Env robustness: context-safe prompting + tool arg normalization

- Preserve full trajectory while truncating prompt view per turn (avoids context overflow)
- Add max_context_tokens support and wire from env config
- Normalize tool call arguments robustly (dict / stringified JSON / plain string)
- Avoid double-encoding tool arguments in Hermes parser
- Add tool-call metrics to AgentResult for debugging/optional shaping

Scope: environments/* only

.dockerignore

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

.env.example

@@ -7,168 +7,49 @@
 # OpenRouter provides access to many models through one API
 # All LLM calls go through OpenRouter - no direct provider keys needed
 # Get your key at: https://openrouter.ai/keys
-# OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
+OPENROUTER_API_KEY=
 
-# Default model 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_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
 
 
 # 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=.
 
@@ -231,10 +112,10 @@ 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 +141,16 @@ 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 +166,9 @@ 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 +178,12 @@ 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

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# 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

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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -1,162 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-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

@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-## 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

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-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

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

.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-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 +1,48 @@
-/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

.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>
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-# 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 |

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-# 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]

Project_notes.md

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+# Project Notes
+
+*Maintained by Hermes — last updated June 2025*
+
+---
+
+## 1. Kandinsky (Multimodal Transformer)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/kandinsky
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/kandinsky`
+- **Description:** An anything-to-anything transformer combining text, image, and audio modalities. Trains on Pokemon BLIP captions paired with Gen 1 Pokemon audio cries. Uses audio tokenization adapted from nanoGPT.
+- **Status:** Early POC. Training code exists (`model.py`) and dataset creation (`create_dataset.py`) works. Audio heads are producing the same sound — unclear if it's a training issue or data issue.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Debug why audio heads produce identical output
+  - Investigate if model needs more training time
+  - Design a data pipeline for better/more training data
+  - General repo cleanup (requirements.txt, proper CLI, etc.)
+
+---
+
+## 2. NightwingGameSim (LLM → GameBoy ROM Generator)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/NightwingGameSim
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/NightwingGameSim`
+- **Description:** AI-powered pipeline that turns natural language prompts into playable GameBoy ROM files. Generates C code, compiles with GBDK, outputs `.gb` files. Supports Claude API, local Llama, and RAG backends.
+- **Status:** Functional — generation pipeline works end-to-end with Claude 4 system prompt. Has tests, docs, examples, and retry logic.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Harden the repo, clean up structure
+  - Build a better testing pipeline
+  - Come up with better prompt ideas / examples
+
+---
+
+## 3. ContentBasedMIR (Music Information Retrieval)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/ContentBasedMIR
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/ContentBasedMIR`
+- **Description:** Music similarity analysis using Spotify API track data. Extracts 54 audio features per song and visualizes similarity matrices for music recommendation.
+- **Status:** Early stage. Can download Spotify track analysis data and plot similarity matrices. Needs significant expansion.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Expand analysis pipeline with more features
+  - Integrate with text message data for personalized recommendations
+  - Build out visualization and exploration tools
+  - General modernization (dependencies, structure)
+
+---
+
+## 4. MessageRetrieval (iMessage RAG/SQL)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/MessageRetrieval
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/MessageRetrieval`
+- **Description:** Natural language querying over iMessage data using SQL generation (text2SQL) instead of vector embeddings. Uses LLM-as-Judge pattern for scoring and ranking retrieved messages.
+- **Status:** Has initial text2SQL pipeline and summarization tool. Recently worked on with Claude Code. Needs testing.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Test out the recent Claude Code work
+  - Build "iMessage Jarvis" — answer questions about texts
+  - Improve SQL generation prompts and accuracy
+  - Better error handling and UX
+
+---
+
+## 5. Grailed Embedding Search
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/grailed-embedding-search
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/grailed-embedding-search`
+- **Description:** Semantic similarity search over Grailed fashion listings using CLIP embeddings and FAISS. Search by image URL or text description to find visually similar products.
+- **Status:** Functional core pipeline. CLIP ViT-B/32 embeds product cover photos into 512-dim vectors, indexed with FAISS cosine similarity. Has CLI, batch embedding, persistent index save/load, and logging.
+- **Recent work (June 2025):**
+  - PR #1 — Initial cleanup: docstrings, type hints, `.gitignore`, `requirements.txt`, README rewrite
+  - PR #2 — Feature improvements: persistent FAISS save/load, batch embedding, CLI (`cli.py`), proper logging throughout, lazy Grailed client, `fetch_details` toggle
+- **TODO:**
+  - Embedding cache (avoid re-embedding known product URLs)
+  - Async/threaded image downloads for faster batch indexing
+  - Search result visualization (matplotlib grid of cover photos)
+  - Filter by category, designer, price range before search
+  - Web UI (Gradio or Streamlit)
+
+---
+
+## 6. NightwingNBA (Sports Analytics)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/NightwingNBA
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/NightwingNBA`
+- **Description:** NBA game prediction system. Builds a database of game data, trains a PyTorch model, and makes daily predictions. Has full pipeline: build DB → write data → train → predict.
+- **Status:** Functional pipeline exists. Has database building, training, prediction, and daily update scripts.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Explore and potentially revive
+  - Update data sources if stale
+  - Improve model accuracy
+  - Add visualization/reporting
+
+---
+
+## 7. Stable Audio Sample Explorer
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/stable-audio-sample-explorer
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/stable-audio-sample-explorer`
+- **Description:** Tool for exploring audio samples generated by Stable Audio.
+- **Status:** 🪦 **Dead** — no active work needed per Sam.
+
+---
+
+## 8. NightwingArt (Art Tools)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/NightwingArt
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/NightwingArt`
+- **Description:** Collection of art tooling scripts — video editing, clip splicing with beat matching, damage effects, and general image manipulation.
+- **Status:** Maintenance mode. Tools exist for various effects. Work happens as-needed.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Add tools as needed for new art projects
+
+---
+
+## 9. Claude-based VST Building ⚠️ *Needs new repo*
+- **Description:** Generate VST audio plugins for DAWs from English language prompts. LLM-powered audio plugin creation.
+- **Status:** Concept only — no repo exists yet.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Create repo
+  - Research VST SDK / JUCE framework
+  - Design prompt → code → compile pipeline
+
+---
+
+## 10. Government Auction Site Scraper ⚠️ *Needs new repo*
+- **Description:** Tool that monitors and scrapes government auction sites in San Francisco for deals.
+- **Status:** Concept only — no repo exists yet.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Create repo
+  - Research SF government auction sites and their structure
+  - Build scraper + notification system
+
+---
+
+## Priority Assessment
+
+| Project | Activity Level | Suggested Priority |
+|---------|---------------|-------------------|
+| NightwingGameSim | Active | 🔴 High |
+| MessageRetrieval | Active | 🔴 High |
+| Kandinsky | Active | 🟡 Medium |
+| ContentBasedMIR | Exploratory | 🟡 Medium |
+| Grailed Embedding Search | Early | 🟡 Medium |
+| NightwingNBA | Dormant | 🟢 Low |
+| NightwingArt | As-needed | 🟢 Low |
+| VST Builder | Concept | 🔵 Future |
+| Gov Auction Scraper | Concept | 🔵 Future |
+| Stable Audio Explorer | Dead | ⚫ None |
+
+
+

RELEASE_v0.10.0.md

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Hermes Agent v0.10.0 (v2026.4.16)
-
-**Release Date:** April 16, 2026
-
-> The Tool Gateway release — paid Nous Portal subscribers can now use web search, image generation, text-to-speech, and browser automation through their existing subscription with zero additional API keys.
-
----
-
-## ✨ Highlights
-
-- **Nous Tool Gateway** — Paid [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com) subscribers now get automatic access to **web search** (Firecrawl), **image generation** (FAL / FLUX 2 Pro), **text-to-speech** (OpenAI TTS), and **browser automation** (Browser Use) through their existing subscription. No separate API keys needed — just run `hermes model`, select Nous Portal, and pick which tools to enable. Per-tool opt-in via `use_gateway` config, full integration with `hermes tools` and `hermes status`, and the runtime correctly prefers the gateway even when direct API keys exist. Replaces the old hidden `HERMES_ENABLE_NOUS_MANAGED_TOOLS` env var with clean subscription-based detection. ([#11206](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/11206), based on work by @jquesnelle; docs: [#11208](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/11208))
-
----
-
-## 🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements
-
-This release includes 180+ commits with numerous bug fixes, platform improvements, and reliability enhancements across the agent core, gateway, CLI, and tool system. Full details will be published in the v0.11.0 changelog.
-
----
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
-- **@jquesnelle** (emozilla) — Original Tool Gateway implementation ([#10799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/10799)), salvaged and shipped in this release
-
----
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.4.13...v2026.4.16](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.4.13...v2026.4.16)

RELEASE_v0.2.0.md

@@ -1,383 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
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-
-## ✨ 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))
-
----
-
-## 📱 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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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-- **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))
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-## 🖥️ CLI & User Experience
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 🏗️ 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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-### 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))
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----
-
-## 📱 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))
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-### Telegram Improvements
-- MarkdownV2 support — strikethrough, spoiler, blockquotes, escape parentheses/braces/backslashes/backticks ([#2199](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2199), [#2200](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2200) by @llbn, [#2386](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2386))
-- Auto-detect HTML tags and use `parse_mode=HTML` ([#1709](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1709))
-- Telegram group vision support + thread-based sessions ([#2153](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2153))
-- Auto-reconnect polling after network interruption ([#2517](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2517))
-- Aggregate split text messages before dispatching ([#1674](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1674))
-- Fix: streaming config bridge, not-modified, flood control ([#1782](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1782), [#1783](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1783))
-- Fix: edited_message event crashes ([#2074](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2074))
-- Fix: retry 409 polling conflicts before giving up ([#2312](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2312))
-- Fix: topic delivery via `platform:chat_id:thread_id` format ([#2455](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2455))
-
-### Discord Improvements
-- Document caching and text-file injection ([#2503](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2503))
-- Persistent typing indicator for DMs ([#2468](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2468))
-- Discord DM vision — inline images + attachment analysis ([#2186](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2186))
-- Persist thread participation across gateway restarts ([#1661](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1661))
-- Fix: gateway crash on non-ASCII guild names ([#2302](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2302))
-- Fix: thread permission errors ([#2073](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2073))
-- Fix: slash event routing in threads ([#2460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2460))
-- Fix: remove bugged followup messages + `/ask` command ([#1836](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1836))
-- Fix: graceful WebSocket reconnection ([#2127](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2127))
-- Fix: voice channel TTS when streaming enabled ([#2322](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2322))
-
-### WhatsApp & Other Adapters
-- WhatsApp: outbound `send_message` routing ([#1769](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1769) by @sai-samarth), LID format self-chat ([#1667](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1667)), `reply_prefix` config fix ([#1923](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1923)), restart on bridge child exit ([#2334](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2334)), image/bridge improvements ([#2181](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2181))
-- Matrix: correct `reply_to_message_id` parameter ([#1895](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1895)), bare media types fix ([#1736](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1736))
-- Mattermost: MIME types for media attachments ([#2329](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2329))
-
-### Gateway Core
-- **Auto-reconnect** failed platforms with exponential backoff ([#2584](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2584))
-- **Notify users when session auto-resets** ([#2519](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2519))
-- **Reply-to message context** for out-of-session replies ([#1662](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1662))
-- **Ignore unauthorized DMs** config option ([#1919](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1919))
-- Fix: `/reset` in thread-mode resets global session instead of thread ([#2254](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2254))
-- Fix: deliver MEDIA: files after streaming responses ([#2382](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2382))
-- Fix: cap interrupt recursion depth to prevent resource exhaustion ([#1659](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1659))
-- Fix: detect stopped processes and release stale locks on `--replace` ([#2406](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2406), [#1908](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1908))
-- Fix: PID-based wait with force-kill for gateway restart ([#1902](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1902))
-- Fix: prevent `--replace` mode from killing the caller process ([#2185](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2185))
-- Fix: `/model` shows active fallback model instead of config default ([#1660](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1660))
-- Fix: `/title` command fails when session doesn't exist in SQLite yet ([#2379](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2379) by @ten-jampa)
-- Fix: process `/queue`'d messages after agent completion ([#2469](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2469))
-- Fix: strip orphaned `tool_results` + let `/reset` bypass running agent ([#2180](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2180))
-- Fix: prevent agents from starting gateway outside systemd management ([#2617](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2617))
-- Fix: prevent systemd restart storm on gateway connection failure ([#2327](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2327))
-- Fix: include resolved node path in systemd unit ([#1767](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1767) by @sai-samarth)
-- Fix: send error details to user in gateway outer exception handler ([#1966](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1966))
-- Fix: improve error handling for 429 usage limits and 500 context overflow ([#1839](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1839))
-- Fix: add all missing platform allowlist env vars to startup warning check ([#2628](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2628))
-- Fix: media delivery fails for file paths containing spaces ([#2621](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2621))
-- Fix: duplicate session-key collision in multi-platform gateway ([#2171](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2171))
-- Fix: Matrix and Mattermost never report as connected ([#1711](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1711))
-- Fix: PII redaction config never read — missing yaml import ([#1701](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1701))
-- Fix: NameError on skill slash commands ([#1697](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1697))
-- Fix: persist watcher metadata in checkpoint for crash recovery ([#1706](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1706))
-- Fix: pass `message_thread_id` in send_image_file, send_document, send_video ([#2339](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2339))
-- Fix: media-group aggregation on rapid successive photo messages ([#2160](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2160))
-
----
-
-## 🔧 Tool System
-
-### MCP Enhancements
-- **MCP server management CLI** + OAuth 2.1 PKCE auth ([#2465](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2465))
-- **Expose MCP servers as standalone toolsets** ([#1907](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1907))
-- **Interactive MCP tool configuration** in `hermes tools` ([#1694](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1694))
-- Fix: MCP-OAuth port mismatch, path traversal, and shared handler state ([#2552](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2552))
-- Fix: preserve MCP tool registrations across session resets ([#2124](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2124))
-- Fix: concurrent file access crash + duplicate MCP registration ([#2154](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2154))
-- Fix: normalise MCP schemas + expand session list columns ([#2102](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2102))
-- Fix: `tool_choice` `mcp_` prefix handling ([#1775](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1775))
-
-### Web Tool Backends
-- **Tavily** as web search/extract/crawl backend ([#1731](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1731))
-- **Parallel** as alternative web search/extract backend ([#1696](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1696))
-- **Configurable web backend** — Firecrawl/BeautifulSoup/Playwright selection ([#2256](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2256))
-- Fix: whitespace-only env vars bypass web backend detection ([#2341](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2341))
-
-### New Tools
-- **IMAP email** reading and sending ([#2173](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2173))
-- **STT (speech-to-text)** tool using Whisper API ([#2072](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2072))
-- **Route-aware pricing estimates** ([#1695](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1695))
-
-### Tool Improvements
-- TTS: `base_url` support for OpenAI TTS provider ([#2064](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2064) by @hanai)
-- Vision: configurable timeout, tilde expansion in file paths, DM vision with multi-image and base64 fallback ([#2480](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2480), [#2585](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2585), [#2211](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2211))
-- Browser: race condition fix in session creation ([#1721](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1721)), TypeError on unexpected LLM params ([#1735](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1735))
-- File tools: strip ANSI escape codes from write_file and patch content ([#2532](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2532)), include pagination args in repeated search key ([#1824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1824) by @cutepawss), improve fuzzy matching accuracy + position calculation refactor ([#2096](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2096), [#1681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1681))
-- Code execution: resource leak and double socket close fix ([#2381](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2381))
-- Delegate: thread safety for concurrent subagent delegation ([#1672](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1672)), preserve parent agent's tool list after delegation ([#1778](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1778))
-- Fix: make concurrent tool batching path-aware for file mutations ([#1914](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1914))
-- Fix: chunk long messages in `send_message_tool` before platform dispatch ([#1646](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1646))
-- Fix: add missing 'messaging' toolset ([#1718](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1718))
-- Fix: prevent unavailable tool names from leaking into model schemas ([#2072](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2072))
-- Fix: pass visited set by reference to prevent diamond dependency duplication ([#2311](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2311))
-- Fix: Daytona sandbox lookup migrated from `find_one` to `get/list` ([#2063](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2063) by @rovle)
-
----
-
-## 🧩 Skills Ecosystem
-
-### Skills System Improvements
-- **Agent-created skills** — Caution-level findings allowed, dangerous skills ask instead of block ([#1840](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1840), [#2446](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2446))
-- **`--yes` flag** to bypass confirmation in `/skills install` and uninstall ([#1647](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1647))
-- **Disabled skills respected** across banner, system prompt, and slash commands ([#1897](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1897))
-- Fix: skills custom_tools import crash + sandbox file_tools integration ([#2239](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2239))
-- Fix: agent-created skills with pip requirements crash on install ([#2145](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2145))
-- Fix: race condition in `Skills.__init__` when `hub.yaml` missing ([#2242](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2242))
-- Fix: validate skill metadata before install and block duplicates ([#2241](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2241))
-- Fix: skills hub inspect/resolve — 4 bugs in inspect, redirects, discovery, tap list ([#2447](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2447))
-- Fix: agent-created skills keep working after session reset ([#2121](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2121))
-
-### New Skills
-- **OCR-and-documents** — PDF/DOCX/XLS/PPTX/image OCR with optional GPU ([#2236](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2236), [#2461](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2461))
-- **Huggingface-hub** bundled skill ([#1921](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1921))
-- **Sherlock OSINT** username search ([#1671](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1671))
-- **Meme-generation** — Image generator with Pillow ([#2344](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2344))
-- **Bioinformatics** gateway skill — index to 400+ bio skills ([#2387](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2387))
-- **Inference.sh** skill (terminal-based) ([#1686](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1686))
-- **Base blockchain** optional skill ([#1643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1643))
-- **3D-model-viewer** optional skill ([#2226](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2226))
-- **FastMCP** optional skill ([#2113](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2113))
-- **Hermes-agent-setup** skill ([#1905](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1905))
-
----
-
-## 🔌 Plugin System Enhancements
-
-- **TUI extension hooks** — Build custom CLIs on top of Hermes ([#2333](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2333))
-- **`hermes plugins install/remove/list`** commands ([#2337](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2337))
-- **Slash command registration** for plugins ([#2359](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2359))
-- **`session:end` lifecycle event** hook ([#1725](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1725))
-- Fix: require opt-in for project plugin discovery ([#2215](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2215))
-
----
-
-## 🔒 Security & Reliability
-
-### Security
-- **SSRF protection** for vision_tools and web_tools ([#2679](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2679))
-- **Shell injection prevention** in `_expand_path` via `~user` path suffix ([#2685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2685))
-- **Block untrusted browser-origin** API server access ([#2451](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2451))
-- **Block sandbox backend creds** from subprocess env ([#1658](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1658))
-- **Block @ references** from reading secrets outside workspace ([#2601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2601) by @Gutslabs)
-- **Malicious code pattern pre-exec scanner** for terminal_tool ([#2245](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2245))
-- **Harden terminal safety** and sandbox file writes ([#1653](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1653))
-- **PKCE verifier leak** fix + OAuth refresh Content-Type ([#1775](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1775))
-- **Eliminate SQL string formatting** in `execute()` calls ([#2061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2061) by @dusterbloom)
-- **Harden jobs API** — input limits, field whitelist, startup check ([#2456](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2456))
-
-### Reliability
-- Thread locks on 4 SessionDB methods ([#1704](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1704))
-- File locking for concurrent memory writes ([#1726](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1726))
-- Handle OpenRouter errors gracefully ([#2112](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2112))
-- Guard print() calls against OSError ([#1668](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1668))
-- Safely handle non-string inputs in redacting formatter ([#2392](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2392), [#1700](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1700))
-- ACP: preserve session provider on model switch, persist sessions to disk ([#2380](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2380), [#2071](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2071))
-- API server: persist ResponseStore to SQLite across restarts ([#2472](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2472))
-- Fix: `fetch_nous_models` always TypeError from positional args ([#1699](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1699))
-- Fix: resolve merge conflict markers in cli.py breaking startup ([#2347](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2347))
-- Fix: `minisweagent_path.py` missing from wheel ([#2098](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2098) by @JiwaniZakir)
-
-### Cron System
-- **`[SILENT]` response** — cron agents can suppress delivery ([#1833](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1833))
-- **Scale missed-job grace window** with schedule frequency ([#2449](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2449))
-- **Recover recent one-shot jobs** ([#1918](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1918))
-- Fix: normalize `repeat<=0` to None — jobs deleted after first run when LLM passes -1 ([#2612](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2612) by @Mibayy)
-- Fix: Matrix added to scheduler delivery platform_map ([#2167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2167) by @buntingszn)
-- Fix: naive ISO timestamps without timezone — jobs fire at wrong time ([#1729](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1729))
-- Fix: `get_due_jobs` reads `jobs.json` twice — race condition ([#1716](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1716))
-- Fix: silent jobs return empty response for delivery skip ([#2442](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2442))
-- Fix: stop injecting cron outputs into gateway session history ([#2313](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2313))
-- Fix: close abandoned coroutine when `asyncio.run()` raises RuntimeError ([#2317](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2317))
-
----
-
-## 🧪 Testing
-
-- Resolve all consistently failing tests ([#2488](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2488))
-- Replace `FakePath` with `monkeypatch` for Python 3.12 compat ([#2444](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2444))
-- Align Hermes setup and full-suite expectations ([#1710](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1710))
-
----
-
-## 📚 Documentation
-
-- Comprehensive docs update for recent features ([#1693](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1693), [#2183](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2183))
-- Alibaba Cloud and DingTalk setup guides ([#1687](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1687), [#1692](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1692))
-- Detailed skills documentation ([#2244](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2244))
-- Honcho self-hosted / Docker configuration ([#2475](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2475))
-- Context length detection FAQ and quickstart references ([#2179](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2179))
-- Fix docs inconsistencies across reference and user guides ([#1995](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1995))
-- Fix MCP install commands — use uv, not bare pip ([#1909](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1909))
-- Replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists ([#2402](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2402))
-- Gemini OAuth provider implementation plan ([#2467](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2467))
-- Discord Server Members Intent marked as required ([#2330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2330))
-- Fix MDX build error in api-server.md ([#1787](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1787))
-- Align venv path to match installer ([#2114](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2114))
-- New skills added to hub index ([#2281](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2281))
-
----
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
-### Core
-- **@teknium1** (Teknium) — 280 PRs
-
-### Community Contributors
-- **@mchzimm** (to_the_max) — GitHub Copilot provider integration ([#1879](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1879))
-- **@jquesnelle** (Jeffrey Quesnelle) — Per-thread persistent event loops fix ([#2214](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2214))
-- **@llbn** (lbn) — Telegram MarkdownV2 strikethrough, spoiler, blockquotes, and escape fixes ([#2199](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2199), [#2200](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2200))
-- **@dusterbloom** — SQL injection prevention + local server context window querying ([#2061](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2061), [#2091](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2091))
-- **@0xbyt4** — Anthropic tool_calls None guard + OpenCode-Go provider config fix ([#2209](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2209), [#2393](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2393))
-- **@sai-samarth** (Saisamarth) — WhatsApp send_message routing + systemd node path ([#1769](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1769), [#1767](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1767))
-- **@Gutslabs** (Guts) — Block @ references from reading secrets ([#2601](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2601))
-- **@Mibayy** (Mibay) — Cron job repeat normalization ([#2612](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2612))
-- **@ten-jampa** (Tenzin Jampa) — Gateway /title command fix ([#2379](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2379))
-- **@cutepawss** (lila) — File tools search pagination fix ([#1824](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/1824))
-- **@hanai** (Hanai) — OpenAI TTS base_url support ([#2064](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2064))
-- **@rovle** (Lovre Pešut) — Daytona sandbox API migration ([#2063](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2063))
-- **@buntingszn** (bunting szn) — Matrix cron delivery support ([#2167](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2167))
-- **@InB4DevOps** — Token counter reset on new session ([#2101](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2101))
-- **@JiwaniZakir** (Zakir Jiwani) — Missing file in wheel fix ([#2098](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2098))
-- **@ygd58** (buray) — Delegate tool parent tool names fix ([#2083](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/2083))
-
----
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.17...v2026.3.23](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.17...v2026.3.23)

