Bundled Skills Catalog
Hermes ships with a large built-in skill library copied into ~/.hermes/skills/ on install. Each skill below links to a dedicated page with its full definition, setup, and usage.
If a skill is missing from this list but present in the repo, the catalog is regenerated by website/scripts/generate-skill-docs.py.
apple
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
apple-notes | Manage Apple Notes via memo CLI: create, search, edit. | apple/apple-notes |
apple-reminders | Apple Reminders via remindctl: add, list, complete. | apple/apple-reminders |
findmy | Track Apple devices/AirTags via FindMy.app on macOS. | apple/findmy |
imessage | Send and receive iMessages/SMS via the imsg CLI on macOS. | apple/imessage |
autonomous-ai-agents
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
claude-code | Delegate coding to Claude Code CLI (features, PRs). | autonomous-ai-agents/claude-code |
codex | Delegate coding to OpenAI Codex CLI (features, PRs). | autonomous-ai-agents/codex |
hermes-agent | Configure, extend, or contribute to Hermes Agent. | autonomous-ai-agents/hermes-agent |
opencode | Delegate coding to OpenCode CLI (features, PR review). | autonomous-ai-agents/opencode |
creative
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
architecture-diagram | Dark-themed SVG architecture/cloud/infra diagrams as HTML. | creative/architecture-diagram |
ascii-art | ASCII art: pyfiglet, cowsay, boxes, image-to-ascii. | creative/ascii-art |
ascii-video | ASCII video: convert video/audio to colored ASCII MP4/GIF. | creative/ascii-video |
baoyu-comic | Knowledge comics (知识漫画): educational, biography, tutorial. | creative/baoyu-comic |
baoyu-infographic | Infographics: 21 layouts x 21 styles (信息图, 可视化). | creative/baoyu-infographic |
claude-design | Design one-off HTML artifacts (landing, deck, prototype). | creative/claude-design |
comfyui | Generate images, video, and audio with ComfyUI — install, launch, manage nodes/models, run workflows with parameter injection. Uses the official comfy-cli for lifecycle and direct REST/WebSocket API for execution. | creative/comfyui |
ideation | Generate project ideas via creative constraints. | creative/creative-ideation |
design-md | Author/validate/export Google's DESIGN.md token spec files. | creative/design-md |
excalidraw | Hand-drawn Excalidraw JSON diagrams (arch, flow, seq). | creative/excalidraw |
humanizer | Humanize text: strip AI-isms and add real voice. | creative/humanizer |
manim-video | Manim CE animations: 3Blue1Brown math/algo videos. | creative/manim-video |
p5js | p5.js sketches: gen art, shaders, interactive, 3D. | creative/p5js |
pixel-art | Pixel art w/ era palettes (NES, Game Boy, PICO-8). | creative/pixel-art |
popular-web-designs | 54 real design systems (Stripe, Linear, Vercel) as HTML/CSS. | creative/popular-web-designs |
pretext | Use when building creative browser demos with @chenglou/pretext — DOM-free text layout for ASCII art, typographic flow around obstacles, text-as-geometry games, kinetic typography, and text-powered generative art. Produces single-file HT... | creative/pretext |
sketch | Throwaway HTML mockups: 2-3 design variants to compare. | creative/sketch |
songwriting-and-ai-music | Songwriting craft and Suno AI music prompts. | creative/songwriting-and-ai-music |
touchdesigner-mcp | Control a running TouchDesigner instance via twozero MCP — create operators, set parameters, wire connections, execute Python, build real-time visuals. 36 native tools. | creative/touchdesigner-mcp |
data-science
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
jupyter-live-kernel | Iterative Python via live Jupyter kernel (hamelnb). | data-science/jupyter-live-kernel |
devops
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
kanban-orchestrator | Decomposition playbook + specialist-roster conventions + anti-temptation rules for an orchestrator profile routing work through Kanban. The "don't do the work yourself" rule and the basic lifecycle are auto-injected into every kanban wor... | devops/kanban-orchestrator |
kanban-worker | Pitfalls, examples, and edge cases for Hermes Kanban workers. The lifecycle itself is auto-injected into every worker's system prompt as KANBAN_GUIDANCE (from agent/prompt_builder.py); this skill is what you load when you want deeper det... | devops/kanban-worker |
webhook-subscriptions | Webhook subscriptions: event-driven agent runs. | devops/webhook-subscriptions |
dogfood
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
dogfood | Exploratory QA of web apps: find bugs, evidence, reports. | dogfood |
email
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
himalaya | Himalaya CLI: IMAP/SMTP email from terminal. | email/himalaya |
gaming
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
minecraft-modpack-server | Host modded Minecraft servers (CurseForge, Modrinth). | gaming/minecraft-modpack-server |
pokemon-player | Play Pokemon via headless emulator + RAM reads. | gaming/pokemon-player |
github
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
codebase-inspection | Inspect codebases w/ pygount: LOC, languages, ratios. | github/codebase-inspection |
github-auth | GitHub auth setup: HTTPS tokens, SSH keys, gh CLI login. | github/github-auth |
github-code-review | Review PRs: diffs, inline comments via gh or REST. | github/github-code-review |
github-issues | Create, triage, label, assign GitHub issues via gh or REST. | github/github-issues |
github-pr-workflow | GitHub PR lifecycle: branch, commit, open, CI, merge. | github/github-pr-workflow |
github-repo-management | Clone/create/fork repos; manage remotes, releases. | github/github-repo-management |
mcp
