Hermes Core Skills: skill pack for Hermes Agent

Executable agent skills for debugging, planning, token efficiency and safe working habits

What Hermes Core Skills does

The skills are workflow files rather than a framework. Highlights include systematic-debugging, a four-stage Report, Context, Hypothesis, Fix flow under the rule no root cause, no fix; self-regulation-brake-system, which forces a stop after 3 failures and a stall report after 5 minutes; writing-plans, which asks for a plan before code changes; subagent-driven-development; token-efficiency; checkpoints-and-rewind, which backs up before any change; and hermes-tweet, for X/Twitter research with gated actions.

The README groups them into an Agent Core set of 13 skills plus further sets, and says they work alongside any agent instead of needing code integration. For Claude Code, Cursor and Codex you copy the skills directory into that tool's skills folder, and for Hermes Agent the README says skills are auto-dispatched from ~/.hermes/skills/. After installing, you tell the agent to use a named skill, for example the systematic-debugging skill on a given error.

Key features

systematic-debugging with a four-stage Report, Context, Hypothesis, Fix workflow
self-regulation-brake-system that stops after 3 failures and reports stalls
writing-plans for planning before touching code
subagent-driven-development for splitting work across sub-agents
token-efficiency and checkpoints-and-rewind skills
hermes-tweet for X/Twitter research with gated actions

When to use it

Stopping an agent from patching bugs before it finds the root cause
Limiting runaway loops and token burn when an agent keeps failing
Getting a backup checkpoint before an agent edits files

Who it is for: Developers using Hermes Agent, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor who want ready-made workflows that keep coding agents careful.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

It is named and tagged for Hermes Agent and lists Hermes skills among its supported targets next to Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.

How to install Hermes Core Skills

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

cp -r skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r skills/* ~/.cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/* ~/.codex/skills/
# Hermes Agent: auto-dispatched from ~/.hermes/skills/

FAQ

What is Hermes Core Skills?

Hermes Core Skills is a pack of executable agent skills covering debugging, planning, token efficiency and safety. Each is a step-by-step workflow that the agent loads and follows.

Does Hermes Core Skills work with Hermes Agent?

Yes. The README lists Hermes Agent alongside Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, and says Hermes skills are auto-dispatched from ~/.hermes/skills/.

Is Hermes Core Skills free and open source?

Hermes Core Skills is open source under the MIT license.