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

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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))
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----
-
-## 🧪 Testing
-
-- Resolved 10+ CI failures across hooks, tiktoken, plugins, and skill tests ([#3848](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3848), [#3721](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3721), [#3936](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3936))
-
----
-
-## 📚 Documentation
-
-- **Comprehensive OpenClaw migration guide** — step-by-step guide for migrating from OpenClaw/Claw3D to Hermes Agent ([#3864](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3864), [#3900](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3900))
-- **Credential file passthrough docs** — document how to forward credential files and env vars to remote backends ([#3677](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3677))
-- **DuckDuckGo requirements clarified** — note runtime dependency on duckduckgo-search package ([#3680](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3680))
-- **Skills catalog updated** — added red-teaming category and optional skills listing ([#3745](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3745))
-- **Feishu docs MDX fix** — escape angle-bracket URLs that break Docusaurus build ([#3902](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3902))
-
----
-
-## 👥 Contributors
-
-### Core
-- **@teknium1** — 90 PRs across all subsystems
-
-### Community Contributors
-- **@kshitijk4poor** — 3 PRs: Signal phone number fix ([#3670](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3670)), parallel-cli to optional-skills ([#3673](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3673)), status bar wrapping fix ([#3883](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3883))
-- **@winglian** — 1 PR: Plugin message injection interface ([#3778](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3778))
-- **@binhnt92** — 1 PR: Audio download retry logic ([#3401](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3401))
-- **@0xbyt4** — 1 PR: OpenClaw migration model config fix ([#3924](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3924))
-
-### Issues Resolved from Community
-@Material-Scientist ([#850](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/850)), @hanxu98121 ([#1734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1734)), @penwyp ([#1788](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1788)), @dan-and ([#1945](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1945)), @AdrianScott ([#1963](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1963)), @clawdbot47 ([#3229](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3229)), @alanfwilliams ([#3404](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3404)), @kentimsit ([#3433](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3433)), @hayka-pacha ([#3534](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3534)), @primmer ([#3595](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3595)), @dagelf ([#3609](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3609)), @HenkDz ([#3685](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3685)), @tmdgusya ([#3729](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3729)), @TypQxQ ([#3753](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3753)), @acsezen ([#3765](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/3765))
-
----
-
-**Full Changelog**: [v2026.3.28...v2026.3.30](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.3.28...v2026.3.30)

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

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

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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.
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-
-## ✨ Highlights
-
-- **Local Web Dashboard** — A new browser-based dashboard for managing your Hermes Agent locally. Configure settings, monitor sessions, browse skills, and manage your gateway — all from a clean web interface without touching config files or the terminal. The easiest way to get started with Hermes.
-
-- **Fast Mode (`/fast`)** — Priority processing for OpenAI and Anthropic models. Toggle `/fast` to route through priority queues for significantly lower latency on supported models (GPT-5.4, Codex, Claude). Expands across all OpenAI Priority Processing models and Anthropic's fast tier. ([#6875](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6875), [#6960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6960), [#7037](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7037))
-
-- **iMessage via BlueBubbles** — Full iMessage integration through BlueBubbles, bringing Hermes to Apple's messaging ecosystem. Auto-webhook registration, setup wizard integration, and crash resilience. ([#6437](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6437), [#6460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6460), [#6494](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6494))
-
-- **WeChat (Weixin) & WeCom Callback Mode** — Native WeChat support via iLink Bot API and a new WeCom callback-mode adapter for self-built enterprise apps. Streaming cursor, media uploads, markdown link handling, and atomic state persistence. Hermes now covers the Chinese messaging ecosystem end-to-end. ([#7166](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7166), [#7943](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7943))
-
-- **Termux / Android Support** — Run Hermes natively on Android via Termux. Adapted install paths, TUI optimizations for mobile screens, voice backend support, and the `/image` command work on-device. ([#6834](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6834))
-
-- **Background Process Monitoring (`watch_patterns`)** — Set patterns to watch for in background process output and get notified in real-time when they match. Monitor for errors, wait for specific events ("listening on port"), or watch build logs — all without polling. ([#7635](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7635))
-
-- **Native xAI & Xiaomi MiMo Providers** — First-class provider support for xAI (Grok) and Xiaomi MiMo, with direct API access, model catalogs, and setup wizard integration. Plus Qwen OAuth with portal request support. ([#7372](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7372), [#7855](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7855))
-
-- **Pluggable Context Engine** — Context management is now a pluggable slot via `hermes plugins`. Swap in custom context engines that control what the agent sees each turn — filtering, summarization, or domain-specific context injection. ([#7464](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7464))
-
-- **Unified Proxy Support** — SOCKS proxy, `DISCORD_PROXY`, and system proxy auto-detection across all gateway platforms. Hermes behind corporate firewalls just works. ([#6814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6814))
-
-- **Comprehensive Security Hardening** — Path traversal protection in checkpoint manager, shell injection neutralization in sandbox writes, SSRF redirect guards in Slack image uploads, Twilio webhook signature validation (SMS RCE fix), API server auth enforcement, git argument injection prevention, and approval button authorization. ([#7933](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7933), [#7944](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7944), [#7940](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7940), [#7151](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7151), [#7156](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7156))
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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))
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-- **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

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "schema_version": 1,
-  "name": "hermes-agent",
-  "display_name": "Hermes Agent",
-  "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"]
-  }
-}

acp_registry/icon.svg

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64" width="64" height="64">
-  <defs>
-    <linearGradient id="gold" x1="0%" y1="0%" x2="0%" y2="100%">
-      <stop offset="0%" style="stop-color:#F5C542;stop-opacity:1" />
-      <stop offset="100%" style="stop-color:#D4961C;stop-opacity:1" />
-    </linearGradient>
-  </defs>
-  <!-- Staff -->
-  <rect x="30" y="10" width="4" height="46" rx="2" fill="url(#gold)" />
-  <!-- Wings (left) -->
-  <path d="M30 18 C24 14, 14 14, 10 18 C14 16, 22 16, 28 20" fill="#F5C542" opacity="0.9" />
-  <path d="M30 22 C26 19, 18 19, 14 22 C18 20, 24 20, 28 24" fill="#D4961C" opacity="0.8" />
-  <!-- Wings (right) -->
-  <path d="M34 18 C40 14, 50 14, 54 18 C50 16, 42 16, 36 20" fill="#F5C542" opacity="0.9" />
-  <path d="M34 22 C38 19, 46 19, 50 22 C46 20, 40 20, 36 24" fill="#D4961C" opacity="0.8" />
-  <!-- Left serpent -->
-  <path d="M32 48 C22 44, 20 38, 26 34 C20 36, 18 42, 24 46 C18 40, 22 30, 30 28 C24 32, 22 38, 28 42"
-        fill="none" stroke="#F5C542" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" />
-  <!-- Right serpent -->
-  <path d="M32 48 C42 44, 44 38, 38 34 C44 36, 46 42, 40 46 C46 40, 42 30, 34 28 C40 32, 42 38, 36 42"
-        fill="none" stroke="#D4961C" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" />
-  <!-- Orb at top -->
-  <circle cx="32" cy="10" r="4" fill="#F5C542" />
-  <circle cx="32" cy="10" r="2" fill="#FFF8E1" opacity="0.7" />
-</svg>

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

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/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

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/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

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/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

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""
+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",
+]

cron/jobs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+"""
+Cron job storage and management.
+
+Jobs are stored in ~/.hermes/cron/jobs.json
+Output is saved to ~/.hermes/cron/output/{job_id}/{timestamp}.md
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional, Dict, List, Any
+
+try:
+    from croniter import croniter
+    HAS_CRONITER = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_CRONITER = False
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Configuration
+# =============================================================================
+
+HERMES_DIR = Path.home() / ".hermes"
+CRON_DIR = HERMES_DIR / "cron"
+JOBS_FILE = CRON_DIR / "jobs.json"
+OUTPUT_DIR = CRON_DIR / "output"
+
+
+def ensure_dirs():
+    """Ensure cron directories exist."""
+    CRON_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    OUTPUT_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Schedule Parsing
+# =============================================================================
+
+def parse_duration(s: str) -> int:
+    """
+    Parse duration string into minutes.
+    
+    Examples:
+        "30m" → 30
+        "2h" → 120
+        "1d" → 1440
+    """
+    s = s.strip().lower()
+    match = re.match(r'^(\d+)\s*(m|min|mins|minute|minutes|h|hr|hrs|hour|hours|d|day|days)$', s)
+    if not match:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid duration: '{s}'. Use format like '30m', '2h', or '1d'")
+    
+    value = int(match.group(1))
+    unit = match.group(2)[0]  # First char: m, h, or d
+    
+    multipliers = {'m': 1, 'h': 60, 'd': 1440}
+    return value * multipliers[unit]
+
+
+def parse_schedule(schedule: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Parse schedule string into structured format.
+    
+    Returns dict with:
+        - kind: "once" | "interval" | "cron"
+        - For "once": "run_at" (ISO timestamp)
+        - For "interval": "minutes" (int)
+        - For "cron": "expr" (cron expression)
+    
+    Examples:
+        "30m"              → once in 30 minutes
+        "2h"               → once in 2 hours
+        "every 30m"        → recurring every 30 minutes
+        "every 2h"         → recurring every 2 hours
+        "0 9 * * *"        → cron expression
+        "2026-02-03T14:00" → once at timestamp
+    """
+    schedule = schedule.strip()
+    original = schedule
+    schedule_lower = schedule.lower()
+    
+    # "every X" pattern → recurring interval
+    if schedule_lower.startswith("every "):
+        duration_str = schedule[6:].strip()
+        minutes = parse_duration(duration_str)
+        return {
+            "kind": "interval",
+            "minutes": minutes,
+            "display": f"every {minutes}m"
+        }
+    
+    # Check for cron expression (5 or 6 space-separated fields)
+    # Cron fields: minute hour day month weekday [year]
+    parts = schedule.split()
+    if len(parts) >= 5 and all(
+        re.match(r'^[\d\*\-,/]+$', p) for p in parts[:5]
+    ):
+        if not HAS_CRONITER:
+            raise ValueError("Cron expressions require 'croniter' package. Install with: pip install croniter")
+        # Validate cron expression
+        try:
+            croniter(schedule)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid cron expression '{schedule}': {e}")
+        return {
+            "kind": "cron",
+            "expr": schedule,
+            "display": schedule
+        }
+    
+    # ISO timestamp (contains T or looks like date)
+    if 'T' in schedule or re.match(r'^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}', schedule):
+        try:
+            # Parse and validate
+            dt = datetime.fromisoformat(schedule.replace('Z', '+00:00'))
+            return {
+                "kind": "once",
+                "run_at": dt.isoformat(),
+                "display": f"once at {dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}"
+            }
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid timestamp '{schedule}': {e}")
+    
+    # Duration like "30m", "2h", "1d" → one-shot from now
+    try:
+        minutes = parse_duration(schedule)
+        run_at = datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+        return {
+            "kind": "once",
+            "run_at": run_at.isoformat(),
+            "display": f"once in {original}"
+        }
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    
+    raise ValueError(
+        f"Invalid schedule '{original}'. Use:\n"
+        f"  - Duration: '30m', '2h', '1d' (one-shot)\n"
+        f"  - Interval: 'every 30m', 'every 2h' (recurring)\n"
+        f"  - Cron: '0 9 * * *' (cron expression)\n"
+        f"  - Timestamp: '2026-02-03T14:00:00' (one-shot at time)"
+    )
+
+
+def compute_next_run(schedule: Dict[str, Any], last_run_at: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
+    """
+    Compute the next run time for a schedule.
+    
+    Returns ISO timestamp string, or None if no more runs.
+    """
+    now = datetime.now()
+    
+    if schedule["kind"] == "once":
+        run_at = datetime.fromisoformat(schedule["run_at"])
+        # If in the future, return it; if in the past, no more runs
+        return schedule["run_at"] if run_at > now else None
+    
+    elif schedule["kind"] == "interval":
+        minutes = schedule["minutes"]
+        if last_run_at:
+            # Next run is last_run + interval
+            last = datetime.fromisoformat(last_run_at)
+            next_run = last + timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+        else:
+            # First run is now + interval
+            next_run = now + timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+        return next_run.isoformat()
+    
+    elif schedule["kind"] == "cron":
+        if not HAS_CRONITER:
+            return None
+        cron = croniter(schedule["expr"], now)
+        next_run = cron.get_next(datetime)
+        return next_run.isoformat()
+    
+    return None
+
+
+# =============================================================================
+# Job CRUD Operations
+# =============================================================================
+
+def load_jobs() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Load all jobs from storage."""
+    ensure_dirs()
+    if not JOBS_FILE.exists():
+        return []
+    
+    try:
+        with open(JOBS_FILE, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+            return data.get("jobs", [])
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, IOError):
+        return []
+
+
+def save_jobs(jobs: List[Dict[str, Any]]):
+    """Save all jobs to storage."""
+    ensure_dirs()
+    with open(JOBS_FILE, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump({"jobs": jobs, "updated_at": datetime.now().isoformat()}, f, indent=2)
+
+
+def create_job(
+    prompt: str,
+    schedule: str,
+    name: Optional[str] = None,
+    repeat: Optional[int] = None,
+    deliver: Optional[str] = None,
+    origin: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Create a new cron job.
+    
+    Args:
+        prompt: The prompt to run (must be self-contained)
+        schedule: Schedule string (see parse_schedule)
+        name: Optional friendly name
+        repeat: How many times to run (None = forever, 1 = once)
+        deliver: Where to deliver output ("origin", "local", "telegram", etc.)
+        origin: Source info where job was created (for "origin" delivery)
+    
+    Returns:
+        The created job dict
+    """
+    parsed_schedule = parse_schedule(schedule)
+    
+    # Auto-set repeat=1 for one-shot schedules if not specified
+    if parsed_schedule["kind"] == "once" and repeat is None:
+        repeat = 1
+    
+    # Default delivery to origin if available, otherwise local
+    if deliver is None:
+        deliver = "origin" if origin else "local"
+    
+    job_id = uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]
+    now = datetime.now().isoformat()
+    
+    job = {
+        "id": job_id,
+        "name": name or prompt[:50].strip(),
+        "prompt": prompt,
+        "schedule": parsed_schedule,
+        "schedule_display": parsed_schedule.get("display", schedule),
+        "repeat": {
+            "times": repeat,  # None = forever
+            "completed": 0
+        },
+        "enabled": True,
+        "created_at": now,
+        "next_run_at": compute_next_run(parsed_schedule),
+        "last_run_at": None,
+        "last_status": None,
+        "last_error": None,
+        # Delivery configuration
+        "deliver": deliver,
+        "origin": origin,  # Tracks where job was created for "origin" delivery
+    }
+    
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    jobs.append(job)
+    save_jobs(jobs)
+    
+    return job
+
+
+def get_job(job_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Get a job by ID."""
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    for job in jobs:
+        if job["id"] == job_id:
+            return job
+    return None
+
+
+def list_jobs(include_disabled: bool = False) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """List all jobs, optionally including disabled ones."""
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    if not include_disabled:
+        jobs = [j for j in jobs if j.get("enabled", True)]
+    return jobs
+
+
+def update_job(job_id: str, updates: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Update a job by ID."""
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    for i, job in enumerate(jobs):
+        if job["id"] == job_id:
+            jobs[i] = {**job, **updates}
+            save_jobs(jobs)
+            return jobs[i]
+    return None
+
+
+def remove_job(job_id: str) -> bool:
+    """Remove a job by ID."""
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    original_len = len(jobs)
+    jobs = [j for j in jobs if j["id"] != job_id]
+    if len(jobs) < original_len:
+        save_jobs(jobs)
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def mark_job_run(job_id: str, success: bool, error: Optional[str] = None):
+    """
+    Mark a job as having been run.
+    
+    Updates last_run_at, last_status, increments completed count,
+    computes next_run_at, and auto-deletes if repeat limit reached.
+    """
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    for i, job in enumerate(jobs):
+        if job["id"] == job_id:
+            now = datetime.now().isoformat()
+            job["last_run_at"] = now
+            job["last_status"] = "ok" if success else "error"
+            job["last_error"] = error if not success else None
+            
+            # Increment completed count
+            if job.get("repeat"):
+                job["repeat"]["completed"] = job["repeat"].get("completed", 0) + 1
+                
+                # Check if we've hit the repeat limit
+                times = job["repeat"].get("times")
+                completed = job["repeat"]["completed"]
+                if times is not None and completed >= times:
+                    # Remove the job (limit reached)
+                    jobs.pop(i)
+                    save_jobs(jobs)
+                    return
+            
+            # Compute next run
+            job["next_run_at"] = compute_next_run(job["schedule"], now)
+            
+            # If no next run (one-shot completed), disable
+            if job["next_run_at"] is None:
+                job["enabled"] = False
+            
+            save_jobs(jobs)
+            return
+    
+    save_jobs(jobs)
+
+
+def get_due_jobs() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Get all jobs that are due to run now."""
+    now = datetime.now()
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    due = []
+    
+    for job in jobs:
+        if not job.get("enabled", True):
+            continue
+        
+        next_run = job.get("next_run_at")
+        if not next_run:
+            continue
+        
+        next_run_dt = datetime.fromisoformat(next_run)
+        if next_run_dt <= now:
+            due.append(job)
+    
+    return due
+
+
+def save_job_output(job_id: str, output: str):
+    """Save job output to file."""
+    ensure_dirs()
+    job_output_dir = OUTPUT_DIR / job_id
+    job_output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    
+    timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+    output_file = job_output_dir / f"{timestamp}.md"
+    
+    with open(output_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(output)
+    
+    return output_file

cron/scheduler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+"""
+Cron job scheduler - executes due jobs.
+
+This module provides:
+- tick(): Run all due jobs once (for system cron integration)
+- run_daemon(): Run continuously, checking every 60 seconds
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+# Add parent directory to path for imports
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))
+
+from cron.jobs import get_due_jobs, mark_job_run, save_job_output
+
+
+def run_job(job: dict) -> tuple[bool, str, Optional[str]]:
+    """
+    Execute a single cron job.
+    
+    Returns:
+        Tuple of (success, output, error_message)
+    """
+    from run_agent import AIAgent
+    
+    job_id = job["id"]
+    job_name = job["name"]
+    prompt = job["prompt"]
+    
+    print(f"[cron] Running job '{job_name}' (ID: {job_id})")
+    print(f"[cron] Prompt: {prompt[:100]}{'...' if len(prompt) > 100 else ''}")
+    
+    try:
+        # Create agent with default settings
+        # Jobs run in isolated sessions (no prior context)
+        agent = AIAgent(
+            model=os.getenv("HERMES_MODEL", "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6"),
+            quiet_mode=True,
+            session_id=f"cron_{job_id}_{datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}"
+        )
+        
+        # Run the conversation
+        result = agent.run_conversation(prompt)
+        
+        # Extract final response
+        final_response = result.get("final_response", "")
+        if not final_response:
+            final_response = "(No response generated)"
+        
+        # Build output document
+        output = f"""# Cron Job: {job_name}
+
+**Job ID:** {job_id}
+**Run Time:** {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}
+**Schedule:** {job.get('schedule_display', 'N/A')}
+
+## Prompt
+
+{prompt}
+
+## Response
+
+{final_response}
+"""
+        
+        print(f"[cron] Job '{job_name}' completed successfully")
+        return True, output, None
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        error_msg = f"{type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}"
+        print(f"[cron] Job '{job_name}' failed: {error_msg}")
+        
+        # Build error output
+        output = f"""# Cron Job: {job_name} (FAILED)
+
+**Job ID:** {job_id}
+**Run Time:** {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}
+**Schedule:** {job.get('schedule_display', 'N/A')}
+
+## Prompt
+
+{prompt}
+
+## Error
+
+```
+{error_msg}
+
+{traceback.format_exc()}
+```
+"""
+        return False, output, error_msg
+
+
+def tick(verbose: bool = True) -> int:
+    """
+    Check and run all due jobs.
+    
+    This is designed to be called by system cron every minute:
+        */1 * * * * cd ~/hermes-agent && python -c "from cron import tick; tick()"
+    
+    Args:
+        verbose: Whether to print status messages
+    
+    Returns:
+        Number of jobs executed
+    """
+    due_jobs = get_due_jobs()
+    
+    if verbose and not due_jobs:
+        print(f"[cron] {datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')} - No jobs due")
+        return 0
+    
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"[cron] {datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S')} - {len(due_jobs)} job(s) due")
+    
+    executed = 0
+    for job in due_jobs:
+        try:
+            success, output, error = run_job(job)
+            
+            # Save output to file
+            output_file = save_job_output(job["id"], output)
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"[cron] Output saved to: {output_file}")
+            
+            # Mark job as run (handles repeat counting, next_run computation)
+            mark_job_run(job["id"], success, error)
+            executed += 1
+            
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[cron] Error processing job {job['id']}: {e}")
+            mark_job_run(job["id"], False, str(e))
+    
+    return executed
+
+
+def run_daemon(check_interval: int = 60, verbose: bool = True):
+    """
+    Run the cron daemon continuously.
+    
+    Checks for due jobs every `check_interval` seconds.
+    
+    Args:
+        check_interval: Seconds between checks (default: 60)
+        verbose: Whether to print status messages
+    """
+    print(f"[cron] Starting daemon (checking every {check_interval}s)")
+    print(f"[cron] Press Ctrl+C to stop")
+    print()
+    
+    try:
+        while True:
+            try:
+                tick(verbose=verbose)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[cron] Tick error: {e}")
+            
+            time.sleep(check_interval)
+            
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\n[cron] Daemon stopped")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Allow running directly: python cron/scheduler.py [daemon|tick]
+    import argparse
+    
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Hermes Cron Scheduler")
+    parser.add_argument("mode", choices=["daemon", "tick"], default="tick", nargs="?",
+                        help="Mode: 'tick' to run once, 'daemon' to run continuously")
+    parser.add_argument("--interval", type=int, default=60,
+                        help="Check interval in seconds for daemon mode")
+    parser.add_argument("--quiet", "-q", action="store_true",
+                        help="Suppress status messages")
+    
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    if args.mode == "daemon":
+        run_daemon(check_interval=args.interval, verbose=not args.quiet)
+    else:
+        tick(verbose=not args.quiet)

datagen-config-examples/example_browser_tasks.jsonl

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{"prompt": "Go to https://news.ycombinator.com and find the top 5 posts on the front page. For each post, get the title, URL, points, and number of comments. Return the results as a formatted summary."}
-{"prompt": "Navigate to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes and extract the first paragraph of the article, the image caption, and the list of items in the infobox. Summarize what you find."}
-{"prompt": "Go to https://github.com/trending and find the top 3 trending repositories today. For each repo, get the name, description, language, and star count. Write the results to a file called trending_repos.md."}
-{"prompt": "Visit https://httpbin.org/forms/post and fill out the form with sample data (customer name: Jane Doe, size: Medium, topping: Bacon, delivery time: 12:00). Submit the form and report what the response page shows."}
-{"prompt": "Navigate to https://books.toscrape.com, browse to the Travel category, find the highest-rated book, and extract its title, price, availability, and description."}

