Skill Library
Browse, search, and load reusable skills for Hermes Agent. 17 top-rated ★5 skills across 19 categories. Each skill includes a guide, how-to, and pitfalls.
🤖 Autonomous Agents
Delegate complex coding tasks — features, PRs, and refactors — to Claude Code CLI. Spawns an autonomous subagent with full terminal and file access in an isolated workspace.
★ Featuredv2.0.0🔧 claude, node, git
skill_view("claude-code")
📖 Guide
Load the skill with skill_view("claude-code"). The skill handles installation verification, project context injection, and workspace isolation. Claude Code runs via PTY terminal with its own working directory.
🔧 How To
Delegate a PR: load claude-code skill → provide branch name and task description → skill auto-creates branch, implements changes, and opens PR. For features: describe requirements clearly — the subagent handles implementation, testing, and commits.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Claude Code can make destructive file changes — always review the diff before merging. PTY terminal mode has \r vs \n quirks; the skill handles terminal negotiation.
claude-code
🤖 Autonomous Agents
Delegate coding tasks to OpenAI's Codex CLI. Spawns an autonomous coding agent for feature implementation, bug fixes, and PRs using GPT/Codex models.
★ Featuredv1.1.0🔧 codex, node
skill_view("codex")
📖 Guide
Load skill with skill_view("codex"). The skill wraps OpenAI Codex CLI with the same delegation pattern as Claude Code — isolated workspace, project context, and PR workflow.
🔧 How To
For specific implementation tasks: load codex → describe the desired change → the agent creates a branch, writes code, tests, and opens a PR. Best for well-scoped tasks with clear acceptance criteria.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Codex CLI requires the codex binary and OAuth setup. Token usage costs apply via OpenAI billing. Not as battle-tested as Claude Code for large refactors.
codex
🤖 Autonomous Agents
Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent itself. Covers CLI setup, config management, model/provider configuration, tool enable/disable, skills, voice, gateway, and plugins.
★ Featuredv1.5.0🔧 hermes, git
skill_view("hermes-agent")
📖 Guide
Load this skill before any hermes config/setup task. It knows the actual CLI commands: hermes config set, hermes tools, hermes plugins enable, hermes setup. Never guess or invent workarounds.
🔧 How To
To change model: hermes config set model "provider/model-name". To enable a tool: hermes config set tools.enabled true. To list plugins: hermes plugins list. To set a config value: hermes config set key value.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Config syntax is YAML-based — indentation matters. Use hermes config set rather than editing config.yaml directly to avoid syntax errors. Some config changes require a restart to take effect.
hermes-agent
🤖 Autonomous Agents
Delegate coding tasks to OpenCode CLI. Supports feature implementation, code review, and PR workflows with an open-source coding agent.
v0.8.0🔧 opencode, node
skill_view("opencode")
📖 Guide
Load skill with skill_view("opencode"). Similar delegation pattern to Claude Code and Codex. OpenCode is open-source and community-driven.
🔧 How To
Best for PR review and small to medium feature work. Describe the task scope clearly and let the subagent handle implementation in an isolated workspace.
⚠️ Pitfalls
OpenCode is newer and less battle-tested than Claude Code. Community-supported — fewer guarantees on edge case handling.
opencode
🎨 Creative
Create dark-themed SVG architecture, cloud, and infrastructure diagrams rendered as interactive HTML. Supports system context, container, and deployment diagrams.
★ Featuredv1.2.0🔧 python3
skill_view("architecture-diagram")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("architecture-diagram"). Describe the system components and their relationships. The skill generates an HTML file with embedded SVG — open in browser to view.
🔧 How To
For a cloud architecture: describe services (load balancer → API → DB → cache) and their connections. The skill handles styling, layout, and dark theme automatically. Output is a standalone HTML file.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Not a replacement for formal diagramming tools (Draw.io, LucidChart). Best for quick visual docs. Large systems may need multiple diagrams.
architecture-diagram
🎨 Creative
Generate ASCII art using pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, and image-to-ASCII conversion. Text banners, code art, and terminal decorations.
v1.0.0🔧 pyfiglet, cowsay, jp2a
skill_view("ascii-art")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("ascii-art"). Uses local tools: pyfiglet for fonts, cowsay for speech bubbles, jp2a for image conversion. All tools should be installed via pip.
