ol>
-    <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#architecture">Architecture comparison</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#diff-table">Diff table</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#patterns">Hermes patterns to port</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#spec-async">Spec: async prefetch</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#spec-reasoning">Spec: dynamic reasoning level</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#spec-modes">Spec: per-peer memory modes</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#spec-identity">Spec: AI peer identity formation</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#spec-sessions">Spec: session naming strategies</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#spec-cli">Spec: CLI surface injection</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#openclaw-checklist">openclaw-honcho checklist</a></li>
-    <li><a href="#nanobot-checklist">nanobot-honcho checklist</a></li>
-  </ol>
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-<!-- OVERVIEW -->
-<section id="overview">
-  <h2>Overview</h2>
-
-  <p>Two independent Honcho integrations have been built for two different agent runtimes: <strong>Hermes Agent</strong> (Python, baked into the runner) and <strong>openclaw-honcho</strong> (TypeScript plugin via hook/tool API). Both use the same Honcho peer paradigm — dual peer model, <code>session.context()</code>, <code>peer.chat()</code> — but they made different tradeoffs at every layer.</p>
-
-  <p>This document maps those tradeoffs and defines a porting spec: a set of Hermes-originated patterns, each stated as an integration-agnostic interface, that any Honcho integration can adopt regardless of runtime or language.</p>
-
-  <div class="callout">
-    <strong>Scope</strong> Both integrations work correctly today. This spec is about the delta — patterns in Hermes that are worth propagating and patterns in openclaw-honcho that Hermes should eventually adopt. The spec is additive, not prescriptive.
-  </div>
-</section>
-
-<!-- ARCHITECTURE -->
-<section id="architecture">
-  <h2>Architecture comparison</h2>
-
-  <h3>Hermes: baked-in runner</h3>
-  <p>Honcho is initialised directly inside <code>AIAgent.__init__</code>. There is no plugin boundary. Session management, context injection, async prefetch, and CLI surface are all first-class concerns of the runner. Context is injected once per session (baked into <code>_cached_system_prompt</code>) and never re-fetched mid-session — this maximises prefix cache hits at the LLM provider.</p>
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-  <div class="mermaid">
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-flowchart TD
-    U["user message"] --> P["_honcho_prefetch()<br/>(reads cache — no HTTP)"]
-    P --> SP["_build_system_prompt()<br/>(first turn only, cached)"]
-    SP --> LLM["LLM call"]
-    LLM --> R["response"]
-    R --> FP["_honcho_fire_prefetch()<br/>(daemon threads, turn end)"]
-    FP --> C1["prefetch_context() thread"]
-    FP --> C2["prefetch_dialectic() thread"]
-    C1 --> CACHE["_context_cache / _dialectic_cache"]
-    C2 --> CACHE
-
-    style U fill:#162030,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style P fill:#1f3150,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style SP fill:#1f3150,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style LLM fill:#162030,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style R fill:#162030,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style FP fill:#2a1a40,stroke:#bc8cff,color:#c9d1d9
-    style C1 fill:#2a1a40,stroke:#bc8cff,color:#c9d1d9
-    style C2 fill:#2a1a40,stroke:#bc8cff,color:#c9d1d9
-    style CACHE fill:#11151c,stroke:#484f58,color:#6e7681
-  </div>
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-  <h3>openclaw-honcho: hook-based plugin</h3>
-  <p>The plugin registers hooks against OpenClaw's event bus. Context is fetched synchronously inside <code>before_prompt_build</code> on every turn. Message capture happens in <code>agent_end</code>. The multi-agent hierarchy is tracked via <code>subagent_spawned</code>. This model is correct but every turn pays a blocking Honcho round-trip before the LLM call can begin.</p>
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-flowchart TD
-    U2["user message"] --> BPB["before_prompt_build<br/>(BLOCKING HTTP — every turn)"]
-    BPB --> CTX["session.context()"]
-    CTX --> SP2["system prompt assembled"]
-    SP2 --> LLM2["LLM call"]
-    LLM2 --> R2["response"]
-    R2 --> AE["agent_end hook"]
-    AE --> SAVE["session.addMessages()<br/>session.setMetadata()"]
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-    style R2 fill:#162030,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style AE fill:#162030,stroke:#3d6ea5,color:#c9d1d9
-    style SAVE fill:#11151c,stroke:#484f58,color:#6e7681
-  </div>
-</section>
-
-<!-- DIFF TABLE -->
-<section id="diff-table">
-  <h2>Diff table</h2>
-
-  <div class="table-wrap">
-    <table>
-      <thead>
-        <tr>
-          <th>Dimension</th>
-          <th>Hermes Agent</th>
-          <th>openclaw-honcho</th>
-        </tr>
-      </thead>
-      <tbody>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Context injection timing</strong></td>
-          <td>Once per session (cached). Zero HTTP on response path after turn 1.</td>
-          <td>Every turn, blocking. Fresh context per turn but adds latency.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Prefetch strategy</strong></td>
-          <td>Daemon threads fire at turn end; consumed next turn from cache.</td>
-          <td>None. Blocking call at prompt-build time.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Dialectic (peer.chat)</strong></td>
-          <td>Prefetched async; result injected into system prompt next turn.</td>
-          <td>On-demand via <code>honcho_recall</code> / <code>honcho_analyze</code> tools.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Reasoning level</strong></td>
-          <td>Dynamic: scales with message length. Floor = config default. Cap = "high".</td>
-          <td>Fixed per tool: recall=minimal, analyze=medium.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Memory modes</strong></td>
-          <td><code>user_memory_mode</code> / <code>agent_memory_mode</code>: hybrid / honcho / local.</td>
-          <td>None. Always writes to Honcho.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Write frequency</strong></td>
-          <td>async (background queue), turn, session, N turns.</td>
-          <td>After every agent_end (no control).</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>AI peer identity</strong></td>
-          <td><code>observe_me=True</code>, <code>seed_ai_identity()</code>, <code>get_ai_representation()</code>, SOUL.md → AI peer.</td>
-          <td>Agent files uploaded to agent peer at setup. No ongoing self-observation seeding.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Context scope</strong></td>
-          <td>User peer + AI peer representation, both injected.</td>
-          <td>User peer (owner) representation + conversation summary. <code>peerPerspective</code> on context call.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Session naming</strong></td>
-          <td>per-directory / global / manual map / title-based.</td>
-          <td>Derived from platform session key.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Multi-agent</strong></td>
-          <td>Single-agent only.</td>
-          <td>Parent observer hierarchy via <code>subagent_spawned</code>.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Tool surface</strong></td>
-          <td>Single <code>query_user_context</code> tool (on-demand dialectic).</td>
-          <td>6 tools: session, profile, search, context (fast) + recall, analyze (LLM).</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Platform metadata</strong></td>
-          <td>Not stripped.</td>
-          <td>Explicitly stripped before Honcho storage.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Message dedup</strong></td>
-          <td>None (sends on every save cycle).</td>
-          <td><code>lastSavedIndex</code> in session metadata prevents re-sending.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>CLI surface in prompt</strong></td>
-          <td>Management commands injected into system prompt. Agent knows its own CLI.</td>
-          <td>Not injected.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>AI peer name in identity</strong></td>
-          <td>Replaces "Hermes Agent" in DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY when configured.</td>
-          <td>Not implemented.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>QMD / local file search</strong></td>
-          <td>Not implemented.</td>
-          <td>Passthrough tools when QMD backend configured.</td>
-        </tr>
-        <tr>
-          <td><strong>Workspace metadata</strong></td>
-          <td>Not implemented.</td>
-          <td><code>agentPeerMap</code> in workspace metadata tracks agent&#8594;peer ID.</td>
-        </tr>
-      </tbody>
-    </table>
-  </div>
-</section>
-
-<!-- PATTERNS -->
-<section id="patterns">
-  <h2>Hermes patterns to port</h2>
-
-  <p>Six patterns from Hermes are worth adopting in any Honcho integration. They are described below as integration-agnostic interfaces — the implementation will differ per runtime, but the contract is the same.</p>
-
-  <div class="compare">
-    <div class="compare-card">
-      <h4>Patterns Hermes contributes</h4>
-      <ul>
-        <li>Async prefetch (zero-latency)</li>
-        <li>Dynamic reasoning level</li>
-        <li>Per-peer memory modes</li>
-        <li>AI peer identity formation</li>
-        <li>Session naming strategies</li>
-        <li>CLI surface injection</li>
-      </ul>
-    </div>
-    <div class="compare-card after">
-      <h4>Patterns openclaw contributes back</h4>
-      <ul>
-        <li>lastSavedIndex dedup</li>
-        <li>Platform metadata stripping</li>
-        <li>Multi-agent observer hierarchy</li>
-        <li>peerPerspective on context()</li>
-        <li>Tiered tool surface (fast/LLM)</li>
-        <li>Workspace agentPeerMap</li>
-      </ul>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</section>
-
-<!-- SPEC: ASYNC PREFETCH -->
-<section id="spec-async">
-  <h2>Spec: async prefetch</h2>
-
-  <h3>Problem</h3>
-  <p>Calling <code>session.context()</code> and <code>peer.chat()</code> synchronously before each LLM call adds 200–800ms of Honcho round-trip latency to every turn. Users experience this as the agent "thinking slowly."</p>
-
-  <h3>Pattern</h3>
-  <p>Fire both calls as non-blocking background work at the <strong>end</strong> of each turn. Store results in a per-session cache keyed by session ID. At the <strong>start</strong> of the next turn, pop from cache — the HTTP is already done. First turn is cold (empty cache); all subsequent turns are zero-latency on the response path.</p>
-
-  <h3>Interface contract</h3>
-  <pre><code><span class="cm">// TypeScript (openclaw / nanobot plugin shape)</span>
-
-<span class="kw">interface</span> <span class="key">AsyncPrefetch</span> {
-  <span class="cm">// Fire context + dialectic fetches at turn end. Non-blocking.</span>
-  firePrefetch(sessionId: <span class="str">string</span>, userMessage: <span class="str">string</span>): <span class="kw">void</span>;
-
-  <span class="cm">// Pop cached results at turn start. Returns empty if cache is cold.</span>
-  popContextResult(sessionId: <span class="str">string</span>): ContextResult | <span class="kw">null</span>;
-  popDialecticResult(sessionId: <span class="str">string</span>): <span class="str">string</span> | <span class="kw">null</span>;
-}
-
-<span class="kw">type</span> <span class="key">ContextResult</span> = {
-  representation: <span class="str">string</span>;
-  card: <span class="str">string</span>[];
-  aiRepresentation?: <span class="str">string</span>;  <span class="cm">// AI peer context if enabled</span>
-  summary?: <span class="str">string</span>;            <span class="cm">// conversation summary if fetched</span>
-};</code></pre>
-
-  <h3>Implementation notes</h3>
-  <ul>
-    <li>Python: <code>threading.Thread(daemon=True)</code>. Write to <code>dict[session_id, result]</code> — GIL makes this safe for simple writes.</li>
-    <li>TypeScript: <code>Promise</code> stored in <code>Map&lt;string, Promise&lt;ContextResult&gt;&gt;</code>. Await at pop time. If not resolved yet, skip (return null) — do not block.</li>
-    <li>The pop is destructive: clears the cache entry after reading so stale data never accumulates.</li>
-    <li>Prefetch should also fire on first turn (even though it won't be consumed until turn 2) — this ensures turn 2 is never cold.</li>
-  </ul>
-
-  <h3>openclaw-honcho adoption</h3>
-  <p>Move <code>session.context()</code> from <code>before_prompt_build</code> to a post-<code>agent_end</code> background task. Store result in <code>state.contextCache</code>. In <code>before_prompt_build</code>, read from cache instead of calling Honcho. If cache is empty (turn 1), inject nothing — the prompt is still valid without Honcho context on the first turn.</p>
-</section>
-
-<!-- SPEC: DYNAMIC REASONING LEVEL -->
-<section id="spec-reasoning">
-  <h2>Spec: dynamic reasoning level</h2>
-
-  <h3>Problem</h3>
-  <p>Honcho's dialectic endpoint supports reasoning levels from <code>minimal</code> to <code>max</code>. A fixed level per tool wastes budget on simple queries and under-serves complex ones.</p>
-
-  <h3>Pattern</h3>
-  <p>Select the reasoning level dynamically based on the user's message. Use the configured default as a floor. Bump by message length. Cap auto-selection at <code>high</code> — never select <code>max</code> automatically.</p>
-
-  <h3>Interface contract</h3>
-  <pre><code><span class="cm">// Shared helper — identical logic in any language</span>
-
-<span class="kw">const</span> LEVELS = [<span class="str">"minimal"</span>, <span class="str">"low"</span>, <span class="str">"medium"</span>, <span class="str">"high"</span>, <span class="str">"max"</span>];
-
-<span class="kw">function</span> <span class="key">dynamicReasoningLevel</span>(
-  query: <span class="str">string</span>,
-  configDefault: <span class="str">string</span> = <span class="str">"low"</span>
-): <span class="str">string</span> {
-  <span class="kw">const</span> baseIdx = Math.max(<span class="num">0</span>, LEVELS.indexOf(configDefault));
-  <span class="kw">const</span> n = query.length;
-  <span class="kw">const</span> bump = n &lt; <span class="num">120</span> ? <span class="num">0</span> : n &lt; <span class="num">400</span> ? <span class="num">1</span> : <span class="num">2</span>;
-  <span class="kw">return</span> LEVELS[Math.min(baseIdx + bump, <span class="num">3</span>)]; <span class="cm">// cap at "high" (idx 3)</span>
-}</code></pre>
-
-  <h3>Config key</h3>
-  <p>Add a <code>dialecticReasoningLevel</code> config field (string, default <code>"low"</code>). This sets the floor. Users can raise or lower it. The dynamic bump always applies on top.</p>
-
-  <h3>openclaw-honcho adoption</h3>
-  <p>Apply in <code>honcho_recall</code> and <code>honcho_analyze</code>: replace the fixed <code>reasoningLevel</code> with the dynamic selector. <code>honcho_recall</code> should use floor <code>"minimal"</code> and <code>honcho_analyze</code> floor <code>"medium"</code> — both still bump with message length.</p>
-</section>
-
-<!-- SPEC: PER-PEER MEMORY MODES -->
-<section id="spec-modes">
-  <h2>Spec: per-peer memory modes</h2>
-
-  <h3>Problem</h3>
-  <p>Users want independent control over whether user context and agent context are written locally, to Honcho, or both. A single <code>memoryMode</code> shorthand is not granular enough.</p>
-
-  <h3>Pattern</h3>
-  <p>Three modes per peer: <code>hybrid</code> (write both local + Honcho), <code>honcho</code> (Honcho only, disable local files), <code>local</code> (local files only, skip Honcho sync for this peer). Two orthogonal axes: user peer and agent peer.</p>
-
-  <h3>Config schema</h3>
-  <pre><code><span class="cm">// ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json  (or ~/.nanobot/config.json)</span>
-{
-  <span class="str">"plugins"</span>: {
-    <span class="str">"openclaw-honcho"</span>: {
-      <span class="str">"config"</span>: {
-        <span class="str">"apiKey"</span>: <span class="str">"..."</span>,
-        <span class="str">"memoryMode"</span>: <span class="str">"hybrid"</span>,          <span class="cm">// shorthand: both peers</span>
-        <span class="str">"userMemoryMode"</span>: <span class="str">"honcho"</span>,       <span class="cm">// override for user peer</span>
-        <span class="str">"agentMemoryMode"</span>: <span class="str">"hybrid"</span>       <span class="cm">// override for agent peer</span>
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}</code></pre>
-
-  <h3>Resolution order</h3>
-  <ol>
-    <li>Per-peer field (<code>userMemoryMode</code> / <code>agentMemoryMode</code>) — wins if present.</li>
-    <li>Shorthand <code>memoryMode</code> — applies to both peers as default.</li>
-    <li>Hardcoded default: <code>"hybrid"</code>.</li>
-  </ol>
-
-  <h3>Effect on Honcho sync</h3>
-  <ul>
-    <li><code>userMemoryMode=local</code>: skip adding user peer messages to Honcho.</li>
-    <li><code>agentMemoryMode=local</code>: skip adding assistant peer messages to Honcho.</li>
-    <li>Both local: skip <code>session.addMessages()</code> entirely.</li>
-    <li><code>userMemoryMode=honcho</code>: disable local USER.md writes.</li>
-    <li><code>agentMemoryMode=honcho</code>: disable local MEMORY.md / SOUL.md writes.</li>
-  </ul>
-</section>
-
-<!-- SPEC: AI PEER IDENTITY -->
-<section id="spec-identity">
-  <h2>Spec: AI peer identity formation</h2>
-
-  <h3>Problem</h3>
-  <p>Honcho builds the user's representation organically by observing what the user says. The same mechanism exists for the AI peer — but only if <code>observe_me=True</code> is set for the agent peer. Without it, the agent peer accumulates nothing and Honcho's AI-side model never forms.</p>
-
-  <p>Additionally, existing persona files (SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md) should seed the AI peer's Honcho representation at first activation, rather than waiting for it to emerge from scratch.</p>
-
-  <h3>Part A: observe_me=True for agent peer</h3>
-  <pre><code><span class="cm">// TypeScript — in session.addPeers() call</span>
-<span class="kw">await</span> session.addPeers([
-  [ownerPeer.id, { observeMe: <span class="kw">true</span>,  observeOthers: <span class="kw">false</span> }],
-  [agentPeer.id, { observeMe: <span class="kw">true</span>,  observeOthers: <span class="kw">true</span>  }], <span class="cm">// was false</span>
-]);</code></pre>
-
-  <p>This is a one-line change but foundational. Without it, Honcho's AI peer representation stays empty regardless of what the agent says.</p>
-
-  <h3>Part B: seedAiIdentity()</h3>
-  <pre><code><span class="kw">async function</span> <span class="key">seedAiIdentity</span>(
-  session: HonchoSession,
-  agentPeer: Peer,
-  content: <span class="str">string</span>,
-  source: <span class="str">string</span>
-): Promise&lt;<span class="kw">boolean</span>&gt; {
-  <span class="kw">const</span> wrapped = [
-    <span class="str">`&lt;ai_identity_seed&gt;`</span>,
-    <span class="str">`&lt;source&gt;${source}&lt;/source&gt;`</span>,
-    <span class="str">``</span>,
-    content.trim(),
-    <span class="str">`&lt;/ai_identity_seed&gt;`</span>,
-  ].join(<span class="str">"\n"</span>);
-
-  <span class="kw">await</span> agentPeer.addMessage(<span class="str">"assistant"</span>, wrapped);
-  <span class="kw">return true</span>;
-}</code></pre>
-
-  <h3>Part C: migrate agent files at setup</h3>
-  <p>During <code>openclaw honcho setup</code>, upload agent-self files (SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, BOOTSTRAP.md) to the agent peer using <code>seedAiIdentity()</code> instead of <code>session.uploadFile()</code>. This routes the content through Honcho's observation pipeline rather than the file store.</p>
-
-  <h3>Part D: AI peer name in identity</h3>
-  <p>When the agent has a configured name (non-default), inject it into the agent's self-identity prefix. In OpenClaw this means adding to the injected system prompt section:</p>
-  <pre><code><span class="cm">// In context hook return value</span>
-<span class="kw">return</span> {
-  systemPrompt: [
-    agentName ? <span class="str">`You are ${agentName}.`</span> : <span class="str">""</span>,
-    <span class="str">"## User Memory Context"</span>,
-    ...sections,
-  ].filter(Boolean).join(<span class="str">"\n\n"</span>)
-};</code></pre>
-
-  <h3>CLI surface: honcho identity subcommand</h3>
-  <pre><code>openclaw honcho identity &lt;file&gt;    <span class="cm"># seed from file</span>
-openclaw honcho identity --show    <span class="cm"># show current AI peer representation</span></code></pre>
-</section>
-
-<!-- SPEC: SESSION NAMING -->
-<section id="spec-sessions">
-  <h2>Spec: session naming strategies</h2>
-
-  <h3>Problem</h3>
-  <p>When Honcho is used across multiple projects or directories, a single global session means every project shares the same context. Per-directory sessions provide isolation without requiring users to name sessions manually.</p>
-
-  <h3>Strategies</h3>
-  <div class="table-wrap">
-    <table>
-      <thead><tr><th>Strategy</th><th>Session key</th><th>When to use</th></tr></thead>
-      <tbody>
-        <tr><td><code>per-directory</code></td><td>basename of CWD</td><td>Default. Each project gets its own session.</td></tr>
-        <tr><td><code>global</code></td><td>fixed string <code>"global"</code></td><td>Single cross-project session.</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>manual map</td><td>user-configured per path</td><td><code>sessions</code> config map overrides directory basename.</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>title-based</td><td>sanitized session title</td><td>When agent supports named sessions; title set mid-conversation.</td></tr>
-      </tbody>
-    </table>
-  </div>
-
-  <h3>Config schema</h3>
-  <pre><code>{
-  <span class="str">"sessionStrategy"</span>: <span class="str">"per-directory"</span>,   <span class="cm">// "per-directory" | "global"</span>
-  <span class="str">"sessionPeerPrefix"</span>: <span class="kw">false</span>,            <span class="cm">// prepend peer name to session key</span>
-  <span class="str">"sessions"</span>: {                            <span class="cm">// manual overrides</span>
-    <span class="str">"/home/user/projects/foo"</span>: <span class="str">"foo-project"</span>
-  }
-}</code></pre>
-
-  <h3>CLI surface</h3>
-  <pre><code>openclaw honcho sessions              <span class="cm"># list all mappings</span>
-openclaw honcho map &lt;name&gt;           <span class="cm"># map cwd to session name</span>
-openclaw honcho map                   <span class="cm"># no-arg = list mappings</span></code></pre>
-
-  <p>Resolution order: manual map wins &rarr; session title &rarr; directory basename &rarr; platform key.</p>
-</section>
-
-<!-- SPEC: CLI SURFACE INJECTION -->
-<section id="spec-cli">
-  <h2>Spec: CLI surface injection</h2>
-
-  <h3>Problem</h3>
-  <p>When a user asks "how do I change my memory settings?" or "what Honcho commands are available?" the agent either hallucinates or says it doesn't know. The agent should know its own management interface.</p>
-
-  <h3>Pattern</h3>
-  <p>When Honcho is active, append a compact command reference to the system prompt. The agent can cite these commands directly instead of guessing.</p>
-
-  <pre><code><span class="cm">// In context hook, append to systemPrompt</span>
-<span class="kw">const</span> honchoSection = [
-  <span class="str">"# Honcho memory integration"</span>,
-  <span class="str">`Active. Session: ${sessionKey}. Mode: ${mode}.`</span>,
-  <span class="str">"Management commands:"</span>,
-  <span class="str">"  openclaw honcho status                    — show config + connection"</span>,
-  <span class="str">"  openclaw honcho mode [hybrid|honcho|local] — show or set memory mode"</span>,
-  <span class="str">"  openclaw honcho sessions                  — list session mappings"</span>,
-  <span class="str">"  openclaw honcho map &lt;name&gt;                — map directory to session"</span>,
-  <span class="str">"  openclaw honcho identity [file] [--show]  — seed or show AI identity"</span>,
-  <span class="str">"  openclaw honcho setup                     — full interactive wizard"</span>,
-].join(<span class="str">"\n"</span>);</code></pre>
-
-  <div class="callout warn">
-    <strong>Keep it compact.</strong> This section is injected every turn. Keep it under 300 chars of context. List commands, not explanations — the agent can explain them on request.
-  </div>
-</section>
-
-<!-- OPENCLAW CHECKLIST -->
-<section id="openclaw-checklist">
-  <h2>openclaw-honcho checklist</h2>
-
-  <p>Ordered by impact. Each item maps to a spec section above.</p>
-
-  <ul class="checklist">
-    <li class="todo"><strong>Async prefetch</strong> — move <code>session.context()</code> out of <code>before_prompt_build</code> into post-<code>agent_end</code> background Promise. Pop from cache at prompt build. (<a href="#spec-async">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>observe_me=True for agent peer</strong> — one-line change in <code>session.addPeers()</code> config for agent peer. (<a href="#spec-identity">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>Dynamic reasoning level</strong> — add <code>dynamicReasoningLevel()</code> helper; apply in <code>honcho_recall</code> and <code>honcho_analyze</code>. Add <code>dialecticReasoningLevel</code> to config schema. (<a href="#spec-reasoning">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>Per-peer memory modes</strong> — add <code>userMemoryMode</code> / <code>agentMemoryMode</code> to config; gate Honcho sync and local writes accordingly. (<a href="#spec-modes">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>seedAiIdentity()</strong> — add helper; apply during setup migration for SOUL.md / IDENTITY.md instead of <code>session.uploadFile()</code>. (<a href="#spec-identity">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>Session naming strategies</strong> — add <code>sessionStrategy</code>, <code>sessions</code> map, <code>sessionPeerPrefix</code> to config; implement resolution function. (<a href="#spec-sessions">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>CLI surface injection</strong> — append command reference to <code>before_prompt_build</code> return value when Honcho is active. (<a href="#spec-cli">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>honcho identity subcommand</strong> — add <code>openclaw honcho identity</code> CLI command. (<a href="#spec-identity">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>AI peer name injection</strong> — if <code>aiPeer</code> name configured, prepend to injected system prompt. (<a href="#spec-identity">spec</a>)</li>
-    <li class="todo"><strong>honcho mode / honcho sessions / honcho map</strong> — CLI parity with Hermes. (<a href="#spec-sessions">spec</a>)</li>
-  </ul>
-
-  <div class="callout success">
-    <strong>Already done in openclaw-honcho (do not re-implement):</strong> lastSavedIndex dedup, platform metadata stripping, multi-agent parent observer hierarchy, peerPerspective on context(), tiered tool surface (fast/LLM), workspace agentPeerMap, QMD passthrough, self-hosted Honcho support.
-  </div>
-</section>
-
-<!-- NANOBOT CHECKLIST -->
-<section id="nanobot-checklist">
-  <h2>nanobot-honcho checklist</h2>
-
-  <p>nanobot-honcho is a greenfield integration. Start from openclaw-honcho's architecture (hook-based, dual peer) and apply all Hermes patterns from day one rather than retrofitting. Priority order:</p>
-
-  <h3>Phase 1 — core correctness</h3>
-  <ul class="checklist">
-    <li class="todo">Dual peer model (owner + agent peer), both with <code>observe_me=True</code></li>
-    <li class="todo">Message capture at turn end with <code>lastSavedIndex</code> dedup</li>
-    <li class="todo">Platform metadata stripping before Honcho storage</li>
-    <li class="todo">Async prefetch from day one — do not implement blocking context injection</li>
-    <li class="todo">Legacy file migration at first activation (USER.md → owner peer, SOUL.md → <code>seedAiIdentity()</code>)</li>
-  </ul>
-
-  <h3>Phase 2 — configuration</h3>
-  <ul class="checklist">
-    <li class="todo">Config schema: <code>apiKey</code>, <code>workspaceId</code>, <code>baseUrl</code>, <code>memoryMode</code>, <code>userMemoryMode</code>, <code>agentMemoryMode</code>, <code>dialecticReasoningLevel</code>, <code>sessionStrategy</code>, <code>sessions</code></li>
-    <li class="todo">Per-peer memory mode gating</li>
-    <li class="todo">Dynamic reasoning level</li>
-    <li class="todo">Session naming strategies</li>
-  </ul>
-
-  <h3>Phase 3 — tools and CLI</h3>
-  <ul class="checklist">
-    <li class="todo">Tool surface: <code>honcho_profile</code>, <code>honcho_recall</code>, <code>honcho_analyze</code>, <code>honcho_search</code>, <code>honcho_context</code></li>
-    <li class="todo">CLI: <code>setup</code>, <code>status</code>, <code>sessions</code>, <code>map</code>, <code>mode</code>, <code>identity</code></li>
-    <li class="todo">CLI surface injection into system prompt</li>
-    <li class="todo">AI peer name wired into agent identity</li>
-  </ul>
-</section>
-
-</div>
-
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-  import mermaid from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid@11/dist/mermaid.esm.min.mjs';
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-# honcho-integration-spec
-
-Comparison of Hermes Agent vs. openclaw-honcho — and a porting spec for bringing Hermes patterns into other Honcho integrations.
-
----
-
-## Overview
-
-Two independent Honcho integrations have been built for two different agent runtimes: **Hermes Agent** (Python, baked into the runner) and **openclaw-honcho** (TypeScript plugin via hook/tool API). Both use the same Honcho peer paradigm — dual peer model, `session.context()`, `peer.chat()` — but they made different tradeoffs at every layer.
-
-This document maps those tradeoffs and defines a porting spec: a set of Hermes-originated patterns, each stated as an integration-agnostic interface, that any Honcho integration can adopt regardless of runtime or language.
-
-> **Scope** Both integrations work correctly today. This spec is about the delta — patterns in Hermes that are worth propagating and patterns in openclaw-honcho that Hermes should eventually adopt. The spec is additive, not prescriptive.
-
----
-
-## Architecture comparison
-
-### Hermes: baked-in runner
-
-Honcho is initialised directly inside `AIAgent.__init__`. There is no plugin boundary. Session management, context injection, async prefetch, and CLI surface are all first-class concerns of the runner. Context is injected once per session (baked into `_cached_system_prompt`) and never re-fetched mid-session — this maximises prefix cache hits at the LLM provider.
-
-Turn flow:
-
-```
-user message
-  → _honcho_prefetch()       (reads cache — no HTTP)
-  → _build_system_prompt()   (first turn only, cached)
-  → LLM call
-  → response
-  → _honcho_fire_prefetch()  (daemon threads, turn end)
-       → prefetch_context() thread  ──┐
-       → prefetch_dialectic() thread ─┴→ _context_cache / _dialectic_cache
-```
-
-### openclaw-honcho: hook-based plugin
-
-The plugin registers hooks against OpenClaw's event bus. Context is fetched synchronously inside `before_prompt_build` on every turn. Message capture happens in `agent_end`. The multi-agent hierarchy is tracked via `subagent_spawned`. This model is correct but every turn pays a blocking Honcho round-trip before the LLM call can begin.
-
-Turn flow:
-
-```
-user message
-  → before_prompt_build (BLOCKING HTTP — every turn)
-       → session.context()
-  → system prompt assembled
-  → LLM call
-  → response
-  → agent_end hook
-       → session.addMessages()
-       → session.setMetadata()
-```
-
----
-
-## Diff table
-
-| Dimension | Hermes Agent | openclaw-honcho |
-|---|---|---|
-| **Context injection timing** | Once per session (cached). Zero HTTP on response path after turn 1. | Every turn, blocking. Fresh context per turn but adds latency. |
-| **Prefetch strategy** | Daemon threads fire at turn end; consumed next turn from cache. | None. Blocking call at prompt-build time. |
-| **Dialectic (peer.chat)** | Prefetched async; result injected into system prompt next turn. | On-demand via `honcho_recall` / `honcho_analyze` tools. |
-| **Reasoning level** | Dynamic: scales with message length. Floor = config default. Cap = "high". | Fixed per tool: recall=minimal, analyze=medium. |
-| **Memory modes** | `user_memory_mode` / `agent_memory_mode`: hybrid / honcho / local. | None. Always writes to Honcho. |
-| **Write frequency** | async (background queue), turn, session, N turns. | After every agent_end (no control). |
-| **AI peer identity** | `observe_me=True`, `seed_ai_identity()`, `get_ai_representation()`, SOUL.md → AI peer. | Agent files uploaded to agent peer at setup. No ongoing self-observation. |
-| **Context scope** | User peer + AI peer representation, both injected. | User peer (owner) representation + conversation summary. `peerPerspective` on context call. |
-| **Session naming** | per-directory / global / manual map / title-based. | Derived from platform session key. |
-| **Multi-agent** | Single-agent only. | Parent observer hierarchy via `subagent_spawned`. |
-| **Tool surface** | Single `query_user_context` tool (on-demand dialectic). | 6 tools: session, profile, search, context (fast) + recall, analyze (LLM). |
-| **Platform metadata** | Not stripped. | Explicitly stripped before Honcho storage. |
-| **Message dedup** | None. | `lastSavedIndex` in session metadata prevents re-sending. |
-| **CLI surface in prompt** | Management commands injected into system prompt. Agent knows its own CLI. | Not injected. |
-| **AI peer name in identity** | Replaces "Hermes Agent" in DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY when configured. | Not implemented. |
-| **QMD / local file search** | Not implemented. | Passthrough tools when QMD backend configured. |
-| **Workspace metadata** | Not implemented. | `agentPeerMap` in workspace metadata tracks agent→peer ID. |
-
----
-
-## Patterns
-
-Six patterns from Hermes are worth adopting in any Honcho integration. Each is described as an integration-agnostic interface.
-
-**Hermes contributes:**
-- Async prefetch (zero-latency)
-- Dynamic reasoning level
-- Per-peer memory modes
-- AI peer identity formation
-- Session naming strategies
-- CLI surface injection
-
-**openclaw-honcho contributes back (Hermes should adopt):**
-- `lastSavedIndex` dedup
-- Platform metadata stripping
-- Multi-agent observer hierarchy
-- `peerPerspective` on `context()`
-- Tiered tool surface (fast/LLM)
-- Workspace `agentPeerMap`
-
----
-
-## Spec: async prefetch
-
-### Problem
-
-Calling `session.context()` and `peer.chat()` synchronously before each LLM call adds 200–800ms of Honcho round-trip latency to every turn.
-
-### Pattern
-
-Fire both calls as non-blocking background work at the **end** of each turn. Store results in a per-session cache keyed by session ID. At the **start** of the next turn, pop from cache — the HTTP is already done. First turn is cold (empty cache); all subsequent turns are zero-latency on the response path.
-
-### Interface contract
-
-```typescript
-interface AsyncPrefetch {
-  // Fire context + dialectic fetches at turn end. Non-blocking.
-  firePrefetch(sessionId: string, userMessage: string): void;
-
-  // Pop cached results at turn start. Returns empty if cache is cold.
-  popContextResult(sessionId: string): ContextResult | null;
-  popDialecticResult(sessionId: string): string | null;
-}
-
-type ContextResult = {
-  representation: string;
-  card: string[];
-  aiRepresentation?: string;  // AI peer context if enabled
-  summary?: string;           // conversation summary if fetched
-};
-```
-
-### Implementation notes
-
-- **Python:** `threading.Thread(daemon=True)`. Write to `dict[session_id, result]` — GIL makes this safe for simple writes.
-- **TypeScript:** `Promise` stored in `Map<string, Promise<ContextResult>>`. Await at pop time. If not resolved yet, return null — do not block.
-- The pop is destructive: clears the cache entry after reading so stale data never accumulates.
-- Prefetch should also fire on first turn (even though it won't be consumed until turn 2).
-
-### openclaw-honcho adoption
-
-Move `session.context()` from `before_prompt_build` to a post-`agent_end` background task. Store result in `state.contextCache`. In `before_prompt_build`, read from cache instead of calling Honcho. If cache is empty (turn 1), inject nothing — the prompt is still valid without Honcho context on the first turn.
-
----
-
-## Spec: dynamic reasoning level
-
-### Problem
-
-Honcho's dialectic endpoint supports reasoning levels from `minimal` to `max`. A fixed level per tool wastes budget on simple queries and under-serves complex ones.
-
-### Pattern
-
-Select the reasoning level dynamically based on the user's message. Use the configured default as a floor. Bump by message length. Cap auto-selection at `high` — never select `max` automatically.
-
-### Logic
-
-```
-< 120 chars  → default (typically "low")
-120–400 chars → one level above default (cap at "high")
-> 400 chars  → two levels above default (cap at "high")
-```
-
-### Config key
-
-Add `dialecticReasoningLevel` (string, default `"low"`). This sets the floor. The dynamic bump always applies on top.
-
-### openclaw-honcho adoption
-
-Apply in `honcho_recall` and `honcho_analyze`: replace fixed `reasoningLevel` with the dynamic selector. `honcho_recall` uses floor `"minimal"`, `honcho_analyze` uses floor `"medium"` — both still bump with message length.
-
----
-
-## Spec: per-peer memory modes
-
-### Problem
-
-Users want independent control over whether user context and agent context are written locally, to Honcho, or both.
-
-### Modes
-
-| Mode | Effect |
-|---|---|
-| `hybrid` | Write to both local files and Honcho (default) |
-| `honcho` | Honcho only — disable corresponding local file writes |
-| `local` | Local files only — skip Honcho sync for this peer |
-
-### Config schema
-
-```json
-{
-  "memoryMode": "hybrid",
-  "userMemoryMode": "honcho",
-  "agentMemoryMode": "hybrid"
-}
-```
-
-Resolution order: per-peer field wins → shorthand `memoryMode` → default `"hybrid"`.
-
-### Effect on Honcho sync
-
-- `userMemoryMode=local`: skip adding user peer messages to Honcho
-- `agentMemoryMode=local`: skip adding assistant peer messages to Honcho
-- Both local: skip `session.addMessages()` entirely
-- `userMemoryMode=honcho`: disable local USER.md writes
-- `agentMemoryMode=honcho`: disable local MEMORY.md / SOUL.md writes
-
----
-
-## Spec: AI peer identity formation
-
-### Problem
-
-Honcho builds the user's representation organically by observing what the user says. The same mechanism exists for the AI peer — but only if `observe_me=True` is set for the agent peer. Without it, the agent peer accumulates nothing.
-
-Additionally, existing persona files (SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md) should seed the AI peer's Honcho representation at first activation.
-
-### Part A: observe_me=True for agent peer
-
-```typescript
-await session.addPeers([
-  [ownerPeer.id, { observeMe: true,  observeOthers: false }],
-  [agentPeer.id, { observeMe: true,  observeOthers: true  }], // was false
-]);
-```
-
-One-line change. Foundational. Without it, the AI peer representation stays empty regardless of what the agent says.
-
-### Part B: seedAiIdentity()
-
-```typescript
-async function seedAiIdentity(
-  agentPeer: Peer,
-  content: string,
-  source: string
-): Promise<boolean> {
-  const wrapped = [
-    `<ai_identity_seed>`,
-    `<source>${source}</source>`,
-    ``,
-    content.trim(),
-    `</ai_identity_seed>`,
-  ].join("\n");
-
-  await agentPeer.addMessage("assistant", wrapped);
-  return true;
-}
-```
-
-### Part C: migrate agent files at setup
-
-During `honcho setup`, upload agent-self files (SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md) to the agent peer via `seedAiIdentity()` instead of `session.uploadFile()`. This routes content through Honcho's observation pipeline.
-
-### Part D: AI peer name in identity
-
-When the agent has a configured name, prepend it to the injected system prompt:
-
-```typescript
-const namePrefix = agentName ? `You are ${agentName}.\n\n` : "";
-return { systemPrompt: namePrefix + "## User Memory Context\n\n" + sections };
-```
-
-### CLI surface
-
-```
-honcho identity <file>    # seed from file
-honcho identity --show    # show current AI peer representation
-```
-
----
-
-## Spec: session naming strategies
-
-### Problem
-
-A single global session means every project shares the same Honcho context. Per-directory sessions provide isolation without requiring users to name sessions manually.
-
-### Strategies
-
-| Strategy | Session key | When to use |
-|---|---|---|
-| `per-directory` | basename of CWD | Default. Each project gets its own session. |
-| `global` | fixed string `"global"` | Single cross-project session. |
-| manual map | user-configured per path | `sessions` config map overrides directory basename. |
-| title-based | sanitized session title | When agent supports named sessions set mid-conversation. |
-
-### Config schema
-
-```json
-{
-  "sessionStrategy": "per-directory",
-  "sessionPeerPrefix": false,
-  "sessions": {
-    "/home/user/projects/foo": "foo-project"
-  }
-}
-```
-
-### CLI surface
-
-```
-honcho sessions              # list all mappings
-honcho map <name>            # map cwd to session name
-honcho map                   # no-arg = list mappings
-```
-
-Resolution order: manual map → session title → directory basename → platform key.
-
----
-
-## Spec: CLI surface injection
-
-### Problem
-
-When a user asks "how do I change my memory settings?" the agent either hallucinates or says it doesn't know. The agent should know its own management interface.
-
-### Pattern
-
-When Honcho is active, append a compact command reference to the system prompt. Keep it under 300 chars.
-
-```
-# Honcho memory integration
-Active. Session: {sessionKey}. Mode: {mode}.
-Management commands:
-  honcho status                    — show config + connection
-  honcho mode [hybrid|honcho|local] — show or set memory mode
-  honcho sessions                  — list session mappings
-  honcho map <name>                — map directory to session
-  honcho identity [file] [--show]  — seed or show AI identity
-  honcho setup                     — full interactive wizard
-```
-
----
-
-## openclaw-honcho checklist
-
-Ordered by impact:
-
-- [ ] **Async prefetch** — move `session.context()` out of `before_prompt_build` into post-`agent_end` background Promise
-- [ ] **observe_me=True for agent peer** — one-line change in `session.addPeers()`
-- [ ] **Dynamic reasoning level** — add helper; apply in `honcho_recall` and `honcho_analyze`; add `dialecticReasoningLevel` to config
-- [ ] **Per-peer memory modes** — add `userMemoryMode` / `agentMemoryMode` to config; gate Honcho sync and local writes
-- [ ] **seedAiIdentity()** — add helper; use during setup migration for SOUL.md / IDENTITY.md
-- [ ] **Session naming strategies** — add `sessionStrategy`, `sessions` map, `sessionPeerPrefix`
-- [ ] **CLI surface injection** — append command reference to `before_prompt_build` return value
-- [ ] **honcho identity subcommand** — seed from file or `--show` current representation
-- [ ] **AI peer name injection** — if `aiPeer` name configured, prepend to injected system prompt
-- [ ] **honcho mode / sessions / map** — CLI parity with Hermes
-
-Already done in openclaw-honcho (do not re-implement): `lastSavedIndex` dedup, platform metadata stripping, multi-agent parent observer, `peerPerspective` on `context()`, tiered tool surface, workspace `agentPeerMap`, QMD passthrough, self-hosted Honcho.
-
----
-
-## nanobot-honcho checklist
-
-Greenfield integration. Start from openclaw-honcho's architecture and apply all Hermes patterns from day one.
-
-### Phase 1 — core correctness
-
-- [ ] Dual peer model (owner + agent peer), both with `observe_me=True`
-- [ ] Message capture at turn end with `lastSavedIndex` dedup
-- [ ] Platform metadata stripping before Honcho storage
-- [ ] Async prefetch from day one — do not implement blocking context injection
-- [ ] Legacy file migration at first activation (USER.md → owner peer, SOUL.md → `seedAiIdentity()`)
-
-### Phase 2 — configuration
-
-- [ ] Config schema: `apiKey`, `workspaceId`, `baseUrl`, `memoryMode`, `userMemoryMode`, `agentMemoryMode`, `dialecticReasoningLevel`, `sessionStrategy`, `sessions`
-- [ ] Per-peer memory mode gating
-- [ ] Dynamic reasoning level
-- [ ] Session naming strategies
-
-### Phase 3 — tools and CLI
-
-- [ ] Tool surface: `honcho_profile`, `honcho_recall`, `honcho_analyze`, `honcho_search`, `honcho_context`
-- [ ] CLI: `setup`, `status`, `sessions`, `map`, `mode`, `identity`
-- [ ] CLI surface injection into system prompt
-- [ ] AI peer name wired into agent identity

