- build_environment_hints: split into _local_host_hints / _remote_backend_hint /
_embedder_environment_hint; backend probe split into _run_backend_probe +
_format_backend_probe with image-key / container-config dispatch tables
replacing the if/elif chain.
- Skills index: _SkillFilter (frozen dataclass) unifies the disabled+conditions
check that was copied 4x (snapshot, scan, project, external);
_collect_extra_skills dedupes the project/external scan loops;
_read_category_descriptions dedupes DESCRIPTION.md reading;
_label_visible_entries and _render_skills_index lift the org-labeling and
rendering regions out of _build_skills_system_prompt_inner; snapshot and scan
sources now feed one visibility pass.
- Context files: _read_context_file + _context_section unify the
read/strip/scan/section/truncate sequence across .hermes.md, AGENTS.md,
CLAUDE.md and .cursorrules loaders.
- Dead: _clear_backend_probe_cache (test-only helper; tests clear the dict
directly), unused org_id_of_path re-export.
- Comments/docstrings hand-compacted; every rule, invariant, ordering and
failure-mode rationale kept.
System prompt text verified byte-identical against origin/main over a 273-case
fixture corpus (env hints x backends/probe states, skills index x toolsets /
platforms / project / org / compact, context files x all loaders, full
AIAgent._build_system_prompt_parts x 9 configs). Tool schema byte-identical.
* refactor(prompt): remove the Nous Subscription block from the system prompt (~1.2K tokens/call)
* chore: retrigger CI (zero-job dispatch failure, auto-heal)
The desktop app's chat panel reuses tui_gateway as its backend, so every chat session was stamped platform="tui". That made the agent read terminal-specific platform guidance while running in the graphical desktop chat surface.
Resolve the misclassification at its source: tui_gateway now picks platform="desktop" when HERMES_DESKTOP=1 and HERMES_DESKTOP_TERMINAL is unset, and keeps platform="tui" for the embedded terminal pane and standalone TUI. Add a PLATFORM_HINTS["desktop"] entry describing the actual chat surface (full GFM markdown, MEDIA: intercept, inline images). Move the embedded-pane clarifier to the platform-hint resolution site so it appends only to the tui hint under HERMES_DESKTOP_TERMINAL=1. Delete the now-dead desktop-hint block from build_environment_hints() that competed with the platform hint.
Standalone TUI sessions produce byte-identical prompts as before; the new desktop hint and clarifier are assembled once per session in the stable tier, so prompt caching is preserved.
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