datagen-config-examples/run_browser_tasks.sh

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Example: Browser-Focused Data Generation
-# =============================================================================
-#
-# Generates tool-calling trajectories for browser automation tasks.
-# The agent navigates websites, fills forms, extracts information, etc.
-#
-# Distribution: browser 97%, web 20%, vision 12%, terminal 15%
-#
-# Prerequisites:
-#   - OPENROUTER_API_KEY in ~/.hermes/.env
-#   - BROWSERBASE_API_KEY in ~/.hermes/.env (for browser tools)
-#   - A dataset JSONL file with one {"prompt": "..."} per line
-#
-# Usage:
-#   cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent
-#   bash datagen-config-examples/run_browser_tasks.sh
-#
-# Output: data/browser_tasks_example/trajectories.jsonl
-# =============================================================================
-
-mkdir -p logs
-
-LOG_FILE="logs/browser_tasks_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
-echo "📝 Logging to: $LOG_FILE"
-
-# Point to the example dataset in this directory
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-
-python scripts/batch_runner.py \
-  --dataset_file="$SCRIPT_DIR/example_browser_tasks.jsonl" \
-  --batch_size=5 \
-  --run_name="browser_tasks_example" \
-  --distribution="browser_tasks" \
-  --model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" \
-  --base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1" \
-  --num_workers=3 \
-  --max_turns=30 \
-  --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 search directly on Google via the browser — they block automated searches. Use the web_search tool first to find URLs, then navigate to them with browser tools.
-
-2. COOKIE/PRIVACY DIALOGS: After navigating to a page, check for cookie consent or privacy popups. Dismiss them by clicking Accept/Close/OK before interacting with other elements. Take a fresh browser_snapshot afterward.
-
-3. HANDLING TIMEOUTS: If an action times out, the element may be blocked by an overlay. Take a new snapshot and look for dialogs to dismiss. If none, try an alternative approach or report the issue.
-
-4. GENERAL: Use browser tools to click, fill forms, and extract information. Use terminal for local file operations. Verify your actions and handle errors gracefully." \
-  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
-
-echo "✅ Done. Log: $LOG_FILE"
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Common options you can add:
-#
-#   --resume                  Resume from checkpoint if interrupted
-#   --verbose                 Enable detailed logging
-#   --max_tokens=63000        Set max response tokens
-#   --reasoning_disabled      Disable model thinking/reasoning tokens
-#   --providers_allowed="anthropic,google"  Restrict to specific providers
-#   --prefill_messages_file="configs/prefill.json"  Few-shot priming
-# =============================================================================

datagen-config-examples/web_research.yaml

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# datagen-config-examples/web_research.yaml
-#
-# Batch data generation config for WebResearchEnv.
-# Generates tool-calling trajectories for multi-step web research tasks.
-#
-# Usage:
-#   python scripts/batch_runner.py \
-#     --config datagen-config-examples/web_research.yaml \
-#     --run_name web_research_v1
-
-environment: web-research
-
-# Toolsets available to the agent during data generation
-toolsets:
-  - web
-  - file
-
-# How many parallel workers to use
-num_workers: 4
-
-# Questions per batch
-batch_size: 20
-
-# Total trajectories to generate (comment out to run full dataset)
-max_items: 500
-
-# Model to use for generation (override with --model flag)
-model: openrouter/nousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b
-
-# System prompt additions (ephemeral — not saved to trajectories)
-ephemeral_system_prompt: |
-  You are a highly capable research agent. When asked a factual question,
-  always use web_search to find current, accurate information before answering.
-  Cite at least 2 sources. Be concise and accurate.
-
-# Output directory
-output_dir: data/web_research_v1
-
-# Trajectory compression settings (for fitting into training token budgets)
-compression:
-  enabled: true
-  target_max_tokens: 16000
-
-# Eval settings
-eval_every: 100       # Run eval every N trajectories
-eval_size: 25         # Number of held-out questions per eval run

docker/SOUL.md

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

docker/entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Docker/Podman entrypoint: bootstrap config files into the mounted volume, then run hermes.
-set -e
-
-HERMES_HOME="${HERMES_HOME:-/opt/data}"
-INSTALL_DIR="/opt/hermes"
-
-# --- Privilege dropping via gosu ---
-# When started as root (the default for Docker, or fakeroot in rootless Podman),
-# optionally remap the hermes user/group to match host-side ownership, fix volume
-# permissions, then re-exec as hermes.
-if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
-    if [ -n "$HERMES_UID" ] && [ "$HERMES_UID" != "$(id -u hermes)" ]; then
-        echo "Changing hermes UID to $HERMES_UID"
-        usermod -u "$HERMES_UID" hermes
-    fi
-
-    if [ -n "$HERMES_GID" ] && [ "$HERMES_GID" != "$(id -g hermes)" ]; then
-        echo "Changing hermes GID to $HERMES_GID"
-        # -o allows non-unique GID (e.g. macOS GID 20 "staff" may already exist
-        # as "dialout" in the Debian-based container image)
-        groupmod -o -g "$HERMES_GID" hermes 2>/dev/null || true
-    fi
-
-    actual_hermes_uid=$(id -u hermes)
-    if [ "$(stat -c %u "$HERMES_HOME" 2>/dev/null)" != "$actual_hermes_uid" ]; then
-        echo "$HERMES_HOME is not owned by $actual_hermes_uid, fixing"
-        # In rootless Podman the container's "root" is mapped to an unprivileged
-        # host UID — chown will fail.  That's fine: the volume is already owned
-        # by the mapped user on the host side.
-        chown -R hermes:hermes "$HERMES_HOME" 2>/dev/null || \
-            echo "Warning: chown failed (rootless container?) — continuing anyway"
-    fi
-
-    echo "Dropping root privileges"
-    exec gosu hermes "$0" "$@"
-fi
-
-# --- Running as hermes from here ---
-source "${INSTALL_DIR}/.venv/bin/activate"
-
-# Create essential directory structure.  Cache and platform directories
-# (cache/images, cache/audio, platforms/whatsapp, etc.) are created on
-# demand by the application — don't pre-create them here so new installs
-# get the consolidated layout from get_hermes_dir().
-# The "home/" subdirectory is a per-profile HOME for subprocesses (git,
-# ssh, gh, npm …).  Without it those tools write to /root which is
-# ephemeral and shared across profiles.  See issue #4426.
-mkdir -p "$HERMES_HOME"/{cron,sessions,logs,hooks,memories,skills,skins,plans,workspace,home}
-
-# .env
-if [ ! -f "$HERMES_HOME/.env" ]; then
-    cp "$INSTALL_DIR/.env.example" "$HERMES_HOME/.env"
-fi
-
-# config.yaml
-if [ ! -f "$HERMES_HOME/config.yaml" ]; then
-    cp "$INSTALL_DIR/cli-config.yaml.example" "$HERMES_HOME/config.yaml"
-fi
-
-# SOUL.md
-if [ ! -f "$HERMES_HOME/SOUL.md" ]; then
-    cp "$INSTALL_DIR/docker/SOUL.md" "$HERMES_HOME/SOUL.md"
-fi
-
-# Sync bundled skills (manifest-based so user edits are preserved)
-if [ -d "$INSTALL_DIR/skills" ]; then
-    hermes-skills-sync
-fi
-
-exec hermes "$@"

docs/agents.md

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Agents
+
+The agent is the core loop that orchestrates LLM calls and tool execution.
+
+## AIAgent Class
+
+The main agent is implemented in `run_agent.py`:
+
+```python
+class AIAgent:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model: str = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4",
+        api_key: str = None,
+        base_url: str = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
+        max_turns: int = 20,
+        enabled_toolsets: list = None,
+        disabled_toolsets: list = None,
+        verbose_logging: bool = False,
+    ):
+        # Initialize OpenAI client, load tools based on toolsets
+        ...
+    
+    def chat(self, user_message: str, task_id: str = None) -> str:
+        # Main entry point - runs the agent loop
+        ...
+```
+
+## Agent Loop
+
+The core loop in `_run_agent_loop()`:
+
+```
+1. Add user message to conversation
+2. Call LLM with tools
+3. If LLM returns tool calls:
+   - Execute each tool
+   - Add tool results to conversation
+   - Go to step 2
+4. If LLM returns text response:
+   - Return response to user
+```
+
+```python
+while turns < max_turns:
+    response = client.chat.completions.create(
+        model=model,
+        messages=messages,
+        tools=tool_schemas,
+    )
+    
+    if response.tool_calls:
+        for tool_call in response.tool_calls:
+            result = await execute_tool(tool_call)
+            messages.append(tool_result_message(result))
+        turns += 1
+    else:
+        return response.content
+```
+
+## Conversation Management
+
+Messages are stored as a list of dicts following OpenAI format:
+
+```python
+messages = [
+    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant..."},
+    {"role": "user", "content": "Search for Python tutorials"},
+    {"role": "assistant", "content": None, "tool_calls": [...]},
+    {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "...", "content": "..."},
+    {"role": "assistant", "content": "Here's what I found..."},
+]
+```
+
+## Reasoning Context
+
+For models that support reasoning (chain-of-thought), the agent:
+1. Extracts `reasoning_content` from API responses
+2. Stores it in `assistant_msg["reasoning"]` for trajectory export
+3. Passes it back via `reasoning_content` field on subsequent turns
+
+## Trajectory Export
+
+Conversations can be exported for training:
+
+```python
+agent = AIAgent(save_trajectories=True)
+agent.chat("Do something")
+# Saves to trajectories/*.jsonl in ShareGPT format
+```
+
+## Batch Processing
+
+For processing multiple prompts, use `batch_runner.py`:
+
+```bash
+python batch_runner.py \
+    --dataset_file=prompts.jsonl \
+    --batch_size=20 \
+    --num_workers=4 \
+    --run_name=my_run
+```
+
+See `batch_runner.py` for parallel execution with checkpointing.

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+# CLI
+
+The Hermes Agent CLI provides an interactive terminal interface for working with the agent.
+
+## Running the CLI
+
+```bash
+# Basic usage
+./hermes
+
+# With specific model
+./hermes --model "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"
+
+# With specific toolsets
+./hermes --toolsets "web,terminal,skills"
+
+# Verbose mode
+./hermes --verbose
+```
+
+## Architecture
+
+The CLI is implemented in `cli.py` and uses:
+
+- **Rich** - Welcome banner with ASCII art and styled panels
+- **prompt_toolkit** - Fixed input area with command history
+- **KawaiiSpinner** - Animated feedback during operations
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  HERMES-AGENT ASCII Logo                        │
+│  ┌─────────────┐ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │
+│  │  Caduceus   │ │ Model: claude-opus-4.5     │ │
+│  │  ASCII Art  │ │ Terminal: local            │ │
+│  │             │ │ Working Dir: /home/user    │ │
+│  │             │ │ Available Tools: 19        │ │
+│  │             │ │ Available Skills: 12       │ │
+│  └─────────────┘ └────────────────────────────┘ │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+│ Conversation output scrolls here...             │
+│                                                 │
+│ User: Hello!                                    │
+│ ────────────────────────────────────────────── │
+│   (◕‿◕✿) 🧠 pondering... (2.3s)                │
+│   ✧٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧ got it! (2.3s)                    │
+│                                                 │
+│ Assistant: Hello! How can I help you today?    │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│ ❯ [Fixed input area at bottom]                  │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Commands
+
+| Command | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| `/help` | Show available commands |
+| `/tools` | List available tools grouped by toolset |
+| `/toolsets` | List available toolsets with descriptions |
+| `/model [name]` | Show or change the current model |
+| `/prompt [text]` | View/set/clear custom system prompt |
+| `/personality [name]` | Set a predefined personality |
+| `/clear` | Clear screen and reset conversation |
+| `/reset` | Reset conversation only (keep screen) |
+| `/history` | Show conversation history |
+| `/save` | Save current conversation to file |
+| `/config` | Show current configuration |
+| `/quit` | Exit the CLI (also: `/exit`, `/q`) |
+
+## Configuration
+
+The CLI is configured via `cli-config.yaml`. Copy from `cli-config.yaml.example`:
+
+```bash
+cp cli-config.yaml.example cli-config.yaml
+```
+
+### Model Configuration
+
+```yaml
+model:
+  default: "anthropic/claude-opus-4.5"
+  base_url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
+```
+
+### Terminal Configuration
+
+The CLI supports multiple terminal backends:
+
+```yaml
+# Local execution (default)
+terminal:
+  env_type: "local"
+  cwd: "."  # Current directory
+
+# SSH remote execution (sandboxed - agent can't touch its own code)
+terminal:
+  env_type: "ssh"
+  cwd: "/home/myuser/project"
+  ssh_host: "my-server.example.com"
+  ssh_user: "myuser"
+  ssh_key: "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
+# Docker container
+terminal:
+  env_type: "docker"
+  docker_image: "python:3.11"
+
+# Singularity/Apptainer (HPC)
+terminal:
+  env_type: "singularity"
+  singularity_image: "docker://python:3.11"
+
+# Modal cloud
+terminal:
+  env_type: "modal"
+  modal_image: "python:3.11"
+```
+
+### Sudo Support
+
+The CLI supports interactive sudo prompts:
+
+```
+┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  🔐 SUDO PASSWORD REQUIRED                               │
+├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│  Enter password below (input is hidden), or:             │
+│    • Press Enter to skip (command fails gracefully)      │
+│    • Wait 45s to auto-skip                               │
+└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+  Password (hidden): 
+```
+
+**Options:**
+- **Interactive**: Leave `sudo_password` unset - you'll be prompted when needed
+- **Configured**: Set `sudo_password` in `cli-config.yaml` to auto-fill
+- **Environment**: Set `SUDO_PASSWORD` in `.env` for all runs
+
+Password is cached for the session once entered.
+
+### Toolsets
+
+Control which tools are available:
+
+```yaml
+# Enable all tools
+toolsets:
+  - all
+
+# Or enable specific toolsets
+toolsets:
+  - web
+  - terminal
+  - skills
+```
+
+Available toolsets: `web`, `search`, `terminal`, `browser`, `vision`, `image_gen`, `skills`, `moa`, `debugging`, `safe`
+
+### Personalities
+
+Predefined personalities for the `/personality` command:
+
+```yaml
+agent:
+  personalities:
+    helpful: "You are a helpful, friendly AI assistant."
+    kawaii: "You are a kawaii assistant! Use cute expressions..."
+    pirate: "Arrr! Ye be talkin' to Captain Hermes..."
+    # Add your own!
+```
+
+Built-in personalities:
+- `helpful`, `concise`, `technical`, `creative`, `teacher`
+- `kawaii`, `catgirl`, `pirate`, `shakespeare`, `surfer`
+- `noir`, `uwu`, `philosopher`, `hype`
+
+## Animated Feedback
+
+The CLI provides animated feedback during operations:
+
+### Thinking Animation
+
+During API calls, shows animated spinner with thinking verbs:
+```
+  ◜ (｡•́︿•̀｡) pondering... (1.2s)
+  ◠ (⊙_⊙) contemplating... (2.4s)
+  ✧٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧ got it! (3.1s)
+```
+
+### Tool Execution Animation
+
+Each tool type has unique animations:
+```
+  ⠋ (◕‿◕✿) 🔍 web_search... (0.8s)
+  ▅ (≧◡≦) 💻 terminal... (1.2s)
+  🌓 (★ω★) 🌐 browser_navigate... (2.1s)
+  ✧ (✿◠‿◠) 🎨 image_generate... (4.5s)
+```
+
+## Multi-line Input
+
+For multi-line input, end a line with `\` to continue:
+
+```
+❯ Write a function that:\
+  1. Takes a list of numbers\
+  2. Returns the sum
+```
+
+## Environment Variable Priority
+
+For terminal settings, `cli-config.yaml` takes precedence over `.env`:
+
+1. `cli-config.yaml` (highest priority in CLI)
+2. `.env` file
+3. System environment variables
+4. Default values
+
+This allows you to have different terminal configs for CLI vs batch processing.
+
+## Session Management
+
+- **History**: Command history is saved to `~/.hermes_history`
+- **Conversations**: Use `/save` to export conversations
+- **Reset**: Use `/clear` for full reset, `/reset` to just clear history
+- **Session Logs**: Every session automatically logs to `logs/session_{session_id}.json`
+
+### Session Logging
+
+Sessions are automatically logged to the `logs/` directory:
+
+```
+logs/
+├── session_20260201_143052_a1b2c3.json
+├── session_20260201_150217_d4e5f6.json
+└── ...
+```
+
+The session ID is displayed in the welcome banner and follows the format: `YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS_UUID`.
+
+Log files contain:
+- Full conversation history in trajectory format
+- Timestamps for session start and last update
+- Model and message count metadata
+
+This is useful for:
+- Debugging agent behavior
+- Replaying conversations
+- Training data inspection
+
+### Context Compression
+
+Long conversations can exceed model context limits. The CLI automatically compresses context when approaching the limit:
+
+```yaml
+# In cli-config.yaml
+compression:
+  enabled: true                    # Enable auto-compression
+  threshold: 0.85                  # Compress at 85% of context limit  
+  summary_model: "google/gemini-2.0-flash-001"
+```
+
+**How it works:**
+1. Tracks actual token usage from each API response
+2. When tokens reach threshold, middle turns are summarized
+3. First 3 and last 4 turns are always protected
+4. Conversation continues seamlessly after compression
+
+**When compression triggers:**
+```
+📦 Context compression triggered (170,000 tokens ≥ 170,000 threshold)
+   📊 Model context limit: 200,000 tokens (85% = 170,000)
+   🗜️  Summarizing turns 4-15 (12 turns)
+   ✅ Compressed: 20 → 9 messages (~45,000 tokens saved)
+```
+
+To disable compression:
+```yaml
+compression:
+  enabled: false
+```
+
+## Quiet Mode
+
+The CLI runs in "quiet mode" (`HERMES_QUIET=1`), which:
+- Suppresses verbose logging from tools
+- Enables kawaii-style animated feedback
+- Hides terminal environment warnings
+- Keeps output clean and user-friendly
+
+For verbose output (debugging), use:
+```bash
+./hermes --verbose
+```

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+# LLM Client
+
+Hermes Agent uses the OpenAI Python SDK with OpenRouter as the backend, providing access to many models through a single API.
+
+## Configuration
+
+```python
+from openai import OpenAI
+
+client = OpenAI(
+    api_key=os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY"),
+    base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
+)
+```
+
+## Supported Models
+
+Any model available on [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/models):
+
+```python
+# Anthropic
+model = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"
+model = "anthropic/claude-opus-4"
+
+# OpenAI
+model = "openai/gpt-4o"
+model = "openai/o1"
+
+# Google
+model = "google/gemini-2.0-flash"
+
+# Open models
+model = "meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct"
+model = "deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3"
+model = "moonshotai/kimi-k2.5"
+```
+
+## Tool Calling
+
+Standard OpenAI function calling format:
+
+```python
+response = client.chat.completions.create(
+    model=model,
+    messages=messages,
+    tools=[
+        {
+            "type": "function",
+            "function": {
+                "name": "web_search",
+                "description": "Search the web",
+                "parameters": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "query": {"type": "string"}
+                    },
+                    "required": ["query"]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+)
+
+# Check for tool calls
+if response.choices[0].message.tool_calls:
+    for tool_call in response.choices[0].message.tool_calls:
+        name = tool_call.function.name
+        args = json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)
+        # Execute tool...
+```
+
+## Reasoning Models
+
+Some models return reasoning/thinking content:
+
+```python
+# Access reasoning if available
+message = response.choices[0].message
+if hasattr(message, 'reasoning_content') and message.reasoning_content:
+    reasoning = message.reasoning_content
+    # Store for trajectory export
+```
+
+## Provider Selection
+
+OpenRouter allows selecting specific providers:
+
+```python
+response = client.chat.completions.create(
+    model=model,
+    messages=messages,
+    extra_body={
+        "provider": {
+            "order": ["Anthropic", "Google"],  # Preferred providers
+            "ignore": ["Novita"],              # Providers to skip
+        }
+    }
+)
+```
+
+## Error Handling
+
+Common errors and handling:
+
+```python
+try:
+    response = client.chat.completions.create(...)
+except openai.RateLimitError:
+    # Back off and retry
+except openai.APIError as e:
+    # Check e.code for specific errors
+    # 400 = bad request (often provider-specific)
+    # 502 = bad gateway (retry with different provider)
+```
+
+## Cost Tracking
+
+OpenRouter returns usage info:
+
+```python
+usage = response.usage
+print(f"Tokens: {usage.prompt_tokens} + {usage.completion_tokens}")
+print(f"Cost: ${usage.cost:.6f}")  # If available
+```

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+# Message Format & Trajectories
+
+Hermes Agent uses two message formats: the **API format** for LLM calls and the **trajectory format** for training data export.
+
+## API Message Format
+
+Standard OpenAI chat format used during execution:
+
+```python
+messages = [
+    # System prompt
+    {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant with tools..."},
+    
+    # User query
+    {"role": "user", "content": "Search for Python tutorials"},
+    
+    # Assistant with tool call
+    {
+        "role": "assistant",
+        "content": None,
+        "tool_calls": [{
+            "id": "call_abc123",
+            "type": "function",
+            "function": {
+                "name": "web_search",
+                "arguments": "{\"query\": \"Python tutorials\"}"
+            }
+        }]
+    },
+    
+    # Tool result
+    {
+        "role": "tool",
+        "tool_call_id": "call_abc123",
+        "content": "{\"results\": [...]}"
+    },
+    
+    # Final response
+    {"role": "assistant", "content": "Here's what I found..."}
+]
+```
+
+## Trajectory Format (ShareGPT)
+
+Exported for training in ShareGPT format:
+
+```json
+{
+    "conversations": [
+        {"from": "system", "value": "You are a helpful assistant..."},
+        {"from": "human", "value": "Search for Python tutorials"},
+        {"from": "gpt", "value": "<tool_call>\n{\"name\": \"web_search\", \"arguments\": {\"query\": \"Python tutorials\"}}\n</tool_call>"},
+        {"from": "tool", "value": "<tool_response>\n{\"results\": [...]}\n</tool_response>"},
+        {"from": "gpt", "value": "Here's what I found..."}
+    ],
+    "tools": "[{\"type\": \"function\", \"function\": {...}}]",
+    "source": "hermes-agent"
+}
+```
+
+## Reasoning Content
+
+For models that output reasoning/chain-of-thought:
+
+**During execution** (API format):
+```python
+# Stored internally but not sent back to model in content
+assistant_msg = {
+    "role": "assistant",
+    "content": "Here's what I found...",
+    "reasoning": "Let me think about this step by step..."  # Internal only
+}
+```
+
+**In trajectory export** (reasoning wrapped in tags):
+```json
+{
+    "from": "gpt",
+    "value": "<think>\nLet me think about this step by step...\n</think>\nHere's what I found..."
+}
+```
+
+## Conversion Flow
+
+```
+API Response → Internal Storage → Trajectory Export
+     ↓              ↓                    ↓
+tool_calls    reasoning field      <tool_call> tags
+reasoning_content                  <think> tags
+```
+
+The conversion happens in `_convert_to_trajectory_format()` in `run_agent.py`.
+
+## Ephemeral System Prompts
+
+Batch processing supports ephemeral system prompts that guide behavior during execution but are NOT saved to trajectories:
+
+```python
+# During execution: full system prompt + ephemeral guidance
+messages = [
+    {"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT + "\n\n" + ephemeral_prompt},
+    ...
+]
+
+# In saved trajectory: only the base system prompt
+trajectory = {
+    "conversations": [
+        {"from": "system", "value": SYSTEM_PROMPT},  # No ephemeral
+        ...
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+## Trajectory Compression
+
+Long trajectories can be compressed for training using `trajectory_compressor.py`:
+
+- Protects first/last N turns
+- Summarizes middle turns with LLM
+- Targets specific token budget
+- See `configs/trajectory_compression.yaml` for settings

