Hermes parser: clarify string arguments comment (JSON vs plain)

Previously _truncate_context() mutated the shared messages list, which could drop older turns and break reward computation/debugging.

Now we keep messages as the full trajectory and apply truncation to a copy (prompt_messages) for each model call.

.clinerules

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Cline's Memory Bank
+
+I am Cline, an expert software engineer with a unique characteristic: my memory resets completely between sessions. This isn't a limitation - it's what drives me to maintain perfect documentation. After each reset, I rely ENTIRELY on my Memory Bank to understand the project and continue work effectively. I MUST read ALL memory bank files at the start of EVERY task - this is not optional.
+
+## Memory Bank Structure
+
+The Memory Bank consists of core files and optional context files, all in Markdown format. Files build upon each other in a clear hierarchy:
+
+flowchart TD
+    PB[projectbrief.md] --> PC[productContext.md]
+    PB --> SP[systemPatterns.md]
+    PB --> TC[techContext.md]
+
+    PC --> AC[activeContext.md]
+    SP --> AC
+    TC --> AC
+
+    AC --> P[progress.md]
+
+### Core Files (Required)
+1. `projectbrief.md`
+   - Foundation document that shapes all other files
+   - Created at project start if it doesn't exist
+   - Defines core requirements and goals
+   - Source of truth for project scope
+
+2. `productContext.md`
+   - Why this project exists
+   - Problems it solves
+   - How it should work
+   - User experience goals
+
+3. `activeContext.md`
+   - Current work focus
+   - Recent changes
+   - Next steps
+   - Active decisions and considerations
+   - Important patterns and preferences
+   - Learnings and project insights
+
+4. `systemPatterns.md`
+   - System architecture
+   - Key technical decisions
+   - Design patterns in use
+   - Component relationships
+   - Critical implementation paths
+
+5. `techContext.md`
+   - Technologies used
+   - Development setup
+   - Technical constraints
+   - Dependencies
+   - Tool usage patterns
+
+6. `progress.md`
+   - What works
+   - What's left to build
+   - Current status
+   - Known issues
+   - Evolution of project decisions
+
+### Additional Context
+Create additional files/folders within memory-bank/ when they help organize:
+- Complex feature documentation
+- Integration specifications
+- API documentation
+- Testing strategies
+- Deployment procedures
+
+## Core Workflows
+
+### Plan Mode
+flowchart TD
+    Start[Start] --> ReadFiles[Read Memory Bank]
+    ReadFiles --> CheckFiles{Files Complete?}
+
+    CheckFiles -->|No| Plan[Create Plan]
+    Plan --> Document[Document in Chat]
+
+    CheckFiles -->|Yes| Verify[Verify Context]
+    Verify --> Strategy[Develop Strategy]
+    Strategy --> Present[Present Approach]
+
+### Act Mode
+flowchart TD
+    Start[Start] --> Context[Check Memory Bank]
+    Context --> Update[Update Documentation]
+    Update --> Execute[Execute Task]
+    Execute --> Document[Document Changes]
+
+## Documentation Updates
+
+Memory Bank updates occur when:
+1. Discovering new project patterns
+2. After implementing significant changes
+3. When user requests with **update memory bank** (MUST review ALL files)
+4. When context needs clarification
+
+flowchart TD
+    Start[Update Process]
+
+    subgraph Process
+        P1[Review ALL Files]
+        P2[Document Current State]
+        P3[Clarify Next Steps]
+        P4[Document Insights & Patterns]
+
+        P1 --> P2 --> P3 --> P4
+    end
+
+    Start --> Process
+
+Note: When triggered by **update memory bank**, I MUST review every memory bank file, even if some don't require updates. Focus particularly on activeContext.md and progress.md as they track current state.
+
+REMEMBER: After every memory reset, I begin completely fresh. The Memory Bank is my only link to previous work. It must be maintained with precision and clarity, as my effectiveness depends entirely on its accuracy.

.dockerignore

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

.env.example

@@ -1,174 +1,110 @@
 # Hermes Agent Environment Configuration
 # Copy this file to .env and fill in your API keys
 
+# =============================================================================
+# CORE SETTINGS
+# =============================================================================
+# Agent backend:
+# - openai  : default Hermes-Agent loop (OpenAI function-calling via OpenAI SDK)
+# - atropos : Atroposlib ServerManager/ManagedServer-backed loop (training/env integration)
+HERMES_BACKEND=openai
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# LOCAL / SELF-HOSTED OPENAI-COMPATIBLE ENDPOINTS (vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp, etc.)
+# =============================================================================
+# For local development (matches the Atropos test env defaults):
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL=hermes-4-36b
+# For hosted inference (Nous Research inference API):
+ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL=
+ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL=
+ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME=
+# Set this to your Nous API key (Bearer token).
+ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY=
+
+# Debugging (prints to stdout; use with care)
+# HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_REQUEST=1
+# HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_RESPONSE=1
+# HERMES_DEBUG_OPENAI_REQUEST=1
+# HERMES_DEBUG_OPENAI_RESPONSE=1
+
+# =============================================================================
+# LOCAL / SELF-HOSTED OPENAI-COMPATIBLE ENDPOINTS (vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp, etc.)
+# =============================================================================
+# If you set ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL or OPENAI_BASE_URL, Hermes will use it instead
+# of OpenRouter.
+#
+# Local server convenience (base URL without /v1):
+# llama.cpp example (see `Hermes-Agent/scripts/launch_llama_cpp_hermes_4_36b.sh`):
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL=hermes-4-36b
+# ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME=NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY=local
+#
+# Hosted Nous inference API:
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL=https://inference-api.nousresearch.com
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL=Hermes-4.3-36B
+# ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME=NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B
+# ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY=sk-... (Bearer token)
+#
+# If you plan to run GRPO-style group sampling (e.g. `--env.group_size 4`) against
+# llama.cpp, start the server with at least that many slots, e.g.:
+#   LLAMA_CPP_PARALLEL=4 Hermes-Agent/scripts/launch_llama_cpp_hermes_4_36b.sh
+#
+# Generic OpenAI-compatible (base URL should include /v1):
+# OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1
+# OPENAI_API_KEY=local
+
 # =============================================================================
 # LLM PROVIDER (OpenRouter)
 # =============================================================================
 # 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_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
+OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
 
-# 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_BASE_URL=https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4  # Override default base URL
-
-# =============================================================================
-# LLM PROVIDER (Kimi / Moonshot)
-# =============================================================================
-# Kimi Code provides access to Moonshot AI coding models (kimi-k2.5, etc.)
-# 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_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_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_BASE_URL=https://api.minimaxi.com/v1  # Override default base URL
-
-# =============================================================================
-# LLM PROVIDER (OpenCode Zen)
-# =============================================================================
-# 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_BASE_URL=https://opencode.ai/zen/v1  # Override default base URL
-
-# =============================================================================
-# LLM PROVIDER (OpenCode Go)
-# =============================================================================
-# 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=
-
-# =============================================================================
-# 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
+# Default model to use (OpenRouter format: provider/model)
+# Examples: anthropic/claude-opus-4.6, openai/gpt-4o, google/gemini-2.0-flash, zhipuai/glm-4-plus
+LLM_MODEL=anthropic/claude-opus-4.6
 
 # =============================================================================
 # 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=
-
 # Firecrawl API Key - Web search, extract, and crawl
 # Get at: https://firecrawl.dev/
-# FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=
+FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=
 
+# Nous Research API Key - Vision analysis and multi-model reasoning
+# Get at: https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/
+NOUS_API_KEY=
 
 # FAL.ai API Key - Image generation
 # Get at: https://fal.ai/
-# 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=
+FAL_KEY=
 
 # =============================================================================
-# TERMINAL TOOL CONFIGURATION
+# TERMINAL TOOL CONFIGURATION (mini-swe-agent backend)
 # =============================================================================
 # Backend type: "local", "singularity", "docker", "modal", or "ssh"
-# Terminal backend is configured in ~/.hermes/config.yaml (terminal.backend).
-# Use 'hermes setup' or 'hermes config set terminal.backend docker' to change.
-# Supported: local, docker, singularity, modal, ssh
-#
-# Only override here if you need to force a backend without touching config.yaml:
-# TERMINAL_ENV=local
+# - local: Runs directly on your machine (fastest, no isolation)
+# - ssh: Runs on remote server via SSH (great for sandboxing - agent can't touch its own code)
+# - singularity: Runs in Apptainer/Singularity containers (HPC clusters, no root needed)
+# - docker: Runs in Docker containers (isolated, requires Docker + docker group)
+# - modal: Runs in Modal cloud sandboxes (scalable, requires Modal account)
+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
-TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
-
+TERMINAL_DOCKER_IMAGE=python:3.11
+TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE=docker://python:3.11
+TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=python:3.11
 
 # Working directory for terminal commands
-# For local backend: "." means current directory (resolved automatically)
-# For remote backends (ssh/docker/modal/singularity): use an absolute path
-#   INSIDE the target environment, or leave unset for the backend's default
-#   (/root for modal, / for docker, ~ for ssh). Do NOT use a host-local path.
+# For CLI: "." means current directory (resolved automatically from config.yaml)
+# For containers (docker/singularity/modal): absolute path inside the container
 # Usually managed by config.yaml (terminal.cwd) — uncomment to override
 # TERMINAL_CWD=.
 
@@ -212,12 +148,87 @@ TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS=300
 # SUDO_PASSWORD=your_password_here
 
 # =============================================================================
-# MODAL CLOUD BACKEND (Optional - for TERMINAL_ENV=modal)
+# MODAL CLOUD BACKEND (for TERMINAL_ENV=modal)
 # =============================================================================
-# Modal uses CLI authentication, not environment variables.
-# Run: pip install modal && modal setup
-# This will authenticate via browser and store credentials locally.
-# No API key needed in .env - Modal handles auth automatically.
+# Modal provides cloud sandboxes with per-second billing and auto-scaling.
+# This implementation uses a warm pool of sandboxes for cost efficiency.
+#
+# SETUP:
+#   pip install modal && modal setup
+#   (Authenticates via browser, stores credentials locally)
+#
+# FEATURES:
+# - Auto-scaling warm sandbox pool (no cold start after first use)
+# - Named sandbox recovery (reconnects after restart)
+# - Profile-based heterogeneous environments (CPU, GPU, different images)
+# - Server-side idle_timeout protection against orphaned sandboxes
+
+# Modal app name (groups all sandboxes, used for recovery)
+TERMINAL_MODAL_APP_NAME=hermes-sandbox
+
+# Default profile when none specified
+TERMINAL_MODAL_DEFAULT_PROFILE=default
+
+# Profile config file (optional - YAML format, see modal_profiles.yaml)
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILES_FILE=modal_profiles.yaml
+
+# --- Default Profile Settings (used if no YAML file) ---
+# These apply when no profile is specified or for the "default" profile
+TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=python:3.11
+TERMINAL_MODAL_MIN_POOL=1
+TERMINAL_MODAL_MAX_POOL=5
+TERMINAL_MODAL_IDLE_TIMEOUT=120
+TERMINAL_MODAL_MAX_LIFETIME=3600
+TERMINAL_MODAL_SCALE_DOWN_IDLE=180
+
+# --- Custom Profile Example: pytorch-gpu ---
+# Uncomment to enable a GPU profile for ML tasks
+# Usage: terminal_tool("python train.py", profile="pytorch-gpu")
+#
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_IMAGE=pytorch/pytorch:2.1.0-cuda12.1-cudnn8-runtime
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_GPU=T4
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_MEMORY=16384
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_MIN_POOL=0
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_MAX_POOL=2
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_IDLE_TIMEOUT=60
+
+# --- Custom Profile Example: node ---
+# Uncomment to enable a Node.js profile
+# Usage: terminal_tool("npm test", profile="node")
+#
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_node_IMAGE=node:18
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_node_MIN_POOL=0
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_node_MAX_POOL=3
+
+# =============================================================================
+# MODAL SECRETS (Secure credential injection)
+# =============================================================================
+# Modal Secrets allow you to securely pass API keys, passwords, and other
+# sensitive data to your sandboxes without exposing them in code or logs.
+#
+# SETUP SECRETS:
+#   1. Via Dashboard: https://modal.com/secrets
+#   2. Via CLI: modal secret create my-secret KEY1=value1 KEY2=value2
+#   3. Via CLI with env: modal secret create my-secret API_KEY="$API_KEY"
+#
+# LIST SECRETS:
+#   modal secret list
+#
+# DELETE SECRETS:
+#   modal secret delete my-secret
+
+# Global secrets applied to ALL profiles (comma-separated secret names)
+# These secrets must be created on Modal dashboard or via CLI first
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_SECRETS=my-api-keys,database-creds
+
+# Per-profile secrets (comma-separated secret names)
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_pytorch_gpu_SECRETS=huggingface-token,wandb-key
+
+# Per-profile environment variables (semicolon-separated KEY=VALUE pairs)
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_default_ENV_VARS=DEBUG=1;LOG_LEVEL=info
+
+# Load local .env file into sandbox (useful for development)
+# TERMINAL_MODAL_PROFILE_default_USE_DOTENV=true
 
 # =============================================================================
 # BROWSER TOOL CONFIGURATION (agent-browser + Browserbase)
@@ -231,10 +242,10 @@ 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
@@ -260,70 +271,16 @@ BROWSER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT=120
 # Contains full conversation history in trajectory format for debugging/replay
 
 # =============================================================================
-# VOICE TRANSCRIPTION & OPENAI TTS
+# LEGACY/OPTIONAL API KEYS
 # =============================================================================
-# Required for voice message transcription (Whisper) and OpenAI TTS voices.
-# 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=
 
-# =============================================================================
-# SLACK INTEGRATION
-# =============================================================================
-# Slack Bot Token - From Slack App settings (OAuth & Permissions)
-# Get at: https://api.slack.com/apps
-# SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-...
+# Morph API Key - For legacy Hecate terminal backend (terminal-hecate tool)
+# Get at: https://morph.so/
+MORPH_API_KEY=
 
-# Slack App Token - For Socket Mode (App-Level Tokens in Slack App settings)
-# SLACK_APP_TOKEN=xapp-...
-
-# 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
-
-# Email (IMAP/SMTP — send and receive emails as Hermes)
-# For Gmail: enable 2FA → create App Password at https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
-# EMAIL_ADDRESS=hermes@gmail.com
-# EMAIL_PASSWORD=xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
-# EMAIL_IMAP_HOST=imap.gmail.com
-# EMAIL_IMAP_PORT=993
-# EMAIL_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
-# EMAIL_SMTP_PORT=587
-# EMAIL_POLL_INTERVAL=15
-# EMAIL_ALLOWED_USERS=your@email.com
-# EMAIL_HOME_ADDRESS=your@email.com
-
-# Gateway-wide: allow ALL users without an allowlist (default: false = deny)
-# Only set to true if you intentionally want open access.
-# GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=false
-
-# =============================================================================
-# RESPONSE PACING
-# =============================================================================
-# Human-like delays between message chunks on messaging platforms.
-# Makes the bot feel less robotic.
-# HERMES_HUMAN_DELAY_MODE=off     # off | natural | custom
-# HERMES_HUMAN_DELAY_MIN_MS=800   # Min delay in ms (custom mode)
-# HERMES_HUMAN_DELAY_MAX_MS=2500  # Max delay in ms (custom mode)
+# Hecate VM Settings (only if using terminal-hecate tool)
+HECATE_VM_LIFETIME_SECONDS=300
+HECATE_DEFAULT_SNAPSHOT_ID=snapshot_p5294qxt
 
 # =============================================================================
 # DEBUG OPTIONS
@@ -339,10 +296,9 @@ IMAGE_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
 # When conversation approaches model's context limit, middle turns are
 # automatically summarized to free up space.
 #
-# Context compression is configured in ~/.hermes/config.yaml under compression:
 # CONTEXT_COMPRESSION_ENABLED=true        # Enable auto-compression (default: true)
 # CONTEXT_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD=0.85      # Compress at 85% of context limit
-# Model is set via compression.summary_model in config.yaml (default: google/gemini-3-flash-preview)
+# CONTEXT_COMPRESSION_MODEL=google/gemini-2.0-flash-001  # Fast model for summaries
 
 # =============================================================================
 # RL TRAINING (Tinker + Atropos)
@@ -352,49 +308,12 @@ 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
 # RL_API_URL=http://localhost:8080
-
-# =============================================================================
-# SKILLS HUB (GitHub integration for skill search/install/publish)
-# =============================================================================
-
-# GitHub Personal Access Token — for higher API rate limits on skill search/install
-# Get at: https://github.com/settings/tokens (Fine-grained recommended)
-# GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-
-# GitHub App credentials (optional — for bot identity on PRs)
-# GITHUB_APP_ID=
-# GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=
-# GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID=
-
-# Groq API key (free tier — used for Whisper STT in voice mode)
-# GROQ_API_KEY=
-
-# =============================================================================
-# STT PROVIDER SELECTION
-# =============================================================================
-# Default STT provider is "local" (faster-whisper) — runs on your machine, no API key needed.
-# Install with: pip install faster-whisper
-# Model downloads automatically on first use (~150 MB for "base").
-# To use cloud providers instead, set GROQ_API_KEY or VOICE_TOOLS_OPENAI_KEY above.
-# Provider priority: local > groq > openai
-# Configure in config.yaml: stt.provider: local | groq | openai
-
-# =============================================================================
-# STT ADVANCED OVERRIDES (optional)
-# =============================================================================
-# Override default STT models per provider (normally set via stt.model in config.yaml)
-# STT_GROQ_MODEL=whisper-large-v3-turbo
-# STT_OPENAI_MODEL=whisper-1
-
-# Override STT provider endpoints (for proxies or self-hosted instances)
-# GROQ_BASE_URL=https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
-# STT_OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1

.envrc

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-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

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-# 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

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-# Auto-generated files — collapse diffs and exclude from language stats
-web/package-lock.json linguist-generated=true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

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-name: "🐛 Bug Report"
-description: Report a bug — something that's broken, crashes, or behaves incorrectly.
-title: "[Bug]: "
-labels: ["bug"]
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Thanks for reporting a bug! Please fill out the sections below so we can reproduce and fix it quickly.
-
-        **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
-    attributes:
-      label: Bug Description
-      description: A clear description of what's broken. Include error messages, tracebacks, or screenshots if relevant.
-      placeholder: |
-        What happened? What did you expect to happen instead?
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: reproduction
-    attributes:
-      label: Steps to Reproduce
-      description: Minimal steps to trigger the bug. The more specific, the faster we can fix it.
-      placeholder: |
-        1. Run `hermes chat`
-        2. Send the message "..."
-        3. Agent calls tool X
-        4. Error appears: ...
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: expected
-    attributes:
-      label: Expected Behavior
-      description: What should have happened instead?
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: actual
-    attributes:
-      label: Actual Behavior
-      description: What actually happened? Include full error output if available.
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: dropdown
-    id: component
-    attributes:
-      label: Affected Component
-      description: Which part of Hermes is affected?
-      multiple: true
-      options:
-        - CLI (interactive chat)
-        - Gateway (Telegram/Discord/Slack/WhatsApp)
-        - Setup / Installation
-        - Tools (terminal, file ops, web, code execution, etc.)
-        - Skills (skill loading, skill hub, skill guard)
-        - Agent Core (conversation loop, context compression, memory)
-        - Configuration (config.yaml, .env, hermes setup)
-        - Other
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: dropdown
-    id: platform
-    attributes:
-      label: Messaging Platform (if gateway-related)
-      description: Which platform adapter is affected?
-      multiple: true
-      options:
-        - N/A (CLI only)
-        - Telegram
-        - Discord
-        - 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:
-      label: Operating System
-      description: e.g. Ubuntu 24.04, macOS 15.2, Windows 11
-      placeholder: Ubuntu 24.04
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: input
-    id: python-version
-    attributes:
-      label: Python Version
-      description: Output of `python --version`
-      placeholder: "3.11.9"
-
-  - type: input
-    id: hermes-version
-    attributes:
-      label: Hermes Version
-      description: Output of `hermes version`
-      placeholder: "2.1.0"
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: logs
-    attributes:
-      label: Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)
-      description: |
-        The debug report above covers most logs. Use this field for any extra error output, 
-        tracebacks, or screenshots not captured by `hermes debug share`.
-      render: shell
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: root-cause
-    attributes:
-      label: Root Cause Analysis (optional)
-      description: |
-        If you've dug into the code and identified the root cause, share it here.
-        Include file paths, line numbers, and code snippets if possible. This massively speeds up fixes.
-      placeholder: |
-        The bug is in `gateway/run.py` line 949. `len(history)` counts session_meta entries
-        but `agent_messages` was built from filtered history...
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: proposed-fix
-    attributes:
-      label: Proposed Fix (optional)
-      description: If you have a fix in mind (or a PR ready), describe it here.
-      placeholder: |
-        Replace `.get()` with `.pop()` on line 289 of `gateway/platforms/base.py`
-        to actually clear the pending message after retrieval.
-
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: pr-ready
-    attributes:
-      label: Are you willing to submit a PR for this?
-      options:
-        - label: I'd like to fix this myself and submit a PR

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

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-blank_issues_enabled: true
-contact_links:
-  - name: 💬 Nous Research Discord
-    url: https://discord.gg/NousResearch
-    about: For quick questions, showcasing projects, sharing skills, and community chat.
-  - name: 📖 Documentation
-    url: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/README.md
-    about: Check the README and docs before opening an issue.
-  - name: 🤝 Contributing Guide
-    url: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
-    about: Read this before submitting a PR.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

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-name: "✨ Feature Request"
-description: Suggest a new feature or improvement.
-title: "[Feature]: "
-labels: ["enhancement"]
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Thanks for the suggestion! Before submitting, please consider:
-
-        - **Is this a new skill?** Most capabilities should be [skills, not tools](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#should-it-be-a-skill-or-a-tool). If it's a specialized integration (crypto, NFT, niche SaaS), it belongs on the Skills Hub, not bundled.
-        - **Search [existing issues](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues)** — someone may have already proposed this.
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: problem
-    attributes:
-      label: Problem or Use Case
-      description: What problem does this solve? What are you trying to do that you can't today?
-      placeholder: |
-        I'm trying to use Hermes with [provider/platform/workflow] but currently
-        there's no way to...
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: solution
-    attributes:
-      label: Proposed Solution
-      description: How do you think this should work? Be as specific as you can — CLI flags, config options, UI behavior.
-      placeholder: |
-        Add a `--foo` flag to `hermes chat` that enables...
-        Or: Add a config key `bar.baz` that controls...
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: alternatives
-    attributes:
-      label: Alternatives Considered
-      description: What other approaches did you consider? Why is the proposed solution better?
-
-  - type: dropdown
-    id: type
-    attributes:
-      label: Feature Type
-      options:
-        - New tool
-        - New bundled skill
-        - CLI improvement
-        - Gateway / messaging improvement
-        - Configuration option
-        - Performance / reliability
-        - Developer experience (tests, docs, CI)
-        - Other
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: dropdown
-    id: scope
-    attributes:
-      label: Scope
-      description: How big is this change?
-      options:
-        - Small (single file, < 50 lines)
-        - Medium (few files, < 300 lines)
-        - Large (new module or significant refactor)
-
-  - type: checkboxes
-    id: pr-ready
-    attributes:
-      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

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-name: "🔧 Setup / Installation Help"
-description: Having trouble installing or configuring Hermes? Ask here.
-title: "[Setup]: "
-labels: ["setup"]
-body:
-  - type: markdown
-    attributes:
-      value: |
-        Sorry you're having trouble! Please fill out the details below so we can help.
-
-        **Quick checks first:**
-        - Run `hermes debug share` and paste the links in the Debug Report section below
-        - If you're in a chat session, you can use `/debug` instead — it does the same thing
-        - 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
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: description
-    attributes:
-      label: What's Going Wrong?
-      description: Describe what you're trying to do and where it fails.
-      placeholder: |
-        I ran `hermes setup` and selected Nous Portal, but when I try to
-        start the gateway I get...
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: steps
-    attributes:
-      label: Steps Taken
-      description: What did you do? Include the exact commands you ran.
-      placeholder: |
-        1. Ran the install script: `curl -fsSL ... | bash`
-        2. Ran `hermes setup` and chose "Quick setup"
-        3. Selected OpenRouter, entered API key
-        4. Ran `hermes chat` and got error...
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: dropdown
-    id: install-method
-    attributes:
-      label: Installation Method
-      options:
-        - Install script (curl | bash)
-        - Manual clone + pip/uv install
-        - PowerShell installer (Windows)
-        - Docker
-        - Other
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: input
-    id: os
-    attributes:
-      label: Operating System
-      placeholder: Ubuntu 24.04 / macOS 15.2 / Windows 11
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: input
-    id: python-version
-    attributes:
-      label: Python Version
-      description: Output of `python --version` (or `python3 --version`)
-      placeholder: "3.11.9"
-
-  - type: input
-    id: hermes-version
-    attributes:
-      label: Hermes Version
-      description: Output of `hermes version` (if install got that far)
-      placeholder: "2.1.0"
-
-  - 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 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
-    id: error-output
-    attributes:
-      label: Full Error Output
-      description: Paste the complete error message or traceback. This will be auto-formatted.
-      render: shell
-    validations:
-      required: true
-
-  - type: textarea
-    id: tried
-    attributes:
-      label: What I've Already Tried
-      description: List any fixes or workarounds you've already attempted.
-      placeholder: |
-        - Ran `hermes update`
-        - Tried reinstalling with `pip install -e ".[all]"`
-        - Checked that OPENROUTER_API_KEY is set in ~/.hermes/.env

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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-## What does this PR do?
-
-<!-- Describe the change clearly. What problem does it solve? Why is this approach the right one? -->
-
-
-
-## Related Issue
-
-<!-- Link the issue this PR addresses. If no issue exists, consider creating one first. -->
-
-Fixes #
-
-## Type of Change
-
-<!-- Check the one that applies. -->
-
-- [ ] 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
-- [ ] ✨ New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
-- [ ] 🔒 Security fix
-- [ ] 📝 Documentation update
-- [ ] ✅ Tests (adding or improving test coverage)
-- [ ] ♻️ Refactor (no behavior change)
-- [ ] 🎯 New skill (bundled or hub)
-
-## Changes Made
-
-<!-- List the specific changes. Include file paths for code changes. -->
-
-- 
-
-## How to Test
-
-<!-- Steps to verify this change works. For bugs: reproduction steps + proof that the fix works. -->
-
-1. 
-2. 
-3. 
-
-## Checklist
-
-<!-- Complete these before requesting review. -->
-
-### Code
-
-- [ ] I've read the [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
-- [ ] My commit messages follow [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) (`fix(scope):`, `feat(scope):`, etc.)
-- [ ] I searched for [existing PRs](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pulls) to make sure this isn't a duplicate
-- [ ] My PR contains **only** changes related to this fix/feature (no unrelated commits)
-- [ ] I've run `pytest tests/ -q` and all tests pass
-- [ ] I've added tests for my changes (required for bug fixes, strongly encouraged for features)
-- [ ] I've tested on my platform: <!-- e.g. Ubuntu 24.04, macOS 15.2, Windows 11 -->
-
-### Documentation & Housekeeping
-
-<!-- Check all that apply. It's OK to check "N/A" if a category doesn't apply to your change. -->
-
-- [ ] I've updated relevant documentation (README, `docs/`, docstrings) — or N/A
-- [ ] I've updated `cli-config.yaml.example` if I added/changed config keys — or N/A
-- [ ] I've updated `CONTRIBUTING.md` or `AGENTS.md` if I changed architecture or workflows — or N/A
-- [ ] I've considered cross-platform impact (Windows, macOS) per the [compatibility guide](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#cross-platform-compatibility) — or N/A
-- [ ] I've updated tool descriptions/schemas if I changed tool behavior — or N/A
-
-## For New Skills
-
-<!-- Only fill this out if you're adding a skill. Delete this section otherwise. -->
-
-- [ ] This skill is **broadly useful** to most users (if bundled) — see [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#should-the-skill-be-bundled)
-- [ ] SKILL.md follows the [standard format](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#skillmd-format) (frontmatter, trigger conditions, steps, pitfalls)
-- [ ] No external dependencies that aren't already available (prefer stdlib, curl, existing Hermes tools)
-- [ ] I've tested the skill end-to-end: `hermes --toolsets skills -q "Use the X skill to do Y"`
-
-## Screenshots / Logs
-
-<!-- If applicable, add screenshots or log output showing the fix/feature in action. -->
-

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

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-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

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-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

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-name: Deploy Site
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'website/**'
-      - 'skills/**'
-      - 'optional-skills/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  pages: write
-  id-token: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: pages
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-vercel:
-    if: github.event_name == 'release'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Trigger Vercel Deploy
-        run: curl -X POST "${{ secrets.VERCEL_DEPLOY_HOOK }}"
-
-  deploy-docs:
-    if: github.repository == 'NousResearch/hermes-agent'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.page_url }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
-
-      - uses: actions/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
-
-      - name: Build Docusaurus
-        run: npm run build
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - name: Stage deployment
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p _site/docs
-          cp -r website/build/* _site/docs/
-
-      - 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/docker-publish.yml

@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-name: Docs Site Checks
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'website/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  docs-site-checks:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5  # v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          cache: npm
-          cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
-
-      - name: Install website dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
-
-      - name: 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
-        working-directory: website
-
-      - name: Build Docusaurus
-        run: npm run build
-        working-directory: website

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

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-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

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

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

@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-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:
-  group: tests-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        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@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 tests
-        run: |
-          source .venv/bin/activate
-          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

@@ -1,70 +1,72 @@
-/venv/
-/_pycache/
-*.pyc*
-__pycache__/
-.venv/
-.vscode/
-.env
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
-.env.development
-.env.test
-export*
-__pycache__/model_tools.cpython-310.pyc
-__pycache__/web_tools.cpython-310.pyc
-logs/
-data/
-.pytest_cache/
-tmp/
-temp_vision_images/
-hermes-*/*
-examples/
-tests/quick_test_dataset.jsonl
-tests/sample_dataset.jsonl
-run_datagen_kimik2-thinking.sh
-run_datagen_megascience_glm4-6.sh
-run_datagen_sonnet.sh
-source-data/*
-run_datagen_megascience_glm4-6.sh
-data/*
-node_modules/
-browser-use/
-agent-browser/
-# Private keys
-*.ppk
-*.pem
-privvy*
-images/
-__pycache__/
-hermes_agent.egg-info/
-wandb/
-testlogs
-
-# CLI config (may contain sensitive SSH paths)
-cli-config.yaml
-
-# Skills Hub state (lives in ~/.hermes/skills/.hub/ at runtime, but just in case)
-skills/.hub/
-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
+/venv/
+/_pycache/
+hecate/
+hecate-lib/
+*.pyc*
+__pycache__/
+.venv/
+.vscode/
+.env
+.env.local
+.env.development.local
+.env.test.local
+.env.production.local
+.env.development
+.env.test
+export*
+__pycache__/model_tools.cpython-310.pyc
+__pycache__/web_tools.cpython-310.pyc
+logs/
+data/
+.pytest_cache/
+tmp/
+temp_vision_images/
+hermes-*/*
+examples/
+tests/quick_test_dataset.jsonl
+tests/sample_dataset.jsonl
+run_datagen_kimik2-thinking.sh
+run_datagen_megascience_glm4-6.sh
+run_datagen_sonnet.sh
+source-data/*
+run_datagen_megascience_glm4-6.sh
+data/*
+node_modules/
+browser-use/
+agent-browser/
+# Private keys
+*.ppk
+*.pem
+privvy*
+images/
+__pycache__/
+hermes_agent.egg-info/
+wandb/
+testlogs
+
+# CLI config (may contain sensitive SSH paths)
+cli-config.yaml
+
+.DS_Store
+
+# artifacts
+*.jsonl
+*.html
+*.json
+*.log
+*.csv
+
+# Singularity/Apptainer images (large binary files)
+*.sif
+
+# Test files
+test_singularity_*.py
+test_*.py
+!tests/test_*.py
+
+# Nomad data
+/tmp/NomadClient*/
+
+*.egg-info*
+wandb
+logs

.gitmodules

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[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

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-# .mailmap — canonical author mapping for git shortlog / git log / GitHub
-# Format: Canonical Name <canonical@email> <commit@email>
-# See: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap
-#
-# This maps commit emails to GitHub noreply addresses so that:
-# 1. `git shortlog -sn` shows deduplicated contributor counts
-# 2. GitHub's contributor graph can attribute commits correctly
-# 3. Contributors with personal/work emails get proper credit
-#
-# When adding entries: use the contributor's GitHub noreply email as canonical
-# so GitHub can link commits to their profile.
-
-# === Teknium (multiple emails) ===
-Teknium <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com> <teknium1@gmail.com>
-Teknium <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com> <teknium@nousresearch.com>
-
-# === Contributors — personal/work emails mapped to GitHub noreply ===
-# Format: Canonical Name <GH-noreply> <commit-email>
-
-# Verified via GH API email search
-luyao618 <364939526@qq.com> <364939526@qq.com>
-ethernet8023 <arilotter@gmail.com> <arilotter@gmail.com>
-nicoloboschi <boschi1997@gmail.com> <boschi1997@gmail.com>
-cherifya <chef.ya@gmail.com> <chef.ya@gmail.com>
-BongSuCHOI <chlqhdtn98@gmail.com> <chlqhdtn98@gmail.com>
-dsocolobsky <dsocolobsky@gmail.com> <dsocolobsky@gmail.com>
-pefontana <fontana.pedro93@gmail.com> <fontana.pedro93@gmail.com>
-Helmi <frank@helmschrott.de> <frank@helmschrott.de>
-hata1234 <hata1234@gmail.com> <hata1234@gmail.com>
-
-# Verified via PR investigation / salvage PR bodies
-DeployFaith <agents@kylefrench.dev> <agents@kylefrench.dev>
-flobo3 <floptopbot33@gmail.com> <floptopbot33@gmail.com>
-gaixianggeng <gaixg94@gmail.com> <gaixg94@gmail.com>
-KUSH42 <xush@xush.org> <xush@xush.org>
-konsisumer <der@konsi.org> <der@konsi.org>
-WorldInnovationsDepartment <vorvul.danylo@gmail.com> <vorvul.danylo@gmail.com>
-m0n5t3r <iacobs@m0n5t3r.info> <iacobs@m0n5t3r.info>
-sprmn24 <oncuevtv@gmail.com> <oncuevtv@gmail.com>
-fancydirty <fancydirty@gmail.com> <fancydirty@gmail.com>
-fxfitz <francis.x.fitzpatrick@gmail.com> <francis.x.fitzpatrick@gmail.com>
-limars874 <limars874@gmail.com> <limars874@gmail.com>
-AaronWong1999 <aaronwong1999@icloud.com> <aaronwong1999@icloud.com>
-dippwho <dipp.who@gmail.com> <dipp.who@gmail.com>
-duerzy <duerzy@gmail.com> <duerzy@gmail.com>
-geoffwellman <geoff.wellman@gmail.com> <geoff.wellman@gmail.com>
-hcshen0111 <shenhaocheng19990111@gmail.com> <shenhaocheng19990111@gmail.com>
-jamesarch <han.shan@live.cn> <han.shan@live.cn>
-stephenschoettler <stephenschoettler@gmail.com> <stephenschoettler@gmail.com>
-Tranquil-Flow <tranquil_flow@protonmail.com> <tranquil_flow@protonmail.com>
-Dusk1e <yusufalweshdemir@gmail.com> <yusufalweshdemir@gmail.com>
-Awsh1 <ysfalweshcan@gmail.com> <ysfalweshcan@gmail.com>
-WAXLYY <ysfwaxlycan@gmail.com> <ysfwaxlycan@gmail.com>
-donrhmexe <don.rhm@gmail.com> <don.rhm@gmail.com>
-hqhq1025 <1506751656@qq.com> <1506751656@qq.com>
-BlackishGreen33 <s5460703@gmail.com> <s5460703@gmail.com>
-tomqiaozc <zqiao@microsoft.com> <zqiao@microsoft.com>
-MagicRay1217 <mingjwan@microsoft.com> <mingjwan@microsoft.com>
-aaronagent <1115117931@qq.com> <1115117931@qq.com>
-YoungYang963 <young@YoungdeMacBook-Pro.local> <young@YoungdeMacBook-Pro.local>
-LongOddCode <haolong@microsoft.com> <haolong@microsoft.com>
-Cafexss <coffeemjj@gmail.com> <coffeemjj@gmail.com>
-Cygra <sjtuwbh@gmail.com> <sjtuwbh@gmail.com>
-DomGrieco <dgrieco@redhat.com> <dgrieco@redhat.com>
-
-# Duplicate email mapping (same person, multiple emails)
-Sertug17 <104278804+Sertug17@users.noreply.github.com> <srhtsrht17@gmail.com>
-yyovil <birdiegyal@gmail.com> <tanishq231003@gmail.com>
-DomGrieco <dgrieco@redhat.com> <dgrieco@redhat.com>
-dsocolobsky <dsocolobsky@gmail.com> <dylan.socolobsky@lambdaclass.com>
-olafthiele <programming@olafthiele.com> <olafthiele@gmail.com>
-
-# Verified via git display name matching GH contributor username
-cokemine <aptx4561@gmail.com> <aptx4561@gmail.com>
-dalianmao000 <dalianmao0107@gmail.com> <dalianmao0107@gmail.com>
-emozilla <emozilla@nousresearch.com> <emozilla@nousresearch.com>
-jjovalle99 <juan.ovalle@mistral.ai> <juan.ovalle@mistral.ai>
-kagura-agent <kagura.chen28@gmail.com> <kagura.chen28@gmail.com>
-spniyant <niyant@spicefi.xyz> <niyant@spicefi.xyz>
-olafthiele <programming@olafthiele.com> <programming@olafthiele.com>
-r266-tech <r2668940489@gmail.com> <r2668940489@gmail.com>
-xingkongliang <tianliangjay@gmail.com> <tianliangjay@gmail.com>
-win4r <win4r@outlook.com> <win4r@outlook.com>
-zhouboli <zhouboli@gmail.com> <zhouboli@gmail.com>
-yongtenglei <yongtenglei@gmail.com> <yongtenglei@gmail.com>
-
-# Nous Research team
-benbarclay <ben@nousresearch.com> <ben@nousresearch.com>
-jquesnelle <jonny@nousresearch.com> <jonny@nousresearch.com>
-
-# GH contributor list verified
-spideystreet <dhicham.pro@gmail.com> <dhicham.pro@gmail.com>
-dorukardahan <dorukardahan@hotmail.com> <dorukardahan@hotmail.com>
-MustafaKara7 <karamusti912@gmail.com> <karamusti912@gmail.com>
-Hmbown <hmbown@gmail.com> <hmbown@gmail.com>
-kamil-gwozdz <kamil@gwozdz.me> <kamil@gwozdz.me>
-kira-ariaki <kira@ariaki.me> <kira@ariaki.me>
-knopki <knopki@duck.com> <knopki@duck.com>
-Unayung <unayung@gmail.com> <unayung@gmail.com>
-SeeYangZhi <yangzhi.see@gmail.com> <yangzhi.see@gmail.com>
-Julientalbot <julien.talbot@ergonomia.re> <julien.talbot@ergonomia.re>
-lesterli <lisicheng168@gmail.com> <lisicheng168@gmail.com>
-JiayuuWang <jiayuw794@gmail.com> <jiayuw794@gmail.com>
-tesseracttars-creator <tesseracttars@gmail.com> <tesseracttars@gmail.com>
-xinbenlv <zzn+pa@zzn.im> <zzn+pa@zzn.im>
-SaulJWu <saul.jj.wu@gmail.com> <saul.jj.wu@gmail.com>
-angelos <angelos@oikos.lan.home.malaiwah.com> <angelos@oikos.lan.home.malaiwah.com>
-MestreY0d4-Uninter <241404605+MestreY0d4-Uninter@users.noreply.github.com> <MestreY0d4-Uninter@users.noreply.github.com>

.plans/openai-api-server.md

@@ -1,291 +0,0 @@
-# OpenAI-Compatible API Server for Hermes Agent
-
-## Motivation
-
-Every major chat frontend (Open WebUI 126k★, LobeChat 73k★, LibreChat 34k★,
-AnythingLLM 56k★, NextChat 87k★, ChatBox 39k★, Jan 26k★, HF Chat-UI 8k★,
-big-AGI 7k★) connects to backends via the OpenAI-compatible REST API with
-SSE streaming. By exposing this endpoint, hermes-agent becomes instantly
-usable as a backend for all of them — no custom adapters needed.
-
-## What It Enables
-
-```
-┌──────────────────┐
-│  Open WebUI      │──┐
-│  LobeChat        │  │    POST /v1/chat/completions
-│  LibreChat       │  ├──► Authorization: Bearer <key>     ┌─────────────────┐
-│  AnythingLLM     │  │    {"messages": [...]}             │  hermes-agent   │
-│  NextChat        │  │                                    │  gateway        │
-│  Any OAI client  │──┘    ◄── SSE streaming response      │  (API server)   │
-└──────────────────┘                                        └─────────────────┘
-```
-
-A user would:
-1. Set `API_SERVER_ENABLED=true` in `~/.hermes/.env`
-2. Run `hermes gateway` (API server starts alongside Telegram/Discord/etc.)
-3. Point Open WebUI (or any frontend) at `http://localhost:8642/v1`
-4. Chat with hermes-agent through any OpenAI-compatible UI
-
-## Endpoints
-
-| Method | Path | Purpose |
-|--------|------|---------|
-| POST | `/v1/chat/completions` | Chat with the agent (streaming + non-streaming) |
-| GET | `/v1/models` | List available "models" (returns hermes-agent as a model) |
-| GET | `/health` | Health check |
-
-## Architecture
-
-### Option A: Gateway Platform Adapter (recommended)
-
-Create `gateway/platforms/api_server.py` as a new platform adapter that
-extends `BasePlatformAdapter`. This is the cleanest approach because:
-
-- Reuses all gateway infrastructure (session management, auth, context building)
-- Runs in the same async loop as other adapters
-- Gets message handling, interrupt support, and session persistence for free
-- Follows the established pattern (like Telegram, Discord, etc.)
-- Uses `aiohttp.web` (already a dependency) for the HTTP server
-
-The adapter would start an `aiohttp.web.Application` server in `connect()`
-and route incoming HTTP requests through the standard `handle_message()` pipeline.
-
-### Option B: Standalone Component
-
-A separate HTTP server class in `gateway/api_server.py` that creates its own
-AIAgent instances directly. Simpler but duplicates session/auth logic.
-
-**Recommendation: Option A** — fits the existing architecture, less code to
-maintain, gets all gateway features for free.
-
-## Request/Response Format
-
-### Chat Completions (non-streaming)
-
-```
-POST /v1/chat/completions
-Authorization: Bearer hermes-api-key-here
-Content-Type: application/json
-
-{
-  "model": "hermes-agent",
-  "messages": [
-    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
-    {"role": "user", "content": "What files are in the current directory?"}
-  ],
-  "stream": false,
-  "temperature": 0.7
-}
-```
-
-Response:
-```json
-{
-  "id": "chatcmpl-abc123",
-  "object": "chat.completion",
-  "created": 1710000000,
-  "model": "hermes-agent",
-  "choices": [{
-    "index": 0,
-    "message": {
-      "role": "assistant",
-      "content": "Here are the files in the current directory:\n..."
-    },
-    "finish_reason": "stop"
-  }],
-  "usage": {
-    "prompt_tokens": 50,
-    "completion_tokens": 200,
-    "total_tokens": 250
-  }
-}
-```
-
-### Chat Completions (streaming)
-
-Same request with `"stream": true`. Response is SSE:
-
-```
-data: {"id":"chatcmpl-abc123","object":"chat.completion.chunk","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"role":"assistant"},"finish_reason":null}]}
-
-data: {"id":"chatcmpl-abc123","object":"chat.completion.chunk","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"Here "},"finish_reason":null}]}
-
-data: {"id":"chatcmpl-abc123","object":"chat.completion.chunk","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"are "},"finish_reason":null}]}
-
-data: {"id":"chatcmpl-abc123","object":"chat.completion.chunk","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{},"finish_reason":"stop"}]}
-
-data: [DONE]
-```
-
-### Models List
-
-```
-GET /v1/models
-Authorization: Bearer hermes-api-key-here
-```
-
-Response:
-```json
-{
-  "object": "list",
-  "data": [{
-    "id": "hermes-agent",
-    "object": "model",
-    "created": 1710000000,
-    "owned_by": "hermes-agent"
-  }]
-}
-```
-
-## Key Design Decisions
-
-### 1. Session Management
-
-The OpenAI API is stateless — each request includes the full conversation.
-But hermes-agent sessions have persistent state (memory, skills, tool context).
-
-**Approach: Hybrid**
-- Default: Stateless. Each request is independent. The `messages` array IS
-  the conversation. No session persistence between requests.
-- Opt-in persistent sessions via `X-Session-ID` header. When provided, the
-  server maintains session state across requests (conversation history,
-  memory context, tool state). This enables richer agent behavior.
-- The session ID also enables interrupt support — a subsequent request with
-  the same session ID while one is running triggers an interrupt.
-
-### 2. Streaming
-
-The agent's `run_conversation()` is synchronous and returns the full response.
-For real SSE streaming, we need to emit chunks as they're generated.
-
-**Phase 1 (MVP):** Run agent in a thread, return the complete response as
-a single SSE chunk + `[DONE]`. This works with all frontends — they just see
-a fast single-chunk response. Not true streaming but functional.
-
-**Phase 2:** Add a response callback to AIAgent that emits text chunks as the
-LLM generates them. The API server captures these via a queue and streams them
-as SSE events. This gives real token-by-token streaming.
-
-**Phase 3:** Stream tool execution progress too — emit tool call/result events
-as the agent works, giving frontends visibility into what the agent is doing.
-
-### 3. Tool Transparency
-
-Two modes:
-- **Opaque (default):** Frontends see only the final response. Tool calls
-  happen server-side and are invisible. Best for general-purpose UIs.
-- **Transparent (opt-in via header):** Tool calls are emitted as OpenAI-format
-  tool_call/tool_result messages in the stream. Useful for agent-aware frontends.
-
-### 4. Authentication
-
-- Bearer token via `Authorization: Bearer <key>` header
-- Token configured via `API_SERVER_KEY` env var
-- Optional: allow unauthenticated local-only access (127.0.0.1 bind)
-- Follows the same pattern as other platform adapters
-
-### 5. Model Mapping
-
-Frontends send `"model": "hermes-agent"` (or whatever). The actual LLM model
-used is configured server-side in config.yaml. The API server maps any
-requested model name to the configured hermes-agent model.
-
-Optionally, allow model passthrough: if the frontend sends
-`"model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"`, the agent uses that model. Controlled
-by a config flag.
-
-## Configuration
-
-```yaml
-# In config.yaml
-api_server:
-  enabled: true
-  port: 8642
-  host: "127.0.0.1"        # localhost only by default
-  key: "your-secret-key"   # or via API_SERVER_KEY env var
-  allow_model_override: false  # let clients choose the model
-  max_concurrent: 5         # max simultaneous requests
-```
-
-Environment variables:
-```bash
-API_SERVER_ENABLED=true
-API_SERVER_PORT=8642
-API_SERVER_HOST=127.0.0.1
-API_SERVER_KEY=your-secret-key
-```
-
-## Implementation Plan
-
-### Phase 1: MVP (non-streaming) — PR
-
-1. `gateway/platforms/api_server.py` — new adapter
-   - aiohttp.web server with endpoints:
-     - `POST /v1/chat/completions` — Chat Completions API (universal compat)
-     - `POST /v1/responses` — Responses API (server-side state, tool preservation)
-     - `GET /v1/models` — list available models
-     - `GET /health` — health check
-   - Bearer token auth middleware
-   - Non-streaming responses (run agent, return full result)
-   - Chat Completions: stateless, messages array is the conversation
-   - Responses API: server-side conversation storage via previous_response_id
-     - Store full internal conversation (including tool calls) keyed by response ID
-     - On subsequent requests, reconstruct full context from stored chain
-   - Frontend system prompt layered on top of hermes-agent's core prompt
-
-2. `gateway/config.py` — add `Platform.API_SERVER` enum + config
-
-3. `gateway/run.py` — register adapter in `_create_adapter()`
-
-4. Tests in `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`
-
-### Phase 2: SSE Streaming
-
-1. Add response streaming to both endpoints
-   - Chat Completions: `choices[0].delta.content` SSE format
-   - Responses API: semantic events (response.output_text.delta, etc.)
-   - Run agent in thread, collect output via callback queue
-   - Handle client disconnect (cancel agent)
-
-2. Add `stream_callback` parameter to `AIAgent.run_conversation()`
-
-### Phase 3: Enhanced Features
-
-1. Tool call transparency mode (opt-in)
-2. Model passthrough/override
-3. Concurrent request limiting
-4. Usage tracking / rate limiting
-5. CORS headers for browser-based frontends
-6. GET /v1/responses/{id} — retrieve stored response
-7. DELETE /v1/responses/{id} — delete stored response
-
-## Files Changed
-
-| File | Change |
-|------|--------|
-| `gateway/platforms/api_server.py` | NEW — main adapter (~300 lines) |
-| `gateway/config.py` | Add Platform.API_SERVER + config (~20 lines) |
-| `gateway/run.py` | Register adapter in _create_adapter() (~10 lines) |
-| `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py` | NEW — tests (~200 lines) |
-| `cli-config.yaml.example` | Add api_server section |
-| `README.md` | Mention API server in platform list |
-
-## Compatibility Matrix
-
-Once implemented, hermes-agent works as a drop-in backend for:
-
-| Frontend | Stars | How to Connect |
-|----------|-------|---------------|
-| Open WebUI | 126k | Settings → Connections → Add OpenAI API, URL: `http://localhost:8642/v1` |
-| NextChat | 87k | BASE_URL env var |
-| LobeChat | 73k | Custom provider endpoint |
-| AnythingLLM | 56k | LLM Provider → Generic OpenAI |
-| Oobabooga | 42k | Already a backend, not a frontend |
-| ChatBox | 39k | API Host setting |
-| LibreChat | 34k | librechat.yaml custom endpoint |
-| Chatbot UI | 29k | Custom API endpoint |
-| Jan | 26k | Remote model config |
-| AionUI | 18k | Custom API endpoint |
-| HF Chat-UI | 8k | OPENAI_BASE_URL env var |
-| big-AGI | 7k | Custom endpoint |

