Hindsight now ships from its maintainer's repo (vectorize-io/hindsight,
hindsight-integrations/hermes) through plugin-catalog/hindsight.yaml, so the
in-tree copy under plugins/memory/hindsight goes away. Homes that still name
`memory.provider: hindsight` are migrated by hermes_cli/memory_provider_migration.py
(the `hermes update` hook and the first agent start install the catalog plugin);
that path is untouched here.
Core-side special cases that only made sense with the bundled copy go with it:
the `memory.hindsight` LAZY_DEPS feature, `_provider_pip_dependencies`'s
`hindsight-all` expansion in `hermes memory setup` (the plugin's own
`_ensure_local_runtime()` installs the embedded runtime now), the compat-manifest
pointers of the deleted module, and prose that listed hindsight among the in-tree
providers. Generic provider-name lists, the HINDSIGHT_* env hints and the API-key
redaction pattern stay — a catalog-installed hindsight still uses them.
Revert this commit alone to restore the bundled provider.
Throwaway HERMES_HOME, perf JSON/cpuprofile outputs and typing-lag profiles now land in the Hermes scratch dir; the CONTRIBUTING anti-pattern mention keeps its literal with a no-tmp marker.
Reverts the in-tree org skill-marketplace: hermes_wisdom package, three
model tools, CLI/gateway/desktop/dashboard/Telegram/Slack surfaces.
Later non-Wisdom work on shared files (guest onboarding i18n, dashboard
startup schema, Slack adapter, tui_gateway) is kept; Wisdom-only call
sites and config were stripped from those files.
* feat(wisdom): add trusted publish and install foundation
* feat(wisdom): add private contribution loop
* feat(wisdom): add managed consumption workflows
* fix(wisdom): close cross-repository safety gaps
* fix(wisdom): align local package and lifecycle policy
* fix(wisdom): require explicit profile setup
* docs(wisdom): repin reconciled gateway head
* fix(wisdom): fence content downloads and approval receipts
* docs(wisdom): record generation-fenced downloads
* docs(wisdom): record unified delivery PR
* fix(ci): stop passing invalid classifier inputs
* docs(wisdom): remove internal requirements ledger
* feat(wisdom): localize dashboard and desktop copy
* feat(wisdom): complete local contribution and consumption UX
* style(wisdom): satisfy desktop lint
* chore(wisdom): refresh requirements pin
* test(dashboard): allow formatted profile copy
* test(wisdom): stabilize desktop interaction coverage
* fix(wisdom): surface dashboard action failures
* fix(wisdom): add repeatable Portal demo login
* feat(wisdom): add actionable skill notifications
* feat(wisdom): add notification install and update actions
* fix(wisdom): make Telegram skill alerts actionable
* fix(wisdom): always refresh demo Agent login
* feat(wisdom): embed Telegram notification actions
* fix(wisdom): preserve Telegram notifications after actions
* fix(wisdom): keep Telegram notification cards readable
* feat(wisdom): add Telegram candidate approval flow
* feat(wisdom): explain Telegram qualification reasons
* fix(wisdom): reconcile cross-surface candidate actions
* feat(telegram): add Collective Wisdom management command
* chore(wisdom): refresh Gateway contract pin
* chore(wisdom): advance Gateway contract pin
* feat(wisdom): align command UX across clients
* feat(slack): add Collective Wisdom management parity
* feat(wisdom): add security and professionalism reviews
* feat(wisdom): add first-time qualification guidance
* feat(wisdom): simplify qualification sharing choices
* feat(skills): add optional editorial metadata
* feat(wisdom): enrich legacy skill presentation
* fix(wisdom): harden review and update boundaries
* fix(wisdom): emit canonical review timestamps
* fix(wisdom): align with merged gateway and main
* wisdom: add agent-led sharing core (policy, evidence, schemas, templates, delivery, weekly job, share/install flows)
- hermes_wisdom/agent_led/: policy resolution (server > local > defaults),
7-day evidence builder that excludes bundled/hub/managed skills and
dismissed/handled/recently-suggested content hashes, strict pydantic
schemas for agent output with repair-or-reject, fixed copy templates
(Share / Teammate / Published / Update / Mute), idempotent retried
delivery ledger with stale-action resolution, weekly review job,
resumable Share and Install flows.
- prompts/: candidate review, recipient recommendation, share packaging.
- tests/wisdom/test_agent_led.py: 30 tests.
* wisdom: agent-led renderers and button action dispatcher
- render.py: Telegram HTML, Slack blocks, Desktop payload; editorial name
is the emphasized line, product label stays separate.
- actions.py: resolve opaque wa:<action>:<dedup> targets via the delivery
ledger; Not now -> dismissal, Mute -> fixed options, Share -> resumable
packaging flow, Install/Update -> plan command. Never publishes/installs.
* wisdom: CLI verbs, agent_led config default, conversational catalog skill
- hermes wisdom browse/review-week/act/share/dismiss/mute (all --json).
- wisdom.agent_led config block, default enabled.
- SKILL.md rewritten so natural-language catalog questions map to the CLI
verbs, share/install flows and fixed notification templates.
* wisdom: wire agent-led weekly review into gateway tick and Telegram buttons
- gateway housekeeping tick calls maybe_run_weekly_review with a home
channel sender when a Telegram adapter is available.
- Telegram: wa: callbacks resolved through the ledger (stale-safe), mute
duration keyboard, send_wisdom_agent_recommendation rich card + fallback.
