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#	hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Skills Tool — list and view skill documents (progressive disclosure). A skill is a directory
holding SKILL.md (YAML frontmatter + instructions) plus optional references/, templates/, assets/,
scripts/. `skills_list` returns name/description only; `skill_view` returns full content and
linked files. Sibling modules (skills_tool_setup / _plugin / _dedup) re-export here."""
import hashlib
import json
import logging
import os
import time
from contextlib import suppress
from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
from tools.registry import registry, tool_error
from hermes_cli.config import cfg_get
from agent.skill_utils import (
EXCLUDED_SKILL_DIRS as _EXCLUDED_SKILL_DIRS, is_skill_support_path as _is_skill_support_path)
from tools.skills_tool_setup import ( # noqa: F401
SkillReadinessStatus, _build_setup_note, _capture_required_environment_variables,
_get_required_environment_variables, _is_env_var_persisted, _is_remote_env_backend)
from tools.skills_tool_plugin import ( # noqa: F401
MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH, MAX_NAME_LENGTH, _INJECTION_PATTERNS, _fail, _json,
_mark_background_review_read, _preprocess_skill, _read_skill_text, _safe_frontmatter,
_serve_plugin_skill, _serve_skill_file, _truncate_description)
from tools.skills_tool_dedup import ( # noqa: F401
_check_skill_view_dedup, _record_skill_view, reset_skill_view_dedup)
from tools.skill_provenance import is_background_review
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Per-session discovery cache: {cache_key: (signature, timestamp, skills_list)}. Signature =
# per-dir max mtime of the dir and its immediate children (add/remove inside a category does
# NOT bump the root mtime) + the disabled set (config-only change, no mtime) + platform; the
# TTL bounds staleness from in-place SKILL.md edits, which no directory signature can see.
_SKILLS_CACHE: dict = {}
_SKILLS_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 30.0
def _skills_scan_signature(dirs_to_scan, disabled) -> tuple:
"""O(#dirs + #categories) stat-based change signature; platform is read via
``agent.skill_utils.sys`` so test patches are honored."""
from agent import skill_utils as _skill_utils
platform = getattr(getattr(_skill_utils, "sys", None), "platform", "")
sig = []
for d in dirs_to_scan:
try:
m = d.stat().st_mtime
except OSError:
continue
with suppress(OSError), os.scandir(d) as it:
for entry in it:
with suppress(OSError):
if entry.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False):
m = max(m, entry.stat(follow_symlinks=False).st_mtime)
sig.append((str(d), m))
return (tuple(sig), frozenset(disabled), platform)
HERMES_HOME = get_hermes_home() # all skills live in ~/.hermes/skills/ (seeded from bundled)
SKILLS_DIR = HERMES_HOME / "skills"
_SKILLS_DIR_AT_IMPORT = SKILLS_DIR
def _skills_dir() -> Path:
"""Active profile's skills dir at call time: the patched ``SKILLS_DIR`` when a patcher changed
it, else live profile-scoped HERMES_HOME (long-lived runtimes may import before profile set)."""
configured = Path(SKILLS_DIR)
return configured if configured != _SKILLS_DIR_AT_IMPORT else get_hermes_home() / "skills"
_secret_capture_callback = None
_LOOKUP_HINT = "Use a skill name or relative path within the skills directory."
def _skill_lookup_path_error(name: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""Error if lookup *name* could escape the search roots it is joined onto. Windows drive
paths are rejected too: their ``:`` would be misread as a plugin namespace separator."""
from tools.path_security import has_traversal_component
if not isinstance(name, str):
return "Skill name must be a string."
win = PureWindowsPath(candidate := name.strip())
if PurePosixPath(candidate).is_absolute() or win.is_absolute() or win.drive:
return "Skill name must be a relative path within the skills directory."
if has_traversal_component(candidate):
return "Skill name cannot contain '..' path traversal components."
return None
def load_env() -> Dict[str, str]:
"""Snapshot of HERMES_HOME/.env for the post-skill secret-capture diff (same tokenizer that
installs the profile scope, so a captured value never differs from the served one)."""
from agent.secret_scope import load_env_file
return load_env_file(get_hermes_home() / ".env")
def set_secret_capture_callback(callback) -> None:
global _secret_capture_callback
_secret_capture_callback = callback
def _skill_utils_delegate(attr: str):
"""Lazy call-time delegate to ``agent.skill_utils.<attr>`` (re-export; patches honored)."""