docs/migration/openclaw.md

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-# Migrating from OpenClaw to Hermes Agent
-
-This guide covers how to import your OpenClaw settings, memories, skills, and API keys into Hermes Agent.
-
-## Three Ways to Migrate
-
-### 1. Automatic (during first-time setup)
-
-When you run `hermes setup` for the first time and Hermes detects `~/.openclaw`, it automatically offers to import your OpenClaw data before configuration begins. Just accept the prompt and everything is handled for you.
-
-### 2. CLI Command (quick, scriptable)
-
-```bash
-hermes claw migrate                      # Full migration with confirmation prompt
-hermes claw migrate --dry-run            # Preview what would happen
-hermes claw migrate --preset user-data   # Migrate without API keys/secrets
-hermes claw migrate --yes                # Skip confirmation prompt
-```
-
-**All options:**
-
-| Flag | Description |
-|------|-------------|
-| `--source PATH` | Path to OpenClaw directory (default: `~/.openclaw`) |
-| `--dry-run` | Preview only — no files are modified |
-| `--preset {user-data,full}` | Migration preset (default: `full`). `user-data` excludes secrets |
-| `--overwrite` | Overwrite existing files (default: skip conflicts) |
-| `--migrate-secrets` | Include allowlisted secrets (auto-enabled with `full` preset) |
-| `--workspace-target PATH` | Copy workspace instructions (AGENTS.md) to this absolute path |
-| `--skill-conflict {skip,overwrite,rename}` | How to handle skill name conflicts (default: `skip`) |
-| `--yes`, `-y` | Skip confirmation prompts |
-
-### 3. Agent-Guided (interactive, with previews)
-
-Ask the agent to run the migration for you:
-
-```
-> Migrate my OpenClaw setup to Hermes
-```
-
-The agent will use the `openclaw-migration` skill to:
-1. Run a dry-run first to preview changes
-2. Ask about conflict resolution (SOUL.md, skills, etc.)
-3. Let you choose between `user-data` and `full` presets
-4. Execute the migration with your choices
-5. Print a detailed summary of what was migrated
-
-## What Gets Migrated
-
-### `user-data` preset
-| Item | Source | Destination |
-|------|--------|-------------|
-| SOUL.md | `~/.openclaw/workspace/SOUL.md` | `~/.hermes/SOUL.md` |
-| Memory entries | `~/.openclaw/workspace/MEMORY.md` | `~/.hermes/memories/MEMORY.md` |
-| User profile | `~/.openclaw/workspace/USER.md` | `~/.hermes/memories/USER.md` |
-| Skills | `~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/` | `~/.hermes/skills/openclaw-imports/` |
-| Command allowlist | `~/.openclaw/workspace/exec_approval_patterns.yaml` | Merged into `~/.hermes/config.yaml` |
-| Messaging settings | `~/.openclaw/config.yaml` (TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS, MESSAGING_CWD) | `~/.hermes/.env` |
-| TTS assets | `~/.openclaw/workspace/tts/` | `~/.hermes/tts/` |
-
-### `full` preset (adds to `user-data`)
-| Item | Source | Destination |
-|------|--------|-------------|
-| Telegram bot token | `~/.openclaw/config.yaml` | `~/.hermes/.env` |
-| OpenRouter API key | `~/.openclaw/.env` or config | `~/.hermes/.env` |
-| OpenAI API key | `~/.openclaw/.env` or config | `~/.hermes/.env` |
-| Anthropic API key | `~/.openclaw/.env` or config | `~/.hermes/.env` |
-| ElevenLabs API key | `~/.openclaw/.env` or config | `~/.hermes/.env` |
-
-Only these 6 allowlisted secrets are ever imported. Other credentials are skipped and reported.
-
-## Conflict Handling
-
-By default, the migration **will not overwrite** existing Hermes data:
-
-- **SOUL.md** — skipped if one already exists in `~/.hermes/`
-- **Memory entries** — skipped if memories already exist (to avoid duplicates)
-- **Skills** — skipped if a skill with the same name already exists
-- **API keys** — skipped if the key is already set in `~/.hermes/.env`
-
-To overwrite conflicts, use `--overwrite`. The migration creates backups before overwriting.
-
-For skills, you can also use `--skill-conflict rename` to import conflicting skills under a new name (e.g., `skill-name-imported`).
-
-## Migration Report
-
-Every migration (including dry runs) produces a report showing:
-- **Migrated items** — what was successfully imported
-- **Conflicts** — items skipped because they already exist
-- **Skipped items** — items not found in the source
-- **Errors** — items that failed to import
-
-For execute runs, the full report is saved to `~/.hermes/migration/openclaw/<timestamp>/`.
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### "OpenClaw directory not found"
-The migration looks for `~/.openclaw` by default. If your OpenClaw is installed elsewhere, use `--source`:
-```bash
-hermes claw migrate --source /path/to/.openclaw
-```
-
-### "Migration script not found"
-The migration script ships with Hermes Agent. If you installed via pip (not git clone), the `optional-skills/` directory may not be present. Install the skill from the Skills Hub:
-```bash
-hermes skills install openclaw-migration
-```
-
-### Memory overflow
-If your OpenClaw MEMORY.md or USER.md exceeds Hermes' character limits, excess entries are exported to an overflow file in the migration report directory. You can manually review and add the most important ones.

docs/plans/2026-03-16-pricing-accuracy-architecture-design.md

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-# Pricing Accuracy Architecture
-
-Date: 2026-03-16
-
-## Goal
-
-Hermes should only show dollar costs when they are backed by an official source for the user's actual billing path.
-
-This design replaces the current static, heuristic pricing flow in:
-
-- `run_agent.py`
-- `agent/usage_pricing.py`
-- `agent/insights.py`
-- `cli.py`
-
-with a provider-aware pricing system that:
-
-- handles cache billing correctly
-- distinguishes `actual` vs `estimated` vs `included` vs `unknown`
-- reconciles post-hoc costs when providers expose authoritative billing data
-- supports direct providers, OpenRouter, subscriptions, enterprise pricing, and custom endpoints
-
-## Problems In The Current Design
-
-Current Hermes behavior has four structural issues:
-
-1. It stores only `prompt_tokens` and `completion_tokens`, which is insufficient for providers that bill cache reads and cache writes separately.
-2. It uses a static model price table and fuzzy heuristics, which can drift from current official pricing.
-3. It assumes public API list pricing matches the user's real billing path.
-4. It has no distinction between live estimates and reconciled billed cost.
-
-## Design Principles
-
-1. Normalize usage before pricing.
-2. Never fold cached tokens into plain input cost.
-3. Track certainty explicitly.
-4. Treat the billing path as part of the model identity.
-5. Prefer official machine-readable sources over scraped docs.
-6. Use post-hoc provider cost APIs when available.
-7. Show `n/a` rather than inventing precision.
-
-## High-Level Architecture
-
-The new system has four layers:
-
-1. `usage_normalization`
-   Converts raw provider usage into a canonical usage record.
-2. `pricing_source_resolution`
-   Determines the billing path, source of truth, and applicable pricing source.
-3. `cost_estimation_and_reconciliation`
-   Produces an immediate estimate when possible, then replaces or annotates it with actual billed cost later.
-4. `presentation`
-   `/usage`, `/insights`, and the status bar display cost with certainty metadata.
-
-## Canonical Usage Record
-
-Add a canonical usage model that every provider path maps into before any pricing math happens.
-
-Suggested structure:
-
-```python
-@dataclass
-class CanonicalUsage:
-    provider: str
-    billing_provider: str
-    model: str
-    billing_route: str
-
-    input_tokens: int = 0
-    output_tokens: int = 0
-    cache_read_tokens: int = 0
-    cache_write_tokens: int = 0
-    reasoning_tokens: int = 0
-    request_count: int = 1
-
-    raw_usage: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-    raw_usage_fields: dict[str, str] | None = None
-    computed_fields: set[str] | None = None
-
-    provider_request_id: str | None = None
-    provider_generation_id: str | None = None
-    provider_response_id: str | None = None
-```
-
-Rules:
-
-- `input_tokens` means non-cached input only.
-- `cache_read_tokens` and `cache_write_tokens` are never merged into `input_tokens`.
-- `output_tokens` excludes cache metrics.
-- `reasoning_tokens` is telemetry unless a provider officially bills it separately.
-
-This is the same normalization pattern used by `opencode`, extended with provenance and reconciliation ids.
-
-## Provider Normalization Rules
-
-### OpenAI Direct
-
-Source usage fields:
-
-- `prompt_tokens`
-- `completion_tokens`
-- `prompt_tokens_details.cached_tokens`
-
-Normalization:
-
-- `cache_read_tokens = cached_tokens`
-- `input_tokens = prompt_tokens - cached_tokens`
-- `cache_write_tokens = 0` unless OpenAI exposes it in the relevant route
-- `output_tokens = completion_tokens`
-
-### Anthropic Direct
-
-Source usage fields:
-
-- `input_tokens`
-- `output_tokens`
-- `cache_read_input_tokens`
-- `cache_creation_input_tokens`
-
-Normalization:
-
-- `input_tokens = input_tokens`
-- `output_tokens = output_tokens`
-- `cache_read_tokens = cache_read_input_tokens`
-- `cache_write_tokens = cache_creation_input_tokens`
-
-### OpenRouter
-
-Estimate-time usage normalization should use the response usage payload with the same rules as the underlying provider when possible.
-
-Reconciliation-time records should also store:
-
-- OpenRouter generation id
-- native token fields when available
-- `total_cost`
-- `cache_discount`
-- `upstream_inference_cost`
-- `is_byok`
-
-### Gemini / Vertex
-
-Use official Gemini or Vertex usage fields where available.
-
-If cached content tokens are exposed:
-
-- map them to `cache_read_tokens`
-
-If a route exposes no cache creation metric:
-
-- store `cache_write_tokens = 0`
-- preserve the raw usage payload for later extension
-
-### DeepSeek And Other Direct Providers
-
-Normalize only the fields that are officially exposed.
-
-If a provider does not expose cache buckets:
-
-- do not infer them unless the provider explicitly documents how to derive them
-
-### Subscription / Included-Cost Routes
-
-These still use the canonical usage model.
-
-Tokens are tracked normally. Cost depends on billing mode, not on whether usage exists.
-
-## Billing Route Model
-
-Hermes must stop keying pricing solely by `model`.
-
-Introduce a billing route descriptor:
-
-```python
-@dataclass
-class BillingRoute:
-    provider: str
-    base_url: str | None
-    model: str
-    billing_mode: str
-    organization_hint: str | None = None
-```
-
-`billing_mode` values:
-
-- `official_cost_api`
-- `official_generation_api`
-- `official_models_api`
-- `official_docs_snapshot`
-- `subscription_included`
-- `user_override`
-- `custom_contract`
-- `unknown`
-
-Examples:
-
-- OpenAI direct API with Costs API access: `official_cost_api`
-- Anthropic direct API with Usage & Cost API access: `official_cost_api`
-- OpenRouter request before reconciliation: `official_models_api`
-- OpenRouter request after generation lookup: `official_generation_api`
-- GitHub Copilot style subscription route: `subscription_included`
-- local OpenAI-compatible server: `unknown`
-- enterprise contract with configured rates: `custom_contract`
-
-## Cost Status Model
-
-Every displayed cost should have:
-
-```python
-@dataclass
-class CostResult:
-    amount_usd: Decimal | None
-    status: Literal["actual", "estimated", "included", "unknown"]
-    source: Literal[
-        "provider_cost_api",
-        "provider_generation_api",
-        "provider_models_api",
-        "official_docs_snapshot",
-        "user_override",
-        "custom_contract",
-        "none",
-    ]
-    label: str
-    fetched_at: datetime | None
-    pricing_version: str | None
-    notes: list[str]
-```
-
-Presentation rules:
-
-- `actual`: show dollar amount as final
-- `estimated`: show dollar amount with estimate labeling
-- `included`: show `included` or `$0.00 (included)` depending on UX choice
-- `unknown`: show `n/a`
-
-## Official Source Hierarchy
-
-Resolve cost using this order:
-
-1. Request-level or account-level official billed cost
-2. Official machine-readable model pricing
-3. Official docs snapshot
-4. User override or custom contract
-5. Unknown
-
-The system must never skip to a lower level if a higher-confidence source exists for the current billing route.
-
-## Provider-Specific Truth Rules
-
-### OpenAI Direct
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. Costs API for reconciled spend
-2. Official pricing page for live estimate
-
-### Anthropic Direct
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. Usage & Cost API for reconciled spend
-2. Official pricing docs for live estimate
-
-### OpenRouter
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. `GET /api/v1/generation` for reconciled `total_cost`
-2. `GET /api/v1/models` pricing for live estimate
-
-Do not use underlying provider public pricing as the source of truth for OpenRouter billing.
-
-### Gemini / Vertex
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. official billing export or billing API for reconciled spend when available for the route
-2. official pricing docs for estimate
-
-### DeepSeek
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. official machine-readable cost source if available in the future
-2. official pricing docs snapshot today
-
-### Subscription-Included Routes
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. explicit route config marking the model as included in subscription
-
-These should display `included`, not an API list-price estimate.
-
-### Custom Endpoint / Local Model
-
-Preferred truth:
-
-1. user override
-2. custom contract config
-3. unknown
-
-These should default to `unknown`.
-
-## Pricing Catalog
-
-Replace the current `MODEL_PRICING` dict with a richer pricing catalog.
-
-Suggested record:
-
-```python
-@dataclass
-class PricingEntry:
-    provider: str
-    route_pattern: str
-    model_pattern: str
-
-    input_cost_per_million: Decimal | None = None
-    output_cost_per_million: Decimal | None = None
-    cache_read_cost_per_million: Decimal | None = None
-    cache_write_cost_per_million: Decimal | None = None
-    request_cost: Decimal | None = None
-    image_cost: Decimal | None = None
-
-    source: str = "official_docs_snapshot"
-    source_url: str | None = None
-    fetched_at: datetime | None = None
-    pricing_version: str | None = None
-```
-
-The catalog should be route-aware:
-
-- `openai:gpt-5`
-- `anthropic:claude-opus-4-6`
-- `openrouter:anthropic/claude-opus-4.6`
-- `copilot:gpt-4o`
-
-This avoids conflating direct-provider billing with aggregator billing.
-
-## Pricing Sync Architecture
-
-Introduce a pricing sync subsystem instead of manually maintaining a single hardcoded table.
-
-Suggested modules:
-
-- `agent/pricing/catalog.py`
-- `agent/pricing/sources.py`
-- `agent/pricing/sync.py`
-- `agent/pricing/reconcile.py`
-- `agent/pricing/types.py`
-
-### Sync Sources
-
-- OpenRouter models API
-- official provider docs snapshots where no API exists
-- user overrides from config
-
-### Sync Output
-
-Cache pricing entries locally with:
-
-- source URL
-- fetch timestamp
-- version/hash
-- confidence/source type
-
-### Sync Frequency
-
-- startup warm cache
-- background refresh every 6 to 24 hours depending on source
-- manual `hermes pricing sync`
-
-## Reconciliation Architecture
-
-Live requests may produce only an estimate initially. Hermes should reconcile them later when a provider exposes actual billed cost.
-
-Suggested flow:
-
-1. Agent call completes.
-2. Hermes stores canonical usage plus reconciliation ids.
-3. Hermes computes an immediate estimate if a pricing source exists.
-4. A reconciliation worker fetches actual cost when supported.
-5. Session and message records are updated with `actual` cost.
-
-This can run:
-
-- inline for cheap lookups
-- asynchronously for delayed provider accounting
-
-## Persistence Changes
-
-Session storage should stop storing only aggregate prompt/completion totals.
-
-Add fields for both usage and cost certainty:
-
-- `input_tokens`
-- `output_tokens`
-- `cache_read_tokens`
-- `cache_write_tokens`
-- `reasoning_tokens`
-- `estimated_cost_usd`
-- `actual_cost_usd`
-- `cost_status`
-- `cost_source`
-- `pricing_version`
-- `billing_provider`
-- `billing_mode`
-
-If schema expansion is too large for one PR, add a new pricing events table:
-
-```text
-session_cost_events
-  id
-  session_id
-  request_id
-  provider
-  model
-  billing_mode
-  input_tokens
-  output_tokens
-  cache_read_tokens
-  cache_write_tokens
-  estimated_cost_usd
-  actual_cost_usd
-  cost_status
-  cost_source
-  pricing_version
-  created_at
-  updated_at
-```
-
-## Hermes Touchpoints
-
-### `run_agent.py`
-
-Current responsibility:
-
-- parse raw provider usage
-- update session token counters
-
-New responsibility:
-
-- build `CanonicalUsage`
-- update canonical counters
-- store reconciliation ids
-- emit usage event to pricing subsystem
-
-### `agent/usage_pricing.py`
-
-Current responsibility:
-
-- static lookup table
-- direct cost arithmetic
-
-New responsibility:
-
-- move or replace with pricing catalog facade
-- no fuzzy model-family heuristics
-- no direct pricing without billing-route context
-
-### `cli.py`
-
-Current responsibility:
-
-- compute session cost directly from prompt/completion totals
-
-New responsibility:
-
-- display `CostResult`
-- show status badges:
-  - `actual`
-  - `estimated`
-  - `included`
-  - `n/a`
-
-### `agent/insights.py`
-
-Current responsibility:
-
-- recompute historical estimates from static pricing
-
-New responsibility:
-
-- aggregate stored pricing events
-- prefer actual cost over estimate
-- surface estimates only when reconciliation is unavailable
-
-## UX Rules
-
-### Status Bar
-
-Show one of:
-
-- `$1.42`
-- `~$1.42`
-- `included`
-- `cost n/a`
-
-Where:
-
-- `$1.42` means `actual`
-- `~$1.42` means `estimated`
-- `included` means subscription-backed or explicitly zero-cost route
-- `cost n/a` means unknown
-
-### `/usage`
-
-Show:
-
-- token buckets
-- estimated cost
-- actual cost if available
-- cost status
-- pricing source
-
-### `/insights`
-
-Aggregate:
-
-- actual cost totals
-- estimated-only totals
-- unknown-cost sessions count
-- included-cost sessions count
-
-## Config And Overrides
-
-Add user-configurable pricing overrides in config:
-
-```yaml
-pricing:
-  mode: hybrid
-  sync_on_startup: true
-  sync_interval_hours: 12
-  overrides:
-    - provider: openrouter
-      model: anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
-      billing_mode: custom_contract
-      input_cost_per_million: 4.25
-      output_cost_per_million: 22.0
-      cache_read_cost_per_million: 0.5
-      cache_write_cost_per_million: 6.0
-  included_routes:
-    - provider: copilot
-      model: "*"
-    - provider: codex-subscription
-      model: "*"
-```
-
-Overrides must win over catalog defaults for the matching billing route.
-
-## Rollout Plan
-
-### Phase 1
-
-- add canonical usage model
-- split cache token buckets in `run_agent.py`
-- stop pricing cache-inflated prompt totals
-- preserve current UI with improved backend math
-
-### Phase 2
-
-- add route-aware pricing catalog
-- integrate OpenRouter models API sync
-- add `estimated` vs `included` vs `unknown`
-
-### Phase 3
-
-- add reconciliation for OpenRouter generation cost
-- add actual cost persistence
-- update `/insights` to prefer actual cost
-
-### Phase 4
-
-- add direct OpenAI and Anthropic reconciliation paths
-- add user overrides and contract pricing
-- add pricing sync CLI command
-
-## Testing Strategy
-
-Add tests for:
-
-- OpenAI cached token subtraction
-- Anthropic cache read/write separation
-- OpenRouter estimated vs actual reconciliation
-- subscription-backed models showing `included`
-- custom endpoints showing `n/a`
-- override precedence
-- stale catalog fallback behavior
-
-Current tests that assume heuristic pricing should be replaced with route-aware expectations.
-
-## Non-Goals
-
-- exact enterprise billing reconstruction without an official source or user override
-- backfilling perfect historical cost for old sessions that lack cache bucket data
-- scraping arbitrary provider web pages at request time
-
-## Recommendation
-
-Do not expand the existing `MODEL_PRICING` dict.
-
-That path cannot satisfy the product requirement. Hermes should instead migrate to:
-
-- canonical usage normalization
-- route-aware pricing sources
-- estimate-then-reconcile cost lifecycle
-- explicit certainty states in the UI
-
-This is the minimum architecture that makes the statement "Hermes pricing is backed by official sources where possible, and otherwise clearly labeled" defensible.

docs/skins/example-skin.yaml

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-# ============================================================================
-# Hermes Agent — Example Skin Template
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# Copy this file to ~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml to create a custom skin.
-# All fields are optional — missing values inherit from the default skin.
-# Activate with: /skin <name>  or  display.skin: <name> in config.yaml
-#
-# See hermes_cli/skin_engine.py for the full schema reference.
-# ============================================================================
-
-# Required: unique skin name (used in /skin command and config)
-name: example
-description: An example custom skin — copy and modify this template
-
-# ── Colors ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Hex color values for Rich markup. These control the CLI's visual palette.
-colors:
-  # Banner panel (the startup welcome box)
-  banner_border: "#CD7F32"        # Panel border
-  banner_title: "#FFD700"         # Panel title text
-  banner_accent: "#FFBF00"        # Section headers (Available Tools, Skills, etc.)
-  banner_dim: "#B8860B"           # Dim/muted text (separators, model info)
-  banner_text: "#FFF8DC"          # Body text (tool names, skill names)
-
-  # UI elements
-  ui_accent: "#FFBF00"            # General accent color
-  ui_label: "#4dd0e1"             # Labels
-  ui_ok: "#4caf50"                # Success indicators
-  ui_error: "#ef5350"             # Error indicators
-  ui_warn: "#ffa726"              # Warning indicators
-
-  # Input area
-  prompt: "#FFF8DC"               # Prompt text color
-  input_rule: "#CD7F32"           # Horizontal rule around input
-
-  # Response box
-  response_border: "#FFD700"      # Response box border (ANSI color)
-
-  # Session display
-  session_label: "#DAA520"        # Session label
-  session_border: "#8B8682"       # Session ID dim color
-
-# ── Spinner ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Customize the animated spinner shown during API calls and tool execution.
-spinner:
-  # Faces shown while waiting for the API response
-  waiting_faces:
-    - "(｡◕‿◕｡)"
-    - "(◕‿◕✿)"
-    - "٩(◕‿◕｡)۶"
-
-  # Faces shown during extended thinking/reasoning
-  thinking_faces:
-    - "(｡•́︿•̀｡)"
-    - "(◔_◔)"
-    - "(¬‿¬)"
-
-  # Verbs used in spinner messages (e.g., "pondering your request...")
-  thinking_verbs:
-    - "pondering"
-    - "contemplating"
-    - "musing"
-    - "ruminating"
-
-  # Optional: left/right decorations around the spinner
-  # Each entry is a [left, right] pair. Omit entirely for no wings.
-  # wings:
-  #   - ["⟪⚔", "⚔⟫"]
-  #   - ["⟪▲", "▲⟫"]
-
-# ── Branding ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Text strings used throughout the CLI interface.
-branding:
-  agent_name: "Hermes Agent"          # Banner title, about display
-  welcome: "Welcome! Type your message or /help for commands."
-  goodbye: "Goodbye! ⚕"              # Exit message
-  response_label: " ⚕ Hermes "       # Response box header label
-  prompt_symbol: "❯ "                 # Input prompt symbol
-  help_header: "(^_^)? Available Commands"  # /help header text
-
-# ── Tool Output ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Character used as the prefix for tool output lines.
-# Default is "┊" (thin dotted vertical line). Some alternatives:
-#   "╎" (light triple dash vertical)
-#   "▏" (left one-eighth block)
-#   "│" (box drawing light vertical)
-#   "┃" (box drawing heavy vertical)
-tool_prefix: "┊"

environments/README.md

@@ -101,21 +101,11 @@ Available methods:
 
 ### Patches (`patches.py`)
 
-**Problem**: Some hermes-agent tools use `asyncio.run()` internally (e.g., mini-swe-agent's Modal backend via SWE-ReX). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because `asyncio.run()` cannot be nested.
+**Problem**: Some hermes-agent tools use `asyncio.run()` internally (e.g., the Modal backend). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because `asyncio.run()` cannot be nested.
 
-**Solution**: `patches.py` monkey-patches `SwerexModalEnvironment` to use a dedicated background thread (`_AsyncWorker`) with its own event loop. The calling code sees the same sync interface, but internally the async work happens on a separate thread that doesn't conflict with Atropos's loop.
+**Solution**: `ModalEnvironment` uses a dedicated `_AsyncWorker` background thread with its own event loop. The calling code sees a sync interface, but internally all async Modal SDK calls happen on the worker thread so they don't conflict with Atropos's loop. This is built directly into `tools/environments/modal.py` — no monkey-patching required.
 
-What gets patched:
-- `SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__` -- creates Modal deployment on a background thread
-- `SwerexModalEnvironment.execute` -- runs commands on the same background thread
-- `SwerexModalEnvironment.stop` -- stops deployment on the background thread
-
-The patches are:
-- **Idempotent** -- calling `apply_patches()` multiple times is safe
-- **Transparent** -- same interface and behavior, only the internal async execution changes
-- **Universal** -- works identically in normal CLI use (no running event loop)
-
-Applied automatically at import time by `hermes_base_env.py`.
+`patches.py` is now a no-op (kept for backward compatibility with imports).
 
