`hermes profile create <name> --clone` copies whatever `hermes import-agent`
had pulled into the source profile, but leaves import-sync.json behind, so
the clone can never run `import-agent --sync` itself: its imported skills and
memories freeze at clone time.
`--sync-imports` (with --clone / --clone-from) also copies the manifest. It
is deliberately narrow: the manifest points at EXTERNAL Claude Code / Codex
trees, never at the source profile, so both profiles remain independent
islands (root AGENTS.md ruling) — config.yaml, SOUL.md and skills are still
one-off copies. Opt-in, one-directional, explicit; --clone-all already
carries the file as part of the full copy. Refused without a clone source.
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