def _delegate(*args):
from agent import skill_utils
return getattr(skill_utils, attr)(*args)
_delegate.__name__ = _delegate.__qualname__ = attr
return _delegate
skill_matches_platform = _skill_utils_delegate("skill_matches_platform")
# Offer-time relevance gate (kanban/docker/s6), NOT hard compatibility; explicit loads bypass it.
skill_matches_environment = _skill_utils_delegate("skill_matches_environment")
skill_matches_apps = _skill_utils_delegate("skill_matches_apps")
_parse_frontmatter = _skill_utils_delegate("parse_frontmatter")
_get_disabled_skill_names = _skill_utils_delegate("get_disabled_skill_names")
def check_skills_requirements() -> bool:
return True # always available: the directory is created on first use
def _get_category_from_path(skill_path: Path) -> Optional[str]:
"""``~/.hermes/skills/mlops/axolotl/SKILL.md`` -> ``"mlops"``; active profile dir first
(respects test monkeypatching), then skills.external_dirs."""
dirs_to_check = [_skills_dir()]
with suppress(Exception):
from agent.skill_utils import get_external_skills_dirs
dirs_to_check.extend(get_external_skills_dirs())
for skills_dir in dirs_to_check:
with suppress(ValueError):
if len(parts := skill_path.relative_to(skills_dir).parts) >= 3:
return parts[0]
return None
def _parse_tags(tags_value) -> List[str]:
"""Tags from frontmatter: a parsed list, "[a, b]", or "a, b"."""
if not tags_value:
return []
if isinstance(tags_value, list):
return [str(t).strip() for t in tags_value if t]
tags_value = str(tags_value).strip()
if tags_value.startswith("[") and tags_value.endswith("]"):
tags_value = tags_value[1:-1]
return [t.strip().strip("\"'") for t in tags_value.split(",") if t.strip()]
def _is_skill_disabled(name: str, platform: str = None) -> bool:
"""Disabled in config? Platform precedence: explicit arg, ``HERMES_PLATFORM``, session
``HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM``. A globally-disabled skill stays disabled on every platform
(keep in sync with agent.skill_utils.get_disabled_skill_names)."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import load_config
skills_cfg = load_config().get("skills", {})
resolved_platform = platform or os.getenv("HERMES_PLATFORM")
if not resolved_platform:
with suppress(Exception):
from gateway.session_context import get_session_env
resolved_platform = get_session_env("HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM") or ""
platform_disabled = None
if resolved_platform:
platform_disabled = cfg_get(skills_cfg, "platform_disabled", resolved_platform)
in_platform = platform_disabled is not None and name in platform_disabled
return in_platform or name in skills_cfg.get("disabled", [])
except Exception:
return False
def _skill_search_dirs() -> Tuple[list, list, Path]:
"""(project_dirs, all_dirs, active_skills_dir); trusted project-local dirs come FIRST so
first-wins dedup / the collision resolver prefer them."""
from agent.skill_utils import get_external_skills_dirs, get_project_skills_dirs
project_dirs = list(get_project_skills_dirs())
active_skills_dir = _skills_dir()
all_dirs = project_dirs + ([active_skills_dir] if active_skills_dir.exists() else [])
all_dirs += get_external_skills_dirs()
return project_dirs, all_dirs, active_skills_dir
def _find_all_skills(*, skip_disabled: bool = False) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""All skills (name, description, category) across project/local/external dirs, first-wins
by name; cached per session. ``skip_disabled=True`` ignores disabled state (config UI)."""
from agent.skill_utils import iter_project_skill_files, iter_skill_index_files
cache_key = "with_disabled" if skip_disabled else "filtered"
disabled = set() if skip_disabled else _get_disabled_skill_names()
project_dirs, dirs_to_scan, _ = _skill_search_dirs()
signature = _skills_scan_signature(dirs_to_scan, disabled)
now = time.monotonic()
cached = _SKILLS_CACHE.get(cache_key)
if cached is not None and cached[0] == signature and (now - cached[1]) < _SKILLS_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS:
