Karpathy Skill: skill pack for Hermes Agent

Agent skill that applies Andrej Karpathy's mental models and decision heuristics, with a Chinese README

What Karpathy Skill does

Karpathy Skill packages a thinking framework rather than a collection of quotes. According to the README, it draws on more than 20 blog posts including Software 2.0, 16 long interviews, over 100 posts on X and project READMEs, and distills them into six core mental models, eight decision heuristics and a profile of his expression style. Models named in the examples include March of Nines, build to understand, and Iron Man suit versus robot.

The skill follows the open Agent Skills format, so it runs in skills-compatible runtimes. The README names Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, CodeBuddy, Gemini CLI and OpenCode among more than 50. After installing, the user asks the agent to answer from Karpathy's perspective or to switch to him. The sample dialogues and the rest of the README are in Chinese, and full example conversations sit in an examples folder. For runtimes that cannot load skills, the README suggests pasting SKILL.md into a chat.

Key features

Six core mental models and eight decision heuristics
Built from blog posts, interviews and X posts listed in the README
Prompts such as asking the agent to switch to Karpathy's viewpoint
Follows the Agent Skills format through a SKILL.md
Fallback of pasting SKILL.md into a chat when skills are not supported

When to use it

Getting a Karpathy-style view on the reliability of an AI product
Discussing vibe coding or learning approaches from his perspective
Testing an AI plan against his decision heuristics

Who it is for: Readers and builders who want an agent to reason through Andrej Karpathy's published ideas and who can read a Chinese-language README.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

The README lists Hermes Agent among the compatible runtimes and says to run that runtime's install script or clone the repository into its skills directory.

How to install Karpathy Skill

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

npx skills add alchaincyf/karpathy-skill

FAQ

What is Karpathy Skill?

Karpathy Skill is an agent skill that applies mental models and decision heuristics distilled from Andrej Karpathy's blog posts, interviews and posts. The agent answers questions through those models instead of repeating quotes.

Does Karpathy Skill work with Hermes Agent?

Yes, the README names Hermes Agent among the skills-compatible runtimes. For Hermes it says to run that runtime's install script or clone the repository into its skills directory.

How do I install Karpathy Skill?

Run the npx skills command from the README, which detects the current runtime and places the skill in the right directory. A manual install into each runtime's skills folder is also described.