* fix(wisdom): integrate local mediation and harden model and setup boundaries
* fix(wisdom): honor authoritative recommendation policy and defer on failure
* fix(wisdom): synchronize opaque suppression and recheck delivery preferences
* feat(wisdom): route weekly selection through the session-owned assessment queue
* fix(wisdom): prepare and submit the reviewed generated share package
* feat(wisdom): separate native Share preparation from publication consent
* feat(wisdom): sync native mute choices through a leased preference outbox
* feat(wisdom): bind native mute controls to durable preference choices
* feat(wisdom): add scoped desktop and dashboard notification settings
* fix(wisdom): revalidate feed recommendations before assessment and delivery
* fix(wisdom): persist validated delivery receipts before completing notices
* feat(wisdom): add private notification claim and receipt client
* Persist Wisdom send reservations and recover delivery acknowledgements
* Route legacy Wisdom controls through current native review
* Add typed private Wisdom operation outcome client
* fix(wisdom): make agent-led advice usable in the local demo
* fix(wisdom): keep requested consent outside proactive limits
* fix(wisdom): distinguish unavailable assessments and preserve digest text
* fix(wisdom): assess ongoing usefulness beyond the current task
* fix(wisdom): restore immediate qualification sharing controls
* fix(wisdom): separate qualification review from installation advice
* fix(wisdom): collapse review checklists and simplify sharing copy
* fix(wisdom): show compact sharing progress and publication receipts
* fix(wisdom): require credential prefixes rather than matching skill names
* fix(wisdom): finish package checks before presenting sharing consent
* fix(wisdom): scan local skills before qualification cards
* fix(wisdom): update moderation results on existing sharing cards
* fix(wisdom): keep sharing review accessible from receipt cards
* fix(wisdom): align mediated review cards and collapsible checks
* fix(wisdom): clarify clean security summary wording
* fix(wisdom): normalize consent plans and add explicit recheck
* fix(wisdom): keep install and update receipts concise
* fix(wisdom): collapse assessments and deduplicate operation cards
* fix(wisdom): restore private Portal review from native cards
* fix(wisdom): sync Portal publication to original consent card
* fix(wisdom): show local skill version on sharing cards
* fix(wisdom): skip agent recommendations for self-published versions
* fix(wisdom): simplify candidate notices and local-edit recovery copy
* feat(wisdom): submit locally reviewed packages with one confirmation
* feat(wisdom): expose safe receipt and outcome sync recovery
* wisdom: onboarding notice says detect and share, names the user's own skill
Copy review from the product owner on the first and returning
qualification notices (fixed delivery mode):
- the feature blurb now says the org enabled detection *and sharing*
- both notices say the detected skill is one the user created
- both close with an exclamation mark
Applied identically to hermes_wisdom.notice, the desktop and web i18n
strings, and the tests that assert the sentences.
* wisdom: one opener, no approval line, ask to share after the skill is shown
Product owner review of the candidate card.
- The Hermes written card now opens with the same sentence as the fixed card
("Your organisation has enabled Collective Wisdom, a feature designed to
automatically detect and share useful skills across all team members.")
instead of its own blurb, so there is one first time message.
- "Nothing is shared without your approval." removed from Telegram, Slack
and Desktop. The buttons already make the permission explicit.
- "Would you like to share?" no longer appears before the skill is named.
It is now the last line, after the skill name, description, why suggested
and the checks, and reads "Would you like to share it?" (matching the
agent led template wording).
Tests updated for the new order; proposalNotice removed from all desktop locales.
* wisdom: American spelling, organization
Product owner decision: user facing copy uses American spelling.
Changes "Your organisation" to "Your organization" in the chat notice,
the Hermes written card opener, the desktop and web strings, and the
tests that assert them. Identifiers such as nas_organisation:* and the
German and French locales are untouched.
* wisdom: candidate card copy round 4 (owner review)
Apply the product owner's round 4 copy decisions to the Hermes Collective
Wisdom candidate card on Telegram, Slack, Desktop and the shared views:
1. Hermes-written cards are titled "Hermes Collective Wisdom" instead of
the bare "Collective Wisdom".
2. The "Reusable skill ready to review" line is gone from the candidate
card (Telegram rich card and plain fallback, legacy agent-led share
template).
3. The skill name and description are labelled: "Skill name: <name>" and
"What it does: <description>" (Telegram, Slack, Desktop).
4. "Why suggested:" is now "Why others might benefit:".
5. A passing professionalism review reads "Safe to share at work ✓ (no
inappropriate content found)" with no per-check bullets and no "Pass";
a failed review reads "Needs a look before sharing at work (possible
inappropriate content)" and lists only the checks that flagged
something. Pending/unavailable wording is unchanged.
6. Telegram button toasts: "Will ask later...", "Preparing more
details...", "Sharing...".
7. Qualification reasons: "You used this skill consistently across many
days." and "You've really refined this skill."
8. prompts/wisdom_candidate_review.md asks for a compelling
editorial_name, a simple one_line_description and a compelling
why_coworkers_benefit under 300 characters; "Be concise and
convincing." becomes "Be concise and compelling: the goal is that the
user wants to share it."
Tests updated for the new strings; review_text() gains direct coverage.
* wisdom: re-apply owner copy after rebase
- Native share cards (advice_view/interaction_view): drop the approval line, ask "Would you like to share it?" as the last line after the checks
- Hermes-written completion card titled "Hermes Collective Wisdom"
- Qualification reasons use the owner wording (consistently across many days / really refined)
- American spelling (organization) in remaining English copy
- Desktop test asserts the current Share button; web test matches the returning notice
* fix(wisdom): pin reconciled Gateway and verify Unicode hash vectors
Pin Gateway 60cd2d6b613ae3cd4a6e65155d1142006d907e78 and byte-identical producer artifacts. Verify every content-order case and package-manifest binding. Validation: 186 focused Python tests, Ruff and contract verifier.