# Shallow copies: callers mutate the returned dicts (web_server annotates
# s["enabled"]/s["usage"]); handing out cached objects would poison the cache.
return [dict(s) for s in cached[2]]
skills = []
seen_names: set = set()
for scan_dir in dirs_to_scan: # project dirs go through the quarantine chokepoint
_iter = iter_project_skill_files if scan_dir in project_dirs else lambda d: iter_skill_index_files(d, "SKILL.md")
for skill_md in _iter(scan_dir):
if any(part in _EXCLUDED_SKILL_DIRS for part in skill_md.parts):
continue
try:
frontmatter, body = _parse_frontmatter(_read_skill_text(skill_md)[:4000])
if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter) or not skill_matches_environment(frontmatter) or not skill_matches_apps(frontmatter):
continue
name = frontmatter.get("name", skill_md.parent.name)[:MAX_NAME_LENGTH]
if name in seen_names or name in disabled:
continue
description = frontmatter.get("description", "")
if not description: # first non-heading body line (a null value stays null)
description = next((ln for ln in map(str.strip, body.strip().split("\n"))
if ln and not ln.startswith("#")), description)
seen_names.add(name)
skills.append({"name": name, "description": _truncate_description(description),
"category": _get_category_from_path(skill_md)})
except (UnicodeDecodeError, PermissionError) as e:
logger.debug("Failed to read skill file %s: %s", skill_md, e)
except Exception as e:
logger.debug("Skipping skill at %s: failed to parse: %s", skill_md, e, exc_info=True)
# Keyed by the signature computed BEFORE the scan: a write racing the scan changes the
# signature, so the next call re-scans instead of serving a torn result.
_SKILLS_CACHE[cache_key] = (signature, now, skills)
return [dict(s) for s in skills]
def _sort_skills(skills: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Keep every skill listing path ordered the same way."""
return sorted(skills, key=lambda s: (s.get("category") or "", s["name"]))
def skills_list(category: str = None, task_id: str = None) -> str:
"""Tier 1 listing: name + description (+ category) only; ``task_id`` is handler parity."""
try:
_skills_dir().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
all_skills = _find_all_skills()
try:
from hermes_cli.plugins import discover_plugins, get_plugin_manager
discover_plugins()
for plugin_skill in get_plugin_manager().list_plugin_skill_metadata():
frontmatter = plugin_skill.pop("frontmatter", {})
if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter) or _is_skill_disabled(plugin_skill["name"]):
continue
all_skills.append(plugin_skill)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Plugin skill listing failed", exc_info=True)
if not all_skills:
return _json({"success": True, "skills": [], "categories": [],
"message": "No skills found in skills/ directory."})
if category:
all_skills = [s for s in all_skills if s.get("category") == category]
all_skills = _sort_skills(all_skills)
categories = sorted({s.get("category") for s in all_skills if s.get("category")})
return _json({
"success": True, "skills": all_skills, "categories": categories,
"count": len(all_skills),
"hint": "Use skill_view(name) to see full content, tags, and linked files"})
except Exception as e:
return tool_error(str(e), success=False)
def _resolve_plugin_skill(name, file_path, task_id, preprocess):
"""``plugin:skill`` dispatch: ``(result_json, None)`` when answered, else ``(None,
local_category_name)`` to fall through to the flat-tree scan — categorized local skills also use
``category:skill`` in config/gateway prompts, so the on-disk ``category/skill`` form returns."""
from agent.skill_utils import is_valid_namespace, parse_qualified_name
from hermes_cli.plugins import discover_plugins, get_plugin_manager
namespace, bare = parse_qualified_name(name)
if not is_valid_namespace(namespace):
return _fail(f"Invalid namespace '{namespace}' in '{name}'. Namespaces must match [a-zA-Z0-9_-]+."), None
discover_plugins() # idempotent
pm = get_plugin_manager()
active_memory_provider = None
try:
from plugins.memory import _get_active_memory_provider, _prune_inactive_memory_provider_skills
active_memory_provider = _get_active_memory_provider()
_prune_inactive_memory_provider_skills(active_memory_provider)
except Exception as exc:
logger.debug("Failed pruning inactive memory-provider skills: %s", exc)
plugin_skill_md = pm.find_plugin_skill(name)
# Memory providers load through plugins.memory, not the general PluginManager: load the
# namespaced provider once so its collector can forward its skills into the registry.
if plugin_skill_md is None and namespace == active_memory_provider:
try:
from plugins.memory import load_memory_provider
load_memory_provider(namespace)
plugin_skill_md = pm.find_plugin_skill(name)
except Exception as exc:
logger.debug("Failed lazy memory-provider skill load for %s: %s", namespace, exc)
if plugin_skill_md is not None and not plugin_skill_md.exists():
pm.remove_plugin_skill(name) # stale registry entry — file deleted out of band
return _fail(
f"Skill '{name}' file no longer exists at {plugin_skill_md}. The registry entry "
f"has been cleaned up — try again after the plugin is reloaded."), None
if plugin_skill_md is not None:
return _serve_plugin_skill(
plugin_skill_md, namespace, bare, file_path=file_path, preprocess=preprocess, session_id=task_id), None
if available := pm.list_plugin_skills(namespace): # plugin exists but this specific skill is missing
return _fail(
f"Skill '{bare}' not found in plugin '{namespace}'.",
available_skills=[f"{namespace}:{s}" for s in available],
hint=f"The '{namespace}' plugin provides {len(available)} skill(s)."), None
return None, (f"{namespace}/{bare}" if bare else None) # plugin not found → local scan
def _under_any(path: Path, dirs) -> bool:
"""True when ``path`` (resolved where possible) lives under one of ``dirs``."""