.plans/streaming-support.md

@@ -1,705 +0,0 @@
-# Streaming LLM Response Support for Hermes Agent
-
-## Overview
-
-Add token-by-token streaming of LLM responses across all platforms. When enabled,
-users see the response typing out live instead of waiting for the full generation.
-Streaming is opt-in via config, defaults to off, and all existing non-streaming
-code paths remain intact as the default.
-
-## Design Principles
-
-1. **Feature-flagged**: `streaming.enabled: true` in config.yaml. Off by default.
-   When off, all existing code paths are unchanged — zero risk to current behavior.
-2. **Callback-based**: A simple `stream_callback(text_delta: str)` function injected
-   into AIAgent. The agent doesn't know or care what the consumer does with tokens.
-3. **Graceful degradation**: If the provider doesn't support streaming, or streaming
-   fails for any reason, silently fall back to the non-streaming path.
-4. **Platform-agnostic core**: The streaming mechanism in AIAgent works the same
-   regardless of whether the consumer is CLI, Telegram, Discord, or the API server.
-
----
-
-## Architecture
-
-```
-                              stream_callback(delta)
-                                    │
-  ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────────▼──────────────┐
-  │  LLM API    │    │      queue.Queue()          │
-  │  (stream)   │───►│  thread-safe bridge between │
-  │             │    │  agent thread & consumer    │
-  └─────────────┘    └─────────────┬──────────────┘
-                                   │
-                    ┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
-                    │              │              │
-              ┌─────▼─────┐ ┌─────▼─────┐ ┌─────▼─────┐
-              │    CLI     │ │  Gateway  │ │ API Server│
-              │ print to   │ │ edit msg  │ │ SSE event │
-              │ terminal   │ │ on Tg/Dc  │ │ to client │
-              └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘
-```
-
-The agent runs in a thread. The callback puts tokens into a thread-safe queue.
-Each consumer reads the queue in its own context (async task, main thread, etc.).
-
----
-
-## Configuration
-
-### config.yaml
-
-```yaml
-streaming:
-  enabled: false          # Master switch. Default off.
-  # Per-platform overrides (optional):
-  # cli: true             # Override for CLI only
-  # telegram: true        # Override for Telegram only
-  # discord: false        # Keep Discord non-streaming
-  # api_server: true      # Override for API server
-```
-
-### Environment variables
-
-```
-HERMES_STREAMING_ENABLED=true    # Master switch via env
-```
-
-### How the flag is read
-
-- **CLI**: `load_cli_config()` reads `streaming.enabled`, sets env var. AIAgent
-  checks at init time.
-- **Gateway**: `_run_agent()` reads config, decides whether to pass
-  `stream_callback` to the AIAgent constructor.
-- **API server**: For Chat Completions `stream=true` requests, always uses streaming
-  regardless of config (the client is explicitly requesting it). For non-stream
-  requests, uses config.
-
-### Precedence
-
-1. API server: client's `stream` field overrides everything
-2. Per-platform config override (e.g., `streaming.telegram: true`)
-3. Master `streaming.enabled` flag
-4. Default: off
-
----
-
-## Implementation Plan
-
-### Phase 1: Core streaming infrastructure in AIAgent
-
-**File: run_agent.py**
-
-#### 1a. Add stream_callback parameter to __init__ (~5 lines)
-
-```python
-def __init__(self, ..., stream_callback: callable = None, ...):
-    self.stream_callback = stream_callback
-```
-
-No other init changes. The callback is optional — when None, everything
-works exactly as before.
-
-#### 1b. Add _run_streaming_chat_completion() method (~65 lines)
-
-New method for Chat Completions API streaming:
-
-```python
-def _run_streaming_chat_completion(self, api_kwargs: dict):
-    """Stream a chat completion, emitting text tokens via stream_callback.
-    
-    Returns a fake response object compatible with the non-streaming code path.
-    Falls back to non-streaming on any error.
-    """
-    stream_kwargs = dict(api_kwargs)
-    stream_kwargs["stream"] = True
-    stream_kwargs["stream_options"] = {"include_usage": True}
-    
-    accumulated_content = []
-    accumulated_tool_calls = {}  # index -> {id, name, arguments}
-    final_usage = None
-    
-    try:
-        stream = self.client.chat.completions.create(**stream_kwargs)
-        
-        for chunk in stream:
-            if not chunk.choices:
-                # Usage-only chunk (final)
-                if chunk.usage:
-                    final_usage = chunk.usage
-                continue
-            
-            delta = chunk.choices[0].delta
-            
-            # Text content — emit via callback
-            if delta.content:
-                accumulated_content.append(delta.content)
-                if self.stream_callback:
-                    try:
-                        self.stream_callback(delta.content)
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-            
-            # Tool call deltas — accumulate silently
-            if delta.tool_calls:
-                for tc_delta in delta.tool_calls:
-                    idx = tc_delta.index
-                    if idx not in accumulated_tool_calls:
-                        accumulated_tool_calls[idx] = {
-                            "id": tc_delta.id or "",
-                            "name": "", "arguments": ""
-                        }
-                    if tc_delta.function:
-                        if tc_delta.function.name:
-                            accumulated_tool_calls[idx]["name"] = tc_delta.function.name
-                        if tc_delta.function.arguments:
-                            accumulated_tool_calls[idx]["arguments"] += tc_delta.function.arguments
-        
-        # Build fake response compatible with existing code
-        tool_calls = []
-        for idx in sorted(accumulated_tool_calls):
-            tc = accumulated_tool_calls[idx]
-            if tc["name"]:
-                tool_calls.append(SimpleNamespace(
-                    id=tc["id"], type="function",
-                    function=SimpleNamespace(name=tc["name"], arguments=tc["arguments"]),
-                ))
-        
-        return SimpleNamespace(
-            choices=[SimpleNamespace(
-                message=SimpleNamespace(
-                    content="".join(accumulated_content) or "",
-                    tool_calls=tool_calls or None,
-                    role="assistant",
-                ),
-                finish_reason="tool_calls" if tool_calls else "stop",
-            )],
-            usage=final_usage,
-            model=self.model,
-        )
-    
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("Streaming failed, falling back to non-streaming: %s", e)
-        return self.client.chat.completions.create(**api_kwargs)
-```
-
-#### 1c. Modify _run_codex_stream() for Responses API (~10 lines)
-
-The method already iterates the stream. Add callback emission:
-
-```python
-def _run_codex_stream(self, api_kwargs: dict):
-    with self.client.responses.stream(**api_kwargs) as stream:
-        for event in stream:
-            # Emit text deltas if streaming callback is set
-            if self.stream_callback and hasattr(event, 'type'):
-                if event.type == 'response.output_text.delta':
-                    try:
-                        self.stream_callback(event.delta)
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-        return stream.get_final_response()
-```
-
-#### 1d. Modify _interruptible_api_call() (~5 lines)
-
-Add the streaming branch:
-
-```python
-def _call():
-    try:
-        if self.api_mode == "codex_responses":
-            result["response"] = self._run_codex_stream(api_kwargs)
-        elif self.stream_callback is not None:
-            result["response"] = self._run_streaming_chat_completion(api_kwargs)
-        else:
-            result["response"] = self.client.chat.completions.create(**api_kwargs)
-    except Exception as e:
-        result["error"] = e
-```
-
-#### 1e. Signal end-of-stream to consumers (~5 lines)
-
-After the API call returns, signal the callback that streaming is done
-so consumers can finalize (remove cursor, close SSE, etc.):
-
-```python
-# In run_conversation(), after _interruptible_api_call returns:
-if self.stream_callback:
-    try:
-        self.stream_callback(None)  # None = end of stream signal
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-```
-
-Consumers check: `if delta is None: finalize()`
-
-**Tests for Phase 1:** (~150 lines)
-- Test _run_streaming_chat_completion with mocked stream
-- Test fallback to non-streaming on error
-- Test tool_call accumulation during streaming
-- Test stream_callback receives correct deltas
-- Test None signal at end of stream
-- Test streaming disabled when callback is None
-
----
-
-### Phase 2: Gateway consumers (Telegram, Discord, etc.)
-
-**File: gateway/run.py**
-
-#### 2a. Read streaming config (~15 lines)
-
-In `_run_agent()`, before creating the AIAgent:
-
-```python
-# Read streaming config
-_streaming_enabled = False
-try:
-    # Check per-platform override first
-    platform_key = source.platform.value if source.platform else ""
-    _stream_cfg = {}  # loaded from config.yaml streaming section
-    if _stream_cfg.get(platform_key) is not None:
-        _streaming_enabled = bool(_stream_cfg[platform_key])
-    else:
-        _streaming_enabled = bool(_stream_cfg.get("enabled", False))
-except Exception:
-    pass
-# Env var override
-if os.getenv("HERMES_STREAMING_ENABLED", "").lower() in ("true", "1", "yes"):
-    _streaming_enabled = True
-```
-
-#### 2b. Set up queue + callback (~15 lines)
-
-```python
-_stream_q = None
-_stream_done = None
-_stream_msg_id = [None]  # mutable ref for the async task
-
-if _streaming_enabled:
-    import queue as _q
-    _stream_q = _q.Queue()
-    _stream_done = threading.Event()
-    
-    def _on_token(delta):
-        if delta is None:
-            _stream_done.set()
-        else:
-            _stream_q.put(delta)
-```
-
-Pass `stream_callback=_on_token` to the AIAgent constructor.
-
-#### 2c. Telegram/Discord stream preview task (~50 lines)
-
-```python
-async def stream_preview():
-    """Progressively edit a message with streaming tokens."""
-    if not _stream_q:
-        return
-    adapter = self.adapters.get(source.platform)
-    if not adapter:
-        return
-    
-    accumulated = []
-    token_count = 0
-    last_edit = 0.0
-    MIN_TOKENS = 20          # Don't show until enough context
-    EDIT_INTERVAL = 1.5      # Respect Telegram rate limits
-    
-    try:
-        while not _stream_done.is_set():
-            try:
-                chunk = _stream_q.get(timeout=0.1)
-                accumulated.append(chunk)
-                token_count += 1
-            except queue.Empty:
-                continue
-            
-            now = time.monotonic()
-            if token_count >= MIN_TOKENS and (now - last_edit) >= EDIT_INTERVAL:
-                preview = "".join(accumulated) + " ▌"
-                if _stream_msg_id[0] is None:
-                    r = await adapter.send(
-                        chat_id=source.chat_id,
-                        content=preview,
-                        metadata=_thread_metadata,
-                    )
-                    if r.success and r.message_id:
-                        _stream_msg_id[0] = r.message_id
-                else:
-                    await adapter.edit_message(
-                        chat_id=source.chat_id,
-                        message_id=_stream_msg_id[0],
-                        content=preview,
-                    )
-                last_edit = now
-        
-        # Drain remaining tokens
-        while not _stream_q.empty():
-            accumulated.append(_stream_q.get_nowait())
-        
-        # Final edit — remove cursor, show complete text
-        if _stream_msg_id[0] and accumulated:
-            await adapter.edit_message(
-                chat_id=source.chat_id,
-                message_id=_stream_msg_id[0],
-                content="".join(accumulated),
-            )
-    
-    except asyncio.CancelledError:
-        # Clean up on cancel
-        if _stream_msg_id[0] and accumulated:
-            try:
-                await adapter.edit_message(
-                    chat_id=source.chat_id,
-                    message_id=_stream_msg_id[0],
-                    content="".join(accumulated),
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.debug("stream_preview error: %s", e)
-```
-
-#### 2d. Skip final send if already streamed (~10 lines)
-
-In `_process_message_background()` (base.py), after getting the response,
-if streaming was active and `_stream_msg_id[0]` is set, the final response
-was already delivered via progressive edits. Skip the normal `self.send()`
-call to avoid duplicating the message.
-
-This is the most delicate integration point — we need to communicate from
-the gateway's `_run_agent` back to the base adapter's response sender that
-the response was already delivered. Options:
-
-- **Option A**: Return a special marker in the result dict:
-  `result["_streamed_msg_id"] = _stream_msg_id[0]`
-  The base adapter checks this and skips `send()`.
-  
-- **Option B**: Edit the already-sent message with the final response
-  (which may differ slightly from accumulated tokens due to think-block
-  stripping, etc.) and don't send a new one.
-
-- **Option C**: The stream preview task handles the FULL final response
-  (including any post-processing), and the handler returns None to skip
-  the normal send path.
-
-Recommended: **Option A** — cleanest separation. The result dict already
-carries metadata; adding one more field is low-risk.
-
-**Platform-specific considerations:**
-
-| Platform | Edit support | Rate limits | Streaming approach |
-|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
-| Telegram | ✅ edit_message_text | ~20 edits/min | Edit every 1.5s |
-| Discord | ✅ message.edit | 5 edits/5s per message | Edit every 1.2s |
-| Slack | ✅ chat.update | Tier 3 (~50/min) | Edit every 1.5s |
-| WhatsApp | ❌ no edit support | N/A | Skip streaming, use normal path |
-| HomeAssistant | ❌ no edit | N/A | Skip streaming |
-| API Server | ✅ SSE native | No limit | Real SSE events |
-
-WhatsApp and HomeAssistant fall back to non-streaming automatically because
-they don't support message editing.
-
-**Tests for Phase 2:** (~100 lines)
-- Test stream_preview sends/edits correctly
-- Test skip-final-send when streaming delivered
-- Test WhatsApp/HA graceful fallback
-- Test streaming disabled per-platform config
-- Test thread_id metadata forwarded in stream messages
-
----
-
-### Phase 3: CLI streaming
-
-**File: cli.py**
-
-#### 3a. Set up callback in the CLI chat loop (~20 lines)
-
-In `_chat_once()` or wherever the agent is invoked:
-
-```python
-if streaming_enabled:
-    _stream_q = queue.Queue()
-    _stream_done = threading.Event()
-    
-    def _cli_stream_callback(delta):
-        if delta is None:
-            _stream_done.set()
-        else:
-            _stream_q.put(delta)
-    
-    agent.stream_callback = _cli_stream_callback
-```
-
-#### 3b. Token display thread/task (~30 lines)
-
-Start a thread that reads the queue and prints tokens:
-
-```python
-def _stream_display():
-    """Print tokens to terminal as they arrive."""
-    first_token = True
-    while not _stream_done.is_set():
-        try:
-            delta = _stream_q.get(timeout=0.1)
-        except queue.Empty:
-            continue
-        if first_token:
-            # Print response box top border
-            _cprint(f"\n{top}")
-            first_token = False
-        sys.stdout.write(delta)
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-    # Drain remaining
-    while not _stream_q.empty():
-        sys.stdout.write(_stream_q.get_nowait())
-    sys.stdout.flush()
-    # Print bottom border
-    _cprint(f"\n\n{bot}")
-```
-
-**Integration challenge: prompt_toolkit**
-
-The CLI uses prompt_toolkit which controls the terminal. Writing directly
-to stdout while prompt_toolkit is active can cause display corruption.
-The existing KawaiiSpinner already solves this by using prompt_toolkit's
-`patch_stdout` context. The streaming display would need to do the same.
-
-Alternative: use `_cprint()` for each token chunk (routes through
-prompt_toolkit's renderer). But this might be slow for individual tokens.
-
-Recommended approach: accumulate tokens in small batches (e.g., every 50ms)
-and `_cprint()` the batch. This balances display responsiveness with
-prompt_toolkit compatibility.
-
-**Tests for Phase 3:** (~50 lines)
-- Test CLI streaming callback setup
-- Test response box borders with streaming
-- Test fallback when streaming disabled
-
----
-
-### Phase 4: API Server real streaming
-
-**File: gateway/platforms/api_server.py**
-
-Replace the pseudo-streaming `_write_sse_chat_completion()` with real
-token-by-token SSE when the agent supports it.
-
-#### 4a. Wire streaming callback for stream=true requests (~20 lines)
-
-```python
-if stream:
-    _stream_q = queue.Queue()
-    
-    def _api_stream_callback(delta):
-        _stream_q.put(delta)  # None = done
-    
-    # Pass callback to _run_agent
-    result, usage = await self._run_agent(
-        ..., stream_callback=_api_stream_callback,
-    )
-```
-
-#### 4b. Real SSE writer (~40 lines)
-
-```python
-async def _write_real_sse(self, request, completion_id, model, stream_q):
-    response = web.StreamResponse(
-        headers={"Content-Type": "text/event-stream", "Cache-Control": "no-cache"},
-    )
-    await response.prepare(request)
-    
-    # Role chunk
-    await response.write(...)
-    
-    # Stream content chunks as they arrive
-    while True:
-        try:
-            delta = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(
-                None, lambda: stream_q.get(timeout=0.1)
-            )
-        except queue.Empty:
-            continue
-        
-        if delta is None:  # End of stream
-            break
-        
-        chunk = {"id": completion_id, "object": "chat.completion.chunk", ...
-                 "choices": [{"delta": {"content": delta}, ...}]}
-        await response.write(f"data: {json.dumps(chunk)}\n\n".encode())
-    
-    # Finish + [DONE]
-    await response.write(...)
-    await response.write(b"data: [DONE]\n\n")
-    return response
-```
-
-**Challenge: concurrent execution**
-
-The agent runs in a thread executor. SSE writing happens in the async event
-loop. The queue bridges them. But `_run_agent()` currently awaits the full
-result before returning. For real streaming, we need to start the agent in
-the background and stream tokens while it runs:
-
-```python
-# Start agent in background
-agent_task = asyncio.create_task(self._run_agent_async(...))
-
-# Stream tokens while agent runs
-await self._write_real_sse(request, ..., stream_q)
-
-# Agent is done by now (stream_q received None)
-result, usage = await agent_task
-```
-
-This requires splitting `_run_agent` into an async version that doesn't
-block waiting for the result, or running it in a separate task.
-
-**Responses API SSE format:**
-
-For `/v1/responses` with `stream=true`, the SSE events are different:
-
-```
-event: response.output_text.delta
-data: {"type":"response.output_text.delta","delta":"Hello"}
-
-event: response.completed  
-data: {"type":"response.completed","response":{...}}
-```
-
-This needs a separate SSE writer that emits Responses API format events.
-
-**Tests for Phase 4:** (~80 lines)
-- Test real SSE streaming with mocked agent
-- Test SSE event format (Chat Completions vs Responses)
-- Test client disconnect during streaming
-- Test fallback to pseudo-streaming when callback not available
-
----
-
-## Integration Issues & Edge Cases
-
-### 1. Tool calls during streaming
-
-When the model returns tool calls instead of text, no text tokens are emitted.
-The stream_callback is simply never called with text. After tools execute, the
-next API call may produce the final text response — streaming picks up again.
-
-The stream preview task needs to handle this: if no tokens arrive during a
-tool-call round, don't send/edit any message. The tool progress messages
-continue working as before.
-
-### 2. Duplicate messages
-
-The biggest risk: the agent sends the final response normally (via the
-existing send path) AND the stream preview already showed it. The user
-sees the response twice.
-
-Prevention: when streaming is active and tokens were delivered, the final
-response send must be suppressed. The `result["_streamed_msg_id"]` marker
-tells the base adapter to skip its normal send.
-
-### 3. Response post-processing
-
-The final response may differ from the accumulated streamed tokens:
-- Think block stripping (`<think>...</think>` removed)
-- Trailing whitespace cleanup
-- Tool result media tag appending
-
-The stream preview shows raw tokens. The final edit should use the
-post-processed version. This means the final edit (removing the cursor)
-should use the post-processed `final_response`, not just the accumulated
-stream text.
-
-### 4. Context compression during streaming
-
-If the agent triggers context compression mid-conversation, the streaming
-tokens from BEFORE compression are from a different context than those
-after. This isn't a problem in practice — compression happens between
-API calls, not during streaming.
-
-### 5. Interrupt during streaming
-
-User sends a new message while streaming → interrupt. The stream is killed
-(HTTP connection closed), accumulated tokens are shown as-is (no cursor),
-and the interrupt message is processed normally. This is already handled by
-`_interruptible_api_call` closing the client.
-
-### 6. Multi-model / fallback
-
-If the primary model fails and the agent falls back to a different model,
-streaming state resets. The fallback call may or may not support streaming.
-The graceful fallback in `_run_streaming_chat_completion` handles this.
-
-### 7. Rate limiting on edits
-
-Telegram: ~20 edits/minute (~1 every 3 seconds to be safe)
-Discord: 5 edits per 5 seconds per message
-Slack: ~50 API calls/minute
-
-The 1.5s edit interval is conservative enough for all platforms. If we get
-429 rate limit errors on edits, just skip that edit cycle and try next time.
-
----
-
-## Files Changed Summary
-
-| File | Phase | Changes |
-|------|-------|---------|
-| `run_agent.py` | 1 | +stream_callback param, +_run_streaming_chat_completion(), modify _run_codex_stream(), modify _interruptible_api_call() |
-| `gateway/run.py` | 2 | +streaming config reader, +queue/callback setup, +stream_preview task, +skip-final-send logic |
-| `gateway/platforms/base.py` | 2 | +check for _streamed_msg_id in response handler |
-| `cli.py` | 3 | +streaming setup, +token display, +response box integration |
-| `gateway/platforms/api_server.py` | 4 | +real SSE writer, +streaming callback wiring |
-| `hermes_cli/config.py` | 1 | +streaming config defaults |
-| `cli-config.yaml.example` | 1 | +streaming section |
-| `tests/test_streaming.py` | 1-4 | NEW — ~380 lines of tests |
-
-**Total new code**: ~500 lines across all phases
-**Total test code**: ~380 lines
-
----
-
-## Rollout Plan
-
-1. **Phase 1** (core): Merge to main. Streaming disabled by default.
-   Zero impact on existing behavior. Can be tested with env var.
-
-2. **Phase 2** (gateway): Merge to main. Test on Telegram manually.
-   Enable per-platform: `streaming.telegram: true` in config.
-
-3. **Phase 3** (CLI): Merge to main. Test in terminal.
-   Enable: `streaming.cli: true` or `streaming.enabled: true`.
-
-4. **Phase 4** (API server): Merge to main. Test with Open WebUI.
-   Auto-enabled when client sends `stream: true`.
-
-Each phase is independently mergeable and testable. Streaming stays
-off by default throughout. Once all phases are stable, consider
-changing the default to enabled.
-
----
-
-## Config Reference (final state)
-
-```yaml
-# config.yaml
-streaming:
-  enabled: false          # Master switch (default: off)
-  cli: true               # Per-platform override
-  telegram: true
-  discord: true
-  slack: true
-  api_server: true        # API server always streams when client requests it
-  edit_interval: 1.5      # Seconds between message edits (default: 1.5)
-  min_tokens: 20          # Tokens before first display (default: 20)
-```
-
-```bash
-# Environment variable override
-HERMES_STREAMING_ENABLED=true
-```

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,660 +0,0 @@
-# Contributing to Hermes Agent
-
-Thank you for contributing to Hermes Agent! This guide covers everything you need: setting up your dev environment, understanding the architecture, deciding what to build, and getting your PR merged.
-
----
-
-## Contribution Priorities
-
-We value contributions in this order:
-
-1. **Bug fixes** — crashes, incorrect behavior, data loss. Always top priority.
-2. **Cross-platform compatibility** — Windows, macOS, different Linux distros, different terminal emulators. We want Hermes to work everywhere.
-3. **Security hardening** — shell injection, prompt injection, path traversal, privilege escalation. See [Security](#security-considerations).
-4. **Performance and robustness** — retry logic, error handling, graceful degradation.
-5. **New skills** — but only broadly useful ones. See [Should it be a Skill or a Tool?](#should-it-be-a-skill-or-a-tool)
-6. **New tools** — rarely needed. Most capabilities should be skills. See below.
-7. **Documentation** — fixes, clarifications, new examples.
-
----
-
-## Should it be a Skill or a Tool?
-
-This is the most common question for new contributors. The answer is almost always **skill**.
-
-### Make it a Skill when:
-
-- The capability can be expressed as instructions + shell commands + existing tools
-- It wraps an external CLI or API that the agent can call via `terminal` or `web_extract`
-- It doesn't need custom Python integration or API key management baked into the agent
-- Examples: arXiv search, git workflows, Docker management, PDF processing, email via CLI tools
-
-### Make it a Tool when:
-
-- It requires end-to-end integration with API keys, auth flows, or multi-component configuration managed by the agent harness
-- It needs custom processing logic that must execute precisely every time (not "best effort" from LLM interpretation)
-- It handles binary data, streaming, or real-time events that can't go through the terminal
-- Examples: browser automation (Browserbase session management), TTS (audio encoding + platform delivery), vision analysis (base64 image handling)
-
-### Should the Skill be bundled?
-
-Bundled skills (in `skills/`) ship with every Hermes install. They should be **broadly useful to most users**:
-
-- Document handling, web research, common dev workflows, system administration
-- Used regularly by a wide range of people
-
-If your skill is official and useful but not universally needed (e.g., a paid service integration, a heavyweight dependency), put it in **`optional-skills/`** — it ships with the repo but isn't activated by default. Users can discover it via `hermes skills browse` (labeled "official") and install it with `hermes skills install` (no third-party warning, builtin trust).
-
-If your skill is specialized, community-contributed, or niche, it's better suited for a **Skills Hub** — upload it to a skills registry and share it in the [Nous Research Discord](https://discord.gg/NousResearch). Users can install it with `hermes skills install`.
-
----
-
-## Development Setup
-
-### Prerequisites
-
-| Requirement | Notes |
-|-------------|-------|
-| **Git** | With `--recurse-submodules` support |
-| **Python 3.11+** | uv will install it if missing |
-| **uv** | Fast Python package manager ([install](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)) |
-| **Node.js 18+** | Optional — needed for browser tools and WhatsApp bridge |
-
-### Clone and install
-
-```bash
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git
-cd hermes-agent
-
-# Create venv with Python 3.11
-uv venv venv --python 3.11
-export VIRTUAL_ENV="$(pwd)/venv"
-
-# Install with all extras (messaging, cron, CLI menus, dev tools)
-uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
-
-# Optional: RL training submodule
-# git submodule update --init tinker-atropos && uv pip install -e "./tinker-atropos"
-
-# Optional: browser tools
-npm install
-```
-
-### Configure for development
-
-```bash
-mkdir -p ~/.hermes/{cron,sessions,logs,memories,skills}
-cp cli-config.yaml.example ~/.hermes/config.yaml
-touch ~/.hermes/.env
-
-# Add at minimum an LLM provider key:
-echo 'OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-your-key' >> ~/.hermes/.env
-```
-
-### Run
-
-```bash
-# Symlink for global access
-mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
-ln -sf "$(pwd)/venv/bin/hermes" ~/.local/bin/hermes
-
-# Verify
-hermes doctor
-hermes chat -q "Hello"
-```
-
-### Run tests
-
-```bash
-pytest tests/ -v
-```
-
----
-
-## Project Structure
-
-```
-hermes-agent/
-├── run_agent.py              # AIAgent class — core conversation loop, tool dispatch, session persistence
-├── cli.py                    # HermesCLI class — interactive TUI, prompt_toolkit integration
-├── model_tools.py            # Tool orchestration (thin layer over tools/registry.py)
-├── toolsets.py               # Tool groupings and presets (hermes-cli, hermes-telegram, etc.)
-├── hermes_state.py           # SQLite session database with FTS5 full-text search, session titles
-├── batch_runner.py           # Parallel batch processing for trajectory generation
-│
-├── agent/                    # Agent internals (extracted modules)
-│   ├── prompt_builder.py         # System prompt assembly (identity, skills, context files, memory)
-│   ├── context_compressor.py     # Auto-summarization when approaching context limits
-│   ├── auxiliary_client.py       # Resolves auxiliary OpenAI clients (summarization, vision)
-│   ├── display.py                # KawaiiSpinner, tool progress formatting
-│   ├── model_metadata.py         # Model context lengths, token estimation
-│   └── trajectory.py             # Trajectory saving helpers
-│
-├── hermes_cli/               # CLI command implementations
-│   ├── main.py                   # Entry point, argument parsing, command dispatch
-│   ├── config.py                 # Config management, migration, env var definitions
-│   ├── setup.py                  # Interactive setup wizard
-│   ├── auth.py                   # Provider resolution, OAuth, Nous Portal
-│   ├── models.py                 # OpenRouter model selection lists
-│   ├── banner.py                 # Welcome banner, ASCII art
-│   ├── commands.py               # Central slash command registry (CommandDef), autocomplete, gateway helpers
-│   ├── callbacks.py              # Interactive callbacks (clarify, sudo, approval)
-│   ├── doctor.py                 # Diagnostics
-│   ├── skills_hub.py             # Skills Hub CLI + /skills slash command
-│   └── skin_engine.py            # Skin/theme engine — data-driven CLI visual customization
-│
-├── tools/                    # Tool implementations (self-registering)
-│   ├── registry.py               # Central tool registry (schemas, handlers, dispatch)
-│   ├── approval.py               # Dangerous command detection + per-session approval
-│   ├── terminal_tool.py          # Terminal orchestration (sudo, env lifecycle, backends)
-│   ├── file_operations.py        # read_file, write_file, search, patch, etc.
-│   ├── web_tools.py              # web_search, web_extract (Parallel/Firecrawl + Gemini summarization)
-│   ├── vision_tools.py           # Image analysis via multimodal models
-│   ├── delegate_tool.py          # Subagent spawning and parallel task execution
-│   ├── code_execution_tool.py    # Sandboxed Python with RPC tool access
-│   ├── session_search_tool.py    # Search past conversations with FTS5 + summarization
-│   ├── cronjob_tools.py          # Scheduled task management
-│   ├── skill_tools.py            # Skill search, load, manage
-│   └── environments/             # Terminal execution backends
-│       ├── base.py                   # BaseEnvironment ABC
-│       ├── local.py, docker.py, ssh.py, singularity.py, modal.py, daytona.py
-│
-├── gateway/                  # Messaging gateway
-│   ├── run.py                    # GatewayRunner — platform lifecycle, message routing, cron
-│   ├── config.py                 # Platform configuration resolution
-│   ├── session.py                # Session store, context prompts, reset policies
-│   └── platforms/                # Platform adapters
-│       ├── telegram.py, discord_adapter.py, slack.py, whatsapp.py
-│
-├── scripts/                  # Installer and bridge scripts
-│   ├── install.sh                # Linux/macOS installer
-│   ├── install.ps1               # Windows PowerShell installer
-│   └── whatsapp-bridge/          # Node.js WhatsApp bridge (Baileys)
-│
-├── skills/                   # Bundled skills (copied to ~/.hermes/skills/ on install)
-├── optional-skills/          # Official optional skills (discoverable via hub, not activated by default)
-├── environments/             # RL training environments (Atropos integration)
-├── tests/                    # Test suite
-├── website/                  # Documentation site (hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
-│
-├── cli-config.yaml.example   # Example configuration (copied to ~/.hermes/config.yaml)
-└── AGENTS.md                 # Development guide for AI coding assistants
-```
-
-### User configuration (stored in `~/.hermes/`)
-
-| Path | Purpose |
-|------|---------|
-| `~/.hermes/config.yaml` | Settings (model, terminal, toolsets, compression, etc.) |
-| `~/.hermes/.env` | API keys and secrets |
-| `~/.hermes/auth.json` | OAuth credentials (Nous Portal) |
-| `~/.hermes/skills/` | All active skills (bundled + hub-installed + agent-created) |
-| `~/.hermes/memories/` | Persistent memory (MEMORY.md, USER.md) |
-| `~/.hermes/state.db` | SQLite session database |
-| `~/.hermes/sessions/` | JSON session logs |
-| `~/.hermes/cron/` | Scheduled job data |
-| `~/.hermes/whatsapp/session/` | WhatsApp bridge credentials |
-
----
-
-## Architecture Overview
-
-### Core Loop
-
-```
-User message → AIAgent._run_agent_loop()
-  ├── Build system prompt (prompt_builder.py)
-  ├── Build API kwargs (model, messages, tools, reasoning config)
-  ├── Call LLM (OpenAI-compatible API)
-  ├── If tool_calls in response:
-  │     ├── Execute each tool via registry dispatch
-  │     ├── Add tool results to conversation
-  │     └── Loop back to LLM call
-  ├── If text response:
-  │     ├── Persist session to DB
-  │     └── Return final_response
-  └── Context compression if approaching token limit
-```
-
-### Key Design Patterns
-
-- **Self-registering tools**: Each tool file calls `registry.register()` at import time. `model_tools.py` triggers discovery by importing all tool modules.
-- **Toolset grouping**: Tools are grouped into toolsets (`web`, `terminal`, `file`, `browser`, etc.) that can be enabled/disabled per platform.
-- **Session persistence**: All conversations are stored in SQLite (`hermes_state.py`) with full-text search and unique session titles. JSON logs go to `~/.hermes/sessions/`.
-- **Ephemeral injection**: System prompts and prefill messages are injected at API call time, never persisted to the database or logs.
-- **Provider abstraction**: The agent works with any OpenAI-compatible API. Provider resolution happens at init time (Nous Portal OAuth, OpenRouter API key, or custom endpoint).
-- **Provider routing**: When using OpenRouter, `provider_routing` in config.yaml controls provider selection (sort by throughput/latency/price, allow/ignore specific providers, data retention policies). These are injected as `extra_body.provider` in API requests.
-
----
-
-## Code Style
-
-- **PEP 8** with practical exceptions (we don't enforce strict line length)
-- **Comments**: Only when explaining non-obvious intent, trade-offs, or API quirks. Don't narrate what the code does — `# increment counter` adds nothing
-- **Error handling**: Catch specific exceptions. Log with `logger.warning()`/`logger.error()` — use `exc_info=True` for unexpected errors so stack traces appear in logs
-- **Cross-platform**: Never assume Unix. See [Cross-Platform Compatibility](#cross-platform-compatibility)
-
----
-
-## Adding a New Tool
-
-Before writing a tool, ask: [should this be a skill instead?](#should-it-be-a-skill-or-a-tool)
-
-Tools self-register with the central registry. Each tool file co-locates its schema, handler, and registration:
-
-```python
-"""my_tool — Brief description of what this tool does."""
-
-import json
-from tools.registry import registry
-
-
-def my_tool(param1: str, param2: int = 10, **kwargs) -> str:
-    """Handler. Returns a string result (often JSON)."""
-    result = do_work(param1, param2)
-    return json.dumps(result)
-
-
-MY_TOOL_SCHEMA = {
-    "type": "function",
-    "function": {
-        "name": "my_tool",
-        "description": "What this tool does and when the agent should use it.",
-        "parameters": {
-            "type": "object",
-            "properties": {
-                "param1": {"type": "string", "description": "What param1 is"},
-                "param2": {"type": "integer", "description": "What param2 is", "default": 10},
-            },
-            "required": ["param1"],
-        },
-    },
-}
-
-
-def _check_requirements() -> bool:
-    """Return True if this tool's dependencies are available."""
-    return True
-
-
-registry.register(
-    name="my_tool",
-    toolset="my_toolset",
-    schema=MY_TOOL_SCHEMA,
-    handler=lambda args, **kw: my_tool(**args, **kw),
-    check_fn=_check_requirements,
-)
-```
-
-Then add the import to `model_tools.py` in the `_modules` list:
-
-```python
-_modules = [
-    # ... existing modules ...
-    "tools.my_tool",
-]
-```
-
-If it's a new toolset, add it to `toolsets.py` and to the relevant platform presets.
-
----
-
-## Adding a Skill
-
-Bundled skills live in `skills/` organized by category. Official optional skills use the same structure in `optional-skills/`:
-
-```
-skills/
-├── research/
-│   └── arxiv/
-│       ├── SKILL.md              # Required: main instructions
-│       └── scripts/              # Optional: helper scripts
-│           └── search_arxiv.py
-├── productivity/
-│   └── ocr-and-documents/
-│       ├── SKILL.md
-│       ├── scripts/
-│       └── references/
-└── ...
-```
-
-### SKILL.md format
-
-```markdown
----
-name: my-skill
-description: Brief description (shown in skill search results)
-version: 1.0.0
-author: Your Name
-license: MIT
-platforms: [macos, linux]          # Optional — restrict to specific OS platforms
-                                   #   Valid: macos, linux, windows
-                                   #   Omit to load on all platforms (default)
-required_environment_variables:    # Optional — secure setup-on-load metadata
-  - name: MY_API_KEY
-    prompt: API key
-    help: Where to get it
-    required_for: full functionality
-prerequisites:                     # Optional legacy runtime requirements
-  env_vars: [MY_API_KEY]           #   Backward-compatible alias for required env vars
-  commands: [curl, jq]             #   Advisory only; does not hide the skill
-metadata:
-  hermes:
-    tags: [Category, Subcategory, Keywords]
-    related_skills: [other-skill-name]
-    fallback_for_toolsets: [web]       # Optional — show only when toolset is unavailable
-    requires_toolsets: [terminal]      # Optional — show only when toolset is available
----
-
-# Skill Title
-
-Brief intro.
-
-## When to Use
-Trigger conditions — when should the agent load this skill?
-
-## Quick Reference
-Table of common commands or API calls.
-
-## Procedure
-Step-by-step instructions the agent follows.
-
-## Pitfalls
-Known failure modes and how to handle them.
-
-## Verification
-How the agent confirms it worked.
-```
-
-### Platform-specific skills
-
-Skills can declare which OS platforms they support via the `platforms` frontmatter field. Skills with this field are automatically hidden from the system prompt, `skills_list()`, and slash commands on incompatible platforms.
-
-```yaml
-platforms: [macos]            # macOS only (e.g., iMessage, Apple Reminders)
-platforms: [macos, linux]     # macOS and Linux
-platforms: [windows]          # Windows only
-```
-
-If the field is omitted or empty, the skill loads on all platforms (backward compatible). See `skills/apple/` for examples of macOS-only skills.
-
-### Conditional skill activation
-
-Skills can declare conditions that control when they appear in the system prompt, based on which tools and toolsets are available in the current session. This is primarily used for **fallback skills** — alternatives that should only be shown when a primary tool is unavailable.
-
-Four fields are supported under `metadata.hermes`:
-
-```yaml
-metadata:
-  hermes:
-    fallback_for_toolsets: [web]      # Show ONLY when these toolsets are unavailable
-    requires_toolsets: [terminal]     # Show ONLY when these toolsets are available
-    fallback_for_tools: [web_search]  # Show ONLY when these specific tools are unavailable
-    requires_tools: [terminal]        # Show ONLY when these specific tools are available
-```
-
-**Semantics:**
-- `fallback_for_*`: The skill is a backup. It is **hidden** when the listed tools/toolsets are available, and **shown** when they are unavailable. Use this for free alternatives to premium tools.
-- `requires_*`: The skill needs certain tools to function. It is **hidden** when the listed tools/toolsets are unavailable. Use this for skills that depend on specific capabilities (e.g., a skill that only makes sense with terminal access).
-- If both are specified, both conditions must be satisfied for the skill to appear.
-- If neither is specified, the skill is always shown (backward compatible).
-
-**Examples:**
-
-```yaml
-# DuckDuckGo search — shown when Firecrawl (web toolset) is unavailable
-metadata:
-  hermes:
-    fallback_for_toolsets: [web]
-
-# Smart home skill — only useful when terminal is available
-metadata:
-  hermes:
-    requires_toolsets: [terminal]
-
-# Local browser fallback — shown when Browserbase is unavailable
-metadata:
-  hermes:
-    fallback_for_toolsets: [browser]
-```
-
-The filtering happens at prompt build time in `agent/prompt_builder.py`. The `build_skills_system_prompt()` function receives the set of available tools and toolsets from the agent and uses `_skill_should_show()` to evaluate each skill's conditions.
-
-### Skill setup metadata
-
-Skills can declare secure setup-on-load metadata via the `required_environment_variables` frontmatter field. Missing values do not hide the skill from discovery; they trigger a CLI-only secure prompt when the skill is actually loaded.
-
-```yaml
-required_environment_variables:
-  - name: TENOR_API_KEY
-    prompt: Tenor API key
-    help: Get a key from https://developers.google.com/tenor
-    required_for: full functionality
-```
-
-The user may skip setup and keep loading the skill. Hermes only exposes metadata (`stored_as`, `skipped`, `validated`) to the model — never the secret value.
-
-Legacy `prerequisites.env_vars` remains supported and is normalized into the new representation.
-
-```yaml
-prerequisites:
-  env_vars: [TENOR_API_KEY]       # Legacy alias for required_environment_variables
-  commands: [curl, jq]            # Advisory CLI checks
-```
-
-Gateway and messaging sessions never collect secrets in-band; they instruct the user to run `hermes setup` or update `~/.hermes/.env` locally.
-
-**When to declare required environment variables:**
-- The skill uses an API key or token that should be collected securely at load time
-- The skill can still be useful if the user skips setup, but may degrade gracefully
-
-**When to declare command prerequisites:**
-- The skill relies on a CLI tool that may not be installed (e.g., `himalaya`, `openhue`, `ddgs`)
-- Treat command checks as guidance, not discovery-time hiding
-
-See `skills/gifs/gif-search/` and `skills/email/himalaya/` for examples.
-
-### Skill guidelines
-
-- **No external dependencies unless absolutely necessary.** Prefer stdlib Python, curl, and existing Hermes tools (`web_extract`, `terminal`, `read_file`).
-- **Progressive disclosure.** Put the most common workflow first. Edge cases and advanced usage go at the bottom.
-- **Include helper scripts** for XML/JSON parsing or complex logic — don't expect the LLM to write parsers inline every time.
-- **Test it.** Run `hermes --toolsets skills -q "Use the X skill to do Y"` and verify the agent follows the instructions correctly.
-
----
-
-## Adding a Skin / Theme
-
-Hermes uses a data-driven skin system — no code changes needed to add a new skin.
-
-**Option A: User skin (YAML file)**
-
-Create `~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml`:
-
-```yaml
-name: mytheme
-description: Short description of the theme
-
-colors:
-  banner_border: "#HEX"     # Panel border color
-  banner_title: "#HEX"      # Panel title color
-  banner_accent: "#HEX"     # Section header color
-  banner_dim: "#HEX"        # Muted/dim text color
-  banner_text: "#HEX"       # Body text color
-  response_border: "#HEX"   # Response box border
-
-spinner:
-  waiting_faces: ["(⚔)", "(⛨)"]
-  thinking_faces: ["(⚔)", "(⌁)"]
-  thinking_verbs: ["forging", "plotting"]
-  wings:                     # Optional left/right decorations
-    - ["⟪⚔", "⚔⟫"]
-
-branding:
-  agent_name: "My Agent"
-  welcome: "Welcome message"
-  response_label: " ⚔ Agent "
-  prompt_symbol: "⚔ ❯ "
-
-tool_prefix: "╎"             # Tool output line prefix
-```
-
-All fields are optional — missing values inherit from the default skin.
-
-**Option B: Built-in skin**
-
-Add to `_BUILTIN_SKINS` dict in `hermes_cli/skin_engine.py`. Use the same schema as above but as a Python dict. Built-in skins ship with the package and are always available.
-
-**Activating:**
-- CLI: `/skin mytheme` or set `display.skin: mytheme` in config.yaml
-- Config: `display: { skin: mytheme }`
-
-See `hermes_cli/skin_engine.py` for the full schema and existing skins as examples.
-
----
-
-## Cross-Platform Compatibility
-
-Hermes runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. When writing code that touches the OS:
-
-### Critical rules
-
-1. **`termios` and `fcntl` are Unix-only.** Always catch both `ImportError` and `NotImplementedError`:
-   ```python
-   try:
-       from simple_term_menu import TerminalMenu
-       menu = TerminalMenu(options)
-       idx = menu.show()
-   except (ImportError, NotImplementedError):
-       # Fallback: numbered menu for Windows
-       for i, opt in enumerate(options):
-           print(f"  {i+1}. {opt}")
-       idx = int(input("Choice: ")) - 1
-   ```
-
-2. **File encoding.** Windows may save `.env` files in `cp1252`. Always handle encoding errors:
-   ```python
-   try:
-       load_dotenv(env_path)
-   except UnicodeDecodeError:
-       load_dotenv(env_path, encoding="latin-1")
-   ```
-
-3. **Process management.** `os.setsid()`, `os.killpg()`, and signal handling differ on Windows. Use platform checks:
-   ```python
-   import platform
-   if platform.system() != "Windows":
-       kwargs["preexec_fn"] = os.setsid
-   ```
-
-4. **Path separators.** Use `pathlib.Path` instead of string concatenation with `/`.
-
-5. **Shell commands in installers.** If you change `scripts/install.sh`, check if the equivalent change is needed in `scripts/install.ps1`.
-
----
-
-## Security Considerations
-
-Hermes has terminal access. Security matters.
-
-### Existing protections
-
-| Layer | Implementation |
-|-------|---------------|
-| **Sudo password piping** | Uses `shlex.quote()` to prevent shell injection |
-| **Dangerous command detection** | Regex patterns in `tools/approval.py` with user approval flow |
-| **Cron prompt injection** | Scanner in `tools/cronjob_tools.py` blocks instruction-override patterns |
-| **Write deny list** | Protected paths (`~/.ssh/authorized_keys`, `/etc/shadow`) resolved via `os.path.realpath()` to prevent symlink bypass |
-| **Skills guard** | Security scanner for hub-installed skills (`tools/skills_guard.py`) |
-| **Code execution sandbox** | `execute_code` child process runs with API keys stripped from environment |
-| **Container hardening** | Docker: all capabilities dropped, no privilege escalation, PID limits, size-limited tmpfs |
-
-### When contributing security-sensitive code
-
-- **Always use `shlex.quote()`** when interpolating user input into shell commands
-- **Resolve symlinks** with `os.path.realpath()` before path-based access control checks
-- **Don't log secrets.** API keys, tokens, and passwords should never appear in log output
-- **Catch broad exceptions** around tool execution so a single failure doesn't crash the agent loop
-- **Test on all platforms** if your change touches file paths, process management, or shell commands
-
-If your PR affects security, note it explicitly in the description.
-
----
-
-## Pull Request Process
-
-### Branch naming
-
-```
-fix/description        # Bug fixes
-feat/description       # New features
-docs/description       # Documentation
-test/description       # Tests
-refactor/description   # Code restructuring
-```
-
-### Before submitting
-
-1. **Run tests**: `pytest tests/ -v`
-2. **Test manually**: Run `hermes` and exercise the code path you changed
-3. **Check cross-platform impact**: If you touch file I/O, process management, or terminal handling, consider Windows and macOS
-4. **Keep PRs focused**: One logical change per PR. Don't mix a bug fix with a refactor with a new feature.
-
-### PR description
-
-Include:
-- **What** changed and **why**
-- **How to test** it (reproduction steps for bugs, usage examples for features)
-- **What platforms** you tested on
-- Reference any related issues
-
-### Commit messages
-
-We use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/):
-
-```
-<type>(<scope>): <description>
-```
-
-| Type | Use for |
-|------|---------|
-| `fix` | Bug fixes |
-| `feat` | New features |
-| `docs` | Documentation |
-| `test` | Tests |
-| `refactor` | Code restructuring (no behavior change) |
-| `chore` | Build, CI, dependency updates |
-
-Scopes: `cli`, `gateway`, `tools`, `skills`, `agent`, `install`, `whatsapp`, `security`, etc.
-
-Examples:
-```
-fix(cli): prevent crash in save_config_value when model is a string
-feat(gateway): add WhatsApp multi-user session isolation
-fix(security): prevent shell injection in sudo password piping
-test(tools): add unit tests for file_operations
-```
-
----
-
-## Reporting Issues
-
-- Use [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues)
-- Include: OS, Python version, Hermes version (`hermes version`), full error traceback
-- Include steps to reproduce
-- Check existing issues before creating duplicates
-- For security vulnerabilities, please report privately
-
----
-
-## Community
-
-- **Discord**: [discord.gg/NousResearch](https://discord.gg/NousResearch) — for questions, showcasing projects, and sharing skills
-- **GitHub Discussions**: For design proposals and architecture discussions
-- **Skills Hub**: Upload specialized skills to a registry and share them with the community
-
----
-
-## License
-
-By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

Dockerfile

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-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" ]

LICENSE

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-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2025 Nous Research
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.

MANIFEST.in

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-graft hermes_agent
-graft skills
-graft optional-skills
-global-exclude __pycache__
-global-exclude *.py[cod]

RELEASE_v0.10.0.md

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-# 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_v0.2.0.md

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-# Hermes Agent v0.2.0 (v2026.3.12)
-
-**Release Date:** March 12, 2026
-
-> First tagged release since v0.1.0 (the initial pre-public foundation). In just over two weeks, Hermes Agent went from a small internal project to a full-featured AI agent platform — thanks to an explosion of community contributions. This release covers **216 merged pull requests** from **63 contributors**, resolving **119 issues**.
-
----
-
-## ✨ Highlights
-
-- **Multi-Platform Messaging Gateway** — Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email (IMAP/SMTP), and Home Assistant platforms with unified session management, media attachments, and per-platform tool configuration.
-
-- **MCP (Model Context Protocol) Client** — Native MCP support with stdio and HTTP transports, reconnection, resource/prompt discovery, and sampling (server-initiated LLM requests). ([#291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/291) — @0xbyt4, [#301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/301), [#753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/753))
-
-- **Skills Ecosystem** — 70+ bundled and optional skills across 15+ categories with a Skills Hub for community discovery, per-platform enable/disable, conditional activation based on tool availability, and prerequisite validation. ([#743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/743) — @teyrebaz33, [#785](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/785) — @teyrebaz33)
-
-- **Centralized Provider Router** — Unified `call_llm()`/`async_call_llm()` API replaces scattered provider logic across vision, summarization, compression, and trajectory saving. All auxiliary consumers route through a single code path with automatic credential resolution. ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003))
-
-- **ACP Server** — VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains editor integration via the Agent Communication Protocol standard. ([#949](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/949))
-
-- **CLI Skin/Theme Engine** — Data-driven visual customization: banners, spinners, colors, branding. 7 built-in skins + custom YAML skins.
-
-- **Git Worktree Isolation** — `hermes -w` launches isolated agent sessions in git worktrees for safe parallel work on the same repo. ([#654](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/654))
-
-- **Filesystem Checkpoints & Rollback** — Automatic snapshots before destructive operations with `/rollback` to restore. ([#824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/824))
-
-- **3,289 Tests** — From near-zero test coverage to a comprehensive test suite covering agent, gateway, tools, cron, and CLI.
-
----
-
-## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
-
-### Provider & Model Support
-- Centralized provider router with `resolve_provider_client()` + `call_llm()` API ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003))
-- Nous Portal as first-class provider in setup ([#644](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/644))
-- OpenAI Codex (Responses API) with ChatGPT subscription support ([#43](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/43)) — @grp06
-- Codex OAuth vision support + multimodal content adapter
-- Validate `/model` against live API instead of hardcoded lists
-- Self-hosted Firecrawl support ([#460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/460)) — @caentzminger
-- Kimi Code API support ([#635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/635)) — @christomitov
-- MiniMax model ID update ([#473](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/473)) — @tars90percent
-- OpenRouter provider routing configuration (provider_preferences)
-- Nous credential refresh on 401 errors ([#571](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/571), [#269](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/269)) — @rewbs
-- z.ai/GLM, Kimi/Moonshot, MiniMax, Azure OpenAI as first-class providers
-- Unified `/model` and `/provider` into single view
-
-### Agent Loop & Conversation
-- Simple fallback model for provider resilience ([#740](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/740))
-- Shared iteration budget across parent + subagent delegation
-- Iteration budget pressure via tool result injection
-- Configurable subagent provider/model with full credential resolution
-- Handle 413 payload-too-large via compression instead of aborting ([#153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/153)) — @tekelala
-- Retry with rebuilt payload after compression ([#616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/616)) — @tripledoublev
-- Auto-compress pathologically large gateway sessions ([#628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/628))
-- Tool call repair middleware — auto-lowercase and invalid tool handler
-- Reasoning effort configuration and `/reasoning` command ([#921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/921))
-- Detect and block file re-read/search loops after context compression ([#705](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/705)) — @0xbyt4
-
-### Session & Memory
-- Session naming with unique titles, auto-lineage, rich listing, and resume by name ([#720](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/720))
-- Interactive session browser with search filtering ([#733](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/733))
-- Display previous messages when resuming a session ([#734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/734))
-- Honcho AI-native cross-session user modeling ([#38](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/38)) — @erosika
-- Proactive async memory flush on session expiry
-- Smart context length probing with persistent caching + banner display
-- `/resume` command for switching to named sessions in gateway
-- Session reset policy for messaging platforms
-
----
-
-## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
-
-### Telegram
-- Native file attachments: send_document + send_video
-- Document file processing for PDF, text, and Office files — @tekelala
-- Forum topic session isolation ([#766](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/766)) — @spanishflu-est1918
-- Browser screenshot sharing via MEDIA: protocol ([#657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/657))
-- Location support for find-nearby skill
-- TTS voice message accumulation fix ([#176](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/176)) — @Bartok9
-- Improved error handling and logging ([#763](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/763)) — @aydnOktay
-- Italic regex newline fix + 43 format tests ([#204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/204)) — @0xbyt4
-
-### Discord
-- Channel topic included in session context ([#248](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/248)) — @Bartok9
-- DISCORD_ALLOW_BOTS config for bot message filtering ([#758](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/758))
-- Document and video support ([#784](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/784))
-- Improved error handling and logging ([#761](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/761)) — @aydnOktay
-
-### Slack
-- App_mention 404 fix + document/video support ([#784](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/784))
-- Structured logging replacing print statements — @aydnOktay
-
-### WhatsApp
-- Native media sending — images, videos, documents ([#292](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/292)) — @satelerd
-- Multi-user session isolation ([#75](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/75)) — @satelerd
-- Cross-platform port cleanup replacing Linux-only fuser ([#433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/433)) — @Farukest
-- DM interrupt key mismatch fix ([#350](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/350)) — @Farukest
-
-### Signal
-- Full Signal messenger gateway via signal-cli-rest-api ([#405](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/405))
-- Media URL support in message events ([#871](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/871))
-
-### Email (IMAP/SMTP)
-- New email gateway platform — @0xbyt4
-
-### Home Assistant
-- REST tools + WebSocket gateway integration ([#184](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/184)) — @0xbyt4
-- Service discovery and enhanced setup
-- Toolset mapping fix ([#538](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/538)) — @Himess
-
-### Gateway Core
-- Expose subagent tool calls and thinking to users ([#186](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/186)) — @cutepawss
-- Configurable background process watcher notifications ([#840](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/840))
-- `edit_message()` for Telegram/Discord/Slack with fallback
-- `/compress`, `/usage`, `/update` slash commands
-- Eliminated 3x SQLite message duplication in gateway sessions ([#873](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/873))
-- Stabilize system prompt across gateway turns for cache hits ([#754](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/754))
-- MCP server shutdown on gateway exit ([#796](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/796)) — @0xbyt4
-- Pass session_db to AIAgent, fixing session_search error ([#108](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/108)) — @Bartok9
-- Persist transcript changes in /retry, /undo; fix /reset attribute ([#217](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/217)) — @Farukest
-- UTF-8 encoding fix preventing Windows crashes ([#369](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/369)) — @ch3ronsa
-
----
-
-## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
-
-### Interactive CLI
-- Data-driven skin/theme engine — 7 built-in skins (default, ares, mono, slate, poseidon, sisyphus, charizard) + custom YAML skins
-- `/personality` command with custom personality + disable support ([#773](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/773)) — @teyrebaz33
-- User-defined quick commands that bypass the agent loop ([#746](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/746)) — @teyrebaz33
-- `/reasoning` command for effort level and display toggle ([#921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/921))
-- `/verbose` slash command to toggle debug at runtime ([#94](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/94)) — @cesareth
-- `/insights` command — usage analytics, cost estimation & activity patterns ([#552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/552))
-- `/background` command for managing background processes
-- `/help` formatting with command categories
-- Bell-on-complete — terminal bell when agent finishes ([#738](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/738))
-- Up/down arrow history navigation
-- Clipboard image paste (Alt+V / Ctrl+V)
-- Loading indicators for slow slash commands ([#882](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/882))
-- Spinner flickering fix under patch_stdout ([#91](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/91)) — @0xbyt4
-- `--quiet/-Q` flag for programmatic single-query mode
-- `--fuck-it-ship-it` flag to bypass all approval prompts ([#724](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/724)) — @dmahan93
-- Tools summary flag ([#767](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/767)) — @luisv-1
-- Terminal blinking fix on SSH ([#284](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/284)) — @ygd58
-- Multi-line paste detection fix ([#84](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/84)) — @0xbyt4
-
-### Setup & Configuration
-- Modular setup wizard with section subcommands and tool-first UX
-- Container resource configuration prompts
-- Backend validation for required binaries
-- Config migration system (currently v7)
-- API keys properly routed to .env instead of config.yaml ([#469](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/469)) — @ygd58
-- Atomic write for .env to prevent API key loss on crash ([#954](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/954))
-- `hermes tools` — per-platform tool enable/disable with curses UI
-- `hermes doctor` for health checks across all configured providers
-- `hermes update` with auto-restart for gateway service
-- Show update-available notice in CLI banner
-- Multiple named custom providers
-- Shell config detection improvement for PATH setup ([#317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/317)) — @mehmetkr-31
-- Consistent HERMES_HOME and .env path resolution ([#51](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/51), [#48](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/48)) — @deankerr
-- Docker backend fix on macOS + subagent auth for Nous Portal ([#46](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/46)) — @rsavitt
-
----
-
-## 🔧 Tool System
-
-### MCP (Model Context Protocol)
-- Native MCP client with stdio + HTTP transports ([#291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/291) — @0xbyt4, [#301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/301))
-- Sampling support — server-initiated LLM requests ([#753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/753))
-- Resource and prompt discovery
-- Automatic reconnection and security hardening
-- Banner integration, `/reload-mcp` command
-- `hermes tools` UI integration
-
-### Browser
-- Local browser backend — zero-cost headless Chromium (no Browserbase needed)
-- Console/errors tool, annotated screenshots, auto-recording, dogfood QA skill ([#745](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/745))
-- Screenshot sharing via MEDIA: on all messaging platforms ([#657](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/657))
-
-### Terminal & Execution
-- `execute_code` sandbox with json_parse, shell_quote, retry helpers
-- Docker: custom volume mounts ([#158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/158)) — @Indelwin
-- Daytona cloud sandbox backend ([#451](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/451)) — @rovle
-- SSH backend fix ([#59](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/59)) — @deankerr
-- Shell noise filtering and login shell execution for environment consistency
-- Head+tail truncation for execute_code stdout overflow
-- Configurable background process notification modes
-
-### File Operations
-- Filesystem checkpoints and `/rollback` command ([#824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/824))
-- Structured tool result hints (next-action guidance) for patch and search_files ([#722](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/722))
-- Docker volumes passed to sandbox container config ([#687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/687)) — @manuelschipper
-
----
-
-## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
-
-### Skills System
-- Per-platform skill enable/disable ([#743](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/743)) — @teyrebaz33
-- Conditional skill activation based on tool availability ([#785](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/785)) — @teyrebaz33
-- Skill prerequisites — hide skills with unmet dependencies ([#659](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/659)) — @kshitijk4poor
-- Optional skills — shipped but not activated by default
-- `hermes skills browse` — paginated hub browsing
-- Skills sub-category organization
-- Platform-conditional skill loading
-- Atomic skill file writes ([#551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/551)) — @aydnOktay
-- Skills sync data loss prevention ([#563](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/563)) — @0xbyt4
-- Dynamic skill slash commands for CLI and gateway
-
-### New Skills (selected)
-- **ASCII Art** — pyfiglet (571 fonts), cowsay, image-to-ascii ([#209](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/209)) — @0xbyt4
-- **ASCII Video** — Full production pipeline ([#854](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/854)) — @SHL0MS
-- **DuckDuckGo Search** — Firecrawl fallback ([#267](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/267)) — @gamedevCloudy; DDGS API expansion ([#598](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/598)) — @areu01or00
-- **Solana Blockchain** — Wallet balances, USD pricing, token names ([#212](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/212)) — @gizdusum
-- **AgentMail** — Agent-owned email inboxes ([#330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/330)) — @teyrebaz33
-- **Polymarket** — Prediction market data (read-only) ([#629](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/629))
-- **OpenClaw Migration** — Official migration tool ([#570](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/570)) — @unmodeled-tyler
-- **Domain Intelligence** — Passive recon: subdomains, SSL, WHOIS, DNS ([#136](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/136)) — @FurkanL0
-- **Superpowers** — Software development skills ([#137](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/137)) — @kaos35
-- **Hermes-Atropos** — RL environment development skill ([#815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/815))
-- Plus: arXiv search, OCR/documents, Excalidraw diagrams, YouTube transcripts, GIF search, Pokémon player, Minecraft modpack server, OpenHue (Philips Hue), Google Workspace, Notion, PowerPoint, Obsidian, find-nearby, and 40+ MLOps skills
-
----
-
-## 🔒 Security & Reliability
-
-### Security Hardening
-- Path traversal fix in skill_view — prevented reading arbitrary files ([#220](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/220)) — @Farukest
-- Shell injection prevention in sudo password piping ([#65](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/65)) — @leonsgithub
-- Dangerous command detection: multiline bypass fix ([#233](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/233)) — @Farukest; tee/process substitution patterns ([#280](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/280)) — @dogiladeveloper
-- Symlink boundary check fix in skills_guard ([#386](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/386)) — @Farukest
-- Symlink bypass fix in write deny list on macOS ([#61](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/61)) — @0xbyt4
-- Multi-word prompt injection bypass prevention ([#192](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/192)) — @0xbyt4
-- Cron prompt injection scanner bypass fix ([#63](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/63)) — @0xbyt4
-- Enforce 0600/0700 file permissions on sensitive files ([#757](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/757))
-- .env file permissions restricted to owner-only ([#529](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/529)) — @Himess
-- `--force` flag properly blocked from overriding dangerous verdicts ([#388](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/388)) — @Farukest
-- FTS5 query sanitization + DB connection leak fix ([#565](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/565)) — @0xbyt4
-- Expand secret redaction patterns + config toggle to disable
-- In-memory permanent allowlist to prevent data leak ([#600](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/600)) — @alireza78a
-
-### Atomic Writes (data loss prevention)
-- sessions.json ([#611](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/611)) — @alireza78a
-- Cron jobs ([#146](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/146)) — @alireza78a
-- .env config ([#954](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/954))
-- Process checkpoints ([#298](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/298)) — @aydnOktay
-- Batch runner ([#297](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/297)) — @aydnOktay
-- Skill files ([#551](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/551)) — @aydnOktay
-
-### Reliability
-- Guard all print() against OSError for systemd/headless environments ([#963](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/963))
-- Reset all retry counters at start of run_conversation ([#607](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/607)) — @0xbyt4
-- Return deny on approval callback timeout instead of None ([#603](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/603)) — @0xbyt4
-- Fix None message content crashes across codebase ([#277](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/277))
-- Fix context overrun crash with local LLM backends ([#403](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/403)) — @ch3ronsa
-- Prevent `_flush_sentinel` from leaking to external APIs ([#227](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/227)) — @Farukest
-- Prevent conversation_history mutation in callers ([#229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/229)) — @Farukest
-- Fix systemd restart loop ([#614](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/614)) — @voidborne-d
-- Close file handles and sockets to prevent fd leaks ([#568](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/568) — @alireza78a, [#296](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/296) — @alireza78a, [#709](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/709) — @memosr)
-- Prevent data loss in clipboard PNG conversion ([#602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/602)) — @0xbyt4
-- Eliminate shell noise from terminal output ([#293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/293)) — @0xbyt4
-- Timezone-aware now() for prompt, cron, and execute_code ([#309](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/309)) — @areu01or00
-
-### Windows Compatibility
-- Guard POSIX-only process functions ([#219](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/219)) — @Farukest
-- Windows native support via Git Bash + ZIP-based update fallback
-- pywinpty for PTY support ([#457](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/457)) — @shitcoinsherpa
-- Explicit UTF-8 encoding on all config/data file I/O ([#458](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/458)) — @shitcoinsherpa
-- Windows-compatible path handling ([#354](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/354), [#390](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/390)) — @Farukest
-- Regex-based search output parsing for drive-letter paths ([#533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/533)) — @Himess
-- Auth store file lock for Windows ([#455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/455)) — @shitcoinsherpa
-
----
-
-## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
-
-- Fix DeepSeek V3 tool call parser silently dropping multi-line JSON arguments ([#444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/444)) — @PercyDikec
-- Fix gateway transcript losing 1 message per turn due to offset mismatch ([#395](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/395)) — @PercyDikec
-- Fix /retry command silently discarding the agent's final response ([#441](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/441)) — @PercyDikec
-- Fix max-iterations retry returning empty string after think-block stripping ([#438](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/438)) — @PercyDikec
-- Fix max-iterations retry using hardcoded max_tokens ([#436](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/436)) — @Farukest
-- Fix Codex status dict key mismatch ([#448](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/448)) and visibility filter ([#446](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/446)) — @PercyDikec
-- Strip \<think\> blocks from final user-facing responses ([#174](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/174)) — @Bartok9
-- Fix \<think\> block regex stripping visible content when model discusses tags literally ([#786](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/786))
-- Fix Mistral 422 errors from leftover finish_reason in assistant messages ([#253](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/253)) — @Sertug17
-- Fix OPENROUTER_API_KEY resolution order across all code paths ([#295](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/295)) — @0xbyt4
-- Fix OPENAI_BASE_URL API key priority ([#420](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/420)) — @manuelschipper
-- Fix Anthropic "prompt is too long" 400 error not detected as context length error ([#813](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/813))
-- Fix SQLite session transcript accumulating duplicate messages — 3-4x token inflation ([#860](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/860))
-- Fix setup wizard skipping API key prompts on first install ([#748](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/748))
-- Fix setup wizard showing OpenRouter model list for Nous Portal ([#575](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/575)) — @PercyDikec
-- Fix provider selection not persisting when switching via hermes model ([#881](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/881))
-- Fix Docker backend failing when docker not in PATH on macOS ([#889](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/889))
-- Fix ClawHub Skills Hub adapter for API endpoint changes ([#286](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/286)) — @BP602
-- Fix Honcho auto-enable when API key is present ([#243](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/243)) — @Bartok9
-- Fix duplicate 'skills' subparser crash on Python 3.11+ ([#898](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/898))
-- Fix memory tool entry parsing when content contains section sign ([#162](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/162)) — @aydnOktay
-- Fix piped install silently aborting when interactive prompts fail ([#72](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/72)) — @cutepawss
-- Fix false positives in recursive delete detection ([#68](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68)) — @cutepawss
-- Fix Ruff lint warnings across codebase ([#608](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/608)) — @JackTheGit
-- Fix Anthropic native base URL fail-fast ([#173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/173)) — @adavyas
-- Fix install.sh creating ~/.hermes before moving Node.js directory ([#53](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/53)) — @JoshuaMart
-- Fix SystemExit traceback during atexit cleanup on Ctrl+C ([#55](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/55)) — @bierlingm
-- Restore missing MIT license file ([#620](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/620)) — @stablegenius49
-
----
-
-## 🧪 Testing
-
-- **3,289 tests** across agent, gateway, tools, cron, and CLI
-- Parallelized test suite with pytest-xdist ([#802](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/802)) — @OutThisLife
-- Unit tests batch 1: 8 core modules ([#60](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/60)) — @0xbyt4
-- Unit tests batch 2: 8 more modules ([#62](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/62)) — @0xbyt4
-- Unit tests batch 3: 8 untested modules ([#191](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/191)) — @0xbyt4
-- Unit tests batch 4: 5 security/logic-critical modules ([#193](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/193)) — @0xbyt4
-- AIAgent (run_agent.py) unit tests ([#67](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/67)) — @0xbyt4
-- Trajectory compressor tests ([#203](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/203)) — @0xbyt4
-- Clarify tool tests ([#121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/121)) — @Bartok9
-- Telegram format tests — 43 tests for italic/bold/code rendering ([#204](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/204)) — @0xbyt4
-- Vision tools type hints + 42 tests ([#792](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/792))
-- Compressor tool-call boundary regression tests ([#648](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/648)) — @intertwine
-- Test structure reorganization ([#34](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/34)) — @0xbyt4
-- Shell noise elimination + fix 36 test failures ([#293](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/293)) — @0xbyt4
-
----
-
-## 🔬 RL & Evaluation Environments
-
-- WebResearchEnv — Multi-step web research RL environment ([#434](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/434)) — @jackx707
-- Modal sandbox concurrency limits to avoid deadlocks ([#621](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/621)) — @voteblake
-- Hermes-atropos-environments bundled skill ([#815](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/815))
-- Local vLLM instance support for evaluation — @dmahan93
-- YC-Bench long-horizon agent benchmark environment
-- OpenThoughts-TBLite evaluation environment and scripts
-
----
-
-## 📚 Documentation
-
-- Full documentation website (Docusaurus) with 37+ pages
-- Comprehensive platform setup guides for Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email
-- AGENTS.md — development guide for AI coding assistants
-- CONTRIBUTING.md ([#117](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/117)) — @Bartok9
-- Slash commands reference ([#142](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142)) — @Bartok9
-- Comprehensive AGENTS.md accuracy audit ([#732](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/732))
-- Skin/theme system documentation
-- MCP documentation and examples
-- Docs accuracy audit — 35+ corrections
-- Documentation typo fixes ([#825](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/825), [#439](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/439)) — @JackTheGit
-- CLI config precedence and terminology standardization ([#166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/166), [#167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/167), [#168](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/168)) — @Jr-kenny
-- Telegram token regex documentation ([#713](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/713)) — @VolodymyrBg
-
----
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
-Thank you to the 63 contributors who made this release possible! In just over two weeks, the Hermes Agent community came together to ship an extraordinary amount of work.
-
-### Core
-- **@teknium1** — 43 PRs: Project lead, core architecture, provider router, sessions, skills, CLI, documentation
-
-### Top Community Contributors
-- **@0xbyt4** — 40 PRs: MCP client, Home Assistant, security fixes (symlink, prompt injection, cron), extensive test coverage (6 batches), ascii-art skill, shell noise elimination, skills sync, Telegram formatting, and dozens more
-- **@Farukest** — 16 PRs: Security hardening (path traversal, dangerous command detection, symlink boundary), Windows compatibility (POSIX guards, path handling), WhatsApp fixes, max-iterations retry, gateway fixes
-- **@aydnOktay** — 11 PRs: Atomic writes (process checkpoints, batch runner, skill files), error handling improvements across Telegram, Discord, code execution, transcription, TTS, and skills
-- **@Bartok9** — 9 PRs: CONTRIBUTING.md, slash commands reference, Discord channel topics, think-block stripping, TTS fix, Honcho fix, session count fix, clarify tests
-- **@PercyDikec** — 7 PRs: DeepSeek V3 parser fix, /retry response discard, gateway transcript offset, Codex status/visibility, max-iterations retry, setup wizard fix
-- **@teyrebaz33** — 5 PRs: Skills enable/disable system, quick commands, personality customization, conditional skill activation
-- **@alireza78a** — 5 PRs: Atomic writes (cron, sessions), fd leak prevention, security allowlist, code execution socket cleanup
-- **@shitcoinsherpa** — 3 PRs: Windows support (pywinpty, UTF-8 encoding, auth store lock)
-- **@Himess** — 3 PRs: Cron/HomeAssistant/Daytona fix, Windows drive-letter parsing, .env permissions
-- **@satelerd** — 2 PRs: WhatsApp native media, multi-user session isolation
-- **@rovle** — 1 PR: Daytona cloud sandbox backend (4 commits)
-- **@erosika** — 1 PR: Honcho AI-native memory integration
-- **@dmahan93** — 1 PR: --fuck-it-ship-it flag + RL environment work
-- **@SHL0MS** — 1 PR: ASCII video skill
-
-### All Contributors
-@0xbyt4, @BP602, @Bartok9, @Farukest, @FurkanL0, @Himess, @Indelwin, @JackTheGit, @JoshuaMart, @Jr-kenny, @OutThisLife, @PercyDikec, @SHL0MS, @Sertug17, @VencentSoliman, @VolodymyrBg, @adavyas, @alireza78a, @areu01or00, @aydnOktay, @batuhankocyigit, @bierlingm, @caentzminger, @cesareth, @ch3ronsa, @christomitov, @cutepawss, @deankerr, @dmahan93, @dogiladeveloper, @dragonkhoi, @erosika, @gamedevCloudy, @gizdusum, @grp06, @intertwine, @jackx707, @jdblackstar, @johnh4098, @kaos35, @kshitijk4poor, @leonsgithub, @luisv-1, @manuelschipper, @mehmetkr-31, @memosr, @PeterFile, @rewbs, @rovle, @rsavitt, @satelerd, @spanishflu-est1918, @stablegenius49, @tars90percent, @tekelala, @teknium1, @teyrebaz33, @tripledoublev, @unmodeled-tyler, @voidborne-d, @voteblake, @ygd58
-
----
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v0.1.0...v2026.3.12](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v0.1.0...v2026.3.12)

