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Teknium c49fa88b80 refactor(skills): shipped-set slim — 15 to optional, github 6-way merge, pdf absorbs OCR, channel-gated teams pipeline (index −26%) (#98539)
* refactor(skills): shipped-set slim — 15 skills to optional, github six-way merge, pdf absorbs OCR+nano-pdf, channel-gated teams pipeline

Maintainer-directed shipped-skills curation (skills index 1,900 -> ~1,400
tok/call on desktop; every session pays the index, so this is a per-call
diet on all installs):

- optional-skills moves (installable via skills hub, history preserved):
  creative comfyui/ascii-art/excalidraw/pretext/sketch/touchdesigner-mcp;
  ALL of mlops (huggingface-hub, llama-cpp, serving-llms-vllm,
  weights-and-biases, evaluating-llms-harness — subcategory structure
  kept); research-paper-writing (55 supporting files, 17.3K-tok load);
  openhue; blogwatcher (first taught the cronjob monitor-field watch
  pattern + web_extract instead of pre-cron manual workflows)
- DELETED session-librarian (Aug-12 'inspired by Perplexity Computer'
  port, never maintainer-intended; session_search covers discovery)
- github: six skills (auth, issues, pr-workflow, issue-to-pr,
  code-review, repo-management) merged into ONE software-development/
  github skill — routing body + complete per-workflow references;
  benbarclay authorship credited; codebase-inspection rides along;
  discipline pins from test_github_issue_to_pr_skill.py preserved
  against the reference body in the new test_github_skill.py
- pdf absorbs ocr-and-documents + nano-pdf as references/ + scripts
  (extract_pymupdf, extract_marker converted to the argparse house
  standard its contract test enforces)
- NEW session_platforms frontmatter gate (metadata.hermes): hides a
  skill from the index on gateway channels it is not for; fail-open on
  unknown platform; teams-meeting-pipeline gated to [teams, cron]
- blocked-page-recovery: research -> new web category; trigger-first
  description ('Use when a fetch fails: 403/429, paywall, WAF, bot
  wall.') so the model actually reaches for it on blocked fetches
- docs regenerated via generate-skill-docs.py (195 pages); related_skills
  swept repo-wide; tests: 1672 passed (2 openclaw failures pre-existing
  on clean main, Windows-local)

* chore: ignore .skills_prompt_snapshot.json (local index cache, accidentally committed)
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5 Bundled Skills Catalog Catalog of bundled skills that ship with Hermes Agent

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.

Hermes also syncs bundled skills on hermes update, but the sync manifest respects local deletions and user edits. If a skill listed here is missing from your profile's ~/.hermes/skills/ tree, it is still shipped with Hermes; restore it with hermes skills reset <name> --restore.

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
computer-use Drive the desktop background-first; escalate on signal. autonomous-ai-agents\computer-use
hermes-agent Use, configure, theme, extend, and orchestrate Hermes Agent. autonomous-ai-agents\hermes-agent
merge-reconciler Neutral third-party resolution of agent merge conflicts. autonomous-ai-agents\merge-reconciler
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-video ASCII video: convert video/audio to colored ASCII MP4/GIF. creative\ascii-video
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
design-md Author/validate/export Google's DESIGN.md token spec files. creative\design-md
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
popular-web-designs 54 real design systems (Stripe, Linear, Vercel) as HTML/CSS. creative\popular-web-designs
songwriting-and-ai-music Songwriting craft and Suno AI music prompts. creative\songwriting-and-ai-music

devops

Skill Description Path
sdlc-review Review Kanban handoffs and route verified outcomes. devops\sdlc-review

email

Skill Description Path
email-inbox-triage Triage an inbox: prioritize threads, draft replies safely. email\email-inbox-triage
himalaya Himalaya CLI: IMAP/SMTP email from terminal. email\himalaya

media

Skill Description Path
gif-search Search/download GIFs from Tenor via curl + jq. media\gif-search
songsee Audio spectrograms/features (mel, chroma, MFCC) via CLI. media\songsee
youtube-content YouTube transcripts to summaries, threads, blogs. media\youtube-content

note-taking

Skill Description Path
obsidian Read, search, create, and edit notes in the Obsidian vault. note-taking\obsidian

productivity

Skill Description Path
airtable Airtable REST API via curl. Records CRUD, filters, upserts. productivity\airtable
box Box manages cloud files, sharing, search, and metadata. productivity\box
document-to-action-items Extract cited obligations, deadlines, tasks from documents. productivity\document-to-action-items
docx Create, read, edit, template, and review Word .docx files. productivity\docx
google-workspace Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets via gws CLI or Python. productivity\google-workspace
maps Geocode, POIs, routes, timezones via OpenStreetMap/OSRM. productivity\maps
meeting-action-items Turn meeting notes into cited decisions, owners, tickets. productivity\meeting-action-items
notion Notion API + ntn CLI: pages, databases, markdown, Workers. productivity\notion
pdf PDF files: create, read, merge, fill, OCR, edit text. productivity\pdf
powerpoint Create, read, edit .pptx decks with python-pptx. productivity\powerpoint
product-price-monitor Watch product, flight, or listing prices; alert on target. productivity\product-price-monitor
teams-meeting-pipeline Teams meeting summaries, job replay, Graph subscriptions. productivity\teams-meeting-pipeline
weekly-review-planning Weekly reset: commitments, stalled work, next-week plan. productivity\weekly-review-planning
xlsx Create, read, edit Excel .xlsx workbooks and CSVs. productivity\xlsx

research

Skill Description Path
arxiv Search arXiv papers by keyword, author, category, or ID. research\arxiv
competitor-news-monitor Watch named companies for material news; cited digests. research\competitor-news-monitor
grounded-citations Ground answers and documents in cited, verifiable sources. research\grounded-citations
llm-wiki Karpathy's LLM Wiki: build/query interlinked markdown KB. research\llm-wiki

social-media

Skill Description Path
xurl X/Twitter via xurl CLI: raw post search, posting, DM, media. social-media\xurl

software-development

Skill Description Path
codebase-inspection Inspect codebases w/ pygount: LOC, languages, ratios. software-development\codebase-inspection
dogfood Exploratory QA of web apps: find bugs, evidence, reports. software-development\dogfood
github GitHub via gh CLI: PRs, issues, reviews, repos, auth. software-development\github
hermes-agent-skill-authoring Author in-repo SKILL.md files: frontmatter and structure. software-development\hermes-agent-skill-authoring
inspecting-hermes-desktop-dom Read the live Hermes desktop DOM/CSS over CDP. software-development\inspecting-hermes-desktop-dom
node-inspect-debugger Debug Node.js via --inspect + Chrome DevTools Protocol CLI. software-development\node-inspect-debugger
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
simplify-code Parallel 4-agent cleanup of recent code changes. software-development\simplify-code
spike Throwaway experiments to validate an idea before build. software-development\spike
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

web

Skill Description Path
blocked-page-recovery Use when a fetch fails: 403/429, paywall, WAF, bot wall. web\blocked-page-recovery