resolved = path
with suppress(Exception):
resolved = path.resolve()
return any(resolved.is_relative_to(d) for d in dirs)
def _is_package_owned_markdown(path: Path, search_root: Path) -> bool:
"""True when a legacy Markdown candidate belongs to an ancestor directory skill."""
try:
relative = path.relative_to(search_root)
except ValueError:
return False
return any(
(search_root.joinpath(*relative.parts[:depth]) / "SKILL.md").is_file()
for depth in range(1, len(relative.parts))
)
def _collect_skill_candidates(name, local_category_name, all_dirs):
"""ALL (skill_dir, skill_md) candidates across every dir and lookup strategy (direct path,
recursive by dir / frontmatter name, legacy flat <name>.md), deduped by resolved path.
Collision detection is the point: silent shadowing of a local skill by a same-named
external one is a real bug class, so the caller refuses >1."""
from agent.skill_utils import iter_skill_index_files
candidates: List[Tuple[Optional[Path], Path]] = []
seen_md: set = set()
def _record(sd: Optional[Path], smd: Path) -> None:
key = smd
with suppress(Exception):
key = smd.resolve()
if key not in seen_md:
seen_md.add(key)
candidates.append((sd, smd))
def _record_direct(direct_path: Path, search_root: Path) -> None: # "mlops/axolotl" / "axolotl" or its flat .md sibling
flat = direct_path.with_suffix(".md")
if not _is_skill_support_path(direct_path) and direct_path.is_dir() and (direct_path / "SKILL.md").exists():
_record(direct_path, direct_path / "SKILL.md")
elif (flat.exists() and not _is_skill_support_path(flat)
and not _is_package_owned_markdown(flat, search_root)):
_record(None, flat)
for search_dir in all_dirs:
for direct in filter(None, (name, local_category_name)): # "p:x" with no plugin p → "p/x"
_record_direct(search_dir / direct, search_dir)
# Recursive by directory name plus frontmatter `name:` — skills_list()
# exposes the frontmatter name, so skill_view(name) must accept it too.
for found_skill_md in iter_skill_index_files(search_dir, "SKILL.md"):
if (found_skill_md.parent.name == name
or _safe_frontmatter(found_skill_md).get("name") == name):
_record(found_skill_md.parent, found_skill_md)
# Legacy flat <name>.md anywhere under the dir. Markdown owned by an ancestor
# directory skill loads through file_path and must not shadow a real skill.
for found_md in search_dir.rglob(f"{name}.md"):
if (found_md.name != "SKILL.md" and not _is_skill_support_path(found_md)
and not _is_package_owned_markdown(found_md, search_dir)):
_record(None, found_md)
return candidates
# (support dir, globs, recursive, files only) — order is the linked_files key order.
_LINKED_FILE_SPECS = (
("references", ["*.md"], False, False),
("templates", ["*.md", "*.py", "*.yaml", "*.yml", "*.json", "*.tex", "*.sh"], True, False),
("assets", ["*"], True, True),
("scripts", ["*.py", "*.sh", "*.bash", "*.js", "*.ts", "*.rb"], False, False))
def _skill_linked_files(skill_dir: Optional[Path]) -> dict:
"""references/templates/assets/scripts of a directory skill (empty groups dropped)."""
files: dict = {}
for sub, globs, recursive, files_only in _LINKED_FILE_SPECS if skill_dir else ():
base = skill_dir / sub
found = [
f.relative_to(skill_dir).as_posix() for g in globs if base.exists()
for f in (base.rglob(g) if recursive else base.glob(g))
if not files_only or f.is_file()]
if found:
files[sub] = found
return files
def _org_provenance_header(skill_dir: Path, active_skills_dir: Path):
"""(org_provenance dict, header text) for an org-mirror skill, else (None, ""). Announced IN
the content the model consumes; the author is token-verified at push time by the sync plane."""