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-# Hermes Agent v0.3.0 (v2026.3.17)
-
-**Release Date:** March 17, 2026
-
-> The streaming, plugins, and provider release — unified real-time token delivery, first-class plugin architecture, rebuilt provider system with Vercel AI Gateway, native Anthropic provider, smart approvals, live Chrome CDP browser connect, ACP IDE integration, Honcho memory, voice mode, persistent shell, and 50+ bug fixes across every platform.
-
----
-
-## ✨ Highlights
-
-- **Unified Streaming Infrastructure** — Real-time token-by-token delivery in CLI and all gateway platforms. Responses stream as they're generated instead of arriving as a block. ([#1538](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1538))
-
-- **First-Class Plugin Architecture** — Drop Python files into `~/.hermes/plugins/` to extend Hermes with custom tools, commands, and hooks. No forking required. ([#1544](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1544), [#1555](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1555))
-
-- **Native Anthropic Provider** — Direct Anthropic API calls with Claude Code credential auto-discovery, OAuth PKCE flows, and native prompt caching. No OpenRouter middleman needed. ([#1097](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1097))
-
-- **Smart Approvals + /stop Command** — Codex-inspired approval system that learns which commands are safe and remembers your preferences. `/stop` kills the current agent run immediately. ([#1543](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1543))
-
-- **Honcho Memory Integration** — Async memory writes, configurable recall modes, session title integration, and multi-user isolation in gateway mode. By @erosika. ([#736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/736))
-
-- **Voice Mode** — Push-to-talk in CLI, voice notes in Telegram/Discord, Discord voice channel support, and local Whisper transcription via faster-whisper. ([#1299](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1299), [#1185](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1185), [#1429](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1429))
-
-- **Concurrent Tool Execution** — Multiple independent tool calls now run in parallel via ThreadPoolExecutor, significantly reducing latency for multi-tool turns. ([#1152](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1152))
-
-- **PII Redaction** — When `privacy.redact_pii` is enabled, personally identifiable information is automatically scrubbed before sending context to LLM providers. ([#1542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1542))
-
-- **`/browser connect` via CDP** — Attach browser tools to a live Chrome instance through Chrome DevTools Protocol. Debug, inspect, and interact with pages you already have open. ([#1549](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1549))
-
-- **Vercel AI Gateway Provider** — Route Hermes through Vercel's AI Gateway for access to their model catalog and infrastructure. ([#1628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1628))
-
-- **Centralized Provider Router** — Rebuilt provider system with `call_llm` API, unified `/model` command, auto-detect provider on model switch, and direct endpoint overrides for auxiliary/delegation clients. ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003), [#1506](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1506), [#1375](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1375))
-
-- **ACP Server (IDE Integration)** — VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains can now connect to Hermes as an agent backend, with full slash command support. ([#1254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1254), [#1532](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1532))
-
-- **Persistent Shell Mode** — Local and SSH terminal backends can maintain shell state across tool calls — cd, env vars, and aliases persist. By @alt-glitch. ([#1067](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1067), [#1483](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1483))
-
-- **Agentic On-Policy Distillation (OPD)** — New RL training environment for distilling agent policies, expanding the Atropos training ecosystem. ([#1149](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1149))
-
----
-
-## 🏗️ Core Agent & Architecture
-
-### Provider & Model Support
-- **Centralized provider router** with `call_llm` API and unified `/model` command — switch models and providers seamlessly ([#1003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1003))
-- **Vercel AI Gateway** provider support ([#1628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1628))
-- **Auto-detect provider** when switching models via `/model` ([#1506](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1506))
-- **Direct endpoint overrides** for auxiliary and delegation clients — point vision/subagent calls at specific endpoints ([#1375](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1375))
-- **Native Anthropic auxiliary vision** — use Claude's native vision API instead of routing through OpenAI-compatible endpoints ([#1377](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1377))
-- Anthropic OAuth flow improvements — auto-run `claude setup-token`, reauthentication, PKCE state persistence, identity fingerprinting ([#1132](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1132), [#1360](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1360), [#1396](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1396), [#1597](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1597))
-- Fix adaptive thinking without `budget_tokens` for Claude 4.6 models — by @ASRagab ([#1128](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1128))
-- Fix Anthropic cache markers through adapter — by @brandtcormorant ([#1216](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1216))
-- Retry Anthropic 429/529 errors and surface details to users — by @0xbyt4 ([#1585](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1585))
-- Fix Anthropic adapter max_tokens, fallback crash, proxy base_url — by @0xbyt4 ([#1121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1121))
-- Fix DeepSeek V3 parser dropping multiple parallel tool calls — by @mr-emmett-one ([#1365](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1365), [#1300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1300))
-- Accept unlisted models with warning instead of rejecting ([#1047](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1047), [#1102](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1102))
-- Skip reasoning params for unsupported OpenRouter models ([#1485](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1485))
-- MiniMax Anthropic API compatibility fix ([#1623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1623))
-- Custom endpoint `/models` verification and `/v1` base URL suggestion ([#1480](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1480))
-- Resolve delegation providers from `custom_providers` config ([#1328](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1328))
-- Kimi model additions and User-Agent fix ([#1039](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1039))
-- Strip `call_id`/`response_item_id` for Mistral compatibility ([#1058](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1058))
-
-### Agent Loop & Conversation
-- **Anthropic Context Editing API** support ([#1147](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1147))
-- Improved context compaction handoff summaries — compressor now preserves more actionable state ([#1273](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1273))
-- Sync session_id after mid-run context compression ([#1160](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1160))
-- Session hygiene threshold tuned to 50% for more proactive compression ([#1096](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1096), [#1161](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1161))
-- Include session ID in system prompt via `--pass-session-id` flag ([#1040](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1040))
-- Prevent closed OpenAI client reuse across retries ([#1391](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1391))
-- Sanitize chat payloads and provider precedence ([#1253](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1253))
-- Handle dict tool call arguments from Codex and local backends ([#1393](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1393), [#1440](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1440))
-
-### Memory & Sessions
-- **Improve memory prioritization** — user preferences and corrections weighted above procedural knowledge ([#1548](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1548))
-- Tighter memory and session recall guidance in system prompts ([#1329](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1329))
-- Persist CLI token counts to session DB for `/insights` ([#1498](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1498))
-- Keep Honcho recall out of the cached system prefix ([#1201](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1201))
-- Correct `seed_ai_identity` to use `session.add_messages()` ([#1475](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1475))
-- Isolate Honcho session routing for multi-user gateway ([#1500](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1500))
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----
-
-## 📱 Messaging Platforms (Gateway)
-
-### Gateway Core
-- **System gateway service mode** — run as a system-level systemd service, not just user-level ([#1371](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1371))
-- **Gateway install scope prompts** — choose user vs system scope during setup ([#1374](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1374))
-- **Reasoning hot reload** — change reasoning settings without restarting the gateway ([#1275](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1275))
-- Default group sessions to per-user isolation — no more shared state across users in group chats ([#1495](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1495), [#1417](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1417))
-- Harden gateway restart recovery ([#1310](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1310))
-- Cancel active runs during shutdown ([#1427](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1427))
-- SSL certificate auto-detection for NixOS and non-standard systems ([#1494](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1494))
-- Auto-detect D-Bus session bus for `systemctl --user` on headless servers ([#1601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1601))
-- Auto-enable systemd linger during gateway install on headless servers ([#1334](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1334))
-- Fall back to module entrypoint when `hermes` is not on PATH ([#1355](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1355))
-- Fix dual gateways on macOS launchd after `hermes update` ([#1567](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1567))
-- Remove recursive ExecStop from systemd units ([#1530](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1530))
-- Prevent logging handler accumulation in gateway mode ([#1251](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1251))
-- Restart on retryable startup failures — by @jplew ([#1517](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1517))
-- Backfill model on gateway sessions after agent runs ([#1306](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1306))
-- PID-based gateway kill and deferred config write ([#1499](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1499))
-
-### Telegram
-- Buffer media groups to prevent self-interruption from photo bursts ([#1341](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1341), [#1422](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1422))
-- Retry on transient TLS failures during connect and send ([#1535](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1535))
-- Harden polling conflict handling ([#1339](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1339))
-- Escape chunk indicators and inline code in MarkdownV2 ([#1478](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1478), [#1626](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1626))
-- Check updater/app state before disconnect ([#1389](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1389))
-
-### Discord
-- `/thread` command with `auto_thread` config and media metadata fixes ([#1178](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1178))
-- Auto-thread on @mention, skip mention text in bot threads ([#1438](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1438))
-- Retry without reply reference for system messages ([#1385](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1385))
-- Preserve native document and video attachment support ([#1392](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1392))
-- Defer discord adapter annotations to avoid optional import crashes ([#1314](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1314))
-
-### Slack
-- Thread handling overhaul — progress messages, responses, and session isolation all respect threads ([#1103](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1103))
-- Formatting, reactions, user resolution, and command improvements ([#1106](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1106))
-- Fix MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH 3900 → 39000 ([#1117](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1117))
-- File upload fallback preserves thread context — by @0xbyt4 ([#1122](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1122))
-- Improve setup guidance ([#1387](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1387))
-
-### Email
-- Fix IMAP UID tracking and SMTP TLS verification ([#1305](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1305))
-- Add `skip_attachments` option via config.yaml ([#1536](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1536))
-
-### Home Assistant
-- Event filtering closed by default ([#1169](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1169))
-
----
-
-## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
-
-### Interactive CLI
-- **Persistent CLI status bar** — always-visible model, provider, and token counts ([#1522](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1522))
-- **File path autocomplete** in the input prompt ([#1545](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1545))
-- **`/plan` command** — generate implementation plans from specs ([#1372](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1372), [#1381](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1381))
-- **Major `/rollback` improvements** — richer checkpoint history, clearer UX ([#1505](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1505))
-- **Preload CLI skills on launch** — skills are ready before the first prompt ([#1359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1359))
-- **Centralized slash command registry** — all commands defined once, consumed everywhere ([#1603](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1603))
-- `/bg` alias for `/background` ([#1590](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1590))
-- Prefix matching for slash commands — `/mod` resolves to `/model` ([#1320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1320))
-- `/new`, `/reset`, `/clear` now start genuinely fresh sessions ([#1237](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1237))
-- Accept session ID prefixes for session actions ([#1425](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1425))
-- TUI prompt and accent output now respect active skin ([#1282](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1282))
-- Centralize tool emoji metadata in registry + skin integration ([#1484](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1484))
-- "View full command" option added to dangerous command approval — by @teknium1 based on design by community ([#887](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/887))
-- Non-blocking startup update check and banner deduplication ([#1386](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1386))
-- `/reasoning` command output ordering and inline think extraction fixes ([#1031](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1031))
-- Verbose mode shows full untruncated output ([#1472](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1472))
-- Fix `/status` to report live state and tokens ([#1476](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1476))
-- Seed a default global SOUL.md ([#1311](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1311))
-
-### Setup & Configuration
-- **OpenClaw migration** during first-time setup — by @kshitijk4poor ([#981](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/981))
-- `hermes claw migrate` command + migration docs ([#1059](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1059))
-- Smart vision setup that respects the user's chosen provider ([#1323](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1323))
-- Handle headless setup flows end-to-end ([#1274](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1274))
-- Prefer curses over `simple_term_menu` in setup.py ([#1487](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1487))
-- Show effective model and provider in `/status` ([#1284](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1284))
-- Config set examples use placeholder syntax ([#1322](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1322))
-- Reload .env over stale shell overrides ([#1434](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1434))
-- Fix is_coding_plan NameError crash — by @0xbyt4 ([#1123](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1123))
-- Add missing packages to setuptools config — by @alt-glitch ([#912](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/912))
-- Installer: clarify why sudo is needed at every prompt ([#1602](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1602))
-
----
-
-## 🔧 Tool System
-
-### Terminal & Execution
-- **Persistent shell mode** for local and SSH backends — maintain shell state across tool calls — by @alt-glitch ([#1067](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1067), [#1483](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1483))
-- **Tirith pre-exec command scanning** — security layer that analyzes commands before execution ([#1256](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1256))
-- Strip Hermes provider env vars from all subprocess environments ([#1157](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1157), [#1172](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1172), [#1399](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1399), [#1419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1419)) — initial fix by @eren-karakus0
-- SSH preflight check ([#1486](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1486))
-- Docker backend: make cwd workspace mount explicit opt-in ([#1534](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1534))
-- Add project root to PYTHONPATH in execute_code sandbox ([#1383](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1383))
-- Eliminate execute_code progress spam on gateway platforms ([#1098](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1098))
-- Clearer docker backend preflight errors ([#1276](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1276))
-
-### Browser
-- **`/browser connect`** — attach browser tools to a live Chrome instance via CDP ([#1549](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1549))
-- Improve browser cleanup, local browser PATH setup, and screenshot recovery ([#1333](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1333))
-
-### MCP
-- **Selective tool loading** with utility policies — filter which MCP tools are available ([#1302](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1302))
-- Auto-reload MCP tools when `mcp_servers` config changes without restart ([#1474](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1474))
-- Resolve npx stdio connection failures ([#1291](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1291))
-- Preserve MCP toolsets when saving platform tool config ([#1421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1421))
-
-### Vision
-- Unify vision backend gating ([#1367](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1367))
-- Surface actual error reason instead of generic message ([#1338](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1338))
-- Make Claude image handling work end-to-end ([#1408](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1408))
-
-### Cron
-- **Compress cron management into one tool** — single `cronjob` tool replaces multiple commands ([#1343](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1343))
-- Suppress duplicate cron sends to auto-delivery targets ([#1357](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1357))
-- Persist cron sessions to SQLite ([#1255](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1255))
-- Per-job runtime overrides (provider, model, base_url) ([#1398](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1398))
-- Atomic write in `save_job_output` to prevent data loss on crash ([#1173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1173))
-- Preserve thread context for `deliver=origin` ([#1437](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1437))
-
-### Patch Tool
-- Avoid corrupting pipe chars in V4A patch apply ([#1286](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1286))
-- Permissive `block_anchor` thresholds and unicode normalization ([#1539](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1539))
-
-### Delegation
-- Add observability metadata to subagent results (model, tokens, duration, tool trace) ([#1175](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1175))
-
----
-
-## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
-
-### Skills System
-- **Integrate skills.sh** as a hub source alongside ClawHub ([#1303](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1303))
-- Secure skill env setup on load ([#1153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1153))
-- Honor policy table for dangerous verdicts ([#1330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1330))
-- Harden ClawHub skill search exact matches ([#1400](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1400))
-- Fix ClawHub skill install — use `/download` ZIP endpoint ([#1060](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1060))
-- Avoid mislabeling local skills as builtin — by @arceus77-7 ([#862](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/862))
-
-### New Skills
-- **Linear** project management ([#1230](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1230))
-- **X/Twitter** via x-cli ([#1285](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1285))
-- **Telephony** — Twilio, SMS, and AI calls ([#1289](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1289))
-- **1Password** — by @arceus77-7 ([#883](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/883), [#1179](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1179))
-- **NeuroSkill BCI** integration ([#1135](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1135))
-- **Blender MCP** for 3D modeling ([#1531](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1531))
-- **OSS Security Forensics** ([#1482](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1482))
-- **Parallel CLI** research skill ([#1301](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1301))
-- **OpenCode** CLI skill ([#1174](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1174))
-- **ASCII Video** skill refactored — by @SHL0MS ([#1213](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1213), [#1598](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1598))
-
----
-
-## 🎙️ Voice Mode
-
-- Voice mode foundation — push-to-talk CLI, Telegram/Discord voice notes ([#1299](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1299))
-- Free local Whisper transcription via faster-whisper ([#1185](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1185))
-- Discord voice channel reliability fixes ([#1429](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1429))
-- Restore local STT fallback for gateway voice notes ([#1490](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1490))
-- Honor `stt.enabled: false` across gateway transcription ([#1394](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1394))
-- Fix bogus incapability message on Telegram voice notes (Issue [#1033](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1033))
-
----
-
-## 🔌 ACP (IDE Integration)
-
-- Restore ACP server implementation ([#1254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1254))
-- Support slash commands in ACP adapter ([#1532](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1532))
-
----
-
-## 🧪 RL Training
-
-- **Agentic On-Policy Distillation (OPD)** environment — new RL training environment for agent policy distillation ([#1149](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1149))
-- Make tinker-atropos RL training fully optional ([#1062](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1062))
-
----
-
-## 🔒 Security & Reliability
-
-### Security Hardening
-- **Tirith pre-exec command scanning** — static analysis of terminal commands before execution ([#1256](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1256))
-- **PII redaction** when `privacy.redact_pii` is enabled ([#1542](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1542))
-- Strip Hermes provider/gateway/tool env vars from all subprocess environments ([#1157](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1157), [#1172](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1172), [#1399](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1399), [#1419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1419))
-- Docker cwd workspace mount now explicit opt-in — never auto-mount host directories ([#1534](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1534))
-- Escape parens and braces in fork bomb regex pattern ([#1397](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1397))
-- Harden `.worktreeinclude` path containment ([#1388](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1388))
-- Use description as `pattern_key` to prevent approval collisions ([#1395](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1395))
-
-### Reliability
-- Guard init-time stdio writes ([#1271](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1271))
-- Session log writes reuse shared atomic JSON helper ([#1280](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1280))
-- Atomic temp cleanup protected on interrupts ([#1401](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1401))
-
----
-
-## 🐛 Notable Bug Fixes
-
-- **`/status` always showing 0 tokens** — now reports live state (Issue [#1465](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1465), [#1476](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1476))
-- **Custom model endpoints not working** — restored config-saved endpoint resolution (Issue [#1460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1460), [#1373](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1373))
-- **MCP tools not visible until restart** — auto-reload on config change (Issue [#1036](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1036), [#1474](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1474))
-- **`hermes tools` removing MCP tools** — preserve MCP toolsets when saving (Issue [#1247](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1247), [#1421](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1421))
-- **Terminal subprocesses inheriting `OPENAI_BASE_URL`** breaking external tools (Issue [#1002](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1002), [#1399](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1399))
-- **Background process lost on gateway restart** — improved recovery (Issue [#1144](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1144))
-- **Cron jobs not persisting state** — now stored in SQLite (Issue [#1416](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1416), [#1255](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1255))
-- **Cronjob `deliver: origin` not preserving thread context** (Issue [#1219](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1219), [#1437](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1437))
-- **Gateway systemd service failing to auto-restart** when browser processes orphaned (Issue [#1617](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1617))
-- **`/background` completion report cut off in Telegram** (Issue [#1443](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1443))
-- **Model switching not taking effect** (Issue [#1244](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1244), [#1183](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1183))
-- **`hermes doctor` reporting cronjob as unavailable** (Issue [#878](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/878), [#1180](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1180))
-- **WhatsApp bridge messages not received** from mobile (Issue [#1142](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1142))
-- **Setup wizard hanging on headless SSH** (Issue [#905](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/905), [#1274](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1274))
-- **Log handler accumulation** degrading gateway performance (Issue [#990](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/990), [#1251](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1251))
-- **Gateway NULL model in DB** (Issue [#987](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/987), [#1306](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1306))
-- **Strict endpoints rejecting replayed tool_calls** (Issue [#893](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/893))
-- **Remaining hardcoded `~/.hermes` paths** — all now respect `HERMES_HOME` (Issue [#892](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/892), [#1233](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1233))
-- **Delegate tool not working with custom inference providers** (Issue [#1011](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1011), [#1328](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1328))
-- **Skills Guard blocking official skills** (Issue [#1006](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1006), [#1330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1330))
-- **Setup writing provider before model selection** (Issue [#1182](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1182))
-- **`GatewayConfig.get()` AttributeError** crashing all message handling (Issue [#1158](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1158), [#1287](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1287))
-- **`/update` hard-failing with "command not found"** (Issue [#1049](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1049))
-- **Image analysis failing silently** (Issue [#1034](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1034), [#1338](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1338))
-- **API `BadRequestError` from `'dict'` object has no attribute `'strip'`** (Issue [#1071](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1071))
-- **Slash commands requiring exact full name** — now uses prefix matching (Issue [#928](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/928), [#1320](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1320))
-- **Gateway stops responding when terminal is closed on headless** (Issue [#1005](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1005))
-
----
-
-## 🧪 Testing
-
-- Cover empty cached Anthropic tool-call turns ([#1222](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1222))
-- Fix stale CI assumptions in parser and quick-command coverage ([#1236](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1236))
-- Fix gateway async tests without implicit event loop ([#1278](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1278))
-- Make gateway async tests xdist-safe ([#1281](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1281))
-- Cross-timezone naive timestamp regression for cron ([#1319](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1319))
-- Isolate codex provider tests from local env ([#1335](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1335))
-- Lock retry replacement semantics ([#1379](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1379))
-- Improve error logging in session search tool — by @aydnOktay ([#1533](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1533))
-
----
-
-## 📚 Documentation
-
-- Comprehensive SOUL.md guide ([#1315](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1315))
-- Voice mode documentation ([#1316](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1316), [#1362](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1362))
-- Provider contribution guide ([#1361](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1361))
-- ACP and internal systems implementation guides ([#1259](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1259))
-- Expand Docusaurus coverage across CLI, tools, skills, and skins ([#1232](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1232))
-- Terminal backend and Windows troubleshooting ([#1297](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1297))
-- Skills hub reference section ([#1317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1317))
-- Checkpoint, /rollback, and git worktrees guide ([#1493](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1493), [#1524](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1524))
-- CLI status bar and /usage reference ([#1523](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1523))
-- Fallback providers + /background command docs ([#1430](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1430))
-- Gateway service scopes docs ([#1378](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1378))
-- Slack thread reply behavior docs ([#1407](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1407))
-- Redesigned landing page with Nous blue palette — by @austinpickett ([#974](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/974))
-- Fix several documentation typos — by @JackTheGit ([#953](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/953))
-- Stabilize website diagrams ([#1405](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1405))
-- CLI vs messaging quick reference in README ([#1491](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1491))
-- Add search to Docusaurus ([#1053](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1053))
-- Home Assistant integration docs ([#1170](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1170))
-
----
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
-### Core
-- **@teknium1** — 220+ PRs spanning every area of the codebase
-
-### Top Community Contributors
-
-- **@0xbyt4** (4 PRs) — Anthropic adapter fixes (max_tokens, fallback crash, 429/529 retry), Slack file upload thread context, setup NameError fix
-- **@erosika** (1 PR) — Honcho memory integration: async writes, memory modes, session title integration
-- **@SHL0MS** (2 PRs) — ASCII video skill design patterns and refactoring
-- **@alt-glitch** (2 PRs) — Persistent shell mode for local/SSH backends, setuptools packaging fix
-- **@arceus77-7** (2 PRs) — 1Password skill, fix skills list mislabeling
-- **@kshitijk4poor** (1 PR) — OpenClaw migration during setup wizard
-- **@ASRagab** (1 PR) — Fix adaptive thinking for Claude 4.6 models
-- **@eren-karakus0** (1 PR) — Strip Hermes provider env vars from subprocess environment
-- **@mr-emmett-one** (1 PR) — Fix DeepSeek V3 parser multi-tool call support
-- **@jplew** (1 PR) — Gateway restart on retryable startup failures
-- **@brandtcormorant** (1 PR) — Fix Anthropic cache control for empty text blocks
-- **@aydnOktay** (1 PR) — Improve error logging in session search tool
-- **@austinpickett** (1 PR) — Landing page redesign with Nous blue palette
-- **@JackTheGit** (1 PR) — Documentation typo fixes
-
-### All Contributors
-
-@0xbyt4, @alt-glitch, @arceus77-7, @ASRagab, @austinpickett, @aydnOktay, @brandtcormorant, @eren-karakus0, @erosika, @JackTheGit, @jplew, @kshitijk4poor, @mr-emmett-one, @SHL0MS, @teknium1
-
----
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.12...v2026.3.17](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.12...v2026.3.17)

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-# 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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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----
-
-## 🏗️ 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 📱 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))
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-### Discord
-- Stop phantom typing indicator after agent turn completes ([#3003](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3003))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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-### Signal
-- Track SSE keepalive comments as connection activity ([#3316](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3316))
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-### Email
-- Prevent unbounded growth of `_seen_uids` in EmailAdapter ([#3490](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3490))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 🖥️ 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))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 🔧 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 🧩 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))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 🔒 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))
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-### 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)

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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
-
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-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.4.3...v2026.4.8](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.4.3...v2026.4.8)

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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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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-- **`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

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent Security Policy
-
-This document outlines the security protocols, trust model, and deployment hardening guidelines for the **Hermes Agent** project.
-
-## 1. Vulnerability Reporting
-
-Hermes Agent does **not** operate a bug bounty program. Security issues should be reported via [GitHub Security Advisories (GHSA)](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/security/advisories/new) or by emailing **security@nousresearch.com**. Do not open public issues for security vulnerabilities.
-
-### Required Submission Details
-- **Title & Severity:** Concise description and CVSS score/rating.
-- **Affected Component:** Exact file path and line range (e.g., `tools/approval.py:120-145`).
-- **Environment:** Output of `hermes version`, commit SHA, OS, and Python version.
-- **Reproduction:** Step-by-step Proof-of-Concept (PoC) against `main` or the latest release.
-- **Impact:** Explanation of what trust boundary was crossed.
-
----
-
-## 2. Trust Model
-
-The core assumption is that Hermes is a **personal agent** with one trusted operator.
-
-### Operator & Session Trust
-- **Single Tenant:** The system protects the operator from LLM actions, not from malicious co-tenants. Multi-user isolation must happen at the OS/host level.
-- **Gateway Security:** Authorized callers (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.) receive equal trust. Session keys are used for routing, not as authorization boundaries.
-- **Execution:** Defaults to `terminal.backend: local` (direct host execution). Container isolation (Docker, Modal, Daytona) is opt-in for sandboxing.
-
-### Dangerous Command Approval
-The approval system (`tools/approval.py`) is a core security boundary. Terminal commands, file operations, and other potentially destructive actions are gated behind explicit user confirmation before execution. The approval mode is configurable via `approvals.mode` in `config.yaml`:
-- `"on"` (default) — prompts the user to approve dangerous commands.
-- `"auto"` — auto-approves after a configurable delay.
-- `"off"` — disables the gate entirely (break-glass; see Section 3).
-
-### Output Redaction
-`agent/redact.py` strips secret-like patterns (API keys, tokens, credentials) from all display output before it reaches the terminal or gateway platform. This prevents accidental credential leakage in chat logs, tool previews, and response text. Redaction operates on the display layer only — underlying values remain intact for internal agent operations.
-
-### Skills vs. MCP Servers
-- **Installed Skills:** High trust. Equivalent to local host code; skills can read environment variables and run arbitrary commands.
-- **MCP Servers:** Lower trust. MCP subprocesses receive a filtered environment (`_build_safe_env()` in `tools/mcp_tool.py`) — only safe baseline variables (`PATH`, `HOME`, `XDG_*`) plus variables explicitly declared in the server's `env` config block are passed through. Host credentials are stripped by default. Additionally, packages invoked via `npx`/`uvx` are checked against the OSV malware database before spawning.
-
-### Code Execution Sandbox
-The `execute_code` tool (`tools/code_execution_tool.py`) runs LLM-generated Python scripts in a child process with API keys and tokens stripped from the environment to prevent credential exfiltration. Only environment variables explicitly declared by loaded skills (via `env_passthrough`) or by the user in `config.yaml` (`terminal.env_passthrough`) are passed through. The child accesses Hermes tools via RPC, not direct API calls.
-
-### Subagents
-- **No recursive delegation:** The `delegate_task` tool is disabled for child agents.
-- **Depth limit:** `MAX_DEPTH = 2` — parent (depth 0) can spawn a child (depth 1); grandchildren are rejected.
-- **Memory isolation:** Subagents run with `skip_memory=True` and do not have access to the parent's persistent memory provider. The parent receives only the task prompt and final response as an observation.
-
----
-
-## 3. Out of Scope (Non-Vulnerabilities)
-
-The following scenarios are **not** considered security breaches:
-- **Prompt Injection:** Unless it results in a concrete bypass of the approval system, toolset restrictions, or container sandbox.
-- **Public Exposure:** Deploying the gateway to the public internet without external authentication or network protection.
-- **Trusted State Access:** Reports that require pre-existing write access to `~/.hermes/`, `.env`, or `config.yaml` (these are operator-owned files).
-- **Default Behavior:** Host-level command execution when `terminal.backend` is set to `local` — this is the documented default, not a vulnerability.
-- **Configuration Trade-offs:** Intentional break-glass settings such as `approvals.mode: "off"` or `terminal.backend: local` in production.
-- **Tool-level read/access restrictions:** The agent has unrestricted shell access via the `terminal` tool by design. Reports that a specific tool (e.g., `read_file`) can access a resource are not vulnerabilities if the same access is available through `terminal`. Tool-level deny lists only constitute a meaningful security boundary when paired with equivalent restrictions on the terminal side (as with write operations, where `WRITE_DENIED_PATHS` is paired with the dangerous command approval system).
-
----
-
-## 4. Deployment Hardening & Best Practices
-
-### Filesystem & Network
-- **Production sandboxing:** Use container backends (`docker`, `modal`, `daytona`) instead of `local` for untrusted workloads.
-- **File permissions:** Run as non-root (the Docker image uses UID 10000); protect credentials with `chmod 600 ~/.hermes/.env` on local installs.
-- **Network exposure:** Do not expose the gateway or API server to the public internet without VPN, Tailscale, or firewall protection. SSRF protection is enabled by default across all gateway platform adapters (Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix, Mattermost, etc.) with redirect validation. Note: the local terminal backend does not apply SSRF filtering, as it operates within the trusted operator's environment.
-
-### Skills & Supply Chain
-- **Skill installation:** Review Skills Guard reports (`tools/skills_guard.py`) before installing third-party skills. The audit log at `~/.hermes/skills/.hub/audit.log` tracks every install and removal.
-- **MCP safety:** OSV malware checking runs automatically for `npx`/`uvx` packages before MCP server processes are spawned.
-- **CI/CD:** GitHub Actions are pinned to full commit SHAs. The `supply-chain-audit.yml` workflow blocks PRs containing `.pth` files or suspicious `base64`+`exec` patterns.
-
-### Credential Storage
-- API keys and tokens belong exclusively in `~/.hermes/.env` — never in `config.yaml` or checked into version control.
-- The credential pool system (`agent/credential_pool.py`) handles key rotation and fallback. Credentials are resolved from environment variables, not stored in plaintext databases.
-
----
-
-## 5. Disclosure Process
-
-- **Coordinated Disclosure:** 90-day window or until a fix is released, whichever comes first.
-- **Communication:** All updates occur via the GHSA thread or email correspondence with security@nousresearch.com.
-- **Credits:** Reporters are credited in release notes unless anonymity is requested.

TODO.md

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+# Hermes Agent - Future Improvements
+
+> Ideas for enhancing the agent's capabilities, generated from self-analysis of the codebase.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Subagent Architecture (Context Isolation) 🎯
+
+**Problem:** Long-running tools (terminal commands, browser automation, complex file operations) consume massive context. A single `ls -la` can add hundreds of lines. Browser snapshots, debugging sessions, and iterative terminal work quickly bloat the main conversation, leaving less room for actual reasoning.
+
+**Solution:** The main agent becomes an **orchestrator** that delegates context-heavy tasks to **subagents**.
+
+**Architecture:**
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  ORCHESTRATOR (main agent)                                      │
+│  - Receives user request                                        │
+│  - Plans approach                                               │
+│  - Delegates heavy tasks to subagents                           │
+│  - Receives summarized results                                  │
+│  - Maintains clean, focused context                             │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+         │                    │                    │
+         ▼                    ▼                    ▼
+┌─────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐
+│ TERMINAL AGENT  │  │ BROWSER AGENT   │  │ CODE AGENT      │
+│ - terminal tool │  │ - browser tools │  │ - file tools    │
+│ - file tools    │  │ - web_search    │  │ - terminal      │
+│                 │  │ - web_extract   │  │                 │
+│ Isolated context│  │ Isolated context│  │ Isolated context│
+│ Returns summary │  │ Returns summary │  │ Returns summary │
+└─────────────────┘  └─────────────────┘  └─────────────────┘
+```
+
+**How it works:**
+1. User asks: "Set up a new Python project with FastAPI and tests"
+2. Orchestrator plans: "I need to create files, install deps, write code"
+3. Orchestrator calls: `terminal_task(goal="Create venv, install fastapi pytest", context="New project in ~/myapp")`
+4. **Subagent spawns** with fresh context, only terminal/file tools
+5. Subagent iterates (may take 10+ tool calls, lots of output)
+6. Subagent completes → returns summary: "Created venv, installed fastapi==0.109.0, pytest==8.0.0"
+7. Orchestrator receives **only the summary**, context stays clean
+8. Orchestrator continues with next subtask
+
+**Key tools to implement:**
+- [ ] `terminal_task(goal, context, cwd?)` - Delegate terminal/shell work
+- [ ] `browser_task(goal, context, start_url?)` - Delegate web research/automation  
+- [ ] `code_task(goal, context, files?)` - Delegate code writing/modification
+- [ ] Generic `delegate_task(goal, context, toolsets=[])` - Flexible delegation
+
+**Implementation details:**
+- [ ] Subagent uses same `run_agent.py` but with:
+  - Fresh/empty conversation history
+  - Limited toolset (only what's needed)
+  - Smaller max_iterations (focused task)
+  - Task-specific system prompt
+- [ ] Subagent returns structured result:
+  ```python
+  {
+    "success": True,
+    "summary": "Installed 3 packages, created 2 files",
+    "details": "Optional longer explanation if needed",
+    "artifacts": ["~/myapp/requirements.txt", "~/myapp/main.py"],  # Files created
+    "errors": []  # Any issues encountered
+  }
+  ```
+- [ ] Orchestrator sees only the summary in its context
+- [ ] Full subagent transcript saved separately for debugging
+
+**Benefits:**
+- 🧹 **Clean context** - Orchestrator stays focused, doesn't drown in tool output
+- 📊 **Better token efficiency** - 50 terminal outputs → 1 summary paragraph
+- 🎯 **Focused subagents** - Each agent has just the tools it needs
+- 🔄 **Parallel potential** - Independent subtasks could run concurrently
+- 🐛 **Easier debugging** - Each subtask has its own isolated transcript
+
+**When to use subagents vs direct tools:**
+- **Subagent**: Multi-step tasks, iteration likely, lots of output expected
+- **Direct**: Quick one-off commands, simple file reads, user needs to see output
+
+**Files to modify:** `run_agent.py` (add orchestration mode), new `tools/delegate_tools.py`, new `subagent_runner.py`
+
+---
+
+## 2. Planning & Task Management 📋
+
+**Problem:** Agent handles tasks reactively without explicit planning. Complex multi-step tasks lack structure, progress tracking, and the ability to decompose work into manageable chunks.
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **Task decomposition tool** - Break complex requests into subtasks:
+  ```
+  User: "Set up a new Python project with FastAPI, tests, and Docker"
+  
+  Agent creates plan:
+  ├── 1. Create project structure and requirements.txt
+  ├── 2. Implement FastAPI app skeleton
+  ├── 3. Add pytest configuration and initial tests
+  ├── 4. Create Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml
+  └── 5. Verify everything works together
+  ```
+  - Each subtask becomes a trackable unit
+  - Agent can report progress: "Completed 3/5 tasks"
+  
+- [ ] **Progress checkpoints** - Periodic self-assessment:
+  - After N tool calls or time elapsed, pause to evaluate
+  - "What have I accomplished? What remains? Am I on track?"
+  - Detect if stuck in loops or making no progress
+  - Could trigger replanning if approach isn't working
+  
+- [ ] **Explicit plan storage** - Persist plan in conversation:
+  - Store as structured data (not just in context)
+  - Update status as tasks complete
+  - User can ask "What's the plan?" or "What's left?"
+  - Survives context compression (plans are protected)
+
+- [ ] **Failure recovery with replanning** - When things go wrong:
+  - Record what failed and why
+  - Revise plan to work around the issue
+  - "Step 3 failed because X, adjusting approach to Y"
+  - Prevents repeating failed strategies
+
+**Files to modify:** `run_agent.py` (add planning hooks), new `tools/planning_tool.py`
+
+---
+
+## 3. Dynamic Skills Expansion 📚
+
+**Problem:** Skills system is elegant but static. Skills must be manually created and added.
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **Skill acquisition from successful tasks** - After completing a complex task:
+  - "This approach worked well. Save as a skill?"
+  - Extract: goal, steps taken, tools used, key decisions
+  - Generate SKILL.md automatically
+  - Store in user's skills directory
+  
+- [ ] **Skill templates** - Common patterns that can be parameterized:
+  ```markdown
+  # Debug {language} Error
+  1. Reproduce the error
+  2. Search for error message: `web_search("{error_message} {language}")`
+  3. Check common causes: {common_causes}
+  4. Apply fix and verify
+  ```
+  
+- [ ] **Skill chaining** - Combine skills for complex workflows:
+  - Skills can reference other skills as dependencies
+  - "To do X, first apply skill Y, then skill Z"
+  - Directed graph of skill dependencies
+
+**Files to modify:** `tools/skills_tool.py`, `skills/` directory structure, new `skill_generator.py`
+
+---
+
+## 4. Interactive Clarifying Questions Tool ❓
+
+**Problem:** Agent sometimes makes assumptions or guesses when it should ask the user. Currently can only ask via text, which gets lost in long outputs.
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **Multiple-choice prompt tool** - Let agent present structured choices to user:
+  ```
+  ask_user_choice(
+    question="Should the language switcher enable only German or all languages?",
+    choices=[
+      "Only enable German - works immediately",
+      "Enable all, mark untranslated - show fallback notice",
+      "Let me specify something else"
+    ]
+  )
+  ```
+  - Renders as interactive terminal UI with arrow key / Tab navigation
+  - User selects option, result returned to agent
+  - Up to 4 choices + optional free-text option
+  
+- [ ] **Implementation:**
+  - Use `inquirer` or `questionary` Python library for rich terminal prompts
+  - Tool returns selected option text (or user's custom input)
+  - **CLI-only** - only works when running via `cli.py` (not API/programmatic use)
+  - Graceful fallback: if not in interactive mode, return error asking agent to rephrase as text
+  
+- [ ] **Use cases:**
+  - Clarify ambiguous requirements before starting work
+  - Confirm destructive operations with clear options
+  - Let user choose between implementation approaches
+  - Checkpoint complex multi-step workflows
+
+**Files to modify:** New `tools/ask_user_tool.py`, `cli.py` (detect interactive mode), `model_tools.py`
+
+---
+
+## 5. Collaborative Problem Solving 🤝
+
+**Problem:** Interaction is command/response. Complex problems benefit from dialogue.
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **Assumption surfacing** - Make implicit assumptions explicit:
+  - "I'm assuming you want Python 3.11+. Correct?"
+  - "This solution assumes you have sudo access..."
+  - Let user correct before going down wrong path
+
+- [ ] **Checkpoint & confirm** - For high-stakes operations:
+  - "About to delete 47 files. Here's the list - proceed?"
+  - "This will modify your database. Want a backup first?"
+  - Configurable threshold for when to ask
+
+**Files to modify:** `run_agent.py`, system prompt configuration
+
+---
+
+## 6. Project-Local Context 💾
+
+**Problem:** Valuable context lost between sessions.
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **Project awareness** - Remember project-specific context:
+  - Store `.hermes/context.md` in project directory
+  - "This is a Django project using PostgreSQL"
+  - Coding style preferences, deployment setup, etc.
+  - Load automatically when working in that directory
+
+- [ ] **Handoff notes** - Leave notes for future sessions:
+  - Write to `.hermes/notes.md` in project
+  - "TODO for next session: finish implementing X"
+  - "Known issues: Y doesn't work on Windows"
+
+**Files to modify:** New `project_context.py`, auto-load in `run_agent.py`
+
+## 6. Tools & Skills Wishlist 🧰
+
+*Things that would need new tool implementations (can't do well with current tools):*
+
+### High-Impact
+
+- [ ] **Audio/Video Transcription** 🎬 *(See also: Section 16 for detailed spec)*
+  - Transcribe audio files, podcasts, YouTube videos
+  - Extract key moments from video
+  - Voice memo transcription for messaging integrations
+  - *Provider options: Whisper API, Deepgram, local Whisper*
+  
+- [ ] **Diagram Rendering** 📊
+  - Render Mermaid/PlantUML to actual images
+  - Can generate the code, but rendering requires external service or tool
+  - "Show me how these components connect" → actual visual diagram
+
+### Medium-Impact
+
+- [ ] **Canvas / Visual Workspace** 🖼️
+  - Agent-controlled visual panel for rendering interactive UI
+  - Inspired by OpenClaw's Canvas feature
+  - **Capabilities:**
+    - `present` / `hide` - Show/hide the canvas panel
+    - `navigate` - Load HTML files or URLs into the canvas
+    - `eval` - Execute JavaScript in the canvas context
+    - `snapshot` - Capture the rendered UI as an image
+  - **Use cases:**
+    - Display generated HTML/CSS/JS previews
+    - Show interactive data visualizations (charts, graphs)
+    - Render diagrams (Mermaid → rendered output)
+    - Present structured information in rich format
+    - A2UI-style component system for structured agent UI
+  - **Implementation options:**
+    - Electron-based panel for CLI
+    - WebSocket-connected web app
+    - VS Code webview extension
+  - *Would let agent "show" things rather than just describe them*
+
+- [ ] **Document Generation** 📄
+  - Create styled PDFs, Word docs, presentations
+  - *Can do basic PDF via terminal tools, but limited*
+
+- [ ] **Diff/Patch Tool** 📝
+  - Surgical code modifications with preview
+  - "Change line 45-50 to X" without rewriting whole file
+  - Show diffs before applying
+  - *Can use `diff`/`patch` but a native tool would be safer*
+
+### Skills to Create
+
+- [ ] **Domain-specific skill packs:**
+  - DevOps/Infrastructure (Terraform, K8s, AWS)
+  - Data Science workflows (EDA, model training)
+  - Security/pentesting procedures
+  
+- [ ] **Framework-specific skills:**
+  - React/Vue/Angular patterns
+  - Django/Rails/Express conventions
+  - Database optimization playbooks
+
+- [ ] **Troubleshooting flowcharts:**
+  - "Docker container won't start" → decision tree
+  - "Production is slow" → systematic diagnosis
+
+---
+
+## 7. Messaging Platform Integrations 💬 ✅ COMPLETE
+
+**Problem:** Agent currently only works via `cli.py` which requires direct terminal access. Users may want to interact via messaging apps from their phone or other devices.
+
+**Architecture:**
+- `run_agent.py` already accepts `conversation_history` parameter and returns updated messages ✅
+- Need: persistent session storage, platform monitors, session key resolution
+
+**Implementation approach:**
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  Platform Monitor (e.g., telegram_monitor.py)               │
+│  ├─ Long-running daemon connecting to messaging platform    │
+│  ├─ On message: resolve session key → load history from disk│
+│  ├─ Call run_agent.py with loaded history                   │
+│  ├─ Save updated history back to disk (JSONL)               │
+│  └─ Send response back to platform                          │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+**Platform support (each user sets up their own credentials):**
+- [x] **Telegram** - via `python-telegram-bot`
+  - Bot token from @BotFather
+  - Easiest to set up, good for personal use
+- [x] **Discord** - via `discord.py`
+  - Bot token from Discord Developer Portal
+  - Can work in servers (group sessions) or DMs
+- [x] **WhatsApp** - via Node.js bridge (whatsapp-web.js/baileys)
+  - Requires Node.js bridge setup
+  - More complex, but reaches most people
+
+**Session management:**
+- [x] **Session store** - JSONL persistence per session key
+  - `~/.hermes/sessions/{session_id}.jsonl`
+  - Session keys: `agent:main:telegram:dm`, `agent:main:discord:group:123`, etc.
+- [x] **Session expiry** - Configurable reset policies
+  - Daily reset (default 4am) OR idle timeout (default 2 hours)
+  - Manual reset via `/reset` or `/new` command in chat
+  - Per-platform and per-type overrides
+- [x] **Session continuity** - Conversations persist across messages until reset
+
+**Files created:** `gateway/`, `gateway/platforms/`, `gateway/config.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/delivery.py`, `gateway/run.py`
+
+**Configuration:**
+- Environment variables: `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`, `DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN`, etc.
+- Config file: `~/.hermes/gateway.json`
+- CLI commands: `/platforms` to check status, `--gateway` to start
+
+**Dynamic context injection:**
+- Agent knows its source platform and chat
+- Agent knows connected platforms and home channels
+- Agent can deliver cron outputs to specific platforms
+
+---
+
+## 8. Text-to-Speech (TTS) 🔊
+
+**Problem:** Agent can only respond with text. Some users prefer audio responses (accessibility, hands-free use, podcasts).
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **TTS tool** - Generate audio files from text
+  ```python
+  tts_generate(text="Here's your summary...", voice="nova", output="summary.mp3")
+  ```
+  - Returns path to generated audio file
+  - For messaging integrations: can send as voice message
+  
+- [ ] **Provider options:**
+  - Edge TTS (free, good quality, many voices)
+  - OpenAI TTS (paid, excellent quality)
+  - ElevenLabs (paid, best quality, voice cloning)
+  - Local options (Coqui TTS, Bark)
+  
+- [ ] **Modes:**
+  - On-demand: User explicitly asks "read this to me"
+  - Auto-TTS: Configurable to always generate audio for responses
+  - Long-text handling: Summarize or chunk very long responses
+  
+- [ ] **Integration with messaging:**
+  - When enabled, can send voice notes instead of/alongside text
+  - User preference per channel
+
+**Files to create:** `tools/tts_tool.py`, config in `cli-config.yaml`
+
+---
+
+## 13. Speech-to-Text / Audio Transcription 🎤
+
+**Problem:** Users may want to send voice memos instead of typing. Agent is blind to audio content.
+
+**Ideas:**
+- [ ] **Voice memo transcription** - For messaging integrations
+  - User sends voice message → transcribe → process as text
+  - Seamless: user speaks, agent responds
+  
+- [ ] **Audio/video file transcription** - Existing idea, expanded:
+  - Transcribe local audio files (mp3, wav, m4a)
+  - Transcribe YouTube videos (download audio → transcribe)
+  - Extract key moments with timestamps
+  
+- [ ] **Provider options:**
+  - OpenAI Whisper API (good quality, cheap)
+  - Deepgram (fast, good for real-time)
+  - Local Whisper (free, runs on GPU)
+  - Groq Whisper (fast, free tier available)
+  
+- [ ] **Tool interface:**
+  ```python
+  transcribe(source="audio.mp3")  # Local file
+  transcribe(source="https://youtube.com/...")  # YouTube
+  transcribe(source="voice_message", data=bytes)  # Voice memo
+  ```
+
+**Files to create:** `tools/transcribe_tool.py`, integrate with messaging monitors
+
+### Plugin/Extension System 🔌
+
+**Concept:** Allow users to add custom tools/skills without modifying core code.
+
+**Why interesting:**
+- Community contributions
+- Organization-specific tools
+- Clean separation of core vs. extensions
+
+**Open questions:**
+- Security implications of loading arbitrary code
+- Versioning and compatibility
+- Discovery and installation UX
+
+---
+
+## Recently Completed ✅
+
+### Dangerous Command Approval System
+**Implemented:** Dangerous command detection and approval for terminal tool.
+
+**Features:**
+- Pattern-based detection of dangerous commands (rm -rf, DROP TABLE, chmod 777, etc.)
+- CLI prompt with options: `[o]nce | [s]ession | [a]lways | [d]eny`
+- Session caching (approved patterns don't re-prompt)
+- Permanent allowlist in `~/.hermes/config.yaml`
+- Force flag for agent to bypass after user confirmation
+- Skip check for isolated backends (Docker, Singularity, Modal)
+- Helpful sudo failure messages for messaging platforms
+
+**Files:** `tools/terminal_tool.py`, `model_tools.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`
+
+---
+
+## 14. Learning Machine / Dynamic Memory System 🧠
+
+*Inspired by [Dash](~/agent-codebases/dash) - a self-learning data agent.*
+
+**Problem:** Agent starts fresh every session. Valuable learnings from debugging, error patterns, successful approaches, and user preferences are lost.
+
+**Dash's Key Insight:** Separate **Knowledge** (static, curated) from **Learnings** (dynamic, discovered):
+
+| System | What It Stores | How It Evolves |
+|--------|---------------|----------------|
+| **Knowledge** (Skills) | Validated approaches, templates, best practices | Curated by user |
+| **Learnings** | Error patterns, gotchas, discovered fixes | Managed automatically |
+
+**Tools to implement:**
+- [ ] `save_learning(topic, learning, context?)` - Record a discovered pattern
+  ```python
+  save_learning(
+    topic="python-ssl",
+    learning="On Ubuntu 22.04, SSL certificate errors often fixed by: apt install ca-certificates",
+    context="Debugging requests SSL failure"
+  )
+  ```
+- [ ] `search_learnings(query)` - Find relevant past learnings
+  ```python
+  search_learnings("SSL certificate error Python")
+  # Returns: "On Ubuntu 22.04, SSL certificate errors often fixed by..."
+  ```
+
+**User Profile & Memory:**
+- [ ] `user_profile` - Structured facts about user preferences
+  ```yaml
+  # ~/.hermes/user_profile.yaml
+  coding_style:
+    python_formatter: black
+    type_hints: always
+    test_framework: pytest
+  preferences:
+    verbosity: detailed
+    confirm_destructive: true
+  environment:
+    os: linux
+    shell: bash
+    default_python: 3.11
+  ```
+- [ ] `user_memory` - Unstructured observations the agent learns
+  ```yaml
+  # ~/.hermes/user_memory.yaml
+  - "User prefers tabs over spaces despite black's defaults"
+  - "User's main project is ~/work/myapp - a Django app"
+  - "User often works late - don't ask about timezone"
+  ```
+
+**When to learn:**
+- After fixing an error that took multiple attempts
+- When user corrects the agent's approach
+- When a workaround is discovered for a tool limitation
+- When user expresses a preference
+
+**Storage:** Vector database (ChromaDB) or simple YAML with embedding search.
+
+**Files to create:** `tools/learning_tools.py`, `learning/store.py`, `~/.hermes/learnings/`
+
+---
+
+## 15. Layered Context Architecture 📊
+
+*Inspired by Dash's "Six Layers of Context" - grounding responses in multiple sources.*
+
+**Problem:** Context sources are ad-hoc. No clear hierarchy or strategy for what context to include when.
+
+**Proposed Layers for Hermes:**
+
+| Layer | Source | When Loaded | Example |
+|-------|--------|-------------|---------|
+| 1. **Project Context** | `.hermes/context.md` | Auto on cwd | "This is a FastAPI project using PostgreSQL" |
+| 2. **Skills** | `skills/*.md` | On request | "How to set up React project" |
+| 3. **User Profile** | `~/.hermes/user_profile.yaml` | Always | "User prefers pytest, uses black" |
+| 4. **Learnings** | `~/.hermes/learnings/` | Semantic search | "SSL fix for Ubuntu" |
+| 5. **External Knowledge** | Web search, docs | On demand | Current API docs, Stack Overflow |
+| 6. **Runtime Introspection** | Tool calls | Real-time | File contents, terminal output |
+
+**Benefits:**
+- Clear mental model for what context is available
+- Prioritization: local > learned > external
+- Debugging: "Why did agent do X?" → check which layers contributed
+
+**Files to modify:** `run_agent.py` (context loading), new `context/layers.py`
+
+---
+
+## 16. Evaluation System with LLM Grading 📏
+
+*Inspired by Dash's evaluation framework.*
+
+**Problem:** `batch_runner.py` runs test cases but lacks quality assessment.
+
+**Dash's Approach:**
+- **String matching** (default) - Check if expected strings appear
+- **LLM grader** (-g flag) - GPT evaluates response quality
+- **Result comparison** (-r flag) - Compare against golden output
+
+**Implementation for Hermes:**
+
+- [ ] **Test case format:**
+  ```python
+  TestCase(
+    name="create_python_project",
+    prompt="Create a new Python project with FastAPI and tests",
+    expected_strings=["requirements.txt", "main.py", "test_"],  # Basic check
+    golden_actions=["write:main.py", "write:requirements.txt", "terminal:pip install"],
+    grader_criteria="Should create complete project structure with working code"
+  )
+  ```
+
+- [ ] **LLM grader mode:**
+  ```python
+  def grade_response(response: str, criteria: str) -> Grade:
+      """Use GPT to evaluate response quality."""
+      prompt = f"""
+      Evaluate this agent response against the criteria.
+      Criteria: {criteria}
+      Response: {response}
+      
+      Score (1-5) and explain why.
+      """
+      # Returns: Grade(score=4, explanation="Created all files but tests are minimal")
+  ```
+
+- [ ] **Action comparison mode:**
+  - Record tool calls made during test
+  - Compare against expected actions
+  - "Expected terminal call to pip install, got npm install"
+
+- [ ] **CLI flags:**
+  ```bash
+  python batch_runner.py eval test_cases.yaml       # String matching
+  python batch_runner.py eval test_cases.yaml -g    # + LLM grading
+  python batch_runner.py eval test_cases.yaml -r    # + Result comparison
+  python batch_runner.py eval test_cases.yaml -v    # Verbose (show responses)
+  ```
+
+**Files to modify:** `batch_runner.py`, new `evals/test_cases.py`, new `evals/grader.py`
+
+---
+
+*Last updated: $(date +%Y-%m-%d)* 🤖

