Agent skill · software engineering · aradotso
hermes-agent-nous-research
hermes-agent-nous-research — an agent skill for coding agents.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific commands and configuration patterns for setting up and using the Hermes Agent framework that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires node, python installed locally. Requires anthropic, ollama, openai account access. About 6k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-09. 70 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
bash pip install hermes-agent bash git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git cd hermes-agent pip install -e ".[dev]" bash hermes --version hermes doctor # checks dependencies and config bash LLM provider credentials export HERMESLLMPROVIDER=openai # openai anthropic ollama openrouter export OPENAIAPIKEY=yourkeyhere export ANTHROPICAPIKEY=yourkeyhere Memory backend (default: local sqlite) export HERMESMEMORYBACKEND=sqlite # sqlite postgres redis export HERMESMEMORYPATH=~/.hermes/memory.db Skill registry export HERMESSKILLREGISTRY=~/.hermes/skills/ export HERMESAUTOSKILLCREATION=true Logging export HERMESLOGLEVEL=info # debug info warn error yaml llm: provider: openai model: gpt-4o # or claude-3-7-sonnet, hermes-3-70b, etc. temperature: 0.2 maxtokens: 8192 memory: backend: sqlite path: ~/.hermes/memory.db workingmemoryttl: 3600 # seconds; ephemeral per-session context episodicretentiondays: 90 # how long to keep past session logs skills: registry: ~/.hermes/skills/ autocreate: true # agent can write new Skills from experience autoevolve: true # agent can improve existing Skills tools: websearch: true codeexecution: true filesystem: true shell: false # disable for sandboxed environments harness: instructionspath: ~/.hermes/instructions.md constraintspath: ~/.hermes/constraints.md bash Start interactive agent session hermes chat Run a one-shot task hermes run "Summarize the latest commits in this repo" Run with a specific skill loaded hermes run --skill python-refactor "Refactor src/utils.py for readability" List installed skills hermes skills list Install a skill from the registry hermes skills install python-refactor Create a new skill interactively hermes skills create Inspect memory hermes memory show --type episodic --last 10 hermes memory show --type semantic Clear working memory (keeps episodic + semantic) hermes memory clear --working Export all memory to JSON hermes memory export --output memory-backup.json Show agent's self-evaluation log (lea …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aradotso/hermes-agent-nous-research