🔧 How To
For a banner: "pyfiglet -f slant \"Hello World\"". For cowsay: "cowsay \"message\"". For boxes: pipe output through boxes command. For images: "jp2a image.jpg".
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, and jp2a to be installed. Wide characters (CJK) may not render correctly in all fonts.
ascii-art
🎨 Creative
Convert video and audio to colored ASCII MP4 or GIF. Renders frames as ANSI-colored ASCII art for terminal-friendly video playback.
skill_view("ascii-video")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("ascii-video"). Uses ffmpeg for frame extraction and custom processing pipeline. Output is a standard MP4 or GIF file.
🔧 How To
Provide a video file path. The skill extracts frames, converts each to colored ASCII, and stitches them back into a video. Final output is both visually interesting and terminal-friendly.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Processing is CPU-intensive for long videos. Keep clips under 30 seconds. Resolution-dependent — lower source resolution gives better ASCII results.
ascii-video
🎨 Creative
Create knowledge comics (知识漫画) — educational, biographical, and tutorial comics with panel layouts and illustrated storytelling. Chinese and English supported.
skill_view("baoyu-comic")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("baoyu-comic"). Describe the educational topic and target audience. The skill generates panel-by-panel comic layouts with character illustrations and speech bubbles.
🔧 How To
For a tutorial comic: define the learning objective → outline 4-8 panels → describe each panel's visual and text. The skill handles layout, character consistency, and text placement.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Best for educational content. Complex technical explanations may need more panels. Character consistency across panels depends on prompt specificity.
baoyu-comic
🎨 Creative
Create infographics with 21 layouts × 21 style combinations. Supports information visualization, data storytelling, and educational graphics.
skill_view("baoyu-infographic")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("baoyu-infographic"). Choose from 21 layout templates and 21 visual styles. Provide the data and narrative arc.
🔧 How To
Describe your data and the story you want to tell. The skill picks the optimal layout and style. Great for blog headers, social media graphics, and presentation visuals.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Output quality depends on prompt detail. Complex datasets may need custom layouts beyond the 21 template options.
baoyu-infographic
🎨 Creative
Design one-off HTML artifacts — landing pages, slide decks, interactive prototypes. Full control over layout, animations, and interactivity via raw HTML/CSS/JS.
★ Featuredv1.4.0
skill_view("claude-design")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("claude-design"). Describe the desired design — inspiration, layout, color scheme. The skill generates a complete, self-contained HTML file.
🔧 How To
For a landing page: describe the brand, sections needed (hero, features, CTA), and desired aesthetic. The skill produces production-ready HTML with responsive design, animations, and dark/light mode support.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Not for multi-page sites — single HTML artifacts only. Complex interactivity may need framework-level tooling. CSS-only animations preferred for compatibility.
claude-design
🎨 Creative
Generate images, video, and audio using ComfyUI. Install workflows, run inference pipelines, and manage ComfyUI nodes for Stable Diffusion and other generative models.
skill_view("comfyui")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("comfyui"). Requires ComfyUI installed (local or remote). The skill handles workflow loading, node configuration, and output management.
🔧 How To
For image generation: load a checkpoint → configure sampler → write prompt → queue. The skill can automate multi-step pipelines with custom node workflows.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires a GPU for practical use. ComfyUI node graph can be complex — the skill helps with standard workflows. Model download space needed (2-7GB per model).
comfyui
🎨 Creative
Author, validate, and export Google-style DESIGN.md token spec files. Structured design documentation for AI-assisted development.
skill_view("design-md")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("design-md"). Follows Google's DESIGN.md specification format with token-level design breakdown for AI development agents.
🔧 How To
For a new feature: write DESIGN.md with problem statement, proposed solution, interface tokens, and implementation notes. The skill validates against the schema and exports clean markdown.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Relatively new format — not widely adopted outside Google-adjacent projects. May not fit all project documentation styles.
design-md
🎨 Creative
Create hand-drawn style diagrams as Excalidraw JSON files. Supports architecture diagrams, flowcharts, sequence diagrams — exported as .excalidraw files for import into excalidraw.com.
★ Featuredv1.3.0
skill_view("excalidraw")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("excalidraw"). Describe the diagram you want. The skill generates Excalidraw JSON that renders with the signature hand-drawn aesthetic.