* fix(wisdom): reconcile optional SDK tests and frontend lint
* fix(wisdom): default to agent-written notification summaries
* fix(wisdom): restore deferred install review and browse controls
* feat(wisdom): inspect installed setup with exact package provenance
* feat(wisdom): run native-approved installed setup steps with durable evidence
* fix(wisdom): recover interrupted setup with explicit native consent
* feat(wisdom): hand native installs into guided setup review
* fix(wisdom): continue requested setup with fixed notification copy
* fix(wisdom): preserve setup while waiting for a session model
* fix(wisdom): expose canonical setup review controls on desktop
* fix(wisdom): resume setup after recorded automatic updates
* fix(wisdom): make missing setup prerequisites recheckable
* chore(wisdom): align Agent with verified Gateway contract
* fix(wisdom): stop guessing team slugs in portal links
* fix(wisdom): retire pending advice on account sign-out
* fix(wisdom): cancel advice after terminal account revocation
* fix(wisdom): fence feed responses across account sign-out
* fix(wisdom): checkpoint signed-out feed before reactivation
* fix(wisdom): link proactive advice to scoped notification settings
* fix(wisdom): coalesce queued publication recommendations by version
* fix(wisdom): keep package review navigation local and deferable
* fix(wisdom): reflect installed state in discovery controls
* fix(wisdom): show exact checks before command confirmation
* chore(wisdom): pin bounded analytics privacy contract
* chore(wisdom): pin retired legacy notification contract
* feat(wisdom): review publisher usage with exact sharing copy
* fix(wisdom): align discovery and review check summaries
* fix(wisdom): show expired consent before confirmation
* fix(wisdom): require fresh review for legacy install controls
* fix(wisdom): preserve review expiry across check toggles
* fix(wisdom): retain update policy in native install reviews
* fix(wisdom): surface failed native card edits
* fix(wisdom): persist local command approval reviews
* fix(wisdom): use saved approvals for messaging commands
* test(wisdom): provide scan result in setup handoff fixture
* test(wisdom): exercise Telegram approvals with saved review state
* fix(wisdom): retain suppression policy for offline deferral
* fix(wisdom): reconsider candidates after deferred suppression expires
* fix(wisdom): bind review checks and report verified readiness separately
* fix(wisdom): persist accepted publication intent and recover exact outcomes
* fix(sync): pin UTF-8 tree ordering across writers
* chore(wisdom): pin organisation-scoped Gateway authorization
* fix(wisdom): restrict consent delivery to user-facing sessions
* chore(wisdom): refresh reviewed Gateway contract pin
* fix(wisdom): preserve kept tools in Blank Slate exclusions
* test(auth): reset anonymous fixture with a profile-scoped cache
* fix(wisdom): gate local surfaces and work on current profile entitlement
* fix(wisdom): invalidate quiet tool cache on entitlement changes
* test(wisdom): authorize local consent gateway fixtures
* fix(wisdom): keep entitlement decoding free of native crypto imports
* test(wisdom): provide local entitlement to demo CLI subprocess
* ci: leave upstream workflow unchanged in Wisdom PR
* fix(wisdom): ship package and contracts in Nix wheels
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'hermes --version' (and -V) now prints the full version report — banner
version line with upstream SHA, install directory, authoritative install
method, Python and OpenAI SDK versions, and update status — making the
separate 'hermes version' subcommand redundant. The subcommand is removed.
- _startup_fast.print_fast_version_info() is now THE canonical version
printer: static lines print instantly from stdlib probes, then the
banner label, install-method resolver, and update check lazy-import
after the first line is on screen (each degrades gracefully).
- main.py _print_version_info() delegates to it (used by /version in the
CLI chat surface and the --version flag path); the old duplicate
implementation is deleted.
- hermes_cli/subcommands/version.py removed; parser wiring, subcommand
sets, console-engine extraction entry, and tests updated. Hermes
Console keeps a 'version' command wired to the shared printer.
- Termux fast paths now include update status too (previously
check_updates=False).
- Docs/i18n, CONTRIBUTING, SECURITY, and nix checks updated to
'hermes --version'.
Root `npm install` no longer installs agent-browser (it's not a root
package.json dependency anymore, see #43564) -- update docs that told
users to run it for that purpose, or that credited it with installing
"browser tools".
- browser.md: agent-browser resolves automatically via npx; a global
npm install -g is now presented as an optional way to skip the
one-time npx fetch, not a required step.
- browser-provider-plugin.md: fix stale comment claiming post_setup
"agent_browser" installs the npm dep -- it only ensures Chromium now.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: relabel the two optional `npm install` steps as
docs-site/workspace dependencies rather than "browser tools".
- termux.md: drop the now-pointless `npm install` from the manual
Node-dependencies step; Node.js itself is the only prerequisite,
agent-browser resolves lazily via npx same as everywhere else.
The test runner moved to per-file subprocess isolation via
scripts/run_tests_parallel.py (hermetic `env -i`, worker count auto-scaled
from CPU count, FLAKY-retry policy) — no pytest-xdist, no SIGALRM per-test
timeout fixture. Docs still described the old runner in many places:
- AGENTS.md: "-n auto xdist workers, in-tree subprocess-isolation plugin"
clause replaced with the current per-file-subprocess description; the
`::test_x` single-test example now shows file + -k (runner is
file-granular).
- CONTRIBUTING.md: "hermetic env, 4 xdist workers" comment corrected;
`tests/conftest.py::_enforce_test_timeout` reference redirected to the
win32 timeout-method shim in `tests/conftest.py::pytest_configure`.
- skills/autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent/references/contributor-guide.md
and windows-quirks.md: same corrections (the bundled skill mirrors the
contributor docs); Windows workaround no longer installs pytest-xdist
or passes -n 0.
- website/docs + zh-Hans i18n mirrors: same fixes in adding-providers.md
and the bundled-skill doc pages.