 ### Tool Call Parsers (`tool_call_parsers/`)
 

environments/agent_loop.py

@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ import logging
 import os
 import uuid
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from model_tools import handle_function_call
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import BudgetConfig
+
+from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import handle_function_call
+from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import get_active_env
+from hermes_agent.tools.result_storage import maybe_persist_tool_result, enforce_turn_budget
 
 # Thread pool for running sync tool calls that internally use asyncio.run()
-# (e.g., mini-swe-agent's modal/docker/daytona backends). Running them in a separate
+# (e.g., the Modal/Docker/Daytona terminal backends). Running them in a separate
 # thread gives them a clean event loop so they don't deadlock inside Atropos's loop.
 # Size must be large enough for concurrent eval tasks (e.g., 89 TB2 tasks all
 # making tool calls). Too small = thread pool starvation, tasks queue for minutes.
@@ -138,6 +143,7 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
         temperature: float = 1.0,
         max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         extra_body: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        budget_config: Optional["BudgetConfig"] = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize the agent loop.
@@ -154,7 +160,11 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
             extra_body: Extra parameters passed to the OpenAI client's create() call.
                         Used for OpenRouter provider preferences, transforms, etc.
                         e.g. {"provider": {"ignore": ["DeepInfra"]}}
+            budget_config: Tool result persistence budget. Controls per-tool
+                        thresholds, per-turn aggregate budget, and preview size.
+                        If None, uses DEFAULT_BUDGET (current hardcoded values).
         """
+        from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import DEFAULT_BUDGET
         self.server = server
         self.tool_schemas = tool_schemas
         self.valid_tool_names = valid_tool_names
@@ -163,6 +173,7 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
         self.temperature = temperature
         self.max_tokens = max_tokens
         self.extra_body = extra_body
+        self.budget_config = budget_config or DEFAULT_BUDGET
 
     async def run(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> AgentResult:
         """
@@ -179,7 +190,7 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
         tool_errors: List[ToolError] = []
 
         # Per-loop TodoStore for the todo tool (ephemeral, dies with the loop)
-        from tools.todo_tool import TodoStore, todo_tool as _todo_tool
+        from hermes_agent.tools.todo import TodoStore, todo_tool as _todo_tool
         _todo_store = TodoStore()
 
         # Extract user task from first user message for browser_snapshot context
@@ -446,8 +457,15 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
                         except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
                             pass
 
-                    # Add tool response to conversation
                     tc_id = tc.get("id", "") if isinstance(tc, dict) else tc.id
+                    tool_result = maybe_persist_tool_result(
+                        content=tool_result,
+                        tool_name=tool_name,
+                        tool_use_id=tc_id,
+                        env=get_active_env(self.task_id),
+                        config=self.budget_config,
+                    )
+
                     messages.append(
                         {
                             "role": "tool",
@@ -456,6 +474,14 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
                         }
                     )
 
+                num_tcs = len(assistant_msg.tool_calls)
+                if num_tcs > 0:
+                    enforce_turn_budget(
+                        messages[-num_tcs:],
+                        env=get_active_env(self.task_id),
+                        config=self.budget_config,
+                    )
+
                 turn_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - turn_start
                 logger.info(
                     "[%s] turn %d: api=%.1fs, %d tools, turn_total=%.1fs",

environments/agentic_opd_env.py

@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ class AgenticOPDEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                     temperature=0.0,
                     max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                     extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                    budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
                 )
                 result = await agent.run(messages)
 

environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/terminalbench2_env.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import uuid
 from collections import defaultdict
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 # Ensure repo root is on sys.path for imports
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.server_manager import APIServerConfig
 from environments.agent_loop import AgentResult, HermesAgentLoop
 from environments.hermes_base_env import HermesAgentBaseEnv, HermesAgentEnvConfig
 from environments.tool_context import ToolContext
-from tools.terminal_tool import (
+from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import (
     register_task_env_overrides,
     clear_task_env_overrides,
     cleanup_vm,
@@ -148,6 +148,62 @@ MODAL_INCOMPATIBLE_TASKS = {
 # Tar extraction helper
 # =============================================================================
 
+def _normalize_tar_member_parts(member_name: str) -> list:
+    """Return safe path components for a tar member or raise ValueError."""
+    normalized_name = member_name.replace("\\", "/")
+    posix_path = PurePosixPath(normalized_name)
+    windows_path = PureWindowsPath(member_name)
+
+    if (
+        not normalized_name
+        or posix_path.is_absolute()
+        or windows_path.is_absolute()
+        or windows_path.drive
+    ):
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsafe archive member path: {member_name}")
+
+    parts = [part for part in posix_path.parts if part not in ("", ".")]
+    if not parts or any(part == ".." for part in parts):
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsafe archive member path: {member_name}")
+    return parts
+
+
+def _safe_extract_tar(tar: tarfile.TarFile, target_dir: Path) -> None:
+    """Extract a tar archive without allowing traversal or link entries."""
+    target_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    target_root = target_dir.resolve()
+
+    for member in tar.getmembers():
+        parts = _normalize_tar_member_parts(member.name)
+        target = target_dir.joinpath(*parts)
+        target_real = target.resolve(strict=False)
+
+        try:
+            target_real.relative_to(target_root)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsafe archive member path: {member.name}") from exc
+
+        if member.isdir():
+            target_real.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            continue
+
+        if not member.isfile():
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported archive member type: {member.name}")
+
+        target_real.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        extracted = tar.extractfile(member)
+        if extracted is None:
+            raise ValueError(f"Cannot read archive member: {member.name}")
+
+        with extracted, open(target_real, "wb") as dst:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(extracted, dst)
+
+        try:
+            os.chmod(target_real, member.mode & 0o777)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
 def _extract_base64_tar(b64_data: str, target_dir: Path):
     """Extract a base64-encoded tar.gz archive into target_dir."""
     if not b64_data:
@@ -155,7 +211,7 @@ def _extract_base64_tar(b64_data: str, target_dir: Path):
     raw = base64.b64decode(b64_data)
     buf = io.BytesIO(raw)
     with tarfile.open(fileobj=buf, mode="r:gz") as tar:
-        tar.extractall(path=str(target_dir))
+        _safe_extract_tar(tar, target_dir)
 
 
 # =============================================================================
@@ -209,7 +265,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
 
             # Agent settings -- TB2 tasks are complex, need many turns
             max_agent_turns=60,
-            max_token_length=***
+            max_token_length=16000,
             agent_temperature=0.6,
             system_prompt=None,
 
@@ -233,7 +289,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
             steps_per_eval=1,
             total_steps=1,
 
-            tokenizer_name="NousRe...1-8B",
+            tokenizer_name="NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B",
             use_wandb=True,
             wandb_name="terminal-bench-2",
             ensure_scores_are_not_same=False,  # Binary rewards may all be 0 or 1
@@ -245,7 +301,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                 base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
                 model_name="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4",
                 server_type="openai",
-                api_key=os.get...EY", ""),
+                api_key=os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY", ""),
                 health_check=False,
             )
         ]
@@ -485,6 +541,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                         temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                         max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                         extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                        budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
                     )
                     result = await agent.run(messages)
             else:
@@ -497,6 +554,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                     temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                     max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                     extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                    budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
                 )
                 result = await agent.run(messages)
 
@@ -513,3 +571,446 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                 reward = 0.0
             else:
                 # Run tests in a thread so the blocking ctx.terminal() calls
+                # don't freeze the entire event loop (which would stall all
+                # other tasks, tqdm updates, and timeout timers).
+                ctx = ToolContext(task_id)
+                try:
+                    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+                    reward = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                        None,  # default thread pool
+                        self._run_tests, eval_item, ctx, task_name,
+                    )
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error("Task %s: test verification failed: %s", task_name, e)
+                    reward = 0.0
+                finally:
+                    ctx.cleanup()
+
+            passed = reward == 1.0
+            status = "PASS" if passed else "FAIL"
+            elapsed = time.time() - task_start
+            tqdm.write(f"  [{status}] {task_name} (turns={result.turns_used}, {elapsed:.0f}s)")
+            logger.info(
+                "Task %s: reward=%.1f, turns=%d, finished=%s",
+                task_name, reward, result.turns_used, result.finished_naturally,
+            )
+
+            out = {
+                "passed": passed,
+                "reward": reward,
+                "task_name": task_name,
+                "category": category,
+                "turns_used": result.turns_used,
+                "finished_naturally": result.finished_naturally,
+                "messages": result.messages,
+            }
+            self._save_result(out)
+            return out
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            elapsed = time.time() - task_start
+            logger.error("Task %s: rollout failed: %s", task_name, e, exc_info=True)
+            tqdm.write(f"  [ERROR] {task_name}: {e} ({elapsed:.0f}s)")
+            out = {
+                "passed": False, "reward": 0.0,
+                "task_name": task_name, "category": category,
+                "error": str(e),
+            }
+            self._save_result(out)
+            return out
+
+        finally:
+            # --- Cleanup: clear overrides, sandbox, and temp files ---
+            clear_task_env_overrides(task_id)
+            try:
+                cleanup_vm(task_id)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug("VM cleanup for %s: %s", task_id[:8], e)
+            if task_dir and task_dir.exists():
+                shutil.rmtree(task_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def _run_tests(
+        self, item: Dict[str, Any], ctx: ToolContext, task_name: str
+    ) -> float:
+        """
+        Upload and execute the test suite in the agent's sandbox, then
+        download the verifier output locally to read the reward.
+
+        Follows Harbor's verification pattern:
+        1. Upload tests/ directory into the sandbox
+        2. Execute test.sh inside the sandbox
+        3. Download /logs/verifier/ directory to a local temp dir
+        4. Read reward.txt locally with native Python I/O
+
+        Downloading locally avoids issues with the file_read tool on
+        the Modal VM and matches how Harbor handles verification.
+
+        TB2 test scripts (test.sh) typically:
+        1. Install pytest via uv/pip
+        2. Run pytest against the test files in /tests/
+        3. Write results to /logs/verifier/reward.txt
+
+        Args:
+            item: The TB2 task dict (contains tests_tar, test_sh)
+            ctx: ToolContext scoped to this task's sandbox
+            task_name: For logging
+
+        Returns:
+            1.0 if tests pass, 0.0 otherwise
+        """
+        tests_tar = item.get("tests_tar", "")
+        test_sh = item.get("test_sh", "")
+
+        if not test_sh:
+            logger.warning("Task %s: no test_sh content, reward=0", task_name)
+            return 0.0
+
+        # Create required directories in the sandbox
+        ctx.terminal("mkdir -p /tests /logs/verifier")
+
+        # Upload test files into the sandbox (binary-safe via base64)
+        if tests_tar:
+            tests_temp = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=f"tb2-tests-{task_name}-"))
+            try:
+                _extract_base64_tar(tests_tar, tests_temp)
+                ctx.upload_dir(str(tests_temp), "/tests")
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning("Task %s: failed to upload test files: %s", task_name, e)
+            finally:
+                shutil.rmtree(tests_temp, ignore_errors=True)
+
+        # Write the test runner script (test.sh)
+        ctx.write_file("/tests/test.sh", test_sh)
+        ctx.terminal("chmod +x /tests/test.sh")
+
+        # Execute the test suite
+        logger.info(
+            "Task %s: running test suite (timeout=%ds)",
+            task_name, self.config.test_timeout,
+        )
+        test_result = ctx.terminal(
+            "bash /tests/test.sh",
+            timeout=self.config.test_timeout,
+        )
+
+        exit_code = test_result.get("exit_code", -1)
+        output = test_result.get("output", "")
+
+        # Download the verifier output directory locally, then read reward.txt
+        # with native Python I/O. This avoids issues with file_read on the
+        # Modal VM and matches Harbor's verification pattern.
+        reward = 0.0
+        local_verifier_dir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=f"tb2-verifier-{task_name}-"))
+        try:
+            ctx.download_dir("/logs/verifier", str(local_verifier_dir))
+
+            reward_file = local_verifier_dir / "reward.txt"
+            if reward_file.exists() and reward_file.stat().st_size > 0:
+                content = reward_file.read_text().strip()
+                if content == "1":
+                    reward = 1.0
+                elif content == "0":
+                    reward = 0.0
+                else:
+                    # Unexpected content -- try parsing as float
+                    try:
+                        reward = float(content)
+                    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                        logger.warning(
+                            "Task %s: reward.txt content unexpected (%r), "
+                            "falling back to exit_code=%d",
+                            task_name, content, exit_code,
+                        )
+                        reward = 1.0 if exit_code == 0 else 0.0
+            else:
+                # reward.txt not written -- fall back to exit code
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Task %s: reward.txt not found after download, "
+                    "falling back to exit_code=%d",
+                    task_name, exit_code,
+                )
+                reward = 1.0 if exit_code == 0 else 0.0
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Task %s: failed to download verifier dir: %s, "
+                "falling back to exit_code=%d",
+                task_name, e, exit_code,
+            )
+            reward = 1.0 if exit_code == 0 else 0.0
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(local_verifier_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+        # Log test output for debugging failures
+        if reward == 0.0:
+            output_preview = output[-500:] if output else "(no output)"
+            logger.info(
+                "Task %s: FAIL (exit_code=%d)\n%s",
+                task_name, exit_code, output_preview,
+            )
+
+        return reward
+
+    # =========================================================================
+    # Evaluate -- main entry point for the eval subcommand
+    # =========================================================================
+
+    async def _eval_with_timeout(self, item: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict:
+        """
+        Wrap rollout_and_score_eval with a per-task wall-clock timeout.
+
+        If the task exceeds task_timeout seconds, it's automatically scored
+        as FAIL. This prevents any single task from hanging indefinitely.
+        """
+        task_name = item.get("task_name", "unknown")
+        category = item.get("category", "unknown")
+        try:
+            return await asyncio.wait_for(
+                self.rollout_and_score_eval(item),
+                timeout=self.config.task_timeout,
+            )
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            from tqdm import tqdm
+            elapsed = self.config.task_timeout
+            tqdm.write(f"  [TIMEOUT] {task_name} (exceeded {elapsed}s wall-clock limit)")
+            logger.error("Task %s: wall-clock timeout after %ds", task_name, elapsed)
+            out = {
+                "passed": False, "reward": 0.0,
+                "task_name": task_name, "category": category,
+                "error": f"timeout ({elapsed}s)",
+            }
+            self._save_result(out)
+            return out
+
+    async def evaluate(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Run Terminal-Bench 2.0 evaluation over all tasks.
+
+        This is the main entry point when invoked via:
+            python environments/terminalbench2_env.py evaluate
+
+        Runs all tasks through rollout_and_score_eval() via asyncio.gather()
+        (same pattern as GPQA and other Atropos eval envs). Each task is
+        wrapped with a wall-clock timeout so hung tasks auto-fail.
+
+        Suppresses noisy Modal/terminal output (HERMES_QUIET) so the tqdm
+        bar stays visible.
+        """
+        start_time = time.time()
+
+        # Route all logging through tqdm.write() so the progress bar stays
+        # pinned at the bottom while log lines scroll above it.
+        from tqdm import tqdm
+
+        class _TqdmHandler(logging.Handler):
+            def emit(self, record):
+                try:
+                    tqdm.write(self.format(record))
+                except Exception:
+                    self.handleError(record)
+
+        handler = _TqdmHandler()
+        handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(
+            "%(asctime)s [%(name)s] %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
+            datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+        ))
+        root = logging.getLogger()
+        root.handlers = [handler]  # Replace any existing handlers
+        root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+        # Silence noisy third-party loggers that flood the output
+        logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)      # Every HTTP request
+        logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)     # OpenAI client retries
+        logging.getLogger("rex-deploy").setLevel(logging.WARNING) # Swerex deployment
+        logging.getLogger("rex_image_builder").setLevel(logging.WARNING)  # Image builds
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print("Starting Terminal-Bench 2.0 Evaluation")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"  Dataset: {self.config.dataset_name}")
+        print(f"  Total tasks: {len(self.all_eval_items)}")
+        print(f"  Max agent turns: {self.config.max_agent_turns}")
+        print(f"  Task timeout: {self.config.task_timeout}s")
+        print(f"  Terminal backend: {self.config.terminal_backend}")
+        print(f"  Tool thread pool: {self.config.tool_pool_size}")
+        print(f"  Terminal timeout: {self.config.terminal_timeout}s/cmd")
+        print(f"  Terminal lifetime: {self.config.terminal_lifetime}s (auto: task_timeout + 120)")
+        print(f"  Max concurrent tasks: {self.config.max_concurrent_tasks}")
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+        # Semaphore to limit concurrent Modal sandbox creations.
+        # Without this, all 86 tasks fire simultaneously, each creating a Modal
+        # sandbox via asyncio.run() inside a thread pool worker. Modal's blocking
+        # calls (App.lookup, etc.) deadlock when too many are created at once.
+        semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(self.config.max_concurrent_tasks)
+
+        async def _eval_with_semaphore(item):
+            async with semaphore:
+                return await self._eval_with_timeout(item)
+
+        # Fire all tasks with wall-clock timeout, track live accuracy on the bar
+        total_tasks = len(self.all_eval_items)
+        eval_tasks = [
+            asyncio.ensure_future(_eval_with_semaphore(item))
+            for item in self.all_eval_items
+        ]
+
+        results = []
+        passed_count = 0
+        pbar = tqdm(total=total_tasks, desc="Evaluating TB2", dynamic_ncols=True)
+        try:
+            for coro in asyncio.as_completed(eval_tasks):
+                result = await coro
+                results.append(result)
+                if result and result.get("passed"):
+                    passed_count += 1
+                done = len(results)
+                pct = (passed_count / done * 100) if done else 0
+                pbar.set_postfix_str(f"pass={passed_count}/{done} ({pct:.1f}%)")
+                pbar.update(1)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, asyncio.CancelledError):
+            pbar.close()
+            print(f"\n\nInterrupted! Cleaning up {len(eval_tasks)} tasks...")
+            # Cancel all pending tasks
+            for task in eval_tasks:
+                task.cancel()
+            # Let cancellations propagate (finally blocks run cleanup_vm)
+            await asyncio.gather(*eval_tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+            # Belt-and-suspenders: clean up any remaining sandboxes
+            from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
+            cleanup_all_environments()
+            print("All sandboxes cleaned up.")
+            return
+        finally:
+            pbar.close()
+
+        end_time = time.time()
+
+        # Filter out None results (shouldn't happen, but be safe)
+        valid_results = [r for r in results if r is not None]
+
+        if not valid_results:
+            print("Warning: No valid evaluation results obtained")
+            return
+
+        # ---- Compute metrics ----
+        total = len(valid_results)
+        passed = sum(1 for r in valid_results if r.get("passed"))
+        overall_pass_rate = passed / total if total > 0 else 0.0
+
+        # Per-category breakdown
+        cat_results: Dict[str, List[Dict]] = defaultdict(list)
+        for r in valid_results:
+            cat_results[r.get("category", "unknown")].append(r)
+
+        # Build metrics dict
+        eval_metrics = {
+            "eval/pass_rate": overall_pass_rate,
+            "eval/total_tasks": total,
+            "eval/passed_tasks": passed,
+            "eval/evaluation_time_seconds": end_time - start_time,
+        }
+
+        # Per-category metrics
+        for category, cat_items in sorted(cat_results.items()):
+            cat_passed = sum(1 for r in cat_items if r.get("passed"))
+            cat_total = len(cat_items)
+            cat_pass_rate = cat_passed / cat_total if cat_total > 0 else 0.0
+            cat_key = category.replace(" ", "_").replace("-", "_").lower()
+            eval_metrics[f"eval/pass_rate_{cat_key}"] = cat_pass_rate
+
+        # Store metrics for wandb_log
+        self.eval_metrics = [(k, v) for k, v in eval_metrics.items()]
+
+        # ---- Print summary ----
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print("Terminal-Bench 2.0 Evaluation Results")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Overall Pass Rate: {overall_pass_rate:.4f} ({passed}/{total})")
+        print(f"Evaluation Time: {end_time - start_time:.1f} seconds")
+
+        print("\nCategory Breakdown:")
+        for category, cat_items in sorted(cat_results.items()):
+            cat_passed = sum(1 for r in cat_items if r.get("passed"))
+            cat_total = len(cat_items)
+            cat_rate = cat_passed / cat_total if cat_total > 0 else 0.0
+            print(f"  {category}: {cat_rate:.1%} ({cat_passed}/{cat_total})")
+
+        # Print individual task results
+        print("\nTask Results:")
+        for r in sorted(valid_results, key=lambda x: x.get("task_name", "")):
+            status = "PASS" if r.get("passed") else "FAIL"
+            turns = r.get("turns_used", "?")
+            error = r.get("error", "")
+            extra = f" (error: {error})" if error else ""
+            print(f"  [{status}] {r['task_name']} (turns={turns}){extra}")
+
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+        # Build sample records for evaluate_log (includes full conversations)
+        samples = [
+            {
+                "task_name": r.get("task_name"),
+                "category": r.get("category"),
+                "passed": r.get("passed"),
+                "reward": r.get("reward"),
+                "turns_used": r.get("turns_used"),
+                "error": r.get("error"),
+                "messages": r.get("messages"),
+            }
+            for r in valid_results
+        ]
+
+        # Log evaluation results
+        try:
+            await self.evaluate_log(
+                metrics=eval_metrics,
+                samples=samples,
+                start_time=start_time,
+                end_time=end_time,
+                generation_parameters={
+                    "temperature": self.config.agent_temperature,
+                    "max_tokens": self.config.max_token_length,
+                    "max_agent_turns": self.config.max_agent_turns,
+                    "terminal_backend": self.config.terminal_backend,
+                },
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error logging evaluation results: {e}")
+
+        # Close streaming file
+        if hasattr(self, "_streaming_file") and not self._streaming_file.closed:
+            self._streaming_file.close()
+            print(f"  Live results saved to: {self._streaming_path}")
+
+        # Kill all remaining sandboxes. Timed-out tasks leave orphaned thread
+        # pool workers still executing commands -- cleanup_all stops them.
+        from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
+        print("\nCleaning up all sandboxes...")
+        cleanup_all_environments()
+
+        # Shut down the tool thread pool so orphaned workers from timed-out
+        # tasks are killed immediately instead of retrying against dead
+        # sandboxes and spamming the console with TimeoutError warnings.
+        from environments.agent_loop import _tool_executor
+        _tool_executor.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
+        print("Done.")
+
+    # =========================================================================
+    # Wandb logging
+    # =========================================================================
+
+    async def wandb_log(self, wandb_metrics: Optional[Dict] = None):
+        """Log TB2-specific metrics to wandb."""
+        if wandb_metrics is None:
+            wandb_metrics = {}
+
+        # Add stored eval metrics
+        for metric_name, metric_value in self.eval_metrics:
+            wandb_metrics[metric_name] = metric_value
+        self.eval_metrics = []
+
+        await super().wandb_log(wandb_metrics)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    TerminalBench2EvalEnv.cli()

environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py

@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ class YCBenchEvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                 temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                 max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                 extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
             )
             result = await agent.run(messages)
 
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ class YCBenchEvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
             tqdm.write("\n[INTERRUPTED] Stopping evaluation...")
             pbar.close()
             try:
-                from tools.terminal_tool import cleanup_all_environments
+                from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
                 cleanup_all_environments()
             except Exception:
                 pass
@@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ class YCBenchEvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
             print(f"Results saved to: {self._streaming_path}")
 
         try:
-            from tools.terminal_tool import cleanup_all_environments
+            from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
             cleanup_all_environments()
         except Exception:
             pass

environments/hermes_base_env.py

@@ -62,10 +62,15 @@ from atroposlib.type_definitions import Item
 
 from environments.agent_loop import AgentResult, HermesAgentLoop
 from environments.tool_context import ToolContext
+from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import (
+    DEFAULT_RESULT_SIZE_CHARS,
+    DEFAULT_TURN_BUDGET_CHARS,
+    DEFAULT_PREVIEW_SIZE_CHARS,
+)
 
 # Import hermes-agent toolset infrastructure
-from model_tools import get_tool_definitions
-from toolset_distributions import sample_toolsets_from_distribution
+from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import get_tool_definitions
+from hermes_agent.tools.distributions import sample_toolsets_from_distribution
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -160,6 +165,32 @@ class HermesAgentEnvConfig(BaseEnvConfig):
         "Options: hermes, mistral, llama3_json, qwen, deepseek_v3, etc.",
     )
 
+    # --- Tool result budget ---
+    # Defaults imported from tools.budget_config (single source of truth).
+    default_result_size_chars: int = Field(
+        default=DEFAULT_RESULT_SIZE_CHARS,
+        description="Default per-tool threshold (chars) for persisting large results "
+        "to sandbox. Results exceeding this are written to /tmp/hermes-results/ "
+        "and replaced with a preview. Per-tool registry values take precedence "
+        "unless overridden via tool_result_overrides.",
+    )
+    turn_budget_chars: int = Field(
+        default=DEFAULT_TURN_BUDGET_CHARS,
+        description="Aggregate char budget per assistant turn. If all tool results "
+        "in a single turn exceed this, the largest are persisted to disk first.",
+    )
+    preview_size_chars: int = Field(
+        default=DEFAULT_PREVIEW_SIZE_CHARS,
+        description="Size of the inline preview shown after a tool result is persisted.",
+    )
+    tool_result_overrides: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Per-tool threshold overrides (chars). Keys are tool names, "
+        "values are char thresholds. Overrides both the default and registry "
+        "per-tool values. Example: {'terminal': 10000, 'search_files': 5000}. "
+        "Note: read_file is pinned to infinity and cannot be overridden.",
+    )
+
     # --- Provider-specific parameters ---
     # Passed as extra_body to the OpenAI client's chat.completions.create() call.
     # Useful for OpenRouter provider preferences, transforms, route settings, etc.
@@ -176,6 +207,16 @@ class HermesAgentEnvConfig(BaseEnvConfig):
         "transforms, and other provider-specific settings.",
     )
 
+    def build_budget_config(self):
+        """Build a BudgetConfig from env config fields."""
+        from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import BudgetConfig
+        return BudgetConfig(
+            default_result_size=self.default_result_size_chars,
+            turn_budget=self.turn_budget_chars,
+            preview_size=self.preview_size_chars,
+            tool_overrides=dict(self.tool_result_overrides) if self.tool_result_overrides else {},
+        )
+
 
 class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
     """
@@ -490,6 +531,7 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                         temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                         max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                         extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                        budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
                     )
                     result = await agent.run(messages)
             except NotImplementedError:
@@ -507,6 +549,7 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                     temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                     max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                     extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                    budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
                 )
                 result = await agent.run(messages)
         else:
@@ -520,6 +563,7 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                 temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                 max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                 extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
             )
             result = await agent.run(messages)
 

environments/patches.py

@@ -2,203 +2,34 @@
 Monkey patches for making hermes-agent tools work inside async frameworks (Atropos).
 
 Problem:
-    Some tools use asyncio.run() internally (e.g., mini-swe-agent's Modal backend,
+    Some tools use asyncio.run() internally (e.g., Modal backend via SWE-ReX,
     web_extract). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because
     asyncio.run() can't be nested.
 
 Solution:
-    Replace the problematic methods with versions that use a dedicated background
-    thread with its own event loop. The calling code sees the same sync interface --
-    call a function, get a result -- but internally the async work happens on a
-    separate thread that doesn't conflict with Atropos's loop.
+    The Modal environment (tools/environments/modal.py) now uses a dedicated
+    _AsyncWorker thread internally, making it safe for both CLI and Atropos use.
+    No monkey-patching is required.
 
-    These patches are safe for normal CLI use too: when there's no running event
-    loop, the behavior is identical (the background thread approach works regardless).
-
-What gets patched:
-    - SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__ -- creates Modal deployment on a background thread
-    - SwerexModalEnvironment.execute -- runs commands on the same background thread
-    - SwerexModalEnvironment.stop -- stops deployment on the background thread
+    This module is kept for backward compatibility. apply_patches() is a no-op.
 
 Usage:
     Call apply_patches() once at import time (done automatically by hermes_base_env.py).
-    This is idempotent -- calling it multiple times is safe.
+    This is idempotent and safe to call multiple times.
 """
 
-import asyncio
 import logging
-import threading
-from typing import Any
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _patches_applied = False
 
 
-class _AsyncWorker:
-    """
-    A dedicated background thread with its own event loop.
-
-    Allows sync code to submit async coroutines and block for results,
-    even when called from inside another running event loop. Used to
-    bridge sync tool interfaces with async backends (Modal, SWE-ReX).
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop = None
-        self._thread: threading.Thread = None
-        self._started = threading.Event()
-
-    def start(self):
-        """Start the background event loop thread."""
-        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._run_loop, daemon=True)
-        self._thread.start()
-        self._started.wait(timeout=30)
-
-    def _run_loop(self):
-        """Background thread entry point -- runs the event loop forever."""
-        self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-        asyncio.set_event_loop(self._loop)
-        self._started.set()
-        self._loop.run_forever()
-
-    def run_coroutine(self, coro, timeout=600):
-        """
-        Submit a coroutine to the background loop and block until it completes.
-
-        Safe to call from any thread, including threads that already have
-        a running event loop.
-        """
-        if self._loop is None or self._loop.is_closed():
-            raise RuntimeError("AsyncWorker loop is not running")
-        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, self._loop)
-        return future.result(timeout=timeout)
-
-    def stop(self):
-        """Stop the background event loop and join the thread."""
-        if self._loop and self._loop.is_running():
-            self._loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self._loop.stop)
-        if self._thread:
-            self._thread.join(timeout=10)
-
-
-def _patch_swerex_modal():
-    """
-    Monkey patch SwerexModalEnvironment to use a background thread event loop
-    instead of asyncio.run(). This makes it safe to call from inside Atropos's
-    async event loop.
-
-    The patched methods have the exact same interface and behavior -- the only
-    difference is HOW the async work is executed internally.
-    """
-    try:
-        from minisweagent.environments.extra.swerex_modal import (
-            SwerexModalEnvironment,
-            SwerexModalEnvironmentConfig,
-        )
-        from swerex.deployment.modal import ModalDeployment
-        from swerex.runtime.abstract import Command as RexCommand
-    except ImportError:
-        # mini-swe-agent or swe-rex not installed -- nothing to patch
-        logger.debug("mini-swe-agent Modal backend not available, skipping patch")
-        return
-
-    # Save original methods so we can refer to config handling
-    _original_init = SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__
-
-    def _patched_init(self, **kwargs):
-        """Patched __init__: creates Modal deployment on a background thread."""
-        self.config = SwerexModalEnvironmentConfig(**kwargs)
-
-        # Start a dedicated event loop thread for all Modal async operations
-        self._worker = _AsyncWorker()
-        self._worker.start()
-
-        # Pre-build a modal.Image with pip fix for Modal's legacy image builder.
-        # Modal requires `python -m pip` to work during image build, but some
-        # task images (e.g., TBLite's broken-python) have intentionally broken pip.
-        # Fix: remove stale pip dist-info and reinstall via ensurepip before Modal
-        # tries to use it. This is a no-op for images where pip already works.
-        import modal as _modal
-        image_spec = self.config.image
-        if isinstance(image_spec, str):
-            image_spec = _modal.Image.from_registry(
-                image_spec,
-                setup_dockerfile_commands=[
-                    "RUN rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python*/site-packages/pip* 2>/dev/null; "
-                    "python -m ensurepip --upgrade --default-pip 2>/dev/null || true",
-                ],
-            )
-
-        # Create AND start the deployment entirely on the worker's loop/thread
-        # so all gRPC channels and async state are bound to that loop
-        async def _create_and_start():
-            deployment = ModalDeployment(
-                image=image_spec,
-                startup_timeout=self.config.startup_timeout,
-                runtime_timeout=self.config.runtime_timeout,
-                deployment_timeout=self.config.deployment_timeout,
-                install_pipx=self.config.install_pipx,
-                modal_sandbox_kwargs=self.config.modal_sandbox_kwargs,
-            )
-            await deployment.start()
-            return deployment
-
-        self.deployment = self._worker.run_coroutine(_create_and_start())
-
-    def _patched_execute(self, command: str, cwd: str = "", *, timeout: int | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Patched execute: runs commands on the background thread's loop."""
-        async def _do_execute():
-            return await self.deployment.runtime.execute(
-                RexCommand(
-                    command=command,
-                    shell=True,
-                    check=False,
-                    cwd=cwd or self.config.cwd,
-                    timeout=timeout or self.config.timeout,
-                    merge_output_streams=True,
-                    env=self.config.env if self.config.env else None,
-                )
-            )
-
-        output = self._worker.run_coroutine(_do_execute())
-        return {
-            "output": output.stdout,
-            "returncode": output.exit_code,
-        }
-
-    def _patched_stop(self):
-        """Patched stop: stops deployment on the background thread, then stops the thread."""
-        try:
-            self._worker.run_coroutine(
-                asyncio.wait_for(self.deployment.stop(), timeout=10),
-                timeout=15,
-            )
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        finally:
-            self._worker.stop()
-
-    # Apply the patches
-    SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__ = _patched_init
-    SwerexModalEnvironment.execute = _patched_execute
-    SwerexModalEnvironment.stop = _patched_stop
-
-    logger.debug("Patched SwerexModalEnvironment for async-safe operation")
-
-
 def apply_patches():
-    """
-    Apply all monkey patches needed for Atropos compatibility.
-
-    Safe to call multiple times -- patches are only applied once.
-    Safe for normal CLI use -- patched code works identically when
-    there is no running event loop.
-    """
+    """Apply all monkey patches needed for Atropos compatibility."""
     global _patches_applied
     if _patches_applied:
         return
 
-    _patch_swerex_modal()
-
+    logger.debug("apply_patches() called; no patches needed (async safety is built-in)")
     _patches_applied = True

environments/tool_call_parsers/hermes_parser.py

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class HermesToolCallParser(ToolCallParser):
                     continue
 
                 tc_data = json.loads(raw_json)
+                if "name" not in tc_data:
+                    continue
                 tool_calls.append(
                     ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
                         id=f"call_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}",

environments/tool_call_parsers/mistral_parser.py

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ class MistralToolCallParser(ToolCallParser):
                         parsed = [parsed]
 
                     for tc in parsed:
+                        if "name" not in tc:
+                            continue
                         args = tc.get("arguments", {})
                         if isinstance(args, dict):
                             args = json.dumps(args, ensure_ascii=False)

environments/tool_context.py

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 import asyncio
 import concurrent.futures
 