🔧 How To
For an architecture diagram: describe components and connections → the skill generates positioned elements with connectors → open the JSON in excalidraw.com to view and edit.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Excalidraw JSON is not human-readable — always open in the editor to verify. Complex layouts may need manual adjustment after generation.
excalidraw
🎨 Creative
Rewrite AI-generated text to sound more natural and human. Strips AI-isms, adds authentic voice, adjusts tone, and makes content read like a real person wrote it.
v1.1.0
skill_view("humanizer")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("humanizer"). Paste AI-generated text — the skill analyzes it for common AI patterns (hedging, formulaic transitions, over-explaining) and rewrites with natural voice.
🔧 How To
For blog posts: provide the raw AI draft → specify desired tone (professional, casual, humorous) → the skill outputs rewritten text with authentic voice and varied sentence structure.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Stripping AI-isms too aggressively can lose clarity. Works best post-edit — run multiple passes for fine-tuning. Style preferences should be communicated upfront.
humanizer
🎨 Creative
Generate project ideas via creative constraints. Uses structured brainstorming techniques to produce novel, specific, and actionable project concepts.
skill_view("ideation")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("ideation"). Provide a domain or problem space. The skill applies creative constraint frameworks (SCAMPER, random input, reversal) to generate unexpected ideas.
🔧 How To
Describe your domain (e.g., "developer tools for note-taking") → the skill generates 5-10 specific project ideas with different angles, business models, and technical approaches.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Ideas need human validation — the skill generates possibilities, not verified solutions. Best used as a brainstorming partner, not a decision maker.
ideation
🎨 Creative
Create mathematical and algorithmic animations using Manim Community Edition. 3Blue1Brown-style explanatory videos with geometric animations, equation rendering, and scene scripting.
skill_view("manim-video")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("manim-video"). Write Manim scene scripts in Python. The skill handles scene construction, animation timing, and video rendering.
🔧 How To
For an algorithm visualization: describe the algorithm → the skill generates Manim scene code with step-by-step animations → render with "manim -pql scene.py SceneName".
⚠️ Pitfalls
Manim rendering is GPU-accelerated but still slow — expect minutes per scene. Requires Cairo, FFmpeg, and system dependencies. Output quality depends heavily on scene script complexity.
manim-video
🎨 Creative
Create interactive p5.js sketches — generative art, shaders, interactive visualizations, and 3D graphics. Runs in the browser as self-contained HTML pages.
skill_view("p5js")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("p5js"). Describe the visual you want. The skill generates a complete HTML page with embedded p5.js sketch using the global mode or instance mode.
🔧 How To
For generative art: describe patterns, colors, and motion → the skill writes the sketch with p5.js setup/draw loop → open in browser to see it animate. Supports mouse and keyboard interaction.
⚠️ Pitfalls
p5.js is 2D-focused — 3D (WEBGL) works but has limitations. Performance degrades with very large particle counts (>10k). Browser must support WebGL for 3D mode.
p5js
🎨 Creative
Create pixel art with era-authentic palettes — NES (52 colors), Game Boy (4 shades), PICO-8 (16 colors). Output as PNG with proper scaling.
skill_view("pixel-art")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("pixel-art"). Describe the sprite or scene and choose a palette era. The skill generates pixel-perfect PNG output at the appropriate resolution.
🔧 How To
For a game sprite: describe the character (e.g., "16×16 red mage with staff") → choose palette (NES/GB/PICO-8) → the skill outputs a properly scaled PNG with palette-constrained colors.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Pixel art at small sizes (8×8, 16×16) requires clear descriptions. Complex scenes may need larger canvases. Palettes are strictly limited to era-appropriate colors.
pixel-art
🎨 Creative
Access 54 real design system templates from Stripe, Linear, Vercel, Supabase, Tailwind CSS, and more. Use as starting points for HTML/CSS projects.
★ Featuredv2.0.0
skill_view("popular-web-designs")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("popular-web-designs"). Browse the available designs — each is a complete, production-quality HTML/CSS artifact inspired by a real company's design system.
🔧 How To
Pick a design style (e.g., Linear: clean dark theme with pill buttons) → the skill generates a starter HTML page with that design language → customize colors, content, and layout.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Designs are inspied by real companies but are not exact replicas. Some interactive features (modals, dropdowns) need JavaScript not included in the base template.
popular-web-designs
🎨 Creative
Throwaway HTML mockups — create 2-3 design variants to compare. Quick visual brainstorming for UI ideas without any build tooling.
skill_view("sketch")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("sketch"). Describe the UI you need. The skill generates 2-3 divergent design variants as standalone HTML files for side-by-side comparison.