- skills/software-development/python-debugpy/SKILL.md (+ zh-Hans mirror):
"-p no:xdist"/"-n 0" pdb advice rewritten for the captured per-file
subprocess runner.
- skills/creative/comfyui/tests/README.md: parent-repo "-n auto by
default" rationale updated to past tense.
Combined salvage of PR #38295 (konsisumer), PR #51354 (TutkuEroglu,
redirected to the current conftest truth and the relocated
references/contributor-guide.md), and PR #54956 (waroffchange).
Co-authored-by: TutkuEroglu <rrandqua@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: waroffchange <116298975+waroffchange@users.noreply.github.com>
A manually-installed venv inside the cloned repo can be destroyed by the
agent running a relative-path command against its own checkout (rm -rf venv,
uv venv venv, etc.), silently wiping the running runtime mid-session. Moving
the canonical manual-install venv to ~/.hermes/venvs/hermes-dev means no
relative path from the agent's workspace resolves to its own runtime, making
the bug class impossible without any command-detection code.
Closes the root cause of #7779. The managed install.sh layout is unchanged.
* docs: third-party-product plugins ship standalone, not into core tree
Generalizes the closed-set memory-provider policy to any plugin that
integrates someone else's product/project (observability backends,
vendor SaaS, analytics dashboards, paid-service tie-ins). These create
an open-ended maintenance burden on us for backends we don't own, so
they ship as standalone plugin repos installed into ~/.hermes/plugins/
and are promoted in #plugins-skills-and-skins — not merged into core.
- AGENTS.md: new 'what we don't want' bullet + generalized policy note
beside the memory-provider closed-set rule
- CONTRIBUTING.md: new 'Third-Party Product Integrations' section
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md: caution callout at the top of the guide
It's a coupling decision, not a quality bar — a plugin can clear review
and still be a close.
* docs: add infographic for standalone-plugin policy
Follow-up to #53791 addressing review feedback: the footgun checker treated
capture_output=/stdout=/stderr=/check_output as proof a subprocess can't pop a
Windows console. That invariant is false — stream redirection controls where a
child's output goes, not whether a console is allocated. From a console-less
parent (Desktop/Electron, pythonw.exe, detached gateway/cron) a console-subsystem
child still flashes a window even when fully captured.
- check-windows-footguns.py: capture/redirect/check_output is no longer a blanket
safe-pass. Added _WINDOWS_FLASHING_PROGRAMS (git/gh/npm/node/python/uv/ffmpeg/
docker/powershell/…); calls to those are flagged even when captured. Non-flashing
programs keep the capture exemption (no 271-site noise). _subprocess_compat.run/
popen calls are inherently safe (wrapper injects CREATE_NO_WINDOW).
- Routed the 35 genuine flashing git/gh/npm/uv/ffmpeg/docker spawns through the
_subprocess_compat.run/popen chokepoint (Brooklyn's wrapper from #53810) — the
durable fix, not per-site annotations. cmd.exe /c start stays # ok (intentional).
- Updated tests + CONTRIBUTING.md rule #17 to the corrected invariant.
* fix(windows): stop subprocess console-window popups + add CI guard
The single biggest source of Windows 'terminal popup' bug reports was bare
subprocess.run/Popen calls spawning a console window. The compat helpers
(windows_hide_flags / windows_detach_popen_kwargs) already existed but the
footgun checker had no rule to stop new bare calls from reintroducing the flash.
- scripts/check-windows-footguns.py: new AST-based rule flagging subprocess
calls that can create a new console — output-redirection-aware (capture/
redirect/check_output exempt) and POSIX-only-program-aware (launchctl/
systemctl/brew/etc. exempt). Comprehensive on real popups, no annotation
burden on calls that can't flash.
- Swept all genuine window-spawning sites through windows_hide_flags()/
windows_detach_popen_kwargs(); marked intentionally-visible launches
(editor/terminal/foreground re-exec) with '# windows-footgun: ok'.
- tests/scripts/test_windows_footgun_subprocess_rule.py: behavior-contract
tests + full-repo cleanliness invariant.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: documents the rule + the helper pattern.
* test: accept creationflags kwarg in psutil_android fake_subprocess_run
The Windows no-window sweep added creationflags=windows_hide_flags() to
install_psutil_android.py's subprocess.run call; the test's fake stub had a
fixed (cmd) signature and raised TypeError on the new kwarg.
The SKILL.md template in CONTRIBUTING.md was missing the Prerequisites
and How to Run sections, even though the "modern section order"
guidance immediately below it lists both as required.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CONTRIBUTING.md had no pre-work search step; the only duplicate-check is a
PR-template checkbox that fires at review time, after the work is already done.
Add a "Before You Start: Search First" section near the top so contributors
search open and merged PRs and issues (and the source, since the tracker can
lag the code) before building. References #38284 (the agent-side analog).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Follow-up to #38089. The merged PR removed --recurse-submodules from the
installer, CI, and getting-started docs, but missed the same stale clause in:
- CONTRIBUTING.md (Prerequisites table)
- website/docs/developer-guide/contributing.md (table + clone command)
- zh-Hans mirror of the developer-guide contributing doc
git-lfs is kept in the Git requirement rows since it's a separate, real
prerequisite. No .gitmodules has existed since the Atropos RL submodule was
removed in #26106.
PR #29182 deleted the per-session JSON snapshot writer outright because
state.db is canonical and the snapshots had no in-tree consumer. Some
users have external tooling that reads `~/.hermes/sessions/session_{sid}.json`
directly, so reintroduce the writer behind a config flag that defaults
to off.