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+# Messaging Platform Integrations (Gateway)
+
+Hermes Agent can connect to messaging platforms like Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp to serve as a conversational AI assistant.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+```bash
+# 1. Set your bot token(s) in .env file
+echo 'TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your_telegram_bot_token"' >> .env
+echo 'DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="your_discord_bot_token"' >> .env
+
+# 2. Test the gateway (foreground)
+./scripts/hermes-gateway run
+
+# 3. Install as a system service (runs in background)
+./scripts/hermes-gateway install
+
+# 4. Manage the service
+./scripts/hermes-gateway start
+./scripts/hermes-gateway stop
+./scripts/hermes-gateway restart
+./scripts/hermes-gateway status
+```
+
+**Quick test (without service install):**
+```bash
+python cli.py --gateway  # Runs in foreground, useful for debugging
+```
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                      Hermes Gateway                             │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│                                                                 │
+│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐          │
+│  │   Telegram   │  │   Discord    │  │   WhatsApp   │          │
+│  │   Adapter    │  │   Adapter    │  │   Adapter    │          │
+│  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬───────┘          │
+│         │                 │                 │                   │
+│         └─────────────────┼─────────────────┘                   │
+│                           │                                     │
+│                  ┌────────▼────────┐                            │
+│                  │  Session Store  │                            │
+│                  │  (per-chat)     │                            │
+│                  └────────┬────────┘                            │
+│                           │                                     │
+│                  ┌────────▼────────┐                            │
+│                  │   AIAgent       │                            │
+│                  │   (run_agent)   │                            │
+│                  └─────────────────┘                            │
+│                                                                 │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Session Management
+
+### Session Persistence
+
+Sessions persist across messages until they reset. The agent remembers your conversation context.
+
+### Reset Policies
+
+Sessions reset based on configurable policies:
+
+| Policy | Default | Description |
+|--------|---------|-------------|
+| Daily | 4:00 AM | Reset at a specific hour each day |
+| Idle | 120 min | Reset after N minutes of inactivity |
+| Both | (combined) | Whichever triggers first |
+
+### Manual Reset
+
+Send `/new` or `/reset` as a message to start fresh.
+
+### Per-Platform Overrides
+
+Configure different reset policies per platform:
+
+```json
+{
+  "reset_by_platform": {
+    "telegram": { "mode": "idle", "idle_minutes": 240 },
+    "discord": { "mode": "idle", "idle_minutes": 60 }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Platform Setup
+
+### Telegram
+
+1. **Create a bot** via [@BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather)
+2. **Get your token** (looks like `123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz`)
+3. **Set environment variable:**
+   ```bash
+   export TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your_token_here"
+   ```
+4. **Optional: Set home channel** for cron job delivery:
+   ```bash
+   export TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL="-1001234567890"
+   export TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME="My Notes"
+   ```
+
+**Requirements:**
+```bash
+pip install python-telegram-bot>=20.0
+```
+
+### Discord
+
+1. **Create an application** at [Discord Developer Portal](https://discord.com/developers/applications)
+2. **Create a bot** under your application
+3. **Get the bot token**
+4. **Enable required intents:**
+   - Message Content Intent
+   - Server Members Intent (optional)
+5. **Invite to your server** using OAuth2 URL generator (scopes: `bot`, `applications.commands`)
+6. **Set environment variable:**
+   ```bash
+   export DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="your_token_here"
+   ```
+7. **Optional: Set home channel:**
+   ```bash
+   export DISCORD_HOME_CHANNEL="123456789012345678"
+   export DISCORD_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME="#bot-updates"
+   ```
+
+**Requirements:**
+```bash
+pip install discord.py>=2.0
+```
+
+### WhatsApp
+
+WhatsApp integration is more complex due to the lack of a simple bot API.
+
+**Options:**
+1. **WhatsApp Business API** (requires Meta verification)
+2. **whatsapp-web.js** via Node.js bridge (for personal accounts)
+
+**Bridge Setup:**
+1. Install Node.js
+2. Set up the bridge script (see `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/` for reference)
+3. Configure in gateway:
+   ```json
+   {
+     "platforms": {
+       "whatsapp": {
+         "enabled": true,
+         "extra": {
+           "bridge_script": "/path/to/bridge.js",
+           "bridge_port": 3000
+         }
+       }
+     }
+   }
+   ```
+
+## Configuration
+
+There are **three ways** to configure the gateway (in order of precedence):
+
+### 1. Environment Variables (`.env` file) - Recommended for Quick Setup
+
+Add to your `~/.hermes/.env` file:
+
+```bash
+# =============================================================================
+# MESSAGING PLATFORM TOKENS
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Telegram - get from @BotFather on Telegram
+TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token
+TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS=123456789,987654321    # Security: restrict to these user IDs
+
+# Optional: Default channel for cron job delivery
+TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL=-1001234567890
+TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME="My Notes"
+
+# Discord - get from Discord Developer Portal
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=your_discord_bot_token
+DISCORD_ALLOWED_USERS=123456789012345678      # Security: restrict to these user IDs
+
+# Optional: Default channel for cron job delivery
+DISCORD_HOME_CHANNEL=123456789012345678
+DISCORD_HOME_CHANNEL_NAME="#bot-updates"
+
+# WhatsApp - requires Node.js bridge setup
+WHATSAPP_ENABLED=true
+
+# =============================================================================
+# AGENT SETTINGS
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Max tool-calling iterations per conversation (default: 60)
+HERMES_MAX_ITERATIONS=60
+
+# Working directory for terminal commands (default: home ~)
+MESSAGING_CWD=/home/myuser
+
+# =============================================================================
+# TOOL PROGRESS NOTIFICATIONS
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Show progress messages as agent uses tools
+HERMES_TOOL_PROGRESS=true
+
+# Mode: "new" (only when tool changes) or "all" (every tool call)
+HERMES_TOOL_PROGRESS_MODE=new
+
+# =============================================================================
+# SESSION SETTINGS
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Reset sessions after N minutes of inactivity (default: 120)
+SESSION_IDLE_MINUTES=120
+
+# Daily reset hour in 24h format (default: 4 = 4am)
+SESSION_RESET_HOUR=4
+```
+
+### 2. Gateway Config File (`~/.hermes/gateway.json`) - Full Control
+
+For advanced configuration, create `~/.hermes/gateway.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "platforms": {
+    "telegram": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "token": "your_telegram_token",
+      "home_channel": {
+        "platform": "telegram",
+        "chat_id": "-1001234567890",
+        "name": "My Notes"
+      }
+    },
+    "discord": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "token": "your_discord_token",
+      "home_channel": {
+        "platform": "discord",
+        "chat_id": "123456789012345678",
+        "name": "#bot-updates"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "default_reset_policy": {
+    "mode": "both",
+    "at_hour": 4,
+    "idle_minutes": 120
+  },
+  "reset_by_platform": {
+    "discord": {
+      "mode": "idle",
+      "idle_minutes": 60
+    }
+  },
+  "always_log_local": true
+}
+```
+
+## Platform-Specific Toolsets
+
+Each platform has its own toolset for security:
+
+| Platform | Toolset | Capabilities |
+|----------|---------|--------------|
+| CLI | `hermes-cli` | Full access (terminal, browser, etc.) |
+| Telegram | `hermes-telegram` | Full tools including terminal |
+| Discord | `hermes-discord` | Full tools including terminal |
+| WhatsApp | `hermes-whatsapp` | Full tools including terminal |
+
+## User Experience Features
+
+### Typing Indicator
+
+The gateway keeps the "typing..." indicator active throughout processing, refreshing every 4 seconds. This lets users know the bot is working even during long tool-calling sequences.
+
+### Tool Progress Notifications
+
+When `HERMES_TOOL_PROGRESS=true`, the bot sends status messages as it works:
+
+```
+💻 `ls -la`...
+🔍 web_search...
+📄 web_extract...
+🎨 image_generate...
+```
+
+Terminal commands show the actual command (truncated to 50 chars). Other tools just show the tool name.
+
+**Modes:**
+- `new`: Only sends message when switching to a different tool (less spam)
+- `all`: Sends message for every single tool call
+
+### Working Directory
+
+- **CLI (`hermes` command)**: Uses current directory where you run the command
+- **Messaging**: Uses `MESSAGING_CWD` (default: home directory `~`)
+
+This is intentional: CLI users are in a terminal and expect the agent to work in their current directory, while messaging users need a consistent starting location.
+
+### Max Iterations
+
+If the agent hits the max iteration limit while working, instead of a generic error, it asks the model to summarize what it found so far. This gives you a useful response even when the task couldn't be fully completed.
+
+## Cron Job Delivery
+
+When scheduling cron jobs, you can specify where the output should be delivered:
+
+```
+User: "Remind me to check the server in 30 minutes"
+
+Agent uses: schedule_cronjob(
+  prompt="Check server status...",
+  schedule="30m",
+  deliver="origin"  # Back to this chat
+)
+```
+
+### Delivery Options
+
+| Option | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `"origin"` | Back to where the job was created |
+| `"local"` | Save to local files only |
+| `"telegram"` | Telegram home channel |
+| `"discord"` | Discord home channel |
+| `"telegram:123456"` | Specific Telegram chat |
+
+## Dynamic Context Injection
+
+The agent knows where it is via injected context:
+
+```
+## Current Session Context
+
+**Source:** Telegram (group: Dev Team, ID: -1001234567890)
+**Connected Platforms:** local, telegram, discord
+
+**Home Channels:**
+  - telegram: My Notes (ID: -1001234567890)
+  - discord: #bot-updates (ID: 123456789012345678)
+
+**Delivery options for scheduled tasks:**
+- "origin" → Back to this chat (Dev Team)
+- "local" → Save to local files only
+- "telegram" → Home channel (My Notes)
+- "discord" → Home channel (#bot-updates)
+```
+
+## CLI Commands
+
+| Command | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| `/platforms` | Show gateway configuration and status |
+| `--gateway` | Start the gateway (CLI flag) |
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### "python-telegram-bot not installed"
+
+```bash
+pip install python-telegram-bot>=20.0
+```
+
+### "discord.py not installed"
+
+```bash
+pip install discord.py>=2.0
+```
+
+### "No platforms connected"
+
+1. Check your environment variables are set
+2. Check your tokens are valid
+3. Try `/platforms` to see configuration status
+
+### Session not persisting
+
+1. Check `~/.hermes/sessions/` exists
+2. Check session policies aren't too aggressive
+3. Verify no errors in gateway logs
+
+## Adding a New Platform
+
+To add a new messaging platform:
+
+### 1. Create the adapter
+
+Create `gateway/platforms/your_platform.py`:
+
+```python
+from gateway.platforms.base import BasePlatformAdapter, MessageEvent, SendResult
+from gateway.config import Platform, PlatformConfig
+
+class YourPlatformAdapter(BasePlatformAdapter):
+    def __init__(self, config: PlatformConfig):
+        super().__init__(config, Platform.YOUR_PLATFORM)
+    
+    async def connect(self) -> bool:
+        # Connect to the platform
+        ...
+    
+    async def disconnect(self) -> None:
+        # Disconnect
+        ...
+    
+    async def send(self, chat_id: str, content: str, ...) -> SendResult:
+        # Send a message
+        ...
+    
+    async def get_chat_info(self, chat_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        # Get chat information
+        ...
+```
+
+### 2. Register the platform
+
+Add to `gateway/config.py`:
+
+```python
+class Platform(Enum):
+    # ... existing ...
+    YOUR_PLATFORM = "your_platform"
+```
+
+### 3. Add to gateway runner
+
+Update `gateway/run.py` `_create_adapter()`:
+
+```python
+elif platform == Platform.YOUR_PLATFORM:
+    from gateway.platforms.your_platform import YourPlatformAdapter
+    return YourPlatformAdapter(config)
+```
+
+### 4. Create a toolset (optional)
+
+Add to `toolsets.py`:
+
+```python
+"hermes-your-platform": {
+    "description": "Your platform toolset",
+    "tools": [...],
+    "includes": []
+}
+```
+
+### 5. Configure
+
+Add environment variables to `.env`:
+
+```bash
+YOUR_PLATFORM_TOKEN=...
+YOUR_PLATFORM_HOME_CHANNEL=...
+```
+
+## Service Management
+
+### Linux (systemd)
+
+```bash
+# Install as user service
+./scripts/hermes-gateway install
+
+# Manage
+systemctl --user start hermes-gateway
+systemctl --user stop hermes-gateway
+systemctl --user restart hermes-gateway
+systemctl --user status hermes-gateway
+
+# View logs
+journalctl --user -u hermes-gateway -f
+
+# Enable lingering (keeps running after logout)
+sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
+```
+
+### macOS (launchd)
+
+```bash
+# Install
+./scripts/hermes-gateway install
+
+# Manage
+launchctl start ai.hermes.gateway
+launchctl stop ai.hermes.gateway
+
+# View logs
+tail -f ~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log
+```
+
+### Manual (any platform)
+
+```bash
+# Run in foreground (for testing/debugging)
+./scripts/hermes-gateway run
+
+# Or via CLI (also foreground)
+python cli.py --gateway
+```
+
+## Storage Locations
+
+| Path | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `~/.hermes/gateway.json` | Gateway configuration |
+| `~/.hermes/sessions/sessions.json` | Session index |
+| `~/.hermes/sessions/{id}.jsonl` | Conversation transcripts |
+| `~/.hermes/cron/output/` | Cron job outputs |
+| `~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log` | Gateway logs (macOS launchd) |

docs/tools.md

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# Tools
+
+Tools are functions that extend the agent's capabilities. Each tool is defined with an OpenAI-compatible JSON schema and an async handler function.
+
+## Tool Structure
+
+Each tool module in `tools/` exports:
+1. **Schema definitions** - OpenAI function-calling format
+2. **Handler functions** - Async functions that execute the tool
+
+```python
+# Example: tools/web_tools.py
+
+# Schema definition
+WEB_SEARCH_SCHEMA = {
+    "type": "function",
+    "function": {
+        "name": "web_search",
+        "description": "Search the web for information",
+        "parameters": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "query": {"type": "string", "description": "Search query"}
+            },
+            "required": ["query"]
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# Handler function
+async def web_search(query: str) -> dict:
+    """Execute web search and return results."""
+    # Implementation...
+    return {"results": [...]}
+```
+
+## Tool Categories
+
+| Category | Module | Tools |
+|----------|--------|-------|
+| **Web** | `web_tools.py` | `web_search`, `web_extract`, `web_crawl` |
+| **Terminal** | `terminal_tool.py` | `terminal` (local/docker/singularity/modal/ssh backends) |
+| **Browser** | `browser_tool.py` | `browser_navigate`, `browser_click`, `browser_type`, etc. |
+| **Vision** | `vision_tools.py` | `vision_analyze` |
+| **Image Gen** | `image_generation_tool.py` | `image_generate` |
+| **Reasoning** | `mixture_of_agents_tool.py` | `mixture_of_agents` |
+| **Skills** | `skills_tool.py` | `skills_categories`, `skills_list`, `skill_view` |
+
+## Tool Registration
+
+Tools are registered in `model_tools.py`:
+
+```python
+# model_tools.py
+TOOL_SCHEMAS = [
+    *WEB_TOOL_SCHEMAS,
+    *TERMINAL_TOOL_SCHEMAS,
+    *BROWSER_TOOL_SCHEMAS,
+    # ...
+]
+
+TOOL_HANDLERS = {
+    "web_search": web_search,
+    "terminal": terminal_tool,
+    "browser_navigate": browser_navigate,
+    # ...
+}
+```
+
+## Toolsets
+
+Tools are grouped into **toolsets** for logical organization (see `toolsets.py`):
+
+```python
+TOOLSETS = {
+    "web": {
+        "description": "Web search and content extraction",
+        "tools": ["web_search", "web_extract", "web_crawl"]
+    },
+    "terminal": {
+        "description": "Command execution",
+        "tools": ["terminal"]
+    },
+    # ...
+}
+```
+
+## Adding a New Tool
+
+1. Create handler function in `tools/your_tool.py`
+2. Define JSON schema following OpenAI format
+3. Register in `model_tools.py` (schemas and handlers)
+4. Add to appropriate toolset in `toolsets.py`
+5. Update `tools/__init__.py` exports
+
+## Stateful Tools
+
+Some tools maintain state across calls within a session:
+
+- **Terminal**: Keeps container/sandbox running between commands
+- **Browser**: Maintains browser session for multi-step navigation
+
+State is managed per `task_id` and cleaned up automatically.
+
+## Terminal Backends
+
+The terminal tool supports multiple execution backends:
+
+| Backend | Description | Use Case |
+|---------|-------------|----------|
+| `local` | Direct execution on host | Development, simple tasks |
+| `ssh` | Remote execution via SSH | Sandboxing (agent can't modify its own code) |
+| `docker` | Docker container | Isolation, reproducibility |
+| `singularity` | Singularity/Apptainer | HPC clusters, rootless containers |
+| `modal` | Modal cloud | Scalable cloud compute, GPUs |
+
+Configure via environment variables or `cli-config.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+# SSH backend example (in cli-config.yaml)
+terminal:
+  env_type: "ssh"
+  ssh_host: "my-server.example.com"
+  ssh_user: "myuser"
+  ssh_key: "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+  cwd: "/home/myuser/project"
+```
+
+The SSH backend uses ControlMaster for connection persistence, making subsequent commands fast.
+
+## Skills Tools (Progressive Disclosure)
+
+Skills are on-demand knowledge documents. They use **progressive disclosure** to minimize tokens:
+
+```
+Level 0: skills_categories()     → ["mlops", "devops"]           (~50 tokens)
+Level 1: skills_list(category)   → [{name, description}, ...]   (~3k tokens)
+Level 2: skill_view(name)        → Full content + metadata       (varies)
+Level 3: skill_view(name, path)  → Specific reference file       (varies)
+```
+
+Skill directory structure:
+```
+skills/
+└── mlops/
+    └── axolotl/
+        ├── SKILL.md           # Main instructions (required)
+        ├── references/        # Additional docs
+        └── templates/         # Output formats, configs
+```
+
+SKILL.md uses YAML frontmatter:
+```yaml
+---
+name: axolotl
+description: Fine-tuning LLMs with Axolotl
+tags: [Fine-Tuning, LoRA, DPO]
+---
+```

environments/README.md

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ This directory contains the integration layer between **hermes-agent's** tool-ca
 - `evaluate_log()` for saving eval results to JSON + samples.jsonl
 
 **HermesAgentBaseEnv** (`hermes_base_env.py`) extends BaseEnv with hermes-agent specifics:
-- Sets `os.environ["TERMINAL_ENV"]` to configure the terminal backend (local, docker, modal, daytona, ssh, singularity)
-- Resolves hermes-agent toolsets via `_resolve_tools_for_group()` (calls `get_tool_definitions()` which queries `tools/registry.py`)
+- Sets `os.environ["TERMINAL_ENV"]` to configure the terminal backend (local, docker, modal, ssh, singularity)
+- Resolves hermes-agent toolsets via `_resolve_tools_for_group()` (calls `get_tool_definitions()` from `model_tools.py`)
 - Implements `collect_trajectory()` which runs the full agent loop and computes rewards
 - Supports two-phase operation (Phase 1: OpenAI server, Phase 2: VLLM ManagedServer)
 - Applies monkey patches for async-safe tool operation at import time
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Concrete environments inherit from `HermesAgentBaseEnv` and implement:
 `HermesAgentLoop` is the reusable multi-turn agent engine. It runs the same pattern as hermes-agent's `run_agent.py`:
 
 1. Send messages + tools to the API via `server.chat_completion()`
-2. If the response contains `tool_calls`, execute each one via `handle_function_call()` (which delegates to `tools/registry.py`'s `dispatch()`)
+2. If the response contains `tool_calls`, execute each one via `handle_function_call()` from `model_tools.py`
 3. Append tool results to the conversation and go back to step 1
 4. If the response has no tool_calls, the agent is done
 
@@ -101,11 +101,21 @@ Available methods:
 
 ### Patches (`patches.py`)
 
-**Problem**: Some hermes-agent tools use `asyncio.run()` internally (e.g., the Modal backend). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because `asyncio.run()` cannot be nested.
+**Problem**: Some hermes-agent tools use `asyncio.run()` internally (e.g., mini-swe-agent's Modal backend via SWE-ReX). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because `asyncio.run()` cannot be nested.
 
-**Solution**: `ModalEnvironment` uses a dedicated `_AsyncWorker` background thread with its own event loop. The calling code sees a sync interface, but internally all async Modal SDK calls happen on the worker thread so they don't conflict with Atropos's loop. This is built directly into `tools/environments/modal.py` — no monkey-patching required.
+**Solution**: `patches.py` monkey-patches `SwerexModalEnvironment` to use a dedicated background thread (`_AsyncWorker`) with its own event loop. The calling code sees the same sync interface, but internally the async work happens on a separate thread that doesn't conflict with Atropos's loop.
 
-`patches.py` is now a no-op (kept for backward compatibility with imports).
+What gets patched:
+- `SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__` -- creates Modal deployment on a background thread
+- `SwerexModalEnvironment.execute` -- runs commands on the same background thread
+- `SwerexModalEnvironment.stop` -- stops deployment on the background thread
+
+The patches are:
+- **Idempotent** -- calling `apply_patches()` multiple times is safe
+- **Transparent** -- same interface and behavior, only the internal async execution changes
+- **Universal** -- works identically in normal CLI use (no running event loop)
+
+Applied automatically at import time by `hermes_base_env.py`.
 