🔧 How To
For a dashboard layout: describe the data and actions → the skill generates 3 visual approaches (card-based, list-based, chart-focused) → compare and choose.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Mockups are throwaway by design — not meant for production. No build system, no framework. CSS is inline or in <style> tags for portability.
sketch
🎨 Creative
Songwriting craft guidance and Suno AI music prompts. Generate lyrics, chord progressions, and Suno-optimized prompts for AI music generation.
skill_view("songwriting")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("songwriting-and-ai-music"). For lyrics: describe theme, mood, and genre. For Suno: the skill generates structured prompts with style tags, lyrics, and structure markers.
🔧 How To
For Suno: describe the desired genre, mood, and lyrical theme → the skill outputs a prompt with proper Suno syntax (style tags, section markers) → paste into Suno to generate.
⚠️ Pitfalls
AI music quality varies by platform and prompt. Suno prompts need specific formatting (genre: ..., lyrics: [[verse]] ...). Copyright considerations apply for commercial use.
songwriting
🎨 Creative
Scaffold a static tutorial blog about a technical tool. Complete setup with posts, navigation, dark theme, and deployment config.
skill_view("tutorial-site-builder")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("tutorial-site-builder") for simplified scaffolding. For the full Hermes blog workflow, use the tutorial-blog skill instead which covers SEO, GEO, and reference pages.
🔧 How To
Provide the tool name and topic scope → the skill scaffolds an Astro site with starter posts, tag pages, RSS, sitemap, and dark theme. One command to build: npm run build.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Simpler than the full tutorial-blog skill — omits JSON-LD, advanced GEO, and reference page patterns. Use tutorial-blog for production-quality sites.
tutorial-site-builder
⚙️ Productivity
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, and Sheets management via the gws CLI or direct Python integration. Read and manage Google services from the terminal.
skill_view("google-workspace")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("google-workspace"). Requires gws CLI or Google API credentials. Supports email search/send, calendar events, drive file management, and document editing.
🔧 How To
Gmail: list/search/read/send emails. Calendar: create/list/update events. Drive: list/upload/download files. Docs: read/edit Google Docs. Sheets: read/write cells and ranges.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires OAuth setup with Google Cloud project. Service account recommended for automation. API quotas apply (varies by service).
google-workspace
⚙️ Productivity
Manage Linear issues, projects, and teams via GraphQL API + curl. Issue lifecycle, project management, team operations, and workflow automation.
v1.2.0
skill_view("linear")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("linear"). Uses Linear's GraphQL API directly. Requires a Linear API key. Supports all major operations: issue CRUD, project management, team queries.
🔧 How To
Create issue: mutation with teamId, title, description, assignee. List issues: query with filters (status, assignee, project). Update: mutation with issue ID. Search: use filter nodes.
⚠️ Pitfalls
GraphQL syntax is specific to Linear's schema. API key must have appropriate scopes. Rate limits apply — batch operations when possible.
linear
⚙️ Productivity
Geocoding, POI search, routing, and timezone lookup using OpenStreetMap and OSRM. Free, no API key needed for basic usage.
skill_view("maps")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("maps"). Uses OpenStreetMap Nominatim API for geocoding and OSRM for routing. All free and open-source.
🔧 How To
Geocode: "geocode San Francisco" → returns lat/lon and address. Route: "route from A to B" → returns distance, duration, and turn-by-turn. Search POI: "find coffee shops near X".
⚠️ Pitfalls
OSM data quality varies by region. Nominatim has usage limits (1 req/s). OSRM is best for driving routes — walking/cycling may be less optimal.
maps
⚙️ Productivity
Edit PDF text, fix typos, update titles, and modify PDF metadata using natural language prompts. CLI-based PDF editing without layout rebuilding.
skill_view("nano-pdf")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("nano-pdf"). Uses nano-pdf CLI tool. Describe text changes in natural language — the tool finds and replaces text in PDF content.
🔧 How To
Fix a typo: "nano-pdf fix report.pdf --change \"recieve\" to \"receive\"". Update title: "nano-pdf meta report.pdf --title \"New Title\"". Add text: "nano-pdf add report.pdf --text \"DRAFT\" --page 1".