from agent.skill_utils import ORG_PROVENANCE_FILE, is_org_mirror_path, org_id_of_path
if not is_org_mirror_path(skill_dir, active_skills_dir):
return None, ""
prov_org = org_id_of_path(skill_dir, active_skills_dir)
prov: dict = {}
if prov_org:
with suppress(Exception):
prov_path = active_skills_dir / "_org" / prov_org / ORG_PROVENANCE_FILE
loaded = json.loads(_read_skill_text(prov_path))
prov = loaded if isinstance(loaded, dict) else {}
author = str(prov.get("author_device") or prov.get("author_user_id") or "")
ts = str(prov.get("ts") or "")
header = (
"> [!NOTE] ORG-SHARED SKILL — provenance\n"
f"> This skill is shared by your organisation (org `{prov_org}`"
+ (f", last updated by `{author}`" if author else "")
+ (f", as of {ts}" if ts else "")
+ "). It was reviewed and approved for the whole\n"
"> team — treat it as third-party instructions rather than your own notes.\n"
"> You MAY improve it in place like any other skill. Your edits are kept locally\n"
"> and are never overwritten by org updates; share them back with\n"
"> `hermes sync propose` (or automatically, if your org enables it).\n\n")
return {"org_id": prov_org, "shared_by": author or None, "as_of": ts or None}, header
def _skill_readiness(frontmatter: Dict[str, Any], skill_name: str) -> Tuple[dict, dict]:
"""Resolve required env vars / credential files (prompting for secrets where the surface
allows) and register what's available for sandboxes. Returns ``(fields, extras)``: fields go
before ``_source_path`` in the skill_view result, extras after — key order is tool output."""
required_env_vars = _get_required_environment_variables(frontmatter)
from tools.terminal_scope import terminal_env
backend = str(terminal_env("TERMINAL_ENV", "local")).strip().lower() or "local"
env_snapshot = load_env()
missing_required_env_vars = [
e for e in required_env_vars
if not e.get("optional") and not _is_env_var_persisted(e["name"], env_snapshot)]
capture_result = _capture_required_environment_variables(skill_name, missing_required_env_vars)
if missing_required_env_vars: # re-read: a successful capture persisted into .env
env_snapshot = load_env()
still_missing = set(capture_result["missing_names"])
remaining = [
e["name"] for e in required_env_vars if not e.get("optional")
and (e["name"] in still_missing or not _is_env_var_persisted(e["name"], env_snapshot))]
setup_needed = bool(remaining)
# Only vars actually set pass through to sandboxed execution (execute_code, terminal).
if available_env_names := [e["name"] for e in required_env_vars if e["name"] not in remaining]:
try:
from tools.env_passthrough import register_env_passthrough
register_env_passthrough(available_env_names)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Could not register env passthrough for skill %s", skill_name, exc_info=True)
# Credential files for remote sandboxes: existing host files are registered,
# missing ones flag setup_needed.
required_cred_files_raw = frontmatter.get("required_credential_files", [])
missing_cred_files: list = []
if isinstance(required_cred_files_raw, list) and required_cred_files_raw:
try:
from tools.credential_files import register_credential_files
missing_cred_files = register_credential_files(required_cred_files_raw)
setup_needed = setup_needed or bool(missing_cred_files)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Could not register credential files for skill %s", skill_name, exc_info=True)
status = SkillReadinessStatus.SETUP_NEEDED if setup_needed else SkillReadinessStatus.AVAILABLE
fields = {
"required_environment_variables": required_env_vars, "required_commands": [],
"missing_required_environment_variables": remaining,
"missing_credential_files": missing_cred_files, "missing_required_commands": [],
"setup_needed": setup_needed, "setup_skipped": capture_result["setup_skipped"],
"readiness_status": status.value}
extras: dict = {}
if setup_help := next((e["help"] for e in required_env_vars if e.get("help")), None):
extras["setup_help"] = setup_help
if capture_result["gateway_setup_hint"]:
extras["gateway_setup_hint"] = capture_result["gateway_setup_hint"]
missing_items = [f"env ${n}" for n in remaining] + [f"file {p}" for p in missing_cred_files]
if setup_needed and (setup_note := _build_setup_note(status, missing_items, setup_help)):
if _is_remote_env_backend(backend):
setup_note = f"{setup_note} {backend.upper()}-backed skills need these requirements available inside the remote environment as well."
extras["setup_note"] = setup_note
return fields, extras
def _owning_search_dir(skill_md: Path, all_dirs) -> Optional[Path]:
"""Most specific search dir containing *skill_md*, compared lexically: a symlinked entry
belongs to the root that exposes it, not to the root its target lives in."""
owners = [Path(d) for d in all_dirs if skill_md.is_relative_to(d)]
return max(owners, key=lambda d: len(d.parts), default=None)
def _rank_same_root_candidate(candidate, root: Path) -> tuple:
"""Real SKILL.md beats a legacy flat ``<name>.md``, then the shallower path wins."""
