docs: revise Hermes spec from live-CLI findings (v0.17 native features)

Executing Phase 1 revealed Hermes v0.17 ships native curator (managing 74
skills), native browser plugins (browserbase stealth), native acp editor mode,
and insights. Drop curator-evolver (redundant), re-evaluate camofox, keep acp
skill (installed+enabled) and eagle-eye (elevated).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
ginnoir
2026-06-27 13:55:51 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent 009a474e90
commit 73ff2e92c8
@@ -6,6 +6,36 @@
---
## ⚠️ REVISION 2026-06-27 (during execution — live-CLI findings supersede README research)
This spec was written from the repos' READMEs. Executing Phase 1 against the **live** valhalla host
revealed **Hermes v0.17 already ships native equivalents** of several planned adds. Net changes:
- **`hermes-curator-evolver` → DROPPED.** Native `hermes curator` is already enabled, weekly, and
conservative (`consolidate: off`, prune-only, never deletes, auto-backups), managing **74
agent-created skills**. It satisfies the "report-only skill maintenance" intent. Installing the
plugin would put a second curator on the same `~/.hermes/skills/`. Use the native one (tune config
line 417 if desired).
- **`camofox-browser` → RE-EVALUATE.** Native bundled plugins `browser-browserbase`
(stealth/proxies/keep-alive, cloud) + `browser-browser-use`, plus `hermes acp --setup-browser`
(local Playwright), already cover browsing. camofox now only wins the *self-hosted-stealth-on-
valhalla, no-cloud-key* niche. Otherwise enable a native browser plugin (far less work).
- **`hermes-agent-acp-skill` → KEPT & INSTALLED (enabled).** Native `hermes acp` is an *editor-
integration server* (Zed/VS Code/JetBrains), distinct from this delegation skill; they coexist.
- **`eagle-eye` → KEPT / ELEVATED.** 74 agent skills + 59 bundled makes per-turn skill routing more
valuable (confirm native doesn't already pre-select).
- **`hermes-motif` → OPTIONAL / lower priority.** Still additive (native curator does lifecycle, not
trace→new-skill discovery), but the library is already large and well-managed.
- **`hermes-web-search-plus` → KEPT** (no native web search observed). **`llmtrim`** overlaps native
`hermes insights` for *measurement*; its trimming value stands.
**As-built so far:** acp-orchestrator skill installed + enabled. Cursor CLI installed; Claude Code +
Codex installed (login pending). `agy` (Antigravity) install blocked by the sandbox classifier — see
§7.4. The phase tables below are otherwise unchanged; treat the bullets above as the authoritative
deltas.
---
## 0. TL;DR for the morning
You asked me to research seven Hermes-ecosystem repos and plan how each fits. I verified all