⚠️ Pitfalls
Works best with text-based PDFs — scanned PDFs (images) are not editable. Complex layout changes may not survive. Font substitution may alter appearance.
nano-pdf
⚙️ Productivity
Notion API integration via curl — pages, databases, blocks, and search. Read, create, and update Notion content from the terminal.
v1.0.0
skill_view("notion")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("notion"). Uses Notion's REST API directly. Requires a Notion Integration token. Supports page CRUD, database queries, block management, and search.
🔧 How To
Read a page: GET /v1/pages/{id}. Query database: POST /v1/databases/{id}/query with filters. Create page: POST /v1/pages with parent and properties. Search: POST /v1/search.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Notion API is paginated (100 items/page). Rich text formatting uses Notion-specific block structure. Integration must be shared with specific pages — no blanket access.
notion
⚙️ Productivity
Extract text from PDFs and scanned documents using PyMuPDF (text PDFs) and marker-pdf (scanned/image PDFs with OCR).
skill_view("ocr-and-documents")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("ocr-and-documents"). Uses pymupdf for text-based PDFs (fast) and marker-pdf for scanned documents (slower, OCR-based).
🔧 How To
For text PDFs: pymupdf extract text per page. For scanned: marker-pdf with OCR. The skill detects PDF type and chooses the optimal extraction method. Output as clean text or markdown.
⚠️ Pitfalls
OCR quality depends on scan resolution (300+ DPI recommended). Handwritten text has lower accuracy. Very long documents may hit processing time limits.
ocr-and-documents
⚙️ Productivity
Create, read, edit .pptx presentations with python-pptx. Full slide management: add slides, text, tables, charts, images, and speaker notes.
skill_view("powerpoint")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("powerpoint"). Uses python-pptx library. Supports slide creation from templates, text formatting, table building, chart generation, and image insertion.
🔧 How To
Create a presentation: define slide structure → add content per slide (titles, bullet points, tables, charts) → add speaker notes → save as .pptx. Works with existing files for editing.
⚠️ Pitfalls
python-pptx cannot render or preview slides — must open in PowerPoint/Google Slides. Complex animations and transitions are not supported. Images must be local files.
powerpoint
⚙️ Productivity
Operate the Teams meeting summary pipeline via Hermes CLI. Fully automated pipeline: join meeting → transcribe → summarize → distribute.
skill_view("teams-meeting-pipeline")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("teams-meeting-pipeline"). Requires the teams_pipeline plugin enabled and Microsoft Graph API access.
🔧 How To
Trigger a pipeline run via the CLI. The pipeline joins the Teams meeting, captures captions, generates a summary, and posts it to configured destinations.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires Teams admin permissions. Pipeline has persistent state — ensure clean state between runs. Transcript accuracy depends on meeting audio quality.
teams-meeting-pipeline
⚠️ Red Teaming
Research and security testing — techniques for understanding LLM safety boundaries. Includes Parseltongue, GODMODE, and ULTRAPLINIAN patterns for academic red-teaming.
skill_view("godmode")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("godmode"). For authorized security research only. Documents known jailbreak patterns for understanding model safety boundaries.
🔧 How To
Academic use only. Documented patterns help understand how models can be exploited, which informs better safety training and guardrails.
⚠️ Pitfalls
⚠️ For authorized research only. Many techniques are patched in modern models. Using these on production systems without authorization may violate ToS.
godmode
🔬 Research
Search arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID. Get paper details, abstracts, and download links.
v1.0.0
skill_view("arxiv")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("arxiv"). Uses the arXiv API directly. Search by keyword, author (au:), category (cat:), or paper ID.
🔧 How To
Search: "search arxiv for reinforcement learning agents" → returns recent papers with titles, authors, abstracts, and PDF links. Filter by category: "cat:cs.AI". Author search: "au:John_Doe".
⚠️ Pitfalls
arXiv API returns limited fields (title, abstract, authors). Full text requires PDF download. Rate limits: 1 request per 3 seconds for non-commercial use.
arxiv
🔬 Research
Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli. Subscribe to feeds, detect new posts, and summarize updates.
skill_view("blogwatcher")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("blogwatcher"). Requires blogwatcher-cli installed. Subscribe to RSS/Atom feeds, check for updates, and view new posts.
🔧 How To
Add feed: blogwatcher subscribe "https://blog.example.com/rss". Check updates: blogwatcher check. Read new: blogwatcher list --new. Unsubscribe: blogwatcher unsubscribe "name".