-from model_tools import handle_function_call
-from tools.terminal_tool import cleanup_vm
-from tools.browser_tool import cleanup_browser
+from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import handle_function_call
+from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_vm
+from hermes_agent.tools.browser.tool import cleanup_browser
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ def _run_tool_in_thread(tool_name: str, arguments: Dict[str, Any], task_id: str)
     try:
         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         # We're in an async context -- need to run in thread
-        import concurrent.futures
         with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
             future = pool.submit(
                 handle_function_call, tool_name, arguments, task_id
@@ -447,7 +446,7 @@ class ToolContext:
         """
         # Kill any background processes from this rollout (safety net)
         try:
-            from tools.process_registry import process_registry
+            from hermes_agent.tools.process_registry import process_registry
             killed = process_registry.kill_all(task_id=self.task_id)
             if killed:
                 logger.debug("Process cleanup for task %s: killed %d process(es)", self.task_id, killed)

environments/web_research_env.py

@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ class WebResearchEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                     temperature=0.0,  # Deterministic for eval
                     max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                     extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+                    budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
                 )
                 result = await agent.run(messages)
 

flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-parts": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs-lib": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1772408722,
+        "narHash": "sha256-rHuJtdcOjK7rAHpHphUb1iCvgkU3GpfvicLMwwnfMT0=",
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "flake-parts",
+        "rev": "f20dc5d9b8027381c474144ecabc9034d6a839a3",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "flake-parts",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1775036866,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ZojAnPuCdy657PbTq5V0Y+AHKhZAIwSIT2cb8UgAz/U=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "6201e203d09599479a3b3450ed24fa81537ebc4e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "npm-lockfile-fix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1775903712,
+        "narHash": "sha256-2GV79U6iVH4gKAPWYrxUReB0S41ty/Y3dBLquU8AlaA=",
+        "owner": "jeslie0",
+        "repo": "npm-lockfile-fix",
+        "rev": "c6093acb0c0548e0f9b8b3d82918823721930fe8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "jeslie0",
+        "repo": "npm-lockfile-fix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "pyproject-build-systems": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "pyproject-nix": "pyproject-nix",
+        "uv2nix": "uv2nix"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1772555609,
+        "narHash": "sha256-3BA3HnUvJSbHJAlJj6XSy0Jmu7RyP2gyB/0fL7XuEDo=",
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "build-system-pkgs",
+        "rev": "c37f66a953535c394244888598947679af231863",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "build-system-pkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "pyproject-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "pyproject-build-systems",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1769936401,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kwCOegKLZJM9v/e/7cqwg1p/YjjTAukKPqmxKnAZRgA=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "pyproject.nix",
+        "rev": "b0d513eeeebed6d45b4f2e874f9afba2021f7812",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "pyproject.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "pyproject-nix_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1772865871,
+        "narHash": "sha256-/ZTSg97aouL0SlPHaokA4r3iuH9QzHVuWPACD2CUCFY=",
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "pyproject.nix",
+        "rev": "e537db02e72d553cea470976b9733581bcf5b3ed",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "pyproject.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "pyproject-nix_3": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "uv2nix",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1771518446,
+        "narHash": "sha256-nFJSfD89vWTu92KyuJWDoTQJuoDuddkJV3TlOl1cOic=",
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "pyproject.nix",
+        "rev": "eb204c6b3335698dec6c7fc1da0ebc3c6df05937",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "pyproject.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "npm-lockfile-fix": "npm-lockfile-fix",
+        "pyproject-build-systems": "pyproject-build-systems",
+        "pyproject-nix": "pyproject-nix_2",
+        "uv2nix": "uv2nix_2"
+      }
+    },
+    "uv2nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "pyproject-build-systems",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "pyproject-nix": [
+          "pyproject-build-systems",
+          "pyproject-nix"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1770770348,
+        "narHash": "sha256-A2GzkmzdYvdgmMEu5yxW+xhossP+txrYb7RuzRaqhlg=",
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "uv2nix",
+        "rev": "5d1b2cb4fe3158043fbafbbe2e46238abbc954b0",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "uv2nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "uv2nix_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "pyproject-nix": "pyproject-nix_3"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1773039484,
+        "narHash": "sha256-+boo33KYkJDw9KItpeEXXv8+65f7hHv/earxpcyzQ0I=",
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "uv2nix",
+        "rev": "b68be7cfeacbed9a3fa38a2b5adc0cfb81d9bb1f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "pyproject-nix",
+        "repo": "uv2nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  description = "Hermes Agent - AI agent framework by Nous Research";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-parts = {
+      url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
+      inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    pyproject-nix = {
+      url = "github:pyproject-nix/pyproject.nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    uv2nix = {
+      url = "github:pyproject-nix/uv2nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    pyproject-build-systems = {
+      url = "github:pyproject-nix/build-system-pkgs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    npm-lockfile-fix = {
+      url = "github:jeslie0/npm-lockfile-fix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    inputs:
+    inputs.flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } {
+      systems = [
+        "x86_64-linux"
+        "aarch64-linux"
+        "aarch64-darwin"
+      ];
+
+      imports = [
+        ./nix/packages.nix
+        ./nix/nixosModules.nix
+        ./nix/checks.nix
+        ./nix/devShell.nix
+      ];
+    };
+}

gateway/platforms/dingtalk.py

@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
-"""
-DingTalk platform adapter using Stream Mode.
-
-Uses dingtalk-stream SDK for real-time message reception without webhooks.
-Responses are sent via DingTalk's session webhook (markdown format).
-
-Requires:
-    pip install dingtalk-stream httpx
-    DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID and DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET env vars
-
-Configuration in config.yaml:
-    platforms:
-      dingtalk:
-        enabled: true
-        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 logging
-import os
-import time
-import uuid
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
-
-try:
-    import dingtalk_stream
-    from dingtalk_stream import ChatbotHandler, ChatbotMessage
-    DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE = True
-except ImportError:
-    DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE = False
-    dingtalk_stream = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-
-try:
-    import httpx
-    HTTPX_AVAILABLE = True
-except ImportError:
-    HTTPX_AVAILABLE = False
-    httpx = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
-
-from gateway.config import Platform, PlatformConfig
-from gateway.platforms.base import (
-    BasePlatformAdapter,
-    MessageEvent,
-    MessageType,
-    SendResult,
-)
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 20000
-DEDUP_WINDOW_SECONDS = 300
-DEDUP_MAX_SIZE = 1000
-RECONNECT_BACKOFF = [2, 5, 10, 30, 60]
-
-
-def check_dingtalk_requirements() -> bool:
-    """Check if DingTalk dependencies are available and configured."""
-    if not DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE or not HTTPX_AVAILABLE:
-        return False
-    if not os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID") or not os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET"):
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
-class DingTalkAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
-    """DingTalk chatbot adapter using Stream Mode.
-
-    The dingtalk-stream SDK maintains a long-lived WebSocket connection.
-    Incoming messages arrive via a ChatbotHandler callback. Replies are
-    sent via the incoming message's session_webhook URL using httpx.
-    """
-
-    MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH
-
-    def __init__(self, config: PlatformConfig):
-        super().__init__(config, Platform.DINGTALK)
-
-        extra = config.extra or {}
-        self._client_id: str = extra.get("client_id") or os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID", "")
-        self._client_secret: str = extra.get("client_secret") or os.getenv("DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET", "")
-
-        self._stream_client: Any = None
-        self._stream_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
-        self._http_client: Optional["httpx.AsyncClient"] = None
-
-        # Message deduplication: msg_id -> timestamp
-        self._seen_messages: Dict[str, float] = {}
-        # Map chat_id -> session_webhook for reply routing
-        self._session_webhooks: Dict[str, str] = {}
-
-    # -- Connection lifecycle -----------------------------------------------
-
-    async def connect(self) -> bool:
-        """Connect to DingTalk via Stream Mode."""
-        if not DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE:
-            logger.warning("[%s] dingtalk-stream not installed. Run: pip install dingtalk-stream", self.name)
-            return False
-        if not HTTPX_AVAILABLE:
-            logger.warning("[%s] httpx not installed. Run: pip install httpx", self.name)
-            return False
-        if not self._client_id or not self._client_secret:
-            logger.warning("[%s] DINGTALK_CLIENT_ID and DINGTALK_CLIENT_SECRET required", self.name)
-            return False
-
-        try:
-            self._http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0)
-
-            credential = dingtalk_stream.Credential(self._client_id, self._client_secret)
-            self._stream_client = dingtalk_stream.DingTalkStreamClient(credential)
-
-            # Capture the current event loop for cross-thread dispatch
-            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-            handler = _IncomingHandler(self, loop)
-            self._stream_client.register_callback_handler(
-                dingtalk_stream.ChatbotMessage.TOPIC, handler
-            )
-
-            self._stream_task = asyncio.create_task(self._run_stream())
-            self._mark_connected()
-            logger.info("[%s] Connected via Stream Mode", self.name)
-            return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("[%s] Failed to connect: %s", self.name, e)
-            return False
-
-    async def _run_stream(self) -> None:
-        """Run the blocking stream client with auto-reconnection."""
-        backoff_idx = 0
-        while self._running:
-            try:
-                logger.debug("[%s] Starting stream client...", self.name)
-                await asyncio.to_thread(self._stream_client.start)
-            except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                return
-            except Exception as e:
-                if not self._running:
-                    return
-                logger.warning("[%s] Stream client error: %s", self.name, e)
-
-            if not self._running:
-                return
-
-            delay = RECONNECT_BACKOFF[min(backoff_idx, len(RECONNECT_BACKOFF) - 1)]
-            logger.info("[%s] Reconnecting in %ds...", self.name, delay)
-            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
-            backoff_idx += 1
-
-    async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        """Disconnect from DingTalk."""
-        self._running = False
-        self._mark_disconnected()
-
-        if self._stream_task:
-            self._stream_task.cancel()
-            try:
-                await self._stream_task
-            except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                pass
-            self._stream_task = None
-
-        if self._http_client:
-            await self._http_client.aclose()
-            self._http_client = None
-
-        self._stream_client = None
-        self._session_webhooks.clear()
-        self._seen_messages.clear()
-        logger.info("[%s] Disconnected", self.name)
-
-    # -- Inbound message processing -----------------------------------------
-
-    async def _on_message(self, message: "ChatbotMessage") -> None:
-        """Process an incoming DingTalk chatbot message."""
-        msg_id = getattr(message, "message_id", None) or uuid.uuid4().hex
-        if self._is_duplicate(msg_id):
-            logger.debug("[%s] Duplicate message %s, skipping", self.name, msg_id)
-            return
-
-        text = self._extract_text(message)
-        if not text:
-            logger.debug("[%s] Empty message, skipping", self.name)
-            return
-
-        # Chat context
-        conversation_id = getattr(message, "conversation_id", "") or ""
-        conversation_type = getattr(message, "conversation_type", "1")
-        is_group = str(conversation_type) == "2"
-        sender_id = getattr(message, "sender_id", "") or ""
-        sender_nick = getattr(message, "sender_nick", "") or sender_id
-        sender_staff_id = getattr(message, "sender_staff_id", "") or ""
-
-        chat_id = conversation_id or sender_id
-        chat_type = "group" if is_group else "dm"
-
-        # Store session webhook for reply routing
-        session_webhook = getattr(message, "session_webhook", None) or ""
-        if session_webhook and chat_id:
-            self._session_webhooks[chat_id] = session_webhook
-
-        source = self.build_source(
-            chat_id=chat_id,
-            chat_name=getattr(message, "conversation_title", None),
-            chat_type=chat_type,
-            user_id=sender_id,
-            user_name=sender_nick,
-            user_id_alt=sender_staff_id if sender_staff_id else None,
-        )
-
-        # Parse timestamp
-        create_at = getattr(message, "create_at", None)
-        try:
-            timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(create_at) / 1000, tz=timezone.utc) if create_at else datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
-        except (ValueError, OSError, TypeError):
-            timestamp = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
-
-        event = MessageEvent(
-            text=text,
-            message_type=MessageType.TEXT,
-            source=source,
-            message_id=msg_id,
-            raw_message=message,
-            timestamp=timestamp,
-        )
-
-        logger.debug("[%s] Message from %s in %s: %s",
-                      self.name, sender_nick, chat_id[:20] if chat_id else "?", text[:50])
-        await self.handle_message(event)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _extract_text(message: "ChatbotMessage") -> str:
-        """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_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
-
-    # -- Deduplication ------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _is_duplicate(self, msg_id: str) -> bool:
-        """Check and record a message ID. Returns True if already seen."""
-        now = time.time()
-        if len(self._seen_messages) > DEDUP_MAX_SIZE:
-            cutoff = now - DEDUP_WINDOW_SECONDS
-            self._seen_messages = {k: v for k, v in self._seen_messages.items() if v > cutoff}
-
-        if msg_id in self._seen_messages:
-            return True
-        self._seen_messages[msg_id] = now
-        return False
-
-    # -- Outbound messaging -------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def send(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        content: str,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send a markdown reply via DingTalk session webhook."""
-        metadata = metadata or {}
-
-        session_webhook = metadata.get("session_webhook") or self._session_webhooks.get(chat_id)
-        if not session_webhook:
-            return SendResult(success=False,
-                              error="No session_webhook available. Reply must follow an incoming message.")
-
-        if not self._http_client:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="HTTP client not initialized")
-
-        payload = {
-            "msgtype": "markdown",
-            "markdown": {"title": "Hermes", "text": content[:self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH]},
-        }
-
-        try:
-            resp = await self._http_client.post(session_webhook, json=payload, timeout=15.0)
-            if resp.status_code < 300:
-                return SendResult(success=True, message_id=uuid.uuid4().hex[:12])
-            body = resp.text
-            logger.warning("[%s] Send failed HTTP %d: %s", self.name, resp.status_code, body[:200])
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=f"HTTP {resp.status_code}: {body[:200]}")
-        except httpx.TimeoutException:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Timeout sending message to DingTalk")
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("[%s] Send error: %s", self.name, e)
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(e))
-
-    async def send_typing(self, chat_id: str, metadata=None) -> None:
-        """DingTalk does not support typing indicators."""
-        pass
-
-    async def get_chat_info(self, chat_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Return basic info about a DingTalk conversation."""
-        return {"name": chat_id, "type": "group" if "group" in chat_id.lower() else "dm"}
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Internal stream handler
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-class _IncomingHandler(ChatbotHandler if DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE else object):
-    """dingtalk-stream ChatbotHandler that forwards messages to the adapter."""
-
-    def __init__(self, adapter: DingTalkAdapter, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop):
-        if DINGTALK_STREAM_AVAILABLE:
-            super().__init__()
-        self._adapter = adapter
-        self._loop = loop
-
-    def process(self, message: "ChatbotMessage"):
-        """Called by dingtalk-stream in its thread when a message arrives.
-
-        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:
-            future.result(timeout=60)
-        except Exception:
-            logger.exception("[DingTalk] Error processing incoming message")
-
-        return dingtalk_stream.AckMessage.STATUS_OK, "OK"

gateway/platforms/matrix.py

@@ -1,895 +0,0 @@
-"""Matrix gateway adapter.
-
-Connects to any Matrix homeserver (self-hosted or matrix.org) via the
-matrix-nio Python SDK.  Supports optional end-to-end encryption (E2EE)
-when installed with ``pip install "matrix-nio[e2e]"``.
-
-Environment variables:
-    MATRIX_HOMESERVER       Homeserver URL (e.g. https://matrix.example.org)
-    MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN     Access token (preferred auth method)
-    MATRIX_USER_ID          Full user ID (@bot:server) — required for password login
-    MATRIX_PASSWORD         Password (alternative to access token)
-    MATRIX_ENCRYPTION       Set "true" to enable E2EE
-    MATRIX_ALLOWED_USERS    Comma-separated Matrix user IDs (@user:server)
-    MATRIX_HOME_ROOM        Room ID for cron/notification delivery
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import asyncio
-import json
-import logging
-import mimetypes
-import os
-import re
-import time
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
-
-from gateway.config import Platform, PlatformConfig
-from gateway.platforms.base import (
-    BasePlatformAdapter,
-    MessageEvent,
-    MessageType,
-    SendResult,
-)
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Matrix message size limit (4000 chars practical, spec has no hard limit
-# but clients render poorly above this).
-MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 4000
-
-# Store directory for E2EE keys and sync state.
-_STORE_DIR = Path.home() / ".hermes" / "matrix" / "store"
-
-# Grace period: ignore messages older than this many seconds before startup.
-_STARTUP_GRACE_SECONDS = 5
-
-
-def check_matrix_requirements() -> bool:
-    """Return True if the Matrix adapter can be used."""
-    token = os.getenv("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN", "")
-    password = os.getenv("MATRIX_PASSWORD", "")
-    homeserver = os.getenv("MATRIX_HOMESERVER", "")
-
-    if not token and not password:
-        logger.debug("Matrix: neither MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN nor MATRIX_PASSWORD set")
-        return False
-    if not homeserver:
-        logger.warning("Matrix: MATRIX_HOMESERVER not set")
-        return False
-    try:
-        import nio  # noqa: F401
-        return True
-    except ImportError:
-        logger.warning(
-            "Matrix: matrix-nio not installed. "
-            "Run: pip install 'matrix-nio[e2e]'"
-        )
-        return False
-
-
-class MatrixAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
-    """Gateway adapter for Matrix (any homeserver)."""
-
-    def __init__(self, config: PlatformConfig):
-        super().__init__(config, Platform.MATRIX)
-
-        self._homeserver: str = (
-            config.extra.get("homeserver", "")
-            or os.getenv("MATRIX_HOMESERVER", "")
-        ).rstrip("/")
-        self._access_token: str = config.token or os.getenv("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN", "")
-        self._user_id: str = (
-            config.extra.get("user_id", "")
-            or os.getenv("MATRIX_USER_ID", "")
-        )
-        self._password: str = (
-            config.extra.get("password", "")
-            or os.getenv("MATRIX_PASSWORD", "")
-        )
-        self._encryption: bool = config.extra.get(
-            "encryption",
-            os.getenv("MATRIX_ENCRYPTION", "").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"),
-        )
-
-        self._client: Any = None  # nio.AsyncClient
-        self._sync_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
-        self._closing = False
-        self._startup_ts: float = 0.0
-
-        # Cache: room_id → bool (is DM)
-        self._dm_rooms: Dict[str, bool] = {}
-        # Set of room IDs we've joined
-        self._joined_rooms: Set[str] = set()
-        # Event deduplication (bounded deque keeps newest entries)
-        from collections import deque
-        self._processed_events: deque = deque(maxlen=1000)
-        self._processed_events_set: set = set()
-
-    def _is_duplicate_event(self, event_id) -> bool:
-        """Return True if this event was already processed. Tracks the ID otherwise."""
-        if not event_id:
-            return False
-        if event_id in self._processed_events_set:
-            return True
-        if len(self._processed_events) == self._processed_events.maxlen:
-            evicted = self._processed_events[0]
-            self._processed_events_set.discard(evicted)
-        self._processed_events.append(event_id)
-        self._processed_events_set.add(event_id)
-        return False
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Required overrides
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def connect(self) -> bool:
-        """Connect to the Matrix homeserver and start syncing."""
-        import nio
-
-        if not self._homeserver:
-            logger.error("Matrix: homeserver URL not configured")
-            return False
-
-        # Determine store path and ensure it exists.
-        store_path = str(_STORE_DIR)
-        _STORE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        # Create the client.
-        if self._encryption:
-            try:
-                client = nio.AsyncClient(
-                    self._homeserver,
-                    self._user_id or "",
-                    store_path=store_path,
-                )
-                logger.info("Matrix: E2EE enabled (store: %s)", store_path)
-            except Exception as exc:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Matrix: failed to create E2EE client (%s), "
-                    "falling back to plain client. Install: "
-                    "pip install 'matrix-nio[e2e]'",
-                    exc,
-                )
-                client = nio.AsyncClient(self._homeserver, self._user_id or "")
-        else:
-            client = nio.AsyncClient(self._homeserver, self._user_id or "")
-
-        self._client = client
-
-        # Authenticate.
-        if self._access_token:
-            client.access_token = self._access_token
-            # Resolve user_id if not set.
-            if not self._user_id:
-                resp = await client.whoami()
-                if isinstance(resp, nio.WhoamiResponse):
-                    self._user_id = resp.user_id
-                    client.user_id = resp.user_id
-                    logger.info("Matrix: authenticated as %s", self._user_id)
-                else:
-                    logger.error(
-                        "Matrix: whoami failed — check MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN and MATRIX_HOMESERVER"
-                    )
-                    await client.close()
-                    return False
-            else:
-                client.user_id = self._user_id
-                logger.info("Matrix: using access token for %s", self._user_id)
-        elif self._password and self._user_id:
-            resp = await client.login(
-                self._password,
-                device_name="Hermes Agent",
-            )
-            if isinstance(resp, nio.LoginResponse):
-                logger.info("Matrix: logged in as %s", self._user_id)
-            else:
-                logger.error("Matrix: login failed — %s", getattr(resp, "message", resp))
-                await client.close()
-                return False
-        else:
-            logger.error("Matrix: need MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN or MATRIX_USER_ID + MATRIX_PASSWORD")
-            await client.close()
-            return False
-
-        # If E2EE is enabled, load the crypto store.
-        if self._encryption and hasattr(client, "olm"):
-            try:
-                if client.should_upload_keys:
-                    await client.keys_upload()
-                logger.info("Matrix: E2EE crypto initialized")
-            except Exception as exc:
-                logger.warning("Matrix: crypto init issue: %s", exc)
-
-        # Register event callbacks.
-        client.add_event_callback(self._on_room_message, nio.RoomMessageText)
-        client.add_event_callback(self._on_room_message_media, nio.RoomMessageImage)
-        client.add_event_callback(self._on_room_message_media, nio.RoomMessageAudio)
-        client.add_event_callback(self._on_room_message_media, nio.RoomMessageVideo)
-        client.add_event_callback(self._on_room_message_media, nio.RoomMessageFile)
-        client.add_event_callback(self._on_invite, nio.InviteMemberEvent)
-
-        # If E2EE: handle encrypted events.
-        if self._encryption and hasattr(client, "olm"):
-            client.add_event_callback(
-                self._on_room_message, nio.MegolmEvent
-            )
-
-        # Initial sync to catch up, then start background sync.
-        self._startup_ts = time.time()
-        self._closing = False
-
-        # Do an initial sync to populate room state.
-        resp = await client.sync(timeout=10000, full_state=True)
-        if isinstance(resp, nio.SyncResponse):
-            self._joined_rooms = set(resp.rooms.join.keys())
-            logger.info(
-                "Matrix: initial sync complete, joined %d rooms",
-                len(self._joined_rooms),
-            )
-            # Build DM room cache from m.direct account data.
-            await self._refresh_dm_cache()
-        else:
-            logger.warning("Matrix: initial sync returned %s", type(resp).__name__)
-
-        # Start the sync loop.
-        self._sync_task = asyncio.create_task(self._sync_loop())
-        self._mark_connected()
-        return True
-
-    async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        """Disconnect from Matrix."""
-        self._closing = True
-
-        if self._sync_task and not self._sync_task.done():
-            self._sync_task.cancel()
-            try:
-                await self._sync_task
-            except (asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
-                pass
-
-        if self._client:
-            await self._client.close()
-            self._client = None
-
-        logger.info("Matrix: disconnected")
-
-    async def send(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        content: str,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send a message to a Matrix room."""
-        import nio
-
-        if not content:
-            return SendResult(success=True)
-
-        formatted = self.format_message(content)
-        chunks = self.truncate_message(formatted, MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH)
-
-        last_event_id = None
-        for chunk in chunks:
-            msg_content: Dict[str, Any] = {
-                "msgtype": "m.text",
-                "body": chunk,
-            }
-
-            # Convert markdown to HTML for rich rendering.
-            html = self._markdown_to_html(chunk)
-            if html and html != chunk:
-                msg_content["format"] = "org.matrix.custom.html"
-                msg_content["formatted_body"] = html
-
-            # Reply-to support.
-            if reply_to:
-                msg_content["m.relates_to"] = {
-                    "m.in_reply_to": {"event_id": reply_to}
-                }
-
-            # Thread support: if metadata has thread_id, send as threaded reply.
-            thread_id = (metadata or {}).get("thread_id")
-            if thread_id:
-                relates_to = msg_content.get("m.relates_to", {})
-                relates_to["rel_type"] = "m.thread"
-                relates_to["event_id"] = thread_id
-                relates_to["is_falling_back"] = True
-                if reply_to and "m.in_reply_to" not in relates_to:
-                    relates_to["m.in_reply_to"] = {"event_id": reply_to}
-                msg_content["m.relates_to"] = relates_to
-
-            resp = await self._client.room_send(
-                chat_id,
-                "m.room.message",
-                msg_content,
-            )
-            if isinstance(resp, nio.RoomSendResponse):
-                last_event_id = resp.event_id
-            else:
-                err = getattr(resp, "message", str(resp))
-                logger.error("Matrix: failed to send to %s: %s", chat_id, err)
-                return SendResult(success=False, error=err)
-
-        return SendResult(success=True, message_id=last_event_id)
-
-    async def get_chat_info(self, chat_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Return room name and type (dm/group)."""
-        name = chat_id
-        chat_type = "group"
-
-        if self._client:
-            room = self._client.rooms.get(chat_id)
-            if room:
-                name = room.display_name or room.canonical_alias or chat_id
-                # Use DM cache.
-                if self._dm_rooms.get(chat_id, False):
-                    chat_type = "dm"
-                elif room.member_count == 2:
-                    chat_type = "dm"
-
-        return {"name": name, "type": chat_type}
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Optional overrides
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def send_typing(
-        self, chat_id: str, metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
-    ) -> None:
-        """Send a typing indicator."""
-        if self._client:
-            try:
-                await self._client.room_typing(chat_id, typing_state=True, timeout=30000)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-
-    async def edit_message(
-        self, chat_id: str, message_id: str, content: str
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Edit an existing message (via m.replace)."""
-        import nio
-
-        formatted = self.format_message(content)
-        msg_content: Dict[str, Any] = {
-            "msgtype": "m.text",
-            "body": f"* {formatted}",
-            "m.new_content": {
-                "msgtype": "m.text",
-                "body": formatted,
-            },
-            "m.relates_to": {
-                "rel_type": "m.replace",
-                "event_id": message_id,
-            },
-        }
-
-        html = self._markdown_to_html(formatted)
-        if html and html != formatted:
-            msg_content["m.new_content"]["format"] = "org.matrix.custom.html"
-            msg_content["m.new_content"]["formatted_body"] = html
-            msg_content["format"] = "org.matrix.custom.html"
-            msg_content["formatted_body"] = f"* {html}"
-
-        resp = await self._client.room_send(chat_id, "m.room.message", msg_content)
-        if isinstance(resp, nio.RoomSendResponse):
-            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=resp.event_id)
-        return SendResult(success=False, error=getattr(resp, "message", str(resp)))
-
-    async def send_image(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        image_url: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Download an image URL and upload it to Matrix."""
-        try:
-            # Try aiohttp first (always available), fall back to httpx
-            try:
-                import aiohttp as _aiohttp
-                async with _aiohttp.ClientSession() as http:
-                    async with http.get(image_url, timeout=_aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=30)) as resp:
-                        resp.raise_for_status()
-                        data = await resp.read()
-                        ct = resp.content_type or "image/png"
-                        fname = image_url.rsplit("/", 1)[-1].split("?")[0] or "image.png"
-            except ImportError:
-                import httpx
-                async with httpx.AsyncClient() as http:
-                    resp = await http.get(image_url, follow_redirects=True, timeout=30)
-                    resp.raise_for_status()
-                    data = resp.content
-                    ct = resp.headers.get("content-type", "image/png")
-                    fname = image_url.rsplit("/", 1)[-1].split("?")[0] or "image.png"
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.warning("Matrix: failed to download image %s: %s", image_url, exc)
-            return await self.send(chat_id, f"{caption or ''}\n{image_url}".strip(), reply_to)
-
-        return await self._upload_and_send(chat_id, data, fname, ct, "m.image", caption, reply_to, metadata)
-
-    async def send_image_file(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        image_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Upload a local image file to Matrix."""
-        return await self._send_local_file(chat_id, image_path, "m.image", caption, reply_to, 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,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Upload a local file as a document."""
-        return await self._send_local_file(chat_id, file_path, "m.file", caption, reply_to, file_name, metadata)
-
-    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:
-        """Upload an audio file as a voice message."""
-        return await self._send_local_file(chat_id, audio_path, "m.audio", caption, reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-
-    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:
-        """Upload a video file."""
-        return await self._send_local_file(chat_id, video_path, "m.video", caption, reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-
-    def format_message(self, content: str) -> str:
-        """Pass-through — Matrix supports standard Markdown natively."""
-        # Strip image markdown; media is uploaded separately.
-        content = re.sub(r"!\[([^\]]*)\]\(([^)]+)\)", r"\2", content)
-        return content
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # File helpers
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def _upload_and_send(
-        self,
-        room_id: str,
-        data: bytes,
-        filename: str,
-        content_type: str,
-        msgtype: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Upload bytes to Matrix and send as a media message."""
-        import nio
-
-        # Upload to homeserver.
-        resp = await self._client.upload(
-            data,
-            content_type=content_type,
-            filename=filename,
-        )
-        if not isinstance(resp, nio.UploadResponse):
-            err = getattr(resp, "message", str(resp))
-            logger.error("Matrix: upload failed: %s", err)
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=err)
-
-        mxc_url = resp.content_uri
-
-        # Build media message content.
-        msg_content: Dict[str, Any] = {
-            "msgtype": msgtype,
-            "body": caption or filename,
-            "url": mxc_url,
-            "info": {
-                "mimetype": content_type,
-                "size": len(data),
-            },
-        }
-
-        if reply_to:
-            msg_content["m.relates_to"] = {
-                "m.in_reply_to": {"event_id": reply_to}
-            }
-
-        thread_id = (metadata or {}).get("thread_id")
-        if thread_id:
-            relates_to = msg_content.get("m.relates_to", {})
-            relates_to["rel_type"] = "m.thread"
-            relates_to["event_id"] = thread_id
-            relates_to["is_falling_back"] = True
-            msg_content["m.relates_to"] = relates_to
-
-        resp2 = await self._client.room_send(room_id, "m.room.message", msg_content)
-        if isinstance(resp2, nio.RoomSendResponse):
-            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=resp2.event_id)
-        return SendResult(success=False, error=getattr(resp2, "message", str(resp2)))
-
-    async def _send_local_file(
-        self,
-        room_id: str,
-        file_path: str,
-        msgtype: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        file_name: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Read a local file and upload it."""
-        p = Path(file_path)
-        if not p.exists():
-            return await self.send(
-                room_id, f"{caption or ''}\n(file not found: {file_path})", reply_to
-            )
-
-        fname = file_name or p.name
-        ct = mimetypes.guess_type(fname)[0] or "application/octet-stream"
-        data = p.read_bytes()
-
-        return await self._upload_and_send(room_id, data, fname, ct, msgtype, caption, reply_to, metadata)
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Sync loop
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def _sync_loop(self) -> None:
-        """Continuously sync with the homeserver."""
-        while not self._closing:
-            try:
-                await self._client.sync(timeout=30000)
-            except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                return
-            except Exception as exc:
-                if self._closing:
-                    return
-                logger.warning("Matrix: sync error: %s — retrying in 5s", exc)
-                await asyncio.sleep(5)
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Event callbacks
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def _on_room_message(self, room: Any, event: Any) -> None:
-        """Handle incoming text messages (and decrypted megolm events)."""
-        import nio
-
-        # Ignore own messages.
-        if event.sender == self._user_id:
-            return
-
-        # Deduplicate by event ID (nio can fire the same event more than once).
-        if self._is_duplicate_event(getattr(event, "event_id", None)):
-            return
-
-        # Startup grace: ignore old messages from initial sync.
-        event_ts = getattr(event, "server_timestamp", 0) / 1000.0
-        if event_ts and event_ts < self._startup_ts - _STARTUP_GRACE_SECONDS:
-            return
-
-        # Handle decrypted MegolmEvents — extract the inner event.
-        if isinstance(event, nio.MegolmEvent):
-            # Failed to decrypt.
-            logger.warning(
-                "Matrix: could not decrypt event %s in %s",
-                event.event_id, room.room_id,
-            )
-            return
-
-        # Skip edits (m.replace relation).
-        source_content = getattr(event, "source", {}).get("content", {})
-        relates_to = source_content.get("m.relates_to", {})
-        if relates_to.get("rel_type") == "m.replace":
-            return
-
-        body = getattr(event, "body", "") or ""
-        if not body:
-            return
-
-        # Determine chat type.
-        is_dm = self._dm_rooms.get(room.room_id, False)
-        if not is_dm and room.member_count == 2:
-            is_dm = True
-        chat_type = "dm" if is_dm else "group"
-
-        # Thread support.
-        thread_id = None
-        if relates_to.get("rel_type") == "m.thread":
-            thread_id = relates_to.get("event_id")
-
-        # Reply-to detection.
-        reply_to = None
-        in_reply_to = relates_to.get("m.in_reply_to", {})
-        if in_reply_to:
-            reply_to = in_reply_to.get("event_id")
-
-        # Strip reply fallback from body (Matrix prepends "> ..." lines).
-        if reply_to and body.startswith("> "):
-            lines = body.split("\n")
-            stripped = []
-            past_fallback = False
-            for line in lines:
-                if not past_fallback:
-                    if line.startswith("> ") or line == ">":
-                        continue
-                    if line == "":
-                        past_fallback = True
-                        continue
-                    past_fallback = True
-                stripped.append(line)
-            body = "\n".join(stripped) if stripped else body
-
-        # Message type.
-        msg_type = MessageType.TEXT
-        if body.startswith("!") or body.startswith("/"):
-            msg_type = MessageType.COMMAND
-
-        source = self.build_source(
-            chat_id=room.room_id,
-            chat_type=chat_type,
-            user_id=event.sender,
-            user_name=self._get_display_name(room, event.sender),
-            thread_id=thread_id,
-        )
-
-        msg_event = MessageEvent(
-            text=body,
-            message_type=msg_type,
-            source=source,
-            raw_message=getattr(event, "source", {}),
-            message_id=event.event_id,
-            reply_to_message_id=reply_to,
-        )
-
-        await self.handle_message(msg_event)
-
-    async def _on_room_message_media(self, room: Any, event: Any) -> None:
-        """Handle incoming media messages (images, audio, video, files)."""
-        import nio
-
-        # Ignore own messages.
-        if event.sender == self._user_id:
-            return
-
-        # Deduplicate by event ID.
-        if self._is_duplicate_event(getattr(event, "event_id", None)):
-            return
-
-        # Startup grace.
-        event_ts = getattr(event, "server_timestamp", 0) / 1000.0
-        if event_ts and event_ts < self._startup_ts - _STARTUP_GRACE_SECONDS:
-            return
-
-        body = getattr(event, "body", "") or ""
-        url = getattr(event, "url", "")
-
-        # Convert mxc:// to HTTP URL for downstream processing.
-        http_url = ""
-        if url and url.startswith("mxc://"):
-            http_url = self._mxc_to_http(url)
-
-        # Determine message type from event class.
-        # Use the MIME type from the event's content info when available,
-        # falling back to category-level MIME types for downstream matching
-        # (gateway/run.py checks startswith("image/"), startswith("audio/"), etc.)
-        content_info = getattr(event, "content", {}) if isinstance(getattr(event, "content", None), dict) else {}
-        event_mimetype = (content_info.get("info") or {}).get("mimetype", "")
-        media_type = "application/octet-stream"
-        msg_type = MessageType.DOCUMENT
-        if isinstance(event, nio.RoomMessageImage):
-            msg_type = MessageType.PHOTO
-            media_type = event_mimetype or "image/png"
-        elif isinstance(event, nio.RoomMessageAudio):
-            msg_type = MessageType.AUDIO
-            media_type = event_mimetype or "audio/ogg"
-        elif isinstance(event, nio.RoomMessageVideo):
-            msg_type = MessageType.VIDEO
-            media_type = event_mimetype or "video/mp4"
-        elif event_mimetype:
-            media_type = event_mimetype
-
-        # For images, download and cache locally so vision tools can access them.
-        # Matrix MXC URLs require authentication, so direct URL access fails.
-        cached_path = None
-        if msg_type == MessageType.PHOTO and url:
-            try:
-                ext_map = {
-                    "image/jpeg": ".jpg", "image/png": ".png",
-                    "image/gif": ".gif", "image/webp": ".webp",
-                }
-                ext = ext_map.get(event_mimetype, ".jpg")
-                download_resp = await self._client.download(url)
-                if isinstance(download_resp, nio.DownloadResponse):
-                    from gateway.platforms.base import cache_image_from_bytes
-                    cached_path = cache_image_from_bytes(download_resp.body, ext=ext)
-                    logger.info("[Matrix] Cached user image at %s", cached_path)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning("[Matrix] Failed to cache image: %s", e)
-
-        is_dm = self._dm_rooms.get(room.room_id, False)
-        if not is_dm and room.member_count == 2:
-            is_dm = True
-        chat_type = "dm" if is_dm else "group"
-
-        # Thread/reply detection.
-        source_content = getattr(event, "source", {}).get("content", {})
-        relates_to = source_content.get("m.relates_to", {})
-        thread_id = None
-        if relates_to.get("rel_type") == "m.thread":
-            thread_id = relates_to.get("event_id")
-
-        source = self.build_source(
-            chat_id=room.room_id,
-            chat_type=chat_type,
-            user_id=event.sender,
-            user_name=self._get_display_name(room, event.sender),
-            thread_id=thread_id,
-        )
-
-        # Use cached local path for images, HTTP URL for other media types
-        media_urls = [cached_path] if cached_path else ([http_url] if http_url else None)
-        media_types = [media_type] if media_urls else None
-
-        msg_event = MessageEvent(
-            text=body,
-            message_type=msg_type,
-            source=source,
-            raw_message=getattr(event, "source", {}),
-            message_id=event.event_id,
-            media_urls=media_urls,
-            media_types=media_types,
-        )
-
-        await self.handle_message(msg_event)
-
-    async def _on_invite(self, room: Any, event: Any) -> None:
-        """Auto-join rooms when invited."""
-        import nio
-
-        if not isinstance(event, nio.InviteMemberEvent):
-            return
-
-        # Only process invites directed at us.
-        if event.state_key != self._user_id:
-            return
-
-        if event.membership != "invite":
-            return
-
-        logger.info(
-            "Matrix: invited to %s by %s — joining",
-            room.room_id, event.sender,
-        )
-        try:
-            resp = await self._client.join(room.room_id)
-            if isinstance(resp, nio.JoinResponse):
-                self._joined_rooms.add(room.room_id)
-                logger.info("Matrix: joined %s", room.room_id)
-                # Refresh DM cache since new room may be a DM.
-                await self._refresh_dm_cache()
-            else:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Matrix: failed to join %s: %s",
-                    room.room_id, getattr(resp, "message", resp),
-                )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.warning("Matrix: error joining %s: %s", room.room_id, exc)
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Helpers
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    async def _refresh_dm_cache(self) -> None:
-        """Refresh the DM room cache from m.direct account data.
-
-        Tries the account_data API first, then falls back to parsing
-        the sync response's account_data for robustness.
-        """
-        if not self._client:
-            return
-
-        dm_data: Optional[Dict] = None
-
-        # Primary: try the dedicated account data endpoint.
-        try:
-            resp = await self._client.get_account_data("m.direct")
-            if hasattr(resp, "content"):
-                dm_data = resp.content
-            elif isinstance(resp, dict):
-                dm_data = resp
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.debug("Matrix: get_account_data('m.direct') failed: %s — trying sync fallback", exc)
-
-        # Fallback: parse from the client's account_data store (populated by sync).
-        if dm_data is None:
-            try:
-                # matrix-nio stores account data events on the client object
-                ad = getattr(self._client, "account_data", None)
-                if ad and isinstance(ad, dict) and "m.direct" in ad:
-                    event = ad["m.direct"]
-                    if hasattr(event, "content"):
-                        dm_data = event.content
-                    elif isinstance(event, dict):
-                        dm_data = event
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-
-        if dm_data is None:
-            return
-
-        dm_room_ids: Set[str] = set()
-        for user_id, rooms in dm_data.items():
-            if isinstance(rooms, list):
-                dm_room_ids.update(rooms)
-
-        self._dm_rooms = {
-            rid: (rid in dm_room_ids)
-            for rid in self._joined_rooms
-        }
-
-    def _get_display_name(self, room: Any, user_id: str) -> str:
-        """Get a user's display name in a room, falling back to user_id."""
-        if room and hasattr(room, "users"):
-            user = room.users.get(user_id)
-            if user and getattr(user, "display_name", None):
-                return user.display_name
-        # Strip the @...:server format to just the localpart.
-        if user_id.startswith("@") and ":" in user_id:
-            return user_id[1:].split(":")[0]
-        return user_id
-
-    def _mxc_to_http(self, mxc_url: str) -> str:
-        """Convert mxc://server/media_id to an HTTP download URL."""
-        # mxc://matrix.org/abc123 → https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/v1/media/download/matrix.org/abc123
-        # Uses the authenticated client endpoint (spec v1.11+) instead of the
-        # deprecated /_matrix/media/v3/download/ path.
-        if not mxc_url.startswith("mxc://"):
-            return mxc_url
-        parts = mxc_url[6:]  # strip mxc://
-        # Use our homeserver for download (federation handles the rest).
-        return f"{self._homeserver}/_matrix/client/v1/media/download/{parts}"
-
-    def _markdown_to_html(self, text: str) -> str:
-        """Convert Markdown to Matrix-compatible HTML.
-
-        Uses a simple conversion for common patterns.  For full fidelity
-        a markdown-it style library could be used, but this covers the
-        common cases without an extra dependency.
-        """
-        try:
-            import markdown
-            html = markdown.markdown(
-                text,
-                extensions=["fenced_code", "tables", "nl2br"],
-            )
-            # Strip wrapping <p> tags for single-paragraph messages.
-            if html.count("<p>") == 1:
-                html = html.replace("<p>", "").replace("</p>", "")
-            return html
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-
-        # Minimal fallback: just handle bold, italic, code.
-        html = text
-        html = re.sub(r"\*\*(.+?)\*\*", r"<strong>\1</strong>", html)
-        html = re.sub(r"\*(.+?)\*", r"<em>\1</em>", html)
-        html = re.sub(r"`([^`]+)`", r"<code>\1</code>", html)
-        html = re.sub(r"\n", r"<br>", html)
-        return html