acp_registry/agent.json

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-  "description": "AI agent by Nous Research with 90+ tools, persistent memory, and multi-platform support",
-  "icon": "icon.svg",
-  "distribution": {
-    "type": "command",
-    "command": "hermes",
-    "args": ["acp"]
-  }
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atropos/Dockerfile

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+# Dockerfile for atropos-agent sandbox server
+# Runs inside Nomad containers to handle tool execution
+# Includes bubblewrap for namespace-based slot isolation
+
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    # Bubblewrap for namespace isolation
+    bubblewrap \
+    # `script` for PTY allocation (used for stable tmux+asciinema startup)
+    util-linux \
+    # Git for SWE-style tasks (cloning repos)
+    git \
+    # tmux for stateful terminal sessions (Phase 4.7+)
+    tmux \
+    # Common tools agents might need
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    jq \
+    # Cleanup
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install Python dependencies (sandbox server + optional terminal recording)
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir aiohttp asciinema
+
+# Copy the sandbox server
+COPY sandbox_server.py /app/sandbox_server.py
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Create data directory for slot workspaces
+RUN mkdir -p /data
+
+# Verify bubblewrap is installed and working
+RUN bwrap --version
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Default command - can be overridden by Nomad job spec
+CMD ["python", "sandbox_server.py", "--port", "8080", "--slots", "10", "--data-dir", "/data"]

atropos/__init__.py

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+"""
+Atropos integration for Hermes-Agent.
+
+This package is intentionally optional: Hermes-Agent should work without Atropos.
+If you import anything from `atropos.*` without having `atroposlib` installed,
+we raise a clear error with install instructions.
+
+Install (recommended, from repo checkout):
+  uv sync --extra atropos
+
+Or (pip / editable):
+  pip install -e '.[atropos]'
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def _require_atroposlib() -> None:
+    try:
+        import atroposlib  # noqa: F401
+    except ModuleNotFoundError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
+        raise ModuleNotFoundError(
+            "Hermes-Agent Atropos integration requires `atroposlib`, but it is not installed.\n"
+            "Install it with:\n"
+            "  uv sync --extra atropos\n"
+            "or:\n"
+            "  pip install -e '.[atropos]'\n"
+        ) from exc
+
+
+_require_atroposlib()
+
+# Re-export the most commonly used pieces for convenience.
+# Agent imports are eager (always available).
+from .agent import AgentConfig, AgentResult, AgentStep, AtroposAgent, SequenceData  # noqa: E402
+
+# Env imports are lazy to avoid pulling in deleted atropos.tools dependencies.
+# Use: from atropos.envs import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig  (if needed)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "AtroposAgent",
+    "AgentConfig",
+    "AgentResult",
+    "AgentStep",
+    "SequenceData",
+]
+

atropos/agent/__init__.py

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+"""
+Agent abstractions for atropos-agent.
+
+Provides the core AtroposAgent class for running ReACT-style agent loops.
+"""
+
+from .atropos_agent import AgentConfig, AgentResult, AgentStep, AtroposAgent, SequenceData
+
+__all__ = [
+    "AtroposAgent",
+    "AgentConfig",
+    "AgentResult",
+    "AgentStep",
+    "SequenceData",
+]

atropos/agent/atropos_agent.py

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+"""
+ReACT-style agent implementation for atropos-agent.
+
+This module provides the core AtroposAgent class that implements a basic
+Reason-Act-Observe loop with tool calling capabilities.
+
+Uses ManagedServer from atroposlib for automatic token/logprob tracking,
+making trajectories ready for RL training.
+
+The agent uses Hermes-style XML tags for tool calls:
+- <think>...</think> for reasoning
+- <tool_call>{"name": "...", "arguments": {...}}</tool_call> for actions
+- <tool_response>...</tool_response> for observations
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+import json
+import time
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from uuid import uuid4
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import httpx
+
+from ..tools import ToolCall, ToolRegistry, ToolResult
+from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.managed_server import ManagedServer
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+# Default system prompt with tool calling instructions.
+AGENT_SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are a deep thinking AI. You MUST enclose your internal reasoning inside <think>...</think> tags.
+
+You are a function calling AI model.
+
+You are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags.
+You must call one or more functions to assist with the user query. Don't make assumptions about what values to plug into functions.
+You can ONLY respond without a tool call if you are totally certain you have the final answer to the user's question or task
+After calling & executing a function, you will be provided with function results within <tool_response></tool_response> XML tags.
+
+Here are the available tools:
+<tools>
+{tools_json}
+</tools>
+
+Use the following JSON schema for each tool call you will make:
+{"title": "FunctionCall", "type": "object", "properties": {"name": {"title": "Name", "type": "string"}, "arguments": {"title": "Arguments", "type": "object"}}, "required": ["name", "arguments"]}
+
+## REQUIRED TOOL FORMAT
+
+When you decide to call a tool, your assistant message MUST be:
+1) exactly one <think>...</think> block, followed by
+2) one or more <tool_call>...</tool_call> blocks,
+and NOTHING else in that message.
+
+If you need to explain anything, put it inside <think>. Do NOT write natural language outside <think> or <tool_call>.
+
+For each function call return a JSON object with function name and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags as follows:
+<tool_call>
+{"name": "<function-name>", "arguments": {"arg1": "value1"}}
+</tool_call>
+
+Each <tool_call> must be on its own and contain ONLY the JSON object (no extra text).
+The JSON inside <tool_call> MUST be valid JSON with double quotes.
+
+Do NOT output <tool_response> in an assistant message.
+
+After you receive tool results, you may either call more tools (same required format) or provide the final answer.
+When providing the final answer, do NOT include any <tool_call> blocks.
+
+## TERMINAL TOOL NOTES
+
+- Commands execute under POSIX `/bin/sh` (not bash).
+- Each tool call runs in a fresh shell: environment changes (like `cd` or venv activation) do not persist across tool calls.
+- Avoid bash-only features like `source`, `[[ ... ]]`, or process substitution.
+- Prefer explicit venv usage:
+  - `python -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate && python -m pip install -e .` (POSIX `.` activation), or
+  - `.venv/bin/python -m pip install -e .` (no activation required).
+
+## ICL (examples)
+
+User: Show the current directory.
+Assistant:
+<think>I should run pwd.</think>
+<tool_call>
+{"name": "terminal", "arguments": {"command": "pwd"}}
+</tool_call>
+User: <tool_response>{"success": true, "output": "/tmp\\n"}</tool_response>
+Assistant: /tmp
+
+User: List files, then count them.
+Assistant:
+<think>I should count files.</think>
+<tool_call>
+{"name": "terminal", "arguments": {"command": "ls -1 | wc -l"}}
+</tool_call>
+User: <tool_response>{"success": true, "output": "3\\n"}</tool_response>
+Assistant: 3
+
+User: Run pwd, then print ok (two tool calls).
+Assistant:
+<think>I should run two commands.</think>
+<tool_call>
+{"name": "terminal", "arguments": {"command": "pwd"}}
+</tool_call>
+<tool_call>
+{"name": "terminal", "arguments": {"command": "echo ok"}}
+</tool_call>
+User: <tool_response>{"success": true, "output": "/tmp\\n"}</tool_response>
+User: <tool_response>{"success": true, "output": "ok\\n"}</tool_response>
+Assistant: ok
+"""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AgentConfig:
+    """Configuration for the AtroposAgent."""
+    
+    # Generation parameters
+    temperature: Optional[float] = 0.7
+    # Default to "let the backend decide" (important for tool-tag completions that may be longer).
+    max_tokens: Optional[int] = None
+    
+    # Agent behavior
+    max_steps: int = 50
+    system_prompt: Optional[str] = None
+    tool_delay_s: float = 0.0
+    
+    # Working directory for tools
+    working_dir: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SequenceData:
+    """Token/logprob data from a single completion."""
+    
+    full_text: str
+    tokens: List[int]
+    masked_tokens: List[int]  # -100 for prompt, actual IDs for completion
+    logprobs: List[float]  # 1.0 for prompt, actual values for completion
+    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def from_sequence_node(cls, node) -> "SequenceData":
+        """Create from a ManagedServer SequenceNode."""
+        return cls(
+            full_text=node.full_text,
+            tokens=node.tokens,
+            masked_tokens=node.masked_tokens,
+            logprobs=node.logprobs,
+            metadata=getattr(node, "metadata", None),
+        )
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AgentStep:
+    """A single step in the agent's trajectory."""
+    
+    step_number: int
+    assistant_message: str
+    tool_calls: List[ToolCall] = field(default_factory=list)
+    tool_results: List[ToolResult] = field(default_factory=list)
+    sequence_data: Optional[SequenceData] = None  # Token data from this step
+    
+    @property
+    def has_tool_calls(self) -> bool:
+        return len(self.tool_calls) > 0
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AgentResult:
+    """Result of running an agent trajectory."""
+    
+    success: bool
+    final_response: str
+    steps: List[AgentStep] = field(default_factory=list)
+    total_tokens: int = 0
+    error: Optional[str] = None
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    
+    # Full trajectory token data for RL training
+    trajectory_data: Optional[SequenceData] = None
+    
+    @property
+    def num_steps(self) -> int:
+        return len(self.steps)
+    
+    @property
+    def total_tool_calls(self) -> int:
+        return sum(len(step.tool_calls) for step in self.steps)
+    
+    def to_messages(self) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
+        """Convert trajectory to messages format for logging."""
+        messages = []
+        for step in self.steps:
+            messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": step.assistant_message})
+            if step.tool_results:
+                # Combine all tool responses
+                responses = "\n".join(r.to_xml() for r in step.tool_results)
+                messages.append({"role": "user", "content": responses})
+        return messages
+    
+    def to_scored_data(self, score: float) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Convert to format suitable for ScoredDataGroup.
+        
+        Args:
+            score: The score for this trajectory
+            
+        Returns:
+            Dict with tokens, masks, scores suitable for training, or None if no data
+        """
+        if self.trajectory_data is None:
+            return None
+        
+        return {
+            "tokens": self.trajectory_data.tokens,
+            "masks": self.trajectory_data.masked_tokens,
+            "scores": score,
+            "logprobs": self.trajectory_data.logprobs,
+        }
+
+
+class AtroposAgent:
+    """
+    A ReACT-style agent that uses LLMs with tool calling.
+    
+    This implementation wraps ManagedServer for automatic token/logprob tracking,
+    making trajectories ready for RL training.
+    
+    Example:
+        # `server` may be an Atropos `ServerManager` (recommended) or a single `APIServer`.
+        # In practice, environments usually construct this via `BaseEnv`.
+        server = ...
+        tools = ToolRegistry()
+        tools.register(BashTool())
+        
+        agent = AtroposAgent(server=server, tools=tools)
+        result = await agent.run("List the files in the current directory")
+        
+        # Access token data for training
+        if result.trajectory_data:
+            print(f"Tokens: {result.trajectory_data.tokens}")
+            print(f"Masked: {result.trajectory_data.masked_tokens}")
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        server,  # ServerManager or APIServer
+        tools: Optional[ToolRegistry] = None,
+        config: Optional[AgentConfig] = None,
+        tokenizer: Optional[Any] = None,
+        execute_tool: Optional[Callable[[ToolCall], Awaitable[ToolResult]]] = None,
+    ):
+        self.server = server
+        self.tools = tools or ToolRegistry()
+        self.config = config or AgentConfig()
+        self.tokenizer = tokenizer or getattr(server, "tokenizer", None)
+        self.execute_tool = execute_tool or self.tools.execute
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _managed(self) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, None]:
+        """
+        Yield a ManagedServer-like object.
+
+        - If `self.server` is a ServerManager, use its `managed_server()` context manager.
+        - If `self.server` is a single APIServer, wrap it in `ManagedServer` directly.
+        """
+        if os.getenv("ATROPOS_BYPASS_MANAGED_SERVER") == "1":
+            yield _DirectChatCompletionClient(server=self.server)
+            return
+        if hasattr(self.server, "managed_server"):
+            async with self.server.managed_server(tokenizer=self.tokenizer) as managed:
+                yield managed
+        else:
+            managed = ManagedServer(server=self.server, tokenizer=self.tokenizer)
+            try:
+                yield managed
+            finally:
+                managed.reset()
+    
+    def _build_system_prompt(self) -> str:
+        """Build the system prompt with tool descriptions."""
+        if self.config.system_prompt:
+            return self.config.system_prompt
+
+        tools_json = self.tools.get_prompt_tool_definitions_json()
+        # Avoid `str.format()` here because the prompt contains many literal `{}` braces
+        # in JSON examples; we only want to substitute the single `{tools_json}` token.
+        return AGENT_SYSTEM_PROMPT.replace("{tools_json}", tools_json)
+
+    def _infer_server_model_for_debug(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Best-effort inference of the configured model name for debug payload saving.
+
+        ManagedServer/server_manager typically injects `model` internally, so `chat_kwargs`
+        may not contain it. For replaying saved payloads via curl, it's useful to persist it.
+        """
+        servers = getattr(self.server, "servers", None)
+        if isinstance(servers, list) and servers:
+            s0 = servers[0]
+            cfg = getattr(s0, "config", None)
+            model = getattr(cfg, "model_name", None) or getattr(s0, "model_name", None)
+            if isinstance(model, str) and model:
+                return model
+        model = getattr(self.server, "model_name", None) or getattr(self.server, "model", None)
+        if isinstance(model, str) and model:
+            return model
+        return None
+
+    def _infer_server_base_url_for_debug(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Best-effort inference of the configured base_url for debug logging.
+
+        This is helpful when diagnosing hangs / retries at the transport layer.
+        """
+        servers = getattr(self.server, "servers", None)
+        if isinstance(servers, list) and servers:
+            s0 = servers[0]
+            cfg = getattr(s0, "config", None)
+            base_url = getattr(cfg, "base_url", None) or getattr(s0, "base_url", None)
+            if isinstance(base_url, str) and base_url:
+                return base_url
+        base_url = getattr(self.server, "base_url", None)
+        if isinstance(base_url, str) and base_url:
+            return base_url
+        return None
+
+    def _extract_response_metadata(self, response: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Extract lightweight, JSON-serializable metadata from an OpenAI-style response.
+
+        This is useful for debugging training runs, especially when ManagedServer state
+        tracking is unavailable (e.g. OpenAI-compatible chat endpoints).
+        """
+        meta: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        try:
+            rid = getattr(response, "id", None)
+            if isinstance(rid, str) and rid:
+                meta["id"] = rid
+            model = getattr(response, "model", None)
+            if isinstance(model, str) and model:
+                meta["model"] = model
+            created = getattr(response, "created", None)
+            if isinstance(created, int):
+                meta["created"] = created
+            system_fingerprint = getattr(response, "system_fingerprint", None)
+            if isinstance(system_fingerprint, str) and system_fingerprint:
+                meta["system_fingerprint"] = system_fingerprint
+
+            choices = getattr(response, "choices", None)
+            if isinstance(choices, list) and choices:
+                fr = getattr(choices[0], "finish_reason", None)
+                if isinstance(fr, str) and fr:
+                    meta["finish_reason"] = fr
+
+            usage = getattr(response, "usage", None)
+            if usage is not None:
+                if hasattr(usage, "model_dump"):
+                    meta["usage"] = usage.model_dump()
+                elif isinstance(usage, dict):
+                    meta["usage"] = usage
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return meta
+
+    def _debug_dump_request(self, *, step_num: int, chat_kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        if os.getenv("ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_REQUEST") != "1":
+            return
+        try:
+            # Avoid dumping megabytes by default; messages can be huge.
+            meta = {
+                "step": step_num,
+                "base_url": self._infer_server_base_url_for_debug(),
+                "model": chat_kwargs.get("model") or self._infer_server_model_for_debug(),
+                "chat_kwargs_keys": sorted(list(chat_kwargs.keys())),
+                "n": chat_kwargs.get("n"),
+                "max_tokens": chat_kwargs.get("max_tokens"),
+                "temperature": chat_kwargs.get("temperature"),
+                "num_messages": len(chat_kwargs.get("messages") or []),
+            }
+            print("\n=== ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_REQUEST ===", flush=True)
+            print(meta, flush=True)
+
+            if os.getenv("ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_REQUEST_FULL") == "1":
+                payload = dict(chat_kwargs)
+                # Make the payload more legible and less huge.
+                try:
+                    dumped = json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+                except Exception:
+                    dumped = repr(payload)
+                print("\n=== ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_REQUEST_FULL ===", flush=True)
+                print(dumped[:200_000], flush=True)
+
+            # Optional: save the FULL request payload to disk (no truncation).
+            save_dir = os.getenv("ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_REQUEST_SAVE_DIR")
+            if save_dir:
+                os.makedirs(save_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                payload: Dict[str, Any] = dict(chat_kwargs)
+                if "model" not in payload:
+                    model = self._infer_server_model_for_debug()
+                    if model:
+                        payload["model"] = model
+                # Use a unique filename so parallel trajectories don't clobber each other.
+                fname = os.path.join(
+                    save_dir,
+                    f"atropos_agent_request_step{step_num}_{int(time.time()*1000)}_{os.getpid()}_{uuid4().hex}.json",
+                )
+                with open(fname, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    json.dump(payload, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+                print(f"[AtroposAgent] saved request payload: {fname}", flush=True)
+        except Exception:
+            return
+
+    def _debug_dump_response(self, *, step_num: int, response: Any) -> None:
+        if os.getenv("ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_RESPONSE") != "1":
+            return
+        print("\n=== ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_RESPONSE ===", flush=True)
+        print({"step": step_num, "type": type(response).__name__}, flush=True)
+        try:
+            dumped = response.model_dump()  # openai pydantic model
+        except Exception:
+            dumped = getattr(response, "__dict__", {"repr": repr(response)})
+        # Keep the dump bounded; we only need enough to see the assistant message content.
+        text = str(dumped)
+        print(text[:200_000], flush=True)
+
+    async def _chat_completion_with_debug(
+        self, *, managed: Any, step_num: int, chat_kwargs: Dict[str, Any]
+    ) -> Any:
+        """
+        Call `managed.chat_completion()` with optional timeout + richer failure logging.
+
+        Debug env vars:
+        - `ATROPOS_AGENT_CHAT_TIMEOUT_S`: if set, wraps the await in `asyncio.wait_for`.
+        - `ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_WAIT_EVERY_S`: if set, prints a heartbeat while waiting.
+        """
+        # Hard guardrail: never allow a single chat completion to block for too long.
+        # This is essential for RL data-gen stability; long hangs should be treated as failures (score=0).
+        timeout_s_raw = os.getenv("ATROPOS_AGENT_CHAT_TIMEOUT_S")
+        timeout_s_default = 240.0
+        timeout_s = float(timeout_s_raw) if timeout_s_raw else timeout_s_default
+        timeout_s = min(timeout_s, 240.0)
+
+        wait_every_raw = os.getenv("ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_WAIT_EVERY_S")
+        wait_every_s = float(wait_every_raw) if wait_every_raw else None
+
+        async def _await_call() -> Any:
+            if not wait_every_s or wait_every_s <= 0:
+                return await managed.chat_completion(**chat_kwargs)
+
+            # Heartbeat mode: wait in chunks without cancelling the underlying request.
+            # NOTE: do NOT use `asyncio.wait_for(task, timeout=...)` here, because a timeout
+            # will cancel the task and surface as `CancelledError` on the next loop.
+            task = asyncio.create_task(managed.chat_completion(**chat_kwargs))
+            t0 = time.perf_counter()
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    done, _pending = await asyncio.wait({task}, timeout=wait_every_s)
+                    if task in done:
+                        return task.result()
+
+                    waited = time.perf_counter() - t0
+                    print(
+                        f"[AtroposAgent] step={step_num} still waiting for chat_completion... ({waited:.1f}s)",
+                        flush=True,
+                    )
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                task.cancel()
+                raise
+
+        try:
+            return await asyncio.wait_for(_await_call(), timeout=timeout_s)
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError as e:
+            print("\n=== ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_CHAT_TIMEOUT ===", flush=True)
+            print({"step": step_num, "timeout_s": timeout_s}, flush=True)
+            raise RuntimeError(f"chat_completion timed out after {timeout_s:.1f}s") from e
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            # Treat cancellation as a hard failure rather than crashing the whole env run.
+            # (Atropos/BaseEnv may cancel tasks during shutdown or retries.)
+            raise RuntimeError("chat_completion cancelled") from None
+        except Exception as e:
+            detail: Dict[str, Any] = {
+                "step": step_num,
+                "exc_type": type(e).__name__,
+                "exc_str": str(e),
+            }
+            if isinstance(e, httpx.HTTPStatusError):
+                try:
+                    detail["status_code"] = e.response.status_code
+                    detail["response_text"] = e.response.text[:20_000]
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+            elif isinstance(e, httpx.RequestError):
+                detail["request"] = repr(getattr(e, "request", None))
+
+            print("\n=== ATROPOS_DEBUG_AGENT_CHAT_FAILURE ===", flush=True)
+            print(detail, flush=True)
+            raise
+
+    async def run(
+        self,
+        task: str,
+        initial_messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+    ) -> AgentResult:
+        """
+        Run the agent on a task using ManagedServer for token tracking.
+        
+        Args:
+            task: The task/prompt for the agent
+            initial_messages: Optional additional context messages
+            
+        Returns:
+            AgentResult with the trajectory, final response, and token data
+        """
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": self._build_system_prompt()},
+        ]
+        
+        if initial_messages:
+            messages.extend(initial_messages)
+        
+        messages.append({"role": "user", "content": task})
+        
+        steps = []
+        final_response = ""
+        final_node = None
+        final_prompt_messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None
+        last_node = None
+        last_prompt_messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None
+        last_response_text: str = ""
+        
+        # Use ManagedServer for automatic token tracking
+        async with self._managed() as managed:
+            for step_num in range(self.config.max_steps):
+                # ReACT loop iteration here, just call -> tools -> observe until done (no tools called)
+                try:
+                    # Keep a copy of the prompt messages used for this completion.
+                    # Useful for reconstructing tokens/masks when state tracking is unavailable.
+                    prompt_messages = list(messages)
+                    chat_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {"messages": messages, "n": 1}
+                    if self.config.max_tokens is not None:
+                        chat_kwargs["max_tokens"] = self.config.max_tokens
+                    if self.config.temperature is not None:
+                        chat_kwargs["temperature"] = self.config.temperature
+
+                    t_req = time.perf_counter()
+                    print(
+                        f"[AtroposAgent] step={step_num+1} chat_completion start "
+                        f"(messages={len(messages)}, max_tokens={self.config.max_tokens}, temp={self.config.temperature})",
+                        flush=True,
+                    )
+                    self._debug_dump_request(step_num=step_num + 1, chat_kwargs=chat_kwargs)
+                    response = await self._chat_completion_with_debug(
+                        managed=managed, step_num=step_num + 1, chat_kwargs=chat_kwargs
+                    )
+                    self._debug_dump_response(step_num=step_num + 1, response=response)
+                    response_meta = self._extract_response_metadata(response)
+                    print(
+                        f"[AtroposAgent] step={step_num+1} chat_completion done in {time.perf_counter() - t_req:.2f}s",
+                        flush=True,
+                    )
+                    
+                    current_node = None
+                    if hasattr(managed, "get_state"):
+                        state = managed.get_state()
+                        nodes = state.get("nodes", [])
+                        current_node = nodes[-1] if nodes else None
+                    
+                except Exception as e:
+                    return AgentResult(
+                        success=False,
+                        final_response="",
+                        steps=steps,
+                        error=f"Generation error: {str(e)}",
+                    )
+                
+                msg = response.choices[0].message
+                # Some OpenAI-compatible servers populate `message.reasoning` and leave `content=""`.
+                response_text = (msg.content or "") or (getattr(msg, "reasoning", None) or "")
+                tool_calls = ToolCall.parse_from_text(response_text)
+                last_node = current_node
+                last_prompt_messages = prompt_messages
+                last_response_text = response_text
+
+                step_sequence_data = SequenceData.from_sequence_node(current_node) if current_node else None
+                if step_sequence_data is None:
+                    if response_meta:
+                        # We still want metadata for debugging even if token/logprob state tracking is unavailable.
+                        step_sequence_data = SequenceData(
+                            full_text=response_text,
+                            tokens=[],
+                            masked_tokens=[],
+                            logprobs=[],
+                            metadata=response_meta,
+                        )
+                else:
+                    merged = dict(response_meta)
+                    node_meta = step_sequence_data.metadata
+                    if isinstance(node_meta, dict):
+                        merged.update(node_meta)
+                    step_sequence_data.metadata = merged or step_sequence_data.metadata
+                
+                step = AgentStep(
+                    step_number=step_num + 1,
+                    assistant_message=response_text,
+                    tool_calls=tool_calls,
+                    sequence_data=step_sequence_data,
+                )
+                
+                if not tool_calls:
+                    steps.append(step)
+                    final_response = response_text
+                    final_node = current_node
+                    final_prompt_messages = prompt_messages
+                    break
+                
+                messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": response_text})
+                
+                tool_responses = []
+                for call in tool_calls:
+                    result = await self.execute_tool(call)
+                    step.tool_results.append(result)
+                    tool_responses.append(result.to_xml())
+                    if self.config.tool_delay_s > 0:
+                        await asyncio.sleep(self.config.tool_delay_s)
+                
+                steps.append(step)
+            
+                responses_text = "\n".join(tool_responses)
+                # Tool observations are represented as user content with Hermes-style tags.
+                # This is compatible with most OpenAI-compatible chat APIs and ensures
+                # tokenizers/chat templates include tool outputs during training.
+                messages.append({"role": "user", "content": responses_text})
+            
+            else:
+                # Reached max steps without completing
+                # Return a failure result but include the last observed completion so callers can
+                # record the trajectory (score=0) without triggering retries.
+                final_response = last_response_text or final_response
+                final_node = last_node
+                final_prompt_messages = last_prompt_messages
+                trajectory_data = None
+                if final_node:
+                    trajectory_data = SequenceData.from_sequence_node(final_node)
+                elif final_prompt_messages is not None and self.tokenizer is not None:
+                    if hasattr(self.tokenizer, "apply_chat_template"):
+                        prompt_text = self.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
+                            final_prompt_messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True
+                        )
+                        prompt_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt_text, add_special_tokens=False)
+                    else:
+                        prompt_text = "\n".join([f"{m['role']}: {m['content']}" for m in final_prompt_messages])
+                        prompt_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt_text, add_special_tokens=True)
+                    output_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(final_response, add_special_tokens=False)
+                    tokens = prompt_tokens + output_tokens
+                    masked_tokens = ([-100] * len(prompt_tokens)) + output_tokens
+                    logprobs = ([1.0] * len(prompt_tokens)) + ([0.0] * len(output_tokens))
+                    trajectory_data = SequenceData(
+                        full_text=f"{prompt_text}{final_response}",
+                        tokens=tokens,
+                        masked_tokens=masked_tokens,
+                        logprobs=logprobs,
+                    )
+                # Preserve response metadata (if any) even on failure trajectories.
+                try:
+                    if trajectory_data is not None and steps:
+                        last_step = steps[-1]
+                        if last_step.sequence_data and isinstance(last_step.sequence_data.metadata, dict):
+                            trajectory_data.metadata = dict(last_step.sequence_data.metadata)
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+                return AgentResult(
+                    success=False,
+                    final_response=final_response,
+                    steps=steps,
+                    error=f"Reached maximum steps ({self.config.max_steps})",
+                    trajectory_data=trajectory_data,
+                )
+        
+        # Build result with trajectory data
+        trajectory_data = None
+        if final_node:
+            trajectory_data = SequenceData.from_sequence_node(final_node)
+        elif final_prompt_messages is not None and self.tokenizer is not None:
+            if hasattr(self.tokenizer, "apply_chat_template"):
+                prompt_text = self.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
+                    final_prompt_messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True
+                )
+                prompt_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt_text, add_special_tokens=False)
+            else:
+                prompt_text = "\n".join([f"{m['role']}: {m['content']}" for m in final_prompt_messages])
+                prompt_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt_text, add_special_tokens=True)
+            output_tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(final_response, add_special_tokens=False)
+            tokens = prompt_tokens + output_tokens
+            masked_tokens = ([-100] * len(prompt_tokens)) + output_tokens
+            logprobs = ([1.0] * len(prompt_tokens)) + ([0.0] * len(output_tokens))
+            trajectory_data = SequenceData(
+                full_text=f"{prompt_text}{final_response}",
+                tokens=tokens,
+                masked_tokens=masked_tokens,
+                logprobs=logprobs,
+            )
+
+        # Ensure trajectory_data carries the most recent metadata we observed (if any).
+        try:
+            if trajectory_data is not None and steps:
+                last_step = steps[-1]
+                if last_step.sequence_data and isinstance(last_step.sequence_data.metadata, dict):
+                    trajectory_data.metadata = dict(last_step.sequence_data.metadata)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        
+        return AgentResult(
+            success=True,
+            final_response=final_response,
+            steps=steps,
+            trajectory_data=trajectory_data,
+        )
+    
+    async def run_single_turn(
+        self,
+        messages: List[Dict[str, str]],
+        execute_tools: bool = True,
+    ) -> tuple[str, List[ToolResult], Optional[SequenceData]]:
+        """
+        Run a single turn of the agent (one LLM call + tool execution).
+        
+        This is useful for integration with BaseEnv where you want more
+        control over the loop.
+        
+        Args:
+            messages: The conversation history
+            execute_tools: Whether to execute parsed tool calls
+            
+        Returns:
+            Tuple of (response_text, tool_results, sequence_data)
+        """
+        async with self._managed() as managed:
+            chat_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {"messages": messages, "n": 1}
+            if self.config.max_tokens is not None:
+                chat_kwargs["max_tokens"] = self.config.max_tokens
+            if self.config.temperature is not None:
+                chat_kwargs["temperature"] = self.config.temperature
+
+            self._debug_dump_request(step_num=1, chat_kwargs=chat_kwargs)
+            response = await self._chat_completion_with_debug(managed=managed, step_num=1, chat_kwargs=chat_kwargs)
+            self._debug_dump_response(step_num=1, response=response)
+            
+            current_node = None
+            if hasattr(managed, "get_state"):
+                state = managed.get_state()
+                nodes = state.get("nodes", [])
+                current_node = nodes[-1] if nodes else None
+        
+        msg = response.choices[0].message
+        response_text = (msg.content or "") or (getattr(msg, "reasoning", None) or "")
+        tool_results = []
+        
+        if execute_tools:
+            tool_calls = ToolCall.parse_from_text(response_text)
+            for call in tool_calls:
+                result = await self.execute_tool(call)
+                tool_results.append(result)
+        
+        sequence_data = SequenceData.from_sequence_node(current_node) if current_node else None
+        
+        return response_text, tool_results, sequence_data
+
+
+class _DirectChatCompletionClient:
+    """
+    Minimal stand-in for ManagedServer that calls the OpenAI-compatible endpoint directly.
+
+    This is for isolating issues where `ManagedServer.chat_completion()` hangs or misbehaves.
+    It intentionally does NOT do token/logprob tracking.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, server: Any):
+        self._server = server
+
+    def _server_config(self) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
+        # ServerManager case: first configured server.
+        servers = getattr(self._server, "servers", None)
+        if isinstance(servers, list) and servers:
+            s0 = servers[0]
+            cfg = getattr(s0, "config", None)
+            base_url = getattr(cfg, "base_url", None) or getattr(s0, "base_url", None)
+            api_key = getattr(cfg, "api_key", None) or getattr(s0, "api_key", None)
+            model = getattr(cfg, "model_name", None) or getattr(s0, "model_name", None)
+            if isinstance(base_url, str) and isinstance(api_key, str) and isinstance(model, str):
+                return base_url.rstrip("/"), api_key, model
+
+        # APIServer-like fallback.
+        base_url = getattr(self._server, "base_url", None)
+        api_key = getattr(self._server, "api_key", None)
+        model = getattr(self._server, "model_name", None) or getattr(self._server, "model", None)
+        if isinstance(base_url, str) and isinstance(api_key, str) and isinstance(model, str):
+            return base_url.rstrip("/"), api_key, model
+
+        raise RuntimeError("Unable to resolve server base_url/api_key/model for direct chat completion")
+
+    async def chat_completion(self, *, messages: List[Dict[str, str]], n: int = 1, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        base_url, api_key, model = self._server_config()
+        url = f"{base_url}/chat/completions"
+
+        payload: Dict[str, Any] = {
+            "model": model,
+            "messages": messages,
+            "n": n,
+        }
+        # Pass through common generation kwargs.
+        for k in ("max_tokens", "temperature", "top_p", "presence_penalty", "frequency_penalty", "stop"):
+            if k in kwargs and kwargs[k] is not None:
+                payload[k] = kwargs[k]
+
+        timeout_s = float(os.getenv("ATROPOS_DIRECT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S") or "120")
+        print(f"[AtroposAgent] DIRECT chat_completion POST {url} (timeout={timeout_s}s)", flush=True)
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=timeout_s) as client:
+            resp = await client.post(
+                url,
+                headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                json=payload,
+            )
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            data = resp.json()
+
+        # Return a very small object compatible with the code paths that read
+        # `response.choices[0].message.content`.
+        class _Msg:
+            def __init__(self, d: Dict[str, Any]):
+                self.content = d.get("content")
+                self.reasoning = d.get("reasoning")
+
+        class _Choice:
+            def __init__(self, d: Dict[str, Any]):
+                self.message = _Msg(d.get("message") or {})
+
+        class _Resp:
+            def __init__(self, d: Dict[str, Any]):
+                self._d = d
+                self.choices = [_Choice(c) for c in (d.get("choices") or [])]
+
+            def model_dump(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+                return self._d
+
+        return _Resp(data)

atropos/api/__init__.py

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+"""
+FastAPI services for atropos-agent.
+
+- tool_executor_server: queued/batched sandbox tool execution (Phase 4)
+"""
+

atropos/api/tool_executor_server.py

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+"""
+Tool Executor API (Phase 4)
+
+This service provides a queued, batched execution layer on top of a ToolBackend.
+It mirrors the stateful FastAPI + app.state pattern used in:
+  atropos/atroposlib/api/server.py
+
+Run (dev):
+  uv run uvicorn atropos_agent.api.tool_executor_server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 9001
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Header, HTTPException, status
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from ..backends.nomad_backend import NomadBackendConfig, NomadToolBackend
+from ..tools import ToolRegistry, build_tool_registry
+from ..tools.base import (
+    ArtifactArchiveRequestPayload,
+    ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload,
+    ArtifactListRequestPayload,
+    ArtifactListResponsePayload,
+    ArtifactReadRequestPayload,
+    ArtifactReadResponsePayload,
+    ToolExecutorExecuteRequest,
+    ToolExecutorReleaseRequest,
+    ToolResultPayload,
+)
+from ..tools.tool_executor import ToolExecutor, ToolExecutorConfig
+
+
+class ToolExecutorServerConfig(BaseModel):
+    nomad_address: str = Field(default="http://localhost:4646")
+    job_id: str = Field(default="atropos-sandbox-tool-executor")
+    image: str = Field(default="atropos-sandbox:local")
+    slots_per_container: int = Field(default=10)
+    min_containers: int = Field(default=1)
+    max_containers: int = Field(default=10)
+    privileged: bool = Field(default=False)
+    acquire_timeout_s: float = Field(default=30.0)
+
+    batch_window_ms: int = Field(default=20)
+    max_batch_size: int = Field(default=200)
+    allow_network: bool = Field(default=True)
+
+    tool_server_url: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    tool_server_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+
+    token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, description="Bearer token required for requests (optional in dev).")
+
+    purge_job_on_shutdown: bool = Field(default=True)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_env(cls) -> "ToolExecutorServerConfig":
+        # In dev, prefer loading secrets/config from the repo-local `.env` (not committed).
+        try:
+            from dotenv import load_dotenv  # type: ignore
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+            load_dotenv = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        if load_dotenv is not None:
+            env_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / ".env"
+            if env_path.exists():
+                load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
+
+        def _get_bool(name: str, default: bool) -> bool:
+            raw = os.getenv(name)
+            if raw is None:
+                return default
+            return raw.strip().lower() in {"1", "true", "yes", "y", "on"}
+
+        return cls(
+            nomad_address=os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_NOMAD_ADDRESS", "http://localhost:4646"),
+            job_id=os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_JOB_ID", "atropos-sandbox-tool-executor"),
+            image=os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_IMAGE", "atropos-sandbox:local"),
+            slots_per_container=int(os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_SLOTS", "10")),
+            min_containers=int(os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_MIN_CONTAINERS", "1")),
+            max_containers=int(os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_MAX_CONTAINERS", "10")),
+            privileged=_get_bool("TOOL_EXECUTOR_PRIVILEGED", False),
+            acquire_timeout_s=float(os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_S", "30.0")),
+            batch_window_ms=int(os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_BATCH_WINDOW_MS", "20")),
+            max_batch_size=int(os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_MAX_BATCH_SIZE", "200")),
+            allow_network=_get_bool("TOOL_EXECUTOR_ALLOW_NETWORK", True),
+            tool_server_url=os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_TOOL_SERVER_URL") or None,
+            tool_server_token=os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_TOOL_SERVER_TOKEN") or None,
+            token=os.getenv("TOOL_EXECUTOR_TOKEN") or None,
+            purge_job_on_shutdown=_get_bool("TOOL_EXECUTOR_PURGE_JOB_ON_SHUTDOWN", True),
+        )
+
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Atropos-Agent Tool Executor")
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root() -> Dict[str, str]:
+    return {"message": "Atropos-Agent Tool Executor"}
+
+
+def _check_auth(cfg: ToolExecutorServerConfig, authorization: Optional[str]) -> None:
+    if not cfg.token:
+        return
+    if not authorization:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Missing Authorization header")
+    if not authorization.lower().startswith("bearer "):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Invalid Authorization header")
+    token = authorization.split(" ", 1)[1].strip()
+    if token != cfg.token:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail="Invalid token")
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def _startup() -> None:
+    cfg = ToolExecutorServerConfig.from_env()
+
+    # Default to Atropos "full" tool surface: sandbox + external (if tool_server_url provided).
+    tools: ToolRegistry = build_tool_registry(
+        enabled_toolsets=["full"],
+        disabled_toolsets=None,
+        tool_server_url=cfg.tool_server_url,
+    )
+
+    backend = NomadToolBackend(
+        NomadBackendConfig(
+            nomad_address=cfg.nomad_address,
+            sandbox_job_id=cfg.job_id,
+            sandbox_image=cfg.image,
+            slots_per_container=cfg.slots_per_container,
+            min_containers=cfg.min_containers,
+            max_containers=cfg.max_containers,
+            privileged=cfg.privileged,
+            acquire_timeout_s=cfg.acquire_timeout_s,
+            purge_job_on_start=False,
+        )
+    )
+    await backend.start()
+
+    executor = ToolExecutor(
+        backend=backend,
+        tools=tools,
+        config=ToolExecutorConfig(
+            batch_window_ms=cfg.batch_window_ms,
+            max_batch_size=cfg.max_batch_size,
+            allow_network=cfg.allow_network,
+            tool_server_url=cfg.tool_server_url,
+            tool_server_token=cfg.tool_server_token,
+        ),
+    )
+    await executor.start()
+
+    app.state.cfg = cfg
+    app.state.backend = backend
+    app.state.executor = executor
+
+
+@app.on_event("shutdown")
+async def _shutdown() -> None:
+    executor: Optional[ToolExecutor] = getattr(app.state, "executor", None)
+    backend: Optional[NomadToolBackend] = getattr(app.state, "backend", None)
+    cfg: Optional[ToolExecutorServerConfig] = getattr(app.state, "cfg", None)
+
+    if executor is not None:
+        await executor.close()
+
+    if backend is not None:
+        await backend.stop(purge=bool(cfg.purge_job_on_shutdown) if cfg else False)
+
+
+@app.get("/health")
+async def health() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    return {"status": "ok"}
+
+
+@app.get("/status")
+async def status_endpoint() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    executor: ToolExecutor = app.state.executor
+    backend: NomadToolBackend = app.state.backend
+
+    return {
+        "queue_size": executor.queue_size(),
+        "total_requests": executor.total_requests,
+        "total_errors": executor.total_errors,
+        "pool": backend.get_stats(),
+    }
+
+
+@app.post("/execute", response_model=ToolResultPayload)
+async def execute_tool(
+    req: ToolExecutorExecuteRequest,
+    authorization: Optional[str] = Header(default=None),
+    status_code: int = status.HTTP_200_OK,  # noqa: B008
+) -> ToolResultPayload:
+    cfg: ToolExecutorServerConfig = app.state.cfg
+    _check_auth(cfg, authorization)
+
+    executor: ToolExecutor = app.state.executor
+    result = await executor.execute(
+        trajectory_id=req.trajectory_id,
+        call=req.tool.to_tool_call(),
+        timeout_s=req.timeout_s,
+    )
+    return ToolResultPayload.from_tool_result(result)
+
+
+@app.post("/release")
+async def release_trajectory(
+    req: ToolExecutorReleaseRequest,
+    authorization: Optional[str] = Header(default=None),
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    cfg: ToolExecutorServerConfig = app.state.cfg
+    _check_auth(cfg, authorization)
+
+    executor: ToolExecutor = app.state.executor
+    await executor.release_trajectory(req.trajectory_id, reset_workspace=req.reset_workspace)
+    return {"status": "ok"}
+
+
+@app.post("/artifacts/read", response_model=ArtifactReadResponsePayload)
+async def artifacts_read(
+    req: ArtifactReadRequestPayload,
+    authorization: Optional[str] = Header(default=None),
+) -> ArtifactReadResponsePayload:
+    cfg: ToolExecutorServerConfig = app.state.cfg
+    _check_auth(cfg, authorization)
+
+    executor: ToolExecutor = app.state.executor
+    return await executor.read_artifact(req)
+
+
+@app.post("/artifacts/list", response_model=ArtifactListResponsePayload)
+async def artifacts_list(
+    req: ArtifactListRequestPayload,
+    authorization: Optional[str] = Header(default=None),
+) -> ArtifactListResponsePayload:
+    cfg: ToolExecutorServerConfig = app.state.cfg
+    _check_auth(cfg, authorization)
+
+    executor: ToolExecutor = app.state.executor
+    return await executor.list_artifacts(req)
+
+
+@app.post("/artifacts/archive", response_model=ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload)
+async def artifacts_archive(
+    req: ArtifactArchiveRequestPayload,
+    authorization: Optional[str] = Header(default=None),
+) -> ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload:
+    cfg: ToolExecutorServerConfig = app.state.cfg
+    _check_auth(cfg, authorization)
+
+    executor: ToolExecutor = app.state.executor
+    return await executor.archive_artifacts(req)

atropos/api/tool_server.py

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+"""
+External ToolServer (Phase 4.5+).
+
+This server executes tools that must NOT run inside the sandbox, typically
+because they require credentials or access to external services.
+
+Run (dev):
+  uv run uvicorn atropos_agent.api.tool_server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 9002
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+import inspect
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Header, HTTPException, status
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from ..tools import ToolRegistry, build_tool_registry
+from ..tools.base import ToolResultPayload, ToolServerExecuteRequest
+
+
+class ToolServerConfig(BaseModel):
+    token: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Bearer token required for requests (optional in dev).",
+    )
+    max_concurrency: int = Field(default=16, ge=1, description="Max concurrent tool executions.")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_env(cls) -> "ToolServerConfig":
+        # In dev, prefer loading secrets from the repo-local `.env` (not committed).
+        try:
+            from dotenv import load_dotenv  # type: ignore
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
+            load_dotenv = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        if load_dotenv is not None:
+            env_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / ".env"
+            if env_path.exists():
+                load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
+
+        token = os.getenv("TOOL_SERVER_TOKEN") or None
+        max_concurrency = int(os.getenv("TOOL_SERVER_MAX_CONCURRENCY", "16"))
+        return cls(token=token, max_concurrency=max_concurrency)
+
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Atropos-Agent Tool Server")
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root() -> Dict[str, str]:
+    return {"message": "Atropos-Agent Tool Server"}
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def _startup() -> None:
+    cfg = ToolServerConfig.from_env()
+
+    # External-only registry. It will only include tools that are enabled by toolsets and
+    # whose Hermes requirements/keys are satisfied in this process.
+    tools: ToolRegistry = build_tool_registry(
+        enabled_toolsets=["all"],
+        disabled_toolsets=["terminal", "sandbox", "filesystem", "terminal_stateful", "default"],
+        tool_server_url="enabled",
+    )
+
+    app.state.cfg = cfg
+    app.state.tools = tools
+    app.state.semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(cfg.max_concurrency)
+
+
+@app.get("/health")
+async def health() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    return {"status": "ok"}
+
+
+@app.get("/tools")
+async def list_tools() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    tools: ToolRegistry = app.state.tools
+    return {"tools": [s.to_dict() for s in tools.get_schemas()]}
+
+
+def _check_auth(cfg: ToolServerConfig, authorization: Optional[str]) -> None:
+    if not cfg.token:
+        return
+    if not authorization:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Missing Authorization header")
+    if not authorization.lower().startswith("bearer "):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED, detail="Invalid Authorization header")
+    token = authorization.split(" ", 1)[1].strip()
+    if token != cfg.token:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, detail="Invalid token")
+
+
+@app.post("/execute", response_model=ToolResultPayload)
+async def execute_tool(
+    req: ToolServerExecuteRequest,
+    authorization: Optional[str] = Header(default=None),
+) -> ToolResultPayload:
+    cfg: ToolServerConfig = app.state.cfg
+    _check_auth(cfg, authorization)
+
+    tools: ToolRegistry = app.state.tools
+    sem: asyncio.Semaphore = app.state.semaphore
+
+    tool = tools.get(req.tool.name)
+    if tool is None:
+        return ToolResultPayload(
+            success=False,
+            error=f"Unknown tool: {req.tool.name}",
+            uniq_id=req.tool.uniq_id,
+        )
+
+    async with sem:
+        try:
+            kwargs = dict(req.tool.arguments)
+            sig = inspect.signature(tool.execute).parameters
+            # Some tools can benefit from extra context.
+            if req.trajectory_id and "trajectory_id" in sig:
+                kwargs["trajectory_id"] = req.trajectory_id
+            if req.slot_id and "slot_id" in sig:
+                kwargs["slot_id"] = req.slot_id
+            if req.container_addr and "container_addr" in sig:
+                kwargs["container_addr"] = req.container_addr
+            if "task_id" in sig:
+                kwargs["task_id"] = req.trajectory_id
+            result = await tool.execute(**kwargs)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ToolResultPayload(
+                success=False,
+                error=f"Tool execution error: {e}",
+                uniq_id=req.tool.uniq_id,
+            )
+
+    if result.uniq_id is None:
+        result.uniq_id = req.tool.uniq_id
+    return ToolResultPayload.from_tool_result(result)

atropos/backends/__init__.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from .base import ToolBackend
+from .modal_backend import ModalSandboxConfig, ModalToolBackend
+from .nomad_backend import NomadBackendConfig, NomadToolBackend
+
+
+def create_tool_backend(cfg: Any) -> ToolBackend:
+    mode = str(getattr(cfg, "tool_pool_mode", "nomad")).strip().lower()
+    if mode == "nomad":
+        return NomadToolBackend(NomadBackendConfig.from_agent_env_config(cfg))
+    if mode == "modal":
+        return ModalToolBackend(ModalSandboxConfig.from_agent_env_config(cfg))
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown tool_pool_mode: {mode}")
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ToolBackend",
+    "create_tool_backend",
+    "NomadBackendConfig",
+    "NomadToolBackend",
+    "ModalSandboxConfig",
+    "ModalToolBackend",
+]
+