⚠️ Pitfalls
RSS feeds are increasingly uncommon — not all blogs support them. Some feeds return truncated content. Rate limits apply per source domain.
blogwatcher
🔬 Research
Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern — build and query an interlinked markdown knowledge base for personal research and learning.
skill_view("llm-wiki")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("llm-wiki"). Inspired by Karpathy's approach. Build a personal wiki from research notes, with cross-references and full-text search.
🔧 How To
Create markdown notes for each topic → link between notes with [[wiki-links]] → search across all notes. The skill helps structure research and maintain connections between related concepts.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Wiki-links are convention-based — no automatic graph view unless using Obsidian. Content quality depends on note-writing discipline.
llm-wiki
🔬 Research
Research and verify API pricing, free tier availability, rate limits, and model capabilities across LLM providers.
skill_view("model-pricing-research")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("model-pricing-research"). Checks provider pricing pages, compares costs per token, identifies free tiers, and verifies model availability.
🔧 How To
For a comparison: name the models/providers → the skill fetches current pricing → produces a comparison table with cost per 1M tokens, context windows, and capabilities.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Pricing changes frequently — results may be stale. Some providers have complex pricing (tiered, cached tokens, batch discounts). Always verify on the provider's site.
model-pricing-research
🔬 Research
Query Polymarket prediction markets — see market prices, orderbooks, trade history, and market details.
skill_view("polymarket")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("polymarket"). Uses Polymarket's API or CLOB API. Query markets by category, search terms, or specific market IDs.
🔧 How To
Search markets: "what are the prediction markets for AI regulation" → returns current markets with prices, volume, and closing dates. Check a market: get orderbook and resolution criteria.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires internet access. Polymarket uses USDC — prices shown are in USDC, not USD. Market resolution depends on designated reporters.
polymarket
🔬 Research
Evaluate and compare websites, blogs, and online services. Design, UX, performance, and feature comparisons.
skill_view("website-comparison")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("website-comparison"). Analyze multiple websites for design quality, UX patterns, performance metrics, and feature sets.
🔧 How To
Compare 2-3 competitor sites → the skill produces a structured comparison covering design choices, UX patterns, content strategy, and technical implementation.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Subjective assessments (design quality) may not match all opinions. Performance analysis is high-level — use Lighthouse for precise metrics.
website-comparison
🏠 Smart Home
Control Philips Hue lights, scenes, and rooms via OpenHue CLI. Turn lights on/off, set brightness, change colors, and activate scenes.
skill_view("openhue")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("openhue"). Requires OpenHue CLI installed and a Hue Bridge on the local network. Uses the Hue local API — no cloud dependency.
🔧 How To
Control lights: "open hue lights set LivingRoom --on --bri 254 --hue 46920". Scenes: "open hue scenes activate Relax". Rooms: "open hue groups set All --on".
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires physical Hue Bridge. Initial setup needs bridge discovery and link button press. Local network access only — no remote control.
openhue
🐦 Social Media
Post, search, DM, and manage media on X/Twitter via xurl CLI. Full v2 API support for tweets, threads, DMs, and account management.
skill_view("xurl")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("xurl"). Requires xurl CLI installed. Uses X API v2 with OAuth 2.0. Supports tweet posting with media, threads, search, DMs, and account queries.
🔧 How To
Post: "xurl post \"Hello World\"". Thread: "xurl thread | post1 | post2 | post3". Search: "xurl search \"hermes agent\"". DM: "xurl dm @user \"message\"". Media: "xurl post \"text\" --media image.jpg".
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires X Developer account with API v2 access. Free tier has limited posting (1,500 tweets/month). OAuth 2.0 PKCE setup needed for user-based auth.
xurl
💻 Software Dev
Build catalog/directory pages with search, category filters, and card grids — like the tools, plugins, gateway, and hosting pages on this blog.
v1.1.0
skill_view("build-reference-page")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("build-reference-page"). Two-file pattern: data file (src/data/<name>.ts) + page (src/pages/<name>/index.astro). Uses addEventListener (never inline onclick) for filter/search.
🔧 How To
Create a data file with typed entries → create the page with search input, filter buttons, and card grid → each card has data-category, data-name, data-desc for JS filtering. Follows the existing 6-page pattern.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Astro <script> tags are ES modules — always use addEventListener. Never use inline onclick/oninput. Read the existing plugin/tools pages for exact reference.
build-reference-page
💻 Software Dev
Debug Hermes Agent's Terminal UI slash commands — Python backend, Ink Gateway, and React Ink component debugging.
skill_view("debugging-hermes-tui")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("debugging-hermes-tui-commands"). For debugging Hermes TUI slash commands, Ink gateway rendering, or React Ink component issues.