gateway/platforms/slack.py

@@ -1,852 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Slack platform adapter.
-
-Uses slack-bolt (Python) with Socket Mode for:
-- Receiving messages from channels and DMs
-- Sending responses back
-- Handling slash commands
-- Thread support
-"""
-
-import asyncio
-import logging
-import os
-import re
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any
-
-try:
-    from slack_bolt.async_app import AsyncApp
-    from slack_bolt.adapter.socket_mode.async_handler import AsyncSocketModeHandler
-    from slack_sdk.web.async_client import AsyncWebClient
-    SLACK_AVAILABLE = True
-except ImportError:
-    SLACK_AVAILABLE = False
-    AsyncApp = Any
-    AsyncSocketModeHandler = Any
-    AsyncWebClient = Any
-
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path as _Path
-sys.path.insert(0, str(_Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]))
-
-from gateway.config import Platform, PlatformConfig
-from gateway.platforms.base import (
-    BasePlatformAdapter,
-    MessageEvent,
-    MessageType,
-    SendResult,
-    SUPPORTED_DOCUMENT_TYPES,
-    cache_document_from_bytes,
-    cache_image_from_url,
-    cache_audio_from_url,
-)
-
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def check_slack_requirements() -> bool:
-    """Check if Slack dependencies are available."""
-    return SLACK_AVAILABLE
-
-
-class SlackAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
-    """
-    Slack bot adapter using Socket Mode.
-
-    Requires two tokens:
-      - SLACK_BOT_TOKEN (xoxb-...) for API calls
-      - SLACK_APP_TOKEN (xapp-...) for Socket Mode connection
-
-    Features:
-      - DMs and channel messages (mention-gated in channels)
-      - Thread support
-      - File/image/audio attachments
-      - Slash commands (/hermes)
-      - Typing indicators (not natively supported by Slack bots)
-    """
-
-    MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 39000  # Slack API allows 40,000 chars; leave margin
-
-    def __init__(self, config: PlatformConfig):
-        super().__init__(config, Platform.SLACK)
-        self._app: Optional[AsyncApp] = None
-        self._handler: Optional[AsyncSocketModeHandler] = None
-        self._bot_user_id: Optional[str] = None
-        self._user_name_cache: Dict[str, str] = {}  # user_id → display name
-
-    async def connect(self) -> bool:
-        """Connect to Slack via Socket Mode."""
-        if not SLACK_AVAILABLE:
-            logger.error(
-                "[Slack] slack-bolt not installed. Run: pip install slack-bolt",
-            )
-            return False
-
-        bot_token = self.config.token
-        app_token = os.getenv("SLACK_APP_TOKEN")
-
-        if not bot_token:
-            logger.error("[Slack] SLACK_BOT_TOKEN not set")
-            return False
-        if not app_token:
-            logger.error("[Slack] SLACK_APP_TOKEN not set")
-            return False
-
-        try:
-            self._app = AsyncApp(token=bot_token)
-
-            # Get our own bot user ID for mention detection
-            auth_response = await self._app.client.auth_test()
-            self._bot_user_id = auth_response.get("user_id")
-            bot_name = auth_response.get("user", "unknown")
-
-            # Register message event handler
-            @self._app.event("message")
-            async def handle_message_event(event, say):
-                await self._handle_slack_message(event)
-
-            # Acknowledge app_mention events to prevent Bolt 404 errors.
-            # The "message" handler above already processes @mentions in
-            # channels, so this is intentionally a no-op to avoid duplicates.
-            @self._app.event("app_mention")
-            async def handle_app_mention(event, say):
-                pass
-
-            # Register slash command handler
-            @self._app.command("/hermes")
-            async def handle_hermes_command(ack, command):
-                await ack()
-                await self._handle_slash_command(command)
-
-            # Start Socket Mode handler in background
-            self._handler = AsyncSocketModeHandler(self._app, app_token)
-            asyncio.create_task(self._handler.start_async())
-
-            self._running = True
-            logger.info("[Slack] Connected as @%s (Socket Mode)", bot_name)
-            return True
-
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error("[Slack] Connection failed: %s", e, exc_info=True)
-            return False
-
-    async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        """Disconnect from Slack."""
-        if self._handler:
-            try:
-                await self._handler.close_async()
-            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-                logger.warning("[Slack] Error while closing Socket Mode handler: %s", e, exc_info=True)
-        self._running = False
-        logger.info("[Slack] Disconnected")
-
-    async def send(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        content: str,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send a message to a Slack channel or DM."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        try:
-            # Convert standard markdown → Slack mrkdwn
-            formatted = self.format_message(content)
-
-            # Split long messages, preserving code block boundaries
-            chunks = self.truncate_message(formatted, self.MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH)
-
-            thread_ts = self._resolve_thread_ts(reply_to, metadata)
-            last_result = None
-
-            # reply_broadcast: also post thread replies to the main channel.
-            # Controlled via platform config: gateway.slack.reply_broadcast
-            broadcast = self.config.extra.get("reply_broadcast", False)
-
-            for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
-                kwargs = {
-                    "channel": chat_id,
-                    "text": chunk,
-                }
-                if thread_ts:
-                    kwargs["thread_ts"] = thread_ts
-                    # Only broadcast the first chunk of the first reply
-                    if broadcast and i == 0:
-                        kwargs["reply_broadcast"] = True
-
-                last_result = await self._app.client.chat_postMessage(**kwargs)
-
-            return SendResult(
-                success=True,
-                message_id=last_result.get("ts") if last_result else None,
-                raw_response=last_result,
-            )
-
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error("[Slack] Send error: %s", e, exc_info=True)
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(e))
-
-    async def edit_message(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        message_id: str,
-        content: str,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Edit a previously sent Slack message."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-        try:
-            await self._app.client.chat_update(
-                channel=chat_id,
-                ts=message_id,
-                text=content,
-            )
-            return SendResult(success=True, message_id=message_id)
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[Slack] Failed to edit message %s in channel %s: %s",
-                message_id,
-                chat_id,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(e))
-
-    async def send_typing(self, chat_id: str, metadata=None) -> None:
-        """Show a typing/status indicator using assistant.threads.setStatus.
-
-        Displays "is thinking..." next to the bot name in a thread.
-        Requires the assistant:write or chat:write scope.
-        Auto-clears when the bot sends a reply to the thread.
-        """
-        if not self._app:
-            return
-
-        thread_ts = None
-        if metadata:
-            thread_ts = metadata.get("thread_id") or metadata.get("thread_ts")
-
-        if not thread_ts:
-            return  # Can only set status in a thread context
-
-        try:
-            await self._app.client.assistant_threads_setStatus(
-                channel_id=chat_id,
-                thread_ts=thread_ts,
-                status="is thinking...",
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            # Silently ignore — may lack assistant:write scope or not be
-            # in an assistant-enabled context. Falls back to reactions.
-            logger.debug("[Slack] assistant.threads.setStatus failed: %s", e)
-
-    def _resolve_thread_ts(
-        self,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> Optional[str]:
-        """Resolve the correct thread_ts for a Slack API call.
-
-        Prefers metadata thread_id (the thread parent's ts, set by the
-        gateway) over reply_to (which may be a child message's ts).
-        """
-        if metadata:
-            if metadata.get("thread_id"):
-                return metadata["thread_id"]
-            if metadata.get("thread_ts"):
-                return metadata["thread_ts"]
-        return reply_to
-
-    async def _upload_file(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        file_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Upload a local file to Slack."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        if not os.path.exists(file_path):
-            raise FileNotFoundError(f"File not found: {file_path}")
-
-        result = await self._app.client.files_upload_v2(
-            channel=chat_id,
-            file=file_path,
-            filename=os.path.basename(file_path),
-            initial_comment=caption or "",
-            thread_ts=self._resolve_thread_ts(reply_to, metadata),
-        )
-        return SendResult(success=True, raw_response=result)
-
-    # ----- Markdown → mrkdwn conversion -----
-
-    def format_message(self, content: str) -> str:
-        """Convert standard markdown to Slack mrkdwn format.
-
-        Protected regions (code blocks, inline code) are extracted first so
-        their contents are never modified.  Standard markdown constructs
-        (headers, bold, italic, links) are translated to mrkdwn syntax.
-        """
-        if not content:
-            return content
-
-        placeholders: dict = {}
-        counter = [0]
-
-        def _ph(value: str) -> str:
-            """Stash value behind a placeholder that survives later passes."""
-            key = f"\x00SL{counter[0]}\x00"
-            counter[0] += 1
-            placeholders[key] = value
-            return key
-
-        text = content
-
-        # 1) Protect fenced code blocks (``` ... ```)
-        text = re.sub(
-            r'(```(?:[^\n]*\n)?[\s\S]*?```)',
-            lambda m: _ph(m.group(0)),
-            text,
-        )
-
-        # 2) Protect inline code (`...`)
-        text = re.sub(r'(`[^`]+`)', lambda m: _ph(m.group(0)), text)
-
-        # 3) Convert markdown links [text](url) → <url|text>
-        text = re.sub(
-            r'\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)',
-            lambda m: _ph(f'<{m.group(2)}|{m.group(1)}>'),
-            text,
-        )
-
-        # 4) Convert headers (## Title) → *Title* (bold)
-        def _convert_header(m):
-            inner = m.group(1).strip()
-            # Strip redundant bold markers inside a header
-            inner = re.sub(r'\*\*(.+?)\*\*', r'\1', inner)
-            return _ph(f'*{inner}*')
-
-        text = re.sub(
-            r'^#{1,6}\s+(.+)$', _convert_header, text, flags=re.MULTILINE
-        )
-
-        # 5) Convert bold: **text** → *text* (Slack bold)
-        text = re.sub(
-            r'\*\*(.+?)\*\*',
-            lambda m: _ph(f'*{m.group(1)}*'),
-            text,
-        )
-
-        # 6) Convert italic: _text_ stays as _text_ (already Slack italic)
-        #    Single *text* → _text_ (Slack italic)
-        text = re.sub(
-            r'(?<!\*)\*([^*\n]+)\*(?!\*)',
-            lambda m: _ph(f'_{m.group(1)}_'),
-            text,
-        )
-
-        # 7) Convert strikethrough: ~~text~~ → ~text~
-        text = re.sub(
-            r'~~(.+?)~~',
-            lambda m: _ph(f'~{m.group(1)}~'),
-            text,
-        )
-
-        # 8) Convert blockquotes: > text → > text (same syntax, just ensure
-        #    no extra escaping happens to the > character)
-        # Slack uses the same > prefix, so this is a no-op for content.
-
-        # 9) Restore placeholders in reverse order
-        for key in reversed(list(placeholders.keys())):
-            text = text.replace(key, placeholders[key])
-
-        return text
-
-    # ----- Reactions -----
-
-    async def _add_reaction(
-        self, channel: str, timestamp: str, emoji: str
-    ) -> bool:
-        """Add an emoji reaction to a message. Returns True on success."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return False
-        try:
-            await self._app.client.reactions_add(
-                channel=channel, timestamp=timestamp, name=emoji
-            )
-            return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            # Don't log as error — may fail if already reacted or missing scope
-            logger.debug("[Slack] reactions.add failed (%s): %s", emoji, e)
-            return False
-
-    async def _remove_reaction(
-        self, channel: str, timestamp: str, emoji: str
-    ) -> bool:
-        """Remove an emoji reaction from a message. Returns True on success."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return False
-        try:
-            await self._app.client.reactions_remove(
-                channel=channel, timestamp=timestamp, name=emoji
-            )
-            return True
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug("[Slack] reactions.remove failed (%s): %s", emoji, e)
-            return False
-
-    # ----- User identity resolution -----
-
-    async def _resolve_user_name(self, user_id: str) -> str:
-        """Resolve a Slack user ID to a display name, with caching."""
-        if not user_id:
-            return ""
-        if user_id in self._user_name_cache:
-            return self._user_name_cache[user_id]
-
-        if not self._app:
-            return user_id
-
-        try:
-            result = await self._app.client.users_info(user=user_id)
-            user = result.get("user", {})
-            # Prefer display_name → real_name → user_id
-            profile = user.get("profile", {})
-            name = (
-                profile.get("display_name")
-                or profile.get("real_name")
-                or user.get("real_name")
-                or user.get("name")
-                or user_id
-            )
-            self._user_name_cache[user_id] = name
-            return name
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug("[Slack] users.info failed for %s: %s", user_id, e)
-            self._user_name_cache[user_id] = user_id
-            return user_id
-
-    async def send_image_file(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        image_path: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send a local image file to Slack by uploading it."""
-        try:
-            return await self._upload_file(chat_id, image_path, caption, reply_to, metadata)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Image file not found: {image_path}")
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[%s] Failed to send local Slack image %s: %s",
-                self.name,
-                image_path,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            text = f"🖼️ Image: {image_path}"
-            if caption:
-                text = f"{caption}\n{text}"
-            return await self.send(chat_id, text, reply_to=reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-
-    async def send_image(
-        self,
-        chat_id: str,
-        image_url: str,
-        caption: Optional[str] = None,
-        reply_to: Optional[str] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send an image to Slack by uploading the URL as a file."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        try:
-            import httpx
-
-            # Download the image first
-            async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0, follow_redirects=True) as client:
-                response = await client.get(image_url)
-                response.raise_for_status()
-
-            result = await self._app.client.files_upload_v2(
-                channel=chat_id,
-                content=response.content,
-                filename="image.png",
-                initial_comment=caption or "",
-                thread_ts=self._resolve_thread_ts(reply_to, metadata),
-            )
-
-            return SendResult(success=True, raw_response=result)
-
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.warning(
-                "[Slack] Failed to upload image from URL %s, falling back to text: %s",
-                image_url,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            # Fall back to sending the URL as text
-            text = f"{caption}\n{image_url}" if caption else image_url
-            return await self.send(chat_id=chat_id, content=text, reply_to=reply_to)
-
-    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,
-        **kwargs,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send an audio file to Slack."""
-        try:
-            return await self._upload_file(chat_id, audio_path, caption, reply_to, metadata)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Audio file not found: {audio_path}")
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[Slack] Failed to send audio file %s: %s",
-                audio_path,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=str(e))
-
-    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:
-        """Send a video file to Slack."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        if not os.path.exists(video_path):
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=f"Video file not found: {video_path}")
-
-        try:
-            result = await self._app.client.files_upload_v2(
-                channel=chat_id,
-                file=video_path,
-                filename=os.path.basename(video_path),
-                initial_comment=caption or "",
-                thread_ts=self._resolve_thread_ts(reply_to, metadata),
-            )
-            return SendResult(success=True, raw_response=result)
-
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[%s] Failed to send video %s: %s",
-                self.name,
-                video_path,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            text = f"🎬 Video: {video_path}"
-            if caption:
-                text = f"{caption}\n{text}"
-            return await self.send(chat_id, text, reply_to=reply_to, 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,
-        metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-    ) -> SendResult:
-        """Send a document/file attachment to Slack."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return SendResult(success=False, error="Not connected")
-
-        if not os.path.exists(file_path):
-            return SendResult(success=False, error=f"File not found: {file_path}")
-
-        display_name = file_name or os.path.basename(file_path)
-
-        try:
-            result = await self._app.client.files_upload_v2(
-                channel=chat_id,
-                file=file_path,
-                filename=display_name,
-                initial_comment=caption or "",
-                thread_ts=self._resolve_thread_ts(reply_to, metadata),
-            )
-            return SendResult(success=True, raw_response=result)
-
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[%s] Failed to send document %s: %s",
-                self.name,
-                file_path,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            text = f"📎 File: {file_path}"
-            if caption:
-                text = f"{caption}\n{text}"
-            return await self.send(chat_id, text, reply_to=reply_to, metadata=metadata)
-
-    async def get_chat_info(self, chat_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Get information about a Slack channel."""
-        if not self._app:
-            return {"name": chat_id, "type": "unknown"}
-
-        try:
-            result = await self._app.client.conversations_info(channel=chat_id)
-            channel = result.get("channel", {})
-            is_dm = channel.get("is_im", False)
-            return {
-                "name": channel.get("name", chat_id),
-                "type": "dm" if is_dm else "group",
-            }
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-            logger.error(
-                "[Slack] Failed to fetch chat info for %s: %s",
-                chat_id,
-                e,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            return {"name": chat_id, "type": "unknown"}
-
-    # ----- Internal handlers -----
-
-    async def _handle_slack_message(self, event: dict) -> None:
-        """Handle an incoming Slack message event."""
-        # Ignore bot messages (including our own)
-        if event.get("bot_id") or event.get("subtype") == "bot_message":
-            return
-
-        # Ignore message edits and deletions
-        subtype = event.get("subtype")
-        if subtype in ("message_changed", "message_deleted"):
-            return
-
-        text = event.get("text", "")
-        user_id = event.get("user", "")
-        channel_id = event.get("channel", "")
-        ts = event.get("ts", "")
-
-        # Determine if this is a DM or channel message
-        channel_type = event.get("channel_type", "")
-        is_dm = channel_type == "im"
-
-        # 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: 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")  # None for top-level DMs
-        else:
-            thread_ts = event.get("thread_ts") or ts  # ts fallback for channels
-
-        # In channels, only respond if bot is mentioned
-        if not is_dm and self._bot_user_id:
-            if f"<@{self._bot_user_id}>" not in text:
-                return
-            # Strip the bot mention from the text
-            text = text.replace(f"<@{self._bot_user_id}>", "").strip()
-
-        # Determine message type
-        msg_type = MessageType.TEXT
-        if text.startswith("/"):
-            msg_type = MessageType.COMMAND
-
-        # Handle file attachments
-        media_urls = []
-        media_types = []
-        files = event.get("files", [])
-        for f in files:
-            mimetype = f.get("mimetype", "unknown")
-            url = f.get("url_private_download") or f.get("url_private", "")
-            if mimetype.startswith("image/") and url:
-                try:
-                    ext = "." + mimetype.split("/")[-1].split(";")[0]
-                    if ext not in (".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif", ".webp"):
-                        ext = ".jpg"
-                    # Slack private URLs require the bot token as auth header
-                    cached = await self._download_slack_file(url, ext)
-                    media_urls.append(cached)
-                    media_types.append(mimetype)
-                    msg_type = MessageType.PHOTO
-                except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-                    logger.warning("[Slack] Failed to cache image from %s: %s", url, e, exc_info=True)
-            elif mimetype.startswith("audio/") and url:
-                try:
-                    ext = "." + mimetype.split("/")[-1].split(";")[0]
-                    if ext not in (".ogg", ".mp3", ".wav", ".webm", ".m4a"):
-                        ext = ".ogg"
-                    cached = await self._download_slack_file(url, ext, audio=True)
-                    media_urls.append(cached)
-                    media_types.append(mimetype)
-                    msg_type = MessageType.VOICE
-                except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-                    logger.warning("[Slack] Failed to cache audio from %s: %s", url, e, exc_info=True)
-            elif url:
-                # Try to handle as a document attachment
-                try:
-                    original_filename = f.get("name", "")
-                    ext = ""
-                    if original_filename:
-                        _, ext = os.path.splitext(original_filename)
-                        ext = ext.lower()
-
-                    # Fallback: reverse-lookup from MIME type
-                    if not ext and mimetype:
-                        mime_to_ext = {v: k for k, v in SUPPORTED_DOCUMENT_TYPES.items()}
-                        ext = mime_to_ext.get(mimetype, "")
-
-                    if ext not in SUPPORTED_DOCUMENT_TYPES:
-                        continue  # Skip unsupported file types silently
-
-                    # Check file size (Slack limit: 20 MB for bots)
-                    file_size = f.get("size", 0)
-                    MAX_DOC_BYTES = 20 * 1024 * 1024
-                    if not file_size or file_size > MAX_DOC_BYTES:
-                        logger.warning("[Slack] Document too large or unknown size: %s", file_size)
-                        continue
-
-                    # Download and cache
-                    raw_bytes = await self._download_slack_file_bytes(url)
-                    cached_path = cache_document_from_bytes(
-                        raw_bytes, original_filename or f"document{ext}"
-                    )
-                    doc_mime = SUPPORTED_DOCUMENT_TYPES[ext]
-                    media_urls.append(cached_path)
-                    media_types.append(doc_mime)
-                    msg_type = MessageType.DOCUMENT
-                    logger.debug("[Slack] Cached user document: %s", cached_path)
-
-                    # Inject text content for .txt/.md files (capped at 100 KB)
-                    MAX_TEXT_INJECT_BYTES = 100 * 1024
-                    if ext in (".md", ".txt") and len(raw_bytes) <= MAX_TEXT_INJECT_BYTES:
-                        try:
-                            text_content = raw_bytes.decode("utf-8")
-                            display_name = original_filename or f"document{ext}"
-                            display_name = re.sub(r'[^\w.\- ]', '_', display_name)
-                            injection = f"[Content of {display_name}]:\n{text_content}"
-                            if text:
-                                text = f"{injection}\n\n{text}"
-                            else:
-                                text = injection
-                        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                            pass  # Binary content, skip injection
-
-                except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - defensive logging
-                    logger.warning("[Slack] Failed to cache document from %s: %s", url, e, exc_info=True)
-
-        # Resolve user display name (cached after first lookup)
-        user_name = await self._resolve_user_name(user_id)
-
-        # Build source
-        source = self.build_source(
-            chat_id=channel_id,
-            chat_name=channel_id,  # Will be resolved later if needed
-            chat_type="dm" if is_dm else "group",
-            user_id=user_id,
-            user_name=user_name,
-            thread_id=thread_ts,
-        )
-
-        msg_event = MessageEvent(
-            text=text,
-            message_type=msg_type,
-            source=source,
-            raw_message=event,
-            message_id=ts,
-            media_urls=media_urls,
-            media_types=media_types,
-            reply_to_message_id=thread_ts if thread_ts != ts else None,
-        )
-
-        # Add 👀 reaction to acknowledge receipt
-        await self._add_reaction(channel_id, ts, "eyes")
-
-        await self.handle_message(msg_event)
-
-        # Replace 👀 with ✅ when done
-        await self._remove_reaction(channel_id, ts, "eyes")
-        await self._add_reaction(channel_id, ts, "white_check_mark")
-
-    async def _handle_slash_command(self, command: dict) -> None:
-        """Handle /hermes slash command."""
-        text = command.get("text", "").strip()
-        user_id = command.get("user_id", "")
-        channel_id = command.get("channel_id", "")
-
-        # Map subcommands to gateway commands — derived from central registry.
-        # Also keep "compact" as a Slack-specific alias for /compress.
-        from hermes_cli.commands import slack_subcommand_map
-        subcommand_map = slack_subcommand_map()
-        subcommand_map["compact"] = "/compress"
-        first_word = text.split()[0] if text else ""
-        if first_word in subcommand_map:
-            # Preserve arguments after the subcommand
-            rest = text[len(first_word):].strip()
-            text = f"{subcommand_map[first_word]} {rest}".strip() if rest else subcommand_map[first_word]
-        elif text:
-            pass  # Treat as a regular question
-        else:
-            text = "/help"
-
-        source = self.build_source(
-            chat_id=channel_id,
-            chat_type="dm",  # Slash commands are always in DM-like context
-            user_id=user_id,
-        )
-
-        event = MessageEvent(
-            text=text,
-            message_type=MessageType.COMMAND if text.startswith("/") else MessageType.TEXT,
-            source=source,
-            raw_message=command,
-        )
-
-        await self.handle_message(event)
-
-    async def _download_slack_file(self, url: str, ext: str, audio: bool = False) -> str:
-        """Download a Slack file using the bot token for auth."""
-        import httpx
-
-        bot_token = self.config.token
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0, follow_redirects=True) as client:
-            response = await client.get(
-                url,
-                headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {bot_token}"},
-            )
-            response.raise_for_status()
-
-        if audio:
-            from gateway.platforms.base import cache_audio_from_bytes
-            return cache_audio_from_bytes(response.content, ext)
-        else:
-            from gateway.platforms.base import cache_image_from_bytes
-            return cache_image_from_bytes(response.content, ext)
-
-    async def _download_slack_file_bytes(self, url: str) -> bytes:
-        """Download a Slack file and return raw bytes."""
-        import httpx
-
-        bot_token = self.config.token
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0, follow_redirects=True) as client:
-            response = await client.get(
-                url,
-                headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {bot_token}"},
-            )
-            response.raise_for_status()
-        return response.content

gateway/stream_consumer.py

@@ -1,202 +0,0 @@
-"""Gateway streaming consumer — bridges sync agent callbacks to async platform delivery.
-
-The agent fires stream_delta_callback(text) synchronously from its worker thread.
-GatewayStreamConsumer:
-  1. Receives deltas via on_delta() (thread-safe, sync)
-  2. Queues them to an asyncio task via queue.Queue
-  3. The async run() task buffers, rate-limits, and progressively edits
-     a single message on the target platform
-
-Design: Uses the edit transport (send initial message, then editMessageText).
-This is universally supported across Telegram, Discord, and Slack.
-
-Credit: jobless0x (#774, #1312), OutThisLife (#798), clicksingh (#697).
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import asyncio
-import logging
-import queue
-import time
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Any, Optional
-
-logger = logging.getLogger("gateway.stream_consumer")
-
-# Sentinel to signal the stream is complete
-_DONE = object()
-
-
-@dataclass
-class StreamConsumerConfig:
-    """Runtime config for a single stream consumer instance."""
-    edit_interval: float = 0.3
-    buffer_threshold: int = 40
-    cursor: str = " ▉"
-
-
-class GatewayStreamConsumer:
-    """Async consumer that progressively edits a platform message with streamed tokens.
-
-    Usage::
-
-        consumer = GatewayStreamConsumer(adapter, chat_id, config, metadata=metadata)
-        # Pass consumer.on_delta as stream_delta_callback to AIAgent
-        agent = AIAgent(..., stream_delta_callback=consumer.on_delta)
-        # Start the consumer as an asyncio task
-        task = asyncio.create_task(consumer.run())
-        # ... run agent in thread pool ...
-        consumer.finish()  # signal completion
-        await task         # wait for final edit
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        adapter: Any,
-        chat_id: str,
-        config: Optional[StreamConsumerConfig] = None,
-        metadata: Optional[dict] = None,
-    ):
-        self.adapter = adapter
-        self.chat_id = chat_id
-        self.cfg = config or StreamConsumerConfig()
-        self.metadata = metadata
-        self._queue: queue.Queue = queue.Queue()
-        self._accumulated = ""
-        self._message_id: Optional[str] = None
-        self._already_sent = False
-        self._edit_supported = True  # Disabled on first edit failure (Signal/Email/HA)
-        self._last_edit_time = 0.0
-        self._last_sent_text = ""   # Track last-sent text to skip redundant edits
-
-    @property
-    def already_sent(self) -> bool:
-        """True if at least one message was sent/edited — signals the base
-        adapter to skip re-sending the final response."""
-        return self._already_sent
-
-    def on_delta(self, text: str) -> None:
-        """Thread-safe callback — called from the agent's worker thread."""
-        if text:
-            self._queue.put(text)
-
-    def finish(self) -> None:
-        """Signal that the stream is complete."""
-        self._queue.put(_DONE)
-
-    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
-        _raw_limit = getattr(self.adapter, "MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH", 4096)
-        _safe_limit = max(500, _raw_limit - len(self.cfg.cursor) - 100)
-
-        try:
-            while True:
-                # Drain all available items from the queue
-                got_done = False
-                while True:
-                    try:
-                        item = self._queue.get_nowait()
-                        if item is _DONE:
-                            got_done = True
-                            break
-                        self._accumulated += item
-                    except queue.Empty:
-                        break
-
-                # Decide whether to flush an edit
-                now = time.monotonic()
-                elapsed = now - self._last_edit_time
-                should_edit = (
-                    got_done
-                    or (elapsed >= self.cfg.edit_interval
-                        and len(self._accumulated) > 0)
-                    or len(self._accumulated) >= self.cfg.buffer_threshold
-                )
-
-                if should_edit and self._accumulated:
-                    # Split overflow: if accumulated text exceeds the platform
-                    # limit, finalize the current message and start a new one.
-                    while (
-                        len(self._accumulated) > _safe_limit
-                        and self._message_id is not None
-                    ):
-                        split_at = self._accumulated.rfind("\n", 0, _safe_limit)
-                        if split_at < _safe_limit // 2:
-                            split_at = _safe_limit
-                        chunk = self._accumulated[:split_at]
-                        await self._send_or_edit(chunk)
-                        self._accumulated = self._accumulated[split_at:].lstrip("\n")
-                        self._message_id = None
-                        self._last_sent_text = ""
-
-                    display_text = self._accumulated
-                    if not got_done:
-                        display_text += self.cfg.cursor
-
-                    await self._send_or_edit(display_text)
-                    self._last_edit_time = time.monotonic()
-
-                if got_done:
-                    # Final edit without cursor
-                    if self._accumulated and self._message_id:
-                        await self._send_or_edit(self._accumulated)
-                    return
-
-                await asyncio.sleep(0.05)  # Small yield to not busy-loop
-
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            # Best-effort final edit on cancellation
-            if self._accumulated and self._message_id:
-                try:
-                    await self._send_or_edit(self._accumulated)
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("Stream consumer error: %s", e)
-
-    async def _send_or_edit(self, text: str) -> None:
-        """Send or edit the streaming message."""
-        try:
-            if self._message_id is not None:
-                if self._edit_supported:
-                    # Skip if text is identical to what we last sent
-                    if text == self._last_sent_text:
-                        return
-                    # Edit existing message
-                    result = await self.adapter.edit_message(
-                        chat_id=self.chat_id,
-                        message_id=self._message_id,
-                        content=text,
-                    )
-                    if result.success:
-                        self._already_sent = True
-                        self._last_sent_text = text
-                    else:
-                        # Edit not supported by this adapter — stop streaming,
-                        # let the normal send path handle the final response.
-                        # Without this guard, adapters like Signal/Email would
-                        # flood the chat with a new message every edit_interval.
-                        logger.debug("Edit failed, disabling streaming for this adapter")
-                        self._edit_supported = False
-                else:
-                    # Editing not supported — skip intermediate updates.
-                    # The final response will be sent by the normal path.
-                    pass
-            else:
-                # First message — send new
-                result = await self.adapter.send(
-                    chat_id=self.chat_id,
-                    content=text,
-                    metadata=self.metadata,
-                )
-                if result.success and result.message_id:
-                    self._message_id = result.message_id
-                    self._already_sent = True
-                    self._last_sent_text = text
-                else:
-                    # Initial send failed — disable streaming for this session
-                    self._edit_supported = False
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("Stream send/edit error: %s", e)

hermes

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-Hermes Agent CLI Launcher
+Hermes Agent CLI launcher.
 
-This is a convenience wrapper to launch the Hermes CLI.
-Usage: ./hermes [options]
+This wrapper should behave like the installed `hermes` command, including
+subcommands such as `gateway`, `cron`, and `doctor`.
 """
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    from cli import main
-    import fire
-    fire.Fire(main)
+    from hermes_agent.cli.main import main
+    main()

hermes-already-has-routines.md

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# 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.*

hermes_agent/acp/auth.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 def detect_provider() -> Optional[str]:
     """Resolve the active Hermes runtime provider, or None if unavailable."""
     try:
-        from hermes_cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
+        from hermes_agent.cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
         runtime = resolve_runtime_provider()
         api_key = runtime.get("api_key")
         provider = runtime.get("provider")

hermes_agent/acp/entry.py

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+"""CLI entry point for the hermes-agent ACP adapter.
+
+Loads environment variables from ``~/.hermes/.env``, configures logging
+to write to stderr (so stdout is reserved for ACP JSON-RPC transport),
+and starts the ACP agent server.
+
+Usage::
+
+    python -m acp_adapter.entry
+    # or
+    hermes acp
+    # or
+    hermes-acp
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from hermes_agent.constants import get_hermes_home
+
+
+# Methods clients send as periodic liveness probes. They are not part of the
+# ACP schema, so the acp router correctly returns JSON-RPC -32601 to the
+# caller — but the supervisor task that dispatches the request then surfaces
+# the raised RequestError via ``logging.exception("Background task failed")``,
+# which dumps a traceback to stderr every probe interval. Clients like
+# acp-bridge already treat the -32601 response as "agent alive", so the
+# traceback is pure noise. We keep the protocol response intact and only
+# silence the stderr noise for this specific benign case.
+_BENIGN_PROBE_METHODS = frozenset({"ping", "health", "healthcheck"})
+
+
+class _BenignProbeMethodFilter(logging.Filter):
+    """Suppress acp 'Background task failed' tracebacks caused by unknown
+    liveness-probe methods (e.g. ``ping``) while leaving every other
+    background-task error — including method_not_found for any non-probe
+    method — visible in stderr.
+    """
+
+    def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
+        if record.getMessage() != "Background task failed":
+            return True
+        exc_info = record.exc_info
+        if not exc_info:
+            return True
+        exc = exc_info[1]
+        # Imported lazily so this module stays importable when the optional
+        # ``agent-client-protocol`` dependency is not installed.
+        try:
+            from acp.exceptions import RequestError
+        except ImportError:
+            return True
+        if not isinstance(exc, RequestError):
+            return True
+        if getattr(exc, "code", None) != -32601:
+            return True
+        data = getattr(exc, "data", None)
+        method = data.get("method") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
+        return method not in _BENIGN_PROBE_METHODS
+
+
+def _setup_logging() -> None:
+    """Route all logging to stderr so stdout stays clean for ACP stdio."""
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+    handler.setFormatter(
+        logging.Formatter(
+            "%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(name)s: %(message)s",
+            datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+        )
+    )
+    handler.addFilter(_BenignProbeMethodFilter())
+    root = logging.getLogger()
+    root.handlers.clear()
+    root.addHandler(handler)
+    root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+    # Quiet down noisy libraries
+    logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    logging.getLogger("httpcore").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+
+def _load_env() -> None:
+    """Load .env from HERMES_HOME (default ``~/.hermes``)."""
+    from hermes_agent.cli.env_loader import load_hermes_dotenv
+
+    hermes_home = get_hermes_home()
+    loaded = load_hermes_dotenv(hermes_home=hermes_home)
+    if loaded:
+        for env_file in loaded:
+            logging.getLogger(__name__).info("Loaded env from %s", env_file)
+    else:
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).info(
+            "No .env found at %s, using system env", hermes_home / ".env"
+        )
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """Entry point: load env, configure logging, run the ACP agent."""
+    _setup_logging()
+    _load_env()
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logger.info("Starting hermes-agent ACP adapter")
+
+    import acp
+    from .server import HermesACPAgent
+
+    agent = HermesACPAgent()
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(acp.run_agent(agent, use_unstable_protocol=True))
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        logger.info("Shutting down (KeyboardInterrupt)")
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("ACP agent crashed")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

hermes_agent/acp/events.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ thread while the event loop lives on the main thread).
 import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
-from collections import defaultdict, deque
+from collections import deque
 from typing import Any, Callable, Deque, Dict
 
 import acp
@@ -49,19 +49,24 @@ def make_tool_progress_cb(
     session_id: str,
     loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
     tool_call_ids: Dict[str, Deque[str]],
+    tool_call_meta: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]],
 ) -> Callable:
     """Create a ``tool_progress_callback`` for AIAgent.
 
