OpenShip Skill for Hermes

What OpenShip Skill for Hermes does

OpenShip Skill for Hermes is a single SKILL.md that tells Hermes Agent how to manage the lifecycle of OpenShip, an open-source, self-hostable deployment platform from oblien. Once installed, the agent can install and bootstrap OpenShip through the CLI, Docker Compose, the desktop app or remote servers, create and link projects, deploy applications, and manage domains with automatic Let's Encrypt SSL and a CDN.

It also covers databases, workers, backups and mail, rollbacks, health monitoring and troubleshooting, across production, preview and staging environments, through the CLI, the REST API and MCP. The skill is written to verify state, run multi-step workflows, report results and escalate only when a human is needed, such as for DNS changes at a registrar. The README says it was built by analyzing the official OpenShip project, which is Apache-2.0 licensed, and that this is an independent community skill.

Key features

• Installs and bootstraps OpenShip via CLI, Docker Compose, desktop or remote servers
• Creates and links projects and deploys applications
• Manages domains, automatic SSL and CDN
• Handles databases, workers, backups and mail
• Rollbacks, health monitoring and troubleshooting
• Works across production, preview and staging environments

When to use it

• Asking Hermes to deploy an application to a self-hosted OpenShip server
• Rolling back a bad release from a chat message
• Setting up domains and SSL, with the agent stopping when DNS must be changed at the registrar

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who host their apps on OpenShip and want the agent to run deployments.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built for Hermes Agent: it is a SKILL.md placed in ~/.hermes/skills/openship/ that activates on deployment and infrastructure requests.

How to install OpenShip Skill for Hermes

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

mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills/openship
cp SKILL.md ~/.hermes/skills/openship/

Note: It is an independent community skill, not affiliated with or endorsed by the OpenShip or Oblien team.

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