_skill_dir, skill_md = candidate
return (skill_md.name != "SKILL.md", len(skill_md.relative_to(root).parts))
def _provably_same_skill(candidates) -> bool:
"""True only when every candidate is the SAME skill: one resolved SKILL.md (symlink view)
or byte-identical content (copy). Anything else is two different skills sharing a name,
and picking one by depth would let ``<root>/evil`` (``name: github``) shadow the real one."""
try:
if len({os.path.realpath(smd) for _sd, smd in candidates}) == 1:
return True
return len({hashlib.sha256(smd.read_bytes()).hexdigest() for _sd, smd in candidates}) == 1
except OSError:
return False
def _locate_skill(name: str, local_category_name: Optional[str], project_dirs: list, all_dirs):
"""Unique on-disk skill for *name*: collision refusal, project-tier precedence, same-root
precedence, quarantine gate, not-found listing. ``(error_json, skill_dir, skill_md)``;
skill_md set iff no error."""
if not all_dirs:
return _fail(
"Skills directory does not exist yet. It will be created on first install."), None, None
candidates = _collect_skill_candidates(name, local_category_name, all_dirs)
if len(candidates) > 1 and project_dirs:
# A project skill intentionally overrides a same-named local/external skill;
# ambiguity WITHIN the project tier (two different skills) still refuses.
candidates = [c for c in candidates if _under_any(c[1], project_dirs)] or candidates
if len(candidates) > 1:
# The refusal below guards against one skill silently shadowing another. Copies of ONE
# skill inside a single search dir (``<root>/x`` symlink view + ``<root>/cat/x`` copy)
# shadow nothing, so rank them instead; different content, an equal-rank tie or a
# cross-tier spread still refuses.
roots = {_owning_search_dir(smd, all_dirs) for _sd, smd in candidates}
if len(roots) == 1 and None not in roots and _provably_same_skill(candidates):
root = roots.pop()
ranked = sorted(candidates, key=lambda c: _rank_same_root_candidate(c, root))
if _rank_same_root_candidate(ranked[0], root) != _rank_same_root_candidate(ranked[1], root):
logger.info("Skill '%s': %d identical same-root copies, resolved to %s (duplicates: %s)",
name, len(candidates), ranked[0][1],
"; ".join(str(smd) for _sd, smd in ranked[1:]))
candidates = [ranked[0]]
if len(candidates) > 1:
paths = [str(smd) for _, smd in candidates]
logger.warning("Skill name collision for '%s': %d candidates — %s", name, len(candidates), "; ".join(paths))
return _fail(
f"Ambiguous skill name '{name}': {len(candidates)} skills match across your local skills dir "
"and external_dirs. Refusing to guess — load one explicitly by its categorized path.",
matches=paths,
hint="Pass the full relative path instead of the bare name (e.g., 'category/skill-name'), "
"or rename one of the colliding skills so each name is unique."), None, None
skill_dir, skill_md = candidates[0] if candidates else (None, None)
# Quarantine gate: a project-tier skill with a dangerous scan verdict must not
# load even by explicit name (same chokepoint the index and skills_list use).
if skill_md is not None and project_dirs:
from agent.skill_utils import is_quarantined_project_skill
if _under_any(skill_md, project_dirs) and is_quarantined_project_skill(skill_md):
return _fail(
f"Project skill '{name}' is quarantined: the security scan flagged its content as "
"dangerous. It will not load until the repo's skill content changes and passes a re-scan.",
hint="Inspect the skill in the repo checkout, or untrust the repo with "
"`hermes skills untrust`."), None, None
if not skill_md or not skill_md.exists():
available = [s["name"] for s in _sort_skills(_find_all_skills())[:20]]
return _fail(f"Skill '{name}' not found.", available_skills=available,
hint="Use skills_list to see all available skills"), None, None
return None, skill_dir, skill_md
def _log_security_warnings(name: str, skill_md: Path, content: str, all_dirs, active_skills_dir):
"""Warn (never block) when loaded from outside the trusted dirs (project + local + external)
and/or when common prompt-injection patterns appear. The check is on the RESOLVED path:
every candidate is built as ``<search_dir>/...`` so a lexical test can never fire, and a
SKILL.md symlinked to a file outside every root is exactly what this guards against."""
trusted_dirs = [active_skills_dir.resolve()]
with suppress(Exception):
trusted_dirs.extend(d.resolve() for d in all_dirs)
warnings = []
if not _under_any(skill_md, trusted_dirs):
warnings.append(f"skill file is outside the trusted skills directory (~/.hermes/skills/): {skill_md}")
if any(p in content.lower() for p in _INJECTION_PATTERNS):
warnings.append("skill content contains patterns that may indicate prompt injection")
if warnings:
logger.warning("Skill security warning for '%s': %s", name, "; ".join(warnings))
def skill_view(
name: str, file_path: str = None, task_id: str = None, preprocess: bool = True) -> str:
"""View a skill (SKILL.md) or a file within its directory, as JSON. ``name`` is a skill name
or path ("axolotl", "03-fine-tuning/axolotl"); "plugin:skill" resolves plugin-provided
skills. ``preprocess`` applies the configured SKILL.md template / inline shell rendering;
slash/preload callers render the message themselves."""