     Signature expected by AIAgent::
 
-        tool_progress_callback(name: str, preview: str, args: dict)
+        tool_progress_callback(event_type: str, name: str, preview: str, args: dict, **kwargs)
 
-    Emits ``ToolCallStart`` for each tool invocation and tracks IDs in a FIFO
+    Emits ``ToolCallStart`` for ``tool.started`` events and tracks IDs in a FIFO
     queue per tool name so duplicate/parallel same-name calls still complete
-    against the correct ACP tool call.
+    against the correct ACP tool call.  Other event types (``tool.completed``,
+    ``reasoning.available``) are silently ignored.
     """
 
-    def _tool_progress(name: str, preview: str, args: Any = None) -> None:
+    def _tool_progress(event_type: str, name: str = None, preview: str = None, args: Any = None, **kwargs) -> None:
+        # Only emit ACP ToolCallStart for tool.started; ignore other event types
+        if event_type != "tool.started":
+            return
         if isinstance(args, str):
             try:
                 args = json.loads(args)
@@ -80,6 +85,16 @@ def make_tool_progress_cb(
             tool_call_ids[name] = queue
         queue.append(tc_id)
 
+        snapshot = None
+        if name in {"write_file", "patch", "skill_manage"}:
+            try:
+                from hermes_agent.agent.display import capture_local_edit_snapshot
+
+                snapshot = capture_local_edit_snapshot(name, args)
+            except Exception:
+                logger.debug("Failed to capture ACP edit snapshot for %s", name, exc_info=True)
+        tool_call_meta[tc_id] = {"args": args, "snapshot": snapshot}
+
         update = build_tool_start(tc_id, name, args)
         _send_update(conn, session_id, loop, update)
 
@@ -115,6 +130,7 @@ def make_step_cb(
     session_id: str,
     loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
     tool_call_ids: Dict[str, Deque[str]],
+    tool_call_meta: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]],
 ) -> Callable:
     """Create a ``step_callback`` for AIAgent.
 
@@ -128,10 +144,12 @@ def make_step_cb(
             for tool_info in prev_tools:
                 tool_name = None
                 result = None
+                function_args = None
 
                 if isinstance(tool_info, dict):
                     tool_name = tool_info.get("name") or tool_info.get("function_name")
                     result = tool_info.get("result") or tool_info.get("output")
+                    function_args = tool_info.get("arguments") or tool_info.get("args")
                 elif isinstance(tool_info, str):
                     tool_name = tool_info
 
@@ -141,8 +159,13 @@ def make_step_cb(
                     tool_call_ids[tool_name] = queue
                 if tool_name and queue:
                     tc_id = queue.popleft()
+                    meta = tool_call_meta.pop(tc_id, {})
                     update = build_tool_complete(
-                        tc_id, tool_name, result=str(result) if result is not None else None
+                        tc_id,
+                        tool_name,
+                        result=str(result) if result is not None else None,
+                        function_args=function_args or meta.get("args"),
+                        snapshot=meta.get("snapshot"),
                     )
                     _send_update(conn, session_id, loop, update)
                     if not queue:

hermes_agent/acp/permissions.py

@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import asyncio
 import logging
 from concurrent.futures import TimeoutError as FutureTimeout
-from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
+from typing import Callable
 
 from acp.schema import (
     AllowedOutcome,
-    DeniedOutcome,
     PermissionOption,
-    RequestPermissionRequest,
-    SelectedPermissionOutcome,
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -66,6 +63,9 @@ def make_approval_callback(
             logger.warning("Permission request timed out or failed: %s", exc)
             return "deny"
 
+        if response is None:
+            return "deny"
+
         outcome = response.outcome
         if isinstance(outcome, AllowedOutcome):
             option_id = outcome.option_id

hermes_agent/acp/server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,906 @@
+"""ACP agent server — exposes Hermes Agent via the Agent Client Protocol."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict, deque
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from typing import Any, Deque, Optional
+
+import acp
+from acp.schema import (
+    AgentCapabilities,
+    AuthenticateResponse,
+    AvailableCommand,
+    AvailableCommandsUpdate,
+    ClientCapabilities,
+    EmbeddedResourceContentBlock,
+    ForkSessionResponse,
+    ImageContentBlock,
+    AudioContentBlock,
+    Implementation,
+    InitializeResponse,
+    ListSessionsResponse,
+    LoadSessionResponse,
+    McpServerHttp,
+    McpServerSse,
+    McpServerStdio,
+    ModelInfo,
+    NewSessionResponse,
+    PromptResponse,
+    ResumeSessionResponse,
+    SetSessionConfigOptionResponse,
+    SetSessionModelResponse,
+    SetSessionModeResponse,
+    ResourceContentBlock,
+    SessionCapabilities,
+    SessionForkCapabilities,
+    SessionListCapabilities,
+    SessionModelState,
+    SessionResumeCapabilities,
+    SessionInfo,
+    TextContentBlock,
+    UnstructuredCommandInput,
+    Usage,
+)
+
+# AuthMethodAgent was renamed from AuthMethod in agent-client-protocol 0.9.0
+try:
+    from acp.schema import AuthMethodAgent
+except ImportError:
+    from acp.schema import AuthMethod as AuthMethodAgent  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+from hermes_agent.acp.auth import detect_provider
+from hermes_agent.acp.events import (
+    make_message_cb,
+    make_step_cb,
+    make_thinking_cb,
+    make_tool_progress_cb,
+)
+from hermes_agent.acp.permissions import make_approval_callback
+from hermes_agent.acp.session import SessionManager, SessionState
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    from hermes_agent.cli import __version__ as HERMES_VERSION
+except Exception:
+    HERMES_VERSION = "0.0.0"
+
+# Thread pool for running AIAgent (synchronous) in parallel.
+_executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4, thread_name_prefix="acp-agent")
+
+# Server-side page size for list_sessions. The ACP ListSessionsRequest schema
+# does not expose a client-side limit, so this is a fixed cap that clients
+# paginate against using `cursor` / `next_cursor`.
+_LIST_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE = 50
+
+
+def _extract_text(
+    prompt: list[
+        TextContentBlock
+        | ImageContentBlock
+        | AudioContentBlock
+        | ResourceContentBlock
+        | EmbeddedResourceContentBlock
+    ],
+) -> str:
+    """Extract plain text from ACP content blocks."""
+    parts: list[str] = []
+    for block in prompt:
+        if isinstance(block, TextContentBlock):
+            parts.append(block.text)
+        elif hasattr(block, "text"):
+            parts.append(str(block.text))
+        # Non-text blocks are ignored for now.
+    return "\n".join(parts)
+
+
+class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
+    """ACP Agent implementation wrapping Hermes AIAgent."""
+
+    _SLASH_COMMANDS = {
+        "help": "Show available commands",
+        "model": "Show or change current model",
+        "tools": "List available tools",
+        "context": "Show conversation context info",
+        "reset": "Clear conversation history",
+        "compact": "Compress conversation context",
+        "version": "Show Hermes version",
+    }
+
+    _ADVERTISED_COMMANDS = (
+        {
+            "name": "help",
+            "description": "List available commands",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "model",
+            "description": "Show current model and provider, or switch models",
+            "input_hint": "model name to switch to",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "tools",
+            "description": "List available tools with descriptions",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "context",
+            "description": "Show conversation message counts by role",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "reset",
+            "description": "Clear conversation history",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "compact",
+            "description": "Compress conversation context",
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "version",
+            "description": "Show Hermes version",
+        },
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, session_manager: SessionManager | None = None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.session_manager = session_manager or SessionManager()
+        self._conn: Optional[acp.Client] = None
+
+    # ---- Connection lifecycle -----------------------------------------------
+
+    def on_connect(self, conn: acp.Client) -> None:
+        """Store the client connection for sending session updates."""
+        self._conn = conn
+        logger.info("ACP client connected")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _encode_model_choice(provider: str | None, model: str | None) -> str:
+        """Encode a model selection so ACP clients can keep provider context."""
+        raw_model = str(model or "").strip()
+        if not raw_model:
+            return ""
+        raw_provider = str(provider or "").strip().lower()
+        if not raw_provider:
+            return raw_model
+        return f"{raw_provider}:{raw_model}"
+
+    def _build_model_state(self, state: SessionState) -> SessionModelState | None:
+        """Return the ACP model selector payload for editors like Zed."""
+        model = str(state.model or getattr(state.agent, "model", "") or "").strip()
+        provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or detect_provider() or "openrouter"
+
+        try:
+            from hermes_agent.cli.models.models import curated_models_for_provider, normalize_provider, provider_label
+
+            normalized_provider = normalize_provider(provider)
+            provider_name = provider_label(normalized_provider)
+            available_models: list[ModelInfo] = []
+            seen_ids: set[str] = set()
+
+            for model_id, description in curated_models_for_provider(normalized_provider):
+                rendered_model = str(model_id or "").strip()
+                if not rendered_model:
+                    continue
+                choice_id = self._encode_model_choice(normalized_provider, rendered_model)
+                if choice_id in seen_ids:
+                    continue
+                desc_parts = [f"Provider: {provider_name}"]
+                if description:
+                    desc_parts.append(str(description).strip())
+                if rendered_model == model:
+                    desc_parts.append("current")
+                available_models.append(
+                    ModelInfo(
+                        model_id=choice_id,
+                        name=rendered_model,
+                        description=" • ".join(part for part in desc_parts if part),
+                    )
+                )
+                seen_ids.add(choice_id)
+
+            current_model_id = self._encode_model_choice(normalized_provider, model)
+            if current_model_id and current_model_id not in seen_ids:
+                available_models.insert(
+                    0,
+                    ModelInfo(
+                        model_id=current_model_id,
+                        name=model,
+                        description=f"Provider: {provider_name} • current",
+                    ),
+                )
+
+            if available_models:
+                return SessionModelState(
+                    available_models=available_models,
+                    current_model_id=current_model_id or available_models[0].model_id,
+                )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.debug("Could not build ACP model state", exc_info=True)
+
+        if not model:
+            return None
+
+        fallback_choice = self._encode_model_choice(provider, model)
+        return SessionModelState(
+            available_models=[ModelInfo(model_id=fallback_choice, name=model)],
+            current_model_id=fallback_choice,
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_model_selection(raw_model: str, current_provider: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Resolve ``provider:model`` input into the provider and normalized model id."""
+        target_provider = current_provider
+        new_model = raw_model.strip()
+
+        try:
+            from hermes_agent.cli.models.models import detect_provider_for_model, parse_model_input
+
+            target_provider, new_model = parse_model_input(new_model, current_provider)
+            if target_provider == current_provider:
+                detected = detect_provider_for_model(new_model, current_provider)
+                if detected:
+                    target_provider, new_model = detected
+        except Exception:
+            logger.debug("Provider detection failed, using model as-is", exc_info=True)
+
+        return target_provider, new_model
+
+    async def _register_session_mcp_servers(
+        self,
+        state: SessionState,
+        mcp_servers: list[McpServerStdio | McpServerHttp | McpServerSse] | None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Register ACP-provided MCP servers and refresh the agent tool surface."""
+        if not mcp_servers:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            from hermes_agent.tools.mcp.tool import register_mcp_servers
+
+            config_map: dict[str, dict] = {}
+            for server in mcp_servers:
+                name = server.name
+                if isinstance(server, McpServerStdio):
+                    config = {
+                        "command": server.command,
+                        "args": list(server.args),
+                        "env": {item.name: item.value for item in server.env},
+                    }
+                else:
+                    config = {
+                        "url": server.url,
+                        "headers": {item.name: item.value for item in server.headers},
+                    }
+                config_map[name] = config
+
+            await asyncio.to_thread(register_mcp_servers, config_map)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Session %s: failed to register ACP MCP servers",
+                state.session_id,
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            return
+
+        try:
+            from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import get_tool_definitions
+
+            enabled_toolsets = getattr(state.agent, "enabled_toolsets", None) or ["hermes-acp"]
+            disabled_toolsets = getattr(state.agent, "disabled_toolsets", None)
+            state.agent.tools = get_tool_definitions(
+                enabled_toolsets=enabled_toolsets,
+                disabled_toolsets=disabled_toolsets,
+                quiet_mode=True,
+            )
+            state.agent.valid_tool_names = {
+                tool["function"]["name"] for tool in state.agent.tools or []
+            }
+            invalidate = getattr(state.agent, "_invalidate_system_prompt", None)
+            if callable(invalidate):
+                invalidate()
+            logger.info(
+                "Session %s: refreshed tool surface after ACP MCP registration (%d tools)",
+                state.session_id,
+                len(state.agent.tools or []),
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Session %s: failed to refresh tool surface after ACP MCP registration",
+                state.session_id,
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+
+    # ---- ACP lifecycle ------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def initialize(
+        self,
+        protocol_version: int | None = None,
+        client_capabilities: ClientCapabilities | None = None,
+        client_info: Implementation | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> InitializeResponse:
+        resolved_protocol_version = (
+            protocol_version if isinstance(protocol_version, int) else acp.PROTOCOL_VERSION
+        )
+        provider = detect_provider()
+        auth_methods = None
+        if provider:
+            auth_methods = [
+                AuthMethodAgent(
+                    id=provider,
+                    name=f"{provider} runtime credentials",
+                    description=f"Authenticate Hermes using the currently configured {provider} runtime credentials.",
+                )
+            ]
+
+        client_name = client_info.name if client_info else "unknown"
+        logger.info(
+            "Initialize from %s (protocol v%s)",
+            client_name,
+            resolved_protocol_version,
+        )
+
+        return InitializeResponse(
+            protocol_version=acp.PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            agent_info=Implementation(name="hermes-agent", version=HERMES_VERSION),
+            agent_capabilities=AgentCapabilities(
+                load_session=True,
+                session_capabilities=SessionCapabilities(
+                    fork=SessionForkCapabilities(),
+                    list=SessionListCapabilities(),
+                    resume=SessionResumeCapabilities(),
+                ),
+            ),
+            auth_methods=auth_methods,
+        )
+
+    async def authenticate(self, method_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AuthenticateResponse | None:
+        # Only accept authenticate() calls whose method_id matches the
+        # provider we advertised in initialize(). Without this check,
+        # authenticate() would acknowledge any method_id as long as the
+        # server has provider credentials configured — harmless under
+        # Hermes' threat model (ACP is stdio-only, local-trust), but poor
+        # API hygiene and confusing if ACP ever grows multi-method auth.
+        provider = detect_provider()
+        if not provider:
+            return None
+        if not isinstance(method_id, str) or method_id.strip().lower() != provider:
+            return None
+        return AuthenticateResponse()
+
+    # ---- Session management -------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def new_session(
+        self,
+        cwd: str,
+        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> NewSessionResponse:
+        state = self.session_manager.create_session(cwd=cwd)
+        await self._register_session_mcp_servers(state, mcp_servers)
+        logger.info("New session %s (cwd=%s)", state.session_id, cwd)
+        self._schedule_available_commands_update(state.session_id)
+        return NewSessionResponse(
+            session_id=state.session_id,
+            models=self._build_model_state(state),
+        )
+
+    async def load_session(
+        self,
+        cwd: str,
+        session_id: str,
+        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> LoadSessionResponse | None:
+        state = self.session_manager.update_cwd(session_id, cwd)
+        if state is None:
+            logger.warning("load_session: session %s not found", session_id)
+            return None
+        await self._register_session_mcp_servers(state, mcp_servers)
+        logger.info("Loaded session %s", session_id)
+        self._schedule_available_commands_update(session_id)
+        return LoadSessionResponse(models=self._build_model_state(state))
+
+    async def resume_session(
+        self,
+        cwd: str,
+        session_id: str,
+        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> ResumeSessionResponse:
+        state = self.session_manager.update_cwd(session_id, cwd)
+        if state is None:
+            logger.warning("resume_session: session %s not found, creating new", session_id)
+            state = self.session_manager.create_session(cwd=cwd)
+        await self._register_session_mcp_servers(state, mcp_servers)
+        logger.info("Resumed session %s", state.session_id)
+        self._schedule_available_commands_update(state.session_id)
+        return ResumeSessionResponse(models=self._build_model_state(state))
+
+    async def cancel(self, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        if state and state.cancel_event:
+            state.cancel_event.set()
+            try:
+                if getattr(state, "agent", None) and hasattr(state.agent, "interrupt"):
+                    state.agent.interrupt()
+            except Exception:
+                logger.debug("Failed to interrupt ACP session %s", session_id, exc_info=True)
+            logger.info("Cancelled session %s", session_id)
+
+    async def fork_session(
+        self,
+        cwd: str,
+        session_id: str,
+        mcp_servers: list | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> ForkSessionResponse:
+        state = self.session_manager.fork_session(session_id, cwd=cwd)
+        new_id = state.session_id if state else ""
+        if state is not None:
+            await self._register_session_mcp_servers(state, mcp_servers)
+        logger.info("Forked session %s -> %s", session_id, new_id)
+        if new_id:
+            self._schedule_available_commands_update(new_id)
+        return ForkSessionResponse(session_id=new_id)
+
+    async def list_sessions(
+        self,
+        cursor: str | None = None,
+        cwd: str | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> ListSessionsResponse:
+        """List ACP sessions with optional ``cwd`` filtering and cursor pagination.
+
+        ``cwd`` is passed through to ``SessionManager.list_sessions`` which already
+        normalizes and filters by working directory. ``cursor`` is a ``session_id``
+        previously returned as ``next_cursor``; results resume after that entry.
+        Server-side page size is capped at ``_LIST_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE``; when more
+        results remain, ``next_cursor`` is set to the last returned ``session_id``.
+        """
+        infos = self.session_manager.list_sessions(cwd=cwd)
+
+        if cursor:
+            for idx, s in enumerate(infos):
+                if s["session_id"] == cursor:
+                    infos = infos[idx + 1:]
+                    break
+            else:
+                # Unknown cursor -> empty page (do not fall back to full list).
+                infos = []
+
+        has_more = len(infos) > _LIST_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE
+        infos = infos[:_LIST_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE]
+
+        sessions = []
+        for s in infos:
+            updated_at = s.get("updated_at")
+            if updated_at is not None and not isinstance(updated_at, str):
+                updated_at = str(updated_at)
+            sessions.append(
+                SessionInfo(
+                    session_id=s["session_id"],
+                    cwd=s["cwd"],
+                    title=s.get("title"),
+                    updated_at=updated_at,
+                )
+            )
+
+        next_cursor = sessions[-1].session_id if has_more and sessions else None
+        return ListSessionsResponse(sessions=sessions, next_cursor=next_cursor)
+
+    # ---- Prompt (core) ------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def prompt(
+        self,
+        prompt: list[
+            TextContentBlock
+            | ImageContentBlock
+            | AudioContentBlock
+            | ResourceContentBlock
+            | EmbeddedResourceContentBlock
+        ],
+        session_id: str,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> PromptResponse:
+        """Run Hermes on the user's prompt and stream events back to the editor."""
+        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        if state is None:
+            logger.error("prompt: session %s not found", session_id)
+            return PromptResponse(stop_reason="refusal")
+
+        user_text = _extract_text(prompt).strip()
+        if not user_text:
+            return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn")
+
+        # Intercept slash commands — handle locally without calling the LLM
+        if user_text.startswith("/"):
+            response_text = self._handle_slash_command(user_text, state)
+            if response_text is not None:
+                if self._conn:
+                    update = acp.update_agent_message_text(response_text)
+                    await self._conn.session_update(session_id, update)
+                return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn")
+
+        logger.info("Prompt on session %s: %s", session_id, user_text[:100])
+
+        conn = self._conn
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+
+        if state.cancel_event:
+            state.cancel_event.clear()
+
+        tool_call_ids: dict[str, Deque[str]] = defaultdict(deque)
+        tool_call_meta: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+        previous_approval_cb = None
+
+        if conn:
+            tool_progress_cb = make_tool_progress_cb(conn, session_id, loop, tool_call_ids, tool_call_meta)
+            thinking_cb = make_thinking_cb(conn, session_id, loop)
+            step_cb = make_step_cb(conn, session_id, loop, tool_call_ids, tool_call_meta)
+            message_cb = make_message_cb(conn, session_id, loop)
+            approval_cb = make_approval_callback(conn.request_permission, loop, session_id)
+        else:
+            tool_progress_cb = None
+            thinking_cb = None
+            step_cb = None
+            message_cb = None
+            approval_cb = None
+
+        agent = state.agent
+        agent.tool_progress_callback = tool_progress_cb
+        agent.thinking_callback = thinking_cb
+        agent.step_callback = step_cb
+        agent.message_callback = message_cb
+
+        # Approval callback is per-thread (thread-local, GHSA-qg5c-hvr5-hjgr).
+        # Set it INSIDE _run_agent so the TLS write happens in the executor
+        # thread — setting it here would write to the event-loop thread's TLS,
+        # not the executor's. Also set HERMES_INTERACTIVE so approval.py
+        # takes the CLI-interactive path (which calls the registered
+        # callback via prompt_dangerous_approval) instead of the
+        # non-interactive auto-approve branch (GHSA-96vc-wcxf-jjff).
+        # ACP's conn.request_permission maps cleanly to the interactive
+        # callback shape — not the gateway-queue HERMES_EXEC_ASK path,
+        # which requires a notify_cb registered in _gateway_notify_cbs.
+        previous_approval_cb = None
+        previous_interactive = None
+
+        def _run_agent() -> dict:
+            nonlocal previous_approval_cb, previous_interactive
+            if approval_cb:
+                try:
+                    from hermes_agent.tools import terminal as _terminal_tool
+                    previous_approval_cb = _terminal_tool._get_approval_callback()
+                    _terminal_tool.set_approval_callback(approval_cb)
+                except Exception:
+                    logger.debug("Could not set ACP approval callback", exc_info=True)
+            # Signal to tools.approval that we have an interactive callback
+            # and the non-interactive auto-approve path must not fire.
+            previous_interactive = os.environ.get("HERMES_INTERACTIVE")
+            os.environ["HERMES_INTERACTIVE"] = "1"
+            try:
+                result = agent.run_conversation(
+                    user_message=user_text,
+                    conversation_history=state.history,
+                    task_id=session_id,
+                )
+                return result
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.exception("Agent error in session %s", session_id)
+                return {"final_response": f"Error: {e}", "messages": state.history}
+            finally:
+                # Restore HERMES_INTERACTIVE.
+                if previous_interactive is None:
+                    os.environ.pop("HERMES_INTERACTIVE", None)
+                else:
+                    os.environ["HERMES_INTERACTIVE"] = previous_interactive
+                if approval_cb:
+                    try:
+                        from hermes_agent.tools import terminal as _terminal_tool
+                        _terminal_tool.set_approval_callback(previous_approval_cb)
+                    except Exception:
+                        logger.debug("Could not restore approval callback", exc_info=True)
+
+        try:
+            result = await loop.run_in_executor(_executor, _run_agent)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Executor error for session %s", session_id)
+            return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn")
+
+        if result.get("messages"):
+            state.history = result["messages"]
+            # Persist updated history so sessions survive process restarts.
+            self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
+
+        final_response = result.get("final_response", "")
+        if final_response:
+            try:
+                from hermes_agent.agent.title_generator import maybe_auto_title
+
+                maybe_auto_title(
+                    self.session_manager._get_db(),
+                    session_id,
+                    user_text,
+                    final_response,
+                    state.history,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                logger.debug("Failed to auto-title ACP session %s", session_id, exc_info=True)
+        if final_response and conn:
+            update = acp.update_agent_message_text(final_response)
+            await conn.session_update(session_id, update)
+
+        usage = None
+        if any(result.get(key) is not None for key in ("prompt_tokens", "completion_tokens", "total_tokens")):
+            usage = Usage(
+                input_tokens=result.get("prompt_tokens", 0),
+                output_tokens=result.get("completion_tokens", 0),
+                total_tokens=result.get("total_tokens", 0),
+                thought_tokens=result.get("reasoning_tokens"),
+                cached_read_tokens=result.get("cache_read_tokens"),
+            )
+
+        stop_reason = "cancelled" if state.cancel_event and state.cancel_event.is_set() else "end_turn"
+        return PromptResponse(stop_reason=stop_reason, usage=usage)
+
+    # ---- Slash commands (headless) -------------------------------------------
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _available_commands(cls) -> list[AvailableCommand]:
+        commands: list[AvailableCommand] = []
+        for spec in cls._ADVERTISED_COMMANDS:
+            input_hint = spec.get("input_hint")
+            commands.append(
+                AvailableCommand(
+                    name=spec["name"],
+                    description=spec["description"],
+                    input=UnstructuredCommandInput(hint=input_hint)
+                    if input_hint
+                    else None,
+                )
+            )
+        return commands
+
+    async def _send_available_commands_update(self, session_id: str) -> None:
+        """Advertise supported slash commands to the connected ACP client."""
+        if not self._conn:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            await self._conn.session_update(
+                session_id=session_id,
+                update=AvailableCommandsUpdate(
+                    session_update="available_commands_update",
+                    available_commands=self._available_commands(),
+                ),
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Failed to advertise ACP slash commands for session %s",
+                session_id,
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+
+    def _schedule_available_commands_update(self, session_id: str) -> None:
+        """Send the command advertisement after the session response is queued."""
+        if not self._conn:
+            return
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        loop.call_soon(
+            asyncio.create_task, self._send_available_commands_update(session_id)
+        )
+
+    def _handle_slash_command(self, text: str, state: SessionState) -> str | None:
+        """Dispatch a slash command and return the response text.
+
+        Returns ``None`` for unrecognized commands so they fall through
+        to the LLM (the user may have typed ``/something`` as prose).
+        """
+        parts = text.split(maxsplit=1)
+        cmd = parts[0].lstrip("/").lower()
+        args = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else ""
+
+        handler = {
+            "help": self._cmd_help,
+            "model": self._cmd_model,
+            "tools": self._cmd_tools,
+            "context": self._cmd_context,
+            "reset": self._cmd_reset,
+            "compact": self._cmd_compact,
+            "version": self._cmd_version,
+        }.get(cmd)
+
+        if handler is None:
+            return None  # not a known command — let the LLM handle it
+
+        try:
+            return handler(args, state)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Slash command /%s error: %s", cmd, e, exc_info=True)
+            return f"Error executing /{cmd}: {e}"
+
+    def _cmd_help(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        lines = ["Available commands:", ""]
+        for cmd, desc in self._SLASH_COMMANDS.items():
+            lines.append(f"  /{cmd:10s}  {desc}")
+        lines.append("")
+        lines.append("Unrecognized /commands are sent to the model as normal messages.")
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+    def _cmd_model(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        if not args:
+            model = state.model or getattr(state.agent, "model", "unknown")
+            provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or "auto"
+            return f"Current model: {model}\nProvider: {provider}"
+
+        current_provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or "openrouter"
+        target_provider, new_model = self._resolve_model_selection(args, current_provider)
+
+        state.model = new_model
+        state.agent = self.session_manager._make_agent(
+            session_id=state.session_id,
+            cwd=state.cwd,
+            model=new_model,
+            requested_provider=target_provider,
+        )
+        self.session_manager.save_session(state.session_id)
+        provider_label = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None) or target_provider or current_provider
+        logger.info("Session %s: model switched to %s", state.session_id, new_model)
+        return f"Model switched to: {new_model}\nProvider: {provider_label}"
+
+    def _cmd_tools(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        try:
+            from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import get_tool_definitions
+            toolsets = getattr(state.agent, "enabled_toolsets", None) or ["hermes-acp"]
+            tools = get_tool_definitions(enabled_toolsets=toolsets, quiet_mode=True)
+            if not tools:
+                return "No tools available."
+            lines = [f"Available tools ({len(tools)}):"]
+            for t in tools:
+                name = t.get("function", {}).get("name", "?")
+                desc = t.get("function", {}).get("description", "")
+                # Truncate long descriptions
+                if len(desc) > 80:
+                    desc = desc[:77] + "..."
+                lines.append(f"  {name}: {desc}")
+            return "\n".join(lines)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return f"Could not list tools: {e}"
+
+    def _cmd_context(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        n_messages = len(state.history)
+        if n_messages == 0:
+            return "Conversation is empty (no messages yet)."
+        # Count by role
+        roles: dict[str, int] = {}
+        for msg in state.history:
+            role = msg.get("role", "unknown")
+            roles[role] = roles.get(role, 0) + 1
+        lines = [
+            f"Conversation: {n_messages} messages",
+            f"  user: {roles.get('user', 0)}, assistant: {roles.get('assistant', 0)}, "
+            f"tool: {roles.get('tool', 0)}, system: {roles.get('system', 0)}",
+        ]
+        model = state.model or getattr(state.agent, "model", "")
+        if model:
+            lines.append(f"Model: {model}")
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+    def _cmd_reset(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        state.history.clear()
+        self.session_manager.save_session(state.session_id)
+        return "Conversation history cleared."
+
+    def _cmd_compact(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        if not state.history:
+            return "Nothing to compress — conversation is empty."
+        try:
+            agent = state.agent
+            if not getattr(agent, "compression_enabled", True):
+                return "Context compression is disabled for this agent."
+            if not hasattr(agent, "_compress_context"):
+                return "Context compression not available for this agent."
+
+            from hermes_agent.providers.metadata import estimate_messages_tokens_rough
+
+            original_count = len(state.history)
+            approx_tokens = estimate_messages_tokens_rough(state.history)
+            original_session_db = getattr(agent, "_session_db", None)
+
+            try:
+                # ACP sessions must keep a stable session id, so avoid the
+                # SQLite session-splitting side effect inside _compress_context.
+                agent._session_db = None
+                compressed, _ = agent._compress_context(
+                    state.history,
+                    getattr(agent, "_cached_system_prompt", "") or "",
+                    approx_tokens=approx_tokens,
+                    task_id=state.session_id,
+                )
+            finally:
+                agent._session_db = original_session_db
+
+            state.history = compressed
+            self.session_manager.save_session(state.session_id)
+
+            new_count = len(state.history)
+            new_tokens = estimate_messages_tokens_rough(state.history)
+            return (
+                f"Context compressed: {original_count} -> {new_count} messages\n"
+                f"~{approx_tokens:,} -> ~{new_tokens:,} tokens"
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            return f"Compression failed: {e}"
+
+    def _cmd_version(self, args: str, state: SessionState) -> str:
+        return f"Hermes Agent v{HERMES_VERSION}"
+
+    # ---- Model switching (ACP protocol method) -------------------------------
+
+    async def set_session_model(
+        self, model_id: str, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> SetSessionModelResponse | None:
+        """Switch the model for a session (called by ACP protocol)."""
+        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        if state:
+            current_provider = getattr(state.agent, "provider", None)
+            requested_provider, resolved_model = self._resolve_model_selection(
+                model_id,
+                current_provider or "openrouter",
+            )
+            state.model = resolved_model
+            provider_changed = bool(current_provider and requested_provider != current_provider)
+            current_base_url = None if provider_changed else getattr(state.agent, "base_url", None)
+            current_api_mode = None if provider_changed else getattr(state.agent, "api_mode", None)
+            state.agent = self.session_manager._make_agent(
+                session_id=session_id,
+                cwd=state.cwd,
+                model=resolved_model,
+                requested_provider=requested_provider,
+                base_url=current_base_url,
+                api_mode=current_api_mode,
+            )
+            self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
+            logger.info(
+                "Session %s: model switched to %s via provider %s",
+                session_id,
+                resolved_model,
+                requested_provider,
+            )
+            return SetSessionModelResponse()
+        logger.warning("Session %s: model switch requested for missing session", session_id)
+        return None
+
+    async def set_session_mode(
+        self, mode_id: str, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> SetSessionModeResponse | None:
+        """Persist the editor-requested mode so ACP clients do not fail on mode switches."""
+        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        if state is None:
+            logger.warning("Session %s: mode switch requested for missing session", session_id)
+            return None
+        setattr(state, "mode", mode_id)
+        self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
+        logger.info("Session %s: mode switched to %s", session_id, mode_id)
+        return SetSessionModeResponse()
+
+    async def set_config_option(
+        self, config_id: str, session_id: str, value: str, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> SetSessionConfigOptionResponse | None:
+        """Accept ACP config option updates even when Hermes has no typed ACP config surface yet."""
+        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        if state is None:
+            logger.warning("Session %s: config update requested for missing session", session_id)
+            return None
+
+        options = getattr(state, "config_options", None)
+        if not isinstance(options, dict):
+            options = {}
+        options[str(config_id)] = value
+        setattr(state, "config_options", options)
+        self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
+        logger.info("Session %s: config option %s updated", session_id, config_id)
+        return SetSessionConfigOptionResponse(config_options=[])

hermes_agent/acp/session.py

@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ history.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from hermes_agent.constants import get_hermes_home
+
 import copy
 import json
 import logging
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import time
 import uuid
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from threading import Lock
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
@@ -19,12 +26,81 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _normalize_cwd_for_compare(cwd: str | None) -> str:
+    raw = str(cwd or ".").strip()
+    if not raw:
+        raw = "."
+    expanded = os.path.expanduser(raw)
+
+    # Normalize Windows drive paths into the equivalent WSL mount form so
+    # ACP history filters match the same workspace across Windows and WSL.
+    match = re.match(r"^([A-Za-z]):[\\/](.*)$", expanded)
+    if match:
+        drive = match.group(1).lower()
+        tail = match.group(2).replace("\\", "/")
+        expanded = f"/mnt/{drive}/{tail}"
+    elif re.match(r"^/mnt/[A-Za-z]/", expanded):
+        expanded = f"/mnt/{expanded[5].lower()}/{expanded[7:]}"
+
+    return os.path.normpath(expanded)
+
+
+def _build_session_title(title: Any, preview: Any, cwd: str | None) -> str:
+    explicit = str(title or "").strip()
+    if explicit:
+        return explicit
+    preview_text = str(preview or "").strip()
+    if preview_text:
+        return preview_text
+    leaf = os.path.basename(str(cwd or "").rstrip("/\\"))
+    return leaf or "New thread"
+
+
+def _format_updated_at(value: Any) -> str | None:
+    if value is None:
+        return None
+    if isinstance(value, str) and value.strip():
+        return value
+    try:
+        return datetime.fromtimestamp(float(value), tz=timezone.utc).isoformat()
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def _updated_at_sort_key(value: Any) -> float:
+    if value is None:
+        return float("-inf")
+    if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+        return float(value)
+    raw = str(value).strip()
+    if not raw:
+        return float("-inf")
+    try:
+        return datetime.fromisoformat(raw.replace("Z", "+00:00")).timestamp()
+    except Exception:
+        try:
+            return float(raw)
+        except Exception:
+            return float("-inf")
+
+
+def _acp_stderr_print(*args, **kwargs) -> None:
+    """Best-effort human-readable output sink for ACP stdio sessions.
+
+    ACP reserves stdout for JSON-RPC frames, so any incidental CLI/status output
+    from AIAgent must be redirected away from stdout. Route it to stderr instead.
+    """
+    kwargs = dict(kwargs)
+    kwargs.setdefault("file", sys.stderr)
+    print(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 def _register_task_cwd(task_id: str, cwd: str) -> None:
     """Bind a task/session id to the editor's working directory for tools."""
     if not task_id:
         return
     try:
-        from tools.terminal_tool import register_task_env_overrides
+        from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import register_task_env_overrides
         register_task_env_overrides(task_id, {"cwd": cwd})
     except Exception:
         logger.debug("Failed to register ACP task cwd override", exc_info=True)
@@ -35,7 +111,7 @@ def _clear_task_cwd(task_id: str) -> None:
     if not task_id:
         return
     try:
-        from tools.terminal_tool import clear_task_env_overrides
+        from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import clear_task_env_overrides
         clear_task_env_overrides(task_id)
     except Exception:
         logger.debug("Failed to clear ACP task cwd override", exc_info=True)
@@ -148,47 +224,78 @@ class SessionManager:
         logger.info("Forked ACP session %s -> %s", session_id, new_id)
         return state
 