atropos/backends/base.py

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+"""
+Backend interfaces for AgentEnv tool execution.
+
+The goal of this module is to decouple ToolExecutor / AgentEnv from any single
+execution backend (Nomad/Docker today; Modal later).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, Tuple
+
+from ..slots.executor import ExecutionResult
+from ..slots.slot import Slot
+
+
+class ToolBackend(Protocol):
+    """
+    Minimal interface required by ToolExecutor.
+
+    Backends provide:
+    - lifecycle (start/stop)
+    - slot acquisition/release (workspace affinity)
+    - batched tool execution across slots
+    - optional artifact helpers (for env verification / demos)
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def default_timeout_s(self) -> Optional[float]:
+        """Default sandbox execution timeout in seconds (if any)."""
+
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        """Start the backend (provision workers/containers, health checks, etc)."""
+
+    async def stop(self, *, purge: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Stop the backend and optionally purge remote resources."""
+
+    async def acquire(self, trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Slot:
+        """Acquire a slot for a trajectory (workspace affinity)."""
+
+    async def release(self, slot: Slot, *, reset_workspace: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Release a slot back to the pool."""
+
+    async def execute_batch(
+        self,
+        requests: List[Tuple[Slot, str, Dict[str, Any]]],
+        *,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> List[ExecutionResult]:
+        """Execute a batch of sandbox tool calls and return results in order."""
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Optional artifact helpers (supported by the Nomad sandbox-server today)
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def read_artifact(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        encoding: str = "text",
+        max_bytes: Optional[int] = None,
+        include_sha256: bool = False,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def list_artifacts(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str = ".",
+        *,
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        max_entries: Optional[int] = None,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def archive_artifacts(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str = ".",
+        *,
+        archive_format: str = "tar.gz",
+        max_bytes: Optional[int] = None,
+        max_entries: Optional[int] = None,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+

atropos/backends/nomad_backend.py

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+"""
+Nomad/Docker tool backend.
+
+This backend is the current default for AgentEnv: it provisions a Nomad job
+running `sandbox_server.py` and multiplexes stateless slots inside each container.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from ..slots import Slot, SlotPool, SlotPoolConfig
+from ..slots.executor import ExecutionResult
+from .base import ToolBackend
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class NomadBackendConfig:
+    nomad_address: str
+    sandbox_job_id: str
+    sandbox_image: str
+    slots_per_container: int
+    min_containers: int
+    max_containers: int
+    privileged: bool
+    acquire_timeout_s: float
+    purge_job_on_start: bool
+    # Driver selection: "docker" or "singularity"
+    driver: str = "docker"
+    # Path to .sif file for singularity driver (required if driver="singularity")
+    singularity_image: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_agent_env_config(cls, cfg: Any) -> "NomadBackendConfig":
+        return cls(
+            nomad_address=str(getattr(cfg, "nomad_address")),
+            sandbox_job_id=str(getattr(cfg, "sandbox_job_id")),
+            sandbox_image=str(getattr(cfg, "sandbox_image")),
+            slots_per_container=int(getattr(cfg, "slots_per_container")),
+            min_containers=int(getattr(cfg, "min_containers")),
+            max_containers=int(getattr(cfg, "max_containers")),
+            privileged=bool(getattr(cfg, "privileged")),
+            acquire_timeout_s=float(getattr(cfg, "acquire_timeout_s")),
+            purge_job_on_start=bool(getattr(cfg, "purge_job_on_start", False)),
+            driver=str(getattr(cfg, "driver", "docker")),
+            singularity_image=getattr(cfg, "singularity_image", None),
+        )
+
+
+class NomadToolBackend(ToolBackend):
+    def __init__(self, config: NomadBackendConfig):
+        self.config = config
+        self.pool = SlotPool(
+            SlotPoolConfig(
+                nomad_address=config.nomad_address,
+                job_id=config.sandbox_job_id,
+                image=config.sandbox_image,
+                slots_per_container=config.slots_per_container,
+                min_containers=config.min_containers,
+                max_containers=config.max_containers,
+                privileged=config.privileged,
+                acquire_timeout=config.acquire_timeout_s,
+                purge_job_on_start=bool(config.purge_job_on_start),
+                driver=config.driver,
+                singularity_image=config.singularity_image,
+            )
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def default_timeout_s(self) -> Optional[float]:
+        t = getattr(self.pool.executor, "timeout", None)
+        total = getattr(t, "total", None)
+        try:
+            return float(total) if total is not None else None
+        except Exception:
+            return None
+
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        await self.pool.start()
+
+    async def stop(self, *, purge: bool = False) -> None:
+        await self.pool.stop(purge_job=purge)
+
+    async def acquire(self, trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Slot:
+        return await self.pool.acquire(trajectory_id)
+
+    async def release(self, slot: Slot, *, reset_workspace: bool = False) -> None:
+        await self.pool.release(slot, reset_workspace=reset_workspace)
+
+    async def execute_batch(
+        self,
+        requests: List[Tuple[Slot, str, Dict[str, Any]]],
+        *,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> List[ExecutionResult]:
+        return await self.pool.execute_batch(requests, timeout=timeout_s)
+
+    async def read_artifact(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        encoding: str = "text",
+        max_bytes: Optional[int] = None,
+        include_sha256: bool = False,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return await self.pool.executor.read_artifact(
+            slot,
+            path,
+            encoding=encoding,
+            max_bytes=max_bytes,
+            include_sha256=include_sha256,
+            timeout=timeout_s,
+        )
+
+    async def list_artifacts(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str = ".",
+        *,
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        max_entries: Optional[int] = None,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return await self.pool.executor.list_artifacts(
+            slot,
+            path,
+            recursive=recursive,
+            max_entries=max_entries,
+            timeout=timeout_s,
+        )
+
+    async def archive_artifacts(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str = ".",
+        *,
+        archive_format: str = "tar.gz",
+        max_bytes: Optional[int] = None,
+        max_entries: Optional[int] = None,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return await self.pool.executor.archive_artifacts(
+            slot,
+            path,
+            archive_format=archive_format,
+            max_bytes=max_bytes,
+            max_entries=max_entries,
+            timeout=timeout_s,
+        )
+
+    def get_stats(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return self.pool.get_stats()
+

atropos/envs/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""
+Environment implementations for atropos-agent.
+
+NOTE: AgentEnv is the OLD environment system, replaced by
+environments/hermes_base_env.py (HermesAgentBaseEnv).
+Import is lazy to avoid pulling in deleted dependencies.
+"""
+
+
+def __getattr__(name):
+    """Lazy import to avoid breaking when old dependencies are removed."""
+    if name in ("AgentEnv", "AgentEnvConfig"):
+        from .agent_env import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig
+        return {"AgentEnv": AgentEnv, "AgentEnvConfig": AgentEnvConfig}[name]
+    raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
+
+
+__all__ = ["AgentEnv", "AgentEnvConfig"]

atropos/envs/agent_env.py

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+"""
+AgentEnv - Atropos BaseEnv extension for agent/tool-call workloads.
+
+AgentEnv is responsible for starting the sandbox tool execution backend and
+providing helpers for running agent trajectories with queued/batched tool calls.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+import os
+import asyncio
+import time
+import uuid
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, Generic, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar
+
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from atroposlib.envs.base import APIServerConfig, BaseEnv, BaseEnvConfig, Item, ScoredDataGroup, ScoredDataItem
+from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.server_baseline import AsyncSemWithAdaptiveWeight
+
+from ..agent import AgentConfig, AgentResult, AtroposAgent
+from ..backends import ToolBackend, create_tool_backend
+from ..tools import ToolRegistry, build_tool_registry
+from ..tools.tool_executor import ToolExecutor, ToolExecutorConfig
+
+# Main BaseEnv child classes. Child class THESE to get agent+tooling functionality easily.
+
+class AgentEnvConfig(BaseEnvConfig):
+    tool_pool_mode: str = Field(default="nomad", description="Tool execution backend ('nomad' or 'modal')")
+
+    allow_network: bool = Field(
+        default=True,
+        description="Whether sandbox bash commands may access the network (env policy).",
+    )
+    require_sandbox: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="Fail closed if bubblewrap sandboxing is unavailable/unusable for stateless sandbox tools.",
+    )
+    require_stateful_sandbox: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="Fail closed if bubblewrap/PID isolation is unavailable for stateful terminal tools (tmux).",
+    )
+    tool_batch_window_ms: int = Field(default=20, description="ToolExecutor batching window (ms)")
+    tool_max_batch_size: int = Field(default=200, description="ToolExecutor maximum batch size")
+
+    # nomad mode settings. TODO: Add Modal support, split this into own config
+    nomad_address: str = Field(default="http://localhost:4646", description="Nomad API address")
+    sandbox_job_id: str = Field(default="atropos-sandbox-agent-env", description="Nomad job id for sandbox containers")
+    sandbox_image: str = Field(default="atropos-sandbox:local", description="Docker image for sandbox containers")
+    slots_per_container: int = Field(default=10, description="Nomad mode: slots per container")
+    min_containers: int = Field(default=1, description="Nomad mode: minimum containers")
+    max_containers: int = Field(default=10, description="Nomad mode: maximum containers")
+    privileged: bool = Field(default=False, description="Nomad mode: run container privileged")
+    acquire_timeout_s: float = Field(default=30.0, description="Slot acquisition timeout (seconds)")
+    purge_job_on_start: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description=(
+            "Nomad mode: stop/purge the sandbox job on startup. This is helpful in local dev and training runs "
+            "to recover from previous crashes that leave the job in a restart backoff state."
+        ),
+    )
+    purge_job_on_shutdown: bool = Field(default=True, description="Nomad mode: stop/purge job on shutdown")
+    
+    # Nomad driver selection (docker or singularity)
+    driver: str = Field(
+        default="docker",
+        description="Nomad task driver: 'docker' (default) or 'singularity' (for HPC without sudo Docker)",
+    )
+    singularity_image: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Path to .sif file for Singularity driver (required if driver='singularity')",
+    )
+
+    # Modal mode settings
+    modal_app_name: str = Field(default="atropos-sandbox", description="Modal app name prefix")
+    modal_image: str = Field(default="python:3.11", description="Modal: container image")
+    modal_gpu: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, description="Modal: GPU type (None, 'T4', 'A10G', 'A100', 'H100')")
+    modal_cpu: float = Field(default=1.0, description="Modal: CPU cores")
+    modal_memory: int = Field(default=2048, description="Modal: memory in MB")
+    modal_slots_per_sandbox: int = Field(default=10, description="Modal: slots per sandbox")
+    modal_min_sandboxes: int = Field(default=1, description="Modal: minimum sandboxes")
+    modal_max_sandboxes: int = Field(default=5, description="Modal: maximum sandboxes")
+    modal_idle_timeout: int = Field(default=120, description="Modal: server-side idle timeout (seconds)")
+    modal_max_lifetime: int = Field(default=3600, description="Modal: max sandbox lifetime (seconds)")
+    modal_acquire_timeout: float = Field(default=60.0, description="Modal: slot acquisition timeout (seconds)")
+    modal_execution_timeout: float = Field(default=30.0, description="Modal: default command execution timeout (seconds)")
+    modal_secrets: str = Field(default="", description="Modal: comma-separated list of Modal Secret names")
+    modal_env_vars: str = Field(default="", description="Modal: semicolon-separated KEY=VALUE pairs for env vars")
+    modal_workspace_base: str = Field(default="/data", description="Modal: workspace base directory in sandbox")
+
+    # basic agent defaults
+    agent_max_steps: int = Field(default=50, description="Max ReACT steps per trajectory")
+    agent_temperature: float = Field(default=0.7, description="Sampling temperature")
+    agent_max_tokens: Optional[int] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Max tokens per model response (default: let backend decide)",
+    )
+    agent_tool_delay_s: float = Field(default=0.0, description="Delay between tool calls (seconds)")
+
+    # tool selection
+    enabled_toolsets: List[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=lambda: ["default"],
+        description="Toolsets to enable (Hermes-style grouping).",
+    )
+    disabled_toolsets: List[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        description="Toolsets to disable (applied after enabled_toolsets).",
+    )
+
+    # external ToolServer routing (Phase 4.5+)
+    tool_server_url: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Base URL for external ToolServer (enables external tools).",
+    )
+    tool_server_token: Optional[str] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Bearer token for ToolServer auth (optional in dev).",
+    )
+
+AgentEnvConfigT = TypeVar("AgentEnvConfigT", bound="AgentEnvConfig")
+
+
+class AgentEnv(BaseEnv, ABC, Generic[AgentEnvConfigT]):
+    env_config_cls = AgentEnvConfig
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: AgentEnvConfigT,
+        server_configs: List[APIServerConfig],
+        slurm: bool = False,
+        testing: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config, server_configs, slurm, testing)
+        self.config: AgentEnvConfigT = config
+
+        self.tools: ToolRegistry = self.build_tools()
+
+        self._backend: Optional[ToolBackend] = None
+        self._tool_executor: Optional[ToolExecutor] = None
+        self._tool_server_inprocess: bool = False
+        self._trajectory_workspace_meta: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
+
+    def build_tools(self) -> ToolRegistry:
+        """Wraps original Hermes-Agent ToolRegistry for atropos AgentEnv use.
+        See Hermes-Agent docs for toolsets and available tools etc.
+        """
+        return build_tool_registry(
+            enabled_toolsets=self.config.enabled_toolsets or ["default"],
+            disabled_toolsets=self.config.disabled_toolsets or None,
+            tool_server_url=self.config.tool_server_url,
+        )
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def build_task(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        """Return the user-facing task string for the agent."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def score_trajectory(self, item: Item, final_response: str) -> float:
+        """Return a scalar score for this trajectory."""
+
+    async def setup_trajectory_workspace(
+        self,
+        item: Item,
+        *,
+        trajectory_id: str,
+        exec_tool: Callable[["ToolCall"], Awaitable["ToolResult"]],
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Optional hook: prepare the sandbox workspace before the agent starts.
+
+        Examples:
+        - clone a repo and checkout a commit
+        - write fixture files (e.g. images) for external-tool demos
+        - pre-install dependencies
+
+        Default: no-op.
+        """
+        _ = (item, trajectory_id, exec_tool)
+        return {}
+
+    async def verify_and_score_trajectory(
+        self,
+        item: Item,
+        final_response: str,
+        *,
+        trajectory_id: str,
+        exec_tool: Callable[["ToolCall"], Awaitable["ToolResult"]],
+        agent_result: Optional[AgentResult] = None,
+        workspace_meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    ) -> tuple[float, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Optional hook: run in-sandbox verification before scoring.
+
+        Many agent envs need to execute verification inside the same trajectory
+        workspace (e.g. pytest) before releasing/resetting the slot.
+
+        Default: calls `score_trajectory()` and returns empty metadata.
+        """
+        _ = (trajectory_id, exec_tool, agent_result, workspace_meta)  # default ignores in-workspace verification
+        score = await self.score_trajectory(item, final_response)
+        return score, {}
+
+    def build_agent_config(self, item: Item) -> AgentConfig:  # noqa: ARG002
+        return AgentConfig(
+            max_steps=self.config.agent_max_steps,
+            temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
+            max_tokens=self.config.agent_max_tokens,
+            tool_delay_s=self.config.agent_tool_delay_s,
+        )
+
+    async def setup(self) -> None:
+        print(f"[AgentEnv] setup(): starting tool backend ({self.config.tool_pool_mode})", flush=True)
+        await self._start_tool_backend()
+        print("[AgentEnv] setup(): configuring server concurrency", flush=True)
+        self._configure_server_concurrency()
+        print("[AgentEnv] setup(): running env-specific setup_agent_env()", flush=True)
+        await self.setup_agent_env()
+        print("[AgentEnv] setup(): done", flush=True)
+
+    def _configure_server_concurrency(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Ensure the LLM server concurrency isn't accidentally capped below `group_size`.
+
+        In `BaseEnv process` mode, groups are collected concurrently and if the underlying
+        ServerManager/OpenAIServer semaphore is left at 1, we serialize inference even
+        when `--env.group_size` is > 1.
+        """
+        desired = int(getattr(self.config, "group_size", 1) or 1)
+        if desired <= 1:
+            return
+
+        servers = getattr(self.server, "servers", None)
+        if not isinstance(servers, list) or not servers:
+            return
+
+        for s in servers:
+            sem = getattr(s, "sem", None)
+            eval_sem = getattr(s, "eval_sem", None)
+            # Only increase; never shrink.
+            if sem is not None and getattr(sem, "max_val", 0) < desired:
+                s.sem = AsyncSemWithAdaptiveWeight(desired)
+                if hasattr(s, "config") and hasattr(s.config, "num_max_requests_at_once"):
+                    s.config.num_max_requests_at_once = desired
+            if eval_sem is not None and getattr(eval_sem, "max_val", 0) < desired:
+                s.eval_sem = AsyncSemWithAdaptiveWeight(desired)
+                if hasattr(s, "config") and hasattr(s.config, "num_requests_for_eval"):
+                    s.config.num_requests_for_eval = desired
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def setup_agent_env(self) -> None:
+        """Subclass hook for env-specific setup."""
+
+    async def evaluate(self, *args, **kwargs):  # noqa: ARG002
+        """
+        Default eval hook (no-op).
+
+        Atropos BaseEnv requires an `evaluate()` implementation. Many agent envs
+        won't have a meaningful evaluation path during early PoC work; they can
+        override this when needed.
+        """
+        return {}
+
+    async def env_manager(self):
+        try:
+            return await super().env_manager()
+        finally:
+            await self.shutdown_tool_backend()
+
+    async def process_manager(self):
+        try:
+            return await super().process_manager()
+        finally:
+            await self.shutdown_tool_backend()
+
+    async def _start_tool_backend(self) -> None:
+        if self._tool_executor is not None:
+            return
+
+        tool_server_url = self.config.tool_server_url
+        tool_server_client = None
+        if tool_server_url == "inprocess":
+            import httpx
+            from ..api.tool_server import app as tool_server_app
+
+            await tool_server_app.router.startup()
+            tool_server_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
+                transport=httpx.ASGITransport(app=tool_server_app),
+                base_url="http://toolserver",
+            )
+            tool_server_url = "http://toolserver"
+            self._tool_server_inprocess = True
+
+        backend = create_tool_backend(self.config)
+        await backend.start()
+
+        executor = ToolExecutor(
+            backend=backend,
+            tools=self.tools,
+            config=ToolExecutorConfig(
+                batch_window_ms=self.config.tool_batch_window_ms,
+                max_batch_size=self.config.tool_max_batch_size,
+                allow_network=self.config.allow_network,
+                require_sandbox=self.config.require_sandbox,
+                require_stateful_sandbox=self.config.require_stateful_sandbox,
+                tool_server_url=tool_server_url,
+                tool_server_token=self.config.tool_server_token,
+            ),
+        )
+        await executor.start()
+        if tool_server_client is not None:
+            executor._tool_server_client = tool_server_client  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+        self._backend = backend
+        self._tool_executor = executor
+
+    async def shutdown_tool_backend(self) -> None:
+        executor = self._tool_executor
+        backend = self._backend
+        inprocess_tool_server = self._tool_server_inprocess
+        self._tool_executor = None
+        self._backend = None
+        self._tool_server_inprocess = False
+
+        if executor is not None:
+            await executor.close()
+        if backend is not None:
+            await backend.stop(purge=bool(self.config.purge_job_on_shutdown))
+        if inprocess_tool_server:
+            from ..api.tool_server import app as tool_server_app
+
+            await tool_server_app.router.shutdown()
+
+    async def collect_trajectory(
+        self, item: Item
+    ) -> Tuple[Optional[ScoredDataItem], List[Item]]:
+        if self._tool_executor is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Tool backend not started")
+
+        trajectory_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        t0 = time.perf_counter()
+        print(f"[AgentEnv] collect_trajectory(): tid={trajectory_id} start", flush=True)
+        task = self.build_task(item)
+        agent_config = self.build_agent_config(item)
+        if os.getenv("ATROPOS_DEBUG_PRINT_TASK") == "1":
+            print(f"Starting trajectory {trajectory_id} with task: {task}", flush=True)
+        else:
+            # Avoid printing the full task prompt by default (can be huge/noisy).
+            one_line = " ".join(str(task).splitlines()).strip()
+            preview = one_line[:240] + ("…" if len(one_line) > 240 else "")
+            print(f"Starting trajectory {trajectory_id} (task preview): {preview}", flush=True)
+
+        async def _exec(call):
+            return await self._tool_executor.execute(trajectory_id, call)
+
+        agent = AtroposAgent(
+            server=self.server,
+            tokenizer=self.tokenizer,
+            tools=self.tools,
+            config=agent_config,
+            execute_tool=_exec,
+        )
+
+        try:
+            print(f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} setup_trajectory_workspace() start", flush=True)
+            workspace_meta = await self.setup_trajectory_workspace(item, trajectory_id=trajectory_id, exec_tool=_exec)
+            if not isinstance(workspace_meta, dict):
+                workspace_meta = {}
+            self._trajectory_workspace_meta[trajectory_id] = workspace_meta
+            print(
+                f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} setup_trajectory_workspace() done in {time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s",
+                flush=True,
+            )
+
+            print(f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} agent.run() start", flush=True)
+            result = await agent.run(task)
+            print(
+                f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} agent.run() done in {time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s "
+                f"success={result.success} tool_calls={result.total_tool_calls}",
+                flush=True,
+            )
+            if not result.success or result.trajectory_data is None:
+                # Do not trigger BaseEnv retries for agent failures.
+                # Record the trajectory with score 0.0 so training/eval can see the failure mode.
+                messages = [{"role": "system", "content": agent._build_system_prompt()}]  # noqa: SLF001
+                messages.append({"role": "user", "content": task})
+                for step in result.steps:
+                    messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": step.assistant_message})
+                    if step.tool_results:
+                        tool_text = "\n".join(r.to_xml() for r in step.tool_results)
+                        messages.append({"role": "user", "content": tool_text})
+
+                scored: ScoredDataItem = {
+                    "tokens": (result.trajectory_data.tokens if result.trajectory_data else []),
+                    "masks": (result.trajectory_data.masked_tokens if result.trajectory_data else []),
+                    "scores": 0.0,
+                }
+                if result.trajectory_data is not None:
+                    scored["inference_logprobs"] = result.trajectory_data.logprobs  # type: ignore[typeddict-unknown-key]
+                    if getattr(result.trajectory_data, "metadata", None):
+                        scored["overrides"] = {"managed_metadata": result.trajectory_data.metadata}
+                if self.config.include_messages:
+                    # Record a final failure marker as a user-side tool_response-like block so it survives templates.
+                    import json
+
+                    err = result.error or "agent_failed"
+                    messages.append(
+                        {
+                            "role": "user",
+                            "content": f"<tool_response>{json.dumps({'success': False, 'error': err})}</tool_response>",
+                        }
+                    )
+                    scored["messages"] = messages
+                return scored, []
+
+            print(f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} verify_and_score_trajectory() start", flush=True)
+            score, score_metadata = await self.verify_and_score_trajectory(
+                item,
+                result.final_response,
+                trajectory_id=trajectory_id,
+                exec_tool=_exec,
+                agent_result=result,
+                workspace_meta=workspace_meta,
+            )
+            print(
+                f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} verify_and_score_trajectory() done in {time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s "
+                f"score={score}",
+                flush=True,
+            )
+
+            messages = [{"role": "system", "content": agent._build_system_prompt()}]  # noqa: SLF001
+            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": task})
+            for step in result.steps:
+                messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": step.assistant_message})
+                if step.tool_results:
+                    tool_text = "\n".join(r.to_xml() for r in step.tool_results)
+                    messages.append({"role": "user", "content": tool_text})
+
+            # Optional: allow env verification to attach additional messages (e.g. install logs).
+            if self.config.include_messages and isinstance(score_metadata, dict):
+                extra = score_metadata.get("verification_messages")
+                if isinstance(extra, list):
+                    for m in extra:
+                        if isinstance(m, dict) and isinstance(m.get("role"), str) and isinstance(m.get("content"), str):
+                            messages.append({"role": m["role"], "content": m["content"]})
+
+            scored: ScoredDataItem = {
+                "tokens": result.trajectory_data.tokens,
+                "masks": result.trajectory_data.masked_tokens,
+                "scores": score,
+            }
+            # Atroposlib expects policy logprobs at the *group* level under `inference_logprobs`.
+            # We stash per-item values here and lift them into the group in `collect_trajectories()`.
+            scored["inference_logprobs"] = result.trajectory_data.logprobs  # type: ignore[typeddict-unknown-key]
+            if getattr(result.trajectory_data, "metadata", None):
+                scored["overrides"] = {"managed_metadata": result.trajectory_data.metadata}
+            if self.config.include_messages:
+                scored["messages"] = messages
+
+            return scored, []
+        finally:
+            self._trajectory_workspace_meta.pop(trajectory_id, None)
+            print(f"[AgentEnv] tid={trajectory_id} release_trajectory(reset_workspace=True)", flush=True)
+            await self._tool_executor.release_trajectory(trajectory_id, reset_workspace=True)
+            print(f"[AgentEnv] collect_trajectory(): tid={trajectory_id} done in {time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s", flush=True)
+
+    async def collect_trajectories(
+        self, item: Item
+    ) -> Tuple[Optional[ScoredDataGroup], List[Item]]:
+        tasks = [self.collect_trajectory(item) for _ in range(self.config.group_size)]
+        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+
+        backlog: List[Item] = []
+        items: List[ScoredDataItem] = []
+        for scored, b in results:
+            backlog.extend(b)
+            if scored is not None:
+                items.append(scored)
+
+        if len(items) != self.config.group_size:
+            return None, backlog
+
+        group: ScoredDataGroup = ScoredDataGroup(
+            tokens=[],
+            masks=[],
+            scores=[],
+            advantages=[],
+            ref_logprobs=[],
+            messages=[] if self.config.include_messages else None,
+            inference_logprobs=[],
+            group_overrides={},
+            overrides=[],
+            images=[],
+            generation_params=None,
+        )
+
+        for it in items:
+            group["tokens"].append(it["tokens"])
+            group["masks"].append(it["masks"])
+            group["scores"].append(it["scores"])
+            # policy logprobs (for PPO/GRPO training) if present
+            lp = it.get("inference_logprobs")  # type: ignore[typeddict-item]
+            if lp is not None:
+                group["inference_logprobs"].append(lp)
+            group["overrides"].append(it.get("overrides") or {})  # type: ignore[typeddict-item]
+            if group.get("messages") is not None and it.get("messages") is not None:
+                group["messages"].append(it["messages"])
+
+        return group, backlog
+
+    async def run_agent(self, task: str, *, trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Tuple[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """
+        Run the AtroposAgent on a single task and return (final_response, debug).
+
+        This is a helper intended for simple environments and tests.
+        """
+        if self._tool_executor is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Tool backend not started")
+
+        tid = trajectory_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+        async def _exec(call):
+            return await self._tool_executor.execute(tid, call)
+
+        agent = AtroposAgent(
+            server=self.server,
+            tokenizer=self.tokenizer,
+            tools=self.tools,
+            config=AgentConfig(
+                max_steps=self.config.agent_max_steps,
+                temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
+                max_tokens=self.config.agent_max_tokens,
+            ),
+            execute_tool=_exec,
+        )
+        result = await agent.run(task)
+        await self._tool_executor.release_trajectory(tid, reset_workspace=True)
+        return result.final_response, {"success": result.success, "error": result.error, "tool_calls": result.total_tool_calls}

atropos/envs/hermes_compat_test_env.py

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+"""
+Hermes-Agent + Atropos (Nomad sandbox) compatibility smoke environment.
+
+This environment is intended to validate, end-to-end:
+  BaseEnv.process -> AgentEnv -> ToolExecutor (batched) -> Nomad SlotPool -> sandbox_server
+
+It forces the model to use a sandbox tool by asking it to run a command that
+generates a high-entropy token inside the sandbox, then repeat it exactly.
+
+Run (process mode):
+  uv run python -m atropos.envs.hermes_compat_test_env process --env.use_wandb false --env.total_steps 2 --env.group_size 1
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from atroposlib.envs.base import APIServerConfig, Item
+
+from ..agent import AgentConfig, AgentResult
+from ..tools import ToolCall
+from .agent_env import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+def _forced_tool_item() -> Item:
+    # Use double quotes in the shell command and show JSON escaping explicitly.
+    # This avoids invalid JSON escapes like `\\'` (not valid JSON) that some models produce.
+    cmd = 'python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(16))"'
+    return {
+        "command": cmd,
+        "prompt": (
+            "You are acting as an agent inside a sandboxed environment.\n"
+            "You MUST use the terminal tool to execute commands.\n"
+            "Run this exact command:\n"
+            f"{cmd}\n"
+            "When you call the tool, use valid JSON inside <tool_call>. Example:\n"
+            '<tool_call>{"name": "terminal", "arguments": {"command": '
+            '"python -c \\\\"import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(16))\\\\""}}'
+            "</tool_call>\n"
+            "Then respond with EXACTLY what it printed (the hex token) and nothing else.\n"
+            "Do not guess. Do not explain."
+        ),
+    }
+
+
+class HermesCompatTestEnvConfig(AgentEnvConfig):
+    server_base_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://127.0.0.1:8080",
+        description="Base URL for an OpenAI-compatible chat server (without /v1).",
+    )
+    server_model: str = Field(default="hermes-4-36b", description="Model name")
+    tokenizer_name: str = Field(default="NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B", description="Tokenizer name for RL tokenization")
+
+
+class HermesCompatTestEnv(AgentEnv[HermesCompatTestEnvConfig]):
+    name = "hermes_compat_test_env"
+    env_config_cls = HermesCompatTestEnvConfig
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: HermesCompatTestEnvConfig,
+        server_configs: List[APIServerConfig],
+        slurm: bool = False,
+        testing: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config, server_configs, slurm, testing)
+        self._iter = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[HermesCompatTestEnvConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
+        base_url = (
+            os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("LLM_BASE_URL")
+            or "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+        )
+        model = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL") or os.getenv("LLM_MODEL") or "hermes-4-36b"
+        api_key = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY") or os.getenv("NOUS_API_KEY") or os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") or "local"
+
+        env_config = HermesCompatTestEnvConfig(
+            tokenizer_name=os.getenv("ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME") or "NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B",
+            group_size=1,
+            use_wandb=False,
+            include_messages=True,
+            ensure_scores_are_not_same=False,
+            total_steps=2,
+            batch_size=1,
+            server_base_url=base_url,
+            server_model=model,
+            # Tooling: sandbox-only terminal.
+            enabled_toolsets=["terminal"],
+            disabled_toolsets=[],
+            # Default to Nomad sandboxing; users can override via --env.* args.
+            sandbox_image=os.getenv("ATROPOS_SANDBOX_IMAGE") or "atropos-sandbox:local",
+            # In local dev it's common for a previous crash to leave the job in backoff.
+            purge_job_on_start=True,
+            purge_job_on_shutdown=True,
+        )
+
+        server_configs = [
+            APIServerConfig(
+                model_name=model,
+                base_url=f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/v1",
+                api_key=api_key,
+                num_max_requests_at_once=1,
+                num_requests_for_eval=1,
+                timeout=120,
+            )
+        ]
+        return env_config, server_configs
+
+    async def setup_agent_env(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    async def get_next_item(self) -> Item:
+        self._iter += 1
+        return _forced_tool_item()
+
+    def build_task(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        return str(item.get("prompt") or "")
+
+    def build_agent_config(self, item: Item) -> AgentConfig:  # noqa: ARG002
+        # Avoid imposing max_tokens by default; tool-tag responses can be long for some models.
+        return AgentConfig(
+            max_steps=min(8, int(self.config.agent_max_steps)),
+            temperature=0.2,
+            max_tokens=None,
+        )
+
+    async def score_trajectory(self, item: Item, final_response: str) -> float:
+        # Scoring happens in verify_and_score_trajectory so we can inspect tool results.
+        _ = (item, final_response)
+        return 0.0
+
+    async def verify_and_score_trajectory(
+        self,
+        item: Item,
+        final_response: str,
+        *,
+        trajectory_id: str,  # noqa: ARG002
+        exec_tool,  # noqa: ARG002
+        agent_result: AgentResult | None = None,
+        workspace_meta: Dict[str, Any] | None = None,  # noqa: ARG002
+    ) -> tuple[float, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        if agent_result is None:
+            return 0.0, {"error": "Missing agent_result"}
+
+        observed: str = ""
+        tool_ok = False
+        for step in agent_result.steps:
+            for res in step.tool_results:
+                if not res.success:
+                    return 0.0, {"error": res.error, "output": res.output}
+                out = (res.output or "").strip()
+                if out:
+                    observed = out.splitlines()[-1].strip()
+                    tool_ok = True
+
+        final = (final_response or "").strip()
+        score = 1.0 if tool_ok and agent_result.total_tool_calls > 0 and observed and final == observed else 0.0
+        return score, {"observed": observed, "tool_calls": agent_result.total_tool_calls, "command": item.get("command")}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    HermesCompatTestEnv.cli()

atropos/envs/sandbox_terminal_smoke_env.py

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+"""
+Nomad sandbox terminal smoke environment (training-oriented).
+
+Validates, end-to-end:
+  BaseEnv.process -> AgentEnv -> ToolExecutor (batched) -> Nomad SlotPool -> sandbox_server
+
+It forces the model to use a sandbox tool by asking it to run a command that
+generates a high-entropy token inside the sandbox, then repeat it exactly.
+
+Run (process mode):
+  uv run python -m atropos.envs.sandbox_terminal_smoke_env process --env.use_wandb false --env.total_steps 2 --env.group_size 1
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from atroposlib.envs.base import APIServerConfig, Item
+
+from ..agent import AgentConfig, AgentResult
+from ..tools import ToolCall
+from .agent_env import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+STRICT_TOOLCALL_SYSTEM_PROMPT = None
+
+
+def _forced_tool_item() -> Item:
+    # Use double quotes in the shell command and show JSON escaping explicitly.
+    # This avoids invalid JSON escapes like `\\'` (not valid JSON) that some models produce.
+    cmd = 'python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(16))"'
+    return {
+        "command": cmd,
+        "prompt": (
+            "You MUST use the terminal tool.\n"
+            "Run this exact command:\n"
+            f"{cmd}\n"
+            "When you call the tool, use valid JSON inside <tool_call>. Example:\n"
+            '<tool_call>{"name": "terminal", "arguments": {"command": '
+            '"python -c \\\\"import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(16))\\\\""}}'
+            "</tool_call>\n"
+            "Then respond with EXACTLY what it printed (the hex token) and nothing else.\n"
+            "Do not guess. Do not explain."
+        ),
+    }
+
+
+class SandboxTerminalSmokeEnvConfig(AgentEnvConfig):
+    server_base_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://127.0.0.1:8080",
+        description="Base URL for an OpenAI-compatible chat server (without /v1).",
+    )
+    server_model: str = Field(default="hermes-4-36b", description="Model name")
+    tokenizer_name: str = Field(default="NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B", description="Tokenizer name for RL tokenization")
+
+
+class SandboxTerminalSmokeEnv(AgentEnv[SandboxTerminalSmokeEnvConfig]):
+    name = "sandbox_terminal_smoke_env"
+    env_config_cls = SandboxTerminalSmokeEnvConfig
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: SandboxTerminalSmokeEnvConfig,
+        server_configs: List[APIServerConfig],
+        slurm: bool = False,
+        testing: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config, server_configs, slurm, testing)
+        self._iter = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[SandboxTerminalSmokeEnvConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
+        base_url = (
+            os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("LLM_BASE_URL")
+            or "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+        )
+        model = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL") or os.getenv("LLM_MODEL") or "hermes-4-36b"
+        api_key = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY") or os.getenv("NOUS_API_KEY") or os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") or "local"
+
+        env_config = SandboxTerminalSmokeEnvConfig(
+            tokenizer_name=os.getenv("ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME") or "NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B",
+            group_size=1,
+            use_wandb=False,
+            include_messages=True,
+            ensure_scores_are_not_same=False,
+            total_steps=2,
+            batch_size=1,
+            server_base_url=base_url,
+            server_model=model,
+            # Tooling: sandbox-only terminal.
+            enabled_toolsets=["terminal"],
+            disabled_toolsets=[],
+            # Default to Nomad sandboxing; users can override via --env.* args.
+            sandbox_image=os.getenv("ATROPOS_SANDBOX_IMAGE") or "atropos-sandbox:local",
+            purge_job_on_start=True,
+            purge_job_on_shutdown=True,
+        )
+
+        server_configs = [
+            APIServerConfig(
+                model_name=model,
+                base_url=f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/v1",
+                api_key=api_key,
+                num_max_requests_at_once=1,
+                num_requests_for_eval=1,
+                timeout=120,
+            )
+        ]
+        return env_config, server_configs
+
+    async def setup_agent_env(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    async def get_next_item(self) -> Item:
+        self._iter += 1
+        return _forced_tool_item()
+
+    def build_task(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        return str(item.get("prompt") or "")
+
+    def build_agent_config(self, item: Item) -> AgentConfig:  # noqa: ARG002
+        # Avoid imposing max_tokens by default; tool-tag responses can be long for some models.
+        return AgentConfig(
+            max_steps=min(8, int(self.config.agent_max_steps)),
+            temperature=0.2,
+            max_tokens=None,
+            system_prompt=STRICT_TOOLCALL_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+        )
+
+    async def score_trajectory(self, item: Item, final_response: str) -> float:
+        # Scoring happens in verify_and_score_trajectory so we can inspect tool results.
+        _ = (item, final_response)
+        return 0.0
+
+    async def verify_and_score_trajectory(
+        self,
+        item: Item,
+        final_response: str,
+        *,
+        trajectory_id: str,  # noqa: ARG002
+        exec_tool,  # noqa: ARG002
+        agent_result: AgentResult | None = None,
+        workspace_meta: Dict[str, Any] | None = None,  # noqa: ARG002
+    ) -> tuple[float, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        if agent_result is None:
+            return 0.0, {"error": "Missing agent_result"}
+
+        observed: str = ""
+        tool_ok = False
+        for step in agent_result.steps:
+            for res in step.tool_results:
+                if not res.success:
+                    return 0.0, {"error": res.error, "output": res.output}
+                out = (res.output or "").strip()
+                if out:
+                    observed = out.splitlines()[-1].strip()
+                    tool_ok = True
+
+        final = (final_response or "").strip()
+        score = 1.0 if tool_ok and agent_result.total_tool_calls > 0 and observed and final == observed else 0.0
+        return score, {"observed": observed, "tool_calls": agent_result.total_tool_calls, "command": item.get("command")}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    SandboxTerminalSmokeEnv.cli()

atropos/envs/swe_smith_oracle_env.py

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+"""
+SWE-smith-oracle environment.
+
+This environment is intentionally minimal:
+- prepares a sandbox workspace by cloning a public GitHub repo at `base_commit`
+- runs an AtroposAgent tool loop to apply a fix
+- verifies by running pytest nodeids from the dataset (reward = pass/fail)
+- Python only (no multi-language support currently, need to properly bauild & add to dropbox)
+- TODO: Get the other nonpython sandboxes up and running, then add a config knob to switch between them per row
+- oh and add to dockerhub
+
+Dataset: NousResearch/SWE-smith-oracle (train; does NOT use SWE-bench eval set).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import random
+import time
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from atroposlib.envs.base import APIServerConfig, Item
+
+from ..agent import AgentConfig
+from ..tools import ToolCall
+from .agent_env import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig
+
+
+class SweSmithOracleEnvConfig(AgentEnvConfig):
+    dataset_name: str = Field(default="NousResearch/SWE-smith-oracle")
+    dataset_split: str = Field(default="train")
+    max_items: int = Field(default=0, description="0 = no limit")
+    shuffle: bool = Field(default=True)
+    seed: int = Field(default=0)
+
+    python_only: bool = Field(default=True, description="Filter to Python-evaluable rows")
+    score_include_fail_to_pass: bool = Field(
+        default=True,
+        description=(
+            "If true (default), score tests on PASS_TO_PASS ∪ FAIL_TO_PASS. "
+            "Disable to only run PASS_TO_PASS (faster but weaker signal)."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    prompt_mode: str = Field(
+        default="problem_statement",
+        description="Task prompt content: 'problem_statement' (fast) or 'problem_statement+text' (slower, includes dataset 'text').",
+    )
+
+    repo_base_url: str = Field(default="https://github.com", description="Base URL for repo cloning")
+    install_timeout_s: float = Field(default=600.0)
+    test_timeout_s: float = Field(default=600.0)
+
+    tokenizer_name: str = Field(default="NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B", description="Tokenizer name for RL tokenization")
+
+
+class SweSmithOracleEnv(AgentEnv[SweSmithOracleEnvConfig]):
+    """
+    SWE-smith-oracle AgentEnv.
+
+    This is designed for benchmarking multiplexed slot execution vs naive container-per-trajectory.
+    """
+
+    name = "swe_smith_oracle_env"
+    env_config_cls = SweSmithOracleEnvConfig
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: SweSmithOracleEnvConfig,
+        server_configs: List[APIServerConfig],
+        slurm: bool = False,
+        testing: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config, server_configs, slurm, testing)
+        self._dataset = None
+        self._indices: List[int] = []
+        self._cursor = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[SweSmithOracleEnvConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
+        # Defaults for running the env via CLI in offline `process` mode.
+        # Override via env vars or `--env.*` flags as needed.
+        base_url_raw = (
+            os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("LLM_BASE_URL")
+            or "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+        )
+        base_url = base_url_raw.rstrip("/")
+        if not base_url.endswith("/v1"):
+            base_url = f"{base_url}/v1"
+        model = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL") or os.getenv("LLM_MODEL") or "hermes-4-36b"
+        api_key = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY") or os.getenv("NOUS_API_KEY") or os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") or "local"
+
+        env_config = SweSmithOracleEnvConfig(
+            tokenizer_name=os.getenv("ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME") or "NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B",
+            group_size=1,
+            use_wandb=False,
+            rollout_server_url="http://localhost:8000",
+            total_steps=1,
+            batch_size=1,
+            steps_per_eval=1,
+            max_token_length=8192,
+            inference_weight=1.0,
+            wandb_name="swe_smith_oracle",
+            enabled_toolsets=["terminal"],
+            disabled_toolsets=[],
+            sandbox_image=os.getenv("ATROPOS_SANDBOX_IMAGE") or "atropos-sandbox:local",
+            purge_job_on_start=True,
+            purge_job_on_shutdown=True,
+        )
+
+        server_configs = [
+            APIServerConfig(
+                model_name=model,
+                base_url=base_url,
+                api_key=api_key,
+                num_max_requests_at_once=1,
+                num_requests_for_eval=1,
+                timeout=int(os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_TIMEOUT_S") or "300"),
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        return env_config, server_configs
+
+    async def setup_agent_env(self) -> None:
+        from datasets import load_dataset
+
+        t0 = time.perf_counter()
+        print(
+            f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] loading dataset {self.config.dataset_name}:{self.config.dataset_split} "
+            f"(python_only={self.config.python_only}, max_items={self.config.max_items or 'all'})",
+            flush=True,
+        )
+        ds = load_dataset(self.config.dataset_name, split=self.config.dataset_split)
+        self._dataset = ds
+
+        indices: List[int] = []
+        for idx in range(len(ds)):
+            row = ds[idx]
+            if self.config.python_only and not self._is_python_row(row):
+                continue
+            indices.append(idx)
+
+        if self.config.shuffle:
+            rnd = random.Random(self.config.seed)
+            rnd.shuffle(indices)
+
+        if self.config.max_items and self.config.max_items > 0:
+            indices = indices[: self.config.max_items]
+
+        self._indices = indices
+        self._cursor = 0
+
+        print(
+            f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] loaded {len(self._indices)} items from {self.config.dataset_name}:{self.config.dataset_split} "
+            f"in {time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s",
+            flush=True,
+        )
+
+    def _is_python_row(self, row: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+        nodeids = row.get("PASS_TO_PASS")
+        if not isinstance(nodeids, list) or not nodeids:
+            return False
+        for nid in nodeids:
+            if not isinstance(nid, str) or ".py::" not in nid:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    async def get_next_item(self) -> Item:
+        print(f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] get_next_item() cursor={self._cursor}/{len(self._indices)}", flush=True)
+        if not self._dataset or not self._indices:
+            raise RuntimeError("Dataset not initialized (did setup() run?)")
+        if self._cursor >= len(self._indices):
+            self._cursor = 0
+        idx = self._indices[self._cursor]
+        self._cursor += 1
+        return dict(self._dataset[idx])
+
+    def _repo_name(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        repo = item.get("repo") or ""
+        if isinstance(repo, str) and "/" in repo:
+            return repo.split("/")[-1]
+        return "repo"
+
+    def build_task(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        repo = item.get("repo") or ""
+        base_commit = item.get("base_commit") or ""
+        problem = str(item.get("problem_statement") or "")
+        context = str(item.get("text") or "")
+
+        nodeids = self._tests_for_item(item)
+        tests_list = "\n".join(f"- {t}" for t in nodeids)
+
+        repo_dir = self._repo_name(item)
+
+        tests_block = (
+            "Run these tests to verify:\n"
+            f"{tests_list}\n\n"
+            "When done, briefly describe what you changed and confirm tests pass."
+        )
+
+        prompt_mode = (self.config.prompt_mode or "problem_statement").strip().lower()
+        if prompt_mode not in {"problem_statement", "problem_statement+text"}:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid prompt_mode={self.config.prompt_mode!r}. "
+                "Expected 'problem_statement' or 'problem_statement+text'."
+            )
+
+        context_block = ""
+        if prompt_mode == "problem_statement+text" and context:
+            # Note: We intentionally do NOT truncate/cap here. This mode is for debugging / richer prompts and can be slow.
+            context_block = f"\nAdditional context:\n{context}\n"
+
+        return (
+            "You are a senior software engineer. Fix the repository so the specified tests pass.\n\n"
+            f"Repository: {repo} (checked out at base_commit={base_commit})\n"
+            f"Workspace path: ./{repo_dir}\n\n"
+            "Constraints:\n"
+            "- You MUST use the terminal tool to inspect, edit, and verify the repository. Do not respond with a patch file.\n"
+            f"- Start by inspecting the repo (e.g. `ls`, `cd ./{repo_dir}`, `git status`).\n"
+            "- Use a workspace-local virtualenv (e.g. inside the repo at ./.venv) to avoid cross-run contamination.\n"
+            "- Use non-interactive commands only.\n\n"
+            "- Terminal commands run under POSIX /bin/sh and each tool call runs in a fresh shell (no persisted env vars).\n"
+            "  Avoid bash-only `source`; prefer `. .venv/bin/activate` or `.venv/bin/python ...`.\n\n"
+            "Problem statement:\n"
+            f"{problem}\n\n"
+            f"{context_block}\n"
+            f"{tests_block}"
+        )
+
+    def build_agent_config(self, item: Item) -> AgentConfig:  # noqa: ARG002
+        # SWE tasks are longer than the simple test env.
+        return AgentConfig(
+            max_steps=self.config.agent_max_steps,
+            temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
+            max_tokens=self.config.agent_max_tokens,
+            tool_delay_s=self.config.agent_tool_delay_s,
+        )
+
+    async def setup_trajectory_workspace(self, item: Item, *, trajectory_id: str, exec_tool) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        t0 = time.perf_counter()
+        repo = item.get("repo")
+        base_commit = item.get("base_commit")
+        instance_id = item.get("instance_id") or item.get("id") or item.get("problem_id")
+        if not isinstance(repo, str) or not isinstance(base_commit, str):
+            raise RuntimeError("Invalid dataset row: missing repo/base_commit")
+
+        repo_dir = self._repo_name(item)
+        clone_url = f"{self.config.repo_base_url.rstrip('/')}/{repo}.git"
+        print(
+            f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] tid={trajectory_id} setup_trajectory_workspace(): "
+            f"repo={repo} base_commit={base_commit} instance_id={instance_id} dir=./{repo_dir}",
+            flush=True,
+        )
+
+        # Repo setup strategy:
+        # - Maintain a shared, per-container bare repo cache under /data/repo_cache
+        # - For each trajectory, create an isolated git worktree under the slot workspace
+        # This avoids cloning/fetching full repos per trajectory and is crucial for multiplexing.
+
+        def _repo_cache_slug(repo_name: str) -> str:
+            return repo_name.replace("/", "__")
+
+        repo_slug = _repo_cache_slug(repo)
+        cache_root = "/data/repo_cache"
+        bare_repo = f"{cache_root}/{repo_slug}.git"
+        lock_file = f"{cache_root}/.locks/{repo_slug}.lock"
+
+        # Use flock to serialize operations that mutate the shared bare repo (fetch/worktree).
+        # util-linux (flock) is included in the sandbox image.
+        worktree_cmd = (
+            "set -e; "
+            f"rm -rf {repo_dir}; "
+            f"mkdir -p {cache_root}/.locks; "
+            f": > {lock_file}; "
+            f"flock -x {lock_file} sh -lc '"
+            f"set -e; "
+            "export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0; "
+            "export GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1; "
+            f"if [ ! -d \"{bare_repo}\" ]; then "
+            f"  git init --bare \"{bare_repo}\"; "
+            f"  git -C \"{bare_repo}\" remote add origin \"{clone_url}\"; "
+            "fi; "
+            f"git -C \"{bare_repo}\" remote set-url origin \"{clone_url}\"; "
+            f"git -C \"{bare_repo}\" worktree prune || true; "
+            f"if ! git -C \"{bare_repo}\" cat-file -e \"{base_commit}^{{commit}}\" 2>/dev/null; then "
+            f"  git -C \"{bare_repo}\" fetch --depth 1 origin \"{base_commit}\" || true; "
+            "fi; "
+            f"if ! git -C \"{bare_repo}\" cat-file -e \"{base_commit}^{{commit}}\" 2>/dev/null; then "
+            f"  git -C \"{bare_repo}\" fetch --prune origin; "
+            "fi; "
+            f"git --git-dir=\"{bare_repo}\" worktree add --detach \"{repo_dir}\" \"{base_commit}\"; "
+            "'"
+        )
+
+        print(f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] tid={trajectory_id} preparing worktree from repo cache", flush=True)
+        res = await exec_tool(
+            ToolCall(
+                name="terminal",
+                arguments={"command": worktree_cmd, "timeout": self.config.install_timeout_s},
+            )
+        )
+        if not res.success:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "git worktree setup failed "
+                f"(repo={repo}, base_commit={base_commit}, instance_id={instance_id}): {res.error}\n{res.output}"
+            )
+
+        print(
+            f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] tid={trajectory_id} setup_trajectory_workspace(): worktree ready in {time.perf_counter() - t0:.2f}s",
+            flush=True,
+        )
+        return {"repo_dir": repo_dir, "base_commit": base_commit}
+
+    def _tests_for_item(self, item: Item) -> List[str]:
+        tests: List[str] = []
+        if self.config.score_include_fail_to_pass:
+            for key in ("PASS_TO_PASS", "FAIL_TO_PASS"):
+                nodeids = item.get(key)
+                if isinstance(nodeids, list):
+                    tests.extend([n for n in nodeids if isinstance(n, str)])
+        else:
+            nodeids = item.get("PASS_TO_PASS")
+            if isinstance(nodeids, list):
+                tests.extend([n for n in nodeids if isinstance(n, str)])
+        # Stable order for reproducibility.
+        return sorted(dict.fromkeys(tests))
+
+    def _chunk_nodeids(self, nodeids: List[str], max_per_chunk: int = 50) -> List[List[str]]:
+        chunks: List[List[str]] = []
+        for i in range(0, len(nodeids), max_per_chunk):
+            chunks.append(nodeids[i : i + max_per_chunk])
+        return chunks
+
+    async def verify_and_score_trajectory(
+        self,
+        item: Item,
+        final_response: str,  # noqa: ARG002
+        *,
+        trajectory_id: str,
+        exec_tool,
+        agent_result=None,
+        workspace_meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    ) -> tuple[float, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        _ = trajectory_id
+        repo_dir = self._repo_name(item)
+
+        # Training correctness: do not reward trajectories that never actually used tools.
+        if agent_result is not None and getattr(agent_result, "total_tool_calls", 0) <= 0:
+            print(
+                f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] tid={trajectory_id} verify (dataset_tests): no tool calls; score=0.0",
+                flush=True,
+            )
+            return 0.0, {
+                "verification_mode": "dataset_tests",
+                "error": "No tool calls were made by the agent",
+            }
+
+        nodeids = self._tests_for_item(item)
+        if not nodeids:
+            return 0.0, {"error": "No tests provided"}
+
+        print(f"[SweSmithOracleEnv] tid={trajectory_id} verify (dataset_tests): ensuring venv + deps", flush=True)
+        setup_cmd = (
+            f"cd {repo_dir} && "
+            "python -m venv .venv && "
+            ". .venv/bin/activate && "
+            "python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel && "
+            "python -m pip install -e . && "
+            "python -m pip install pytest"
+        )
+        setup_res = await exec_tool(
+            ToolCall(name="terminal", arguments={"command": setup_cmd, "timeout": self.config.install_timeout_s})
+        )
+        verification_messages = [{"role": "user", "content": setup_res.to_xml()}]
+        if not setup_res.success:
+            return 0.0, {
+                "verification_mode": "dataset_tests",
+                "phase": "install",
+                "error": setup_res.error,
+                "output": setup_res.output,
+                "verification_messages": verification_messages,
+            }
+
+        chunks = self._chunk_nodeids(nodeids, max_per_chunk=50)
+        for chunk_idx, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
+            joined = " ".join(chunk)
+            cmd = f"cd {repo_dir} && . .venv/bin/activate && python -m pytest -q {joined}"
+            res = await exec_tool(
+                ToolCall(
+                    name="terminal",
+                    arguments={"command": cmd, "timeout": self.config.test_timeout_s},
+                )
+            )
+            verification_messages.append({"role": "user", "content": res.to_xml()})
+            if not res.success:
+                return 0.0, {
+                    "verification_mode": "dataset_tests",
+                    "phase": "pytest",
+                    "failed_chunk": chunk_idx,
+                    "error": res.error,
+                    "output": res.output,
+                    "verification_messages": verification_messages,
+                }
+
+        return 1.0, {"verification_mode": "dataset_tests", "passed": True, "verification_messages": verification_messages}
+
+    async def score_trajectory(self, item: Item, final_response: str) -> float:
+        # Not used; scoring happens in verify_and_score_trajectory.
+        _ = (item, final_response)
+        return 0.0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    SweSmithOracleEnv.cli()