- Add `sessions.write_json_snapshots` (default False) to DEFAULT_CONFIG
- Restore `AIAgent._save_session_log` + `_clean_session_content` as
gated methods. When the flag is off the call is a fast no-op; when
on, the writer behaves as before (atomic write, truncation guard
preserved, REASONING_SCRATCHPAD → think tag normalization)
- Re-derive the target path from `agent.session_id` on each call so
`/branch` and `/compress` re-points happen automatically — no need
to restore the explicit re-point bookkeeping at call sites
- Wire the single call site in `_persist_session` (the cleanup-on-exit
hook). Did NOT restore the 7 intra-turn calls the original PR deleted
— those were redundant writes within the same turn that doubled disk
I/O without adding any persistence guarantee `_persist_session` does
not already provide
- Read the flag once at agent init via `load_config()`, cache as
`agent._session_json_enabled`
- Update `TestNoSessionJsonSnapshot` → `TestSessionJsonSnapshotOptIn`
to pin behavior: default off (no file), opt-in true (file written),
no-op method on default agents, logs_dir retained unconditionally
- Update CONTRIBUTING.md and the bundled `hermes-agent` skill to
document the flag and its default
* feat(session_search): single-shape tool with discovery, scroll, browse — no LLM
Replaces the LLM-summarized session_search with a single-shape tool that
returns actual messages from the DB. Three calling shapes inferred from
args (no mode parameter):
1. Discovery — pass query. FTS5 + anchored ±5 window + bookends per hit,
all in one call. ~20ms on a real DB instead of ~90s for the previous
three aux-LLM calls.
2. Scroll — pass session_id + around_message_id. Returns a window
centered on the anchor. To paginate, re-anchor on the first/last id
of the returned window. Boundary message appears in both windows
as the orientation marker. ~1ms per scroll call.
3. Browse — no args. Recent sessions chronologically.
Bookend_start (first 3 user+assistant msgs) and bookend_end (last 3) give
the agent goal + resolution on every discovery hit, so a single tool call
reconstructs a long session's arc without loading the whole transcript.
The aux-LLM summary path is gone: it cost ~$0.30/call, took ~30s, and
laundered FTS5 hits through a model that could confabulate when the right
session wasn't in the hit list. The merged shape returns byte-for-byte
content from SQLite.
History:
- PR #20238 (JabberELF) seeded the fast/summary dual-mode split.
- PR #26419 (yoniebans) expanded to fast/guided/summary with bookends,
multi-anchor drill-down, default-mode config, and a teaching skill.
This PR collapses that toolkit into one shape with explicit scroll
support, drops the summary path, drops the mode parameter, drops the
config knob, drops the skill. JabberELF's seed work is acknowledged via
the AUTHOR_MAP entry.
Validation:
- 38/38 tool tests pass (tests/tools/test_session_search.py)
- 12/12 get_messages_around tests pass (tests/hermes_state/)
- 11/11 get_anchored_view tests pass (tests/hermes_state/)
- Full tests/tools/ run: 5168 passing, 2 failures pre-exist on main
(test ordering in test_delegate.py, unrelated)
- E2E against live state DB: discovery 20ms, scroll 1ms, browse 280ms;
pagination forward+backward works with boundary-message orientation;
error paths return clean tool_error responses
Co-authored-by: JabberELF <abcdjmm970703@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: yoniebans <jonny@nousresearch.com>
* chore(session_search): prune dead LLM-summary config and docs
Companion to the single-shape rewrite. The auxiliary.session_search config
block, max_concurrency / extra_body tunables, and matching docs sections
all referenced the removed LLM summarization path. Removing them so users
don't try to tune knobs that nothing reads.
- hermes_cli/config.py: drop dead auxiliary.session_search block from
DEFAULT_CONFIG. Leftover keys in user config.yaml are harmless and
ignored.
- hermes_cli/tips.py: drop two tips referencing the removed
max_concurrency / extra_body knobs.
- website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md: drop 'Session Search Tuning'
section and the auxiliary.session_search block from the example.
- website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md: drop session_search
rows from the auxiliary-tasks tables and the dedicated tuning subsection.
- website/docs/reference/tools-reference.md: rewrite the session_search
entry to describe the new three-shape behaviour.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: update the file-tree description.
- tests/tools/test_llm_content_none_guard.py: remove TestSessionSearchContentNone
class and test_session_search_tool_guarded — both guard against an
unguarded .content.strip() call site in _summarize_session() that no
longer exists.
Validation: 97/97 targeted tests still pass (hermes_state + session_search +
llm_content_none_guard). Config tests 55/55.
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Co-authored-by: JabberELF <abcdjmm970703@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: yoniebans <jonny@nousresearch.com>
After the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain campaign (May 2026) and the litellm
compromise (March 2026), codify the dependency pinning policy that was
established in PRs #2810 and #9801 but never written down for contributors.
Changes:
- pyproject.toml: Add tight upper bounds to the 5 deps that slipped
through as review escapes from external contributor PRs:
- hindsight-client>=0.4.22,<0.5 (was >=0.4.22)
- aiosqlite>=0.20,<0.23 (was >=0.20)
- asyncpg>=0.29,<0.32 (was >=0.29)
- alibabacloud-dingtalk>=2.0.0,<3 (was >=2.0.0)
- youtube-transcript-api>=1.2.0,<2 (was >=1.2.0)
Pre-1.0 packages get <0.(current_minor+2) — tight enough to block
hostile minor releases but loose enough to not require bumps every week.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: Add 'Dependency pinning policy' section under Security
with the full rationale, table of source types + treatments, and examples.
- AGENTS.md: Add concise 'Dependency Pinning Policy' section for AI coding
agents with the decision table and step-by-step checklist.
- supply-chain-audit.yml: Add dep-bounds job that fails PRs introducing
PyPI deps without <ceiling upper bounds. Fires on pyproject.toml changes.
Posts a PR comment with the specific unbounded specs found.