 ### Tool Call Parsers (`tool_call_parsers/`)
 
@@ -185,12 +195,8 @@ environments/
 │   └── hermes_swe_env.py
 │
 └── benchmarks/                   # Evaluation benchmarks
-    ├── terminalbench_2/          # 89 terminal tasks, Modal sandboxes
-    │   └── terminalbench2_env.py
-    ├── tblite/                   # 100 calibrated tasks (fast TB2 proxy)
-    │   └── tblite_env.py
-    └── yc_bench/                 # Long-horizon strategic benchmark
-        └── yc_bench_env.py
+    └── terminalbench_2/
+        └── terminalbench2_env.py
 ```
 
 ## Concrete Environments
@@ -318,7 +324,7 @@ For eval benchmarks, follow the pattern in `terminalbench2_env.py`:
 | `distribution` | Probabilistic toolset distribution name | `None` |
 | `max_agent_turns` | Max LLM calls per rollout | `30` |
 | `agent_temperature` | Sampling temperature | `1.0` |
-| `terminal_backend` | `local`, `docker`, `modal`, `daytona`, `ssh`, `singularity` | `local` |
+| `terminal_backend` | `local`, `docker`, `modal`, `ssh`, `singularity` | `local` |
 | `system_prompt` | System message for the agent | `None` |
 | `tool_call_parser` | Parser name for Phase 2 | `hermes` |
 | `eval_handling` | `STOP_TRAIN`, `LIMIT_TRAIN`, `NONE` | `STOP_TRAIN` |

environments/__init__.py

@@ -18,14 +18,9 @@ Benchmarks (eval-only):
     - benchmarks/terminalbench_2/: Terminal-Bench 2.0 evaluation
 """
 
-try:
-    from environments.agent_loop import AgentResult, HermesAgentLoop
-    from environments.tool_context import ToolContext
-    from environments.hermes_base_env import HermesAgentBaseEnv, HermesAgentEnvConfig
-except ImportError:
-    # atroposlib not installed — environments are unavailable but
-    # submodules like tool_call_parsers can still be imported directly.
-    pass
+from environments.agent_loop import AgentResult, HermesAgentLoop
+from environments.tool_context import ToolContext
+from environments.hermes_base_env import HermesAgentBaseEnv, HermesAgentEnvConfig
 
 __all__ = [
     "AgentResult",

environments/agent_loop.py

@@ -18,17 +18,12 @@ import logging
 import os
 import uuid
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import BudgetConfig
-
-from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import handle_function_call
-from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import get_active_env
-from hermes_agent.tools.result_storage import maybe_persist_tool_result, enforce_turn_budget
+from model_tools import handle_function_call
 
 # Thread pool for running sync tool calls that internally use asyncio.run()
-# (e.g., the Modal/Docker/Daytona terminal backends). Running them in a separate
+# (e.g., mini-swe-agent's modal/docker backends). Running them in a separate
 # thread gives them a clean event loop so they don't deadlock inside Atropos's loop.
 # Size must be large enough for concurrent eval tasks (e.g., 89 TB2 tasks all
 # making tool calls). Too small = thread pool starvation, tasks queue for minutes.
@@ -44,9 +39,7 @@ def resize_tool_pool(max_workers: int):
     Safe to call before any tasks are submitted.
     """
     global _tool_executor
-    old_executor = _tool_executor
     _tool_executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers)
-    old_executor.shutdown(wait=False)
     logger.info("Tool thread pool resized to %d workers", max_workers)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -80,6 +73,12 @@ class AgentResult:
     # Tool errors encountered during the loop
     tool_errors: List[ToolError] = field(default_factory=list)
 
+    # Tool-call metrics (debugging / optional reward shaping)
+    tool_calls_attempted: int = 0
+    tool_calls_schema_valid: int = 0
+    tool_calls_executed_ok: int = 0
+    tool_calls_exec_error: int = 0
+
 
 def _extract_reasoning_from_message(message) -> Optional[str]:
     """
@@ -143,7 +142,8 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
         temperature: float = 1.0,
         max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         extra_body: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        budget_config: Optional["BudgetConfig"] = None,
+        tool_handler=None,
+        max_context_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize the agent loop.
@@ -160,11 +160,14 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
             extra_body: Extra parameters passed to the OpenAI client's create() call.
                         Used for OpenRouter provider preferences, transforms, etc.
                         e.g. {"provider": {"ignore": ["DeepInfra"]}}
-            budget_config: Tool result persistence budget. Controls per-tool
-                        thresholds, per-turn aggregate budget, and preview size.
-                        If None, uses DEFAULT_BUDGET (current hardcoded values).
+            tool_handler: Optional async callable(tool_name, args, task_id) -> str.
+                         When provided, used INSTEAD of handle_function_call() for
+                         tool dispatch. This allows sandbox backends (Modal, Nomad)
+                         to route tool calls through their slot-based execution.
+            max_context_tokens: Maximum prompt tokens before truncation.
+                               If None, no truncation is applied.
+                               Recommended: set to max_model_len - max_tokens - 512 (safety margin).
         """
-        from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import DEFAULT_BUDGET
         self.server = server
         self.tool_schemas = tool_schemas
         self.valid_tool_names = valid_tool_names
@@ -173,7 +176,123 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
         self.temperature = temperature
         self.max_tokens = max_tokens
         self.extra_body = extra_body
-        self.budget_config = budget_config or DEFAULT_BUDGET
+        self.tool_handler = tool_handler
+        self.max_context_tokens = max_context_tokens
+
+    def _truncate_context(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Truncate conversation history to fit within max_context_tokens.
+
+        Strategy:
+        - Keep system message (index 0) and initial user message (index 1) always
+        - Keep last 6 messages (recent context) always
+        - For everything in between, progressively truncate tool result content
+        - If still too long, drop oldest middle messages entirely
+
+        Uses rough char/4 token estimate (fast, no tokenizer needed).
+
+        NOTE: This function mutates the provided list (it may pop/replace entries).
+        Call it on a copy when you want to preserve the full trajectory.
+        """
+        if self.max_context_tokens is None:
+            return messages
+
+        def estimate_tokens(msgs):
+            total = 0
+            for m in msgs:
+                content = m.get("content", "") or ""
+                total += len(content) // 4 + 10  # ~4 chars per token + overhead
+                if "tool_calls" in m:
+                    total += 50 * len(m["tool_calls"])  # tool call overhead
+            return total
+
+        if estimate_tokens(messages) <= self.max_context_tokens:
+            return messages
+
+        protect_head = 2
+        protect_tail = max(0, min(6, len(messages) - protect_head))
+        middle_start = protect_head
+        middle_end = len(messages) - protect_tail
+
+        # Phase 1: truncate tool outputs in the middle
+        if middle_start < middle_end:
+            for i in range(middle_start, middle_end):
+                if messages[i].get("role") == "tool":
+                    content = messages[i].get("content", "") or ""
+                    if len(content) > 200:
+                        messages[i] = dict(messages[i])
+                        messages[i]["content"] = content[:100] + "\n...[truncated]...\n" + content[-50:]
+
+            if estimate_tokens(messages) <= self.max_context_tokens:
+                return messages
+
+        # Phase 2: drop oldest middle messages (try to keep assistant+tool pairs)
+        while middle_start < middle_end and estimate_tokens(messages) > self.max_context_tokens:
+            msg = messages[middle_start]
+            messages.pop(middle_start)
+            middle_end -= 1
+
+            if msg.get("role") == "assistant" and msg.get("tool_calls"):
+                tool_ids = {
+                    tc.get("id") or tc.get("tool_call_id", "")
+                    for tc in msg.get("tool_calls", [])
+                    if isinstance(tc, dict)
+                }
+                i = middle_start
+                while i < middle_end:
+                    if messages[i].get("role") == "tool" and messages[i].get("tool_call_id", "") in tool_ids:
+                        messages.pop(i)
+                        middle_end -= 1
+                    else:
+                        i += 1
+
+        return messages
+
+    def _normalize_tool_args(self, tool_name: str, tool_args_raw: str) -> (Dict[str, Any], bool):
+        """Normalize tool arguments into a dict.
+
+        Returns: (args_dict, schema_valid)
+
+        schema_valid is True only when arguments decode directly into a dict
+        (no double-decoding and no coercion/wrapping required).
+
+        Goal: keep environments robust (never crash on args format drift) while
+        still allowing reward functions to penalize malformed formats if desired.
+        """
+        try:
+            decoded = json.loads(tool_args_raw)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            # Not JSON at all — treat as a plain string
+            if tool_name == "terminal":
+                return {"command": tool_args_raw}, False
+            return {"input": tool_args_raw}, False
+
+        if isinstance(decoded, dict):
+            if tool_name == "terminal":
+                cmd = decoded.get("command")
+                if isinstance(cmd, str) and cmd.strip():
+                    return decoded, True
+                if isinstance(decoded.get("input"), str):
+                    return {"command": decoded.get("input")}, False
+                return decoded, False
+            return decoded, True
+
+        if isinstance(decoded, str):
+            s = decoded.strip()
+            if (s.startswith("{") and s.endswith("}")) or (s.startswith("[") and s.endswith("]")):
+                try:
+                    decoded2 = json.loads(s)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                    decoded2 = None
+                if isinstance(decoded2, dict):
+                    return decoded2, False
+
+            if tool_name == "terminal":
+                return {"command": decoded}, False
+            return {"input": decoded}, False
+
+        if tool_name == "terminal":
+            return {"command": str(decoded)}, False
+        return {"input": decoded}, False
 
     async def run(self, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> AgentResult:
         """
@@ -189,27 +308,22 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
         reasoning_per_turn = []
         tool_errors: List[ToolError] = []
 
-        # Per-loop TodoStore for the todo tool (ephemeral, dies with the loop)
-        from hermes_agent.tools.todo import TodoStore, todo_tool as _todo_tool
-        _todo_store = TodoStore()
-
-        # Extract user task from first user message for browser_snapshot context
-        _user_task = None
-        for msg in messages:
-            if msg.get("role") == "user":
-                content = msg.get("content", "")
-                if isinstance(content, str) and content.strip():
-                    _user_task = content.strip()[:500]  # Cap to avoid huge strings
-                break
+        tool_calls_attempted = 0
+        tool_calls_schema_valid = 0
+        tool_calls_executed_ok = 0
+        tool_calls_exec_error = 0
 
         import time as _time
 
         for turn in range(self.max_turns):
             turn_start = _time.monotonic()
 
+            # Truncate prompt view on a copy (preserve full trajectory in `messages`)
+            prompt_messages = self._truncate_context(list(messages))
+
             # Build the chat_completion kwargs
             chat_kwargs = {
-                "messages": messages,
+                "messages": prompt_messages,
                 "n": 1,
                 "temperature": self.temperature,
             }
@@ -241,6 +355,10 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
                     finished_naturally=False,
                     reasoning_per_turn=reasoning_per_turn,
                     tool_errors=tool_errors,
+                    tool_calls_attempted=tool_calls_attempted,
+                    tool_calls_schema_valid=tool_calls_schema_valid,
+                    tool_calls_executed_ok=tool_calls_executed_ok,
+                    tool_calls_exec_error=tool_calls_exec_error,
                 )
 
             api_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - api_start
@@ -254,6 +372,10 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
                     finished_naturally=False,
                     reasoning_per_turn=reasoning_per_turn,
                     tool_errors=tool_errors,
+                    tool_calls_attempted=tool_calls_attempted,
+                    tool_calls_schema_valid=tool_calls_schema_valid,
+                    tool_calls_executed_ok=tool_calls_executed_ok,
+                    tool_calls_exec_error=tool_calls_exec_error,
                 )
 
             assistant_msg = response.choices[0].message
@@ -262,62 +384,23 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
             reasoning = _extract_reasoning_from_message(assistant_msg)
             reasoning_per_turn.append(reasoning)
 
-            # Check for tool calls -- standard OpenAI spec.
-            # Fallback: if response has no structured tool_calls but content
-            # contains raw tool call tags (e.g. <tool_call>), parse them using
-            # hermes-agent's standalone parsers. This handles the case where
-            # ManagedServer's ToolCallTranslator couldn't parse because vLLM
-            # isn't installed.
-            if (
-                not assistant_msg.tool_calls
-                and assistant_msg.content
-                and self.tool_schemas
-                and "<tool_call>" in (assistant_msg.content or "")
-            ):
-                try:
-                    from environments.tool_call_parsers import get_parser
-                    fallback_parser = get_parser("hermes")
-                    parsed_content, parsed_calls = fallback_parser.parse(
-                        assistant_msg.content
-                    )
-                    if parsed_calls:
-                        assistant_msg.tool_calls = parsed_calls
-                        if parsed_content is not None:
-                            assistant_msg.content = parsed_content
-                        logger.debug(
-                            "Fallback parser extracted %d tool calls from raw content",
-                            len(parsed_calls),
-                        )
-                except Exception:
-                    pass  # Fall through to no tool calls
-
+            # Check for tool calls -- standard OpenAI spec
             if assistant_msg.tool_calls:
-                # Normalize tool calls to dicts — they may come as objects
-                # (OpenAI API) or dicts (vLLM ToolCallTranslator).
-                def _tc_to_dict(tc):
-                    if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                        return {
-                            "id": tc.get("id", f"call_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"),
-                            "type": "function",
-                            "function": {
-                                "name": tc.get("function", {}).get("name", tc.get("name", "")),
-                                "arguments": tc.get("function", {}).get("arguments", tc.get("arguments", "{}")),
-                            },
-                        }
-                    return {
-                        "id": tc.id,
-                        "type": "function",
-                        "function": {
-                            "name": tc.function.name,
-                            "arguments": tc.function.arguments,
-                        },
-                    }
-
                 # Build the assistant message dict for conversation history
                 msg_dict: Dict[str, Any] = {
                     "role": "assistant",
                     "content": assistant_msg.content or "",
-                    "tool_calls": [_tc_to_dict(tc) for tc in assistant_msg.tool_calls],
+                    "tool_calls": [
+                        {
+                            "id": tc.id,
+                            "type": "function",
+                            "function": {
+                                "name": tc.function.name,
+                                "arguments": tc.function.arguments,
+                            },
+                        }
+                        for tc in assistant_msg.tool_calls
+                    ],
                 }
 
                 # Preserve reasoning_content for multi-turn chat template handling
@@ -330,16 +413,12 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
 
                 # Execute each tool call via hermes-agent's dispatch
                 for tc in assistant_msg.tool_calls:
-                    # Handle both object (OpenAI) and dict (vLLM) formats
-                    if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                        tool_name = tc.get("function", {}).get("name", tc.get("name", ""))
-                        tool_args_raw = tc.get("function", {}).get("arguments", tc.get("arguments", "{}"))
-                    else:
-                        tool_name = tc.function.name
-                        tool_args_raw = tc.function.arguments
+                    tool_name = tc.function.name
+                    tool_args_raw = tc.function.arguments
 
                     # Validate tool name
                     if tool_name not in self.valid_tool_names:
+                        tool_calls_exec_error += 1
                         tool_result = json.dumps(
                             {
                                 "error": f"Unknown tool '{tool_name}'. "
@@ -357,131 +436,95 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
                             tool_name, turn + 1,
                         )
                     else:
-                        # Parse arguments
+                        tool_calls_attempted += 1
+                        args, schema_valid = self._normalize_tool_args(tool_name, tool_args_raw)
+                        if schema_valid:
+                            tool_calls_schema_valid += 1
+
                         try:
-                            args = json.loads(tool_args_raw)
-                        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                            args = None
+                            if tool_name == "terminal":
+                                backend = os.getenv("TERMINAL_ENV", "local")
+                                cmd_preview = str(args.get("command", ""))[:80]
+                                logger.info(
+                                    "[%s] $ %s", self.task_id[:8], cmd_preview,
+                                )
+
+                            tool_submit_time = _time.monotonic()
+
+                            if self.tool_handler:
+                                tool_result = await self.tool_handler(tool_name, args, self.task_id)
+                            else:
+                                # Run tool calls in a thread pool so backends that use
+                                # asyncio.run() internally (modal, docker) get a clean
+                                # event loop instead of deadlocking inside Atropos's loop.
+                                loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+                                tool_result = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                                    _tool_executor,
+                                    lambda: handle_function_call(
+                                        tool_name, args, task_id=self.task_id
+                                    ),
+                                )
+
+                            tool_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - tool_submit_time
+
+                            # Log slow tools and thread pool stats for debugging
+                            pool_active = _tool_executor._work_queue.qsize()
+                            if tool_elapsed > 30:
+                                logger.warning(
+                                    "[%s] turn %d: %s took %.1fs (pool queue=%d)",
+                                    self.task_id[:8], turn + 1, tool_name,
+                                    tool_elapsed, pool_active,
+                                )
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            tool_calls_exec_error += 1
                             tool_result = json.dumps(
-                                {"error": f"Invalid JSON in tool arguments: {e}. Please retry with valid JSON."}
+                                {"error": f"Tool execution failed: {type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}"}
                             )
                             tool_errors.append(ToolError(
                                 turn=turn + 1, tool_name=tool_name,
                                 arguments=tool_args_raw[:200],
-                                error=f"Invalid JSON: {e}",
+                                error=f"{type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}",
                                 tool_result=tool_result,
                             ))
-                            logger.warning(
-                                "Invalid JSON in tool call arguments for '%s': %s",
-                                tool_name, tool_args_raw[:200],
+                            logger.error(
+                                "Tool '%s' execution failed on turn %d: %s",
+                                tool_name, turn + 1, e,
                             )
-
-                        # Dispatch tool only if arguments parsed successfully
-                        if args is not None:
+                        else:
+                            tool_err = False
                             try:
-                                if tool_name == "terminal":
-                                    backend = os.getenv("TERMINAL_ENV", "local")
-                                    cmd_preview = args.get("command", "")[:80]
-                                    logger.info(
-                                        "[%s] $ %s", self.task_id[:8], cmd_preview,
-                                    )
+                                result_data = json.loads(tool_result)
+                                if isinstance(result_data, dict):
+                                    err = result_data.get("error")
+                                    if err:
+                                        tool_err = True
 
-                                tool_submit_time = _time.monotonic()
+                                    exit_code = result_data.get("exit_code")
+                                    if exit_code is not None and isinstance(exit_code, int) and exit_code < 0:
+                                        tool_err = True
+                                        tool_errors.append(ToolError(
+                                            turn=turn + 1, tool_name=tool_name,
+                                            arguments=tool_args_raw[:200],
+                                            error=str(err) if err else "nonzero exit_code",
+                                            tool_result=tool_result[:500],
+                                        ))
+                            except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+                                pass
 
-                                # Todo tool -- handle locally (needs per-loop TodoStore)
-                                if tool_name == "todo":
-                                    tool_result = _todo_tool(
-                                        todos=args.get("todos"),
-                                        merge=args.get("merge", False),
-                                        store=_todo_store,
-                                    )
-                                    tool_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - tool_submit_time
-                                elif tool_name == "memory":
-                                    tool_result = json.dumps({"error": "Memory is not available in RL environments."})
-                                    tool_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - tool_submit_time
-                                elif tool_name == "session_search":
-                                    tool_result = json.dumps({"error": "Session search is not available in RL environments."})
-                                    tool_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - tool_submit_time
-                                else:
-                                    # Run tool calls in a thread pool so backends that
-                                    # use asyncio.run() internally (modal, docker, daytona) get
-                                    # a clean event loop instead of deadlocking.
-                                    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-                                    # Capture current tool_name/args for the lambda
-                                    _tn, _ta, _tid = tool_name, args, self.task_id
-                                    tool_result = await loop.run_in_executor(
-                                        _tool_executor,
-                                        lambda: handle_function_call(
-                                            _tn, _ta, task_id=_tid,
-                                            user_task=_user_task,
-                                        ),
-                                    )
-                                    tool_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - tool_submit_time
-
-                                # Log slow tools and thread pool stats for debugging
-                                pool_active = _tool_executor._work_queue.qsize()
-                                if tool_elapsed > 30:
-                                    logger.warning(
-                                        "[%s] turn %d: %s took %.1fs (pool queue=%d)",
-                                        self.task_id[:8], turn + 1, tool_name,
-                                        tool_elapsed, pool_active,
-                                    )
-                            except Exception as e:
-                                tool_result = json.dumps(
-                                    {"error": f"Tool execution failed: {type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}"}
-                                )
-                                tool_errors.append(ToolError(
-                                    turn=turn + 1, tool_name=tool_name,
-                                    arguments=tool_args_raw[:200],
-                                    error=f"{type(e).__name__}: {str(e)}",
-                                    tool_result=tool_result,
-                                ))
-                                logger.error(
-                                    "Tool '%s' execution failed on turn %d: %s",
-                                    tool_name, turn + 1, e,
-                                )
-
-                        # Also check if the tool returned an error in its JSON result
-                        try:
-                            result_data = json.loads(tool_result)
-                            if isinstance(result_data, dict):
-                                err = result_data.get("error")
-                                exit_code = result_data.get("exit_code")
-                                if err and exit_code and exit_code < 0:
-                                    tool_errors.append(ToolError(
-                                        turn=turn + 1, tool_name=tool_name,
-                                        arguments=tool_args_raw[:200],
-                                        error=str(err),
-                                        tool_result=tool_result[:500],
-                                    ))
-                        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
-                            pass
-
-                    tc_id = tc.get("id", "") if isinstance(tc, dict) else tc.id
-                    tool_result = maybe_persist_tool_result(
-                        content=tool_result,
-                        tool_name=tool_name,
-                        tool_use_id=tc_id,
-                        env=get_active_env(self.task_id),