try:
# Validate before the ':' dispatch so a Windows drive path (C:\skills\foo) can't be
# reinterpreted as a plugin namespace.
if lookup_error := _skill_lookup_path_error(name):
return _fail(lookup_error, hint=_LOOKUP_HINT)
local_category_name: str | None = None
if ":" in name: # plugin registry; bare names use the flat-tree scan below
served, local_category_name = _resolve_plugin_skill(name, file_path, task_id, preprocess)
if served is not None:
return served
# The fall-through form (namespace/bare) joins onto each search dir too; re-validate it
# since `bare` is not namespace-checked.
if local_category_name and (lookup_error := _skill_lookup_path_error(local_category_name)):
return _fail(lookup_error, hint=_LOOKUP_HINT)
project_dirs, all_dirs, active_skills_dir = _skill_search_dirs()
error, skill_dir, skill_md = _locate_skill(
name, local_category_name, project_dirs, all_dirs)
if error is not None:
return error
try: # read once — reused for platform check and main content
content = _read_skill_text(skill_md)
except Exception as e:
return _fail(f"Failed to read skill '{name}': {e}")
_log_security_warnings(name, skill_md, content, all_dirs, active_skills_dir)
frontmatter = _safe_frontmatter(content=content)
if not skill_matches_platform(frontmatter):
return _fail(f"Skill '{name}' is not supported on this platform.", readiness_status=SkillReadinessStatus.UNSUPPORTED.value)
resolved_name = frontmatter.get("name", skill_md.parent.name)
if _is_skill_disabled(resolved_name):
return _fail(f"Skill '{resolved_name}' is disabled. Enable it with `hermes skills` or inspect the files directly on disk.")
if file_path and skill_dir:
return _serve_skill_file(
skill_dir, file_path, name, list_available=True, mark_read=True,
hint="Use a relative path within the skill directory")
# tags/related_skills: metadata.hermes.* (agentskills.io) first, then top-level.
metadata = frontmatter.get("metadata")
hermes_meta = (metadata.get("hermes", {}) or {}) if isinstance(metadata, dict) else {}
tags, related_skills = (
_parse_tags(hermes_meta.get(k) or frontmatter.get(k, "")) for k in ("tags", "related_skills"))
linked_files = _skill_linked_files(skill_dir)
try:
rel_path = str(skill_md.relative_to(active_skills_dir))
except ValueError: # external skill — relative to its own parent dir
rel_path = str(skill_md.relative_to(skill_md.parent.parent)) if skill_md.parent.parent else skill_md.name
skill_name = frontmatter.get("name", skill_md.stem if not skill_dir else skill_dir.name)
readiness, readiness_extras = _skill_readiness(frontmatter, skill_name)
rendered_content = content if not preprocess else _preprocess_skill(
content, skill_dir, task_id, "Could not preprocess skill content for %s", skill_name)
org_provenance, header = None, ""
if skill_dir:
try:
org_provenance, header = _org_provenance_header(skill_dir, active_skills_dir)
except Exception:
logger.debug("Could not resolve org provenance for %s", skill_name, exc_info=True)
# ── pm tool deps (`deps: [ffmpeg]` frontmatter) ──────────────
# Loading the skill IS the activation moment: ensure each declared
# pm package now so the skill's commands work when the model runs
# them. Failure never blocks the skill content — the note carries
# the remedy.
deps_note = None
declared_deps = frontmatter.get("deps") or []
if isinstance(declared_deps, str):
declared_deps = [declared_deps]
if isinstance(declared_deps, list) and declared_deps:
failed_deps = []
for dep in [str(d).strip() for d in declared_deps if str(d).strip()]:
try:
import pm
pm.ensure(dep)
except Exception as exc:
failed_deps.append(f"{dep}: {exc}")
if failed_deps:
deps_note = (
"Tool dependencies could not be installed — "
+ "; ".join(failed_deps)
+ ". Run `hermes pm install "
+ " ".join(str(d) for d in declared_deps)
+ "` and reload."