atropos/envs/test_env.py

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+"""
+Simple test environment for validating the atropos-agent setup.
+
+This environment uses a local OpenAI-compatible server for LLM testing to verify:
+- BaseEnv extension works correctly
+- API communication via OpenAI-compatible endpoint
+- Basic trajectory collection
+
+This is a minimal environment for testing, not production use.
+"""
+
+import os
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from atroposlib.envs.base import (
+    APIServerConfig,
+    Item,
+)
+
+from ..agent import AgentConfig
+from .agent_env import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig
+
+# Load environment variables from .env file
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+# Simple test prompts for validation
+TEST_PROMPTS = [
+    {
+        "prompt": "What is 2 + 2? Answer with just the number.",
+        "expected": "4",
+    },
+    {
+        "prompt": "What is the capital of France? Answer with just the city name.",
+        "expected": "Paris",
+    },
+    {
+        "prompt": "What color is the sky on a clear day? Answer with just the color.",
+        "expected": "Blue",
+    },
+    {
+        "prompt": "How many days are in a week? Answer with just the number.",
+        "expected": "7",
+    },
+    {
+        "prompt": "What is 10 * 5? Answer with just the number.",
+        "expected": "50",
+    },
+]
+
+SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
+    "You are a helpful assistant. Answer questions concisely and directly. "
+    "When asked for a simple answer, provide just that answer without explanation."
+)
+
+
+class SimpleTestEnvConfig(AgentEnvConfig):
+    """Configuration for the simple test environment."""
+
+    server_base_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://127.0.0.1:8080",
+        description="Base URL for an OpenAI-compatible server (without /v1)",
+    )
+    server_model: str = Field(
+        default="hermes-4-36b",
+        description="Model name",
+    )
+    tokenizer_name: str = Field(default="NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B", description="Tokenizer name for RL tokenization")
+
+
+class SimpleTestEnv(AgentEnv[SimpleTestEnvConfig]):
+    """
+    A simple test environment to validate the atropos-agent setup.
+    
+    Uses a local OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint with basic question-answering tasks.
+    Scoring is based on whether the response contains the expected answer.
+    """
+
+    name = "simple_test_env"
+    env_config_cls = SimpleTestEnvConfig
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: SimpleTestEnvConfig,
+        server_configs: List[APIServerConfig],
+        slurm: bool = False,
+        testing: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config, server_configs, slurm, testing)
+        self.iter = 0
+        self.test_prompts = TEST_PROMPTS
+        self.percent_correct_buffer: List[float] = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[SimpleTestEnvConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
+        """
+        Initialize configuration with local server settings from environment variables.
+        """
+        base_url = (
+            os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("LLM_BASE_URL")
+            or "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+        )
+        model = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL") or os.getenv("LLM_MODEL") or "hermes-4-36b"
+        api_key = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY") or os.getenv("NOUS_API_KEY") or os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") or "local"
+
+        env_config = SimpleTestEnvConfig(
+            tokenizer_name=os.getenv("ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME") or "NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B",
+            group_size=4,
+            use_wandb=False,  # Disable wandb for simple testing
+            rollout_server_url="http://localhost:8000",
+            total_steps=10,
+            batch_size=16,
+            steps_per_eval=5,
+            max_token_length=2048,
+            inference_weight=1.0,
+            wandb_name="simple_test",
+            server_base_url=base_url,
+            server_model=model,
+        )
+
+        # OpenAI-compatible servers typically expose chat completions at /v1.
+        server_configs = [
+            APIServerConfig(
+                model_name=model,
+                base_url=f"{base_url}/v1",
+                api_key=api_key,
+                num_max_requests_at_once=4,
+                num_requests_for_eval=8,
+                timeout=120,  # Local models may be slower
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        return env_config, server_configs
+
+    async def setup_agent_env(self):
+        """Setup the environment - load test data."""
+        print(f"SimpleTestEnv setup complete. {len(self.test_prompts)} test prompts loaded.")
+        print(f"Using server at: {self.config.server_base_url}")
+        print(f"Model: {self.config.server_model}")
+
+    async def get_next_item(self) -> Item:
+        """Get the next test prompt."""
+        item = self.test_prompts[self.iter % len(self.test_prompts)]
+        self.iter += 1
+        return item
+
+    def build_task(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        return item["prompt"]
+
+    def build_agent_config(self, item: Item) -> AgentConfig:  # noqa: ARG002
+        return AgentConfig(
+            max_steps=5,
+            temperature=0.7,
+            max_tokens=256,
+            system_prompt=SYSTEM_PROMPT,
+        )
+
+    async def score_trajectory(self, item: Item, final_response: str) -> float:
+        expected = item["expected"].lower()
+        response_lower = (final_response or "").lower()
+        score = 1.0 if expected in response_lower else 0.0
+        self.percent_correct_buffer.append(score)
+        return score
+
+    async def evaluate(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Simple evaluation - run through all test prompts once.
+        """
+        correct = 0
+        total = len(self.test_prompts)
+
+        for item in self.test_prompts:
+            messages = [
+                {"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT},
+                {"role": "user", "content": item["prompt"]},
+            ]
+
+            response = await self.server.chat_completion(
+                messages=messages,
+                n=1,
+                max_tokens=256,
+                temperature=0.0,  # Greedy for eval
+                split="eval",
+            )
+
+            response_text = response.choices[0].message.content or ""
+            expected = item["expected"].lower()
+
+            if expected in response_text.lower():
+                correct += 1
+
+        accuracy = correct / total
+        print(f"Evaluation: {correct}/{total} = {accuracy:.2%} accuracy")
+        return {"eval_accuracy": accuracy}
+
+    async def wandb_log(self, wandb_metrics: Optional[Dict] = None):
+        """Log metrics (simplified for testing)."""
+        if wandb_metrics is None:
+            wandb_metrics = {}
+
+        if self.percent_correct_buffer:
+            avg_correct = sum(self.percent_correct_buffer) / len(self.percent_correct_buffer)
+            wandb_metrics["train/percent_correct"] = avg_correct
+            print(f"Train accuracy: {avg_correct:.2%}")
+            self.percent_correct_buffer = []
+
+        await super().wandb_log(wandb_metrics)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Allow running as CLI
+    SimpleTestEnv.cli()

atropos/envs/toolserver_smoke_env.py

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+"""
+ToolServer routing smoke environment.
+
+Validates that:
+  - sandbox tools run through Nomad SlotPool (terminal -> bash in sandbox)
+  - external tools run through ToolServer (skills_list)
+
+This env uses ToolServer in-process by default (`tool_server_url="inprocess"`),
+so it is self-contained for local testing.
+
+Run:
+  uv run python -m atropos.envs.toolserver_smoke_env process --env.use_wandb false --env.total_steps 1 --env.group_size 1
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from atroposlib.envs.base import APIServerConfig, Item
+
+from ..agent import AgentConfig, AgentResult
+from .agent_env import AgentEnv, AgentEnvConfig
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+class ToolServerSmokeEnvConfig(AgentEnvConfig):
+    server_base_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://127.0.0.1:8080",
+        description="Base URL for an OpenAI-compatible chat server (without /v1).",
+    )
+    server_model: str = Field(default="hermes-4-36b", description="Model name")
+    tokenizer_name: str = Field(default="NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B", description="Tokenizer name for RL tokenization")
+
+
+class ToolServerSmokeEnv(AgentEnv[ToolServerSmokeEnvConfig]):
+    name = "toolserver_smoke_env"
+    env_config_cls = ToolServerSmokeEnvConfig
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: ToolServerSmokeEnvConfig,
+        server_configs: List[APIServerConfig],
+        slurm: bool = False,
+        testing: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(config, server_configs, slurm, testing)
+        self._iter = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[ToolServerSmokeEnvConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
+        base_url = (
+            os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("OPENAI_BASE_URL")
+            or os.getenv("LLM_BASE_URL")
+            or "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+        )
+        model = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_MODEL") or os.getenv("LLM_MODEL") or "hermes-4-36b"
+        api_key = os.getenv("ATROPOS_SERVER_API_KEY") or os.getenv("NOUS_API_KEY") or os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") or "local"
+
+        env_config = ToolServerSmokeEnvConfig(
+            tokenizer_name=os.getenv("ATROPOS_TOKENIZER_NAME") or "NousResearch/Hermes-4.3-36B",
+            group_size=1,
+            use_wandb=False,
+            include_messages=True,
+            ensure_scores_are_not_same=False,
+            total_steps=1,
+            batch_size=1,
+            server_base_url=base_url,
+            server_model=model,
+            enabled_toolsets=["terminal", "skills"],
+            disabled_toolsets=[],
+            # Self-contained ToolServer for local smoke.
+            tool_server_url="inprocess",
+            sandbox_image=os.getenv("ATROPOS_SANDBOX_IMAGE") or "atropos-sandbox:local",
+            purge_job_on_start=True,
+            purge_job_on_shutdown=True,
+        )
+
+        server_configs = [
+            APIServerConfig(
+                model_name=model,
+                base_url=f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/v1",
+                api_key=api_key,
+                num_max_requests_at_once=1,
+                num_requests_for_eval=1,
+                timeout=120,
+            )
+        ]
+        return env_config, server_configs
+
+    async def setup_agent_env(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    async def get_next_item(self) -> Item:
+        self._iter += 1
+        return {
+            "prompt": (
+                "You MUST call exactly one tool per assistant message.\n"
+                "\n"
+                "Step 1) Call the skills_list tool (no arguments), then stop.\n"
+                "Step 2) After you receive the tool response, call the terminal tool to run:\n"
+                "python -c \"print('ok')\"\n"
+                "Step 3) After you receive the terminal tool response, answer with just: ok\n"
+                "\n"
+                "Tool call format requirements:\n"
+                "- Every tool call MUST be a complete XML block with a closing tag.\n"
+                "- Do NOT emit a second <tool_call> in the same assistant message.\n"
+                "\n"
+                "Example:\n"
+                "<tool_call>{\"name\": \"skills_list\", \"arguments\": {}}</tool_call>\n"
+                "Do not include anything else in your final answer."
+            )
+        }
+
+    def build_task(self, item: Item) -> str:
+        return str(item.get("prompt") or "")
+
+    def build_agent_config(self, item: Item) -> AgentConfig:  # noqa: ARG002
+        return AgentConfig(
+            max_steps=min(10, int(self.config.agent_max_steps)),
+            temperature=0.2,
+            max_tokens=None,
+        )
+
+    async def score_trajectory(self, item: Item, final_response: str) -> float:
+        _ = (item, final_response)
+        return 0.0
+
+    async def verify_and_score_trajectory(
+        self,
+        item: Item,
+        final_response: str,
+        *,
+        trajectory_id: str,  # noqa: ARG002
+        exec_tool,  # noqa: ARG002
+        agent_result: AgentResult | None = None,
+        workspace_meta: Dict[str, Any] | None = None,  # noqa: ARG002
+    ) -> tuple[float, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        if agent_result is None:
+            return 0.0, {"error": "Missing agent_result"}
+
+        called = {c.name for s in agent_result.steps for c in s.tool_calls}
+        need = {"skills_list", "terminal"}
+        if not need.issubset(called):
+            return 0.0, {"error": f"Missing tool calls: {sorted(need - called)}", "called": sorted(called)}
+
+        terminal_ok = False
+        for step in agent_result.steps:
+            for call, res in zip(step.tool_calls, step.tool_results):
+                if call.name != "terminal":
+                    continue
+                if res.success and (res.output or "").strip().splitlines()[-1].strip() == "ok":
+                    terminal_ok = True
+
+        score = 1.0 if terminal_ok and (final_response or "").strip() == "ok" else 0.0
+        return score, {"called": sorted(called), "final": (final_response or "").strip()}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ToolServerSmokeEnv.cli()

atropos/nomad/__init__.py

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+"""
+Nomad integration for atropos-agent.
+
+Provides:
+- NomadClient: Client for Nomad HTTP API
+- Job templates for sandbox containers
+"""
+
+from .client import NomadClient
+
+__all__ = ["NomadClient"]

atropos/nomad/client.py

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+"""
+Nomad API Client for atropos-agent.
+
+Provides a simple async client for interacting with the Nomad HTTP API:
+- Submit/stop jobs
+- Query allocations
+- Get allocation addresses
+- Scale jobs up/down
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from enum import Enum
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import aiohttp
+
+
+class AllocationStatus(Enum):
+    """Nomad allocation status."""
+    PENDING = "pending"
+    RUNNING = "running"
+    COMPLETE = "complete"
+    FAILED = "failed"
+    LOST = "lost"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Allocation:
+    """Information about a Nomad allocation."""
+    id: str
+    job_id: str
+    task_group: str
+    node_id: str
+    status: AllocationStatus
+    # Network info for reaching the allocation
+    address: Optional[str] = None
+    port: Optional[int] = None
+    
+    @property
+    def http_address(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Get full HTTP address for the allocation."""
+        if self.address and self.port:
+            return f"http://{self.address}:{self.port}"
+        return None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class JobStatus:
+    """Status of a Nomad job."""
+    id: str
+    name: str
+    status: str
+    allocations: List[Allocation] = field(default_factory=list)
+    count: int = 0  # Number of task groups
+
+
+class NomadClient:
+    """
+    Async client for Nomad HTTP API.
+    
+    Usage:
+        client = NomadClient(address="http://localhost:4646")
+        
+        # Submit a job
+        await client.submit_job(job_spec)
+        
+        # Get allocations
+        allocs = await client.get_job_allocations("sandbox-python")
+        
+        # Scale job
+        await client.scale_job("sandbox-python", count=5)
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        address: str = "http://localhost:4646",
+        token: Optional[str] = None,
+        timeout: float = 30.0,
+    ):
+        self.address = address.rstrip("/")
+        self.token = token or os.environ.get("NOMAD_TOKEN")
+        self.timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=timeout)
+        self._session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
+    
+    async def _get_session(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+        """Get or create HTTP session."""
+        if self._session is None or self._session.closed:
+            headers = {}
+            if self.token:
+                headers["X-Nomad-Token"] = self.token
+            self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession(
+                timeout=self.timeout,
+                headers=headers,
+            )
+        return self._session
+    
+    async def close(self):
+        """Close the HTTP session."""
+        if self._session and not self._session.closed:
+            await self._session.close()
+    
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        return self
+    
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        await self.close()
+    
+    async def _request(
+        self,
+        method: str,
+        path: str,
+        data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Make an HTTP request to Nomad API."""
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        url = f"{self.address}{path}"
+        
+        try:
+            async with session.request(method, url, json=data) as response:
+                if response.status == 404:
+                    return {"error": "not_found", "status": 404}
+                
+                text = await response.text()
+                if not text:
+                    return {"status": response.status}
+                
+                try:
+                    result = json.loads(text)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    return {"text": text, "status": response.status}
+                
+                if response.status >= 400:
+                    return {"error": result, "status": response.status}
+                
+                return result if isinstance(result, dict) else {"data": result, "status": response.status}
+                
+        except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
+            return {"error": str(e), "status": 0}
+    
+    # Job Operations
+    
+    async def submit_job(self, job_spec: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Submit a job to Nomad.
+        
+        Args:
+            job_spec: Job specification dict (HCL converted to JSON)
+            
+        Returns:
+            Response with EvalID if successful
+        """
+        return await self._request("POST", "/v1/jobs", {"Job": job_spec})
+    
+    async def stop_job(self, job_id: str, purge: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Stop (and optionally purge) a job.
+        
+        Args:
+            job_id: Job identifier
+            purge: If True, completely remove the job
+        """
+        path = f"/v1/job/{job_id}"
+        if purge:
+            path += "?purge=true"
+        return await self._request("DELETE", path)
+    
+    async def get_job(self, job_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Get job details."""
+        result = await self._request("GET", f"/v1/job/{job_id}")
+        if "error" in result and result.get("status") == 404:
+            return None
+        return result
+    
+    async def get_job_status(self, job_id: str) -> Optional[JobStatus]:
+        """Get job status with allocations."""
+        job = await self.get_job(job_id)
+        if not job:
+            return None
+        
+        allocs = await self.get_job_allocations(job_id)
+        
+        # Get count from task groups
+        count = 0
+        task_groups = job.get("TaskGroups", [])
+        for tg in task_groups:
+            count += tg.get("Count", 1)
+        
+        return JobStatus(
+            id=job_id,
+            name=job.get("Name", job_id),
+            status=job.get("Status", "unknown"),
+            allocations=allocs,
+            count=count,
+        )
+    
+    # Allocation Operations
+    
+    async def get_job_allocations(self, job_id: str) -> List[Allocation]:
+        """Get all allocations for a job."""
+        result = await self._request("GET", f"/v1/job/{job_id}/allocations")
+        
+        if "error" in result:
+            return []
+        
+        allocs_data = result.get("data", result) if isinstance(result, dict) else result
+        if not isinstance(allocs_data, list):
+            return []
+        
+        allocations = []
+        for alloc_data in allocs_data:
+            # Parse allocation info
+            alloc_id = alloc_data.get("ID", "")
+            status_str = alloc_data.get("ClientStatus", "unknown")
+            
+            try:
+                status = AllocationStatus(status_str)
+            except ValueError:
+                status = AllocationStatus.PENDING
+            
+            # Get network info - need to fetch detailed allocation for this
+            address = None
+            port = None
+            
+            # First try the summary data
+            resources = alloc_data.get("AllocatedResources") or {}
+            shared = resources.get("Shared") or {}
+            networks = shared.get("Networks") or []
+            
+            # If no networks in summary, fetch detailed allocation
+            if not networks and alloc_id:
+                detailed = await self.get_allocation(alloc_id)
+                if detailed:
+                    resources = detailed.get("AllocatedResources") or {}
+                    shared = resources.get("Shared") or {}
+                    networks = shared.get("Networks") or []
+            
+            if networks:
+                network = networks[0]
+                address = network.get("IP")
+                # Look for dynamic ports OR reserved ports (Singularity/raw_exec uses reserved)
+                dyn_ports = network.get("DynamicPorts") or []
+                reserved_ports = network.get("ReservedPorts") or []
+                for dp in dyn_ports + reserved_ports:
+                    if dp.get("Label") == "http":
+                        port = dp.get("Value")
+                        break
+            
+            allocations.append(Allocation(
+                id=alloc_id,
+                job_id=job_id,
+                task_group=alloc_data.get("TaskGroup", ""),
+                node_id=alloc_data.get("NodeID", ""),
+                status=status,
+                address=address,
+                port=port,
+            ))
+        
+        return allocations
+    
+    async def get_allocation(self, alloc_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Get detailed allocation info."""
+        result = await self._request("GET", f"/v1/allocation/{alloc_id}")
+        if "error" in result and result.get("status") == 404:
+            return None
+        return result
+    
+    # Scaling Operations
+    
+    async def scale_job(self, job_id: str, count: int, task_group: str = "sandbox") -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Scale a job's task group to specified count.
+        
+        Args:
+            job_id: Job identifier
+            count: Desired number of allocations
+            task_group: Name of task group to scale
+        """
+        payload = {
+            "Count": count,
+            "Target": {
+                "Group": task_group,
+            },
+        }
+        return await self._request("POST", f"/v1/job/{job_id}/scale", payload)
+    
+    async def get_job_scale_status(self, job_id: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+        """
+        Get current scale status for a job.
+        
+        Returns:
+            Dict mapping task group name to count
+        """
+        result = await self._request("GET", f"/v1/job/{job_id}/scale")
+        
+        if "error" in result:
+            return {}
+        
+        task_groups = result.get("TaskGroups", {})
+        return {
+            name: info.get("Running", 0)
+            for name, info in task_groups.items()
+        }
+    
+    # Health Check
+    
+    async def is_healthy(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if Nomad is reachable and healthy."""
+        try:
+            result = await self._request("GET", "/v1/status/leader")
+            return "error" not in result
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+    
+    async def get_leader(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Get current Nomad leader address."""
+        result = await self._request("GET", "/v1/status/leader")
+        if isinstance(result, dict) and "data" in result:
+            return result["data"]
+        return None
+
+
+def load_job_template(
+    template_name: str = "sandbox",
+    **kwargs,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Load and configure a job template.
+    
+    Args:
+        template_name: Name of template (e.g., "sandbox")
+        **kwargs: Template variables to substitute
+        
+    Returns:
+        Job specification dict ready for Nomad API
+    """
+    # Default job template for sandbox container
+    if template_name == "sandbox":
+        return create_sandbox_job(**kwargs)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown template: {template_name}")
+
+
+def create_sandbox_job(
+    job_id: str = "atropos-sandbox",
+    image: str = "atropos-sandbox:local",  # Use :local tag to avoid registry pull
+    count: int = 1,
+    slots_per_container: int = 10,
+    privileged: bool = False,
+    cpu: int = 500,
+    memory: int = 512,
+    port: int = 8080,
+    datacenter: str = "dc1",
+    driver: str = "docker",  # "docker" or "singularity"
+    singularity_image: str = None,  # Path to .sif file for singularity driver
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Create a sandbox job specification.
+    
+    This job runs the sandbox_server.py inside a container,
+    with the specified number of slots for agent workspaces.
+    
+    Args:
+        job_id: Unique job identifier
+        image: Docker image to use (for docker driver)
+        count: Number of container instances
+        slots_per_container: Number of slots per container
+        privileged: Run container in privileged mode (recommended for bubblewrap)
+        cpu: CPU allocation in MHz
+        memory: Memory allocation in MB
+        port: HTTP port for sandbox server
+        datacenter: Nomad datacenter
+        driver: Container driver - "docker" or "singularity"
+        singularity_image: Path to .sif file (required if driver="singularity")
+        
+    Returns:
+        Job specification dict
+    """
+    # Build task config based on driver
+    if driver == "singularity":
+        if not singularity_image:
+            raise ValueError("singularity_image path required when driver='singularity'")
+        
+        # Use raw_exec driver to run apptainer via shell for variable expansion
+        # The container binds the allocation directory for workspace persistence
+        # For raw_exec, we use static port since Nomad's dynamic port mapping doesn't
+        # work the same as Docker - the process runs directly on the host.
+        shell_cmd = (
+            f'apptainer run '
+            f'--bind "$NOMAD_ALLOC_DIR/data:/data" '
+            f'--pwd /app '
+            f'--env PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 '
+            f'{singularity_image} '
+            f'python sandbox_server.py '
+            f'--port {port} '
+            f'--slots {slots_per_container} '
+            f'--data-dir /data'
+        )
+        task_config = {
+            "command": "/bin/sh",
+            "args": ["-c", shell_cmd],
+        }
+        task_driver = "raw_exec"
+    else:
+        # Docker driver (default)
+        task_config = {
+            "image": image,
+            "force_pull": False,  # Use local image, don't try to pull
+            "ports": ["http"],
+            "privileged": privileged,
+            "command": "python",
+            "args": [
+                "sandbox_server.py",
+                "--port", str(port),
+                "--slots", str(slots_per_container),
+                "--data-dir", "/data",
+            ],
+            # Note: On Linux, you can mount persistent storage:
+            # "volumes": ["${NOMAD_ALLOC_DIR}/data:/data"],
+            # On macOS/Docker Desktop, skip volumes for PoC
+            # (container /data is ephemeral but works for testing)
+        }
+        task_driver = "docker"
+    
+    # For Singularity/raw_exec, use static ports since the process runs directly on host.
+    # For Docker, use dynamic ports with port mapping.
+    if driver == "singularity":
+        network_config = {
+            "Mode": "host",
+            "ReservedPorts": [
+                {
+                    "Label": "http",
+                    "Value": port,
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+    else:
+        network_config = {
+            "Mode": "host",
+            "DynamicPorts": [
+                {
+                    "Label": "http",
+                    "To": port,
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+    
+    return {
+        "ID": job_id,
+        "Name": job_id,
+        "Type": "service",
+        "Datacenters": [datacenter],
+        "TaskGroups": [
+            {
+                "Name": "sandbox",
+                "Count": count,
+                # Speed up deployments and avoid Consul checks. Without this, Nomad may
+                # keep an "active deployment" around for the default MinHealthyTime,
+                # which blocks immediate scaling under load.
+                "Update": {
+                    "HealthCheck": "task_states",
+                    "MinHealthyTime": 0,
+                },
+                "Networks": [network_config],
+                "Tasks": [
+                    {
+                        "Name": "sandbox-server",
+                        "Driver": task_driver,
+                        "Config": task_config,
+                        "Env": {
+                            "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1",
+                            "NOMAD_ALLOC_DIR": "${NOMAD_ALLOC_DIR}",
+                        },
+                        "Resources": {
+                            "CPU": cpu,
+                            "MemoryMB": memory,
+                        },
+                        # Note: Services with Checks require Consul, which we skip for the PoC
+                    }
+                ],
+                "RestartPolicy": {
+                    "Attempts": 3,
+                    "Interval": 300_000_000_000,  # 5 minutes
+                    "Delay": 10_000_000_000,     # 10 seconds
+                    "Mode": "delay",
+                },
+                "ReschedulePolicy": {
+                    "Attempts": 5,
+                    "Interval": 3600_000_000_000,  # 1 hour
+                    "Delay": 30_000_000_000,      # 30 seconds
+                    "DelayFunction": "exponential",
+                    "MaxDelay": 300_000_000_000,  # 5 minutes
+                    "Unlimited": False,
+                },
+            }
+        ],
+    }

atropos/slots/__init__.py

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+"""
+Slot-based multiplexing for atropos-agent.
+
+Provides:
+- Slot: Isolated workspace for a single trajectory
+- SlotPool: Manages slots across Nomad allocations  
+- SandboxExecutor: Executes tools in sandbox containers
+"""
+
+from .executor import SandboxExecutor
+from .pool import SlotPool, SlotPoolConfig
+from .slot import Slot, SlotState
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Slot",
+    "SlotState",
+    "SlotPool",
+    "SlotPoolConfig",
+    "SandboxExecutor",
+]

atropos/slots/executor.py

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+"""
+SandboxExecutor - HTTP client for sandbox container communication.
+
+Sends tool execution requests to sandbox_server.py running inside Nomad containers.
+Supports single and batch execution for efficiency.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import uuid
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+import aiohttp
+
+from .slot import Slot, SlotState
+from ..tools.base import ToolCall, ToolResult
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ExecutionRequest:
+    """Request to execute a tool in a slot."""
+    slot: Slot
+    tool_name: str
+    args: Dict[str, Any]
+    execution_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(uuid.uuid4()))
+    timeout: float = 30.0
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ExecutionResult:
+    """Result from sandbox execution."""
+    success: bool
+    output: str = ""
+    error: str = ""
+    execution_id: str = ""
+    slot_id: str = ""
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    
+    def to_tool_result(self) -> ToolResult:
+        """Convert to ToolResult for agent consumption."""
+        return ToolResult(
+            success=self.success,
+            output=self.output,
+            error=self.error,
+            metadata=self.metadata,
+            uniq_id=self.execution_id,
+        )
+
+
+class SandboxExecutor:
+    """
+    HTTP client for executing tools in sandbox containers.
+    
+    Communicates with sandbox_server.py running inside Nomad allocations.
+    Supports both single execution and batched parallel execution.
+    
+    Usage:
+        executor = SandboxExecutor()
+        
+        # Single execution
+        result = await executor.execute(slot, "bash", {"command": "ls"})
+        
+        # Batch execution
+        results = await executor.execute_batch([
+            (slot1, "bash", {"command": "ls"}),
+            (slot2, "write_file", {"path": "test.txt", "content": "hello"}),
+        ])
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        timeout: float = 30.0,
+        max_retries: int = 3,
+        retry_delay: float = 1.0,
+    ):
+        self.timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=timeout)
+        self.max_retries = max_retries
+        self.retry_delay = retry_delay
+        self._session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None
+    
+    async def _get_session(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+        """Get or create HTTP session."""
+        if self._session is None or self._session.closed:
+            self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=self.timeout)
+        return self._session
+    
+    async def close(self):
+        """Close HTTP session."""
+        if self._session and not self._session.closed:
+            await self._session.close()
+    
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        return self
+    
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        await self.close()
+    
+    async def execute(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        tool_name: str,
+        args: Dict[str, Any],
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> ExecutionResult:
+        """
+        Execute a tool in a slot's workspace.
+        
+        Args:
+            slot: Slot to execute in
+            tool_name: Name of tool (bash, read_file, write_file)
+            args: Tool arguments
+            timeout: Optional timeout override
+            
+        Returns:
+            ExecutionResult with output or error
+        """
+        execution_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        exec_timeout = timeout or self.timeout.total or 30.0
+        
+        # Mark slot as executing
+        original_state = slot.state
+        try:
+            if slot.state == SlotState.ACQUIRED:
+                slot.start_execution(execution_id)
+            
+            result = await self._send_execute_request(
+                container_addr=slot.container_addr,
+                slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+                tool_name=tool_name,
+                args=args,
+                execution_id=execution_id,
+                timeout=exec_timeout,
+            )
+            result.slot_id = slot.slot_id
+            return result
+            
+        finally:
+            # Restore slot state
+            if slot.state == SlotState.EXECUTING:
+                slot.end_execution()
+    
+    async def _send_execute_request(
+        self,
+        container_addr: str,
+        slot_id: str,
+        tool_name: str,
+        args: Dict[str, Any],
+        execution_id: str,
+        timeout: float,
+    ) -> ExecutionResult:
+        """Send execution request to sandbox server with retry logic."""
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        url = f"{container_addr}/execute"
+        
+        payload = {
+            "slot_id": slot_id,
+            "tool": tool_name,
+            "args": args,
+            "execution_id": execution_id,
+            "timeout": timeout,
+        }
+        
+        last_error = None
+        for attempt in range(self.max_retries):
+            try:
+                async with session.post(url, json=payload) as response:
+                    data = await response.json()
+                    
+                    return ExecutionResult(
+                        success=data.get("success", False),
+                        output=data.get("output", ""),
+                        error=data.get("error", ""),
+                        execution_id=data.get("execution_id", execution_id),
+                        metadata=data.get("metadata", {}),
+                    )
+                    
+            except aiohttp.ClientError as e:
+                last_error = str(e)
+                if attempt < self.max_retries - 1:
+                    await asyncio.sleep(self.retry_delay * (attempt + 1))
+                continue
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                last_error = f"Request timed out after {timeout}s"
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                last_error = str(e)
+                break
+        
+        return ExecutionResult(
+            success=False,
+            error=f"Failed after {self.max_retries} attempts: {last_error}",
+            execution_id=execution_id,
+        )
+    
+    async def execute_batch(
+        self,
+        requests: List[Tuple[Slot, str, Dict[str, Any]]],
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> List[ExecutionResult]:
+        """
+        Execute multiple tools in parallel across slots.
+        
+        This is the key optimization - we batch tool calls to maximize
+        container utilization while agents are waiting for LLM responses.
+        
+        Args:
+            requests: List of (slot, tool_name, args) tuples
+            timeout: Optional timeout override
+            
+        Returns:
+            List of ExecutionResults in same order as requests
+        """
+        if not requests:
+            return []
+        
+        # Group requests by container address for batch API
+        by_container: Dict[str, List[Tuple[int, Slot, str, Dict[str, Any], str]]] = {}
+        
+        for idx, (slot, tool_name, args) in enumerate(requests):
+            execution_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+            container = slot.container_addr
+            
+            if container not in by_container:
+                by_container[container] = []
+            by_container[container].append((idx, slot, tool_name, args, execution_id))
+            
+            # Mark slots as executing
+            if slot.state == SlotState.ACQUIRED:
+                slot.start_execution(execution_id)
+        
+        # Execute batches in parallel
+        exec_timeout = timeout or self.timeout.total or 30.0
+        batch_tasks = []
+        
+        for container_addr, batch_requests in by_container.items():
+            task = self._send_batch_request(
+                container_addr=container_addr,
+                batch_requests=batch_requests,
+                timeout=exec_timeout,
+            )
+            batch_tasks.append(task)
+        
+        # Gather all batch results
+        batch_results = await asyncio.gather(*batch_tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+        
+        # Collect results in original order
+        results: List[Optional[ExecutionResult]] = [None] * len(requests)
+        
+        for batch_result in batch_results:
+            if isinstance(batch_result, Exception):
+                # Mark all in this batch as failed
+                continue
+            
+            for idx, result in batch_result:
+                results[idx] = result
+        
+        # Fill in any missing results
+        for idx, result in enumerate(results):
+            if result is None:
+                slot, tool_name, args = requests[idx]
+                results[idx] = ExecutionResult(
+                    success=False,
+                    error="Batch execution failed",
+                    slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+                )
+        
+        # End execution on all slots
+        for slot, _, _ in requests:
+            if slot.state == SlotState.EXECUTING:
+                slot.end_execution()
+        
+        return results  # type: ignore
+    
+    async def _send_batch_request(
+        self,
+        container_addr: str,
+        batch_requests: List[Tuple[int, Slot, str, Dict[str, Any], str]],
+        timeout: float,
+    ) -> List[Tuple[int, ExecutionResult]]:
+        """Send batch execution request to a single container."""
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        url = f"{container_addr}/batch"
+        
+        # Build batch payload
+        payload = [
+            {
+                "slot_id": slot.slot_id,
+                "tool": tool_name,
+                "args": args,
+                "execution_id": execution_id,
+                "timeout": timeout,
+            }
+            for _, slot, tool_name, args, execution_id in batch_requests
+        ]
+        
+        try:
+            async with session.post(url, json=payload) as response:
+                data = await response.json()
+                
+                if not isinstance(data, list):
+                    raise ValueError(f"Expected list response, got {type(data)}")
+                
+                results = []
+                for i, (idx, slot, _, _, execution_id) in enumerate(batch_requests):
+                    if i < len(data):
+                        item = data[i]
+                        result = ExecutionResult(
+                            success=item.get("success", False),
+                            output=item.get("output", ""),
+                            error=item.get("error", ""),
+                            execution_id=item.get("execution_id", execution_id),
+                            slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+                            metadata=item.get("metadata", {}),
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        result = ExecutionResult(
+                            success=False,
+                            error="Missing result in batch response",
+                            execution_id=execution_id,
+                            slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+                        )
+                    results.append((idx, result))
+                
+                return results
+                
+        except Exception as e:
+            # Return error for all requests in batch
+            return [
+                (idx, ExecutionResult(
+                    success=False,
+                    error=str(e),
+                    execution_id=execution_id,
+                    slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+                ))
+                for idx, slot, _, _, execution_id in batch_requests
+            ]
+    
+    async def reset_slot(self, slot: Slot) -> ExecutionResult:
+        """
+        Reset a slot's workspace (delete all files).
+        
+        Useful when reusing a slot for a new trajectory.
+        """
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        url = f"{slot.container_addr}/reset"
+        
+        try:
+            async with session.post(url, json={"slot_id": slot.slot_id}) as response:
+                data = await response.json()
+                return ExecutionResult(
+                    success=data.get("success", False),
+                    output=data.get("output", ""),
+                    error=data.get("error", ""),
+                    slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+                )
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ExecutionResult(
+                success=False,
+                error=str(e),
+                slot_id=slot.slot_id,
+            )
+    
+    async def health_check(self, container_addr: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if a sandbox container is healthy."""
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        url = f"{container_addr}/health"
+        
+        try:
+            async with session.get(url) as response:
+                data = await response.json()
+                return data.get("status") == "ok"
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+    
+    async def get_container_status(
+        self, 
+        container_addr: str
+    ) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Get status info from a sandbox container."""
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        url = f"{container_addr}/health"
+        
+        try:
+            async with session.get(url) as response:
+                return await response.json()
+        except Exception:
+            return None
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Artifact helpers (optional)
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def _post_json(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        payload: Dict[str, Any],
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        session = await self._get_session()
+        try:
+            async with session.post(url, json=payload, timeout=timeout) as response:
+                data = await response.json()
+                if isinstance(data, dict):
+                    data.setdefault("http_status", response.status)
+                    return data
+                return {"success": False, "error": f"Unexpected response type: {type(data)}", "http_status": response.status}
+        except Exception as e:
+            return {"success": False, "error": str(e)}
+
+    async def read_artifact(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        encoding: str = "text",
+        max_bytes: Optional[int] = None,
+        include_sha256: bool = False,
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        url = f"{slot.container_addr}/artifacts/read"
+        payload: Dict[str, Any] = {"slot_id": slot.slot_id, "path": path, "encoding": encoding, "include_sha256": include_sha256}
+        if max_bytes is not None:
+            payload["max_bytes"] = max_bytes
+        return await self._post_json(url, payload, timeout=timeout)
+
+    async def list_artifacts(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str = ".",
+        *,
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        max_entries: Optional[int] = None,
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        url = f"{slot.container_addr}/artifacts/list"
+        payload: Dict[str, Any] = {"slot_id": slot.slot_id, "path": path, "recursive": recursive}
+        if max_entries is not None:
+            payload["max_entries"] = max_entries
+        return await self._post_json(url, payload, timeout=timeout)
+
+    async def archive_artifacts(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        path: str = ".",
+        *,
+        archive_format: str = "tar.gz",
+        max_bytes: Optional[int] = None,
+        max_entries: Optional[int] = None,
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        url = f"{slot.container_addr}/artifacts/archive"
+        payload: Dict[str, Any] = {"slot_id": slot.slot_id, "path": path, "format": archive_format}
+        if max_bytes is not None:
+            payload["max_bytes"] = max_bytes
+        if max_entries is not None:
+            payload["max_entries"] = max_entries
+        return await self._post_json(url, payload, timeout=timeout)

atropos/slots/pool.py

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+"""
+SlotPool - Manages slots across Nomad allocations.
+
+The SlotPool is the core abstraction for slot-based multiplexing:
+- Tracks available/acquired slots across containers
+- Handles slot acquisition and release
+- Auto-scales Nomad job count based on demand
+- Provides batched tool execution
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from ..nomad.client import (
+    Allocation,
+    AllocationStatus,
+    NomadClient,
+    create_sandbox_job,
+)
+from .executor import ExecutionResult, SandboxExecutor
+from .slot import Slot, SlotState, create_slots_for_allocation
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SlotPoolConfig:
+    """Configuration for SlotPool."""
+    
+    # Nomad settings
+    nomad_address: str = "http://localhost:4646"
+    job_id: str = "atropos-sandbox"
+    datacenter: str = "dc1"
+    
+    # Container settings
+    image: str = "atropos-sandbox:local"  # Use :local tag to avoid registry pull
+    slots_per_container: int = 10
+    privileged: bool = False
+    cpu: int = 500  # MHz
+    memory: int = 512  # MB
+    
+    # Driver selection: "docker" or "singularity"
+    driver: str = "docker"
+    # Path to .sif file for singularity driver (required if driver="singularity")
+    singularity_image: Optional[str] = None
+    
+    # Scaling settings
+    min_containers: int = 1
+    max_containers: int = 10
+    
+    # Timeouts
+    acquire_timeout: float = 30.0  # Seconds between acquire polls (also triggers scale-up attempts)
+    health_check_interval: float = 30.0  # Seconds between health checks
+    scale_cooldown: float = 60.0  # Seconds between scale operations
+
+    # Job lifecycle
+    purge_job_on_start: bool = False  # Purge any pre-existing job before starting (local dev/training friendly)
+
+    # Local Docker image convenience (macOS/Nomad dev mode)
+    auto_build_local_image: bool = True  # If image endswith :local and is missing, build it from the bundled Dockerfile.
+    dockerfile_path: Optional[str] = None  # Override Dockerfile path (default: Hermes-Agent/atropos/Dockerfile).
+    docker_build_context: Optional[str] = None  # Override build context (default: Hermes-Agent/atropos).
+
+
+class SlotPool:
+    """
+    Manages a pool of slots across Nomad allocations.
+    
+    The SlotPool:
+    - Deploys sandbox containers to Nomad
+    - Tracks slots across all running containers
+    - Handles slot acquisition/release
+    - Auto-scales based on demand
+    - Provides batched execution via SandboxExecutor
+    
+    Usage:
+        config = SlotPoolConfig(
+            nomad_address="http://localhost:4646",
+            job_id="my-sandbox",
+            slots_per_container=10,
+        )
+        
+        pool = SlotPool(config)
+        await pool.start()
+        
+        # Acquire a slot
+        slot = await pool.acquire()
+        
+        # Execute tool
+        result = await pool.execute(slot, "bash", {"command": "ls"})
+        
+        # Release slot
+        await pool.release(slot)
+        
+        # Shutdown
+        await pool.stop()
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, config: Optional[SlotPoolConfig] = None):
+        self.config = config or SlotPoolConfig()
+        
+        # Nomad client
+        self.nomad = NomadClient(address=self.config.nomad_address)
+        
+        # Sandbox executor for tool execution
+        self.executor = SandboxExecutor()
+        
+        # Slot tracking
+        self._slots: Dict[str, Slot] = {}  # slot_key -> Slot
+        self._available_queue: asyncio.Queue[str] = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self._scale_lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        
+        # State
+        self._started = False
+        self._health_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+        self._scale_task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+        self._last_scale_time = 0.0
+
+    def _default_dockerfile_path(self) -> Path:
+        # Hermes-Agent/atropos/Dockerfile lives next to this module in source checkouts.
+        return Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "Dockerfile"
+
+    def _default_build_context(self) -> Path:
+        return Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+    def _docker_image_exists(self, image: str) -> bool:
+        try:
+            proc = subprocess.run(
+                ["docker", "image", "inspect", image],
+                stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                check=False,
+                env={**os.environ, "DOCKER_CLI_HINTS": "false"},
+            )
+            return proc.returncode == 0
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return False
+
+    def _try_build_local_image(self, image: str) -> None:
+        dockerfile = Path(self.config.dockerfile_path) if self.config.dockerfile_path else self._default_dockerfile_path()
+        context = Path(self.config.docker_build_context) if self.config.docker_build_context else self._default_build_context()
+
+        if not dockerfile.exists():
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Sandbox Dockerfile not found at {dockerfile}. "
+                "Build the sandbox image manually or set --env.purge_job_on_start false and provide a non-local image."
+            )
+        if not context.exists():
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Docker build context not found at {context}")
+
+        # Prefer buildx+--load to ensure the image ends up in the local daemon (required by Nomad's docker driver).
+        buildx_cmd = [
+            "docker",
+            "buildx",
+            "build",
+            "--load",
+            "-t",
+            image,
+            "-f",
+            str(dockerfile),
+            str(context),
+        ]
+        proc = subprocess.run(buildx_cmd, check=False, env={**os.environ, "DOCKER_CLI_HINTS": "false"})
+        if proc.returncode == 0:
+            return
+
+        # Fallback to classic docker build if buildx isn't available.
+        build_cmd = ["docker", "build", "-t", image, "-f", str(dockerfile), str(context)]
+        proc2 = subprocess.run(build_cmd, check=False, env={**os.environ, "DOCKER_CLI_HINTS": "false"})
+        if proc2.returncode != 0:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Failed to build local sandbox image {image}. "
+                f"Tried: {' '.join(buildx_cmd)} and {' '.join(build_cmd)}"
+            )
+
+    def _ensure_local_image(self) -> None:
+        image = (self.config.image or "").strip()
+        if not image.endswith(":local"):
+            return
+        if not self.config.auto_build_local_image:
+            return
+
+        if self._docker_image_exists(image):
+            return
+
+        logger.info(f"Local sandbox image {image} not found; building it now...")
+        self._try_build_local_image(image)
+
+    def _slot_key(self, alloc_id: str, slot_id: str) -> str:
+        """Generate unique key for a slot."""
+        return f"{alloc_id}:{slot_id}"
+    
+    @property
+    def total_slots(self) -> int:
+        """Total number of slots in pool."""
+        return len(self._slots)
+    
+    @property
+    def available_slots(self) -> int:
+        """Number of available slots."""
+        return sum(1 for s in self._slots.values() if s.is_available)
+    
+    @property
+    def acquired_slots(self) -> int:
+        """Number of acquired slots."""
+        return sum(1 for s in self._slots.values() if s.is_acquired)
+    
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Start the slot pool.
+        
+        - Checks if Nomad is healthy
+        - Deploys sandbox job if not running
+        - Discovers existing allocations
+        - Starts health check background task
+        """
+        if self._started:
+            return
+        
+        logger.info(f"Starting SlotPool (job_id={self.config.job_id})")
+
+        try:
+            # Make sure local sandbox images exist before Nomad tries to pull them.
+            # This is a common footgun in macOS dev mode with :local tags.
+            self._ensure_local_image()
+
+            # Check Nomad health
+            if not await self.nomad.is_healthy():
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Nomad is not reachable at {self.config.nomad_address}")
+
+            if self.config.purge_job_on_start:
+                logger.info(f"Purging any existing Nomad job: {self.config.job_id}")
+                await self.nomad.stop_job(self.config.job_id, purge=True)
+
+            # Check if job exists (after optional purge)
+            job = await self.nomad.get_job(self.config.job_id)
+
+            if job is None:
+                # Deploy new job
+                logger.info(f"Deploying sandbox job: {self.config.job_id} (driver={self.config.driver})")
+                job_spec = create_sandbox_job(
+                    job_id=self.config.job_id,
+                    image=self.config.image,
+                    count=self.config.min_containers,
+                    slots_per_container=self.config.slots_per_container,
+                    privileged=self.config.privileged,
+                    cpu=self.config.cpu,
+                    memory=self.config.memory,
+                    datacenter=self.config.datacenter,
+                    driver=self.config.driver,
+                    singularity_image=self.config.singularity_image,
+                )
+                result = await self.nomad.submit_job(job_spec)
+                if "error" in result:
+                    raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to submit job: {result}")
+
+            # Wait for allocations to be running (even if the job already existed).
+            await self._wait_for_healthy_allocations(self.config.min_containers)
+
+            # Discover existing allocations and slots
+            await self._refresh_slots()
+
+            # Start health check task
+            self._health_task = asyncio.create_task(self._health_check_loop())
+
+            self._started = True
+            logger.info(f"SlotPool started: {self.total_slots} slots available")
+        except Exception:
+            # Ensure aiohttp sessions are not leaked if we fail to start.
+            await self.stop(purge_job=False)
+            raise
+    
+    async def stop(self, purge_job: bool = False) -> None:
+        """
+        Stop the slot pool.
+        
+        Args:
+            purge_job: If True, also stop the Nomad job
+        """
+        logger.info("Stopping SlotPool")
+
+        # Cancel health check task
+        if self._health_task:
+            self._health_task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await self._health_task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+            finally:
+                self._health_task = None
+
+        if self._scale_task:
+            self._scale_task.cancel()
+            try:
+                await self._scale_task
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+            finally:
+                self._scale_task = None
+
+        # Optionally stop the job (do this even if start() never completed).
+        if purge_job:
+            logger.info(f"Stopping Nomad job: {self.config.job_id}")
+            await self.nomad.stop_job(self.config.job_id, purge=True)
+
+        # Close connections
+        await self.executor.close()
+        await self.nomad.close()
+
+        self._started = False
+        self._slots.clear()
+
+        # Clear the queue
+        while not self._available_queue.empty():
+            try:
+                self._available_queue.get_nowait()
+            except asyncio.QueueEmpty:
+                break
+    
+    async def acquire(self, trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None) -> Slot:
+        """
+        Acquire an available slot.
+        
+        If no slots are available, waits up to acquire_timeout seconds.
+        If still no slots, attempts to scale up.
+        
+        Args:
+            trajectory_id: Optional ID of trajectory acquiring the slot
+            
+        Returns:
+            Acquired Slot
+            
+        Raises:
+            asyncio.TimeoutError: If no slot becomes available
+        """
+        if not self._started:
+            raise RuntimeError("SlotPool not started")
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                # Try to get an available slot
+                slot_key = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                    self._available_queue.get(),
+                    timeout=self.config.acquire_timeout,
+                )
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                # Try to scale up, but keep waiting even if scaling isn't possible.
+                # In practice, slots may become available shortly (e.g. contention),
+                # and scaling may be temporarily blocked by Nomad deployments.
+                await self._try_scale_up()
+                continue
+
+            slot = self._slots.get(slot_key)
+            if slot is None:
+                # Slot was removed; discard stale queue entry and retry.
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                slot.acquire(trajectory_id)
+            except RuntimeError:
+                # Slot isn't actually available (e.g. duplicate queue entry); retry.
+                continue
+
+            logger.debug(f"Acquired slot {slot.slot_id} (alloc={slot.alloc_id[:8]})")
+            return slot
+    
+    async def release(self, slot: Slot, reset_workspace: bool = False) -> None:
+        """
+        Release a slot back to the pool.
+        
+        Args:
+            slot: Slot to release
+            reset_workspace: If True, clear the workspace files
+        """
+        slot_key = self._slot_key(slot.alloc_id, slot.slot_id)
+        
+        if slot_key not in self._slots:
+            logger.warning(f"Releasing unknown slot: {slot_key}")
+            return
+        
+        # Optionally reset workspace
+        if reset_workspace:
+            await self.executor.reset_slot(slot)
+        
+        slot.release()
+        await self._available_queue.put(slot_key)
+        
+        logger.debug(f"Released slot {slot.slot_id}")
+    
+    async def execute(
+        self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        tool_name: str,
+        args: Dict[str, Any],
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> ExecutionResult:
+        """
+        Execute a tool in a slot's workspace.
+        
+        Args:
+            slot: Slot to execute in
+            tool_name: Name of tool (bash, read_file, write_file)
+            args: Tool arguments
+            timeout: Optional timeout override
+            
+        Returns:
+            ExecutionResult
+        """
+        return await self.executor.execute(slot, tool_name, args, timeout)
+    
+    async def execute_batch(
+        self,
+        requests: List[Tuple[Slot, str, Dict[str, Any]]],
+        timeout: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> List[ExecutionResult]:
+        """
+        Execute multiple tools in parallel.
+        
+        This is the key optimization - batch execution across multiple slots
+        maximizes container utilization.
+        
+        Args:
+            requests: List of (slot, tool_name, args) tuples
+            timeout: Optional timeout override
+            
+        Returns:
+            List of ExecutionResults in same order
+        """
+        return await self.executor.execute_batch(requests, timeout)
+    
+    async def _refresh_slots(self) -> None:
+        """Refresh slot inventory from Nomad allocations."""
+        async with self._lock:
+            allocs = await self.nomad.get_job_allocations(self.config.job_id)
+            
+            # Track which slots we've seen
+            seen_keys = set()
+            
+            for alloc in allocs:
+                if alloc.status != AllocationStatus.RUNNING:
+                    continue
+                
+                if not alloc.http_address:
+                    continue
+                
+                # Check container health
+                healthy = await self.executor.health_check(alloc.http_address)
+                if not healthy:
+                    continue
+                
+                # Create slots for this allocation
+                for i in range(self.config.slots_per_container):
+                    slot_id = f"slot_{i}"
+                    slot_key = self._slot_key(alloc.id, slot_id)
+                    seen_keys.add(slot_key)
+                    
+                    if slot_key not in self._slots:
+                        # New slot
+                        slot = Slot(
+                            slot_id=slot_id,
+                            alloc_id=alloc.id,
+                            container_addr=alloc.http_address,
+                        )
+                        self._slots[slot_key] = slot
+                        await self._available_queue.put(slot_key)
+                        logger.debug(f"Added slot: {slot_key}")
+            
+            # Remove slots from dead allocations
+            for slot_key in list(self._slots.keys()):
+                if slot_key not in seen_keys:
+                    slot = self._slots.pop(slot_key)
+                    logger.debug(f"Removed slot: {slot_key}")
+    
+    async def _wait_for_healthy_allocations(
+        self, 
+        min_count: int, 
+        timeout: float = 120.0
+    ) -> None:
+        """Wait for allocations to become healthy."""
+        import time
+        start = time.time()
+
+        def _summarize_alloc_detail(detail: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+            task_states = detail.get("TaskStates") or {}
+            parts: List[str] = []
+            if isinstance(task_states, dict):
+                for task_name, st in task_states.items():
+                    events = (st or {}).get("Events") or []
+                    if isinstance(events, list) and events:
+                        # Include a few recent events; the latest can be a generic restart message
+                        # while the true root cause is slightly earlier (e.g. image pull failure).
+                        recent = events[-3:]
+                        msgs: List[str] = []
+                        for ev in recent:
+                            desc = ev.get("DisplayMessage") or ev.get("Message") or ev.get("Type") or ""
+                            if desc:
+                                msgs.append(desc)
+                        if msgs:
+                            parts.append(f"{task_name}: " + " | ".join(msgs))
+            return "; ".join(parts)
+
+        def _alloc_events_lower(detail: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+            task_states = detail.get("TaskStates") or {}
+            texts: List[str] = []
+            if isinstance(task_states, dict):
+                for _task_name, st in task_states.items():
+                    events = (st or {}).get("Events") or []
+                    if isinstance(events, list):
+                        for ev in events[-10:]:
+                            desc = ev.get("DisplayMessage") or ev.get("Message") or ev.get("Type") or ""
+                            if desc:
+                                texts.append(desc)
+            return " ".join(texts).lower()
+        
+        while time.time() - start < timeout:
+            allocs = await self.nomad.get_job_allocations(self.config.job_id)
+            
+            healthy_count = 0
+            for alloc in allocs:
+                if alloc.status == AllocationStatus.RUNNING and alloc.http_address:
+                    if await self.executor.health_check(alloc.http_address):
+                        healthy_count += 1
+
+                # Fast-fail on obvious driver/image errors to avoid waiting out the full timeout.
+                if alloc.id:
+                    detail = await self.nomad.get_allocation(alloc.id)
+                    if isinstance(detail, dict):
+                        summary = _summarize_alloc_detail(detail)
+                        lowered = _alloc_events_lower(detail) or summary.lower()
+                        if "failed to pull" in lowered or "pull access denied" in lowered:
+                            raise RuntimeError(
+                                "Nomad allocation failed to start due to a Docker image pull error. "
+                                f"Allocation {alloc.id[:8]}: {summary}\n"
+                                "If you're using a local image tag (e.g. `atropos-sandbox:local`) on macOS, "
+                                "make sure the image is loaded into Docker, e.g.:\n"
+                                "  docker buildx build --load -t atropos-sandbox:local -f Hermes-Agent/atropos/Dockerfile Hermes-Agent/atropos"
+                            )
+                        if "exceeded allowed attempts" in lowered:
+                            raise RuntimeError(
+                                "Nomad allocation is crash-looping and has entered restart backoff. "
+                                f"Allocation {alloc.id[:8]}: {summary}\n"
+                                "Inspect logs with:\n"
+                                f"  nomad alloc logs -stderr -task sandbox-server {alloc.id}\n"
+                                "Common causes include: missing local Docker image tag, container entrypoint error, "
+                                "or sandbox-server startup failure."
+                            )
+            
+            if healthy_count >= min_count:
+                return
+            
+            await asyncio.sleep(2.0)
+
+        # Timed out: include allocation status detail to help debugging.
+        allocs = await self.nomad.get_job_allocations(self.config.job_id)
+        alloc_lines: List[str] = []
+        for alloc in allocs[:10]:
+            addr = alloc.http_address or "-"
+            line = f"{alloc.id[:8]} status={alloc.status.value} http={addr}"
+            detail = await self.nomad.get_allocation(alloc.id)
+            if isinstance(detail, dict):
+                summary = _summarize_alloc_detail(detail)
+                if summary:
+                    line += f" detail={summary}"
+            alloc_lines.append(line)
+
+        hint = (
+            "Timed out waiting for healthy sandbox allocations.\n"
+            f"Job: {self.config.job_id}, desired_healthy: {min_count}\n"
+            "Allocations:\n  - " + "\n  - ".join(alloc_lines)
+        )
+        raise RuntimeError(hint)
+    
+    async def _try_scale_up(self) -> bool:
+        """Attempt to scale up the job."""
+        import time
+
+        async with self._scale_lock:
+            # Check cooldown
+            if time.time() - self._last_scale_time < self.config.scale_cooldown:
+                return False
+
+            # Check max containers
+            status = await self.nomad.get_job_status(self.config.job_id)
+            if status is None:
+                return False
+
+            current_count = status.count
+            if current_count >= self.config.max_containers:
+                logger.warning(f"Cannot scale up: already at max ({self.config.max_containers})")
+                return False
+
+            # Scale up
+            new_count = min(current_count + 1, self.config.max_containers)
+            logger.info(f"Scaling up from {current_count} to {new_count} containers")
+
+            scale_resp = await self.nomad.scale_job(
+                self.config.job_id,
+                count=new_count,
+                task_group="sandbox",
+            )
+
+            # Nomad may return non-JSON errors (e.g. plain text) with a status field.
+            if isinstance(scale_resp, dict) and scale_resp.get("status", 200) >= 400:
+                logger.warning(f"Scale request rejected: {scale_resp}")
+                self._last_scale_time = time.time()
+                return False
+
+            self._last_scale_time = time.time()
+
+            # Wait for new allocation in the background so contended acquires can still
+            # make progress (e.g. by grabbing slots released by other trajectories).
+            if self._scale_task is None or self._scale_task.done():
+                self._scale_task = asyncio.create_task(self._wait_for_scale(new_count))
+
+            return True
+
+    async def _wait_for_scale(self, desired_count: int) -> None:
+        try:
+            await self._wait_for_healthy_allocations(desired_count, timeout=60.0)
+            await self._refresh_slots()
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to scale up: {e}")
+    
+    async def _health_check_loop(self) -> None:
+        """Background task to monitor container health."""
+        while True:
+            try:
+                await asyncio.sleep(self.config.health_check_interval)
+                await self._refresh_slots()
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Health check error: {e}")
+    
+    def get_stats(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Get pool statistics."""
+        slots_by_state = {}
+        for slot in self._slots.values():
+            state = slot.state.value
+            slots_by_state[state] = slots_by_state.get(state, 0) + 1
+
+        container_count = len({s.alloc_id for s in self._slots.values()}) if self._slots else 0
+        
+        return {
+            "total_slots": self.total_slots,
+            "available_slots": self.available_slots,
+            "acquired_slots": self.acquired_slots,
+            "containers": container_count,
+            "slots_by_state": slots_by_state,
+            "started": self._started,
+        }