-                        config=self.budget_config,
-                    )
+                            if tool_err:
+                                tool_calls_exec_error += 1
+                            else:
+                                tool_calls_executed_ok += 1
 
+                    # Add tool response to conversation
                     messages.append(
                         {
                             "role": "tool",
-                            "tool_call_id": tc_id,
+                            "tool_call_id": tc.id,
                             "content": tool_result,
                         }
                     )
 
-                num_tcs = len(assistant_msg.tool_calls)
-                if num_tcs > 0:
-                    enforce_turn_budget(
-                        messages[-num_tcs:],
-                        env=get_active_env(self.task_id),
-                        config=self.budget_config,
-                    )
-
                 turn_elapsed = _time.monotonic() - turn_start
                 logger.info(
                     "[%s] turn %d: api=%.1fs, %d tools, turn_total=%.1fs",
@@ -512,6 +555,10 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
                     finished_naturally=True,
                     reasoning_per_turn=reasoning_per_turn,
                     tool_errors=tool_errors,
+                    tool_calls_attempted=tool_calls_attempted,
+                    tool_calls_schema_valid=tool_calls_schema_valid,
+                    tool_calls_executed_ok=tool_calls_executed_ok,
+                    tool_calls_exec_error=tool_calls_exec_error,
                 )
 
         # Hit max turns without the model stopping
@@ -523,6 +570,10 @@ class HermesAgentLoop:
             finished_naturally=False,
             reasoning_per_turn=reasoning_per_turn,
             tool_errors=tool_errors,
+            tool_calls_attempted=tool_calls_attempted,
+            tool_calls_schema_valid=tool_calls_schema_valid,
+            tool_calls_executed_ok=tool_calls_executed_ok,
+            tool_calls_exec_error=tool_calls_exec_error,
         )
 
     def _get_managed_state(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:

environments/benchmarks/tblite/README.md

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation Environment
-
-This environment evaluates terminal agents on the [OpenThoughts-TBLite](https://huggingface.co/datasets/open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-TBLite) benchmark, a difficulty-calibrated subset of [Terminal-Bench 2.0](https://www.tbench.ai/leaderboard/terminal-bench/2.0).
-
-## Source
-
-OpenThoughts-TBLite was created by the [OpenThoughts](https://www.openthoughts.ai/) Agent team in collaboration with [Snorkel AI](https://snorkel.ai/) and [Bespoke Labs](https://bespokelabs.ai/). The original dataset and documentation live at:
-
-- **Dataset (source):** [open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-TBLite](https://huggingface.co/datasets/open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-TBLite)
-- **GitHub:** [open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-TBLite](https://github.com/open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-TBLite)
-- **Blog post:** [openthoughts.ai/blog/openthoughts-tblite](https://www.openthoughts.ai/blog/openthoughts-tblite)
-
-## Our Dataset
-
-We converted the source into the same schema used by our Terminal-Bench 2.0 environment (pre-built Docker Hub images, base64-encoded test tarballs, etc.) and published it as:
-
-- **Dataset (ours):** [NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite](https://huggingface.co/datasets/NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite)
-- **Docker images:** `nousresearch/tblite-<task-name>:latest` on Docker Hub (100 images)
-
-The conversion script is at `scripts/prepare_tblite_dataset.py`.
-
-## Why TBLite?
-
-Terminal-Bench 2.0 is one of the strongest frontier evaluations for terminal agents, but when a model scores near the floor (e.g., Qwen 3 8B at <1%), many changes look identical in aggregate score. TBLite addresses this by calibrating task difficulty using Claude Haiku 4.5 as a reference:
-
-| Difficulty | Pass Rate Range | Tasks |
-|------------|----------------|-------|
-| Easy       | >= 70%         | 40    |
-| Medium     | 40-69%         | 26    |
-| Hard       | 10-39%         | 26    |
-| Extreme    | < 10%          | 8     |
-
-This gives enough solvable tasks to detect small improvements quickly, while preserving enough hard tasks to avoid saturation. The correlation between TBLite and TB2 scores is **r = 0.911**.
-
-TBLite also runs 2.6-8x faster than the full TB2, making it practical for iteration loops.
-
-## Usage
-
-```bash
-# Run the full benchmark
-python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate
-
-# Filter to specific tasks
-python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-    --env.task_filter "broken-python,pandas-etl"
-
-# Use a different model
-python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-    --server.model_name "qwen/qwen3-30b"
-```
-
-## Architecture
-
-`TBLiteEvalEnv` is a thin subclass of `TerminalBench2EvalEnv`. All evaluation logic (agent loop, Docker sandbox management, test verification, metrics) is inherited. Only the defaults differ:
-
-| Setting        | TB2                              | TBLite                                  |
-|----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-| Dataset        | `NousResearch/terminal-bench-2`  | `NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite`      |
-| Tasks          | 89                               | 100                                     |
-| Task timeout   | 1800s (30 min)                   | 1200s (20 min)                          |
-| Wandb name     | `terminal-bench-2`               | `openthoughts-tblite`                   |
-
-## Citation
-
-```bibtex
-@software{OpenThoughts-TBLite,
-  author = {OpenThoughts-Agent team, Snorkel AI, Bespoke Labs},
-  month = Feb,
-  title = {{OpenThoughts-TBLite: A High-Signal Benchmark for Iterating on Terminal Agents}},
-  howpublished = {https://www.openthoughts.ai/blog/openthoughts-tblite},
-  year = {2026}
-}
-```

environments/benchmarks/tblite/default.yaml

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation -- Default Configuration
-#
-# Eval-only environment for the TBLite benchmark (100 difficulty-calibrated
-# terminal tasks, a faster proxy for Terminal-Bench 2.0).
-# Uses Modal terminal backend for per-task cloud-isolated sandboxes
-# and OpenRouter for inference.
-#
-# Usage:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/tblite/default.yaml
-#
-#   # Override model:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/tblite/default.yaml \
-#       --openai.model_name anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
-
-env:
-  enabled_toolsets: ["terminal", "file"]
-  max_agent_turns: 60
-  max_token_length: 32000
-  agent_temperature: 0.8
-  terminal_backend: "modal"
-  terminal_timeout: 300        # 5 min per command (builds, pip install)
-  tool_pool_size: 128          # thread pool for 100 parallel tasks
-  dataset_name: "NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite"
-  test_timeout: 600
-  task_timeout: 1200           # 20 min wall-clock per task (TBLite tasks are faster)
-  tokenizer_name: "NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B"
-  use_wandb: true
-  wandb_name: "openthoughts-tblite"
-  ensure_scores_are_not_same: false
-  data_dir_to_save_evals: "environments/benchmarks/evals/openthoughts-tblite"
-
-openai:
-  base_url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
-  model_name: "anthropic/claude-opus-4.6"
-  server_type: "openai"
-  health_check: false
-  # api_key loaded from OPENROUTER_API_KEY in .env

environments/benchmarks/tblite/local.yaml

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation -- Docker Backend (Local Compute)
-#
-# Runs tasks in Docker containers on the local machine.
-# Sandboxed like Modal but no cloud costs. Good for dev/testing.
-#
-# Usage:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/tblite/local.yaml
-#
-#   # Override concurrency:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/tblite/local.yaml \
-#       --env.eval_concurrency 4
-
-env:
-  enabled_toolsets: ["terminal", "file"]
-  max_agent_turns: 60
-  max_token_length: 32000
-  agent_temperature: 0.8
-  terminal_backend: "docker"
-  terminal_timeout: 300
-  tool_pool_size: 16
-  dataset_name: "NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite"
-  test_timeout: 600
-  task_timeout: 1200
-  eval_concurrency: 8          # max 8 tasks at once
-  tokenizer_name: "NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B"
-  use_wandb: false
-  wandb_name: "openthoughts-tblite-local"
-  ensure_scores_are_not_same: false
-  data_dir_to_save_evals: "environments/benchmarks/evals/openthoughts-tblite-local"
-
-openai:
-  base_url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
-  model_name: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4"
-  server_type: "openai"
-  health_check: false
-  # api_key loaded from OPENROUTER_API_KEY in .env

environments/benchmarks/tblite/local_vllm.yaml

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation -- Local vLLM Backend
-#
-# Runs against a local vLLM server with Docker sandboxes.
-#
-# Start the vLLM server from the atropos directory:
-#   python -m example_trainer.vllm_api_server \
-#       --model Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 \
-#       --port 9001 \
-#       --gpu-memory-utilization 0.8 \
-#       --max-model-len=32000
-#
-# Then run:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/tblite/local_vllm.yaml
-
-env:
-  enabled_toolsets: ["terminal", "file"]
-  max_agent_turns: 60
-  max_token_length: 16000
-  agent_temperature: 0.6
-  terminal_backend: "docker"
-  terminal_timeout: 300
-  tool_pool_size: 16
-  dataset_name: "NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite"
-  test_timeout: 600
-  task_timeout: 1200
-  eval_concurrency: 8
-  tool_call_parser: "hermes"
-  system_prompt: "You are an expert terminal agent. You MUST use the provided tools to complete tasks. Use the terminal tool to run shell commands, read_file to read files, write_file to write files, search_files to search, and patch to edit files. Do NOT write out solutions as text - execute them using the tools. Always start by exploring the environment with terminal commands."
-  tokenizer_name: "Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"
-  use_wandb: false
-  wandb_name: "tblite-qwen3-4b-instruct"
-  ensure_scores_are_not_same: false
-  data_dir_to_save_evals: "environments/benchmarks/evals/tblite-qwen3-4b-local"
-
-openai:
-  base_url: "http://localhost:9001"
-  model_name: "Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"
-  server_type: "vllm"
-  health_check: false

environments/benchmarks/tblite/run_eval.sh

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation
-#
-# Run from repo root:
-#   bash environments/benchmarks/tblite/run_eval.sh
-#
-# Override model:
-#   bash environments/benchmarks/tblite/run_eval.sh \
-#       --openai.model_name anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
-#
-# Run a subset:
-#   bash environments/benchmarks/tblite/run_eval.sh \
-#       --env.task_filter broken-python,pandas-etl
-#
-# All terminal settings (backend, timeout, lifetime, pool size) are
-# configured via env config fields -- no env vars needed.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-mkdir -p logs evals/openthoughts-tblite
-LOG_FILE="logs/tblite_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
-
-echo "OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation"
-echo "Log file: $LOG_FILE"
-echo ""
-
-# Unbuffered python output so logs are written in real-time
-export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-
-# Show INFO-level agent loop timing (api/tool durations per turn)
-# These go to the log file; tqdm + [START]/[PASS]/[FAIL] go to terminal
-export LOGLEVEL=INFO
-
-python tblite_env.py evaluate \
-  --config default.yaml \
-  "$@" \
-  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
-
-echo ""
-echo "Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
-echo "Eval results: evals/openthoughts-tblite/"

environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py

@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-"""
-OpenThoughts-TBLite Evaluation Environment
-
-A lighter, faster alternative to Terminal-Bench 2.0 for iterating on terminal
-agents. Uses the same evaluation logic as TerminalBench2EvalEnv but defaults
-to the NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite dataset (100 difficulty-calibrated
-tasks vs TB2's 89 harder tasks).
-
-TBLite tasks are a curated subset of TB2 with a difficulty distribution
-designed to give meaningful signal even for smaller models:
-  - Easy (40 tasks):   >= 70% pass rate with Claude Haiku 4.5
-  - Medium (26 tasks): 40-69% pass rate
-  - Hard (26 tasks):   10-39% pass rate
-  - Extreme (8 tasks): < 10% pass rate
-
-Usage:
-    python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate
-
-    # Filter to specific tasks:
-    python environments/benchmarks/tblite/tblite_env.py evaluate \\
-        --env.task_filter "broken-python,pandas-etl"
-"""
-
-import os
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Tuple
-
-_repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent
-if str(_repo_root) not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.insert(0, str(_repo_root))
-
-from pydantic import Field
-
-from atroposlib.envs.base import EvalHandlingEnum
-from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.server_manager import APIServerConfig
-
-from environments.benchmarks.terminalbench_2.terminalbench2_env import (
-    TerminalBench2EvalConfig,
-    TerminalBench2EvalEnv,
-)
-
-
-class TBLiteEvalConfig(TerminalBench2EvalConfig):
-    """Configuration for the OpenThoughts-TBLite evaluation environment.
-
-    Inherits all TB2 config fields. Only the dataset default and task timeout
-    differ -- TBLite tasks are calibrated to be faster.
-    """
-
-    dataset_name: str = Field(
-        default="NousResearch/openthoughts-tblite",
-        description="HuggingFace dataset containing TBLite tasks.",
-    )
-
-    task_timeout: int = Field(
-        default=1200,
-        description="Maximum wall-clock seconds per task. TBLite tasks are "
-        "generally faster than TB2, so 20 minutes is usually sufficient.",
-    )
-
-
-class TBLiteEvalEnv(TerminalBench2EvalEnv):
-    """OpenThoughts-TBLite evaluation environment.
-
-    Inherits all evaluation logic from TerminalBench2EvalEnv (agent loop,
-    test verification, Docker image resolution, metrics, wandb logging).
-    Only the default configuration differs.
-    """
-
-    name = "openthoughts-tblite"
-    env_config_cls = TBLiteEvalConfig
-
-    @classmethod
-    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[TBLiteEvalConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
-        env_config = TBLiteEvalConfig(
-            enabled_toolsets=["terminal", "file"],
-            disabled_toolsets=None,
-            distribution=None,
-
-            max_agent_turns=60,
-            max_token_length=16000,
-            agent_temperature=0.6,
-            system_prompt=None,
-
-            terminal_backend="modal",
-            terminal_timeout=300,
-
-            test_timeout=180,
-
-            # 100 tasks in parallel
-            tool_pool_size=128,
-
-            eval_handling=EvalHandlingEnum.STOP_TRAIN,
-            group_size=1,
-            steps_per_eval=1,
-            total_steps=1,
-
-            tokenizer_name="NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B",
-            use_wandb=True,
-            wandb_name="openthoughts-tblite",
-            ensure_scores_are_not_same=False,
-        )
-
-        server_configs = [
-            APIServerConfig(
-                base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
-                model_name="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4",
-                server_type="openai",
-                api_key=os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY", ""),
-                health_check=False,
-            )
-        ]
-
-        return env_config, server_configs
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    TBLiteEvalEnv.cli()

environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/default.yaml

@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ env:
   wandb_name: "terminal-bench-2"
   ensure_scores_are_not_same: false
   data_dir_to_save_evals: "environments/benchmarks/evals/terminal-bench-2"
-  # CRITICAL: Limit concurrent Modal sandbox creations to avoid deadlocks.
-  # Modal's blocking calls (App.lookup, etc.) deadlock when too many sandboxes
-  # are created simultaneously inside thread pool workers via asyncio.run().
-  max_concurrent_tasks: 8
 
 openai:
   base_url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"

environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/run_eval.sh

@@ -12,31 +12,21 @@
 # Run a subset:
 #   bash environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/run_eval.sh \
 #       --env.task_filter fix-git,git-multibranch
-#
-# All terminal settings (backend, timeout, lifetime, pool size) are
-# configured via env config fields -- no env vars needed.
-
-set -euo pipefail
 
 mkdir -p logs evals/terminal-bench-2
 LOG_FILE="logs/terminalbench2_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
 
 echo "Terminal-Bench 2.0 Evaluation"
-echo "Log file: $LOG_FILE"
+echo "Log: $LOG_FILE"
 echo ""
 
-# Unbuffered python output so logs are written in real-time
-export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+export TERMINAL_ENV=modal
+export TERMINAL_TIMEOUT=300
 
-# Show INFO-level agent loop timing (api/tool durations per turn)
-# These go to the log file; tqdm + [START]/[PASS]/[FAIL] go to terminal
-export LOGLEVEL=INFO
-
-python terminalbench2_env.py evaluate \
-  --config default.yaml \
+python environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/terminalbench2_env.py evaluate \
+  --config environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/default.yaml \
   "$@" \
   2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
 
 echo ""
 echo "Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"
-echo "Eval results: evals/terminal-bench-2/"

environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/terminalbench2_env.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import uuid
 from collections import defaultdict
-from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 # Ensure repo root is on sys.path for imports
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.server_manager import APIServerConfig
 from environments.agent_loop import AgentResult, HermesAgentLoop
 from environments.hermes_base_env import HermesAgentBaseEnv, HermesAgentEnvConfig
 from environments.tool_context import ToolContext
-from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import (
+from tools.terminal_tool import (
     register_task_env_overrides,
     clear_task_env_overrides,
     cleanup_vm,
@@ -118,23 +118,6 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalConfig(HermesAgentEnvConfig):
         "Tasks exceeding this are scored as FAIL. Default 30 minutes.",
     )
 
-    # --- Concurrency control ---
-    max_concurrent_tasks: int = Field(
-        default=8,
-        description="Maximum number of tasks to run concurrently. "
-        "Limits concurrent Modal sandbox creations to avoid async/threading deadlocks. "
-        "Modal has internal limits and creating too many sandboxes simultaneously "
-        "causes blocking calls to deadlock inside the thread pool.",
-    )
-
-    # --- Eval concurrency ---
-    eval_concurrency: int = Field(
-        default=0,
-        description="Maximum number of tasks to evaluate in parallel. "
-        "0 means unlimited (all tasks run concurrently). "
-        "Set to 8 for local backends to avoid overwhelming the machine.",
-    )
-
 
 # Tasks that cannot run properly on Modal and are excluded from scoring.
 MODAL_INCOMPATIBLE_TASKS = {
@@ -148,62 +131,6 @@ MODAL_INCOMPATIBLE_TASKS = {
 # Tar extraction helper
 # =============================================================================
 
-def _normalize_tar_member_parts(member_name: str) -> list:
-    """Return safe path components for a tar member or raise ValueError."""
-    normalized_name = member_name.replace("\\", "/")
-    posix_path = PurePosixPath(normalized_name)
-    windows_path = PureWindowsPath(member_name)
-
-    if (
-        not normalized_name
-        or posix_path.is_absolute()
-        or windows_path.is_absolute()
-        or windows_path.drive
-    ):
-        raise ValueError(f"Unsafe archive member path: {member_name}")
-
-    parts = [part for part in posix_path.parts if part not in ("", ".")]
-    if not parts or any(part == ".." for part in parts):
-        raise ValueError(f"Unsafe archive member path: {member_name}")
-    return parts
-
-
-def _safe_extract_tar(tar: tarfile.TarFile, target_dir: Path) -> None:
-    """Extract a tar archive without allowing traversal or link entries."""
-    target_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    target_root = target_dir.resolve()
-
-    for member in tar.getmembers():
-        parts = _normalize_tar_member_parts(member.name)
-        target = target_dir.joinpath(*parts)
-        target_real = target.resolve(strict=False)
-
-        try:
-            target_real.relative_to(target_root)
-        except ValueError as exc:
-            raise ValueError(f"Unsafe archive member path: {member.name}") from exc
-
-        if member.isdir():
-            target_real.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            continue
-
-        if not member.isfile():
-            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported archive member type: {member.name}")
-
-        target_real.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        extracted = tar.extractfile(member)
-        if extracted is None:
-            raise ValueError(f"Cannot read archive member: {member.name}")
-
-        with extracted, open(target_real, "wb") as dst:
-            shutil.copyfileobj(extracted, dst)
-
-        try:
-            os.chmod(target_real, member.mode & 0o777)
-        except OSError:
-            pass
-
-
 def _extract_base64_tar(b64_data: str, target_dir: Path):
     """Extract a base64-encoded tar.gz archive into target_dir."""
     if not b64_data:
@@ -211,7 +138,7 @@ def _extract_base64_tar(b64_data: str, target_dir: Path):
     raw = base64.b64decode(b64_data)
     buf = io.BytesIO(raw)
     with tarfile.open(fileobj=buf, mode="r:gz") as tar:
-        _safe_extract_tar(tar, target_dir)
+        tar.extractall(path=str(target_dir))
 
 
 # =============================================================================
@@ -502,14 +429,8 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
                     "error": "no_image",
                 }
 
-            # --- 2. Register per-task image override ---
-            # Set both modal_image and docker_image so the task image is used
-            # regardless of which backend is configured.
-            register_task_env_overrides(task_id, {
-                "modal_image": modal_image,
-                "docker_image": modal_image,
-                "cwd": "/app",
-            })
+            # --- 2. Register per-task Modal image override ---
+            register_task_env_overrides(task_id, {"modal_image": modal_image})
             logger.info(
                 "Task %s: registered image override for task_id %s",
                 task_name, task_id[:8],
@@ -524,39 +445,17 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
             messages.append({"role": "user", "content": self.format_prompt(eval_item)})
 
             # --- 4. Run agent loop ---
-            # Use ManagedServer (Phase 2) for vLLM/SGLang backends to get
-            # token-level tracking via /generate. Falls back to direct
-            # ServerManager (Phase 1) for OpenAI endpoints.
-            if self._use_managed_server():
-                async with self.server.managed_server(
-                    tokenizer=self.tokenizer,
-                    preserve_think_blocks=bool(self.config.thinking_mode),
-                ) as managed:
-                    agent = HermesAgentLoop(
-                        server=managed,
-                        tool_schemas=tools,
-                        valid_tool_names=valid_names,
-                        max_turns=self.config.max_agent_turns,
-                        task_id=task_id,
-                        temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
-                        max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
-                        extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
-                        budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
-                    )
-                    result = await agent.run(messages)
-            else:
-                agent = HermesAgentLoop(
-                    server=self.server,
-                    tool_schemas=tools,
-                    valid_tool_names=valid_names,
-                    max_turns=self.config.max_agent_turns,
-                    task_id=task_id,
-                    temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
-                    max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
-                    extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
-                    budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
-                )
-                result = await agent.run(messages)
+            agent = HermesAgentLoop(
+                server=self.server,
+                tool_schemas=tools,
+                valid_tool_names=valid_names,
+                max_turns=self.config.max_agent_turns,
+                task_id=task_id,
+                temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
+                max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
+                extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
+            )
+            result = await agent.run(messages)
 
             # --- 5. Verify -- run test suite in the agent's sandbox ---
             # Skip verification if the agent produced no meaningful output
@@ -834,23 +733,12 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
         print(f"  Tool thread pool: {self.config.tool_pool_size}")
         print(f"  Terminal timeout: {self.config.terminal_timeout}s/cmd")
         print(f"  Terminal lifetime: {self.config.terminal_lifetime}s (auto: task_timeout + 120)")
-        print(f"  Max concurrent tasks: {self.config.max_concurrent_tasks}")
         print(f"{'='*60}\n")
 
-        # Semaphore to limit concurrent Modal sandbox creations.
-        # Without this, all 86 tasks fire simultaneously, each creating a Modal
-        # sandbox via asyncio.run() inside a thread pool worker. Modal's blocking
-        # calls (App.lookup, etc.) deadlock when too many are created at once.
-        semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(self.config.max_concurrent_tasks)
-
-        async def _eval_with_semaphore(item):
-            async with semaphore:
-                return await self._eval_with_timeout(item)
-
         # Fire all tasks with wall-clock timeout, track live accuracy on the bar
         total_tasks = len(self.all_eval_items)
         eval_tasks = [
-            asyncio.ensure_future(_eval_with_semaphore(item))
+            asyncio.ensure_future(self._eval_with_timeout(item))
             for item in self.all_eval_items
         ]
 
@@ -876,7 +764,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
             # Let cancellations propagate (finally blocks run cleanup_vm)
             await asyncio.gather(*eval_tasks, return_exceptions=True)
             # Belt-and-suspenders: clean up any remaining sandboxes
-            from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
+            from tools.terminal_tool import cleanup_all_environments
             cleanup_all_environments()
             print("All sandboxes cleaned up.")
             return
@@ -984,7 +872,7 @@ class TerminalBench2EvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
 
         # Kill all remaining sandboxes. Timed-out tasks leave orphaned thread
         # pool workers still executing commands -- cleanup_all stops them.
-        from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
+        from tools.terminal_tool import cleanup_all_environments
         print("\nCleaning up all sandboxes...")
         cleanup_all_environments()
 

environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/README.md

@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-# YC-Bench: Long-Horizon Agent Benchmark
-
