fix(cli): give a profile created without a clone a usable model block

Creating a bot from the desktop dialog builds the profile tree but no
config.yaml, so the profile resolves no provider and its first turn dies
with "No LLM provider configured" — created, but unable to run. Every bot
made that way was dead on arrival.

Seed the active profile's model block at creation. It is a copy, not a
link: profiles stay independent islands and editing either afterwards never
touches the other. "Fresh" means fresh skills and SOUL, not unreachable.

hermes_cli/profiles.py

@@ -758,6 +758,41 @@ def _read_config_model(profile_dir: Path) -> tuple:
         return None, None
 
 
+def _seed_model_config(profile_dir: Path) -> None:
+    """Give a profile created without a clone source a usable model block.
+
+    Such a profile gets its directory tree but no ``config.yaml`` at all, so it
+    resolves no provider and its first turn dies with "No LLM provider
+    configured" — created, but unable to run. Copy the active profile's
+    ``model`` block over at creation time.
+
+    This is a copy, not a link: profiles remain independent islands, and
+    editing either one afterwards never touches the other. "Fresh" means fresh
+    skills and SOUL, not unreachable.
+    """
+    config_path = profile_dir / "config.yaml"
+    if config_path.exists():
+        return
+    try:
+        import yaml
+        from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
+        from hermes_cli.config import read_user_config_raw
+
+        source = get_hermes_home() / "config.yaml"
+        if not source.is_file():
+            return
+        model_cfg = read_user_config_raw(source).get("model")
+        if not model_cfg:
+            return
+        config_path.write_text(
+            yaml.safe_dump({"model": model_cfg}, sort_keys=False),
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        # Creation must not fail over this; `hermes model` still sets it later.
+        pass
+
+
 def _check_gateway_running(profile_dir: Path) -> bool:
     """Check if a gateway is running for a given profile directory.
 
@@ -1209,6 +1244,9 @@ def create_profile(
         for subdir in _PROFILE_DIRS:
             (profile_dir / subdir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
+        if source_dir is None:
+            _seed_model_config(profile_dir)
+
         # Clone config files from source
         if source_dir is not None:
             for filename in _CLONE_CONFIG_FILES:

tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py

@@ -133,6 +133,46 @@ class TestCreateProfile:
         assert mode == 0o600
 
 
+    def test_fresh_profile_inherits_a_usable_model(self, profile_env):
+        """A profile created without a clone source still resolves a provider.
+
+        Without this it gets no config.yaml at all, so its very first turn dies
+        with "No LLM provider configured" — created, but unable to run. Fresh
+        means fresh skills and SOUL, not unreachable.
+        """
+        default_home = profile_env / ".hermes"
+        (default_home / "config.yaml").write_text(
+            "model:\n  provider: nous\n  default: some/model\n"
+        )
+
+        profile_dir = create_profile("coder", no_alias=True)
+
+        cfg = yaml.safe_load((profile_dir / "config.yaml").read_text())
+        assert cfg["model"]["provider"] == "nous"
+        assert cfg["model"]["default"] == "some/model"
+
+
+    def test_fresh_profile_model_is_copied_not_linked(self, profile_env):
+        """Profiles stay independent islands.
+
+        The model block is copied at creation, so later edits to the source
+        profile never reach one already created from it.
+        """
+        default_home = profile_env / ".hermes"
+        (default_home / "config.yaml").write_text(
+            "model:\n  provider: nous\n  default: some/model\n"
+        )
+        profile_dir = create_profile("coder", no_alias=True)
+
+        (default_home / "config.yaml").write_text(
+            "model:\n  provider: other\n  default: changed/model\n"
+        )
+
+        cfg = yaml.safe_load((profile_dir / "config.yaml").read_text())
+        assert cfg["model"]["provider"] == "nous"
+        assert cfg["model"]["default"] == "some/model"
+
+
 
 
     def test_clone_config_copies_files(self, profile_env):