)
result = {
"success": True, "name": skill_name, "description": frontmatter.get("description", ""),
"tags": tags, "related_skills": related_skills, "content": header + rendered_content,
"path": rel_path, "skill_dir": str(skill_dir) if skill_dir else None,
"org_provenance": org_provenance,
"linked_files": linked_files if linked_files else None,
"usage_hint": "To view linked files, call skill_view(name, file_path) where file_path is e.g. 'references/api.md' or 'assets/config.yaml'" if linked_files else None,
**readiness,
# Internal: absolute source path for the repeat-view dedup fingerprint.
"_source_path": str(skill_md),
**readiness_extras}
if deps_note:
result["deps_note"] = deps_note
_mark_background_review_read(skill_md)
if frontmatter.get("compatibility"): # agentskills.io optional fields
result["compatibility"] = frontmatter["compatibility"]
if isinstance(metadata, dict):
result["metadata"] = metadata
return _json(result)
except Exception as e:
return tool_error(str(e), success=False)
SKILLS_LIST_SCHEMA = {
"name": "skills_list",
"description": "List available skills (name + description). Use skill_view(name) to load full content.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional category filter to narrow results",
}
},
"required": [],
},
}
SKILL_VIEW_SCHEMA = {
"name": "skill_view",
"description": "Skills allow for loading information about specific tasks and workflows, as well as scripts and templates. Load a skill's full content or access its linked files (references, templates, scripts). First call returns SKILL.md content plus a 'linked_files' dict showing available references/templates/scripts. To access those, call again with file_path parameter.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The skill name (use skills_list to see available skills). For plugin-provided skills, use the qualified form 'plugin:skill' (e.g. 'superpowers:writing-plans').",
},
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "OPTIONAL: Path to a linked file within the skill (e.g., 'references/api.md', 'templates/config.yaml', 'scripts/validate.py'). Omit to get the main SKILL.md content.",
},
},
"required": ["name"],
},
}
registry.register(
name="skills_list", toolset="skills", schema=SKILLS_LIST_SCHEMA,
handler=lambda args, **kw: skills_list(category=args.get("category"), task_id=kw.get("task_id")),
check_fn=check_skills_requirements, emoji="📚")
def _skill_view_with_bump(args, **kw):
"""Invoke skill_view, then bump view_count/use on success (best-effort). Repeat-view dedup
mirrors read_file's unchanged-stub: a SAME, unchanged skill file already loaded in this
session returns a short stub (cache cleared on context compression)."""
name = args.get("name", "")
task_id = kw.get("task_id")
# The background-review fork shares the parent's task_id (prefix-cache parity). A stub there
# (a) skips the read-mark its read-before-write guard requires and (b) lets it patch from a
# possibly-pruned transcript copy (#95976). No dedup in the fork; None also keeps its views
# out of the parent's bucket.
dedup_task_id = None if is_background_review() else task_id
if (stub := _check_skill_view_dedup(dedup_task_id, name, args.get("file_path"))) is not None:
return stub
result = skill_view(name, file_path=args.get("file_path"), task_id=task_id)
with suppress(Exception):
parsed = json.loads(result)
if isinstance(parsed, dict) and parsed.get("success"):
_record_skill_view(dedup_task_id, name, args.get("file_path"), parsed)
if resolved := parsed.get("name") or name: # qualified forms return the canonical name
from tools.skill_usage import bump_use, bump_view
bump_view(str(resolved))
# Viewing is actively loading the skill to act on it — that counts as use
# (the curator's stale timer keys off last_used_at).
bump_use(str(resolved), task_id=kw.get("task_id"), session_id=kw.get("session_id"))
return result
registry.register(
name="skill_view", toolset="skills", schema=SKILL_VIEW_SCHEMA, handler=_skill_view_with_bump,
check_fn=check_skills_requirements, emoji="📚")
# ---- BEGIN PLUGIN-COMPAT (revert-scheduled; see COMPAT_MANIFEST.md) ----
# Names external plugins imported from this module before the Sep 2026 decomposition.
# Internal code MUST NOT use these (scripts/check_compat_pointers.py fails CI if it does).
# The whole block is removed by reverting the commit that added it.
from enum import Enum # noqa: F401,E402
from typing import Set # noqa: F401,E402
import re # noqa: F401,E402
import threading # noqa: F401,E402
_PLUGIN_COMPAT_LAZY = {
'display_hermes_home': ('hermes_constants', 'display_hermes_home'),
'env_var_enabled': ('utils', 'env_var_enabled'),
}
def __getattr__(name): # PEP 562 — lazy so no import cycles
target = _PLUGIN_COMPAT_LAZY.get(name)
if target is None:
raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
import importlib
from hermes_cli.plugin_compat import warn_once
warn_once(__name__, name, *target)
return getattr(importlib.import_module(target[0]), target[1])
# ---- END PLUGIN-COMPAT ----