Refs: #2796#2810#9801#24205
AGENTS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md both now state:
1. No new memory providers in the repo. The set under plugins/memory/
(honcho, mem0, supermemory, byterover, hindsight, holographic,
openviking, retaindb) is closed. New backends ship as standalone
plugin repos that users install into ~/.hermes/plugins/ via the
same MemoryProvider ABC, discovery path, and hermes memory setup
integration. PRs adding a new plugins/memory/<name>/ directory get
closed with a pointer to publish as their own repo.
2. Skill authoring standards (hardline) — applies to all new or
modernized skills (bundled, optional, contributed):
- description <= 60 chars, one sentence, ends with period, no
marketing words, no name repetition (verification snippet
included)
- tools referenced in SKILL.md prose must be native Hermes tools
or MCP servers the skill expects — no grep/cat/sed/find etc.
when search_files/read_file/patch already cover them
- platforms: gating audited against actual POSIX-only primitives
- author credits the human contributor first, not 'Hermes Agent'
- SKILL.md uses modern section order with line targets
- scripts/references/templates layout for non-trivial logic
- tests at tests/skills/test_<skill>_skill.py, stdlib + mock only
- .env.example edits isolated to a delimited block
CONTRIBUTING.md includes a good/bad description example and a
'don't say / say' table mapping shell utilities to native tools.
AGENTS.md points the agent at references/new-skill-pr-salvage.md
for the full salvage checklist.
## Why
Hermes supports Linux, macOS, and native Windows, but the codebase grew up
POSIX-first and has accumulated patterns that silently break (or worse,
silently kill!) on Windows:
- `os.kill(pid, 0)` as a liveness probe — on Windows this maps to
CTRL_C_EVENT and broadcasts Ctrl+C to the target's entire console
process group (bpo-14484, open since 2012).
- `os.killpg` — doesn't exist on Windows at all (AttributeError).
- `os.setsid` / `os.getuid` / `os.geteuid` — same.
- `signal.SIGKILL` / `signal.SIGHUP` / `signal.SIGUSR1` — module-attr
errors at runtime on Windows.
- `open(path)` / `open(path, "r")` without explicit encoding= — inherits
the platform default, which is cp1252/mbcs on Windows (UTF-8 on POSIX),
causing mojibake round-tripping between hosts.
- `wmic` — removed from Windows 10 21H1+.
This commit does three things:
1. Makes `psutil` a core dependency and migrates critical callsites to it.
2. Adds a grep-based CI gate (`scripts/check-windows-footguns.py`) that
blocks new instances of any of the above patterns.
3. Fixes every existing instance in the codebase so the baseline is clean.
## What changed
### 1. psutil as a core dependency (pyproject.toml)
Added `psutil>=5.9.0,<8` to core deps. psutil is the canonical
cross-platform answer for "is this PID alive" and "kill this process
tree" — its `pid_exists()` uses `OpenProcess + GetExitCodeProcess` on
Windows (NOT a signal call), and its `Process.children(recursive=True)`
+ `.kill()` combo replaces `os.killpg()` portably.
### 2. `gateway/status.py::_pid_exists`
Rewrote to call `psutil.pid_exists()` first, falling back to the
hand-rolled ctypes `OpenProcess + WaitForSingleObject` dance on Windows
(and `os.kill(pid, 0)` on POSIX) only if psutil is somehow missing —
e.g. during the scaffold phase of a fresh install before pip finishes.
### 3. `os.killpg` migration to psutil (7 callsites, 5 files)
- `tools/code_execution_tool.py`
- `tools/process_registry.py`
- `tools/tts_tool.py`
- `tools/environments/local.py` (3 sites kept as-is, suppressed with
`# windows-footgun: ok` — the pgid semantics psutil can't replicate,
and the calls are already Windows-guarded at the outer branch)
- `gateway/platforms/whatsapp.py`
### 4. `scripts/check-windows-footguns.py` (NEW, 500 lines)
Grep-based checker with 11 rules covering every Windows cross-platform
footgun we've hit so far:
1. `os.kill(pid, 0)` — the silent killer
2. `os.setsid` without guard
3. `os.killpg` (recommends psutil)
4. `os.getuid` / `os.geteuid` / `os.getgid`
5. `os.fork`
6. `signal.SIGKILL`
7. `signal.SIGHUP/SIGUSR1/SIGUSR2/SIGALRM/SIGCHLD/SIGPIPE/SIGQUIT`
8. `subprocess` shebang script invocation
9. `wmic` without `shutil.which` guard
10. Hardcoded `~/Desktop` (OneDrive trap)
11. `asyncio.add_signal_handler` without try/except
12. `open()` without `encoding=` on text mode
Features:
- Triple-quoted-docstring aware (won't flag prose inside docstrings)
- Trailing-comment aware (won't flag mentions in `# os.kill(pid, 0)` comments)
- Guard-hint aware (skips lines with `hasattr(os, ...)`,
`shutil.which(...)`, `if platform.system() != 'Windows'`, etc.)
- Inline suppression with `# windows-footgun: ok — <reason>`
- `--list` to print all rules with fixes
- `--all` / `--diff <ref>` / staged-files (default) modes
- Scans 380 files in under 2 seconds
### 5. CI integration
A GitHub Actions workflow that runs the checker on every PR and push is
staged at `/tmp/hermes-stash/windows-footguns.yml` — not included in this
commit because the GH token on the push machine lacks `workflow` scope.
A maintainer with `workflow` permissions should add it as
`.github/workflows/windows-footguns.yml` in a follow-up. Content:
```yaml
name: Windows footgun check
on:
push:
branches: [main]
pull_request:
branches: [main]
jobs:
check:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with: {python-version: "3.11"}
- run: python scripts/check-windows-footguns.py --all
```
### 6. CONTRIBUTING.md — "Cross-Platform Compatibility" expansion
Expanded from 5 to 16 rules, each with message, example, and fix.