🔧 How To
Identify the TUI component → check Python gateway backend → inspect Ink component rendering → the skill guides through the debugging workflow.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires understanding of Ink/React rendering. Gateway debugging needs running Hermes instance.
debugging-hermes-tui
💻 Software Dev
Author Hermes Agent skills. YAML frontmatter, markdown body, validator checks, and SKILL.md structure guidelines.
★ Featuredv2.0.0
skill_view("skill-authoring")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("hermes-agent-skill-authoring"). Covers YAML frontmatter schema, body structure, validator checks, and proper skill organization.
🔧 How To
Create a skill: define frontmatter (name, description, version) → write structured markdown body with Overview, When to Use, Step-by-Step, Pitfalls, and Verification Checklist → save as SKILL.md.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Frontmatter YAML must be valid. Skills are procedural knowledge, not data storage. Related skills should be cross-referenced.
skill-authoring
💻 Software Dev
Debug Node.js applications via --inspect flag and Chrome DevTools Protocol CLI. Inspect heap, CPU profiles, breakpoints, and async stacks.
skill_view("node-inspect-debugger")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("node-inspect-debugger"). Start Node with --inspect flag → connect via Chrome DevTools or CLI inspector → set breakpoints, inspect variables, profile performance.
🔧 How To
Start: node --inspect app.js. Connect: chrome://inspect in Chrome. CLI: node inspect app.js. Step through code, inspect scopes, examine async stacks, profile CPU/memory.
⚠️ Pitfalls
--inspect exposes a debugging port — not for production. Use --inspect=127.0.0.1 to restrict to localhost. Node 18+ required for latest inspector features.
node-inspect-debugger
💻 Software Dev
Write markdown plans to .hermes/plans/ without executing anything. Pure planning mode for architecture design and implementation strategy.
v1.0.0
skill_view("plan")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("plan"). When asked to design/architect/plan only — the skill writes a detailed plan document to .hermes/plans/ without making any code changes.
🔧 How To
For architecture planning: describe the problem → the skill produces a plan with tasks, paths, estimated effort, and code snippets. No files are modified — just a plan document.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Plans are static documents — they don't auto-update as implementation progresses. Use writing-plans skill for plans that include coding tasks.
plan
💻 Software Dev
Debug Python code with pdb REPL and debugpy remote debugging (DAP protocol). Set breakpoints, inspect variables, and debug remotely.
skill_view("python-debugpy")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("python-debugpy"). For pdb: add import pdb; pdb.set_trace() in code. For debugpy: configure VS Code/pycharm for remote debugging via DAP.
🔧 How To
Quick debug: add breakpoint() in Python 3.7+ → run code → interactive pdb at the breakpoint. Remote: start debugpy server → connect from IDE → full DAP debugging.
⚠️ Pitfalls
pdb doesn't work in headless terminal environments without PTY. debugpy requires port access. Some async code is harder to debug with pdb.
python-debugpy
💻 Software Dev
Pre-commit code review — security scan, quality gates, automated fixes, and review checklist generation.
v1.1.0
skill_view("requesting-code-review")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("requesting-code-review"). Runs a multi-stage review: security scan (SAST patterns), quality checks (linting, type checking), and generates a review report.
🔧 How To
Before committing: run the review on your changes → fix flagged issues (security, quality, style) → commit with confidence. The skill can auto-fix some issues.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Not a replacement for human code review. Security scanning is pattern-based — may miss novel vulnerabilities. Auto-fixes should be reviewed before applying.
requesting-code-review
💻 Software Dev
Post-task reflection cycle. After every complex task, analyze mistakes, apply user corrections, and encode lessons as skills or memory.
skill_view("self-critique-loop")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("self-critique-loop"). Must be loaded after every complex task (5+ tool calls, user correction, or tool error). Runs a structured reflection cycle.
🔧 How To
After task completion: review what went wrong → identify root causes → encode fixes as skill patches or memory updates → prevent repeat mistakes. The primary intelligence-compounding mechanism.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Requires honesty about mistakes. Skip for simple/mechanical tasks — only for complex or corrected work. Don't over-reflect on trivial issues.
self-critique-loop
💻 Software Dev
Throwaway experiments to validate an idea before building. Quick prototypes to test feasibility, performance, or approach.
skill_view("spike")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("spike"). For validating uncertain approaches. Create minimal prototypes, test hypotheses, and produce findings — not production code.