-    def list_sessions(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    def list_sessions(self, cwd: str | None = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Return lightweight info dicts for all sessions (memory + database)."""
+        normalized_cwd = _normalize_cwd_for_compare(cwd) if cwd else None
+        db = self._get_db()
+        persisted_rows: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+
+        if db is not None:
+            try:
+                for row in db.list_sessions_rich(source="acp", limit=1000):
+                    persisted_rows[str(row["id"])] = dict(row)
+            except Exception:
+                logger.debug("Failed to load ACP sessions from DB", exc_info=True)
+
         # Collect in-memory sessions first.
         with self._lock:
             seen_ids = set(self._sessions.keys())
-            results = [
-                {
-                    "session_id": s.session_id,
-                    "cwd": s.cwd,
-                    "model": s.model,
-                    "history_len": len(s.history),
-                }
-                for s in self._sessions.values()
-            ]
+            results = []
+            for s in self._sessions.values():
+                history_len = len(s.history)
+                if history_len <= 0:
+                    continue
+                if normalized_cwd and _normalize_cwd_for_compare(s.cwd) != normalized_cwd:
+                    continue
+                persisted = persisted_rows.get(s.session_id, {})
+                preview = next(
+                    (
+                        str(msg.get("content") or "").strip()
+                        for msg in s.history
+                        if msg.get("role") == "user" and str(msg.get("content") or "").strip()
+                    ),
+                    persisted.get("preview") or "",
+                )
+                results.append(
+                    {
+                        "session_id": s.session_id,
+                        "cwd": s.cwd,
+                        "model": s.model,
+                        "history_len": history_len,
+                        "title": _build_session_title(persisted.get("title"), preview, s.cwd),
+                        "updated_at": _format_updated_at(
+                            persisted.get("last_active") or persisted.get("started_at") or time.time()
+                        ),
+                    }
+                )
 
         # Merge any persisted sessions not currently in memory.
-        db = self._get_db()
-        if db is not None:
-            try:
-                rows = db.search_sessions(source="acp", limit=1000)
-                for row in rows:
-                    sid = row["id"]
-                    if sid in seen_ids:
-                        continue
-                    # Extract cwd from model_config JSON.
-                    cwd = "."
-                    mc = row.get("model_config")
-                    if mc:
-                        try:
-                            cwd = json.loads(mc).get("cwd", ".")
-                        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                            pass
-                    results.append({
-                        "session_id": sid,
-                        "cwd": cwd,
-                        "model": row.get("model") or "",
-                        "history_len": row.get("message_count") or 0,
-                    })
-            except Exception:
-                logger.debug("Failed to list ACP sessions from DB", exc_info=True)
+        for sid, row in persisted_rows.items():
+            if sid in seen_ids:
+                continue
+            message_count = int(row.get("message_count") or 0)
+            if message_count <= 0:
+                continue
+            # Extract cwd from model_config JSON.
+            session_cwd = "."
+            mc = row.get("model_config")
+            if mc:
+                try:
+                    session_cwd = json.loads(mc).get("cwd", ".")
+                except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+                    pass
+            if normalized_cwd and _normalize_cwd_for_compare(session_cwd) != normalized_cwd:
+                continue
+            results.append({
+                "session_id": sid,
+                "cwd": session_cwd,
+                "model": row.get("model") or "",
+                "history_len": message_count,
+                "title": _build_session_title(row.get("title"), row.get("preview"), session_cwd),
+                "updated_at": _format_updated_at(row.get("last_active") or row.get("started_at")),
+            })
 
+        results.sort(key=lambda item: _updated_at_sort_key(item.get("updated_at")), reverse=True)
         return results
 
     def update_cwd(self, session_id: str, cwd: str) -> Optional[SessionState]:
@@ -248,10 +355,8 @@ class SessionManager:
         if self._db_instance is not None:
             return self._db_instance
         try:
-            import os
-            from pathlib import Path
-            from hermes_state import SessionDB
-            hermes_home = Path(os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", Path.home() / ".hermes"))
+            from hermes_agent.state import SessionDB
+            hermes_home = get_hermes_home()
             self._db_instance = SessionDB(db_path=hermes_home / "state.db")
             return self._db_instance
         except Exception:
@@ -418,13 +523,13 @@ class SessionManager:
         if self._agent_factory is not None:
             return self._agent_factory()
 
-        from run_agent import AIAgent
-        from hermes_cli.config import load_config
-        from hermes_cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
+        from hermes_agent.agent.loop import AIAgent
+        from hermes_agent.cli.config import load_config
+        from hermes_agent.cli.runtime_provider import resolve_runtime_provider
 
         config = load_config()
         model_cfg = config.get("model")
-        default_model = "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6"
+        default_model = ""
         config_provider = None
         if isinstance(model_cfg, dict):
             default_model = str(model_cfg.get("default") or default_model)
@@ -456,4 +561,8 @@ class SessionManager:
             logger.debug("ACP session falling back to default provider resolution", exc_info=True)
 
         _register_task_cwd(session_id, cwd)
-        return AIAgent(**kwargs)
+        agent = AIAgent(**kwargs)
+        # ACP stdio transport requires stdout to remain protocol-only JSON-RPC.
+        # Route any incidental human-readable agent output to stderr instead.
+        agent._print_fn = _acp_stderr_print
+        return agent

hermes_agent/acp/tools.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import uuid
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ TOOL_KIND_MAP: Dict[str, ToolKind] = {
     "browser_scroll": "execute",
     "browser_press": "execute",
     "browser_back": "execute",
-    "browser_close": "execute",
     "browser_get_images": "read",
     # Agent internals
     "delegate_task": "execute",
@@ -97,6 +97,170 @@ def build_tool_title(tool_name: str, args: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     return tool_name
 
 
+def _build_patch_mode_content(patch_text: str) -> List[Any]:
+    """Parse V4A patch mode input into ACP diff blocks when possible."""
+    if not patch_text:
+        return [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(""))]
+
+    try:
+        from hermes_agent.tools.patch_parser import OperationType, parse_v4a_patch
+
+        operations, error = parse_v4a_patch(patch_text)
+        if error or not operations:
+            return [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(patch_text))]
+
+        content: List[Any] = []
+        for op in operations:
+            if op.operation == OperationType.UPDATE:
+                old_chunks: list[str] = []
+                new_chunks: list[str] = []
+                for hunk in op.hunks:
+                    old_lines = [line.content for line in hunk.lines if line.prefix in (" ", "-")]
+                    new_lines = [line.content for line in hunk.lines if line.prefix in (" ", "+")]
+                    if old_lines or new_lines:
+                        old_chunks.append("\n".join(old_lines))
+                        new_chunks.append("\n".join(new_lines))
+
+                old_text = "\n...\n".join(chunk for chunk in old_chunks if chunk)
+                new_text = "\n...\n".join(chunk for chunk in new_chunks if chunk)
+                if old_text or new_text:
+                    content.append(
+                        acp.tool_diff_content(
+                            path=op.file_path,
+                            old_text=old_text or None,
+                            new_text=new_text or "",
+                        )
+                    )
+                continue
+
+            if op.operation == OperationType.ADD:
+                added_lines = [line.content for hunk in op.hunks for line in hunk.lines if line.prefix == "+"]
+                content.append(
+                    acp.tool_diff_content(
+                        path=op.file_path,
+                        new_text="\n".join(added_lines),
+                    )
+                )
+                continue
+
+            if op.operation == OperationType.DELETE:
+                content.append(
+                    acp.tool_diff_content(
+                        path=op.file_path,
+                        old_text=f"Delete file: {op.file_path}",
+                        new_text="",
+                    )
+                )
+                continue
+
+            if op.operation == OperationType.MOVE:
+                content.append(
+                    acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(f"Move file: {op.file_path} -> {op.new_path}"))
+                )
+
+        return content or [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(patch_text))]
+    except Exception:
+        return [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(patch_text))]
+
+
+def _strip_diff_prefix(path: str) -> str:
+    raw = str(path or "").strip()
+    if raw.startswith(("a/", "b/")):
+        return raw[2:]
+    return raw
+
+
+def _parse_unified_diff_content(diff_text: str) -> List[Any]:
+    """Convert unified diff text into ACP diff content blocks."""
+    if not diff_text:
+        return []
+
+    content: List[Any] = []
+    current_old_path: Optional[str] = None
+    current_new_path: Optional[str] = None
+    old_lines: list[str] = []
+    new_lines: list[str] = []
+
+    def _flush() -> None:
+        nonlocal current_old_path, current_new_path, old_lines, new_lines
+        if current_old_path is None and current_new_path is None:
+            return
+        path = current_new_path if current_new_path and current_new_path != "/dev/null" else current_old_path
+        if not path or path == "/dev/null":
+            current_old_path = None
+            current_new_path = None
+            old_lines = []
+            new_lines = []
+            return
+        content.append(
+            acp.tool_diff_content(
+                path=_strip_diff_prefix(path),
+                old_text="\n".join(old_lines) if old_lines else None,
+                new_text="\n".join(new_lines),
+            )
+        )
+        current_old_path = None
+        current_new_path = None
+        old_lines = []
+        new_lines = []
+
+    for line in diff_text.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith("--- "):
+            _flush()
+            current_old_path = line[4:].strip()
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("+++ "):
+            current_new_path = line[4:].strip()
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("@@"):
+            continue
+        if current_old_path is None and current_new_path is None:
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("+"):
+            new_lines.append(line[1:])
+        elif line.startswith("-"):
+            old_lines.append(line[1:])
+        elif line.startswith(" "):
+            shared = line[1:]
+            old_lines.append(shared)
+            new_lines.append(shared)
+
+    _flush()
+    return content
+
+
+def _build_tool_complete_content(
+    tool_name: str,
+    result: Optional[str],
+    *,
+    function_args: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    snapshot: Any = None,
+) -> List[Any]:
+    """Build structured ACP completion content, falling back to plain text."""
+    display_result = result or ""
+    if len(display_result) > 5000:
+        display_result = display_result[:4900] + f"\n... ({len(result)} chars total, truncated)"
+
+    if tool_name in {"write_file", "patch", "skill_manage"}:
+        try:
+            from hermes_agent.agent.display import extract_edit_diff
+
+            diff_text = extract_edit_diff(
+                tool_name,
+                result,
+                function_args=function_args,
+                snapshot=snapshot,
+            )
+            if isinstance(diff_text, str) and diff_text.strip():
+                diff_content = _parse_unified_diff_content(diff_text)
+                if diff_content:
+                    return diff_content
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(display_result))]
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build ACP content objects for tool-call events
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -120,9 +284,8 @@ def build_tool_start(
             new = arguments.get("new_string", "")
             content = [acp.tool_diff_content(path=path, new_text=new, old_text=old)]
         else:
-            # Patch mode — show the patch content as text
             patch_text = arguments.get("patch", "")
-            content = [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(patch_text))]
+            content = _build_patch_mode_content(patch_text)
         return acp.start_tool_call(
             tool_call_id, title, kind=kind, content=content, locations=locations,
             raw_input=arguments,
@@ -179,16 +342,17 @@ def build_tool_complete(
     tool_call_id: str,
     tool_name: str,
     result: Optional[str] = None,
+    function_args: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    snapshot: Any = None,
 ) -> ToolCallProgress:
     """Create a ToolCallUpdate (progress) event for a completed tool call."""
     kind = get_tool_kind(tool_name)
-
-    # Truncate very large results for the UI
-    display_result = result or ""
-    if len(display_result) > 5000:
-        display_result = display_result[:4900] + f"\n... ({len(result)} chars total, truncated)"
-
-    content = [acp.tool_content(acp.text_block(display_result))]
+    content = _build_tool_complete_content(
+        tool_name,
+        result,
+        function_args=function_args,
+        snapshot=snapshot,
+    )
     return acp.update_tool_call(
         tool_call_id,
         kind=kind,

hermes_agent/agent/context/engine.py

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+"""Abstract base class for pluggable context engines.
+
+A context engine controls how conversation context is managed when
+approaching the model's token limit. The built-in ContextCompressor
+is the default implementation. Third-party engines (e.g. LCM) can
+replace it via the plugin system or by being placed in the
+``plugins/context_engine/<name>/`` directory.
+
+Selection is config-driven: ``context.engine`` in config.yaml.
+Default is ``"compressor"`` (the built-in). Only one engine is active.
+
+The engine is responsible for:
+  - Deciding when compaction should fire
+  - Performing compaction (summarization, DAG construction, etc.)
+  - Optionally exposing tools the agent can call (e.g. lcm_grep)
+  - Tracking token usage from API responses
+
+Lifecycle:
+  1. Engine is instantiated and registered (plugin register() or default)
+  2. on_session_start() called when a conversation begins
+  3. update_from_response() called after each API response with usage data
+  4. should_compress() checked after each turn
+  5. compress() called when should_compress() returns True
+  6. on_session_end() called at real session boundaries (CLI exit, /reset,
+     gateway session expiry) — NOT per-turn
+"""
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+
+
+class ContextEngine(ABC):
+    """Base class all context engines must implement."""
+
+    # -- Identity ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """Short identifier (e.g. 'compressor', 'lcm')."""
+
+    # -- Token state (read by run_agent.py for display/logging) ------------
+    #
+    # Engines MUST maintain these. run_agent.py reads them directly.
+
+    last_prompt_tokens: int = 0
+    last_completion_tokens: int = 0
+    last_total_tokens: int = 0
+    threshold_tokens: int = 0
+    context_length: int = 0
+    compression_count: int = 0
+
+    # -- Compaction parameters (read by run_agent.py for preflight) --------
+    #
+    # These control the preflight compression check.  Subclasses may
+    # override via __init__ or property; defaults are sensible for most
+    # engines.
+
+    threshold_percent: float = 0.75
+    protect_first_n: int = 3
+    protect_last_n: int = 6
+
+    # -- Core interface ----------------------------------------------------
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def update_from_response(self, usage: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Update tracked token usage from an API response.
+
+        Called after every LLM call with the usage dict from the response.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def should_compress(self, prompt_tokens: int = None) -> bool:
+        """Return True if compaction should fire this turn."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def compress(
+        self,
+        messages: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        current_tokens: int = None,
+    ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Compact the message list and return the new message list.
+
+        This is the main entry point. The engine receives the full message
+        list and returns a (possibly shorter) list that fits within the
+        context budget. The implementation is free to summarize, build a
+        DAG, or do anything else — as long as the returned list is a valid
+        OpenAI-format message sequence.
+        """
+
+    # -- Optional: pre-flight check ----------------------------------------
+
+    def should_compress_preflight(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> bool:
+        """Quick rough check before the API call (no real token count yet).
+
+        Default returns False (skip pre-flight). Override if your engine
+        can do a cheap estimate.
+        """
+        return False
+
+    # -- Optional: session lifecycle ---------------------------------------
+
+    def on_session_start(self, session_id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """Called when a new conversation session begins.
+
+        Use this to load persisted state (DAG, store) for the session.
+        kwargs may include hermes_home, platform, model, etc.
+        """
+
+    def on_session_end(self, session_id: str, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+        """Called at real session boundaries (CLI exit, /reset, gateway expiry).
+
+        Use this to flush state, close DB connections, etc.
+        NOT called per-turn — only when the session truly ends.
+        """
+
+    def on_session_reset(self) -> None:
+        """Called on /new or /reset. Reset per-session state.
+
+        Default resets compression_count and token tracking.
+        """
+        self.last_prompt_tokens = 0
+        self.last_completion_tokens = 0
+        self.last_total_tokens = 0
+        self.compression_count = 0
+
+    # -- Optional: tools ---------------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_tool_schemas(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Return tool schemas this engine provides to the agent.
+
+        Default returns empty list (no tools). LCM would return schemas
+        for lcm_grep, lcm_describe, lcm_expand here.
+        """
+        return []
+
+    def handle_tool_call(self, name: str, args: Dict[str, Any], **kwargs) -> str:
+        """Handle a tool call from the agent.
+
+        Only called for tool names returned by get_tool_schemas().
+        Must return a JSON string.
+
+        kwargs may include:
+          messages: the current in-memory message list (for live ingestion)
+        """
+        import json
+        return json.dumps({"error": f"Unknown context engine tool: {name}"})
+
+    # -- Optional: status / display ----------------------------------------
+
+    def get_status(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return status dict for display/logging.
+
+        Default returns the standard fields run_agent.py expects.
+        """
+        return {
+            "last_prompt_tokens": self.last_prompt_tokens,
+            "threshold_tokens": self.threshold_tokens,
+            "context_length": self.context_length,
+            "usage_percent": (
+                min(100, self.last_prompt_tokens / self.context_length * 100)
+                if self.context_length else 0
+            ),
+            "compression_count": self.compression_count,
+        }
+
+    # -- Optional: model switch support ------------------------------------
+
+    def update_model(
+        self,
+        model: str,
+        context_length: int,
+        base_url: str = "",
+        api_key: str = "",
+        provider: str = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        """Called when the user switches models or on fallback activation.
+
+        Default updates context_length and recalculates threshold_tokens
+        from threshold_percent. Override if your engine needs more
+        (e.g. recalculate DAG budgets, switch summary models).
+        """
+        self.context_length = context_length
+        self.threshold_tokens = int(context_length * self.threshold_percent)

hermes_agent/agent/context/references.py

@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable
 
-from agent.model_metadata import estimate_tokens_rough
+from hermes_agent.providers.metadata import estimate_tokens_rough
 
+_QUOTED_REFERENCE_VALUE = r'(?:`[^`\n]+`|"[^"\n]+"|\'[^\'\n]+\')'
 REFERENCE_PATTERN = re.compile(
-    r"(?<![\w/])@(?:(?P<simple>diff|staged)\b|(?P<kind>file|folder|git|url):(?P<value>\S+))"
+    rf"(?<![\w/])@(?:(?P<simple>diff|staged)\b|(?P<kind>file|folder|git|url):(?P<value>{_QUOTED_REFERENCE_VALUE}(?::\d+(?:-\d+)?)?|\S+))"
 )
 TRAILING_PUNCTUATION = ",.;!?"
-_SENSITIVE_HOME_DIRS = (".ssh", ".aws", ".gnupg", ".kube")
+_SENSITIVE_HOME_DIRS = (".ssh", ".aws", ".gnupg", ".kube", ".docker", ".azure", ".config/gh")
 _SENSITIVE_HERMES_DIRS = (Path("skills") / ".hub",)
 _SENSITIVE_HOME_FILES = (
     Path(".ssh") / "authorized_keys",
@@ -81,14 +82,10 @@ def parse_context_references(message: str) -> list[ContextReference]:
         value = _strip_trailing_punctuation(match.group("value") or "")
         line_start = None
         line_end = None
-        target = value
+        target = _strip_reference_wrappers(value)
 
         if kind == "file":
-            range_match = re.match(r"^(?P<path>.+?):(?P<start>\d+)(?:-(?P<end>\d+))?$", value)
-            if range_match:
-                target = range_match.group("path")
-                line_start = int(range_match.group("start"))
-                line_end = int(range_match.group("end") or range_match.group("start"))
+            target, line_start, line_end = _parse_file_reference_value(value)
 
         refs.append(
             ContextReference(
@@ -286,12 +283,16 @@ def _expand_git_reference(
     args: list[str],
     label: str,
 ) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
-    result = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", *args],
-        cwd=cwd,
-        capture_output=True,
-        text=True,
-    )
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", *args],
+            cwd=cwd,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=30,
+        )
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        return f"{ref.raw}: git command timed out (30s)", None
     if result.returncode != 0:
         stderr = (result.stderr or "").strip() or "git command failed"
         return f"{ref.raw}: {stderr}", None
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ async def _fetch_url_content(
 
 
 async def _default_url_fetcher(url: str) -> str:
-    from tools.web_tools import web_extract_tool
+    from hermes_agent.tools.web import web_extract_tool
 
     raw = await web_extract_tool([url], format="markdown", use_llm_processing=True)
     payload = json.loads(raw)
@@ -339,10 +340,9 @@ def _resolve_path(cwd: Path, target: str, *, allowed_root: Path | None = None) -
 
 
 def _ensure_reference_path_allowed(path: Path) -> None:
+    from hermes_agent.constants import get_hermes_home
     home = Path(os.path.expanduser("~")).resolve()
-    hermes_home = Path(
-        os.getenv("HERMES_HOME", str(home / ".hermes"))
-    ).expanduser().resolve()
+    hermes_home = get_hermes_home().resolve()
 
     blocked_exact = {home / rel for rel in _SENSITIVE_HOME_FILES}
     blocked_exact.add(hermes_home / ".env")
@@ -372,6 +372,38 @@ def _strip_trailing_punctuation(value: str) -> str:
     return stripped
 
 
+def _strip_reference_wrappers(value: str) -> str:
+    if len(value) >= 2 and value[0] == value[-1] and value[0] in "`\"'":
+        return value[1:-1]
+    return value
+
+
+def _parse_file_reference_value(value: str) -> tuple[str, int | None, int | None]:
+    quoted_match = re.match(
+        r'^(?P<quote>`|"|\')(?P<path>.+?)(?P=quote)(?::(?P<start>\d+)(?:-(?P<end>\d+))?)?$',
+        value,
+    )
+    if quoted_match:
+        line_start = quoted_match.group("start")
+        line_end = quoted_match.group("end")
+        return (
+            quoted_match.group("path"),
+            int(line_start) if line_start is not None else None,
+            int(line_end or line_start) if line_start is not None else None,
+        )
+
+    range_match = re.match(r"^(?P<path>.+?):(?P<start>\d+)(?:-(?P<end>\d+))?$", value)
+    if range_match:
+        line_start = int(range_match.group("start"))
+        return (
+            range_match.group("path"),
+            line_start,
+            int(range_match.group("end") or range_match.group("start")),
+        )
+
+    return _strip_reference_wrappers(value), None, None
+
+
 def _remove_reference_tokens(message: str, refs: list[ContextReference]) -> str:
     pieces: list[str] = []
     cursor = 0
@@ -449,8 +481,9 @@ def _rg_files(path: Path, cwd: Path, limit: int) -> list[Path] | None:
             cwd=cwd,
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
+            timeout=10,
         )
-    except FileNotFoundError:
+    except (FileNotFoundError, OSError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
         return None
     if result.returncode != 0:
         return None

hermes_agent/agent/copilot_acp_client.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import json
 import os
 import queue
+import re
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import threading
@@ -20,9 +21,15 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import Any
 
+from hermes_agent.agent.file_safety import get_read_block_error, is_write_denied
+from hermes_agent.agent.redact import redact_sensitive_text
+
 ACP_MARKER_BASE_URL = "acp://copilot"
 _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 900.0
 
+_TOOL_CALL_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r"<tool_call>\s*(\{.*?\})\s*</tool_call>", re.DOTALL)
+_TOOL_CALL_JSON_RE = re.compile(r"\{\s*\"id\"\s*:\s*\"[^\"]+\"\s*,\s*\"type\"\s*:\s*\"function\"\s*,\s*\"function\"\s*:\s*\{.*?\}\s*\}", re.DOTALL)
+
 
 def _resolve_command() -> str:
     return (
@@ -50,15 +57,62 @@ def _jsonrpc_error(message_id: Any, code: int, message: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     }
 
 
-def _format_messages_as_prompt(messages: list[dict[str, Any]], model: str | None = None) -> str:
+def _permission_denied(message_id: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return {
+        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+        "id": message_id,
+        "result": {
+            "outcome": {
+                "outcome": "cancelled",
+            }
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def _format_messages_as_prompt(
+    messages: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    model: str | None = None,
+    tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+    tool_choice: Any = None,
+) -> str:
     sections: list[str] = [
         "You are being used as the active ACP agent backend for Hermes.",
-        "Use your own ACP capabilities and respond directly in natural language.",
-        "Do not emit OpenAI tool-call JSON.",
+        "Use ACP capabilities to complete tasks.",
+        "IMPORTANT: If you take an action with a tool, you MUST output tool calls using <tool_call>{...}</tool_call> blocks with JSON exactly in OpenAI function-call shape.",
+        "If no tool is needed, answer normally.",
     ]
     if model:
         sections.append(f"Hermes requested model hint: {model}")
 
+    if isinstance(tools, list) and tools:
+        tool_specs: 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 isinstance(name, str) or not name.strip():
+                continue
+            tool_specs.append(
+                {
+                    "name": name.strip(),
+                    "description": fn.get("description", ""),
+                    "parameters": fn.get("parameters", {}),
+                }
+            )
+        if tool_specs:
+            sections.append(
+                "Available tools (OpenAI function schema). "
+                "When using a tool, emit ONLY <tool_call>{...}</tool_call> with one JSON object "
+                "containing id/type/function{name,arguments}. arguments must be a JSON string.\n"
+                + json.dumps(tool_specs, ensure_ascii=False)
+            )
+
+    if tool_choice is not None:
+        sections.append(f"Tool choice hint: {json.dumps(tool_choice, ensure_ascii=False)}")
+
     transcript: list[str] = []
     for message in messages:
         if not isinstance(message, dict):
@@ -114,6 +168,80 @@ def _render_message_content(content: Any) -> str:
     return str(content).strip()
 
 
+def _extract_tool_calls_from_text(text: str) -> tuple[list[SimpleNamespace], str]:
+    if not isinstance(text, str) or not text.strip():
+        return [], ""
+
+    extracted: list[SimpleNamespace] = []
+    consumed_spans: list[tuple[int, int]] = []
+
+    def _try_add_tool_call(raw_json: str) -> None:
+        try:
+            obj = json.loads(raw_json)
+        except Exception:
+            return
+        if not isinstance(obj, dict):
+            return
+        fn = obj.get("function")
+        if not isinstance(fn, dict):
+            return
+        fn_name = fn.get("name")
+        if not isinstance(fn_name, str) or not fn_name.strip():
+            return
+        fn_args = fn.get("arguments", "{}")
+        if not isinstance(fn_args, str):
+            fn_args = json.dumps(fn_args, ensure_ascii=False)
+        call_id = obj.get("id")
+        if not isinstance(call_id, str) or not call_id.strip():
+            call_id = f"acp_call_{len(extracted)+1}"
+
+        extracted.append(
+            SimpleNamespace(
+                id=call_id,
+                call_id=call_id,
+                response_item_id=None,
+                type="function",
+                function=SimpleNamespace(name=fn_name.strip(), arguments=fn_args),
+            )
+        )
+
+    for m in _TOOL_CALL_BLOCK_RE.finditer(text):
+        raw = m.group(1)
+        _try_add_tool_call(raw)
+        consumed_spans.append((m.start(), m.end()))
+
+    # Only try bare-JSON fallback when no XML blocks were found.
+    if not extracted:
+        for m in _TOOL_CALL_JSON_RE.finditer(text):
+            raw = m.group(0)
+            _try_add_tool_call(raw)
+            consumed_spans.append((m.start(), m.end()))
+
+    if not consumed_spans:
+        return extracted, text.strip()
+
+    consumed_spans.sort()
+    merged: list[tuple[int, int]] = []
+    for start, end in consumed_spans:
+        if not merged or start > merged[-1][1]:
+            merged.append((start, end))
+        else:
+            merged[-1] = (merged[-1][0], max(merged[-1][1], end))
+
+    parts: list[str] = []
+    cursor = 0
+    for start, end in merged:
+        if cursor < start:
+            parts.append(text[cursor:start])
+        cursor = max(cursor, end)
+    if cursor < len(text):
+        parts.append(text[cursor:])
+
+    cleaned = "\n".join(p.strip() for p in parts if p and p.strip()).strip()
+    return extracted, cleaned
+
+
+
 def _ensure_path_within_cwd(path_text: str, cwd: str) -> Path:
     candidate = Path(path_text)
     if not candidate.is_absolute():
@@ -190,14 +318,39 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
         model: str | None = None,
         messages: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
         timeout: float | None = None,
+        tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+        tool_choice: Any = None,
         **_: Any,
     ) -> Any:
-        prompt_text = _format_messages_as_prompt(messages or [], model=model)
+        prompt_text = _format_messages_as_prompt(
+            messages or [],
+            model=model,
+            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=float(timeout or _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS),
+            timeout_seconds=_effective_timeout,
         )
 
+        tool_calls, cleaned_text = _extract_tool_calls_from_text(response_text)
+
         usage = SimpleNamespace(
             prompt_tokens=0,
             completion_tokens=0,
@@ -205,13 +358,14 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
             prompt_tokens_details=SimpleNamespace(cached_tokens=0),
         )
         assistant_message = SimpleNamespace(
-            content=response_text,
-            tool_calls=[],
+            content=cleaned_text,
+            tool_calls=tool_calls,
             reasoning=reasoning_text or None,
             reasoning_content=reasoning_text or None,
             reasoning_details=None,
         )
-        choice = SimpleNamespace(message=assistant_message, finish_reason="stop")
+        finish_reason = "tool_calls" if tool_calls else "stop"
+        choice = SimpleNamespace(message=assistant_message, finish_reason=finish_reason)
         return SimpleNamespace(
             choices=[choice],
             usage=usage,
@@ -247,6 +401,8 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
         stderr_tail: deque[str] = deque(maxlen=40)
 
         def _stdout_reader() -> None:
+            if proc.stdout is None:
+                return
             for line in proc.stdout:
                 try:
                     inbox.put(json.loads(line))
@@ -394,18 +550,13 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
         params = msg.get("params") or {}
 
         if method == "session/request_permission":
-            response = {
-                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-                "id": message_id,
-                "result": {
-                    "outcome": {
-                        "outcome": "allow_once",
-                    }
-                },
-            }
+            response = _permission_denied(message_id)
         elif method == "fs/read_text_file":
             try:
                 path = _ensure_path_within_cwd(str(params.get("path") or ""), cwd)
+                block_error = get_read_block_error(str(path))
+                if block_error:
+                    raise PermissionError(block_error)
                 content = path.read_text() if path.exists() else ""
                 line = params.get("line")
                 limit = params.get("limit")
@@ -414,6 +565,8 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
                     start = line - 1
                     end = start + limit if isinstance(limit, int) and limit > 0 else None
                     content = "".join(lines[start:end])
+                if content:
+                    content = redact_sensitive_text(content)
                 response = {
                     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
                     "id": message_id,
@@ -426,6 +579,10 @@ class CopilotACPClient:
         elif method == "fs/write_text_file":
             try:
                 path = _ensure_path_within_cwd(str(params.get("path") or ""), cwd)
+                if is_write_denied(str(path)):
+                    raise PermissionError(
+                        f"Write denied: '{path}' is a protected system/credential file."
+                    )
                 path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
                 path.write_text(str(params.get("content") or ""))
                 response = {

hermes_agent/agent/display.py

@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ Pure display functions and classes with no AIAgent dependency.
 Used by AIAgent._execute_tool_calls for CLI feedback.
 """
 
-import json
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from difflib import unified_diff
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from hermes_agent.utils import safe_json_loads
 
 # ANSI escape codes for coloring tool failure indicators
 _RED = "\033[31m"
@@ -17,6 +21,95 @@ _RESET = "\033[0m"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+_ANSI_RESET = "\033[0m"
+
+# Diff colors — resolved lazily from the skin engine so they adapt
+# to light/dark themes.  Falls back to sensible defaults on import
+# failure.  We cache after first resolution for performance.
+_diff_colors_cached: dict[str, str] | None = None
+
+
+def _diff_ansi() -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Return ANSI escapes for diff display, resolved from the active skin."""
+    global _diff_colors_cached
+    if _diff_colors_cached is not None:
+        return _diff_colors_cached
+
+    # Defaults that work on dark terminals
+    dim = "\033[38;2;150;150;150m"
+    file_c = "\033[38;2;180;160;255m"
+    hunk = "\033[38;2;120;120;140m"
+    minus = "\033[38;2;255;255;255;48;2;120;20;20m"
+    plus = "\033[38;2;255;255;255;48;2;20;90;20m"
+
+    try:
+        from hermes_agent.cli.ui.skin_engine import get_active_skin
+        skin = get_active_skin()
+
+        def _hex_fg(key: str, fallback_rgb: tuple[int, int, int]) -> str:
+            h = skin.get_color(key, "")
+            if h and len(h) == 7 and h[0] == "#":
+                r, g, b = int(h[1:3], 16), int(h[3:5], 16), int(h[5:7], 16)
+                return f"\033[38;2;{r};{g};{b}m"
+            r, g, b = fallback_rgb
+            return f"\033[38;2;{r};{g};{b}m"
+
+        dim = _hex_fg("banner_dim", (150, 150, 150))
+        file_c = _hex_fg("session_label", (180, 160, 255))
+        hunk = _hex_fg("session_border", (120, 120, 140))
+        # minus/plus use background colors — derive from ui_error/ui_ok
+        err_h = skin.get_color("ui_error", "#ef5350")
+        ok_h = skin.get_color("ui_ok", "#4caf50")
+        if err_h and len(err_h) == 7:
+            er, eg, eb = int(err_h[1:3], 16), int(err_h[3:5], 16), int(err_h[5:7], 16)
+            # Use a dark tinted version as background
+            minus = f"\033[38;2;255;255;255;48;2;{max(er//2,20)};{max(eg//4,10)};{max(eb//4,10)}m"
+        if ok_h and len(ok_h) == 7:
+            or_, og, ob = int(ok_h[1:3], 16), int(ok_h[3:5], 16), int(ok_h[5:7], 16)
+            plus = f"\033[38;2;255;255;255;48;2;{max(or_//4,10)};{max(og//2,20)};{max(ob//4,10)}m"
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    _diff_colors_cached = {
+        "dim": dim, "file": file_c, "hunk": hunk,
+        "minus": minus, "plus": plus,
+    }
+    return _diff_colors_cached
+
+
+# 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"]
+def _diff_hunk():  return _diff_ansi()["hunk"]
+def _diff_minus(): return _diff_ansi()["minus"]
+def _diff_plus():  return _diff_ansi()["plus"]
+_MAX_INLINE_DIFF_FILES = 6
+_MAX_INLINE_DIFF_LINES = 80
+
+
+@dataclass
+class LocalEditSnapshot:
+    """Pre-tool filesystem snapshot used to render diffs locally after writes."""
+    paths: list[Path] = field(default_factory=list)
+    before: dict[str, str | None] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+# =========================================================================
+# Configurable tool preview length (0 = no limit)
+# Set once at startup by CLI or gateway from display.tool_preview_length config.
+# =========================================================================
+_tool_preview_max_len: int = 0  # 0 = unlimited
+
+
+def set_tool_preview_max_len(n: int) -> None:
+    """Set the global max length for tool call previews. 0 = no limit."""
+    global _tool_preview_max_len
+    _tool_preview_max_len = max(int(n), 0) if n else 0
+
+
+def get_tool_preview_max_len() -> int:
+    """Return the configured max preview length (0 = unlimited)."""
+    return _tool_preview_max_len
+
 
