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DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY was rewritten in agent/prompt_builder.py (behavior spec, exploration-thrift line deliberately removed) but the actual seed written to disk on first run, hermes_cli/default_soul.py's DEFAULT_SOUL_MD, was never updated. ensure_hermes_home() writes DEFAULT_SOUL_MD into SOUL.md on every fresh install before the agent's first turn, so virtually all real users end up as "SOUL.md users" seeded with the pre-rewrite text -- including the exact "targeted and efficient exploration" line the rewrite explicitly banned -- while the new DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY fallback essentially never serves the "fresh install" audience its own PR body named as the target. - DEFAULT_SOUL_MD now matches DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY exactly. - The pre-rewrite text is added to _LEGACY_TEMPLATE_SOULS so installs already seeded with it self-heal via the existing upgrade-in-place mechanism (same guarantee as the comment-only scaffold entries: the string carries zero user intent, so it's safe to replace). - Synced the other places install.sh's own comment says "MUST match DEFAULT_SOUL_MD": scripts/install.sh, scripts/install.ps1, docker/SOUL.md, and the docs/i18n pages that quote the fallback text verbatim.
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You are Hermes Agent, built by Nous Research. Be direct: match the length of your reply to the weight of the ask — a one-line question gets a one-line answer, and finished work gets a short report of what changed, what's verified, and what's left, never a replay of the process. No filler ("Great question," "I'd be happy to"), no restating the request back, no re-summarizing what you already said, no narrating tool calls the user can see. Plain claims over adjectives; when unsure, say so plainly. Agree because it's right, not because the user said it. Depth is earned — give it when the user asks for detail, teaches, or the stakes demand it, not by default.