-[YC-Bench](https://github.com/collinear-ai/yc-bench) by [Collinear AI](https://collinear.ai/) is a deterministic, long-horizon benchmark that tests LLM agents' ability to act as a tech startup CEO. The agent manages a simulated company over 1-3 years, making compounding decisions about resource allocation, cash flow, task management, and prestige specialisation across 4 skill domains.
-
-Unlike TerminalBench2 (which evaluates per-task coding ability with binary pass/fail), YC-Bench measures **long-term strategic coherence** — whether an agent can maintain consistent strategy, manage compounding consequences, and adapt plans over hundreds of turns.
-
-## Setup
-
-```bash
-# Install yc-bench (optional dependency)
-pip install "hermes-agent[yc-bench]"
-
-# Or install from source
-git clone https://github.com/collinear-ai/yc-bench
-cd yc-bench && pip install -e .
-
-# Verify
-yc-bench --help
-```
-
-## Running
-
-```bash
-# From the repo root:
-bash environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh
-
-# Or directly:
-python environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py evaluate \
-    --config environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/default.yaml
-
-# Override model:
-bash environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh \
-    --openai.model_name anthropic/claude-opus-4-20250514
-
-# Quick single-preset test:
-bash environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh \
-    --env.presets '["fast_test"]' --env.seeds '[1]'
-```
-
-## How It Works
-
-### Architecture
-
-```
-HermesAgentLoop (our agent)
-  -> terminal tool -> subprocess("yc-bench company status") -> JSON output
-  -> terminal tool -> subprocess("yc-bench task accept --task-id X") -> JSON
-  -> terminal tool -> subprocess("yc-bench sim resume") -> JSON (advance time)
-  -> ... (100-500 turns per run)
-```
-
-The environment initialises the simulation via `yc-bench sim init` (NOT `yc-bench run`, which would start yc-bench's own built-in agent loop). Our `HermesAgentLoop` then drives all interaction through CLI commands.
-
-### Simulation Mechanics
-
-- **4 skill domains**: research, inference, data_environment, training
-- **Prestige system** (1.0-10.0): Gates access to higher-paying tasks
-- **Employee management**: Junior/Mid/Senior with domain-specific skill rates
-- **Throughput splitting**: `effective_rate = base_rate / N` active tasks per employee
-- **Financial pressure**: Monthly payroll, bankruptcy = game over
-- **Deterministic**: SHA256-based RNG — same seed + preset = same world
-
-### Difficulty Presets
-
-| Preset | Employees | Tasks | Focus |
-|-----------|-----------|-------|-------|
-| tutorial  | 3         | 50    | Basic loop mechanics |
-| easy      | 5         | 100   | Throughput awareness |
-| **medium**| 5         | 150   | Prestige climbing + domain specialisation |
-| **hard**  | 7         | 200   | Precise ETA reasoning |
-| nightmare | 8         | 300   | Sustained perfection under payroll pressure |
-| fast_test | (varies)  | (varies) | Quick validation (~50 turns) |
-
-Default eval runs **fast_test + medium + hard** × 3 seeds = 9 runs.
-
-### Scoring
-
-```
-composite = 0.5 × survival + 0.5 × normalised_funds
-```
-
-- **Survival** (binary): Did the company avoid bankruptcy?
-- **Normalised funds** (0.0-1.0): Log-scale relative to initial $250K capital
-
-## Configuration
-
-Key fields in `default.yaml`:
-
-| Field | Default | Description |
-|-------|---------|-------------|
-| `presets` | `["fast_test", "medium", "hard"]` | Which presets to evaluate |
-| `seeds` | `[1, 2, 3]` | RNG seeds per preset |
-| `max_agent_turns` | 200 | Max LLM calls per run |
-| `run_timeout` | 3600 | Wall-clock timeout per run (seconds) |
-| `survival_weight` | 0.5 | Weight of survival in composite score |
-| `funds_weight` | 0.5 | Weight of normalised funds in composite |
-| `horizon_years` | null | Override horizon (null = auto from preset) |
-
-## Cost & Time Estimates
-
-Each run is 100-500 LLM turns. Approximate costs per run at typical API rates:
-
-| Preset | Turns | Time | Est. Cost |
-|--------|-------|------|-----------|
-| fast_test | ~50 | 5-10 min | $1-5 |
-| medium | ~200 | 20-40 min | $5-15 |
-| hard | ~300 | 30-60 min | $10-25 |
-
-Full default eval (9 runs): ~3-6 hours, $50-200 depending on model.
-
-## References
-
-- [collinear-ai/yc-bench](https://github.com/collinear-ai/yc-bench) — Official repository
-- [Collinear AI](https://collinear.ai/) — Company behind yc-bench
-- [TerminalBench2](../terminalbench_2/) — Per-task coding benchmark (complementary)

environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/default.yaml

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# YC-Bench Evaluation -- Default Configuration
-#
-# Long-horizon agent benchmark: agent plays CEO of an AI startup over
-# a simulated 1-3 year run, interacting via yc-bench CLI subcommands.
-#
-# Requires: pip install "hermes-agent[yc-bench]"
-#
-# Usage:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/default.yaml
-#
-#   # Override model:
-#   python environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py evaluate \
-#       --config environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/default.yaml \
-#       --openai.model_name anthropic/claude-opus-4-20250514
-
-env:
-  enabled_toolsets: ["terminal"]
-  max_agent_turns: 200
-  max_token_length: 32000
-  agent_temperature: 0.0
-  terminal_backend: "local"
-  terminal_timeout: 60
-  presets: ["fast_test", "medium", "hard"]
-  seeds: [1, 2, 3]
-  run_timeout: 3600          # 60 min wall-clock per run, auto-FAIL if exceeded
-  survival_weight: 0.5       # weight of binary survival in composite score
-  funds_weight: 0.5          # weight of normalised final funds in composite score
-  db_dir: "/tmp/yc_bench_dbs"
-  company_name: "BenchCo"
-  start_date: "01/01/2025"   # MM/DD/YYYY (yc-bench convention)
-  tokenizer_name: "NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B"
-  use_wandb: true
-  wandb_name: "yc-bench"
-  ensure_scores_are_not_same: false
-  data_dir_to_save_evals: "environments/benchmarks/evals/yc-bench"
-
-openai:
-  base_url: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
-  model_name: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6"
-  server_type: "openai"
-  health_check: false
-  # api_key loaded from OPENROUTER_API_KEY in .env

environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# YC-Bench Evaluation
-#
-# Requires: pip install "hermes-agent[yc-bench]"
-#
-# Run from repo root:
-#   bash environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh
-#
-# Override model:
-#   bash environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh \
-#       --openai.model_name anthropic/claude-opus-4-20250514
-#
-# Run a single preset:
-#   bash environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/run_eval.sh \
-#       --env.presets '["fast_test"]' --env.seeds '[1]'
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-mkdir -p logs evals/yc-bench
-LOG_FILE="logs/yc_bench_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).log"
-
-echo "YC-Bench Evaluation"
-echo "Log: $LOG_FILE"
-echo ""
-
-PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 LOGLEVEL="${LOGLEVEL:-INFO}" \
-  python environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py evaluate \
-  --config environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/default.yaml \
-  "$@" \
-  2>&1 | tee "$LOG_FILE"
-
-echo ""
-echo "Log saved to: $LOG_FILE"

environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py

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-"""
-YCBenchEvalEnv -- YC-Bench Long-Horizon Agent Benchmark Environment
-
-Evaluates agentic LLMs on YC-Bench: a deterministic, long-horizon benchmark
-where the agent acts as CEO of an AI startup over a simulated 1-3 year run.
-The agent manages cash flow, employees, tasks, and prestige across 4 domains,
-interacting exclusively via CLI subprocess calls against a SQLite-backed
-discrete-event simulation.
-
-Unlike TerminalBench2 (per-task binary pass/fail), YC-Bench measures sustained
-multi-turn strategic coherence -- whether an agent can manage compounding
-decisions over hundreds of turns without going bankrupt.
-
-This is an eval-only environment. Run via:
-
-    python environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/yc_bench_env.py evaluate \
-        --config environments/benchmarks/yc_bench/default.yaml
-
-The evaluate flow:
-    1. setup()     -- Verifies yc-bench installed, builds eval matrix (preset x seed)
-    2. evaluate()  -- Iterates over all runs sequentially through:
-        a. rollout_and_score_eval()  -- Per-run agent loop
-            - Initialises a fresh yc-bench simulation via `sim init` (NOT `run`)
-            - Runs HermesAgentLoop with terminal tool only
-            - Reads final SQLite DB to extract score
-            - Returns survival (0/1) + normalised funds score
-        b. Aggregates per-preset and overall metrics
-        c. Logs results via evaluate_log() and wandb
-
-Key features:
-  - CLI-only interface: agent calls yc-bench subcommands via terminal tool
-  - Deterministic: same seed + preset = same world (SHA256-based RNG)
-  - Multi-dimensional scoring: survival + normalised final funds
-  - Per-preset difficulty breakdown in results
-  - Isolated SQLite DB per run (no cross-run state leakage)
-
-Requires: pip install hermes-agent[yc-bench]
-"""
-
-import asyncio
-import datetime
-import json
-import logging
-import math
-import os
-import sqlite3
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import threading
-import time
-import uuid
-from collections import defaultdict
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
-
-_repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent
-if str(_repo_root) not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.insert(0, str(_repo_root))
-
-from pydantic import Field
-
-from atroposlib.envs.base import EvalHandlingEnum
-from atroposlib.envs.server_handling.server_manager import APIServerConfig
-
-from environments.agent_loop import HermesAgentLoop
-from environments.hermes_base_env import HermesAgentBaseEnv, HermesAgentEnvConfig
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# =============================================================================
-# System prompt
-# =============================================================================
-
-YC_BENCH_SYSTEM_PROMPT = """\
-You are the autonomous CEO of an early-stage AI startup in a deterministic
-business simulation. You manage the company exclusively through the `yc-bench`
-CLI tool. Your primary goal is to **survive** until the simulation horizon ends
-without going bankrupt, while **maximising final funds**.
-
-## Simulation Mechanics
-
-- **Funds**: You start with $250,000 seed capital. Revenue comes from completing
-  tasks. Rewards scale with your prestige: `base × (1 + scale × (prestige − 1))`.
-- **Domains**: There are 4 skill domains: **research**, **inference**,
-  **data_environment**, and **training**. Each has its own prestige level
-  (1.0-10.0). Higher prestige unlocks better-paying tasks.
-- **Employees**: You have employees (Junior/Mid/Senior) with domain-specific
-  skill rates. **Throughput splits**: `effective_rate = base_rate / N` where N
-  is the number of active tasks assigned to that employee. Focus beats breadth.
-- **Payroll**: Deducted automatically on the first business day of each month.
-  Running out of funds = bankruptcy = game over.
-- **Time**: The simulation runs on business days (Mon-Fri), 09:00-18:00.
-  Time only advances when you call `yc-bench sim resume`.
-
-## Task Lifecycle
-
-1. Browse market tasks with `market browse`
-2. Accept a task with `task accept` (this sets its deadline)
-3. Assign employees with `task assign`
-4. Dispatch with `task dispatch` to start work
-5. Call `sim resume` to advance time and let employees make progress
-6. Tasks complete when all domain requirements are fulfilled
-
-**Penalties for failure vary by difficulty preset.** Completing a task on time
-earns full reward + prestige gain. Missing a deadline or cancelling a task
-incurs prestige penalties -- cancelling is always more costly than letting a
-task fail, so cancel only as a last resort.
-
-## CLI Commands
-
-### Observe
-- `yc-bench company status`                                         -- funds, prestige, runway
-- `yc-bench employee list`                                          -- skills, salary, active tasks
-- `yc-bench market browse [--domain D] [--required-prestige-lte N]` -- available tasks
-- `yc-bench task list [--status active|planned]`                    -- your tasks
-- `yc-bench task inspect --task-id UUID`                            -- progress, deadline, assignments
-- `yc-bench finance ledger [--category monthly_payroll|task_reward]` -- transaction history
-- `yc-bench report monthly`                                         -- monthly P&L
-
-### Act
-- `yc-bench task accept --task-id UUID`                              -- accept from market
-- `yc-bench task assign --task-id UUID --employee-id UUID`           -- assign employee
-- `yc-bench task dispatch --task-id UUID`                            -- start work (needs >=1 assignment)
-- `yc-bench task cancel --task-id UUID --reason "text"`              -- cancel (prestige penalty)
-- `yc-bench sim resume`                                              -- advance simulation clock
-
-### Memory (persists across context truncation)
-- `yc-bench scratchpad read`            -- read your persistent notes
-- `yc-bench scratchpad write --content "text"`  -- overwrite notes
-- `yc-bench scratchpad append --content "text"` -- append to notes
-- `yc-bench scratchpad clear`           -- clear notes
-
-## Strategy Guidelines
-
-1. **Specialise in 2-3 domains** to climb the prestige ladder faster and unlock
-   high-reward tasks. Don't spread thin across all 4 domains early on.
-2. **Focus employees** -- assigning one employee to many tasks halves their
-   throughput per additional task. Keep assignments concentrated.
-3. **Use the scratchpad** to track your strategy, upcoming deadlines, and
-   employee assignments. This persists even if conversation context is truncated.
-4. **Monitor runway** -- always know how many months of payroll you can cover.
-   Accept high-reward tasks before payroll dates.
-5. **Don't over-accept** -- taking too many tasks and missing deadlines cascades
-   into prestige loss, locking you out of profitable contracts.
-6. Use `finance ledger` and `report monthly` to track revenue trends.
-
-## Your Turn
-
-Each turn:
-1. Call `yc-bench company status` and `yc-bench task list` to orient yourself.
-2. Check for completed tasks and pending deadlines.
-3. Browse market for profitable tasks within your prestige level.
-4. Accept, assign, and dispatch tasks strategically.
-5. Call `yc-bench sim resume` to advance time.
-6. Repeat until the simulation ends.
-
-Think step by step before acting."""
-
-# Starting funds in cents ($250,000)
-INITIAL_FUNDS_CENTS = 25_000_000
-
-# Default horizon per preset (years)
-_PRESET_HORIZONS = {
-    "tutorial": 1,
-    "easy": 1,
-    "medium": 1,
-    "hard": 1,
-    "nightmare": 1,
-    "fast_test": 1,
-    "default": 3,
-    "high_reward": 1,
-}
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Configuration
-# =============================================================================
-
-class YCBenchEvalConfig(HermesAgentEnvConfig):
-    """
-    Configuration for the YC-Bench evaluation environment.
-
-    Extends HermesAgentEnvConfig with YC-Bench-specific settings for
-    preset selection, seed control, scoring, and simulation parameters.
-    """
-
-    presets: List[str] = Field(
-        default=["fast_test", "medium", "hard"],
-        description="YC-Bench preset names to evaluate.",
-    )
-    seeds: List[int] = Field(
-        default=[1, 2, 3],
-        description="Random seeds -- each preset x seed = one run.",
-    )
-    run_timeout: int = Field(
-        default=3600,
-        description="Maximum wall-clock seconds per run. Default 60 minutes.",
-    )
-    survival_weight: float = Field(
-        default=0.5,
-        description="Weight of survival (0/1) in composite score.",
-    )
-    funds_weight: float = Field(
-        default=0.5,
-        description="Weight of normalised final funds in composite score.",
-    )
-    db_dir: str = Field(
-        default="/tmp/yc_bench_dbs",
-        description="Directory for per-run SQLite databases.",
-    )
-    horizon_years: Optional[int] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "Simulation horizon in years. If None (default), inferred from "
-            "preset name (1 year for most, 3 for 'default')."
-        ),
-    )
-    company_name: str = Field(
-        default="BenchCo",
-        description="Name of the simulated company.",
-    )
-    start_date: str = Field(
-        default="01/01/2025",
-        description="Simulation start date in MM/DD/YYYY format (yc-bench convention).",
-    )
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Scoring helpers
-# =============================================================================
-
-def _read_final_score(db_path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    """
-    Read final game state from a YC-Bench SQLite database.
-
-    Returns dict with final_funds_cents (int), survived (bool),
-    terminal_reason (str).
-
-    Note: yc-bench table names are plural -- 'companies' not 'company',
-    'sim_events' not 'simulation_log'.
-    """
-    if not os.path.exists(db_path):
-        logger.warning("DB not found at %s", db_path)
-        return {
-            "final_funds_cents": 0,
-            "survived": False,
-            "terminal_reason": "db_missing",
-        }
-
-    conn = None
-    try:
-        conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
-        cur = conn.cursor()
-
-        # Read final funds from the 'companies' table
-        cur.execute("SELECT funds_cents FROM companies LIMIT 1")
-        row = cur.fetchone()
-        funds = row[0] if row else 0
-
-        # Determine terminal reason from 'sim_events' table
-        terminal_reason = "unknown"
-        try:
-            cur.execute(
-                "SELECT event_type FROM sim_events "
-                "WHERE event_type IN ('bankruptcy', 'horizon_end') "
-                "ORDER BY scheduled_at DESC LIMIT 1"
-            )
-            event_row = cur.fetchone()
-            if event_row:
-                terminal_reason = event_row[0]
-        except sqlite3.OperationalError:
-            # Table may not exist if simulation didn't progress
-            pass
-
-        survived = funds >= 0 and terminal_reason != "bankruptcy"
-        return {
-            "final_funds_cents": funds,
-            "survived": survived,
-            "terminal_reason": terminal_reason,
-        }
-
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.error("Failed to read DB %s: %s", db_path, e)
-        return {
-            "final_funds_cents": 0,
-            "survived": False,
-            "terminal_reason": f"db_error: {e}",
-        }
-    finally:
-        if conn:
-            conn.close()
-
-
-def _compute_composite_score(
-    final_funds_cents: int,
-    survived: bool,
-    survival_weight: float = 0.5,
-    funds_weight: float = 0.5,
-    initial_funds_cents: int = INITIAL_FUNDS_CENTS,
-) -> float:
-    """
-    Compute composite score from survival and final funds.
-
-    Score = survival_weight * survival_score
-          + funds_weight * normalised_funds_score
-
-    Normalised funds uses log-scale relative to initial capital:
-    - funds <= 0:          0.0
-    - funds == initial:   ~0.15
-    - funds == 10x:       ~0.52
-    - funds == 100x:       1.0
-    """
-    survival_score = 1.0 if survived else 0.0
-
-    if final_funds_cents <= 0:
-        funds_score = 0.0
-    else:
-        max_ratio = 100.0
-        ratio = final_funds_cents / max(initial_funds_cents, 1)
-        funds_score = min(math.log1p(ratio) / math.log1p(max_ratio), 1.0)
-
-    return survival_weight * survival_score + funds_weight * funds_score
-
-
-# =============================================================================
-# Main Environment
-# =============================================================================
-
-class YCBenchEvalEnv(HermesAgentBaseEnv):
-    """
-    YC-Bench long-horizon agent benchmark environment (eval-only).
-
-    Each eval item is a (preset, seed) pair. The environment initialises the
-    simulation via ``yc-bench sim init`` (NOT ``yc-bench run`` which would start
-    a competing built-in agent loop). The HermesAgentLoop then drives the
-    interaction by calling individual yc-bench CLI commands via the terminal tool.
-
-    After the agent loop ends, the SQLite DB is read to extract the final score.
-
-    Scoring:
-      composite = 0.5 * survival + 0.5 * normalised_funds
-    """
-
-    name = "yc-bench"
-    env_config_cls = YCBenchEvalConfig
-
-    @classmethod
-    def config_init(cls) -> Tuple[YCBenchEvalConfig, List[APIServerConfig]]:
-        env_config = YCBenchEvalConfig(
-            enabled_toolsets=["terminal"],
-            disabled_toolsets=None,
-            distribution=None,
-            max_agent_turns=200,
-            max_token_length=32000,
-            agent_temperature=0.0,
-            system_prompt=YC_BENCH_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
-            terminal_backend="local",
-            terminal_timeout=60,
-            presets=["fast_test", "medium", "hard"],
-            seeds=[1, 2, 3],
-            run_timeout=3600,
-            survival_weight=0.5,
-            funds_weight=0.5,
-            db_dir="/tmp/yc_bench_dbs",
-            eval_handling=EvalHandlingEnum.STOP_TRAIN,
-            group_size=1,
-            steps_per_eval=1,
-            total_steps=1,
-            tokenizer_name="NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B",
-            use_wandb=True,
-            wandb_name="yc-bench",
-            ensure_scores_are_not_same=False,
-        )
-
-        server_configs = [
-            APIServerConfig(
-                base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
-                model_name="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
-                server_type="openai",
-                api_key=os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY", ""),
-                health_check=False,
-            )
-        ]
-
-        return env_config, server_configs
-
-    # =========================================================================
-    # Setup
-    # =========================================================================
-
-    async def setup(self):
-        """Verify yc-bench is installed and build the eval matrix."""
-        # Verify yc-bench CLI is available
-        try:
-            result = subprocess.run(
-                ["yc-bench", "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10
-            )
-            if result.returncode != 0:
-                raise FileNotFoundError
-        except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                "yc-bench CLI not found. Install with:\n"
-                '  pip install "hermes-agent[yc-bench]"\n'
-                "Or: git clone https://github.com/collinear-ai/yc-bench "
-                "&& cd yc-bench && pip install -e ."
-            )
-        print("yc-bench CLI verified.")
-
-        # Build eval matrix: preset x seed
-        self.all_eval_items = [
-            {"preset": preset, "seed": seed}
-            for preset in self.config.presets
-            for seed in self.config.seeds
-        ]
-        self.iter = 0
-
-        os.makedirs(self.config.db_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        self.eval_metrics: List[Tuple[str, float]] = []
-
-        # Streaming JSONL log for crash-safe result persistence
-        log_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "logs")
-        os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        run_ts = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
-        self._streaming_path = os.path.join(log_dir, f"samples_{run_ts}.jsonl")
-        self._streaming_file = open(self._streaming_path, "w")
-        self._streaming_lock = threading.Lock()
-
-        print(f"\nYC-Bench eval matrix: {len(self.all_eval_items)} runs")
-        for item in self.all_eval_items:
-            print(f"  preset={item['preset']!r}  seed={item['seed']}")
-        print(f"Streaming results to: {self._streaming_path}\n")
-
-    def _save_result(self, result: Dict[str, Any]):
-        """Write a single run result to the streaming JSONL file immediately."""
-        if not hasattr(self, "_streaming_file") or self._streaming_file.closed:
-            return
-        with self._streaming_lock:
-            self._streaming_file.write(
-                json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, default=str) + "\n"
-            )
-            self._streaming_file.flush()
-
-    # =========================================================================
-    # Training pipeline stubs (eval-only -- not used)
-    # =========================================================================
-
-    async def get_next_item(self):
-        item = self.all_eval_items[self.iter % len(self.all_eval_items)]
-        self.iter += 1
-        return item
-
-    def format_prompt(self, item: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
-        preset = item["preset"]
-        seed = item["seed"]
-        return (
-            f"A new YC-Bench simulation has been initialized "
-            f"(preset='{preset}', seed={seed}).\n"
-            f"Your company '{self.config.company_name}' is ready.\n\n"
-            "Begin by calling:\n"
-            "1. `yc-bench company status` -- see your starting funds and prestige\n"
-            "2. `yc-bench employee list` -- see your team and their skills\n"
-            "3. `yc-bench market browse --required-prestige-lte 1` -- find tasks "
-            "you can take\n\n"
-            "Then accept 2-3 tasks, assign employees, dispatch them, and call "
-            "`yc-bench sim resume` to advance time. Repeat this loop until the "
-            "simulation ends (horizon reached or bankruptcy)."
-        )
-
-    async def compute_reward(self, item, result, ctx) -> float:
-        return 0.0
-
-    async def collect_trajectories(self, item):
-        return None, []
-
-    async def score(self, rollout_group_data):
-        return None
-
-    # =========================================================================
-    # Per-run evaluation
-    # =========================================================================
-
-    async def rollout_and_score_eval(self, eval_item: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict:
-        """
-        Evaluate a single (preset, seed) run.
-
-        1. Sets DATABASE_URL and YC_BENCH_EXPERIMENT env vars
-        2. Initialises the simulation via ``yc-bench sim init`` (NOT ``run``)
-        3. Runs HermesAgentLoop with terminal tool
-        4. Reads SQLite DB to compute final score
-        5. Returns result dict with survival, funds, and composite score
-        """
-        preset = eval_item["preset"]
-        seed = eval_item["seed"]
-        run_id = str(uuid.uuid4())[:8]
-        run_key = f"{preset}_seed{seed}_{run_id}"
-
-        from tqdm import tqdm
-        tqdm.write(f"  [START] preset={preset!r} seed={seed} (run_id={run_id})")
-        run_start = time.time()
-
-        # Isolated DB per run -- prevents cross-run state leakage
-        db_path = os.path.join(self.config.db_dir, f"yc_bench_{run_key}.db")
-        os.environ["DATABASE_URL"] = f"sqlite:///{db_path}"
-        os.environ["YC_BENCH_EXPERIMENT"] = preset
-
-        # Determine horizon: explicit config override > preset lookup > default 1
-        horizon = self.config.horizon_years or _PRESET_HORIZONS.get(preset, 1)
-
-        try:
-            # ----------------------------------------------------------
-            # Step 1: Initialise the simulation via CLI
-            # IMPORTANT: We use `sim init`, NOT `yc-bench run`.
-            # `yc-bench run` starts yc-bench's own LLM agent loop (via
-            # LiteLLM), which would compete with our HermesAgentLoop.
-            # `sim init` just sets up the world and returns.
-            # ----------------------------------------------------------
-            init_cmd = [
-                "yc-bench", "sim", "init",
-                "--seed", str(seed),
-                "--start-date", self.config.start_date,
-                "--company-name", self.config.company_name,
-                "--horizon-years", str(horizon),
-            ]
-            init_result = subprocess.run(
-                init_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,
-            )
-            if init_result.returncode != 0:
-                error_msg = (init_result.stderr or init_result.stdout).strip()
-                raise RuntimeError(f"yc-bench sim init failed: {error_msg}")
-