atropos/slots/slot.py

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+"""
+Slot abstraction for atropos-agent.
+
+A Slot represents an isolated workspace for a single agent trajectory.
+Slots are hosted on Nomad allocations and provide workspace isolation
+via filesystem directories.
+"""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+import uuid
+
+
+class SlotState(Enum):
+    """State of a slot in the pool."""
+    AVAILABLE = "available"      # Ready to be acquired
+    ACQUIRED = "acquired"        # Assigned to a trajectory
+    EXECUTING = "executing"      # Currently executing a tool
+    RELEASING = "releasing"      # Being released back to pool
+    ERROR = "error"              # In error state
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Slot:
+    """
+    An isolated workspace for a single agent trajectory.
+    
+    Slots are the unit of scheduling - each trajectory runs in its own slot,
+    with an isolated workspace directory. Multiple slots share a container.
+    
+    Attributes:
+        slot_id: Unique identifier for this slot (e.g., "slot_0")
+        alloc_id: Nomad allocation ID hosting this slot
+        container_addr: HTTP address of the sandbox server (e.g., "http://10.0.0.1:8080")
+        workspace_dir: Path to workspace in container (e.g., "/data/slot_0")
+        state: Current state of the slot
+        trajectory_id: ID of trajectory currently using this slot (if acquired)
+        metadata: Additional metadata
+    """
+    slot_id: str
+    alloc_id: str
+    container_addr: str
+    workspace_dir: str = ""
+    state: SlotState = SlotState.AVAILABLE
+    trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        """Set default workspace_dir if not provided."""
+        if not self.workspace_dir:
+            self.workspace_dir = f"/data/{self.slot_id}"
+    
+    @property
+    def is_available(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if slot is available for acquisition."""
+        return self.state == SlotState.AVAILABLE
+    
+    @property
+    def is_acquired(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if slot is currently acquired."""
+        return self.state in (SlotState.ACQUIRED, SlotState.EXECUTING)
+    
+    def acquire(self, trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Mark slot as acquired by a trajectory.
+        
+        Args:
+            trajectory_id: Optional ID of acquiring trajectory
+        """
+        if not self.is_available:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot acquire slot {self.slot_id}: state is {self.state}")
+        
+        self.state = SlotState.ACQUIRED
+        self.trajectory_id = trajectory_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
+    
+    def start_execution(self, execution_id: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        """Mark slot as executing."""
+        if self.state != SlotState.ACQUIRED:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot start execution on slot {self.slot_id}: state is {self.state}")
+        
+        self.state = SlotState.EXECUTING
+        if execution_id:
+            self.metadata["current_execution_id"] = execution_id
+    
+    def end_execution(self) -> None:
+        """Mark execution as complete, return to acquired state."""
+        if self.state != SlotState.EXECUTING:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Cannot end execution on slot {self.slot_id}: state is {self.state}")
+        
+        self.state = SlotState.ACQUIRED
+        self.metadata.pop("current_execution_id", None)
+    
+    def release(self) -> None:
+        """Release slot back to available state."""
+        self.state = SlotState.AVAILABLE
+        self.trajectory_id = None
+        self.metadata.pop("current_execution_id", None)
+    
+    def mark_error(self, error: str) -> None:
+        """Mark slot as in error state."""
+        self.state = SlotState.ERROR
+        self.metadata["error"] = error
+    
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Convert to dictionary for serialization."""
+        return {
+            "slot_id": self.slot_id,
+            "alloc_id": self.alloc_id,
+            "container_addr": self.container_addr,
+            "workspace_dir": self.workspace_dir,
+            "state": self.state.value,
+            "trajectory_id": self.trajectory_id,
+            "metadata": self.metadata,
+        }
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "Slot":
+        """Create from dictionary."""
+        return cls(
+            slot_id=data["slot_id"],
+            alloc_id=data["alloc_id"],
+            container_addr=data["container_addr"],
+            workspace_dir=data.get("workspace_dir", ""),
+            state=SlotState(data.get("state", "available")),
+            trajectory_id=data.get("trajectory_id"),
+            metadata=data.get("metadata", {}),
+        )
+    
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"Slot({self.slot_id}, state={self.state.value}, alloc={self.alloc_id[:8]}...)"
+
+
+def create_slots_for_allocation(
+    alloc_id: str,
+    container_addr: str,
+    num_slots: int = 10,
+) -> list["Slot"]:
+    """
+    Create slots for a Nomad allocation.
+    
+    Args:
+        alloc_id: Nomad allocation ID
+        container_addr: HTTP address of sandbox server
+        num_slots: Number of slots to create
+        
+    Returns:
+        List of Slot objects
+    """
+    slots = []
+    for i in range(num_slots):
+        slot_id = f"slot_{i}"
+        slots.append(Slot(
+            slot_id=slot_id,
+            alloc_id=alloc_id,
+            container_addr=container_addr,
+            workspace_dir=f"/data/{slot_id}",
+        ))
+    return slots

atropos/terminal/__init__.py

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+"""Terminal helpers for stateful sandbox interactions."""
+

atropos/terminal/asciinema_stream.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from typing import Any
+
+import pyte
+
+
+class AsciinemaStreamDecoder:
+    def __init__(self, *, default_width: int = 80, default_height: int = 24) -> None:
+        self._default_width = max(1, int(default_width))
+        self._default_height = max(1, int(default_height))
+        self._buffer = ""
+        self._has_header = False
+        self.width = self._default_width
+        self.height = self._default_height
+        self._screen = pyte.Screen(self.width, self.height)
+        self._stream = pyte.Stream(self._screen)
+
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        self._buffer = ""
+        self._has_header = False
+        self.width = self._default_width
+        self.height = self._default_height
+        self._screen = pyte.Screen(self.width, self.height)
+        self._stream = pyte.Stream(self._screen)
+
+    def feed(self, chunk: str | bytes) -> None:
+        if not chunk:
+            return
+        if isinstance(chunk, bytes):
+            chunk = chunk.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        self._buffer += chunk
+        while True:
+            line, sep, rest = self._buffer.partition("\n")
+            if not sep:
+                break
+            self._buffer = rest
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line:
+                continue
+            parsed = self._parse_json_line(line)
+            if parsed is None:
+                continue
+            if not self._has_header:
+                if isinstance(parsed, dict):
+                    self._init_from_header(parsed)
+                    continue
+                if isinstance(parsed, list):
+                    self._has_header = True
+                    self._apply_event(parsed)
+                    continue
+                continue
+            if isinstance(parsed, list):
+                self._apply_event(parsed)
+
+    def render(self) -> str:
+        return "\n".join(self._screen.display)
+
+    def _parse_json_line(self, line: str) -> Any | None:
+        try:
+            return json.loads(line)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            return None
+
+    def _init_from_header(self, header: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        width = _coerce_int(
+            header.get("width") or header.get("columns") or header.get("cols"),
+            self._default_width,
+        )
+        height = _coerce_int(
+            header.get("height") or header.get("rows") or header.get("lines"),
+            self._default_height,
+        )
+        self.width = max(1, width)
+        self.height = max(1, height)
+        self._screen = pyte.Screen(self.width, self.height)
+        self._stream = pyte.Stream(self._screen)
+        self._has_header = True
+
+    def _apply_event(self, event: list[Any]) -> None:
+        if len(event) < 2:
+            return
+        event_type = event[1]
+        payload = event[2] if len(event) > 2 else ""
+        if event_type == "o":
+            if isinstance(payload, str):
+                self._stream.feed(payload)
+        elif event_type == "r":
+            width, height = _parse_resize(payload)
+            if width and height:
+                self.width = width
+                self.height = height
+                self._screen.resize(width, height)
+
+
+def _coerce_int(value: Any, default: int) -> int:
+    try:
+        return int(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return int(default)
+
+
+def _parse_resize(payload: Any) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    if isinstance(payload, str) and "x" in payload:
+        left, right = payload.lower().split("x", 1)
+        return _coerce_int(left, 0), _coerce_int(right, 0)
+    if isinstance(payload, dict):
+        width = _coerce_int(payload.get("width") or payload.get("columns") or payload.get("cols"), 0)
+        height = _coerce_int(payload.get("height") or payload.get("rows") or payload.get("lines"), 0)
+        return width, height
+    if isinstance(payload, list) and len(payload) >= 2:
+        return _coerce_int(payload[0], 0), _coerce_int(payload[1], 0)
+    return 0, 0
+

atropos/tools/__init__.py

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+"""
+Tool abstractions for atropos-agent.
+
+Provides base Tool class, ToolCall/ToolResult types, and specialized tools.
+
+Kept modules:
+- base.py: ToolSchema, ToolCall, ToolResult, Tool ABC, ToolRegistry
+- tool_executor.py: Batched execution queue with slot routing
+- terminal_stateful_tool.py: Persistent terminal sessions
+- tmux_tool.py: Tmux-based streaming terminal
+
+Removed (replaced by hermes-agent equivalents):
+- build_registry.py → model_tools.py + toolsets.py
+- sandbox_stubs.py → atropos/backends/ execute() methods
+- hermes_external_tools.py → environments/agent_loop.py handle_function_call()
+- toolset_resolver.py → toolsets.py
+"""
+
+from .base import Tool, ToolCall, ToolRegistry, ToolResult, ToolSchema
+from .terminal_stateful_tool import TerminalStatefulTool
+from .tmux_tool import TmuxTool
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Tool",
+    "ToolCall",
+    "ToolRegistry",
+    "ToolResult",
+    "ToolSchema",
+    "TerminalStatefulTool",
+    "TmuxTool",
+]

atropos/tools/base.py

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+"""
+Base Tool abstraction for atropos-agent.
+
+Tools follow a simple pattern:
+1. Define schema (name, description, parameters)
+2. Implement execute() method
+3. Return ToolResult with output/error
+
+Tool calls use Hermes-style XML tags:
+<tool_call>{"name": "bash", "arguments": {"command": "ls"}}</tool_call>
+"""
+
+import json
+import re
+import uuid
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolSchema:
+    """JSON Schema for a tool's parameters."""
+    
+    name: str
+    description: str
+    parameters: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    required: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    external: bool = False  # Whether the tool must be executed via an external ToolServer (secret proxy) and not inside the sandbox.
+    
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Convert to OpenAI-compatible function schema."""
+        return {
+            "type": "function",
+            "function": {
+                "name": self.name,
+                "description": self.description,
+                "parameters": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": self.parameters,
+                    "required": self.required,
+                },
+            },
+        }
+    
+    def to_prompt_description(self) -> str:
+        """Convert to human-readable description for system prompt."""
+        params_desc = []
+        for name, spec in self.parameters.items():
+            req = "(required)" if name in self.required else "(optional)"
+            desc = spec.get("description", "")
+            param_type = spec.get("type", "string")
+            params_desc.append(f"  - {name} ({param_type}) {req}: {desc}")
+        
+        params_str = "\n".join(params_desc) if params_desc else "  (no parameters)"
+        return f"**{self.name}**: {self.description}\nParameters:\n{params_str}"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolCall:
+    """A parsed tool call from model output."""
+    
+    name: str
+    arguments: Dict[str, Any]
+    raw_text: str = ""  # Original XML/JSON text
+    uniq_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(uuid.uuid4()))  # Unique tool-call id for traceability/reconstruction.
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_from_text(cls, text: str) -> List["ToolCall"]:
+        """
+        Extract tool calls from text using Hermes-style XML tags.
+        
+        Supported formats (STRICT: requires well-formed closing tags):
+        - Hermes JSON wrapper:
+          <tool_call>{"name": "...", "arguments": {...}}</tool_call>
+        - GLM/llama.cpp style:
+          <tool_call>terminal{"command":"ls -la"}</tool_call>
+        """
+        calls: List["ToolCall"] = []
+
+        if not text:
+            return calls
+
+        def _append_from_payload(*, name: str, arguments: Dict[str, Any], raw: str, uniq_id: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+            if not isinstance(name, str) or not name:
+                return
+            if not isinstance(arguments, dict):
+                return
+            calls.append(
+                cls(
+                    name=name,
+                    arguments=arguments,
+                    raw_text=raw,
+                    uniq_id=uniq_id or str(uuid.uuid4()),
+                )
+            )
+
+        # STRICT parsing: only accept well-formed <tool_call>...</tool_call> blocks.
+        pattern = r"<tool_call>\s*(.*?)\s*</tool_call>"
+        for inner in re.findall(pattern, text, re.DOTALL):
+            cleaned = (inner or "").strip()
+            if not cleaned:
+                continue
+
+            # Hermes JSON wrapper.
+            if cleaned.startswith("{"):
+                try:
+                    data = json.loads(cleaned)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    continue
+                uniq_id = data.get("uniq_id") or data.get("id") or None
+                _append_from_payload(
+                    name=data.get("name", ""),
+                    arguments=data.get("arguments", {}),
+                    raw=inner,
+                    uniq_id=uniq_id,
+                )
+                continue
+
+            # GLM/llama.cpp style: terminal{...}
+            m = re.match(r"^\s*([A-Za-z0-9_.:\\-]+)\s*(\{.*\})\s*$", cleaned, re.DOTALL)
+            if not m:
+                continue
+            name = m.group(1)
+            args_text = m.group(2)
+            try:
+                args = json.loads(args_text)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                continue
+            _append_from_payload(name=name, arguments=args, raw=inner)
+
+        return calls
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def has_tool_call(cls, text: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if text contains any tool calls."""
+        return bool(re.search(r"<tool_call>", text))
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolResult:
+    """Result from executing a tool."""
+    
+    success: bool
+    output: str = ""
+    error: str = ""
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    uniq_id: Optional[str] = None  # Should match ToolCall.uniq_id for async execution tracking.
+    
+    def to_xml(self) -> str:
+        """Format as XML for including in conversation."""
+        data = {
+            "success": self.success,
+            "output": self.output,
+        }
+        if self.uniq_id:
+            data["uniq_id"] = self.uniq_id
+        if self.error:
+            data["error"] = self.error
+        if self.metadata:
+            data["metadata"] = self.metadata
+        return f"<tool_response>{json.dumps(data)}</tool_response>"
+    
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Convert to dictionary."""
+        return {
+            "success": self.success,
+            "output": self.output,
+            "error": self.error,
+            "metadata": self.metadata,
+            "uniq_id": self.uniq_id,
+        }
+
+
+class Tool(ABC):
+    """
+    Abstract base class for tools.
+    
+    Subclasses must implement:
+    - schema: ToolSchema describing the tool
+    - execute(): async method that performs the tool action
+    """
+    
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def schema(self) -> ToolSchema:
+        """Return the tool's schema."""
+        pass
+    
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """Tool name (from schema)."""
+        return self.schema.name
+    
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def execute(self, **kwargs) -> ToolResult:
+        """
+        Execute the tool with given arguments.
+        
+        Args:
+            **kwargs: Tool-specific arguments
+            
+        Returns:
+            ToolResult with success/failure and output
+        """
+        pass
+    
+    def is_available(self) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
+        """
+        Return whether this tool should be exposed/executable in the current process.
+
+        Tools that depend on optional binaries/services/env vars can override this
+        to avoid advertising a tool that will fail at runtime.
+        """
+        return True, None
+
+    async def __call__(self, **kwargs) -> ToolResult:
+        """Allow calling tool instance directly."""
+        return await self.execute(**kwargs)
+
+# Note: This is only wrapping declarations for the external ToolServer (for execution on external process tools), and tools preinstalled in envs
+class ToolRegistry:
+    """Registry of available tools."""
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._tools: Dict[str, Tool] = {}
+    
+    def register(self, tool: Tool) -> None:
+        """Register a tool."""
+        self._tools[tool.name] = tool
+    
+    def get(self, name: str) -> Optional[Tool]:
+        """Get a tool by name."""
+        return self._tools.get(name)
+    
+    def list_tools(self) -> List[Tool]:
+        """List all registered tools."""
+        return list(self._tools.values())
+    
+    def get_schemas(self) -> List[ToolSchema]:
+        """Get schemas for all registered tools."""
+        return [tool.schema for tool in self._tools.values()]
+    
+    def get_prompt_description(self) -> str:
+        """Generate tool descriptions for system prompt."""
+        descriptions = [tool.schema.to_prompt_description() for tool in self._tools.values()]
+        return "\n\n".join(descriptions)
+
+    def get_prompt_tool_definitions_json(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Return a Hermes-style JSON list of tool definitions for use inside a `<tools>...</tools>` block.
+
+        Hermes trajectories historically use a simplified schema list:
+          [{"name": ..., "description": ..., "parameters": {...}, "required": null}, ...]
+        """
+        formatted: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+        for tool in self._tools.values():
+            fn = tool.schema.to_dict().get("function", {})
+            formatted.append(
+                {
+                    "name": fn.get("name", tool.name),
+                    "description": fn.get("description", ""),
+                    "parameters": fn.get("parameters", {}),
+                    # Keep parity with Hermes saved trajectories (required is typically null there).
+                    "required": None,
+                }
+            )
+        return json.dumps(formatted, ensure_ascii=False)
+    
+    async def execute(self, call: ToolCall) -> ToolResult:
+        """Execute a tool call."""
+        tool = self.get(call.name)
+        if tool is None:
+            return ToolResult(
+                success=False,
+                error=f"Unknown tool: {call.name}",
+                uniq_id=call.uniq_id,
+            )
+        
+        try:
+            result = await tool.execute(**call.arguments)
+            if result.uniq_id is None:
+                result.uniq_id = call.uniq_id
+            return result
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ToolResult(
+                success=False,
+                error=f"Tool execution error: {str(e)}",
+                uniq_id=call.uniq_id,
+            )
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# FastAPI / transport models
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+class ToolCallPayload(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    arguments: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    uniq_id: str
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_tool_call(cls, call: ToolCall) -> "ToolCallPayload":
+        return cls(name=call.name, arguments=call.arguments, uniq_id=call.uniq_id)
+
+    def to_tool_call(self) -> ToolCall:
+        return ToolCall(name=self.name, arguments=self.arguments, uniq_id=self.uniq_id)
+
+
+class ToolResultPayload(BaseModel):
+    success: bool
+    output: str = ""
+    error: str = ""
+    metadata: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+    uniq_id: Optional[str] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_tool_result(cls, result: ToolResult) -> "ToolResultPayload":
+        return cls(
+            success=result.success,
+            output=result.output,
+            error=result.error,
+            metadata=result.metadata,
+            uniq_id=result.uniq_id,
+        )
+
+    def to_tool_result(self) -> ToolResult:
+        return ToolResult(
+            success=self.success,
+            output=self.output,
+            error=self.error,
+            metadata=self.metadata,
+            uniq_id=self.uniq_id,
+        )
+
+
+class ToolExecutorExecuteRequest(BaseModel):
+    trajectory_id: str
+    tool: ToolCallPayload
+    timeout_s: Optional[float] = None
+
+
+class ToolExecutorReleaseRequest(BaseModel):
+    trajectory_id: str
+    reset_workspace: bool = False
+
+
+class ToolServerExecuteRequest(BaseModel):
+    trajectory_id: Optional[str] = None
+    tool: ToolCallPayload
+    timeout_s: Optional[float] = None
+    # Optional sandbox context for tools that need workspace artifacts.
+    # This is set by ToolExecutor and is NOT model-controlled.
+    slot_id: Optional[str] = None
+    container_addr: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Artifact transport models
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+class ArtifactReadRequestPayload(BaseModel):
+    trajectory_id: str
+    path: str
+    encoding: Literal["text", "base64"] = "text"
+    max_bytes: Optional[int] = None
+    include_sha256: bool = False
+
+
+class ArtifactReadResponsePayload(BaseModel):
+    success: bool
+    content: str = ""
+    error: str = ""
+    encoding: str = "text"
+    truncated: bool = False
+    bytes: int = 0
+    file_size: Optional[int] = None
+    path: str = ""
+    mime: Optional[str] = None
+    sha256: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class ArtifactListRequestPayload(BaseModel):
+    trajectory_id: str
+    path: str = "."
+    recursive: bool = False
+    max_entries: Optional[int] = None
+
+
+class ArtifactListEntryPayload(BaseModel):
+    path: str
+    is_dir: bool
+    size: int
+    mtime: float
+
+
+class ArtifactListResponsePayload(BaseModel):
+    success: bool
+    entries: List[ArtifactListEntryPayload] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    truncated: bool = False
+    error: str = ""
+
+
+class ArtifactArchiveRequestPayload(BaseModel):
+    trajectory_id: str
+    path: str = "."
+    format: Literal["tar.gz", "tgz"] = "tar.gz"
+    max_bytes: Optional[int] = None
+    max_entries: Optional[int] = None
+
+
+class ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload(BaseModel):
+    success: bool
+    content: str = ""
+    error: str = ""
+    encoding: str = "base64"
+    format: str = "tar.gz"
+    bytes: int = 0
+    entry_count: int = 0

atropos/tools/terminal_stateful_tool.py

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+"""
+Stateful terminal tool schema.
+
+This is a sandbox tool that routes to the sandbox server as `bash_stateful`
+via ToolExecutor mapping. It exists to expose an explicit, opt-in terminal
+primitive suitable for stateful workflows (e.g. tmux sessions / TUIs).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Optional
+
+from .base import Tool, ToolResult, ToolSchema
+
+
+class TerminalStatefulTool(Tool):
+    @property
+    def schema(self) -> ToolSchema:
+        return ToolSchema(
+            name="terminal_stateful",
+            description=(
+                "Execute a command in the sandbox, allowing stateful/background processes to persist "
+                "across tool calls within the same trajectory slot (e.g. tmux sessions). "
+                "Use sparingly; output is still non-interactive."
+            ),
+            parameters={
+                "command": {"type": "string", "description": "The command to execute"},
+                "timeout": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "description": "Command timeout in seconds (optional).",
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                },
+            },
+            required=["command"],
+        )
+
+    def is_available(self) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
+        return True, None
+
+    async def execute(self, command: str, timeout: Optional[int] = None) -> ToolResult:
+        _ = (command, timeout)
+        return ToolResult(
+            success=False,
+            error="terminal_stateful must be executed via ToolExecutor inside the sandbox",
+        )

atropos/tools/tmux_tool.py

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+"""
+tmux tool schema (sandbox).
+
+This is a sandbox tool that provides basic tmux session control suitable for
+TUI-style terminal interactions:
+- send keys (arrow keys, enter, etc.)
+- capture the current screen buffer
+
+Execution is routed by ToolExecutor to the sandbox server's `tmux` backend.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+from .base import Tool, ToolResult, ToolSchema
+
+
+class TmuxTool(Tool):
+    @property
+    def schema(self) -> ToolSchema:
+        return ToolSchema(
+            name="tmux",
+            description=(
+                "Control a per-trajectory tmux session inside the sandbox (stateful terminal). "
+                "Use this for TUI-style interactions: send keys and capture the current screen."
+            ),
+            parameters={
+                "action": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "Action to perform: start | send_keys | stream | stop.",
+                    "enum": ["start", "send_keys", "stream", "stop", "capture"],
+                },
+                "keys": {
+                    "description": "Keys to send (string or list of strings) when action=send_keys.",
+                },
+                "block": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "If true, wait for shell command completion (only valid at a shell prompt).",
+                    "default": False,
+                },
+                "min_wait_s": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "description": "For non-blocking send_keys, sleep this long after sending keys (seconds).",
+                    "default": 0.0,
+                },
+                "max_wait_s": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "description": "For blocking send_keys, max time to wait for completion (seconds).",
+                },
+                "capture_entire": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "Deprecated. Streaming is preferred.",
+                    "default": False,
+                },
+                "max_bytes": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "description": "Max bytes to return per stream call.",
+                },
+                "reset": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "description": "If true, reset stream offset to the beginning of the asciinema recording.",
+                    "default": False,
+                },
+                "pane_width": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "description": "Pane width for action=start (columns).",
+                    "minimum": 20,
+                },
+                "pane_height": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "description": "Pane height for action=start (rows).",
+                    "minimum": 10,
+                },
+            },
+            required=["action"],
+        )
+
+    def is_available(self) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
+        return True, None
+
+    async def execute(self, **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> ToolResult:
+        # This tool is intended to be executed via ToolExecutor -> sandbox server.
+        # We keep a safe fallback for non-sandbox contexts.
+        action = str(kwargs.get("action") or "").strip()
+        return ToolResult(
+            success=False,
+            error=f"tmux tool must be executed in the sandbox (got action={action!r})",
+        )

atropos/tools/tool_executor.py

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+"""
+ToolExecutor - queued, batched tool dispatch for multiplexed agent trajectories.
+
+This component is responsible for:
+- Maintaining trajectory -> Slot affinity (workspace continuity)
+- Batching sandbox tool calls across trajectories to maximize container utilization
+- Routing external tools (ToolSchema.external=True) to a ToolServer (Phase 4.5)
+
+For now, only sandbox tools are executed:
+- bash
+- read_file
+- write_file
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+import httpx
+
+from .base import (
+    ArtifactArchiveRequestPayload,
+    ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload,
+    ArtifactListRequestPayload,
+    ArtifactListResponsePayload,
+    ArtifactReadRequestPayload,
+    ArtifactReadResponsePayload,
+    ToolCall,
+    ToolCallPayload,
+    ToolRegistry,
+    ToolResult,
+    ToolResultPayload,
+    ToolServerExecuteRequest,
+)
+from ..backends.base import ToolBackend
+from ..slots import Slot
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolExecutorConfig:
+    batch_window_ms: int = 20
+    max_batch_size: int = 200
+    allow_network: bool = True
+    require_sandbox: bool = False
+    require_stateful_sandbox: bool = False
+    tool_server_url: Optional[str] = None
+    tool_server_token: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _QueuedToolRequest:
+    trajectory_id: str
+    call: ToolCall
+    timeout_s: Optional[float]
+    future: asyncio.Future
+
+
+class ToolExecutor:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        backend: ToolBackend,
+        tools: ToolRegistry,
+        config: Optional[ToolExecutorConfig] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.backend = backend
+        self.tools = tools
+        self.config = config or ToolExecutorConfig()
+
+        self._queue: asyncio.Queue[Optional[_QueuedToolRequest]] = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._task: Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+        self._stopping = asyncio.Event()
+
+        self._slots_lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self._slot_by_trajectory: Dict[str, Slot] = {}
+
+        self._tool_server_client: Optional[httpx.AsyncClient] = None
+        self._tool_server_lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+        # lightweight stats for status endpoints
+        self.total_requests: int = 0
+        self.total_errors: int = 0
+        self.latencies_s: List[float] = []
+
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        if self._task is None:
+            self._task = asyncio.create_task(self._run_loop())
+
+    def queue_size(self) -> int:
+        return self._queue.qsize()
+
+    async def close(self) -> None:
+        self._stopping.set()
+        await self._queue.put(None)
+        if self._task:
+            await self._task
+            self._task = None
+
+        client = self._tool_server_client
+        self._tool_server_client = None
+        if client is not None:
+            await client.aclose()
+
+        # Best-effort release any remaining slots.
+        async with self._slots_lock:
+            slots = list(self._slot_by_trajectory.items())
+            self._slot_by_trajectory.clear()
+
+        for _, slot in slots:
+            try:
+                await self.backend.release(slot, reset_workspace=False)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+    async def execute(
+        self,
+        trajectory_id: str,
+        call: ToolCall,
+        timeout_s: Optional[float] = None,
+    ) -> ToolResult:
+        if self._task is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("ToolExecutor not started (call start() first)")
+
+        # Allow tool args to suggest a timeout (Hermes-compatible terminal tool),
+        # but never let the model choose "infinite" timeouts.
+        if timeout_s is None:
+            raw_timeout = call.arguments.get("timeout")
+            if isinstance(raw_timeout, (int, float)):
+                timeout_s = float(raw_timeout)
+        if timeout_s is not None:
+            timeout_s = max(1.0, min(float(timeout_s), 600.0))
+
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        fut: asyncio.Future = loop.create_future()
+        started = time.perf_counter()
+        await self._queue.put(_QueuedToolRequest(trajectory_id=trajectory_id, call=call, timeout_s=timeout_s, future=fut))
+        try:
+            result: ToolResult = await fut
+            return result
+        finally:
+            self.latencies_s.append(time.perf_counter() - started)
+
+    async def release_trajectory(self, trajectory_id: str, reset_workspace: bool = False) -> None:
+        async with self._slots_lock:
+            slot = self._slot_by_trajectory.pop(trajectory_id, None)
+
+        if slot is not None:
+            await self.backend.release(slot, reset_workspace=reset_workspace)
+
+    async def _get_slot_if_present(self, trajectory_id: str) -> Optional[Slot]:
+        async with self._slots_lock:
+            return self._slot_by_trajectory.get(trajectory_id)
+
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Artifact helpers (optional)
+    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def read_artifact(self, req: ArtifactReadRequestPayload) -> ArtifactReadResponsePayload:
+        slot = await self._get_slot_if_present(req.trajectory_id)
+        if slot is None:
+            return ArtifactReadResponsePayload(success=False, error="No active slot for trajectory (run a sandbox tool first)")
+        data = await self.backend.read_artifact(
+            slot,
+            req.path,
+            encoding=req.encoding,
+            max_bytes=req.max_bytes,
+            include_sha256=req.include_sha256,
+        )
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            data = dict(data)
+            data.pop("http_status", None)
+        try:
+            return ArtifactReadResponsePayload(**(data or {}))
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ArtifactReadResponsePayload(success=False, error=f"Invalid artifact read response: {e}")
+
+    async def list_artifacts(self, req: ArtifactListRequestPayload) -> ArtifactListResponsePayload:
+        slot = await self._get_slot_if_present(req.trajectory_id)
+        if slot is None:
+            return ArtifactListResponsePayload(success=False, error="No active slot for trajectory (run a sandbox tool first)")
+        data = await self.backend.list_artifacts(
+            slot,
+            req.path,
+            recursive=req.recursive,
+            max_entries=req.max_entries,
+        )
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            data = dict(data)
+            data.pop("http_status", None)
+        try:
+            return ArtifactListResponsePayload(**(data or {}))
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ArtifactListResponsePayload(success=False, error=f"Invalid artifact list response: {e}")
+
+    async def archive_artifacts(self, req: ArtifactArchiveRequestPayload) -> ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload:
+        slot = await self._get_slot_if_present(req.trajectory_id)
+        if slot is None:
+            return ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload(success=False, error="No active slot for trajectory (run a sandbox tool first)")
+        data = await self.backend.archive_artifacts(
+            slot,
+            req.path,
+            archive_format=req.format,
+            max_bytes=req.max_bytes,
+            max_entries=req.max_entries,
+        )
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            data = dict(data)
+            data.pop("http_status", None)
+        try:
+            return ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload(**(data or {}))
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ArtifactArchiveResponsePayload(success=False, error=f"Invalid artifact archive response: {e}")
+
+    async def _get_or_acquire_slot(self, trajectory_id: str) -> Slot:
+        async with self._slots_lock:
+            existing = self._slot_by_trajectory.get(trajectory_id)
+            if existing is not None:
+                return existing
+
+        slot = await self.backend.acquire(trajectory_id)
+
+        async with self._slots_lock:
+            existing = self._slot_by_trajectory.get(trajectory_id)
+            if existing is not None:
+                # Another coroutine won the race; return its slot.
+                await self.backend.release(slot, reset_workspace=False)
+                return existing
+            self._slot_by_trajectory[trajectory_id] = slot
+            return slot
+
+    async def _run_loop(self) -> None:
+        pending: List[_QueuedToolRequest] = []
+        deadline: Optional[float] = None
+
+        batch_window_s = max(0.0, self.config.batch_window_ms / 1000.0)
+        max_batch = max(1, self.config.max_batch_size)
+
+        while True:
+            if self._stopping.is_set() and self._queue.empty() and not pending:
+                break
+
+            timeout = None
+            if pending and deadline is not None:
+                timeout = max(0.0, deadline - time.perf_counter())
+
+            try:
+                item = await asyncio.wait_for(self._queue.get(), timeout=timeout)
+                if item is None:
+                    continue
+                pending.append(item)
+                if len(pending) == 1:
+                    deadline = time.perf_counter() + batch_window_s
+                if len(pending) < max_batch:
+                    continue
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                # batch window elapsed
+                pass
+
+            if not pending:
+                deadline = None
+                continue
+
+            batch = pending
+            pending = []
+            deadline = None
+
+            await self._execute_batch(batch)
+
+    async def _get_tool_server_client(self) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+        url = self.config.tool_server_url
+        if not url:
+            raise RuntimeError("ToolServer not configured")
+
+        if self._tool_server_client is not None:
+            return self._tool_server_client
+
+        async with self._tool_server_lock:
+            if self._tool_server_client is None:
+                self._tool_server_client = httpx.AsyncClient(base_url=url.rstrip("/"))
+            return self._tool_server_client
+
+    def _tool_server_headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        token = self.config.tool_server_token
+        if not token:
+            return {}
+        return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
+
+    async def _execute_external(self, req: _QueuedToolRequest) -> ToolResult:
+        client = await self._get_tool_server_client()
+        slot_id: Optional[str] = None
+        container_addr: Optional[str] = None
+        slot = await self._get_slot_if_present(req.trajectory_id)
+        if slot is not None:
+            slot_id = slot.slot_id
+            container_addr = slot.container_addr
+
+        payload = ToolServerExecuteRequest(
+            trajectory_id=req.trajectory_id,
+            tool=ToolCallPayload.from_tool_call(req.call),
+            timeout_s=req.timeout_s,
+            slot_id=slot_id,
+            container_addr=container_addr,
+        )
+
+        try:
+            resp = await client.post(
+                "/execute",
+                json=payload.model_dump(),
+                headers=self._tool_server_headers(),
+                timeout=req.timeout_s,
+            )
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            data = resp.json()
+            parsed = ToolResultPayload(**data)
+            result = parsed.to_tool_result()
+            if result.uniq_id is None:
+                result.uniq_id = req.call.uniq_id
+            return result
+        except Exception as e:
+            return ToolResult(
+                success=False,
+                error=f"External tool failed: {e}",
+                uniq_id=req.call.uniq_id,
+            )
+
+    async def _execute_batch(self, batch: List[_QueuedToolRequest]) -> None:
+        # Resolve tool schemas once per request and separate sandbox/external/unknown.
+        sandbox_items: List[_QueuedToolRequest] = []
+        external_items: List[_QueuedToolRequest] = []
+        unknown_items: List[_QueuedToolRequest] = []
+
+        for it in batch:
+            tool = self.tools.get(it.call.name)
+            if tool is None:
+                unknown_items.append(it)
+                continue
+
+            schema = tool.schema
+            if not schema.external:
+                sandbox_items.append(it)
+            else:
+                external_items.append(it)
+
+        for it in unknown_items:
+            self.total_requests += 1
+            self.total_errors += 1
+            if not it.future.done():
+                it.future.set_result(
+                    ToolResult(
+                        success=False,
+                        error=f"Unknown tool: {it.call.name}",
+                        uniq_id=it.call.uniq_id,
+                    )
+                )
+
+        if external_items:
+            if not self.config.tool_server_url:
+                for it in external_items:
+                    self.total_requests += 1
+                    self.total_errors += 1
+                    if not it.future.done():
+                        it.future.set_result(
+                            ToolResult(
+                                success=False,
+                                error=f"External tool not available (ToolServer not configured): {it.call.name}",
+                                uniq_id=it.call.uniq_id,
+                            )
+                        )
+            else:
+                results = await asyncio.gather(*[self._execute_external(it) for it in external_items])
+                for it, res in zip(external_items, results):
+                    self.total_requests += 1
+                    if not getattr(res, "success", False):
+                        self.total_errors += 1
+                    if not it.future.done():
+                        it.future.set_result(res)
+
+        if not sandbox_items:
+            return
+
+        # Acquire slots for the distinct trajectories in this batch.
+        try:
+            traj_ids = list({it.trajectory_id for it in sandbox_items})
+            slots = await asyncio.gather(*[self._get_or_acquire_slot(tid) for tid in traj_ids])
+            slot_by_traj = dict(zip(traj_ids, slots))
+        except Exception as e:
+            for it in sandbox_items:
+                self.total_requests += 1
+                self.total_errors += 1
+                if not it.future.done():
+                    it.future.set_result(
+                        ToolResult(
+                            success=False,
+                            error=f"Failed to acquire slot: {e}",
+                            uniq_id=it.call.uniq_id,
+                        )
+                    )
+            return
+
+        # Group by timeout so we don't accidentally make short timeouts wait on long ones.
+        by_timeout: Dict[float, List[_QueuedToolRequest]] = {}
+        default_timeout = self.backend.default_timeout_s
+
+        for it in sandbox_items:
+            t = it.timeout_s
+            if t is None:
+                t = default_timeout
+            if t is None:
+                t = 30.0
+            by_timeout.setdefault(float(t), []).append(it)
+
+        for timeout_s, items in by_timeout.items():
+            requests = []
+            dispatched: List[_QueuedToolRequest] = []
+            for it in items:
+                slot = slot_by_traj[it.trajectory_id]
+                tool_name = it.call.name
+                args = dict(it.call.arguments)
+
+                # Hermes compatibility: treat `terminal` as an alias of sandbox `bash`.
+                if tool_name == "terminal":
+                    if args.get("background"):
+                        self.total_requests += 1
+                        self.total_errors += 1
+                        if not it.future.done():
+                            it.future.set_result(
+                                ToolResult(
+                                    success=False,
+                                    error="terminal background execution is not supported in sandbox",
+                                    uniq_id=it.call.uniq_id,
+                                )
+                            )
+                        continue
+                    tool_name = "bash"
+                    # `timeout` is handled at the ToolExecutor level, not passed to the sandbox tool args.
+                    args.pop("timeout", None)
+                elif tool_name == "terminal_stateful":
+                    tool_name = "bash_stateful"
+                    args.pop("timeout", None)
+                elif tool_name == "tmux":
+                    # `tmux` is a sandbox tool backed by the stateful session manager.
+                    # Network policy is env-controlled.
+                    args.pop("allow_network", None)
+
+                if tool_name == "bash":
+                    # Network policy is set by the environment/executor, not by the model.
+                    args.pop("allow_network", None)
+                    args.pop("require_sandbox", None)
+                    args["allow_network"] = bool(self.config.allow_network)
+                    args["require_sandbox"] = bool(self.config.require_sandbox)
+                    # `timeout` is handled at the ToolExecutor level, not passed to the sandbox tool args.
+                    args.pop("timeout", None)
+                elif tool_name == "bash_stateful":
+                    # Network policy is set by the environment/executor, not by the model.
+                    args.pop("allow_network", None)
+                    args.pop("require_sandbox", None)
+                    args.pop("require_stateful_sandbox", None)
+                    args["allow_network"] = bool(self.config.allow_network)
+                    args["require_stateful_sandbox"] = bool(self.config.require_stateful_sandbox)
+                    args.pop("timeout", None)
+                elif tool_name == "tmux":
+                    # Network policy applies to the underlying stateful session.
+                    args.pop("allow_network", None)
+                    args.pop("require_sandbox", None)
+                    args.pop("require_stateful_sandbox", None)
+                    args["allow_network"] = bool(self.config.allow_network)
+                    args["require_stateful_sandbox"] = bool(self.config.require_stateful_sandbox)
+
+                requests.append((slot, tool_name, args))
+                dispatched.append(it)
+
+            results = None
+            try:
+                if not dispatched:
+                    continue
+                results = await self.backend.execute_batch(requests, timeout_s=timeout_s)
+            except Exception as e:
+                for it in items:
+                    self.total_requests += 1
+                    self.total_errors += 1
+                    if not it.future.done():
+                        it.future.set_result(
+                            ToolResult(
+                                success=False,
+                                error=f"Batch execution failed: {e}",
+                                uniq_id=it.call.uniq_id,
+                            )
+                        )
+                continue
+
+            for it, res in zip(dispatched, results):
+                self.total_requests += 1
+                if not getattr(res, "success", False):
+                    self.total_errors += 1
+                tool_result = res.to_tool_result()
+                tool_result.uniq_id = it.call.uniq_id
+                if not it.future.done():
+                    it.future.set_result(tool_result)

atropos_compatible_agent.py

@@ -0,0 +1,415 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Atropos-compatible Hermes agent runner.
+
+This is a minimal subclass of Hermes-Agent's `AIAgent` that swaps the OpenAI
+function-calling backend for Atroposlib's `ManagedServer`/`ServerManager` backend
+and uses Hermes-style XML tool tags:
+
+- <tool_call>{"name": "...", "arguments": {...}}</tool_call>
+- <tool_response>{...}</tool_response>
+
+Tool observations are appended as `role="user"` messages containing one or more
+`<tool_response>` blocks so they survive common chat templates during tokenization.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import re
+import time
+import warnings
+import os
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from model_tools import cleanup_vm, handle_function_call
+from run_agent import AIAgent
+
+_TOOL_CALL_RE = re.compile(r"<tool_call>\\s*(.*?)\\s*</tool_call>", re.DOTALL)
+
+
+ATROPOS_TOOL_SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are a helpful AI assistant with access to tools.
+
+## Available Tools
+<tools>
+{tool_descriptions}
+</tools>
+
+## How to Use Tools
+To call a tool, output:
+<tool_call>{{"name": "tool_name", "arguments": {{"arg1": "value1"}}}}</tool_call>
+
+You may include optional reasoning in <think>...</think> before tool calls.
+
+After each tool call, you will receive tool results as:
+<tool_response>{{...}}</tool_response>
+
+Continue until finished, then provide a final response with no <tool_call> blocks.
+"""
+
+
+class AtroposAIAgent(AIAgent):
+    """
+    Hermes `AIAgent` variant that uses Atroposlib ServerManager/ManagedServer.
+
+    Notes:
+    - The default Hermes `AIAgent` remains unchanged; this class is opt-in.
+    - The underlying server must expose `managed_server(tokenizer=...)` OR be a single
+      APIServer-compatible object usable by Atroposlib's `ManagedServer`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        server: Any,
+        tokenizer: Any = None,
+        model: str = "local",
+        max_iterations: int = 10,
+        tool_delay: float = 0.0,
+        enabled_toolsets: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        disabled_toolsets: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        save_trajectories: bool = False,
+        verbose_logging: bool = False,
+        quiet_mode: bool = False,
+        ephemeral_system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
+        log_prefix_chars: int = 100,
+        log_prefix: str = "",
+        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        temperature: Optional[float] = None,
+        max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
+    ):
+        # Call parent init mainly to reuse tool selection + trajectory saving utilities.
+        super().__init__(
+            base_url="http://unused",
+            api_key="dummy-key",
+            model=model,
+            max_iterations=max_iterations,
+            tool_delay=tool_delay,
+            enabled_toolsets=enabled_toolsets,
+            disabled_toolsets=disabled_toolsets,
+            save_trajectories=save_trajectories,
+            verbose_logging=verbose_logging,
+            quiet_mode=quiet_mode,
+            ephemeral_system_prompt=ephemeral_system_prompt,
+            log_prefix_chars=log_prefix_chars,
+            log_prefix=log_prefix,
+            session_id=session_id,
+        )
+
+        self.server = server
+        self.tokenizer = tokenizer
+        self.temperature = temperature
+        self.max_tokens = max_tokens
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _managed(self) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, None]:
+        if hasattr(self.server, "managed_server"):
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                warnings.filterwarnings(
+                    "ignore",
+                    message=r"Using OpenAIServer with managed_server does not allow for state tracking",
+                    category=UserWarning,
+                )
+                async with self.server.managed_server(tokenizer=self.tokenizer) as managed:
+                    yield managed
+            return
+
+        # Fall back to directly wrapping a single server object.
+        from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.managed_server import ManagedServer
+
+        managed = ManagedServer(server=self.server, tokenizer=self.tokenizer)
+        try:
+            yield managed
+        finally:
+            managed.reset()
+
+    def _tool_descriptions_text(self) -> str:
+        if not self.tools:
+            return "(no tools available)"
+
+        parts: List[str] = []
+        for tool in self.tools:
+            fn = (tool or {}).get("function", {})
+            name = fn.get("name", "")
+            desc = (fn.get("description") or "").strip()
+            if not name:
+                continue
+            if desc:
+                parts.append(f"- {name}: {desc}")
+            else:
+                parts.append(f"- {name}")
+        return "\n".join(parts) if parts else "(no tools available)"
+
+    def _build_system_prompt(self, system_message: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+        tool_prompt = ATROPOS_TOOL_SYSTEM_PROMPT.format(
+            tool_descriptions=self._tool_descriptions_text()
+        )
+
+        parts: List[str] = []
+        if system_message:
+            parts.append(system_message)
+        if self.ephemeral_system_prompt:
+            parts.append(self.ephemeral_system_prompt)
+        parts.append(tool_prompt)
+
+        return "\n\n".join(parts)
+
+    def _parse_tool_calls(self, content: str) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[str, Dict[str, Any]]], List[str]]:
+        """
+        Returns:
+          (calls, errors)
+        """
+        calls: List[Tuple[str, Dict[str, Any]]] = []
+        errors: List[str] = []
+
+        for raw in _TOOL_CALL_RE.findall(content or ""):
+            try:
+                payload = json.loads(raw)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+                errors.append(f"Invalid JSON inside <tool_call>: {exc}")
+                continue
+
+            name = payload.get("name")
+            args = payload.get("arguments", {})
+            if not isinstance(name, str) or not name:
+                errors.append("Tool call missing 'name' string")
+                continue
+            if not isinstance(args, dict):
+                errors.append("Tool call 'arguments' must be an object")
+                continue
+
+            calls.append((name, args))
+
+        return calls, errors
+
+    async def run_conversation_async(
+        self,
+        user_message: str,
+        system_message: Optional[str] = None,
+        conversation_history: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        task_id: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        import uuid
+
+        effective_task_id = task_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+        messages: List[Dict[str, Any]] = conversation_history.copy() if conversation_history else []
+        messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_message})
+
+        active_system_prompt = self._build_system_prompt(system_message)
+
+        api_call_count = 0
+        final_response: Optional[str] = None
+        managed_state: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+        completed = False
+
+        try:
+            async with self._managed() as managed:
+                while api_call_count < self.max_iterations:
+                    api_call_count += 1
+
+                    api_messages = messages.copy()
+                    if active_system_prompt:
+                        api_messages = [{"role": "system", "content": active_system_prompt}] + api_messages
+
+                    chat_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {"messages": api_messages, "n": 1}
+                    if self.max_tokens is not None:
+                        chat_kwargs["max_tokens"] = self.max_tokens
+                    if self.temperature is not None:
+                        chat_kwargs["temperature"] = self.temperature
+
+                    # Prefer OpenAI tool calling when supported by the backend:
+                    # - Many providers normalize Hermes-style <tool_call> tags into tool_calls when `tools` is provided.
+                    # - ManagedServer (atroposlib) does prompt->completion conversion and does not support `tools`.
+                    #   Only pass `tools` when we're calling an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint directly.
+                    tool_schemas = self.tools if self.tools else None
+                    managed_cls = type(managed).__name__
+                    if tool_schemas and managed_cls != "ManagedServer":
+                        chat_kwargs["tools"] = tool_schemas
+
+                    if os.getenv("HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_REQUEST") == "1":
+                        meta = {
+                            "managed_type": managed_cls,
+                            "model": getattr(getattr(managed, "config", None), "model_name", self.model),
+                            "base_url": getattr(getattr(managed, "config", None), "base_url", None),
+                            "kwargs": chat_kwargs,
+                        }
+                        # Avoid dumping megabytes of data accidentally.
+                        # (Messages can be large; this is still "full" but bounded.)
+                        print("\n=== HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_REQUEST ===", flush=True)
+                        print(json.dumps(meta, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)[:200_000], flush=True)
+
+                    response = await managed.chat_completion(**chat_kwargs)
+
+                    if os.getenv("HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_RESPONSE") == "1":
+                        try:
+                            dumped = response.model_dump()  # openai pydantic model
+                        except Exception:
+                            dumped = getattr(response, "__dict__", {"repr": repr(response)})
+                        print("\n=== HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_RESPONSE: ChatCompletion (raw) ===", flush=True)
+                        print(json.dumps(dumped, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), flush=True)
+
+                    if hasattr(managed, "get_state"):
+                        managed_state = managed.get_state()
+
+                    msg = response.choices[0].message
+                    assistant_content = (msg.content or "")
+                    msg_reasoning = getattr(msg, "reasoning", None)
+
+                    # Use tool_calls if the backend provides them (preferred).
+                    structured_tool_calls = getattr(msg, "tool_calls", None)
+
+                    # If the backend emits content="" but includes useful text in reasoning,
+                    # use it for parsing *only if needed* (e.g. tool tags).
+                    if assistant_content == "" and isinstance(msg_reasoning, str) and msg_reasoning:
+                        if os.getenv("HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_RESPONSE") == "1":
+                            print("\n=== HERMES_DEBUG_ATROPOS_RESPONSE: message.reasoning present (content empty) ===", flush=True)
+                            print(msg_reasoning, flush=True)
+
+                    assistant_msg: Dict[str, Any] = {"role": "assistant", "content": assistant_content}
+                    if structured_tool_calls:
+                        # Preserve tool_calls so the next request is consistent with OpenAI protocol.
+                        try:
+                            assistant_msg["tool_calls"] = [
+                                {
+                                    "id": tc.id,
+                                    "type": tc.type,
+                                    "function": {"name": tc.function.name, "arguments": tc.function.arguments},
+                                }
+                                for tc in structured_tool_calls
+                            ]
+                        except Exception:
+                            # Best-effort; keep conversation moving.
+                            pass
+                    messages.append(assistant_msg)
+
+                    # Mode A: OpenAI tool calling (preferred when supported)
+                    if structured_tool_calls:
+                        for tc in structured_tool_calls:
+                            tool_start = time.time()
+                            try:
+                                tool_args = json.loads(tc.function.arguments or "{}")
+                            except Exception:
+                                tool_args = {}
+                            tool_result = handle_function_call(tc.function.name, tool_args, effective_task_id)
+                            tool_duration = time.time() - tool_start
+
+                            # Keep the raw tool result as tool content (OpenAI protocol expects role=tool).
+                            messages.append(
+                                {
+                                    "role": "tool",
+                                    "tool_call_id": tc.id,
+                                    "content": tool_result,
+                                }
+                            )
+
+                            if self.tool_delay and self.tool_delay > 0:
+                                await asyncio.sleep(self.tool_delay)
+
+                        # Continue loop after tool execution.
+                        continue
+
+                    # Mode B: Hermes XML tool tags in assistant text (fallback).
+                    parse_source = assistant_content or (msg_reasoning or "")
+                    tool_calls, parse_errors = self._parse_tool_calls(parse_source)
+
+                    if parse_errors and not tool_calls:
+                        # Ask the model to retry with valid tool JSON.
+                        err_text = "; ".join(parse_errors[:3])
+                        messages.append(
+                            {
+                                "role": "user",
+                                "content": (
+                                    f"<tool_response>{json.dumps({'error': err_text}, ensure_ascii=False)}</tool_response>\n"
+                                    "The previous <tool_call> blocks were invalid. Please output valid JSON inside <tool_call>."
+                                ),
+                            }
+                        )
+                        continue
+
+                    if not tool_calls:
+                        # No tool calls: treat as final answer.
+                        final_response = (assistant_content or "").strip()
+                        completed = True
+                        break
+
+                    tool_responses: List[str] = []
+                    for tool_name, tool_args in tool_calls:
+                        tool_start = time.time()
+                        tool_result = handle_function_call(tool_name, tool_args, effective_task_id)
+                        tool_duration = time.time() - tool_start
+
+                        try:
+                            parsed = json.loads(tool_result)
+                            payload: Any = parsed
+                        except Exception:
+                            payload = tool_result
+
+                        tool_payload = {
+                            "name": tool_name,
+                            "duration_s": round(tool_duration, 3),
+                            "result": payload,
+                        }
+                        tool_responses.append(
+                            f"<tool_response>{json.dumps(tool_payload, ensure_ascii=False)}</tool_response>"
+                        )
+
+                        if self.tool_delay and self.tool_delay > 0:
+                            await asyncio.sleep(self.tool_delay)
+
+                    messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "\n".join(tool_responses)})
+
+                if final_response is None:
+                    final_response = "I've reached the maximum number of iterations."
+
+        finally:
+            try:
+                cleanup_vm(effective_task_id)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        # Save trajectory using Hermes formatting (optional).
+        self._save_trajectory(messages, user_message, completed=completed)
+
+        return {
+            "final_response": final_response,
+            "messages": messages,
+            "api_calls": api_call_count,
+            "completed": completed,
+            "managed_state": managed_state,
+            "system_prompt": active_system_prompt,
+            "task_id": effective_task_id,
+        }
+
+    def run_conversation(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Sync wrapper for convenience.
+
+        If called from within a running event loop (e.g. prompt_toolkit), this
+        runs the async conversation in a dedicated thread to avoid nested loops.
+        """
+        try:
+            asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            return asyncio.run(self.run_conversation_async(*args, **kwargs))
+
+        import queue
+        import threading
+
+        out: "queue.Queue[object]" = queue.Queue(maxsize=1)
+
+        def runner() -> None:
+            try:
+                out.put(asyncio.run(self.run_conversation_async(*args, **kwargs)))
+            except BaseException as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                out.put(exc)
+
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=runner, daemon=True)
+        thread.start()
+
+        result = out.get()
+        if isinstance(result, BaseException):
+            raise result
+        return result  # type: ignore[return-value]

batch_runner.py

@@ -20,32 +20,28 @@ Usage:
     python batch_runner.py --dataset_file=data.jsonl --batch_size=10 --run_name=my_run --distribution=image_gen
 """
 
-import os
-import sys
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Dict, Any, Optional, Tuple
 from datetime import datetime
-from multiprocessing import Pool, Lock
+from multiprocessing import Pool, Manager, Lock
 import traceback
+
 from rich.progress import Progress, SpinnerColumn, BarColumn, TextColumn, TimeRemainingColumn, MofNCompleteColumn
 from rich.console import Console
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 import fire
 
-from hermes_agent.agent.loop import AIAgent
-from hermes_agent.tools.distributions import (
+from run_agent import AIAgent
+from toolset_distributions import (
+    get_distribution, 
     list_distributions, 
     sample_toolsets_from_distribution,
     validate_distribution
 )
-from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import TOOL_TO_TOOLSET_MAP
+from model_tools import TOOL_TO_TOOLSET_MAP
 
 
 # Global configuration for worker processes
@@ -134,7 +130,6 @@ def _extract_tool_stats(messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, i
         # Track tool calls from assistant messages
         if msg["role"] == "assistant" and "tool_calls" in msg and msg["tool_calls"]:
             for tool_call in msg["tool_calls"]:
-                if not tool_call or not isinstance(tool_call, dict): continue
                 tool_name = tool_call["function"]["name"]
                 tool_call_id = tool_call["id"]
                 
@@ -178,7 +173,7 @@ def _extract_tool_stats(messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, i
                     if content_json.get("success") is False:
                         is_success = False
                         
-            except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError, TypeError):
+            except:
                 # If not JSON, check if content is empty or explicitly states an error
                 # Note: We avoid simple substring matching to prevent false positives
                 if not content:
@@ -245,7 +240,7 @@ def _process_single_prompt(
     
     Args:
         prompt_index (int): Index of prompt in dataset
-        prompt_data (Dict): Prompt data containing 'prompt' field and optional 'image' field
+        prompt_data (Dict): Prompt data containing 'prompt' field
         batch_num (int): Batch number
         config (Dict): Configuration dict with agent parameters
         
@@ -253,58 +248,6 @@ def _process_single_prompt(
         Dict: Result containing trajectory, stats, and metadata
     """
     prompt = prompt_data["prompt"]
-    task_id = f"task_{prompt_index}"
-    
-    # Per-prompt container image override: if the dataset row has an 'image' field,
-    # register it for this task's sandbox. Works with Docker, Modal, Singularity, and Daytona.
-    container_image = prompt_data.get("image") or prompt_data.get("docker_image")
-    if container_image:
-        # Verify the image is accessible before spending tokens on the agent loop.
-        # For Docker: check local cache, then try pulling.
-        # For Modal: skip local check (Modal pulls server-side).
-        env_type = os.getenv("TERMINAL_ENV", "local")
-        if env_type == "docker":
-            import subprocess as _sp
-            try:
-                probe = _sp.run(
-                    ["docker", "image", "inspect", container_image],
-                    capture_output=True, timeout=10,
-                )
-                if probe.returncode != 0:
-                    if config.get("verbose"):
-                        print(f"   Prompt {prompt_index}: Pulling docker image {container_image}...", flush=True)
-                    pull = _sp.run(
-                        ["docker", "pull", container_image],
-                        capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=600,
-                    )
-                    if pull.returncode != 0:
-                        return {
-                            "success": False,
-                            "prompt_index": prompt_index,
-                            "error": f"Docker image not available: {container_image}\n{pull.stderr[:500]}",
-                            "trajectory": None,
-                            "tool_stats": {},
-                            "toolsets_used": [],
-                            "metadata": {"batch_num": batch_num, "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat()},
-                        }
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                pass  # Docker CLI not installed — skip check (e.g., Modal backend)
-            except Exception as img_err:
-                if config.get("verbose"):
-                    print(f"   Prompt {prompt_index}: Docker image check failed: {img_err}", flush=True)
-
-        from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import register_task_env_overrides
-        overrides = {
-            "docker_image": container_image,
-            "modal_image": container_image,
-            "singularity_image": f"docker://{container_image}",
-            "daytona_image": container_image,
-        }
-        if prompt_data.get("cwd"):
-            overrides["cwd"] = prompt_data["cwd"]
-        register_task_env_overrides(task_id, overrides)
-        if config.get("verbose"):
-            print(f"   Prompt {prompt_index}: Using container image {container_image}")
     
     try:
         # Sample toolsets from distribution for this prompt
@@ -333,12 +276,10 @@ def _process_single_prompt(
             max_tokens=config.get("max_tokens"),
             reasoning_config=config.get("reasoning_config"),
             prefill_messages=config.get("prefill_messages"),
-            skip_context_files=True,  # Don't pollute trajectories with SOUL.md/AGENTS.md
-            skip_memory=True,  # Don't use persistent memory in batch runs
         )
 
         # Run the agent with task_id to ensure each task gets its own isolated VM
-        result = agent.run_conversation(prompt, task_id=task_id)
+        result = agent.run_conversation(prompt, task_id=f"task_{prompt_index}")
         
         # Extract tool usage statistics
         tool_stats = _extract_tool_stats(result["messages"])
@@ -448,7 +389,6 @@ def _process_batch_worker(args: Tuple) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             if not reasoning.get("has_any_reasoning", True):
                 print(f"   🚫 Prompt {prompt_index} discarded (no reasoning in any turn)")
                 discarded_no_reasoning += 1
-                completed_in_batch.append(prompt_index)
                 continue
             
             # Get and normalize tool stats for consistent schema across all entries
@@ -566,10 +506,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
             provider_sort (str): Sort providers by price/throughput/latency (optional)
             max_tokens (int): Maximum tokens for model responses (optional, uses model default if not set)
             reasoning_config (Dict): OpenRouter reasoning config override (e.g. {"effort": "none"} to disable thinking)
-            prefill_messages (List[Dict]): Messages to prepend as prefilled conversation context (few-shot priming).
-                NOTE: Anthropic Sonnet 4.6+ and Opus 4.6+ reject a trailing assistant-role prefill
-                (400 error).  For those models use output_config.format or structured-output
-                schemas instead.  Safe here for user-role priming and for older Claude / non-Claude models.
+            prefill_messages (List[Dict]): Messages to prepend as prefilled conversation context (few-shot priming)
             max_samples (int): Only process the first N samples from the dataset (optional, processes all if not set)
         """
         self.dataset_file = Path(dataset_file)
@@ -617,7 +554,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
         # Create batches
         self.batches = self._create_batches()
         
-        print("📊 Batch Runner Initialized")
+        print(f"📊 Batch Runner Initialized")
         print(f"   Dataset: {self.dataset_file} ({len(self.dataset)} prompts)")
         print(f"   Batch size: {self.batch_size}")
         print(f"   Total batches: {len(self.batches)}")
@@ -711,13 +648,14 @@ class BatchRunner:
             lock (Lock): Optional lock for thread-safe access
         """
         checkpoint_data["last_updated"] = datetime.now().isoformat()
-
-        from hermes_agent.utils import atomic_json_write
+        
         if lock:
             with lock:
-                atomic_json_write(self.checkpoint_file, checkpoint_data)
+                with open(self.checkpoint_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    json.dump(checkpoint_data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
         else:
-            atomic_json_write(self.checkpoint_file, checkpoint_data)
+            with open(self.checkpoint_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                json.dump(checkpoint_data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
     
     def _scan_completed_prompts_by_content(self) -> set:
         """
@@ -837,20 +775,18 @@ class BatchRunner:
             print("=" * 70)
             print(f"   Original dataset size:     {len(self.dataset):,} prompts")
             print(f"   Already completed:         {len(skipped_indices):,} prompts")
-            print("   ─────────────────────────────────────────")
+            print(f"   ─────────────────────────────────────────")
             print(f"   🎯 RESUMING WITH:          {len(filtered_entries):,} prompts")
             print(f"   New batches created:       {len(batches_to_process)}")
             print("=" * 70 + "\n")
         
-        # Load existing checkpoint (so resume doesn't clobber prior progress)
-        checkpoint_data = self._load_checkpoint()
-        if checkpoint_data.get("run_name") != self.run_name:
-            checkpoint_data = {
-                "run_name": self.run_name,
-                "completed_prompts": [],
-                "batch_stats": {},
-                "last_updated": None
-            }
+        # Initialize checkpoint data (needed for saving at the end)
+        checkpoint_data = {
+            "run_name": self.run_name,
+            "completed_prompts": [],
+            "batch_stats": {},
+            "last_updated": None
+        }
         
         # Prepare configuration for workers
         config = {
@@ -872,7 +808,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
         }
         
         # For backward compatibility, still track by index (but this is secondary to content matching)
-        completed_prompts_set = set(checkpoint_data.get("completed_prompts", []))
+        completed_prompts_set = set()
         
         # Aggregate statistics across all batches
         total_tool_stats = {}
@@ -881,9 +817,6 @@ class BatchRunner:
         
         print(f"\n🔧 Initializing {self.num_workers} worker processes...")
         
