Agent Stylebooks: skill pack for Hermes Agent

Q: How do I install Agent Stylebooks?

Run npx skills add Neeeophytee/agent-stylebooks to install everything, or add --skill with a stylebook name to install one. Use --list to see the catalog, and note that the installer needs Node.js 22.20 or newer.

Portable Agent Skills that give AI agents editorial systems drawn from public style guides

What Agent Stylebooks does

Each stylebook is a portable Agent Skill that defines what to lead with, how to order information, which distinctions must survive editing, what ambiguity is unacceptable and how to check the result. They are community-maintained and derived from publicly documented editorial guidance, and the README stresses that they are not official products of the organizations named. You pick one by the reader's task and the artifact, for example $google-developer-docs for API tutorials, $govuk for public-service eligibility pages or $sec-plain-english for investor disclosures.

You invoke a stylebook in a prompt, such as 'Use $google-developer-docs to turn these notes into a setup guide.' The README contrasts generic prompts like 'make it clear' with installed stylebooks that carry documented provenance and a repeatable workflow, and it includes original before and after examples that it says are not quotations from the source organizations. Other stylebooks cover GitLab, GitHub and Kubernetes docs, NHS health content, CDC clear communication, W3C reports and NASA technical writing.

Key features

16 stylebooks built on public editorial guidance
Portable Agent Skills following the agentskills.io standard
Task-based chooser, such as $govuk for eligibility pages
Documented provenance for each stylebook
Install one stylebook or the whole catalog with npx skills

When to use it

Rewriting setup notes into a how-to guide in the Google developer docs style
Drafting public-service instructions in the GOV.UK style
Turning a risk statement into plain English for an investor disclosure

Who it is for: Writers and developers who want AI agents to follow a specific, documented editorial system.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Packaged as portable Agent Skills, the agentskills.io standard that Hermes Agent skills follow, and the repository is tagged hermes-agent.

How to install Agent Stylebooks

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

npx skills add Neeeophytee/agent-stylebooks
npx skills add Neeeophytee/agent-stylebooks --list
npx skills add Neeeophytee/agent-stylebooks --skill cdc-clear-communication

Requirements: Node.js 22.20 or newer for the portable installer

FAQ

What is Agent Stylebooks?

Agent Stylebooks is a set of installable Agent Skills, each encoding an editorial system based on public style guides. They tell an agent what to lead with, how to order information and how to check the result.

Does Agent Stylebooks work with Hermes Agent?

It is packaged as portable Agent Skills, and the repository is tagged hermes-agent. The README lists Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI and Codex among supported tools and does not describe a Hermes-specific install.

How do I install Agent Stylebooks?

Run npx skills add Neeeophytee/agent-stylebooks to install everything, or add --skill with a stylebook name to install one. Use --list to see the catalog, and note that the installer needs Node.js 22.20 or newer.