-            tqdm.write(f"    Simulation initialized (horizon={horizon}yr)")
-
-            # ----------------------------------------------------------
-            # Step 2: Run the HermesAgentLoop
-            # ----------------------------------------------------------
-            tools, valid_names = self._resolve_tools_for_group()
-
-            messages: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [
-                {"role": "system", "content": YC_BENCH_SYSTEM_PROMPT},
-                {"role": "user", "content": self.format_prompt(eval_item)},
-            ]
-
-            agent = HermesAgentLoop(
-                server=self.server,
-                tool_schemas=tools,
-                valid_tool_names=valid_names,
-                max_turns=self.config.max_agent_turns,
-                task_id=run_id,
-                temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
-                max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
-                extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
-                budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
-            )
-            result = await agent.run(messages)
-
-            # ----------------------------------------------------------
-            # Step 3: Read final score from the simulation DB
-            # ----------------------------------------------------------
-            score_data = _read_final_score(db_path)
-            final_funds = score_data["final_funds_cents"]
-            survived = score_data["survived"]
-            terminal_reason = score_data["terminal_reason"]
-
-            composite = _compute_composite_score(
-                final_funds_cents=final_funds,
-                survived=survived,
-                survival_weight=self.config.survival_weight,
-                funds_weight=self.config.funds_weight,
-            )
-
-            elapsed = time.time() - run_start
-            status = "SURVIVED" if survived else "BANKRUPT"
-            if final_funds >= 0:
-                funds_str = f"${final_funds / 100:,.0f}"
-            else:
-                funds_str = f"-${abs(final_funds) / 100:,.0f}"
-
-            tqdm.write(
-                f"  [{status}] preset={preset!r} seed={seed} "
-                f"funds={funds_str} score={composite:.3f} "
-                f"turns={result.turns_used} ({elapsed:.0f}s)"
-            )
-
-            out = {
-                "preset": preset,
-                "seed": seed,
-                "survived": survived,
-                "final_funds_cents": final_funds,
-                "final_funds_usd": final_funds / 100,
-                "terminal_reason": terminal_reason,
-                "composite_score": composite,
-                "turns_used": result.turns_used,
-                "finished_naturally": result.finished_naturally,
-                "elapsed_seconds": elapsed,
-                "db_path": db_path,
-                "messages": result.messages,
-            }
-            self._save_result(out)
-            return out
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            elapsed = time.time() - run_start
-            logger.error("Run %s failed: %s", run_key, e, exc_info=True)
-            tqdm.write(
-                f"  [ERROR] preset={preset!r} seed={seed}: {e} ({elapsed:.0f}s)"
-            )
-            out = {
-                "preset": preset,
-                "seed": seed,
-                "survived": False,
-                "final_funds_cents": 0,
-                "final_funds_usd": 0.0,
-                "terminal_reason": f"error: {e}",
-                "composite_score": 0.0,
-                "turns_used": 0,
-                "error": str(e),
-                "elapsed_seconds": elapsed,
-            }
-            self._save_result(out)
-            return out
-
-    # =========================================================================
-    # Evaluate
-    # =========================================================================
-
-    async def _run_with_timeout(self, item: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict:
-        """Wrap a single rollout with a wall-clock timeout."""
-        preset = item["preset"]
-        seed = item["seed"]
-        try:
-            return await asyncio.wait_for(
-                self.rollout_and_score_eval(item),
-                timeout=self.config.run_timeout,
-            )
-        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-            from tqdm import tqdm
-            tqdm.write(
-                f"  [TIMEOUT] preset={preset!r} seed={seed} "
-                f"(exceeded {self.config.run_timeout}s)"
-            )
-            out = {
-                "preset": preset,
-                "seed": seed,
-                "survived": False,
-                "final_funds_cents": 0,
-                "final_funds_usd": 0.0,
-                "terminal_reason": f"timeout ({self.config.run_timeout}s)",
-                "composite_score": 0.0,
-                "turns_used": 0,
-                "error": "timeout",
-            }
-            self._save_result(out)
-            return out
-
-    async def evaluate(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
-        """
-        Run YC-Bench evaluation over all (preset, seed) combinations.
-
-        Runs sequentially -- each run is 100-500 turns, parallelising would
-        be prohibitively expensive and cause env var conflicts.
-        """
-        start_time = time.time()
-        from tqdm import tqdm
-
-        # --- tqdm-compatible logging handler (TB2 pattern) ---
-        class _TqdmHandler(logging.Handler):
-            def emit(self, record):
-                try:
-                    tqdm.write(self.format(record))
-                except Exception:
-                    self.handleError(record)
-
-        root = logging.getLogger()
-        handler = _TqdmHandler()
-        handler.setFormatter(
-            logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s")
-        )
-        root.handlers = [handler]
-        for noisy in ("httpx", "openai"):
-            logging.getLogger(noisy).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-
-        # --- Print config summary ---
-        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
-        print("Starting YC-Bench Evaluation")
-        print(f"{'='*60}")
-        print(f"  Presets: {self.config.presets}")
-        print(f"  Seeds: {self.config.seeds}")
-        print(f"  Total runs: {len(self.all_eval_items)}")
-        print(f"  Max turns/run: {self.config.max_agent_turns}")
-        print(f"  Run timeout: {self.config.run_timeout}s")
-        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
-
-        results = []
-        pbar = tqdm(
-            total=len(self.all_eval_items), desc="YC-Bench", dynamic_ncols=True
-        )
-
-        try:
-            for item in self.all_eval_items:
-                result = await self._run_with_timeout(item)
-                results.append(result)
-                survived_count = sum(1 for r in results if r.get("survived"))
-                pbar.set_postfix_str(
-                    f"survived={survived_count}/{len(results)}"
-                )
-                pbar.update(1)
-
-        except (KeyboardInterrupt, asyncio.CancelledError):
-            tqdm.write("\n[INTERRUPTED] Stopping evaluation...")
-            pbar.close()
-            try:
-                from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
-                cleanup_all_environments()
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-            if hasattr(self, "_streaming_file") and not self._streaming_file.closed:
-                self._streaming_file.close()
-            return
-
-        pbar.close()
-        end_time = time.time()
-
-        # --- Compute metrics ---
-        valid = [r for r in results if r is not None]
-        if not valid:
-            print("Warning: No valid results.")
-            return
-
-        total = len(valid)
-        survived_total = sum(1 for r in valid if r.get("survived"))
-        survival_rate = survived_total / total if total else 0.0
-        avg_score = (
-            sum(r.get("composite_score", 0) for r in valid) / total
-            if total
-            else 0.0
-        )
-
-        preset_results: Dict[str, List[Dict]] = defaultdict(list)
-        for r in valid:
-            preset_results[r["preset"]].append(r)
-
-        eval_metrics = {
-            "eval/survival_rate": survival_rate,
-            "eval/avg_composite_score": avg_score,
-            "eval/total_runs": total,
-            "eval/survived_runs": survived_total,
-            "eval/evaluation_time_seconds": end_time - start_time,
-        }
-
-        for preset, items in sorted(preset_results.items()):
-            ps = sum(1 for r in items if r.get("survived"))
-            pt = len(items)
-            pa = (
-                sum(r.get("composite_score", 0) for r in items) / pt
-                if pt
-                else 0
-            )
-            key = preset.replace("-", "_")
-            eval_metrics[f"eval/survival_rate_{key}"] = ps / pt if pt else 0
-            eval_metrics[f"eval/avg_score_{key}"] = pa
-
-        self.eval_metrics = [(k, v) for k, v in eval_metrics.items()]
-
-        # --- Print summary ---
-        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
-        print("YC-Bench Evaluation Results")
-        print(f"{'='*60}")
-        print(
-            f"Overall survival rate: {survival_rate:.1%} "
-            f"({survived_total}/{total})"
-        )
-        print(f"Average composite score: {avg_score:.4f}")
-        print(f"Evaluation time: {end_time - start_time:.1f}s")
-
-        print("\nPer-preset breakdown:")
-        for preset, items in sorted(preset_results.items()):
-            ps = sum(1 for r in items if r.get("survived"))
-            pt = len(items)
-            pa = (
-                sum(r.get("composite_score", 0) for r in items) / pt
-                if pt
-                else 0
-            )
-            print(f"  {preset}: {ps}/{pt} survived  avg_score={pa:.4f}")
-            for r in items:
-                status = "SURVIVED" if r.get("survived") else "BANKRUPT"
-                funds = r.get("final_funds_usd", 0)
-                print(
-                    f"    seed={r['seed']}  [{status}]  "
-                    f"${funds:,.0f}  "
-                    f"score={r.get('composite_score', 0):.3f}"
-                )
-
-        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
-
-        # --- Log results ---
-        samples = [
-            {k: v for k, v in r.items() if k != "messages"} for r in valid
-        ]
-
-        try:
-            await self.evaluate_log(
-                metrics=eval_metrics,
-                samples=samples,
-                start_time=start_time,
-                end_time=end_time,
-                generation_parameters={
-                    "temperature": self.config.agent_temperature,
-                    "max_tokens": self.config.max_token_length,
-                    "max_agent_turns": self.config.max_agent_turns,
-                },
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Error logging results: {e}")
-
-        # --- Cleanup (TB2 pattern) ---
-        if hasattr(self, "_streaming_file") and not self._streaming_file.closed:
-            self._streaming_file.close()
-            print(f"Results saved to: {self._streaming_path}")
-
-        try:
-            from hermes_agent.tools.terminal import cleanup_all_environments
-            cleanup_all_environments()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-        try:
-            from environments.agent_loop import _tool_executor
-            _tool_executor.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    # =========================================================================
-    # Wandb logging
-    # =========================================================================
-
-    async def wandb_log(self, wandb_metrics: Optional[Dict] = None):
-        """Log YC-Bench-specific metrics to wandb."""
-        if wandb_metrics is None:
-            wandb_metrics = {}
-        for k, v in self.eval_metrics:
-            wandb_metrics[k] = v
-        self.eval_metrics = []
-        await super().wandb_log(wandb_metrics)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    YCBenchEvalEnv.cli()

environments/hermes_base_env.py

@@ -62,15 +62,10 @@ from atroposlib.type_definitions import Item
 
 from environments.agent_loop import AgentResult, HermesAgentLoop
 from environments.tool_context import ToolContext
-from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import (
-    DEFAULT_RESULT_SIZE_CHARS,
-    DEFAULT_TURN_BUDGET_CHARS,
-    DEFAULT_PREVIEW_SIZE_CHARS,
-)
 
 # Import hermes-agent toolset infrastructure
-from hermes_agent.tools.dispatch import get_tool_definitions
-from hermes_agent.tools.distributions import sample_toolsets_from_distribution
+from model_tools import get_tool_definitions
+from toolset_distributions import sample_toolsets_from_distribution
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -119,8 +114,8 @@ class HermesAgentEnvConfig(BaseEnvConfig):
     # --- Terminal backend ---
     terminal_backend: str = Field(
         default="local",
-        description="Terminal backend: 'local', 'docker', 'modal', 'daytona', 'ssh', 'singularity'. "
-        "Modal or Daytona recommended for production RL (cloud isolation per rollout).",
+        description="Terminal backend: 'local', 'docker', 'modal', 'ssh', 'singularity'. "
+        "Modal recommended for production RL (cloud isolation per rollout).",
     )
     terminal_timeout: int = Field(
         default=120,
@@ -165,32 +160,6 @@ class HermesAgentEnvConfig(BaseEnvConfig):
         "Options: hermes, mistral, llama3_json, qwen, deepseek_v3, etc.",
     )
 
-    # --- Tool result budget ---
-    # Defaults imported from tools.budget_config (single source of truth).
-    default_result_size_chars: int = Field(
-        default=DEFAULT_RESULT_SIZE_CHARS,
-        description="Default per-tool threshold (chars) for persisting large results "
-        "to sandbox. Results exceeding this are written to /tmp/hermes-results/ "
-        "and replaced with a preview. Per-tool registry values take precedence "
-        "unless overridden via tool_result_overrides.",
-    )
-    turn_budget_chars: int = Field(
-        default=DEFAULT_TURN_BUDGET_CHARS,
-        description="Aggregate char budget per assistant turn. If all tool results "
-        "in a single turn exceed this, the largest are persisted to disk first.",
-    )
-    preview_size_chars: int = Field(
-        default=DEFAULT_PREVIEW_SIZE_CHARS,
-        description="Size of the inline preview shown after a tool result is persisted.",
-    )
-    tool_result_overrides: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description="Per-tool threshold overrides (chars). Keys are tool names, "
-        "values are char thresholds. Overrides both the default and registry "
-        "per-tool values. Example: {'terminal': 10000, 'search_files': 5000}. "
-        "Note: read_file is pinned to infinity and cannot be overridden.",
-    )
-
     # --- Provider-specific parameters ---
     # Passed as extra_body to the OpenAI client's chat.completions.create() call.
     # Useful for OpenRouter provider preferences, transforms, route settings, etc.
@@ -207,16 +176,6 @@ class HermesAgentEnvConfig(BaseEnvConfig):
         "transforms, and other provider-specific settings.",
     )
 
-    def build_budget_config(self):
-        """Build a BudgetConfig from env config fields."""
-        from hermes_agent.tools.budget_config import BudgetConfig
-        return BudgetConfig(
-            default_result_size=self.default_result_size_chars,
-            turn_budget=self.turn_budget_chars,
-            preview_size=self.preview_size_chars,
-            tool_overrides=dict(self.tool_result_overrides) if self.tool_result_overrides else {},
-        )
-
 
 class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
     """
@@ -270,12 +229,6 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
         from environments.agent_loop import resize_tool_pool
         resize_tool_pool(config.tool_pool_size)
 
-        # Set tool_parser on the ServerManager so ManagedServer uses it
-        # for bidirectional tool call translation (raw text ↔ OpenAI tool_calls).
-        if hasattr(self.server, 'tool_parser'):
-            self.server.tool_parser = config.tool_call_parser
-            print(f"🔧 Tool parser: {config.tool_call_parser}")
-
         # Current group's resolved tools (set in collect_trajectories)
         self._current_group_tools: Optional[Tuple[List[Dict], Set[str]]] = None
 
@@ -305,11 +258,6 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
             logger.info("Sampled toolsets from '%s': %s", config.distribution, group_toolsets)
         else:
             group_toolsets = config.enabled_toolsets  # None means "all available"
-            if group_toolsets is None:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "enabled_toolsets is None -- loading ALL tools including messaging. "
-                    "Set explicit enabled_toolsets for RL training."
-                )
 
         tools = get_tool_definitions(
             enabled_toolsets=group_toolsets,
@@ -513,15 +461,24 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
         # Run the agent loop
         result: AgentResult
         if self._use_managed_server():
-            # Phase 2: ManagedServer with ToolCallTranslator -- exact tokens + logprobs
-            # tool_parser is set on ServerManager in __init__ and passed through
-            # to ManagedServer, which uses ToolCallTranslator for bidirectional
-            # translation between raw text and OpenAI tool_calls.
+            # Phase 2: ManagedServer with parser -- exact tokens + logprobs
+            # Load the tool call parser from registry based on config
+            from environments.tool_call_parsers import get_parser
+            try:
+                tc_parser = get_parser(self.config.tool_call_parser)
+            except KeyError:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Tool call parser '%s' not found, falling back to 'hermes'",
+                    self.config.tool_call_parser,
+                )
+                tc_parser = get_parser("hermes")
+
             try:
                 async with self.server.managed_server(
                     tokenizer=self.tokenizer,
-                    preserve_think_blocks=bool(self.config.thinking_mode),
+                    tool_call_parser=tc_parser,
                 ) as managed:
+                    _max_ctx = self.config.max_token_length if (self.config.max_token_length and self.config.max_token_length > 0) else None
                     agent = HermesAgentLoop(
                         server=managed,
                         tool_schemas=tools,
@@ -531,7 +488,7 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                         temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                         max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                         extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
-                        budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
+                        max_context_tokens=_max_ctx,
                     )
                     result = await agent.run(messages)
             except NotImplementedError:
@@ -540,6 +497,7 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                     "ManagedServer not available (OpenAI server?). "
                     "Falling back to direct server mode."
                 )
+                _max_ctx = self.config.max_token_length if (self.config.max_token_length and self.config.max_token_length > 0) else None
                 agent = HermesAgentLoop(
                     server=self.server,
                     tool_schemas=tools,
@@ -549,11 +507,12 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                     temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                     max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                     extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
-                    budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
+                    max_context_tokens=_max_ctx,
                 )
                 result = await agent.run(messages)
         else:
             # Phase 1: OpenAI server -- native tool_calls, placeholder tokens
+            _max_ctx = self.config.max_token_length if (self.config.max_token_length and self.config.max_token_length > 0) else None
             agent = HermesAgentLoop(
                 server=self.server,
                 tool_schemas=tools,
@@ -563,7 +522,7 @@ class HermesAgentBaseEnv(BaseEnv):
                 temperature=self.config.agent_temperature,
                 max_tokens=self.config.max_token_length,
                 extra_body=self.config.extra_body,
-                budget_config=self.config.build_budget_config(),
+                max_context_tokens=_max_ctx,
             )
             result = await agent.run(messages)
 

environments/patches.py

@@ -2,34 +2,187 @@
 Monkey patches for making hermes-agent tools work inside async frameworks (Atropos).
 
 Problem:
-    Some tools use asyncio.run() internally (e.g., Modal backend via SWE-ReX,
+    Some tools use asyncio.run() internally (e.g., mini-swe-agent's Modal backend,
     web_extract). This crashes when called from inside Atropos's event loop because
     asyncio.run() can't be nested.
 
 Solution:
-    The Modal environment (tools/environments/modal.py) now uses a dedicated
-    _AsyncWorker thread internally, making it safe for both CLI and Atropos use.
-    No monkey-patching is required.
+    Replace the problematic methods with versions that use a dedicated background
+    thread with its own event loop. The calling code sees the same sync interface --
+    call a function, get a result -- but internally the async work happens on a
+    separate thread that doesn't conflict with Atropos's loop.
 
-    This module is kept for backward compatibility. apply_patches() is a no-op.
+    These patches are safe for normal CLI use too: when there's no running event
+    loop, the behavior is identical (the background thread approach works regardless).
+
+What gets patched:
+    - SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__ -- creates Modal deployment on a background thread
+    - SwerexModalEnvironment.execute -- runs commands on the same background thread
+    - SwerexModalEnvironment.stop -- stops deployment on the background thread
 
 Usage:
     Call apply_patches() once at import time (done automatically by hermes_base_env.py).
-    This is idempotent and safe to call multiple times.
+    This is idempotent -- calling it multiple times is safe.
 """
 
+import asyncio
 import logging
+import threading
+from typing import Any
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _patches_applied = False
 
 
+class _AsyncWorker:
+    """
+    A dedicated background thread with its own event loop.
+
+    Allows sync code to submit async coroutines and block for results,
+    even when called from inside another running event loop. Used to
+    bridge sync tool interfaces with async backends (Modal, SWE-ReX).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop = None
+        self._thread: threading.Thread = None
+        self._started = threading.Event()
+
+    def start(self):
+        """Start the background event loop thread."""
+        self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._run_loop, daemon=True)
+        self._thread.start()
+        self._started.wait(timeout=30)
+
+    def _run_loop(self):
+        """Background thread entry point -- runs the event loop forever."""
+        self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(self._loop)
+        self._started.set()
+        self._loop.run_forever()
+
+    def run_coroutine(self, coro, timeout=600):
+        """
+        Submit a coroutine to the background loop and block until it completes.
+
+        Safe to call from any thread, including threads that already have
+        a running event loop.
+        """
+        if self._loop is None or self._loop.is_closed():
+            raise RuntimeError("AsyncWorker loop is not running")
+        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, self._loop)
+        return future.result(timeout=timeout)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Stop the background event loop and join the thread."""
+        if self._loop and self._loop.is_running():
+            self._loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self._loop.stop)
+        if self._thread:
+            self._thread.join(timeout=10)
+
+
+def _patch_swerex_modal():
+    """
+    Monkey patch SwerexModalEnvironment to use a background thread event loop
+    instead of asyncio.run(). This makes it safe to call from inside Atropos's
+    async event loop.
+
+    The patched methods have the exact same interface and behavior -- the only
+    difference is HOW the async work is executed internally.
+    """
+    try:
+        from minisweagent.environments.extra.swerex_modal import (
+            SwerexModalEnvironment,
+            SwerexModalEnvironmentConfig,
+        )
+        from swerex.deployment.modal import ModalDeployment
+        from swerex.runtime.abstract import Command as RexCommand
+    except ImportError:
+        # mini-swe-agent or swe-rex not installed -- nothing to patch
+        logger.debug("mini-swe-agent Modal backend not available, skipping patch")
+        return
+
+    # Save original methods so we can refer to config handling
+    _original_init = SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__
+
+    def _patched_init(self, **kwargs):
+        """Patched __init__: creates Modal deployment on a background thread."""
+        self.config = SwerexModalEnvironmentConfig(**kwargs)
+
+        # Start a dedicated event loop thread for all Modal async operations
+        self._worker = _AsyncWorker()
+        self._worker.start()
+
+        # Create AND start the deployment entirely on the worker's loop/thread
+        # so all gRPC channels and async state are bound to that loop
+        async def _create_and_start():
+            deployment = ModalDeployment(
+                image=self.config.image,
+                startup_timeout=self.config.startup_timeout,
+                runtime_timeout=self.config.runtime_timeout,
+                deployment_timeout=self.config.deployment_timeout,
+                install_pipx=self.config.install_pipx,
+                modal_sandbox_kwargs=self.config.modal_sandbox_kwargs,
+            )
+            await deployment.start()
+            return deployment
+
+        self.deployment = self._worker.run_coroutine(_create_and_start())
+
+    def _patched_execute(self, command: str, cwd: str = "", *, timeout: int | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Patched execute: runs commands on the background thread's loop."""
+        async def _do_execute():
+            return await self.deployment.runtime.execute(
+                RexCommand(
+                    command=command,
+                    shell=True,
+                    check=False,
+                    cwd=cwd or self.config.cwd,
+                    timeout=timeout or self.config.timeout,
+                    merge_output_streams=True,
+                    env=self.config.env if self.config.env else None,
+                )
+            )
+
+        output = self._worker.run_coroutine(_do_execute())
+        return {
+            "output": output.stdout,
+            "returncode": output.exit_code,
+        }
+
+    def _patched_stop(self):
+        """Patched stop: stops deployment on the background thread, then stops the thread."""
+        try:
+            self._worker.run_coroutine(
+                asyncio.wait_for(self.deployment.stop(), timeout=10),
+                timeout=15,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        finally:
+            self._worker.stop()
+
+    # Apply the patches
+    SwerexModalEnvironment.__init__ = _patched_init
+    SwerexModalEnvironment.execute = _patched_execute
+    SwerexModalEnvironment.stop = _patched_stop
+
+    logger.debug("Patched SwerexModalEnvironment for async-safe operation")
+
+
 def apply_patches():
-    """Apply all monkey patches needed for Atropos compatibility."""
+    """
+    Apply all monkey patches needed for Atropos compatibility.
+
+    Safe to call multiple times -- patches are only applied once.
+    Safe for normal CLI use -- patched code works identically when
+    there is no running event loop.
+    """
     global _patches_applied
     if _patches_applied:
         return
 
-    logger.debug("apply_patches() called; no patches needed (async safety is built-in)")
+    _patch_swerex_modal()
+
     _patches_applied = True