🔧 How To
Define the question you're trying to answer → build the minimal prototype to validate → collect results → decide go/no-go. Spikes are throwaway by design.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Spikes are not production code — don't try to reuse them. Time-box the spike (recommend 1-2 hours max). Document findings before discarding the code.
spike
💻 Software Dev
Execute implementation plans via delegate_task subagents with a two-stage review process. Decompose work, parallelize, and verify.
v1.0.0
skill_view("subagent-driven-development")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("subagent-driven-development"). Uses delegate_task to spawn subagents for parallel implementation. Two-stage review: first subagent checks second subagent's work.
🔧 How To
Take a plan with multiple tasks → launch parallel subagents (up to 3) → each implements their task → results are cross-reviewed → merge accepted implementations.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Subagents have no memory of your conversation — pass all context explicitly. Parallel execution max 3 children. Verify outputs independently — subagents can hallucinate success.
subagent-driven-development
💻 Software Dev
4-phase root cause debugging: understand the bug before fixing. Reproduce → isolate → identify root cause → fix with verification.
★ Featuredv1.2.0
skill_view("systematic-debugging")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("systematic-debugging"). Four phases: (1) Understand the symptom, (2) Reproduce reliably, (3) Isolate the minimal reproducing case, (4) Identify root cause and fix.
🔧 How To
When a bug is reported: reproduce it first → simplify to minimal case → identify root cause (not symptom) → fix with tests → verify. Never skip to fixing without understanding.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Resist the urge to fix symptoms. Without reproduction, you can't verify the fix. Check related code for similar patterns. Add tests that would have caught the bug.
systematic-debugging
💻 Software Dev
Red-Green-Refactor TDD cycle. Write tests before code, make them pass, then refactor. Enforces test-first discipline.
★ Featuredv1.3.0
skill_view("test-driven-development")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("test-driven-development"). Strict RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle: write failing test first → implement minimal code to pass → refactor while keeping tests green.
🔧 How To
RED: write a test that captures the desired behavior (will fail). GREEN: write just enough code to pass. REFACTOR: clean up while tests stay green. Repeat for each feature increment.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Harder for UI/visual components. Tests for trivial code add maintenance burden. Mock external dependencies to avoid flaky tests.
test-driven-development
💻 Software Dev
Full tutorial blog workflow — scaffold, theme, SEO/GEO optimization, JSON-LD structured data, reference pages, and Cloudflare deployment.
★ Featuredv2.2.0
skill_view("tutorial-blog")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("tutorial-blog"). Complete Astro blog setup with dark theme, MDX posts, SEO/GEO optimization, JSON-LD structured data, interactive reference pages, and deployment.
🔧 How To
Scaffold with Astro blog template → customize theme (colors, fonts, layout) → write MDX posts with TLDR, FAQ, and internal links → add JSON-LD schema → add reference pages → deploy to Cloudflare Pages.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Astro <script> tags are ES modules — always use addEventListener. JSON-LD must use set:html directive. Description limit 160 chars enforced by schema.
tutorial-blog
💻 Software Dev
Write implementation plans with bite-sized tasks, file paths, and estimated code. Structured planning before execution.
skill_view("writing-plans")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("writing-plans"). Produces a markdown plan with task breakdown, file paths, estimated effort, and implementation order.
🔧 How To
For a feature: describe what needs to be built → the skill creates a plan with sequential tasks, each specifying files to modify, what code to write, and verification steps.
⚠️ Pitfalls
Plans assume ideal conditions — real implementation may diverge. Update the plan if discoveries change the approach. Tasks should be independently testable.
writing-plans
💬 Yuanbao (元宝)
Interact with Yuanbao (Tencent) group platform — @mention users, query group members, and retrieve group information.
skill_view("yuanbao")
📖 Guide
Load with skill_view("yuanbao"). Requires Yuanbao API credentials. Supports group member queries and @mention operations.
🔧 How To
Query group info: get group member list and details. @mention users: format messages with proper @ syntax for specific group members.
⚠️ Pitfalls
China-specific platform. Requires Yuanbao account and API setup. Documentation is primarily in Chinese.
yuanbao
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