Recommends psutil as the preferred API for PID / process-tree operations.
### 7. Baseline cleanup (91 → 0 findings)
- 14 `open()` sites → added `encoding='utf-8'` (internal logs/caches) or
`encoding='utf-8-sig'` (user-editable files that Notepad may BOM)
- 23 POSIX-only callsites in systemd helpers, pty_bridge, and plugin
tool subprocess management → annotated with
`# windows-footgun: ok — <reason>`
- 7 `os.killpg` sites → migrated to psutil (see §3 above)
## Verification
```
$ python scripts/check-windows-footguns.py --all
✓ No Windows footguns found (380 file(s) scanned).
$ python -c "from gateway.status import _pid_exists; import os
> print('self:', _pid_exists(os.getpid())); print('bogus:', _pid_exists(999999))"
self: True
bogus: False
```
Proof-of-repro that `os.kill(pid, 0)` was actually killing processes
before this fix — see commit `1cbe39914` and bpo-14484. This commit
removes the last hand-rolled ctypes path from the hot liveness-check
path and defers to the best-maintained cross-platform answer.
This PR groups the TUI fixes that restore macOS Terminal usability and clean up the theme/composer regressions:
- copy transcript selections on macOS drag-release so Terminal.app users can copy while mouse tracking is enabled
- copy composer selections on macOS drag-release; composer selection is internal to TextInput and does not use the global Ink selection bus
- keep IDE Cmd+C forwarding setup macOS-only, and make keybinding conflict checks respect simple when-clause overlap/negation
- force truecolor before chalk initializes (unless NO_COLOR / FORCE_COLOR / HERMES_TUI_TRUECOLOR opt-outs apply) so the default banner keeps its gold/amber/bronze gradient in Terminal.app
- move TUI surfaces onto semantic theme tokens and preserve skin prompt symbols as bare tokens with renderer-owned spacing
- render focused placeholders as dim hint text in TTY mode instead of inverse/selected-looking synthetic cursor text
Drop the mini-swe-agent git submodule. All terminal backends now use
hermes-agent's own environment implementations directly.
Docker backend:
- Inline the `docker run -d` container startup (was 15 lines in
minisweagent's DockerEnvironment). Our wrapper already handled
execute(), cleanup(), security hardening, volumes, and resource limits.
Modal backend:
- Import swe-rex's ModalDeployment directly instead of going through
minisweagent's 90-line passthrough wrapper.
- Bake the _AsyncWorker pattern (from environments/patches.py) directly
into ModalEnvironment for Atropos compatibility without monkey-patching.
Cleanup:
- Remove minisweagent_path.py (submodule path resolution helper)
- Remove submodule init/install from install.sh and setup-hermes.sh
- Remove mini-swe-agent from .gitmodules
- environments/patches.py is now a no-op (kept for backward compat)
- terminal_tool.py no longer does sys.path hacking for minisweagent
- mini_swe_runner.py guards imports (optional, for RL training only)
- Update all affected tests to mock the new direct subprocess calls
- Update README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
No functionality change — all Docker, Modal, local, SSH, Singularity,
and Daytona backends behave identically. 6093 tests pass.
* feat(web): add Parallel as alternative web search/extract backend
Adds Parallel (parallel.ai) as a drop-in alternative to Firecrawl for
web_search and web_extract tools using the official parallel-web SDK.
- Backend selection via WEB_SEARCH_BACKEND env var (auto/parallel/firecrawl)
- Auto mode prefers Firecrawl when both keys present; Parallel when sole backend
- web_crawl remains Firecrawl-only with clear error when unavailable
- Lazy SDK imports, interrupt support, singleton clients
- 16 new unit tests for backend selection and client config
Co-authored-by: s-jag <s-jag@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix: add PARALLEL_API_KEY to config registry and fix web_crawl policy tests
Follow-up for Parallel backend integration:
- Add PARALLEL_API_KEY to OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS (hermes doctor, env blocklist)
- Add to set_config_value api_keys list (hermes config set)
- Add to doctor keys display
- Fix 2 web_crawl policy tests that didn't set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
(needed now that web_crawl has a Firecrawl availability guard)
* refactor: explicit backend selection via hermes tools, not auto-detect
Replace the auto-detect backend selection with explicit user choice:
- hermes tools saves WEB_SEARCH_BACKEND to .env when user picks a provider
- _get_backend() reads the explicit choice first
- Fallback only for manual/legacy config (uses whichever key is present)
- _is_provider_active() shows [active] for the selected web backend
- Updated tests, docs, and .env.example to remove 'auto' mode language
* refactor: use config.yaml for web backend, not env var
Match the TTS/browser pattern — web.backend is stored in config.yaml
(set by hermes tools), not as a WEB_SEARCH_BACKEND env var.
- _load_web_config() reads web: section from config.yaml
- _get_backend() reads web.backend from config, falls back to key detection
- _configure_provider() saves to config dict (saved to config.yaml)
- _is_provider_active() reads from config dict
- Removed WEB_SEARCH_BACKEND from .env.example, set_config_value, docs
- Updated all tests to mock _load_web_config instead of env vars
---------
Co-authored-by: s-jag <s-jag@users.noreply.github.com>
* refactor: centralize slash command registry
Replace 7+ scattered command definition sites with a single
CommandDef registry in hermes_cli/commands.py. All downstream
consumers now derive from this registry:
- CLI process_command() resolves aliases via resolve_command()
- Gateway _known_commands uses GATEWAY_KNOWN_COMMANDS frozenset
- Gateway help text generated by gateway_help_lines()
- Telegram BotCommands generated by telegram_bot_commands()
- Slack subcommand map generated by slack_subcommand_map()
Adding a command or alias is now a one-line change to
COMMAND_REGISTRY instead of touching 6+ files.
