Signal Rush: plugin for Hermes Agent

Terminal arcade game with an embeddable widget for agent CLI downtime, tagged as a Hermes plugin

What Signal Rush does

The codebase has three runnable surfaces. A fullscreen CLI game offers AI Hunt, a survival arcade mode, and Packet Hop, a lane-crossing mode with home slots, water and log lanes, cars, score, lives and a timer. An agent CLI embed is a 6 to 10 row widget that sits in the bottom band of an agent's chat and replaces the thinking line during idle, rate-limited and post-prompt downtime. A demo runner cycles the embed through four lifecycle states.

Controls use WASD, arrow keys or vim keys. The repository description frames the project as a gamified marketing platform where players earn API credits and advertisers reach Hermes Agent users and other AI-first developers. The README itself documents only the game, the embed and the testing tooling, including a GitHub sync guard and an npm test suite, and calls the project an early codebase foundation, not a production release.

Key features

Fullscreen terminal game with AI Hunt and Packet Hop modes
A 6 to 10 row embed widget for an agent CLI's idle time
A demo runner that cycles the embed through four lifecycle states
WASD, arrow-key and vim-key controls
Persistent best scores and run counts
An npm test suite and a safe GitHub sync guard

When to use it

Playing a quick terminal game while an agent is thinking or rate-limited
Prototyping an embedded widget for an agent CLI
Reviewing the embed integration guide as plugin-author reference

Who it is for: Developers curious about terminal games and embedded widgets for agent CLIs.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

The repository is tagged hermes-plugin and aimed at Hermes Agent users in its description, though the README documents a generic agent CLI embed with no Hermes-specific steps.

How to install Signal Rush

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

git clone https://github.com/LongshotAI/signal-rush.git
cd signal-rush
npm install
node src/cli/index.js

Note: The README calls it an early codebase foundation, not a production release.

FAQ

What is Signal Rush?

Signal Rush is a terminal arcade game written in JavaScript. It also has an embed mode, a small widget that appears in an agent CLI during idle or thinking time.

Does Signal Rush work with Hermes Agent?

It is tagged hermes-plugin and aimed at Hermes Agent users, but the README documents a generic agent CLI embed and gives no Hermes-specific install steps.

Is Signal Rush free and open source?

The repository has no license file, so default copyright applies and you should check with the author before reuse.