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
native-mcp | MCP client: connect servers, register tools (stdio/HTTP). | mcp/native-mcp |
media
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
gif-search | Search/download GIFs from Tenor via curl + jq. | media/gif-search |
heartmula | HeartMuLa: Suno-like song generation from lyrics + tags. | media/heartmula |
songsee | Audio spectrograms/features (mel, chroma, MFCC) via CLI. | media/songsee |
spotify | Spotify: play, search, queue, manage playlists and devices. | media/spotify |
youtube-content | YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs. | media/youtube-content |
mlops
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
audiocraft-audio-generation | AudioCraft: MusicGen text-to-music, AudioGen text-to-sound. | mlops/models/audiocraft |
axolotl | Axolotl: YAML LLM fine-tuning (LoRA, DPO, GRPO). | mlops/training/axolotl |
dspy | DSPy: declarative LM programs, auto-optimize prompts, RAG. | mlops/research/dspy |
huggingface-hub | HuggingFace hf CLI: search/download/upload models, datasets. | mlops/huggingface-hub |
llama-cpp | llama.cpp local GGUF inference + HF Hub model discovery. | mlops/inference/llama-cpp |
evaluating-llms-harness | lm-eval-harness: benchmark LLMs (MMLU, GSM8K, etc.). | mlops/evaluation/lm-evaluation-harness |
obliteratus | OBLITERATUS: abliterate LLM refusals (diff-in-means). | mlops/inference/obliteratus |
outlines | Outlines: structured JSON/regex/Pydantic LLM generation. | mlops/inference/outlines |
segment-anything-model | SAM: zero-shot image segmentation via points, boxes, masks. | mlops/models/segment-anything |
fine-tuning-with-trl | TRL: SFT, DPO, PPO, GRPO, reward modeling for LLM RLHF. | mlops/training/trl-fine-tuning |
unsloth | Unsloth: 2-5x faster LoRA/QLoRA fine-tuning, less VRAM. | mlops/training/unsloth |
serving-llms-vllm | vLLM: high-throughput LLM serving, OpenAI API, quantization. | mlops/inference/vllm |
weights-and-biases | W&B: log ML experiments, sweeps, model registry, dashboards. | mlops/evaluation/weights-and-biases |
note-taking
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
obsidian | Read, search, and create notes in the Obsidian vault. | note-taking/obsidian |
productivity
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
airtable | Airtable REST API via curl. Records CRUD, filters, upserts. | productivity/airtable |
google-workspace | Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python. | productivity/google-workspace |
linear | Linear: manage issues, projects, teams via GraphQL + curl. | productivity/linear |
maps | Geocode, POIs, routes, timezones via OpenStreetMap/OSRM. | productivity/maps |
nano-pdf | Edit PDF text/typos/titles via nano-pdf CLI (NL prompts). | productivity/nano-pdf |
notion | Notion API via curl: pages, databases, blocks, search. | productivity/notion |
ocr-and-documents | Extract text from PDFs/scans (pymupdf, marker-pdf). | productivity/ocr-and-documents |
powerpoint | Create, read, edit .pptx decks, slides, notes, templates. | productivity/powerpoint |
red-teaming
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
godmode | Jailbreak LLMs: Parseltongue, GODMODE, ULTRAPLINIAN. | red-teaming/godmode |
research
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
arxiv | Search arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID. | research/arxiv |
blogwatcher | Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool. | research/blogwatcher |
llm-wiki | Karpathy's LLM Wiki: build/query interlinked markdown KB. | research/llm-wiki |
polymarket | Query Polymarket: markets, prices, orderbooks, history. | research/polymarket |
research-paper-writing | Write ML papers for NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR: design→submit. | research/research-paper-writing |
smart-home
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
openhue | Control Philips Hue lights, scenes, rooms via OpenHue CLI. | smart-home/openhue |
social-media
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
xurl | X/Twitter via xurl CLI: post, search, DM, media, v2 API. | social-media/xurl |
software-development
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
debugging-hermes-tui-commands | Debug Hermes TUI slash commands: Python, gateway, Ink UI. | software-development/debugging-hermes-tui-commands |
hermes-agent-skill-authoring | Author in-repo SKILL.md: frontmatter, validator, structure. | software-development/hermes-agent-skill-authoring |
node-inspect-debugger | Debug Node.js via --inspect + Chrome DevTools Protocol CLI. | software-development/node-inspect-debugger |
plan | Plan mode: write markdown plan to .hermes/plans/, no exec. | software-development/plan |
python-debugpy | Debug Python: pdb REPL + debugpy remote (DAP). | software-development/python-debugpy |
requesting-code-review | Pre-commit review: security scan, quality gates, auto-fix. | software-development/requesting-code-review |
spike | Throwaway experiments to validate an idea before build. | software-development/spike |
subagent-driven-development | Execute plans via delegate_task subagents (2-stage review). | software-development/subagent-driven-development |
systematic-debugging | 4-phase root cause debugging: understand bugs before fixing. | software-development/systematic-debugging |
test-driven-development | TDD: enforce RED-GREEN-REFACTOR, tests before code. | software-development/test-driven-development |
writing-plans | Write implementation plans: bite-sized tasks, paths, code. | software-development/writing-plans |
yuanbao
| Skill | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
yuanbao | Yuanbao (元宝) groups: @mention users, query info/members. | yuanbao |