 # =========================================================================
 # Skin-aware helpers (lazy import to avoid circular deps)
@@ -25,32 +118,12 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def _get_skin():
     """Get the active skin config, or None if not available."""
     try:
-        from hermes_cli.skin_engine import get_active_skin
+        from hermes_agent.cli.ui.skin_engine import get_active_skin
         return get_active_skin()
     except Exception:
         return None
 
 
-def get_skin_faces(key: str, default: list) -> list:
-    """Get spinner face list from active skin, falling back to default."""
-    skin = _get_skin()
-    if skin:
-        faces = skin.get_spinner_list(key)
-        if faces:
-            return faces
-    return default
-
-
-def get_skin_verbs() -> list:
-    """Get thinking verbs from active skin."""
-    skin = _get_skin()
-    if skin:
-        verbs = skin.get_spinner_list("thinking_verbs")
-        if verbs:
-            return verbs
-    return KawaiiSpinner.THINKING_VERBS
-
-
 def get_skin_tool_prefix() -> str:
     """Get tool output prefix character from active skin."""
     skin = _get_skin()
@@ -75,7 +148,7 @@ def get_tool_emoji(tool_name: str, default: str = "⚡") -> str:
             return override
     # 2. Registry default
     try:
-        from tools.registry import registry
+        from hermes_agent.tools.registry import registry
         emoji = registry.get_emoji(tool_name, default="")
         if emoji:
             return emoji
@@ -94,8 +167,14 @@ def _oneline(text: str) -> str:
     return " ".join(text.split())
 
 
-def build_tool_preview(tool_name: str, args: dict, max_len: int = 40) -> str | None:
-    """Build a short preview of a tool call's primary argument for display."""
+def build_tool_preview(tool_name: str, args: dict, max_len: int | None = None) -> str | None:
+    """Build a short preview of a tool call's primary argument for display.
+
+    *max_len* controls truncation.  ``None`` (default) defers to the global
+    ``_tool_preview_max_len`` set via config; ``0`` means unlimited.
+    """
+    if max_len is None:
+        max_len = _tool_preview_max_len
     if not args:
         return None
     primary_args = {
@@ -146,9 +225,11 @@ def build_tool_preview(tool_name: str, args: dict, max_len: int = 40) -> str | N
             content = _oneline(args.get("content", ""))
             return f"+{target}: \"{content[:25]}{'...' if len(content) > 25 else ''}\""
         elif action == "replace":
-            return f"~{target}: \"{_oneline(args.get('old_text', '')[:20])}\""
+            old = _oneline(args.get("old_text") or "") or "<missing old_text>"
+            return f"~{target}: \"{old[:20]}\""
         elif action == "remove":
-            return f"-{target}: \"{_oneline(args.get('old_text', '')[:20])}\""
+            old = _oneline(args.get("old_text") or "") or "<missing old_text>"
+            return f"-{target}: \"{old[:20]}\""
         return action
 
     if tool_name == "send_message":
@@ -190,11 +271,301 @@ def build_tool_preview(tool_name: str, args: dict, max_len: int = 40) -> str | N
     preview = _oneline(str(value))
     if not preview:
         return None
-    if len(preview) > max_len:
+    if max_len > 0 and len(preview) > max_len:
         preview = preview[:max_len - 3] + "..."
     return preview
 
 
+# =========================================================================
+# Inline diff previews for write actions
+# =========================================================================
+
+def _resolved_path(path: str) -> Path:
+    """Resolve a possibly-relative filesystem path against the current cwd."""
+    candidate = Path(os.path.expanduser(path))
+    if candidate.is_absolute():
+        return candidate
+    return Path.cwd() / candidate
+
+
+def _snapshot_text(path: Path) -> str | None:
+    """Return UTF-8 file content, or None for missing/unreadable files."""
+    try:
+        return path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    except (FileNotFoundError, IsADirectoryError, UnicodeDecodeError, OSError):
+        return None
+
+
+def _display_diff_path(path: Path) -> str:
+    """Prefer cwd-relative paths in diffs when available."""
+    try:
+        return str(path.resolve().relative_to(Path.cwd().resolve()))
+    except Exception:
+        return str(path)
+
+
+def _resolve_skill_manage_paths(args: dict) -> list[Path]:
+    """Resolve skill_manage write targets to filesystem paths."""
+    action = args.get("action")
+    name = args.get("name")
+    if not action or not name:
+        return []
+
+    from hermes_agent.tools.skills.manager import _find_skill, _resolve_skill_dir
+
+    if action == "create":
+        skill_dir = _resolve_skill_dir(name, args.get("category"))
+        return [skill_dir / "SKILL.md"]
+
+    existing = _find_skill(name)
+    if not existing:
+        return []
+
+    skill_dir = Path(existing["path"])
+    if action in {"edit", "patch"}:
+        file_path = args.get("file_path")
+        return [skill_dir / file_path] if file_path else [skill_dir / "SKILL.md"]
+    if action in {"write_file", "remove_file"}:
+        file_path = args.get("file_path")
+        return [skill_dir / file_path] if file_path else []
+    if action == "delete":
+        files = [path for path in sorted(skill_dir.rglob("*")) if path.is_file()]
+        return files
+    return []
+
+
+def _resolve_local_edit_paths(tool_name: str, function_args: dict | None) -> list[Path]:
+    """Resolve local filesystem targets for write-capable tools."""
+    if not isinstance(function_args, dict):
+        return []
+
+    if tool_name == "write_file":
+        path = function_args.get("path")
+        return [_resolved_path(path)] if path else []
+
+    if tool_name == "patch":
+        path = function_args.get("path")
+        return [_resolved_path(path)] if path else []
+
+    if tool_name == "skill_manage":
+        return _resolve_skill_manage_paths(function_args)
+
+    return []
+
+
+def capture_local_edit_snapshot(tool_name: str, function_args: dict | None) -> LocalEditSnapshot | None:
+    """Capture before-state for local write previews."""
+    paths = _resolve_local_edit_paths(tool_name, function_args)
+    if not paths:
+        return None
+
+    snapshot = LocalEditSnapshot(paths=paths)
+    for path in paths:
+        snapshot.before[str(path)] = _snapshot_text(path)
+    return snapshot
+
+
+def _result_succeeded(result: str | None) -> bool:
+    """Conservatively detect whether a tool result represents success."""
+    if not result:
+        return False
+    data = safe_json_loads(result)
+    if data is None:
+        return False
+    if not isinstance(data, dict):
+        return False
+    if data.get("error"):
+        return False
+    if "success" in data:
+        return bool(data.get("success"))
+    return True
+
+
+def _diff_from_snapshot(snapshot: LocalEditSnapshot | None) -> str | None:
+    """Generate unified diff text from a stored before-state and current files."""
+    if not snapshot:
+        return None
+
+    chunks: list[str] = []
+    for path in snapshot.paths:
+        before = snapshot.before.get(str(path))
+        after = _snapshot_text(path)
+        if before == after:
+            continue
+
+        display_path = _display_diff_path(path)
+        diff = "".join(
+            unified_diff(
+                [] if before is None else before.splitlines(keepends=True),
+                [] if after is None else after.splitlines(keepends=True),
+                fromfile=f"a/{display_path}",
+                tofile=f"b/{display_path}",
+            )
+        )
+        if diff:
+            chunks.append(diff)
+
+    if not chunks:
+        return None
+    return "".join(chunk if chunk.endswith("\n") else chunk + "\n" for chunk in chunks)
+
+
+def extract_edit_diff(
+    tool_name: str,
+    result: str | None,
+    *,
+    function_args: dict | None = None,
+    snapshot: LocalEditSnapshot | None = None,
+) -> str | None:
+    """Extract a unified diff from a file-edit tool result."""
+    if tool_name == "patch" and result:
+        data = safe_json_loads(result)
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            diff = data.get("diff")
+            if isinstance(diff, str) and diff.strip():
+                return diff
+
+    if tool_name not in {"write_file", "patch", "skill_manage"}:
+        return None
+    if not _result_succeeded(result):
+        return None
+    return _diff_from_snapshot(snapshot)
+
+
+def _emit_inline_diff(diff_text: str, print_fn) -> bool:
+    """Emit rendered diff text through the CLI's prompt_toolkit-safe printer."""
+    if print_fn is None or not diff_text:
+        return False
+    try:
+        print_fn("  ┊ review diff")
+        for line in diff_text.rstrip("\n").splitlines():
+            print_fn(line)
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+
+def _render_inline_unified_diff(diff: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Render unified diff lines in Hermes' inline transcript style."""
+    rendered: list[str] = []
+    from_file = None
+    to_file = None
+
+    for raw_line in diff.splitlines():
+        if raw_line.startswith("--- "):
+            from_file = raw_line[4:].strip()
+            continue
+        if raw_line.startswith("+++ "):
+            to_file = raw_line[4:].strip()
+            if from_file or to_file:
+                rendered.append(f"{_diff_file()}{from_file or 'a/?'} → {to_file or 'b/?'}{_ANSI_RESET}")
+            continue
+        if raw_line.startswith("@@"):
+            rendered.append(f"{_diff_hunk()}{raw_line}{_ANSI_RESET}")
+            continue
+        if raw_line.startswith("-"):
+            rendered.append(f"{_diff_minus()}{raw_line}{_ANSI_RESET}")
+            continue
+        if raw_line.startswith("+"):
+            rendered.append(f"{_diff_plus()}{raw_line}{_ANSI_RESET}")
+            continue
+        if raw_line.startswith(" "):
+            rendered.append(f"{_diff_dim()}{raw_line}{_ANSI_RESET}")
+            continue
+        if raw_line:
+            rendered.append(raw_line)
+
+    return rendered
+
+
+def _split_unified_diff_sections(diff: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Split a unified diff into per-file sections."""
+    sections: list[list[str]] = []
+    current: list[str] = []
+
+    for line in diff.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith("--- ") and current:
+            sections.append(current)
+            current = [line]
+            continue
+        current.append(line)
+
+    if current:
+        sections.append(current)
+
+    return ["\n".join(section) for section in sections if section]
+
+
+def _summarize_rendered_diff_sections(
+    diff: str,
+    *,
+    max_files: int = _MAX_INLINE_DIFF_FILES,
+    max_lines: int = _MAX_INLINE_DIFF_LINES,
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Render diff sections while capping file count and total line count."""
+    sections = _split_unified_diff_sections(diff)
+    rendered: list[str] = []
+    omitted_files = 0
+    omitted_lines = 0
+
+    for idx, section in enumerate(sections):
+        if idx >= max_files:
+            omitted_files += 1
+            omitted_lines += len(_render_inline_unified_diff(section))
+            continue
+
+        section_lines = _render_inline_unified_diff(section)
+        remaining_budget = max_lines - len(rendered)
+        if remaining_budget <= 0:
+            omitted_lines += len(section_lines)
+            omitted_files += 1
+            continue
+
+        if len(section_lines) <= remaining_budget:
+            rendered.extend(section_lines)
+            continue
+
+        rendered.extend(section_lines[:remaining_budget])
+        omitted_lines += len(section_lines) - remaining_budget
+        omitted_files += 1 + max(0, len(sections) - idx - 1)
+        for leftover in sections[idx + 1:]:
+            omitted_lines += len(_render_inline_unified_diff(leftover))
+        break
+
+    if omitted_files or omitted_lines:
+        summary = f"… omitted {omitted_lines} diff line(s)"
+        if omitted_files:
+            summary += f" across {omitted_files} additional file(s)/section(s)"
+        rendered.append(f"{_diff_hunk()}{summary}{_ANSI_RESET}")
+
+    return rendered
+
+
+def render_edit_diff_with_delta(
+    tool_name: str,
+    result: str | None,
+    *,
+    function_args: dict | None = None,
+    snapshot: LocalEditSnapshot | None = None,
+    print_fn=None,
+) -> bool:
+    """Render an edit diff inline without taking over the terminal UI."""
+    diff = extract_edit_diff(
+        tool_name,
+        result,
+        function_args=function_args,
+        snapshot=snapshot,
+    )
+    if not diff:
+        return False
+    try:
+        rendered_lines = _summarize_rendered_diff_sections(diff)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.debug("Could not render inline diff: %s", exc)
+        return False
+    return _emit_inline_diff("\n".join(rendered_lines), print_fn)
+
+
 # =========================================================================
 # KawaiiSpinner
 # =========================================================================
@@ -231,7 +602,46 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
         "analyzing", "computing", "synthesizing", "formulating", "brainstorming",
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self, message: str = "", spinner_type: str = 'dots'):
+    @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'])
         self.running = False
@@ -239,13 +649,26 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
         self.frame_idx = 0
         self.start_time = None
         self.last_line_len = 0
-        self._last_flush_time = 0.0  # Rate-limit flushes for patch_stdout compat
+        # Optional callable to route all output through (e.g. a no-op for silent
+        # background agents).  When set, bypasses self._out entirely so that
+        # agents with _print_fn overridden remain fully silent.
+        self._print_fn = print_fn
         # Capture stdout NOW, before any redirect_stdout(devnull) from
         # child agents can replace sys.stdout with a black hole.
         self._out = sys.stdout
 
     def _write(self, text: str, end: str = '\n', flush: bool = False):
-        """Write to the stdout captured at spinner creation time."""
+        """Write to the stdout captured at spinner creation time.
+
+        If a print_fn was supplied at construction, all output is routed through
+        it instead — allowing callers to silence the spinner with a no-op lambda.
+        """
+        if self._print_fn is not None:
+            try:
+                self._print_fn(text)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            return
         try:
             self._out.write(text + end)
             if flush:
@@ -253,16 +676,50 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
         except (ValueError, OSError):
             pass
 
+    @property
+    def _is_tty(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if output is a real terminal, safe against closed streams."""
+        try:
+            return hasattr(self._out, 'isatty') and self._out.isatty()
+        except (ValueError, OSError):
+            return False
+
+    def _is_patch_stdout_proxy(self) -> bool:
+        """Return True when stdout is prompt_toolkit's StdoutProxy.
+
+        patch_stdout wraps sys.stdout in a StdoutProxy that queues writes and
+        injects newlines around each flush().  The \\r overwrite never lands on
+        the correct line — each spinner frame ends up on its own line.
+
+        The CLI already drives a TUI widget (_spinner_text) for spinner display,
+        so KawaiiSpinner's \\r-based animation is redundant under StdoutProxy.
+        """
+        try:
+            from prompt_toolkit.patch_stdout import StdoutProxy
+            return isinstance(self._out, StdoutProxy)
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+
     def _animate(self):
         # When stdout is not a real terminal (e.g. Docker, systemd, pipe),
         # skip the animation entirely — it creates massive log bloat.
         # Just log the start once and let stop() log the completion.
-        if not hasattr(self._out, 'isatty') or not self._out.isatty():
+        if not self._is_tty:
             self._write(f"  [tool] {self.message}", flush=True)
             while self.running:
                 time.sleep(0.5)
             return
 
+        # When running inside prompt_toolkit's patch_stdout context the CLI
+        # renders spinner state via a dedicated TUI widget (_spinner_text).
+        # Driving a \r-based animation here too causes visual overdraw: the
+        # StdoutProxy injects newlines around each flush, so every frame lands
+        # on a new line and overwrites the status bar.
+        if self._is_patch_stdout_proxy():
+            while self.running:
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+            return
+
         # Cache skin wings at start (avoid per-frame imports)
         skin = _get_skin()
         wings = skin.get_spinner_wings() if skin else []
@@ -272,6 +729,7 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
                 time.sleep(0.1)
                 continue
             frame = self.spinner_frames[self.frame_idx % len(self.spinner_frames)]
+            assert self.start_time is not None  # start() sets it before thread starts
             elapsed = time.time() - self.start_time
             if wings:
                 left, right = wings[self.frame_idx % len(wings)]
@@ -279,18 +737,7 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
             else:
                 line = f"  {frame} {self.message} ({elapsed:.1f}s)"
             pad = max(self.last_line_len - len(line), 0)
-            # Rate-limit flush() calls to avoid spinner spam under
-            # prompt_toolkit's patch_stdout.  Each flush() pushes a queue
-            # item that may trigger a separate run_in_terminal() call; if
-            # items are processed one-at-a-time the \r overwrite is lost
-            # and every frame appears on its own line.  By flushing at
-            # most every 0.4s we guarantee multiple \r-frames are batched
-            # into a single write, so the terminal collapses them correctly.
-            now = time.time()
-            should_flush = (now - self._last_flush_time) >= 0.4
-            self._write(f"\r{line}{' ' * pad}", end='', flush=should_flush)
-            if should_flush:
-                self._last_flush_time = now
+            self._write(f"\r{line}{' ' * pad}", end='', flush=True)
             self.last_line_len = len(line)
             self.frame_idx += 1
             time.sleep(0.12)
@@ -329,7 +776,7 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
         if self.thread:
             self.thread.join(timeout=0.5)
 
-        is_tty = hasattr(self._out, 'isatty') and self._out.isatty()
+        is_tty = self._is_tty
         if is_tty:
             # Clear the spinner line with spaces instead of \033[K to avoid
             # garbled escape codes when prompt_toolkit's patch_stdout is active.
@@ -351,46 +798,6 @@ class KawaiiSpinner:
         return False
 
 
-# =========================================================================
-# Kawaii face arrays (used by AIAgent._execute_tool_calls for spinner text)
-# =========================================================================
-
-KAWAII_SEARCH = [
-    "♪(´ε` )", "(｡◕‿◕｡)", "ヾ(＾∇＾)", "(◕ᴗ◕✿)", "( ˘▽˘)っ",
-    "٩(◕‿◕｡)۶", "(✿◠‿◠)", "♪～(´ε｀ )", "(ノ´ヮ`)ノ*:・゚✧", "＼(◎o◎)／",
-]
-KAWAII_READ = [
-    "φ(゜▽゜*)♪", "( ˘▽˘)っ", "(⌐■_■)", "٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶", "(◕‿◕✿)",
-    "ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ", "(✧ω✧)", "♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪", "(≧◡≦)", "( ´ ▽ ` )ノ",
-]
-KAWAII_TERMINAL = [
-    "ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ", "(ノ°∀°)ノ", "٩(^ᴗ^)۶", "ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪", "(•̀ᴗ•́)و",
-    "┗(＾0＾)┓", "(｀・ω・´)", "＼(￣▽￣)／", "(ง •̀_•́)ง", "ヽ(´▽`)/",
-]
-KAWAII_BROWSER = [
-    "(ノ°∀°)ノ", "(☞゚ヮ゚)☞", "( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)", "┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘", "(⊙_⊙)？",
-    "ヾ(•ω•`)o", "(￣ω￣)", "( ˇωˇ )", "(ᵔᴥᵔ)", "＼(◎o◎)／",
-]
-KAWAII_CREATE = [
-    "✧*。٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧", "(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧", "ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ", "٩(♡ε♡)۶", "(◕‿◕)♡",
-    "✿◕ ‿ ◕✿", "(*≧▽≦)", "ヾ(＾-＾)ノ", "(☆▽☆)", "°˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°",
-]
-KAWAII_SKILL = [
-    "ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ", "(๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ", "٩(◕‿◕｡)۶", "(✿╹◡╹)", "ヽ(・∀・)ノ",
-    "(ノ´ヮ`)ノ*:・ﾟ✧", "♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪", "(◠‿◠)", "٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و", "(＾▽＾)",
-    "ヾ(＾∇＾)", "(★ω★)/", "٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶", "(◕ᴗ◕✿)", "＼(◎o◎)／",
-    "(✧ω✧)", "ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ", "( ˘▽˘)っ", "(≧◡≦) ♡", "ヾ(￣▽￣)",
-]
-KAWAII_THINK = [
-    "(っ°Д°;)っ", "(；′⌒`)", "(・_・ヾ", "( ´_ゝ`)", "(￣ヘ￣)",
-    "(。-`ω´-)", "( ˘︹˘ )", "(¬_¬)", "ヽ(ー_ー )ノ", "(；一_一)",
-]
-KAWAII_GENERIC = [
-    "♪(´ε` )", "(◕‿◕✿)", "ヾ(＾∇＾)", "٩(◕‿◕｡)۶", "(✿◠‿◠)",
-    "(ノ´ヮ`)ノ*:・ﾟ✧", "ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ", "(☆▽☆)", "( ˘▽˘)っ", "(≧◡≦)",
-]
-
-
 # =========================================================================
 # Cute tool message (completion line that replaces the spinner)
 # =========================================================================
@@ -406,23 +813,19 @@ def _detect_tool_failure(tool_name: str, result: str | None) -> tuple[bool, str]
         return False, ""
 
     if tool_name == "terminal":
-        try:
-            data = json.loads(result)
+        data = safe_json_loads(result)
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
             exit_code = data.get("exit_code")
             if exit_code is not None and exit_code != 0:
                 return True, f" [exit {exit_code}]"
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError, AttributeError):
-            logger.debug("Could not parse terminal result as JSON for exit code check")
         return False, ""
 
     # Memory-specific: distinguish "full" from real errors
     if tool_name == "memory":
-        try:
-            data = json.loads(result)
+        data = safe_json_loads(result)
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
             if data.get("success") is False and "exceed the limit" in data.get("error", ""):
                 return True, " [full]"
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError, AttributeError):
-            logger.debug("Could not parse memory result as JSON for capacity check")
 
     # Generic heuristic for non-terminal tools
     lower = result[:500].lower()
@@ -448,10 +851,14 @@ def get_cute_tool_message(
 
     def _trunc(s, n=40):
         s = str(s)
+        if _tool_preview_max_len == 0:
+            return s  # no limit
         return (s[:n-3] + "...") if len(s) > n else s
 
     def _path(p, n=35):
         p = str(p)
+        if _tool_preview_max_len == 0:
+            return p  # no limit
         return ("..." + p[-(n-3):]) if len(p) > n else p
 
     def _wrap(line: str) -> str:
@@ -514,8 +921,6 @@ def get_cute_tool_message(
         return _wrap(f"┊ ◀️  back      {dur}")
     if tool_name == "browser_press":
         return _wrap(f"┊ ⌨️  press     {args.get('key', '?')}  {dur}")
-    if tool_name == "browser_close":
-        return _wrap(f"┊ 🚪 close     browser  {dur}")
     if tool_name == "browser_get_images":
         return _wrap(f"┊ 🖼️  images    extracting  {dur}")
     if tool_name == "browser_vision":
@@ -537,9 +942,13 @@ def get_cute_tool_message(
         if action == "add":
             return _wrap(f"┊ 🧠 memory    +{target}: \"{_trunc(args.get('content', ''), 30)}\"  {dur}")
         elif action == "replace":
-            return _wrap(f"┊ 🧠 memory    ~{target}: \"{_trunc(args.get('old_text', ''), 20)}\"  {dur}")
+            old = args.get("old_text") or ""
+            old = old if old else "<missing old_text>"
+            return _wrap(f"┊ 🧠 memory    ~{target}: \"{_trunc(old, 20)}\"  {dur}")
         elif action == "remove":
-            return _wrap(f"┊ 🧠 memory    -{target}: \"{_trunc(args.get('old_text', ''), 20)}\"  {dur}")
+            old = args.get("old_text") or ""
+            old = old if old else "<missing old_text>"
+            return _wrap(f"┊ 🧠 memory    -{target}: \"{_trunc(old, 20)}\"  {dur}")
         return _wrap(f"┊ 🧠 memory    {action}  {dur}")
     if tool_name == "skills_list":
         return _wrap(f"┊ 📚 skills    list {args.get('category', 'all')}  {dur}")
@@ -591,132 +1000,4 @@ 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"
 
-
-def honcho_session_url(workspace: str, session_name: str) -> str:
-    """Build a Honcho app URL for a session."""
-    from urllib.parse import quote
-    return (
-        f"https://app.honcho.dev/explore"
-        f"?workspace={quote(workspace, safe='')}"
-        f"&view=sessions"
-        f"&session={quote(session_name, safe='')}"
-    )
-
-
-def _osc8_link(url: str, text: str) -> str:
-    """OSC 8 terminal hyperlink (clickable in iTerm2, Ghostty, WezTerm, etc.)."""
-    return f"\033]8;;{url}\033\\{text}\033]8;;\033\\"
-
-
-def honcho_session_line(workspace: str, session_name: str) -> str:
-    """One-line session indicator: `Honcho session: <clickable name>`."""
-    url = honcho_session_url(workspace, session_name)
-    linked_name = _osc8_link(url, f"{_SKY_BLUE}{session_name}{_ANSI_RESET}")
-    return f"{_DIM}Honcho session:{_ANSI_RESET} {linked_name}"
-
-
-def write_tty(text: str) -> None:
-    """Write directly to /dev/tty, bypassing stdout capture."""
-    try:
-        fd = os.open("/dev/tty", os.O_WRONLY)
-        os.write(fd, text.encode("utf-8"))
-        os.close(fd)
-    except OSError:
-        sys.stdout.write(text)
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-
-
-# =========================================================================
-# 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.
-
-    Uses ANSI colors:
-      - cyan at ~60% to compaction = informational
-      - bold yellow at ~85% to compaction = warning
-
-    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 = int(compaction_progress * 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)
-
-    # Tier styling
-    if compaction_progress >= 0.85:
-        color = f"{_BOLD}{_YELLOW}"
-        icon = "⚠"
-        if compression_enabled:
-            hint = "compaction imminent"
-        else:
-            hint = "no auto-compaction"
-    else:
-        color = _CYAN
-        icon = "◐"
-        hint = "approaching 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 = int(compaction_progress * 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)
-
-    if compaction_progress >= 0.85:
-        icon = "⚠️"
-        if compression_enabled:
-            hint = f"Context compaction is imminent (threshold: {threshold_pct_int}% of window)."
-        else:
-            hint = "Auto-compaction is disabled — context may be truncated."
-    else:
-        icon = "ℹ️"
-        hint = f"Compaction threshold is at {threshold_pct_int}% of context window."
-
-    return f"{icon} Context: {bar} {pct_int}% to compaction\n{hint}"

hermes_agent/agent/file_safety.py

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+"""Shared file safety rules used by both tools and ACP shims."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+def _hermes_home_path() -> Path:
+    """Resolve the active HERMES_HOME (profile-aware) without circular imports."""
+    try:
+        from hermes_agent.constants import get_hermes_home  # local import to avoid cycles
+        return get_hermes_home()
+    except Exception:
+        return Path(os.path.expanduser("~/.hermes"))
+
+
+def build_write_denied_paths(home: str) -> set[str]:
+    """Return exact sensitive paths that must never be written."""
+    hermes_home = _hermes_home_path()
+    return {
+        os.path.realpath(p)
+        for p in [
+            os.path.join(home, ".ssh", "authorized_keys"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".ssh", "id_rsa"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".ssh", "id_ed25519"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".ssh", "config"),
+            str(hermes_home / ".env"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".bashrc"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".zshrc"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".profile"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".bash_profile"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".zprofile"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".netrc"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".pgpass"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".npmrc"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".pypirc"),
+            "/etc/sudoers",
+            "/etc/passwd",
+            "/etc/shadow",
+        ]
+    }
+
+
+def build_write_denied_prefixes(home: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Return sensitive directory prefixes that must never be written."""
+    return [
+        os.path.realpath(p) + os.sep
+        for p in [
+            os.path.join(home, ".ssh"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".aws"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".gnupg"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".kube"),
+            "/etc/sudoers.d",
+            "/etc/systemd",
+            os.path.join(home, ".docker"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".azure"),
+            os.path.join(home, ".config", "gh"),
+        ]
+    ]
+
+
+def get_safe_write_root() -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the resolved HERMES_WRITE_SAFE_ROOT path, or None if unset."""
+    root = os.getenv("HERMES_WRITE_SAFE_ROOT", "")
+    if not root:
+        return None
+    try:
+        return os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(root))
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def is_write_denied(path: str) -> bool:
+    """Return True if path is blocked by the write denylist or safe root."""
+    home = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser("~"))
+    resolved = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser(str(path)))
+
+    if resolved in build_write_denied_paths(home):
+        return True
+    for prefix in build_write_denied_prefixes(home):
+        if resolved.startswith(prefix):
+            return True
+
+    safe_root = get_safe_write_root()
+    if safe_root and not (resolved == safe_root or resolved.startswith(safe_root + os.sep)):
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def get_read_block_error(path: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return an error message when a read targets internal Hermes cache files."""
+    resolved = Path(path).expanduser().resolve()
+    hermes_home = _hermes_home_path().resolve()
+    blocked_dirs = [
+        hermes_home / "skills" / ".hub" / "index-cache",
+        hermes_home / "skills" / ".hub",
+    ]
+    for blocked in blocked_dirs:
+        try:
+            resolved.relative_to(blocked)
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+        return (
+            f"Access denied: {path} is an internal Hermes cache file "
+            "and cannot be read directly to prevent prompt injection. "
+            "Use the skills_list or skill_view tools instead."
+        )
+    return None

hermes_agent/agent/image_gen/provider.py

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+"""
+Image Generation Provider ABC
+=============================
+
+Defines the pluggable-backend interface for image generation. Providers register
+instances via ``PluginContext.register_image_gen_provider()``; the active one
+(selected via ``image_gen.provider`` in ``config.yaml``) services every
+``image_generate`` tool call.
+
+Providers live in ``<repo>/plugins/image_gen/<name>/`` (built-in, auto-loaded
+as ``kind: backend``) or ``~/.hermes/plugins/image_gen/<name>/`` (user, opt-in
+via ``plugins.enabled``).
+
+Response shape
+--------------
+All providers return a dict that :func:`success_response` / :func:`error_response`
+produce. The tool wrapper JSON-serializes it. Keys:
+
+    success        bool
+    image          str | None       URL or absolute file path
+    model          str              provider-specific model identifier
+    prompt         str              echoed prompt
+    aspect_ratio   str              "landscape" | "square" | "portrait"
+    provider       str              provider name (for diagnostics)
+    error          str              only when success=False
+    error_type     str              only when success=False
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import abc
+import base64
+import datetime
+import logging
+import uuid
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+VALID_ASPECT_RATIOS: Tuple[str, ...] = ("landscape", "square", "portrait")
+DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO = "landscape"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ABC
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class ImageGenProvider(abc.ABC):
+    """Abstract base class for an image generation backend.
+
+    Subclasses must implement :meth:`generate`. Everything else has sane
+    defaults — override only what your provider needs.
+    """
+
+    @property
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """Stable short identifier used in ``image_gen.provider`` config.
+
+        Lowercase, no spaces. Examples: ``fal``, ``openai``, ``replicate``.
+        """
+
+    @property
+    def display_name(self) -> str:
+        """Human-readable label shown in ``hermes tools``. Defaults to ``name.title()``."""
+        return self.name.title()
+
+    def is_available(self) -> bool:
+        """Return True when this provider can service calls.
+
+        Typically checks for a required API key. Default: True
+        (providers with no external dependencies are always available).
+        """
+        return True
+
+    def list_models(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Return catalog entries for ``hermes tools`` model picker.
+
+        Each entry::
+
+            {
+                "id": "gpt-image-1.5",               # required
+                "display": "GPT Image 1.5",          # optional; defaults to id
+                "speed": "~10s",                     # optional
+                "strengths": "...",                  # optional
+                "price": "$...",                     # optional
+            }
+
+        Default: empty list (provider has no user-selectable models).
+        """
+        return []
+
+    def get_setup_schema(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return provider metadata for the ``hermes tools`` picker.
+
+        Used by ``tools_config.py`` to inject this provider as a row in
+        the Image Generation provider list. Shape::
+
+            {
+                "name": "OpenAI",                     # picker label
+                "badge": "paid",                      # optional short tag
+                "tag": "One-line description...",     # optional subtitle
+                "env_vars": [                         # keys to prompt for
+                    {"key": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
+                     "prompt": "OpenAI API key",
+                     "url": "https://platform.openai.com/api-keys"},
+                ],
+            }
+
+        Default: minimal entry derived from ``display_name``. Override to
+        expose API key prompts and custom badges.
+        """
+        return {
+            "name": self.display_name,
+            "badge": "",
+            "tag": "",
+            "env_vars": [],
+        }
+
+    def default_model(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Return the default model id, or None if not applicable."""
+        models = self.list_models()
+        if models:
+            return models[0].get("id")
+        return None
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def generate(
+        self,
+        prompt: str,
+        aspect_ratio: str = DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Generate an image.
+
+        Implementations should return the dict from :func:`success_response`
+        or :func:`error_response`. ``kwargs`` may contain forward-compat
+        parameters future versions of the schema will expose — implementations
+        should ignore unknown keys.
+        """
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def resolve_aspect_ratio(value: Optional[str]) -> str:
+    """Clamp an aspect_ratio value to the valid set, defaulting to landscape.
+
+    Invalid values are coerced rather than rejected so the tool surface is
+    forgiving of agent mistakes.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(value, str):
+        return DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO
+    v = value.strip().lower()
+    if v in VALID_ASPECT_RATIOS:
+        return v
+    return DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO
+
+
+def _images_cache_dir() -> Path:
+    """Return ``$HERMES_HOME/cache/images/``, creating parents as needed."""
+    from hermes_agent.constants import get_hermes_home
+
+    path = get_hermes_home() / "cache" / "images"
+    path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return path
+
+
+def save_b64_image(
+    b64_data: str,
+    *,
+    prefix: str = "image",
+    extension: str = "png",
+) -> Path:
+    """Decode base64 image data and write it under ``$HERMES_HOME/cache/images/``.
+
+    Returns the absolute :class:`Path` to the saved file.
+
+    Filename format: ``<prefix>_<YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS>_<short-uuid>.<ext>``.
+    """
+    raw = base64.b64decode(b64_data)
+    ts = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
+    short = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
+    path = _images_cache_dir() / f"{prefix}_{ts}_{short}.{extension}"
+    path.write_bytes(raw)
+    return path
+
+
+def success_response(
+    *,
+    image: str,
+    model: str,
+    prompt: str,
+    aspect_ratio: str,
+    provider: str,
+    extra: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build a uniform success response dict.
+
+    ``image`` may be an HTTP URL or an absolute filesystem path (for b64
+    providers like OpenAI). Callers that need to pass through additional
+    backend-specific fields can supply ``extra``.
+    """
+    payload: Dict[str, Any] = {
+        "success": True,
+        "image": image,
+        "model": model,
+        "prompt": prompt,
+        "aspect_ratio": aspect_ratio,
+        "provider": provider,
+    }
+    if extra:
+        for k, v in extra.items():
+            payload.setdefault(k, v)
+    return payload
+
+
+def error_response(
+    *,
+    error: str,
+    error_type: str = "provider_error",
+    provider: str = "",
+    model: str = "",
+    prompt: str = "",
+    aspect_ratio: str = DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Build a uniform error response dict."""
+    return {
+        "success": False,
+        "image": None,
+        "error": error,
+        "error_type": error_type,
+        "model": model,
+        "prompt": prompt,
+        "aspect_ratio": aspect_ratio,
+        "provider": provider,
+    }