-        # Checkpoint writes happen in the parent process; keep a lock for safety.
-        checkpoint_lock = Lock()
-
         # Process batches in parallel
         with Pool(processes=self.num_workers) as pool:
             # Create tasks for each batch
@@ -899,7 +832,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
             ]
             
             print(f"✅ Created {len(tasks)} batch tasks")
-            print("🚀 Starting parallel batch processing...\n")
+            print(f"🚀 Starting parallel batch processing...\n")
             
             # Use rich Progress for better visual tracking with persistent bottom bar
             # redirect_stdout/stderr lets rich manage all output so progress bar stays clean
@@ -929,28 +862,6 @@ class BatchRunner:
                     for result in pool.imap_unordered(_process_batch_worker, tasks):
                         results.append(result)
                         progress.update(task, advance=1)
-
-                        # Incremental checkpoint update (so resume works after crash)
-                        try:
-                            batch_num = result.get('batch_num')
-                            completed = result.get('completed_prompts', []) or []
-                            completed_prompts_set.update(completed)
-
-                            if isinstance(batch_num, int):
-                                checkpoint_data.setdefault('batch_stats', {})[str(batch_num)] = {
-                                    'processed': result.get('processed', 0),
-                                    'skipped': result.get('skipped', 0),
-                                    'discarded_no_reasoning': result.get('discarded_no_reasoning', 0),
-                                }
-
-                            checkpoint_data['completed_prompts'] = sorted(completed_prompts_set)
-                            self._save_checkpoint(checkpoint_data, lock=checkpoint_lock)
-                        except Exception as ckpt_err:
-                            # Don't fail the run if checkpoint write fails
-                            print(f"⚠️  Warning: Failed to save incremental checkpoint: {ckpt_err}")
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error("Batch worker failed: %s", e, exc_info=True)
-                    raise
                 finally:
                     root_logger.setLevel(original_level)
         
@@ -979,12 +890,9 @@ class BatchRunner:
             for key in total_reasoning_stats:
                 total_reasoning_stats[key] += batch_result.get("reasoning_stats", {}).get(key, 0)
         
-        # Save final checkpoint (best-effort; incremental writes already happened)
-        try:
-            checkpoint_data["completed_prompts"] = all_completed_prompts
-            self._save_checkpoint(checkpoint_data, lock=checkpoint_lock)
-        except Exception as ckpt_err:
-            print(f"⚠️  Warning: Failed to save final checkpoint: {ckpt_err}")
+        # Save final checkpoint
+        checkpoint_data["completed_prompts"] = all_completed_prompts
+        self._save_checkpoint(checkpoint_data)
         
         # Calculate success rates
         for tool_name in total_tool_stats:
@@ -1026,7 +934,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
                             tool_stats = data.get('tool_stats', {})
                             
                             # Check for invalid tool names (model hallucinations)
-                            invalid_tools = [k for k in tool_stats if k not in VALID_TOOLS]
+                            invalid_tools = [k for k in tool_stats.keys() if k not in VALID_TOOLS]
                             
                             if invalid_tools:
                                 filtered_entries += 1
@@ -1068,7 +976,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
         print(f"✅ Total trajectories in merged file: {total_entries - filtered_entries}")
         print(f"✅ Total batch files merged: {batch_files_found}")
         print(f"⏱️  Total duration: {round(time.time() - start_time, 2)}s")
-        print("\n📈 Tool Usage Statistics:")
+        print(f"\n📈 Tool Usage Statistics:")
         print("-" * 70)
         
         if total_tool_stats:
@@ -1095,7 +1003,7 @@ class BatchRunner:
         # Print reasoning coverage stats
         total_discarded = sum(r.get("discarded_no_reasoning", 0) for r in results)
         
-        print("\n🧠 Reasoning Coverage:")
+        print(f"\n🧠 Reasoning Coverage:")
         print("-" * 70)
         total_turns = total_reasoning_stats["total_assistant_turns"]
         with_reasoning = total_reasoning_stats["turns_with_reasoning"]
@@ -1112,8 +1020,8 @@ class BatchRunner:
             print(f"   🚫 Samples discarded (zero reasoning): {total_discarded:,}")
         
         print(f"\n💾 Results saved to: {self.output_dir}")
-        print("   - Trajectories: trajectories.jsonl (combined)")
-        print("   - Individual batches: batch_*.jsonl (for debugging)")
+        print(f"   - Trajectories: trajectories.jsonl (combined)")
+        print(f"   - Individual batches: batch_*.jsonl (for debugging)")
         print(f"   - Statistics: {self.stats_file.name}")
         print(f"   - Checkpoint: {self.checkpoint_file.name}")
 
@@ -1123,14 +1031,14 @@ def main(
     batch_size: int = None,
     run_name: str = None,
     distribution: str = "default",
-    model: str = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
+    model: str = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
     api_key: str = None,
     base_url: str = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
     max_turns: int = 10,
     num_workers: int = 4,
     resume: bool = False,
     verbose: bool = False,
-    show_distributions: bool = False,
+    list_distributions: bool = False,
     ephemeral_system_prompt: str = None,
     log_prefix_chars: int = 100,
     providers_allowed: str = None,
@@ -1158,7 +1066,7 @@ def main(
         num_workers (int): Number of parallel worker processes (default: 4)
         resume (bool): Resume from checkpoint if run was interrupted (default: False)
         verbose (bool): Enable verbose logging (default: False)
-        show_distributions (bool): List available toolset distributions and exit
+        list_distributions (bool): List available toolset distributions and exit
         ephemeral_system_prompt (str): System prompt used during agent execution but NOT saved to trajectories (optional)
         log_prefix_chars (int): Number of characters to show in log previews for tool calls/responses (default: 20)
         providers_allowed (str): Comma-separated list of OpenRouter providers to allow (e.g. "anthropic,openai")
@@ -1166,7 +1074,7 @@ def main(
         providers_order (str): Comma-separated list of OpenRouter providers to try in order (e.g. "anthropic,openai,google")
         provider_sort (str): Sort providers by "price", "throughput", or "latency" (OpenRouter only)
         max_tokens (int): Maximum tokens for model responses (optional, uses model default if not set)
-        reasoning_effort (str): OpenRouter reasoning effort level: "none", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh" (default: "medium")
+        reasoning_effort (str): OpenRouter reasoning effort level: "xhigh", "high", "medium", "low", "minimal", "none" (default: "xhigh")
         reasoning_disabled (bool): Completely disable reasoning/thinking tokens (default: False)
         prefill_messages_file (str): Path to JSON file containing prefill messages (list of {role, content} dicts)
         max_samples (int): Only process the first N samples from the dataset (optional, processes all if not set)
@@ -1190,16 +1098,16 @@ def main(
                                --prefill_messages_file=configs/prefill_opus.json
         
         # List available distributions
-        python batch_runner.py --show_distributions
+        python batch_runner.py --list_distributions
     """
     # Handle list distributions
-    if show_distributions:
-        from hermes_agent.tools.distributions import print_distribution_info
-
+    if list_distributions:
+        from toolset_distributions import list_distributions as get_all_dists, print_distribution_info
+        
         print("📊 Available Toolset Distributions")
         print("=" * 70)
-
-        all_dists = list_distributions()
+        
+        all_dists = get_all_dists()
         for dist_name in sorted(all_dists.keys()):
             print_distribution_info(dist_name)
         
@@ -1227,7 +1135,7 @@ def main(
     providers_order_list = [p.strip() for p in providers_order.split(",")] if providers_order else None
     
     # Build reasoning_config from CLI flags
-    # --reasoning_disabled takes priority, then --reasoning_effort, then default (medium)
+    # --reasoning_disabled takes priority, then --reasoning_effort, then default (xhigh)
     reasoning_config = None
     if reasoning_disabled:
         # Completely disable reasoning/thinking tokens
@@ -1235,7 +1143,7 @@ def main(
         print("🧠 Reasoning: DISABLED (effort=none)")
     elif reasoning_effort:
         # Use specified effort level
-        valid_efforts = ["none", "minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"]
+        valid_efforts = ["xhigh", "high", "medium", "low", "minimal", "none"]
         if reasoning_effort not in valid_efforts:
             print(f"❌ Error: --reasoning_effort must be one of: {', '.join(valid_efforts)}")
             return
@@ -1249,7 +1157,7 @@ def main(
             with open(prefill_messages_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                 prefill_messages = json.load(f)
             if not isinstance(prefill_messages, list):
-                print("❌ Error: prefill_messages_file must contain a JSON array of messages")
+                print(f"❌ Error: prefill_messages_file must contain a JSON array of messages")
                 return
             print(f"💬 Loaded {len(prefill_messages)} prefill messages from {prefill_messages_file}")
         except Exception as e:

cli-config.yaml.example

@@ -7,131 +7,12 @@
 # =============================================================================
 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"         - 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"
-  
   # API configuration (falls back to OPENROUTER_API_KEY env var)
   # 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)
-# =============================================================================
-# Control how requests are routed across providers on OpenRouter.
-# See: https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/routing/provider-selection
-#
-# provider_routing:
-#   # Sort strategy: "price" (default), "throughput", or "latency"
-#   # Append :nitro to model name for a shortcut to throughput sorting.
-#   sort: "throughput"
-#
-#   # Only allow these providers (provider slugs from OpenRouter)
-#   # only: ["anthropic", "google"]
-#
-#   # Skip these providers entirely
-#   # ignore: ["deepinfra", "fireworks"]
-#
-#   # Try providers in this order (overrides default load balancing)
-#   # order: ["anthropic", "google", "together"]
-#
-#   # Require providers to support all parameters in your request
-#   # require_parameters: true
-#
-#   # Data policy: "allow" (default) or "deny" to exclude providers that may store data
-#   # data_collection: "deny"
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Git Worktree Isolation
-# =============================================================================
-# When enabled, each CLI session creates an isolated git worktree so multiple
-# agents can work on the same repo concurrently without file collisions.
-# Equivalent to always passing --worktree / -w on the command line.
-#
-# worktree: true    # Always create a worktree when in a git repo
-# worktree: false   # Default — only create when -w flag is passed
-
 # =============================================================================
 # Terminal Tool Configuration
 # =============================================================================
@@ -146,13 +27,11 @@ model:
 #   - CLI (`hermes` command): Uses "." (current directory where you run hermes)
 #   - Messaging (Telegram/Discord): Uses MESSAGING_CWD from .env (default: home)
 terminal:
-  backend: "local"
-  cwd: "."  # For local backend: "." = current directory. Ignored for remote backends unless a backend documents otherwise.
+  env_type: "local"
+  cwd: "."  # CLI working directory - "." means current directory
   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: "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.
+  # sudo_password: ""  # Enable sudo commands (pipes via sudo -S) - SECURITY WARNING: plaintext!
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # OPTION 2: SSH remote execution
@@ -160,8 +39,8 @@ terminal:
 # Great for: keeping agent isolated from its own code, using powerful remote hardware
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # terminal:
-#   backend: "ssh"
-#   cwd: "/home/myuser/project"  # Path on the REMOTE server
+#   env_type: "ssh"
+#   cwd: "/home/myuser/project"
 #   timeout: 180
 #   lifetime_seconds: 300
 #   ssh_host: "my-server.example.com"
@@ -175,18 +54,11 @@ terminal:
 # Great for: reproducible environments, testing, isolation
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # terminal:
-#   backend: "docker"
-#   cwd: "/workspace"  # Path INSIDE the container (default: /)
+#   env_type: "docker"
+#   cwd: "/workspace"
 #   timeout: 180
 #   lifetime_seconds: 300
 #   docker_image: "nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20"
-#   docker_mount_cwd_to_workspace: true   # Explicit opt-in: mount your launch cwd into /workspace
-#   # Optional: explicitly forward selected env vars into Docker.
-#   # These values come from your current shell first, then ~/.hermes/.env.
-#   # Warning: anything forwarded here is visible to commands run in the container.
-#   docker_forward_env:
-#     - "GITHUB_TOKEN"
-#     - "NPM_TOKEN"
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # OPTION 4: Singularity/Apptainer container
@@ -194,8 +66,8 @@ terminal:
 # Great for: HPC clusters, shared compute environments
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # terminal:
-#   backend: "singularity"
-#   cwd: "/workspace"  # Path INSIDE the container (default: /root)
+#   env_type: "singularity"
+#   cwd: "/workspace"
 #   timeout: 180
 #   lifetime_seconds: 300
 #   singularity_image: "docker://nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20"
@@ -206,35 +78,12 @@ terminal:
 # Great for: GPU access, scalable compute, serverless execution
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # terminal:
-#   backend: "modal"
-#   cwd: "/workspace"  # Path INSIDE the sandbox (default: /root)
+#   env_type: "modal"
+#   cwd: "/workspace"
 #   timeout: 180
 #   lifetime_seconds: 300
 #   modal_image: "nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20"
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# OPTION 6: Daytona cloud execution
-# Commands run in Daytona cloud sandboxes
-# Great for: Cloud dev environments, persistent workspaces, team collaboration
-# Requires: pip install daytona, DAYTONA_API_KEY env var
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# terminal:
-#   backend: "daytona"
-#   cwd: "~"
-#   timeout: 180
-#   lifetime_seconds: 300
-#   daytona_image: "nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20"
-#   container_disk: 10240          # Daytona max is 10GB per sandbox
-
-#
-# --- Container resource limits (docker, singularity, modal, daytona -- ignored for local/ssh) ---
-# These settings apply to all container backends. They control the resources
-# allocated to the sandbox and whether its filesystem persists across sessions.
-  container_cpu: 1              # CPU cores
-  container_memory: 5120        # Memory in MB (5120 = 5GB)
-  container_disk: 51200         # Disk in MB (51200 = 50GB)
-  container_persistent: true    # Persist filesystem across sessions (false = ephemeral)
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SUDO SUPPORT (works with ALL backends above)
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -243,18 +92,13 @@ terminal:
 #
 # SECURITY WARNING: Password stored in plaintext!
 #
-# INTERACTIVE PROMPT: If sudo_password is unset and the CLI is running,
+# INTERACTIVE PROMPT: If no sudo_password is set 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)
@@ -263,20 +107,6 @@ terminal:
 # Example (add to your terminal section):
 #   sudo_password: "your-password-here"
 
-# =============================================================================
-# Security Scanning (tirith)
-# =============================================================================
-# Optional pre-exec command security scanning via tirith.
-# Detects homograph URLs, pipe-to-shell, terminal injection, env manipulation.
-# Install: brew install sheeki03/tap/tirith
-# Docs: https://github.com/sheeki03/tirith
-#
-# security:
-#   tirith_enabled: true        # Enable/disable tirith scanning
-#   tirith_path: "tirith"       # Path to tirith binary (supports ~ expansion)
-#   tirith_timeout: 5           # Scan timeout in seconds
-#   tirith_fail_open: true      # Allow commands if tirith unavailable
-
 # =============================================================================
 # Browser Tool Configuration
 # =============================================================================
@@ -295,193 +125,22 @@ 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 N turns (default 20 messages = ~10 full turns of recent context)
+# 4. Protects last 4 turns (recent context is most relevant)
 # 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: 0.50 = 50%)
+  # Trigger compression at this % of model's context limit (default: 0.85 = 85%)
   # Lower values = more aggressive compression, higher values = compress later
-  threshold: 0.50
+  threshold: 0.85
   
-  # 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)
-# =============================================================================
-# Hermes uses lightweight "auxiliary" models for side tasks: image analysis,
-# browser screenshot analysis, web page summarization, and context compression.
-#
-# By default these use Gemini Flash via OpenRouter or Nous Portal and are
-# auto-detected from your credentials.  You do NOT need to change anything
-# here for normal usage.
-#
-# WARNING: Overriding these with providers other than OpenRouter or Nous Portal
-# is EXPERIMENTAL and may not work.  Not all models/providers support vision,
-# produce usable summaries, or accept the same API format.  Change at your own
-# risk — if things break, reset to "auto" / empty values.
-#
-# Each task has its own provider + model pair so you can mix providers.
-# For example: OpenRouter for vision (needs multimodal), but your main
-# local endpoint for compression (just needs text).
-#
-# Provider options:
-#   "auto"       - Best available: OpenRouter → Nous Portal → main endpoint (default)
-#   "openrouter" - Force OpenRouter (requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
-#   "nous"       - Force Nous Portal (requires: hermes login)
-#   "gemini"      - Force Google AI Studio direct (requires: GOOGLE_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY)
-#   "ollama-cloud" - Ollama Cloud (requires: OLLAMA_API_KEY)
-#   "codex"       - Force Codex OAuth (requires: hermes model → Codex).
-#                  Uses gpt-5.3-codex which supports vision.
-#   "main"       - Use your custom endpoint (OPENAI_BASE_URL + OPENAI_API_KEY).
-#                  Works with OpenAI API, local models, or any OpenAI-compatible
-#                  endpoint.  Also falls back to Codex OAuth and API-key providers.
-#
-# Model: leave empty to use the provider's default.  When empty, OpenRouter
-# uses "google/gemini-3-flash-preview" and Nous uses "gemini-3-flash".
-# Other providers pick a sensible default automatically.
-#
-# auxiliary:
-#   # Image analysis: vision_analyze tool + browser screenshots
-#   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
-# =============================================================================
-# Bounded curated memory injected into the system prompt every session.
-# Two stores: MEMORY.md (agent's notes) and USER.md (user profile).
-# Character limits keep the memory small and focused. The agent manages
-# pruning -- when at the limit, it must consolidate or replace entries.
-# Disabled by default in batch_runner and RL environments.
-#
-memory:
-  # Agent's personal notes: environment facts, conventions, things learned
-  memory_enabled: true
-  
-  # User profile: preferences, communication style, expectations
-  user_profile_enabled: true
-  
-  # Character limits (~2.75 chars per token, model-independent)
-  memory_char_limit: 2200   # ~800 tokens
-  user_char_limit: 1375     # ~500 tokens
-
-  # Periodic memory nudge: remind the agent to consider saving memories
-  # every N user turns. Set to 0 to disable. Only active when memory is enabled.
-  nudge_interval: 10        # Nudge every 10 user turns (0 = disabled)
-
-  # Memory flush: give the agent one turn to save memories before context is
-  # lost (compression, /new, /reset, exit). Set to 0 to disable.
-  # For exit/reset, only fires if the session had at least this many user turns.
-  flush_min_turns: 6        # Min user turns to trigger flush on exit/reset (0 = disabled)
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Session Reset Policy (Messaging Platforms)
-# =============================================================================
-# Controls when messaging sessions (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack) are
-# automatically cleared. Without resets, conversation context grows indefinitely
-# which increases API costs with every message.
-#
-# When a reset triggers, the agent first saves important information to its
-# persistent memory — but the conversation context is wiped. The agent starts
-# fresh but retains learned facts via its memory system.
-#
-# Users can always manually reset with /reset or /new in chat.
-#
-# Modes:
-#   "both"  - Reset on EITHER inactivity timeout or daily boundary (recommended)
-#   "idle"  - Reset only after N minutes of inactivity
-#   "daily" - Reset only at a fixed hour each day
-#   "none"  - Never auto-reset; context lives until /reset or compression kicks in
-#
-# When a reset triggers, the agent gets one turn to save important memories and
-# skills before the context is wiped. Persistent memory carries across sessions.
-#
-session_reset:
-  mode: both           # "both", "idle", "daily", or "none"
-  idle_minutes: 1440   # Inactivity timeout in minutes (default: 1440 = 24 hours)
-  at_hour: 4           # Daily reset hour, 0-23 local time (default: 4 AM)
-
-# When true, group/channel chats use one session per participant when the platform
-# provides a user ID. This is the secure default and prevents users in the same
-# room from sharing context, interrupts, and token costs. Set false only if you
-# explicitly want one shared "room brain" per group/channel.
-group_sessions_per_user: true
-
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Gateway Streaming
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Stream tokens to messaging platforms in real-time. The bot sends a message
-# on first token, then progressively edits it as more tokens arrive.
-# Disabled by default — enable to try the streaming UX on Telegram/Discord/Slack.
-streaming:
-  enabled: false
-  # transport: edit           # "edit" = progressive editMessageText
-  # edit_interval: 0.3        # seconds between message edits
-  # buffer_threshold: 40      # chars before forcing an edit flush
-  # cursor: " ▉"              # cursor shown during streaming
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Skills Configuration
-# =============================================================================
-# Skills are reusable procedures the agent can load and follow. The agent can
-# also create new skills after completing complex tasks.
-#
-skills:
-  # Nudge the agent to create skills after complex tasks.
-  # Every N tool-calling iterations, remind the model to consider saving a skill.
-  # 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
+  # Model to use for generating summaries (fast/cheap recommended)
+  # This model compresses the middle turns into a concise summary
+  summary_model: "google/gemini-3-flash-preview"
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Agent Behavior
@@ -491,30 +150,13 @@ 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
   
-  # Reasoning effort level (OpenRouter and Nous Portal)
-  # Controls how much "thinking" the model does before responding.
-  # Options: "xhigh" (max), "high", "medium", "low", "minimal", "none" (disable)
-  reasoning_effort: "medium"
+  # Custom system prompt (personality, instructions, etc.)
+  # Leave empty or remove to use default agent behavior
+  system_prompt: ""
   
   # Predefined personalities (use with /personality command)
   personalities:
@@ -537,210 +179,70 @@ agent:
 # Toolsets
 # =============================================================================
 # Control which tools the agent has access to.
-# Use `hermes tools` to interactively enable/disable tools per platform.
+# Use "all" to enable everything, or specify individual toolsets.
 
-# =============================================================================
-# Platform Toolsets (per-platform tool configuration)
-# =============================================================================
-# Override which toolsets are available on each platform.
-# If a platform isn't listed here, its built-in default is used.
-#
-# You can use EITHER:
-#   - A preset like "hermes-cli" or "hermes-telegram" (curated tool set)
-#   - A list of individual toolsets to compose your own (see list below)
-#
-# Supported platform keys: cli, telegram, discord, whatsapp, slack, qqbot
-#
-# Examples:
-#
-#   # Use presets (same as defaults):
-#   platform_toolsets:
-#     cli: [hermes-cli]
-#     telegram: [hermes-telegram]
-#
-#   # Custom: give Telegram only web + terminal + file + planning:
-#   platform_toolsets:
-#     telegram: [web, terminal, file, todo]
-#
-#   # Custom: CLI without browser or image gen:
-#   platform_toolsets:
-#     cli: [web, terminal, file, skills, todo, tts, cronjob]
-#
-#   # Restrictive: Discord gets read-only tools only:
-#   platform_toolsets:
-#     discord: [web, vision, skills, todo]
-#
-# If not set, defaults are:
-#   cli:           hermes-cli            (everything + cronjob management)
-#   telegram:      hermes-telegram       (terminal, file, web, vision, image, tts, browser, skills, todo, cronjob, messaging)
-#   discord:       hermes-discord        (same as telegram)
-#   whatsapp:      hermes-whatsapp       (same as telegram)
-#   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]
-  telegram: [hermes-telegram]
-  discord: [hermes-discord]
-  whatsapp: [hermes-whatsapp]
-  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)
-#
-# Run `hermes chat --list-toolsets` to see all toolsets and their tools.
-# Run `hermes chat --list-tools` to see every individual tool with descriptions.
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-#
-# INDIVIDUAL TOOLSETS (compose your own):
-#   web          - web_search, web_extract
-#   search       - web_search only (no scraping)
-#   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_get_images, browser_vision  (requires BROWSERBASE_API_KEY)
-#   vision       - vision_analyze  (requires OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
-#   image_gen    - image_generate  (requires FAL_KEY)
-#   skills       - skills_list, skill_view
-#   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/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)
-#
-# PRESETS (curated bundles):
-#   hermes-cli       - All of the above except rl + send_message
-#   hermes-telegram  - terminal, file, web, vision, image_gen, tts, browser,
-#                      skills, todo, cronjob, send_message
-#   hermes-discord   - Same as hermes-telegram
-#   hermes-whatsapp  - Same as hermes-telegram
-#   hermes-slack     - Same as hermes-telegram
-#
-# COMPOSITE:
-#   debugging    - terminal + web + file
-#   safe         - web + vision + moa (no terminal access)
-#   all          - Everything available
+# Available toolsets:
 #
 #   web          - Web search and content extraction (web_search, web_extract)
 #   search       - Web search only, no scraping (web_search)
-#   terminal     - Command execution and process management (terminal, process)
-#   file         - File operations: read, write, patch, search
+#   terminal     - Command execution (terminal)
 #   browser      - Full browser automation (navigate, click, type, screenshot, etc.)
 #   vision       - Image analysis (vision_analyze)
 #   image_gen    - Image generation with FLUX (image_generate)
-#   skills       - Load skill documents (skills_list, skill_view)
+#   skills       - Load skill documents (skills_categories, skills_list, skill_view)
 #   moa          - Mixture of Agents reasoning (mixture_of_agents)
-#   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, MiniMax, Mistral)
-#   cronjob      - Schedule and manage automated tasks (CLI-only)
-#   rl           - RL training tools (Tinker-Atropos)
 #
 # Composite toolsets:
-#   debugging    - terminal + web + file (for troubleshooting)
+#   debugging    - terminal + web (for troubleshooting)
 #   safe         - web + vision + moa (no terminal access)
 
-# NOTE: The top-level "toolsets" key is deprecated and ignored.
-# Tool configuration is managed per-platform via platform_toolsets above.
-# Use `hermes tools` to configure interactively, or edit platform_toolsets directly.
-#
-# CLI override: hermes chat --toolsets terminal,web,file
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OPTION 1: Enable all tools (default)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+toolsets:
+  - all
 
-# =============================================================================
-# MCP (Model Context Protocol) Servers
-# =============================================================================
-# Connect to external MCP servers to add tools from the MCP ecosystem.
-# Each server's tools are automatically discovered and registered.
-# See docs/mcp.md for full documentation.
-#
-# Stdio servers (spawn a subprocess):
-#   command: the executable to run
-#   args: command-line arguments
-#   env: environment variables (only these + safe defaults passed to subprocess)
-#
-# HTTP servers (connect to a URL):
-#   url: the MCP server endpoint
-#   headers: HTTP headers (e.g., for authentication)
-#
-# Optional per-server settings:
-#   timeout: tool call timeout in seconds (default: 120)
-#   connect_timeout: initial connection timeout (default: 60)
-#
-# mcp_servers:
-#   time:
-#     command: uvx
-#     args: ["mcp-server-time"]
-#   filesystem:
-#     command: npx
-#     args: ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/home/user"]
-#   notion:
-#     url: https://mcp.notion.com/mcp
-#   github:
-#     command: npx
-#     args: ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"]
-#     env:
-#       GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: "ghp_..."
-#
-# Sampling (server-initiated LLM requests) — enabled by default.
-# Per-server config under the 'sampling' key:
-#   analysis:
-#     command: npx
-#     args: ["-y", "analysis-server"]
-#     sampling:
-#       enabled: true           # default: true
-#       model: "gemini-3-flash" # override model (optional)
-#       max_tokens_cap: 4096    # max tokens per request
-#       timeout: 30             # LLM call timeout (seconds)
-#       max_rpm: 10             # max requests per minute
-#       allowed_models: []      # model whitelist (empty = all)
-#       max_tool_rounds: 5      # tool loop limit (0 = disable)
-#       log_level: "info"       # audit verbosity
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OPTION 2: Minimal - just web search and terminal
+# Great for: Simple coding tasks, quick lookups
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toolsets:
+#   - web
+#   - terminal
 
-# =============================================================================
-# Voice Transcription (Speech-to-Text)
-# =============================================================================
-# Automatically transcribe voice messages on messaging platforms.
-# 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
-  # 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
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OPTION 3: Research mode - no execution capabilities
+# Great for: Safe information gathering, research tasks
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toolsets:
+#   - web
+#   - vision
+#   - skills
 
-# =============================================================================
-# Response Pacing (Messaging Platforms)
-# =============================================================================
-# Add human-like delays between message chunks.
-# human_delay:
-#   mode: "off"      # "off" | "natural" | "custom"
-#   min_ms: 800      # Min delay (custom mode only)
-#   max_ms: 2500     # Max delay (custom mode only)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OPTION 4: Full automation - browser + terminal
+# Great for: Web scraping, automation tasks, testing
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toolsets:
+#   - terminal
+#   - browser
+#   - web
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OPTION 5: Creative mode - vision + image generation
+# Great for: Design work, image analysis, creative tasks
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toolsets:
+#   - vision
+#   - image_gen
+#   - web
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# OPTION 6: Safe mode - no terminal or browser
+# Great for: Restricted environments, untrusted queries
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# toolsets:
+#   - safe
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Session Logging
@@ -757,201 +259,9 @@ stt:
 # No configuration needed - logging is always enabled.
 # To disable, you would need to modify the source code.
 
-# =============================================================================
-# Code Execution Sandbox (Programmatic Tool Calling)
-# =============================================================================
-# The execute_code tool runs Python scripts that call Hermes tools via RPC.
-# Intermediate tool results stay out of the LLM's context window.
-code_execution:
-  timeout: 300         # Max seconds per script before kill (default: 300 = 5 min)
-  max_tool_calls: 50   # Max RPC tool calls per execution (default: 50)
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Subagent Delegation
-# =============================================================================
-# The delegate_task tool spawns child agents with isolated context.
-# Supports single tasks and batch mode (default 3 parallel, configurable).
-delegation:
-  max_iterations: 50                          # Max tool-calling turns per child (default: 50)
-  # 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.
-  #                                           # Supported: openrouter, nous, zai, kimi-coding, minimax
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Honcho Integration (Cross-Session User Modeling)
-# =============================================================================
-# AI-native persistent memory via Honcho (https://honcho.dev/).
-# Builds a deeper understanding of the user across sessions and tools.
-# Runs alongside USER.md — additive, not a replacement.
-#
-# Requires: pip install honcho-ai
-# Config: ~/.honcho/config.json (shared with Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
-# API key: HONCHO_API_KEY in ~/.hermes/.env or ~/.honcho/config.json
-#
-# Hermes-specific overrides (optional — most config comes from ~/.honcho/config.json):
-# honcho: {}
-
 # =============================================================================
 # Display
 # =============================================================================
 display:
   # Use compact banner mode
   compact: false
-
-  # Tool progress display level (CLI and gateway)
-  #   off:     Silent — no tool activity shown, just the final response
-  #   new:     Show a tool indicator only when the tool changes (skip repeats)
-  #   all:     Show every tool call with a short preview (default)
-  #   verbose: Full args, results, and debug logs (same as /verbose)
-  # 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, 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
-  #   all:     Running output updates + final message (default)
-  background_process_notifications: all
-
-
-  # Play terminal bell when agent finishes a response.
-  # Useful for long-running tasks — your terminal will ding when the agent is done.
-  # Works over SSH. Most terminals can be configured to flash the taskbar or play a sound.
-  bell_on_complete: false
-
-  # Show model reasoning/thinking before each response.
-  # When enabled, a dim box shows the model's thought process above the response.
-  # Toggle at runtime with /reasoning show or /reasoning hide.
-  show_reasoning: false
-
-  # Stream tokens to the terminal as they arrive instead of waiting for the
-  # full response. The response box opens on first token and text appears
-  # line-by-line. Tool calls are still captured silently.
-  # Stream tokens to the terminal in real-time. Disable to wait for full responses.
-  streaming: true
-
-  # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  # Skin / Theme
-  # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  # Customize CLI visual appearance — banner colors, spinner faces, tool prefix,
-  # response box label, and branding text. Change at runtime with /skin <name>.
-  #
-  # Built-in skins:
-  #   default  — Classic Hermes gold/kawaii
-  #   ares     — Crimson/bronze war-god theme with spinner wings
-  #   mono     — Clean grayscale monochrome
-  #   slate    — Cool blue developer-focused
-  #
-  # Custom skins: drop a YAML file in ~/.hermes/skins/<name>.yaml
-  # Schema (all fields optional, missing values inherit from default):
-  #
-  #   name: my-theme
-  #   description: Short description
-  #   colors:
-  #     banner_border: "#HEX"    # Panel border
-  #     banner_title: "#HEX"     # Panel title
-  #     banner_accent: "#HEX"    # Section headers (Available Tools, etc.)
-  #     banner_dim: "#HEX"       # Dim/muted text
-  #     banner_text: "#HEX"      # Body text (tool names, skill names)
-  #     ui_accent: "#HEX"        # UI accent color
-  #     response_border: "#HEX"  # Response box border color
-  #   spinner:
-  #     waiting_faces: ["(⚔)", "(⛨)"]       # Faces shown while waiting
-  #     thinking_faces: ["(⚔)", "(⌁)"]      # Faces shown while thinking
-  #     thinking_verbs: ["forging", "plotting"]  # Verbs for spinner messages
-  #     wings:                                # Optional left/right spinner decorations
-  #       - ["⟪⚔", "⚔⟫"]
-  #       - ["⟪▲", "▲⟫"]
-  #   branding:
-  #     agent_name: "My Agent"               # Banner title and branding
-  #     welcome: "Welcome message"           # Shown at CLI startup
-  #     response_label: " ⚔ Agent "         # Response box header label
-  #     prompt_symbol: "⚔ ❯ "              # Prompt symbol
-  #   tool_prefix: "╎"                       # Tool output line prefix (default: ┊)
-  #
-  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
-# =============================================================================
-# privacy:
-#   # Redact PII from the LLM context prompt.
-#   # When true, phone numbers are stripped and user/chat IDs are replaced
-#   # with deterministic hashes before being sent to the model.
-#   # 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

configs/run_browser_tasks.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Browser-focused data generation run
+# Uses browser-use-tasks.jsonl (6504 tasks)
+# Distribution: browser 97%, web 20%, vision 12%, terminal 15%
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/browser_tasks_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+echo "🌐 Running browser-focused tasks with browser_tasks distribution"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="browser-use-tasks.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=20 \
+  --run_name="browser_tasks" \
+  --distribution="browser_tasks" \
+  --model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.5" \
+  --verbose \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --num_workers=50 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --resume \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You are an AI assistant with browser automation capabilities. Your primary task is to navigate and interact with web pages to accomplish user goals.
+
+IMPORTANT GUIDELINES:
+
+1. SEARCHING: Do NOT try to search directly on Google or other search engines via the browser - they block automated searches. Instead, ALWAYS use the web_search tool first to find URLs for any pages you need to visit, then use browser tools to navigate to those URLs.
+
+2. COOKIE/PRIVACY DIALOGS: After navigating to a page, ALWAYS check if there are cookie consent dialogs, privacy popups, or overlay modals blocking the page. These appear in snapshots as 'dialog' elements with buttons like 'Close', 'Accept', 'Accept All', 'Decline', 'I Agree', 'Got it', 'OK', or 'X'. You MUST dismiss these dialogs FIRST by clicking the appropriate button before trying to interact with other page elements. After dismissing a dialog, take a fresh browser_snapshot to get updated element references.
+
+3. HANDLING TIMEOUTS: If an action times out, it often means the element is blocked by an overlay or the page state has changed. Take a new snapshot to see the current page state and look for any dialogs or popups that need to be dismissed. If there is no dialog box to bypass, then try a new method or report the error to the user and complete the task.
+
+4. GENERAL: Use browser tools to click elements, fill forms, extract information, and perform web-based tasks. If terminal is available, use it for any local file operations or computations needed to support your web tasks. Be thorough in verifying your actions and handle any errors gracefully by retrying or trying alternative approaches." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+#  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \

configs/run_datagen_glm4.7-imagen.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate a timestamp for the log file
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
+LOG_FILE="logs/imagen_eval_gpt5_${TIMESTAMP}.log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="source-data/hermes-agent-imagen-data/hermes_agent_imagen_train_sft.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=20 \
+  --run_name="imagen_train_sft_glm4.7" \
+  --distribution="image_gen" \
+  --model="z-ai/glm-4.7" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \
+  --num_workers=50 \
+  --max_turns=25 \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="When generating an image for the user view the image by using the vision_analyze tool to ensure it is what the user wanted. If it isn't feel free to retry a few times. If none are perfect, choose the best option that is the closest match, and explain its imperfections. If the image generation tool fails, try again a few times. If the vision analyze tool fails, provide the image to the user and explain it is your best effort attempt." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
+#  --verbose \

configs/run_datagen_glm4.7.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/glm4.7-thinking-sft1_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="source-data/hermes-agent-agent-tasks-1/agent_tasks_sft_2.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=20 \
+  --run_name="megascience_glm4.7-thinking-sft2" \
+  --distribution="science" \
+  --model="z-ai/glm-4.7" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \
+  --num_workers=15 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a variety of tools to help you solve scientific, math, and technology problems presented to you. You can use them in sequence and build off of the results of prior tools you've used results. Always use the terminal or search tool if it can provide additional context, verify formulas, double check concepts and recent studies and understanding, doing all calculations, etc. You should only be confident in your own reasoning, knowledge, or calculations if you've exhaustively used all tools available to you to that can help you verify or validate your work. Always pip install any packages you need to use the python scripts you want to run. If you need to use a tool that isn't available, you can use the terminal tool to install or create it in many cases as well. Do not use the terminal tool to communicate with the user, as they cannot see your commands, only your final response after completing the task. Search for at least 3 sources, but not more than 12, so you can maintain focused context." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+#  --verbose \

configs/run_datagen_glm4.7_megascience.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/glm4.7-thinking-sft1-10k_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="source-data/hermes-agent-megascience-data/hermes_agent_megascience_sft_train_1_10k.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=20 \
+  --run_name="megascience_glm4.7-thinking-sft1" \
+  --distribution="science" \
+  --model="z-ai/glm-4.7" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \
+  --num_workers=50 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --resume \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a variety of tools to help you solve scientific, math, and technology problems presented to you. You can use them in sequence and build off of the results of prior tools you've used for furthering results. Always use the terminal or search tool if it can provide additional context, verify formulas, double check concepts and recent studies and understanding, doing all calculations, etc. You should only be confident in your own reasoning, knowledge, or calculations if you've exhaustively used all tools available to you to that can help you verify or validate your work. Always pip install any packages you need to use the python scripts you want to run. If you need to use a tool that isn't available, you can use the terminal tool to install or create it in many cases as well. Do not use the terminal tool to communicate with the user, as they cannot see your commands, only your final response after completing the task. Search for at least 3 sources, but not more than 12, so you can maintain a focused context." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+#  --verbose \

configs/run_datagen_glm4.7_raw_tasks.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/glm4.7-terminal-tasks_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="source-data/raw_tasks_prompts.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=20 \
+  --run_name="terminal-tasks-glm4.7-thinking" \
+  --distribution="default" \
+  --model="z-ai/glm-4.7" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \
+  --num_workers=50 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a variety of tools to help you complete coding, system administration, and general computing tasks. You can use them in sequence and build off of the results of prior tools you've used. Always use the terminal tool to execute commands, write code, install packages, and verify your work. You should test and validate everything you create. Always pip install any packages you need (use --break-system-packages if needed). If you need a tool that isn't available, you can use the terminal to install or create it. Do not use the terminal tool to communicate with the user, as they cannot see your commands, only your final response after completing the task. Use web search when you need to look up documentation, APIs, or current best practices." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+#  --verbose \
+#  --resume \
+

configs/run_datagen_megascience.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="hermes-agent-megascience-data/hermes_agent_megascience_eval.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=10 \
+  --run_name="megascience_eval_gpt5_2" \
+  --distribution="science" \
+  --model="gpt-5" \
+  --base_url="https://api.openai.com/v1" \
+  --api_key="${OPENAI_API_KEY}" \
+  --num_workers=5 \
+  --max_turns=30 \
+  --verbose \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a variety of tools to help you solve scientific, math, and technology problems presented to you. You can use them in sequence and build off of the results of prior tools you've used results. Always use a tool if it can provide additional context, verify formulas, double check concepts and recent studies and understanding, doing all calculations, etc. You should not be confident in your own reasoning, knowledge, or calculations without using a tool to verify or validate your work."

configs/run_datagen_minimax-3.1.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="source-data/hermes-agent-agent-tasks-1/agent_tasks_eval.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=50 \
+  --run_name="megascience_sft_minimax-m2.1-thinking-2-eval" \
+  --distribution="science" \
+  --model="minimax/minimax-m2.1" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="minimax" \
+  --num_workers=1 \
+  --max_turns=40 \
+  --verbose \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a variety of tools to help you solve scientific, math, and technology problems presented to you. You can use them in sequence and build off of the results of prior tools you've used results. Always use the terminal or search tool if it can provide additional context, verify formulas, double check concepts and recent studies and understanding, doing all calculations, etc. You should only be confident in your own reasoning, knowledge, or calculations if you've exhaustively used all tools available to you to that can help you verify or validate your work. Always pip install any packages you need to use the python scripts you want to run. If you need to use a tool that isn't available, you can use the terminal tool to install or create it in many cases as well. Do not use the terminal tool to communicate with the user, as they cannot see your commands, only your final response after completing the task. Search for at least 3 sources, but not more than 12."

configs/run_eval_glm4.7_newterm.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/glm4.7-terminal-tasks-newterm_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="source-data/hermes-agent-agent-tasks-1/agent_tasks_eval.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=1 \
+  --run_name="terminal-tasks-test-newterm" \
+  --distribution="terminal_only" \
+  --verbose \
+  --model="z-ai/glm-4.7" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \
+  --num_workers=5 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a variety of tools to help you complete coding, system administration, and general computing tasks. You can use them in sequence and build off of the results of prior tools you've used. Always use the terminal tool to execute commands, write code, install packages, and verify your work. You should test and validate everything you create. Always pip install any packages you need (use --break-system-packages if needed). If you need a tool that isn't available, you can use the terminal to install or create it. Do not use the terminal tool to communicate with the user, as they cannot see your commands, only your final response after completing the task. Use web search when you need to look up documentation, APIs, or current best practices." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
+
+#  --verbose \
+#  --resume \
+

configs/run_eval_terminal.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Terminal-only evaluation run using Modal sandboxes
+# Uses 10 sample tasks from nous-terminal-tasks
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/terminal_eval_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+echo "🔧 Using Modal sandboxes (TERMINAL_ENV=modal)"
+
+# Set terminal to use Modal
+export TERMINAL_ENV=modal
+export TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
+export TERMINAL_TIMEOUT=300
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="nous-terminal-tasks_eval.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=5 \
+  --run_name="terminal_eval" \
+  --distribution="terminal_only" \
+  --model="z-ai/glm-4.7" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --providers_allowed="gmicloud,siliconflow,atlas-cloud,z-ai,novita" \
+  --num_workers=2 \
+  --max_turns=30 \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a terminal tool for executing commands. Use it to complete the task. Install any packages you need with apt-get or pip (use --break-system-packages if needed). Do not use interactive tools (vim, nano, python repl). If git output is large, pipe to cat." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"

configs/run_mixed_tasks.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Mixed browser+terminal data generation run
+# Uses mixed-browser-terminal-tasks.jsonl (200 tasks)
+# Distribution: browser 92%, terminal 92%, web 35%, vision 15%, image_gen 15%
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/mixed_tasks_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+echo "🔀 Running mixed browser+terminal tasks with mixed_tasks distribution"
+
+# Set terminal environment
+# SIF images are automatically built/cached by terminal_tool.py
+export TERMINAL_ENV=singularity
+export TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE="docker://nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20"
+export TERMINAL_TIMEOUT=300
+
+# Set up Apptainer cache directories (use /scratch if available, otherwise /tmp)
+if [ -d "/scratch" ] && [ -w "/scratch" ]; then
+    CACHE_BASE="/scratch/$USER/.apptainer"
+else
+    CACHE_BASE="/tmp/$USER/.apptainer"
+fi
+export APPTAINER_CACHEDIR="$CACHE_BASE"
+export APPTAINER_TMPDIR="$CACHE_BASE/tmp"
+mkdir -p "$APPTAINER_CACHEDIR" "$APPTAINER_TMPDIR"
+
+echo "📁 Apptainer cache: $APPTAINER_CACHEDIR"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="mixed-browser-terminal-tasks.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=20 \
+  --run_name="mixed_tasks" \
+  --distribution="mixed_tasks" \
+  --model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.5" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --num_workers=25 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You are an AI assistant capable of both browser automation and terminal operations. Use browser tools to navigate websites, interact with web pages, fill forms, and extract information. Use terminal tools to execute commands, write and run code, install packages (use --break-system-packages with pip if needed), and perform local computations. When web search is available, use it to find URLs, documentation, or current information. If vision is available, use it to analyze images or screenshots. If image generation is available, use it when the task requires creating images. Combine browser and terminal capabilities effectively - for example, you might use the browser to fetch data from a website and terminal to process or analyze it. Always verify your work and handle errors gracefully. Whenever you can do something in a terminal instead of a web browser, you should choose to do so, as it's much cheaper." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"

configs/run_terminal_tasks.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Terminal-focused data generation run
+# Uses nous-terminal-tasks.jsonl (597 tasks)
+# Distribution: terminal 97%, web 15%, browser 0%, vision 8%, image_gen 3%
+
+# Create logs directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p logs
+
+# Generate log filename with timestamp
+LOG_FILE="logs/terminal_tasks_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
+
+echo "📝 Logging output to: $LOG_FILE"
+echo "💻 Running terminal-focused tasks with terminal_tasks distribution"
+
+# Set terminal environment
+# SIF images are automatically built/cached by terminal_tool.py
+export TERMINAL_ENV=singularity
+export TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE="docker://nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20"
+export TERMINAL_TIMEOUT=300
+
+# Set up Apptainer cache directories (use /scratch if available, otherwise /tmp)
+if [ -d "/scratch" ] && [ -w "/scratch" ]; then
+    CACHE_BASE="/scratch/$USER/.apptainer"
+else
+    CACHE_BASE="/tmp/$USER/.apptainer"
+fi
+export APPTAINER_CACHEDIR="$CACHE_BASE"
+export APPTAINER_TMPDIR="$CACHE_BASE/tmp"
+mkdir -p "$APPTAINER_CACHEDIR" "$APPTAINER_TMPDIR"
+
+echo "📁 Apptainer cache: $APPTAINER_CACHEDIR"
+echo "🐳 Image: $TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE (auto-converted to SIF on first use)"
+
+python batch_runner.py \
+  --dataset_file="nous-terminal-tasks.jsonl" \
+  --batch_size=5 \
+  --run_name="terminal_tasks-kimi-k2.5" \
+  --distribution="terminal_tasks" \
+  --model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.5" \
+  --verbose \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --num_workers=80 \
+  --max_turns=60 \
+  --providers_ignored="Novita" \
+  --resume \
+  --ephemeral_system_prompt="You have access to a terminal tool for executing commands and completing coding, system administration, and computing tasks. Use the terminal to write code, run scripts, install packages (use --break-system-packages with pip if needed), manipulate files, and verify your work. Always test and validate code you create. Do not use interactive tools like vim, nano, or python REPL. If git output is large, pipe to cat. When web search is available, use it to look up documentation, APIs, or best practices. If browser tools are available, use them for web interactions that require page manipulation. Do not use the terminal to communicate with the user - only your final response will be shown to them." \
+  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "✅ Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"

configs/test_run.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if a prompt argument was provided
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Please provide a prompt as an argument"
+    echo "Usage: $0 \"your prompt here\""
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the prompt from the first argument
+PROMPT="$1"
+
+# Set debug mode for web tools
+export WEB_TOOLS_DEBUG=true
+
+# Run the agent with the provided prompt
+python run_agent.py \
+  --query "$PROMPT" \
+  --max_turns 30 \
+  --model claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 \
+  --base_url https://api.anthropic.com/v1/ \
+  --api_key $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY \
+  --save_trajectories

configs/test_skills_kimi.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Test skills tool with Kimi K2.5
+# Usage: ./configs/test_skills_kimi.sh "your query here"
+# Example: ./configs/test_skills_kimi.sh "List available skills and show me the vllm skill"
+
+# Default query if none provided
+QUERY="${1:-List all available skills. Then show me the axolotl skill and view one of its reference files.}"
+
+echo "🎯 Testing Skills Tool with Kimi K2.5"
+echo "📝 Query: $QUERY"
+echo "=" 
+
+python run_agent.py \
+  --enabled_toolsets=skills \
+  --model="moonshotai/kimi-k2.5" \
+  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
+  --max_turns=10 \
+  --verbose \
+  --save_sample \
+  --query="$QUERY"

constraints-termux.txt

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# 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/__init__.py

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+"""
+Cron job scheduling system for Hermes Agent.
+
+This module provides scheduled task execution, allowing the agent to:
+- Run automated tasks on schedules (cron expressions, intervals, one-shot)
+- Self-schedule reminders and follow-up tasks
+- Execute tasks in isolated sessions (no prior context)
+
+Usage:
+    # Run due jobs (for system cron integration)
+    python -c "from cron import tick; tick()"
+    
+    # Or via CLI
+    python cli.py --cron-daemon
+"""
+
+from cron.jobs import (
+    create_job,
+    get_job,
+    list_jobs,
+    remove_job,
+    update_job,
+    JOBS_FILE,
+)
+from cron.scheduler import tick, run_daemon
+
+__all__ = [
+    "create_job",
+    "get_job", 
+    "list_jobs",
+    "remove_job",
+    "update_job",
+    "tick",
+    "run_daemon",
+    "JOBS_FILE",
+]