Bugfixes included:
- Telegram now registers /rollback, /background (were missing)
- Slack now has /voice, /update, /reload-mcp (were missing)
- Gateway duplicate 'reasoning' dispatch (dead code) removed
- Gateway help text can no longer drift from CLI help
Backwards-compatible: COMMANDS and COMMANDS_BY_CATEGORY dicts are
rebuilt from the registry, so existing imports work unchanged.
* docs: update developer docs for centralized command registry
Update AGENTS.md with full 'Slash Command Registry' and 'Adding a
Slash Command' sections covering CommandDef fields, registry helpers,
and the one-line alias workflow.
Also update:
- CONTRIBUTING.md: commands.py description
- website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md: reference central registry
- docs/plans/centralize-command-registry.md: mark COMPLETED
- plans/checkpoint-rollback.md: reference new pattern
- hermes-agent-dev skill: architecture table
* chore: remove stale plan docs
When a skill declares required_environment_variables in its YAML
frontmatter, missing env vars trigger a secure TUI prompt (identical
to the sudo password widget) when the skill is loaded. Secrets flow
directly to ~/.hermes/.env, never entering LLM context.
Key changes:
- New required_environment_variables frontmatter field for skills
- Secure TUI widget (masked input, 120s timeout)
- Gateway safety: messaging platforms show local setup guidance
- Legacy prerequisites.env_vars normalized into new format
- Remote backend handling: conservative setup_needed=True
- Env var name validation, file permissions hardened to 0o600
- Redact patterns extended for secret-related JSON fields
- 12 existing skills updated with prerequisites declarations
- ~48 new tests covering skip, timeout, gateway, remote backends
- Dynamic panel widget sizing (fixes hardcoded width from original PR)
Cherry-picked from PR #723 by kshitijk4poor, rebased onto current main
with conflict resolution.
Fixes#688
Co-authored-by: kshitijk4poor <kshitijk4poor@users.noreply.github.com>
- Tag duckduckgo-search skill with fallback_for_toolsets: [web] so it
auto-hides when Firecrawl is available and auto-shows when it isn't
- Add 'Conditional Activation' section to CONTRIBUTING.md with full
spec, semantics, and examples for all 4 frontmatter fields
- Add 'Conditional Activation (Fallback Skills)' section to the user-
facing skills docs with field reference table and practical example
- Update SKILL.md format examples in both docs to show the new fields
Follow-up to PR #785 (conditional skill activation feature).
- AGENTS.md: add Skin/Theme System section with architecture, skinnable
elements table, built-in skins list, adding built-in/user skins guide,
YAML example; add skin_engine.py to project structure; mention skin
engine in CLI Architecture section
- CONTRIBUTING.md: add skin_engine.py to project structure; add 'Adding
a Skin/Theme' section with YAML schema, activation instructions
- cli-config.yaml.example: add full skin config documentation with
schema reference, built-in skins list, all color/spinner/branding keys
- docs/skins/example-skin.yaml: complete annotated skin template with
all available fields and inline documentation
- hermes_cli/skin_engine.py: expand module docstring to full schema
reference with all fields documented, usage examples, built-in skins
list
- website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md: New 'Session Naming' section
with /title usage, title rules, auto-lineage, gateway support.
Updated 'Resume by Name' section, 'Rename a Session' subsection,
updated sessions list output format, updated DB schema description.
- website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md: Added -c "name" and
--resume by title to Core Commands, sessions rename to Sessions
table, /title to slash commands.
- website/docs/user-guide/cli.md: Added -c "name" and --resume by
title to resume options.
- AGENTS.md: Added -c, --resume, sessions list/rename to CLI commands
table. Added hermes_state.py to project structure.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: Updated hermes_state.py and session persistence
descriptions to mention titles.
- hermes_cli/main.py: Fixed sessions help string to include 'rename'.
Skills can now declare runtime prerequisites (env vars, CLI binaries) via
YAML frontmatter. Skills with unmet prerequisites are excluded from the
system prompt so the agent never claims capabilities it can't deliver, and
skill_view() warns the agent about what's missing.
Three layers of defense:
- build_skills_system_prompt() filters out unavailable skills
- _find_all_skills() flags unmet prerequisites in metadata
- skill_view() returns prerequisites_warning with actionable details
Tagged 12 bundled skills that have hard runtime dependencies:
gif-search (TENOR_API_KEY), notion (NOTION_API_KEY), himalaya, imessage,
apple-notes, apple-reminders, openhue, duckduckgo-search, codebase-inspection,
blogwatcher, songsee, mcporter.
Closes#658Fixes#630
Add a 'platforms' field to SKILL.md frontmatter that restricts skills
to specific operating systems. Skills with platforms: [macos] only
appear in the system prompt, skills_list(), and slash commands on macOS.
Skills without the field load everywhere (backward compatible).
Implementation:
- skill_matches_platform() in tools/skills_tool.py — core filter
- Wired into all 3 discovery paths: prompt_builder.py, skills_tool.py,
skill_commands.py
- 28 new tests across 3 test files
New bundled Apple/macOS skills (all platforms: [macos]):
- imessage — Send/receive iMessages via imsg CLI
- apple-reminders — Manage Reminders via remindctl CLI
- apple-notes — Manage Notes via memo CLI
- findmy — Track devices/AirTags via AppleScript + screen capture
Docs updated: CONTRIBUTING.md, AGENTS.md, creating-skills.md,
skills.md (user guide)
Authored by rovle. Adds Daytona as the sixth terminal execution backend
with cloud sandboxes, persistent workspaces, and full CLI/gateway integration.
Includes 24 unit tests and 8 integration tests.
